Fang Huwei had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his bald head was shining. His gaze was like a knife, staring at his grandson, as if he would poke a thousand holes into the kid if he was dissatisfied.
'If there's spit, let it splash on my face. If there's a knife, let me block it with my body. Only those who love you deeply will say such words to you.'
'Only say a few words to people, don't give up all your heart.' This sentence had been used as a golden saying for thousands of years. Everyone was wearing layers of masks, looking left and right, scanning back and forth, extremely vigilant and careful.
Everyone was so tired that they wished they could find a place with no one around and cry their hearts out.
However, it was not like this at home.
It was warm, comfortable, and caring for each other.
When you were sick, no matter how late it was, father would rush out to buy medicine for you. When you were hungry, no matter how busy mother was, she would put down her work to make a bowl of dumplings or a bowl of noodles filled with soup. After thinking for a while, she would fiercely put two fried eggs on it.
This kind of love was not mixed with the slightest bit of water.
Fang Yan's eyes were red, and his heart was full of bitterness.
He lowered his head and massaged the acupoints on his grandfather's feet. Because of being bedridden for a long time, the skin and flesh on his legs were thin and shriveled, like a piece of rotten old wood that had long lost its vitality.
Grandpa was old!
Fang Yixing didn't care about family affairs. He wrote poems and paintings, and he was more like a natural and unrestrained scholar. Therefore, the young Fang Yan and the old Fang Huwei had to bear more pressure.
At his age, with such a body, his grandfather should be enjoying the rest of his life, but he still had to work hard for the Fang family and for the younger generation — Fang Yan's heart was filled with guilt and unease.
As if sensing Fang Yan's emotions, Fang Huwei reached out and patted the back of Fang Yan's hand, saying, "Don't feel guilty, don't blame yourself, and don't have any psychological pressure — what do we old people want? Isn't it just for the safety of our descendants? That old thing, the fisherman, refused to obey anyone his whole life. When we were young, we had a lot of fights, but he called a few days ago and praised me for having a good grandson — you see, I have already gained face here. Even if I close my eyes and go down to see our ancestors, I can still stand in front of them with my back straight. I can say loudly that I didn't bring shame to the Fang family. "
"Grandpa, I was too mischievous in the past few years and often made you angry." Fang Yan said with a smile. "I've experienced many things on this trip, and I've learned many things. I won't do it again. I want to be a good person. You don't have to think or ask anything in the future. Just read some books and practice boxing. When you're free, I'll push you out to bask in the sun. Try to live to three or five hundred years old. "
Fang Huwei let out a hearty laugh that shook the night sky.
He patted the back of his grandson's hand hard and said, "With such a grandson, what else can I ask for in life? What is there to seek in life? "
"It's still a request. Let's just ask him to live for 300 to 500 years," Fang Yan said with a smile.
The smile on Fang Huwei's face disappeared. He looked at his grandson lovingly and said, "Fang Yan, do you know? You've been sensible since you were young — "
"That's not what you used to say —" Fang Yan said with a smile. In the past, he often fought with people outside and provoked chickens and dogs. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was ignored by dogs. There were often children's parents who came to his door, and then his family would lock him in the house and punish him. When he was a child, he was whipped and stood on the pole.
The so-called standing on the pole was upside down and had to carry a bowl of water on the tip of his toes. At that time, Fang Yan was still young. He was sweating profusely after five minutes, and his whole body was shaking after ten minutes. After half an hour, he was half dead.
Although Fang Yixing was strict with his son, he couldn't bear to punish him like this. However, Fang Huwei wouldn't be polite with Fang Yan. When he heard that his grandson was causing trouble, he glared at him and shouted, "Stand on the pole for half an hour to wake up your brain."
Therefore, after standing on the pole for half an hour, Fang Yan would often be paralyzed on the ground in a daze like a pile of mud.
"Why did you fight with people? That's because some people are too much. Grandpa's leg disease relapsed and he's paralyzed. Your father — your father gave up halfway on the path of martial arts. In their eyes, he's no different from a useless person. He underestimated the enemy and was trapped in a demonic miasma. When others see that our Fang family is in decline, they want to bully us. "
"The hundreds of families in our Swallow Dock all have a fighting spirit in their bones. When they scold you, you have to scold them back. If you dare to turn around and walk away, the next time you see them, they dare to kick you, they dare to slap you in the face — I'm useless, your father can't be hit, underestimate the enemy, sleep more than awake all day — you've seen all of this. So, you stood out at such a young age. "
"Someone scolded me as an old cripple. Do you fight?"
"Yes." Fang Yan said.
"Someone scolded your father as an old trash. Do you fight?"
