Uncle Wang calmed down, walked in, looked at Li Mu and said seriously: "Get up, what are you doing? If you want to know what happened back then, come in with me and I'll tell you in detail."
Hearing Uncle Wang's words, Li Mu quickly calmed down his emotions, but from his clenched fists he could tell that the resentment in his heart had not diminished, it was just hidden.
Seeing that the two people were about to talk, Zhou Qiang did not follow them in, but just stood quietly at the door, afraid that other people with ulterior motives would hear them.
"Sit down and sort out your emotions. You are already so old, don't you know how to control your emotions?"
Uncle Wang looked at Li Mu and scolded him.
Li Mu knew that he shouldn't show his emotions so obviously. They were clearly people who had lived two lifetimes together. However, when he found out that his parents' murder was not an accident but deliberate, he felt more regret and pain than anything else. He couldn't suppress it at all, as if a dragon that had been suppressed for a thousand years was about to break free from its shackles.
The two people in the room were silent for a long time before Uncle Wang began to tell the story.
That year was 1970. Your mother was not from our village. Because of some political issues, she came to our Qingshui Village as an educated youth.
Among the group of educated youth who went to the countryside back then, only your mother was good-looking. She wore a floral dress and had a pair of pigtails. She looked like a college student who had just graduated.
Many young men in the village admire your mother very much, but many people are also pursuing your mother. The most prominent one is Wang Jianguo, who went to the countryside with your mother. I heard that his family has some connections, so they managed to get him a job as a teacher.
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Every time your mother was doing farm work, he would stand by and try to show his courtesy to her, but your mother didn't seem to like him very much and would refuse him every time. However, Wang Jianguo seemed to be shameless and would always keep pestering her.
Later, your mother and your father gradually fell in love with each other as they spent more time together, and they got together. When they got married, Wang Jianguo even made a scene at the wedding.
After that, in order to avoid any further conflicts, your mother and your father avoided Wang Jianguo for fear that any conflicts would arise. Until you were born, everything was peaceful.
Although Wang Jianguo continued to harass your mother during this period, the village was unable to exercise too much control over Wang Jianguo due to pressure from his father. They could only help your parents and try not to let Wang Jianguo be alone with your parents.
But after you were born, everything changed. Wang Jianguo never harassed your mother again, but he kept trying to trip up your father in secret.
A few months before the accident, Wang Jianguo somehow managed to get the team leader of our village to transfer your father to the cowshed, which was the hardest job and earned the least work points. But no one expected that your father would resolutely accompany your father to the cowshed, and no matter how difficult it was, the two of them struggled to hold on.
Alas, many people envied your parents’ relationship back then. They had been together for so long and never had any quarrels or arguments.
In 1973, I heard that the political problems on your grandfather's side had been resolved, and he wanted your mother to return home. He asked the village chief at the time to persuade her. Your mother took you to the village chief's house, leaving your father alone at home.
Later, as we were chatting, your mother noticed that there were clouds of black smoke rising from the cowshed where you lived, so she entrusted you to the village chief and ran back home.
In that era, everyone lived in wooden houses. Once a fire started, it was impossible to control the fire. No one knew how long it took before the fire gradually died out, but by then your parents were already powerless to save the situation.
Fires are actually common in rural areas. Because the weather is cold, every household has to light a fire to keep warm, and a fire can occur if one is not careful.
But as a long-time friend of your parents, I know your father. He is a very sensible person and would never make such a mistake. So I went to check the fire point and found that it was right next to the haystack in the cowshed. I was shocked and my intuition told me that it was not that simple.
After I told the village chief about this, he originally wanted to call the police to investigate, but there was no way. Our place was too remote, and at that time there was probably only one police officer in the entire area. There was really no way.
There was no conclusive evidence at the time and it could not be proven that Wang Jianguo was the one who did it. Everyone was just guessing. For your sake, we discussed it for a long time before we told you with one voice that your parents' death was an accident.
Not long after your parents passed away, Wang Jianguo returned to his hometown and we lost contact with him. It was not until I became the village chief that I learned from Wang Ergou, a vagrant in the village, that it was Wang Jianguo who set the fire. He was picking mushrooms from the back that night and saw it, but he never said anything because he was afraid of getting into trouble.
It was not until Wang Jianguo returned home that we dared to tell the whole story. But it was too late. After Wang Jianguo returned home, he lost all contact with us and we could not find him.
In order to prevent you from living in hatred, everyone had to keep it a secret from you, but... I don't know how you found out about this.
Uncle Wang advises you not to check. You have finally gotten better. Think about Xiaowan and Ruoruo. Don’t keep thinking about this matter. Hey, let the past be the past!
Your parents certainly don't want you to lose everything you have now in order to avenge them. They just want you to live your life in peace.
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After hearing the whole story, Li Mu felt very sad. He was still young at that time, only three years old, and now he can't see his parents' appearance vaguely in his mind. He only knew that his parents had very good personalities and the villagers took good care of them.
"Uncle Wang...I won't seek revenge. I will just live my current life well."
Li Mu buried this hatred in his heart. He vowed to find Wang Jianguo and make him receive the punishment he deserved, but he still made a promise to Uncle Wang.
After hearing what Li Mu said, Uncle Wang did not feel relieved at all. After all, these were two lives, and they were his parents. How could he give up so easily? He just hoped that Li Mu could think it through.
But Uncle Wang didn't say much, so he persuaded Li Mu again, and then the two of them left.
When Zhou Qiang saw the two men's normal faces, he knew that Li Mu should have known what had happened, but he felt that something was wrong with Li Mu, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
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