"Yes." Fang Yan said again.
"Someone scolded him as an old drunkard who underestimated the enemy. Do you fight?"
"Yes — no?" Fang Yan said with some uncertainty. "He really is an old drunkard. I also call him an old drunkard."
Slap!
Fang Yan's head received a slap.
"Don't you know how bitter it is to underestimate the enemy?" Fang Huwei scolded. "How dare we bully our Fang family when we underestimate the enemy? Who dares to say anything harsh to me, an old cripple, and your father, that old trash? If it weren't for the fact that we underestimated the enemy, who knows how hard it would have been for our Fang family. "
"Grandpa, I know —" Fang Yan's head hurt. He said gloomily, "It's a fact that he likes to drink and is an old drunkard. But he's the only old drunkard that I respect, admire, and even somewhat worship. Hehe, he could still create Drunken Crane Riding the Wind when he was that drunk. This footwork helped me a lot when we fought against the Japanese Sword God — "
"So, be more polite when you talk to the enemy next time. Don't be impolite."
"If I really did that, I'm afraid I won't even be able to enter his small courtyard in the future," Fang Yan said.
Fang Huwei thought about it and said with some annoyance, "Do as you please. A bunch of impolite lunatics. "
"People will only be afraid when they're crazy," Fang Yan said with a smile.
"Yes. So at that time, you would beat people up every now and then. When people scolded me as an old cripple and your father as an old trash who underestimated the enemy as an old drunkard, you beat up their sons and grandsons until they were bleeding and screaming — "Fang Huwei sighed softly and said," We old guys can't do it anymore, but we still have the younger generation. Plus, our younger generation is better than theirs. As parents, don't they like to compete with their children's grades? You can be considered to have brought honor to our Fang family, winning every fight — "
Fang Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Your heart is like a mirror, why did you still punish me so severely back then?"
"It wasn't punishment, it was training. Special training. Other than me, Fang Huwei, whose grandfather would train his grandson like an animal? "Fang Huwei said proudly. "To make you stronger, to make you more powerful. I'm afraid that you'll lose the next fight. At that time, our Fang family won't even have the last piece of cloth to hide our shame — "
"You're really astute," Fang Yan said.
"There are times when I've miscalculated," Fang Huwei said. "At that time, I wanted to see where your bottom line was, how far you could go — — but you actually won all the way, even the genius of the Baili family, Madman Baili, was defeated by you. This became big news in the entire Swallow Dock. "
"At that time, I was thinking, it seems like you haven't reached the end yet, so I'll pressure you a bit more — — find someone more powerful to pressure, and see how deep your potential is." Fang Huwei looked at Fang Yan a bit embarrassedly and said, "Originally, I wanted to find Bai Xiu, but the Bai family refused. But in this Swallow Dock, only the girl from the Ye family was suitable — — so I shamelessly went to the Ye family to challenge them. When the Ye family saw that someone dared to challenge them, they were naturally furious — — so the girl from the Ye family was a bit heavier. The Ye family's attitude toward our Fang family was a bit worse. "
"I can't beat Ye Rou, I lost the first time we sparred," Fang Yan said with a painful expression, as if he couldn't bear to recall the past. At that time, Ye Rou was really ruthless, and she didn't show any mercy. She sent him flying into the sky, and then stepped on him, breaking the door frame, and sinking into the mud wall. Sometimes, he even wondered if this girl wanted to kill him and end it all. Otherwise, it was just a sparring match, why did it look like there was a deep hatred? "Since I've already lost, it proves that my potential ends here. Why do I have to compete every year, year after year? "
"I can't accept it," Fang Huwei said. "At that time, I thought, my grandson lost this time, but maybe he'll win next time?"
"But I lost the second time — —"
"I know. But what if you win the third time? "Fang Huwei said with a serious face. "You also know that the girl from the Ye family is known as the number one among the younger generation in the Jianghu. If you beat her, who would dare to look down on our Fang family? A genius is about to rise, and they're not afraid of our revenge? So, I shamelessly challenged the Ye family for the third time — — "
"Wait — —" Fang Yan suddenly raised his head and stared at Fang Huwei with his eyes wide open, "You said — the third time? Didn't we agree to have a fight every year? "
"How can that be? Who would want to do the same thing for ten years? "Fang Huwei shook his head. "The girl from the Ye family won the first year, but she didn't want to fight you again the second year — —"
"How did you convince them?"
"I went to the Ye family and told them that they were afraid, weren't they? Otherwise, why didn't they dare to fight? My grandson trained hard for a year, and this year, he wants to take revenge — — how can he not fight? "
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