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Revenge (Web Novel) - Chapter 5
Chapter 5
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Knowing that he had been sentenced to death, Zhou Wen conversely felt at peace. Once the gunshots sound, he can finally go and see his brother.
The brother who is younger than him by six years had always been thin and frail and would always like to follow him around quietly….
At that time they were poor so the two brothers didn’t take any photos but Zhou Wen could still clearly remember the thin appearance of Zhou Wu.
At that time, they would often not eat meat for several months. When his brother smelled the scent of cooked food emanating from the nearby street stall, he would stop his steps. However, he was also very obedient and never requested anything. Once, seeing that his own brother was very pitiful, he went to the pond to catch river snails. After collecting a basket full, he sold them for two yuan and bought tofu that was made using the soup the store used to cook chicken in and tofu curd. Despite being very hungry, his brother still allowed him to eat first…..
Others could spend money to buy fish and meat to eat but they didn’t have a single penny. Due to extreme hunger, he would bring his brother to a ditch of a nearby paddy field and, using mud to block a section of it, they caught quite a few small fish and river snails. Their grandmother didn’t let them cook them because it was a waste of oil and so they put a few drops of oil on top and steamed it instead. Every time they ate these things, his brother would happily call him “a good brother”. He would pick his brother up and his brother would generously give him a kiss….
He still remembered that time when his brother when he was five years old and after drinking too much water before going to bed, he ended up wetting them both. Embarrassed, he cried and refused to get out of bed the next day…….
The others would call them motherless children. When his brother had not started school, he would sometimes return home to see his brother drenched in water. Later, he found out that some of the older children was bullying his brother and had pushed him into a ditch. He had a huge fight with those bullies and his clothes were torn as a result. Returning home, his grandmother also gave him a beating for ruining his clothes. At night, the two of them would huddle in the blankets and his brother would help lick his wounds while crying…..
Afterwards, his brother slowly grew up. At school, he always had the best results and on the weekends, he would also dig wild vegetables and sell them. When he was fourteen, his brother bought a pair of sneakers for him. At that time, he had always worn his cousins hand-me-down shoes and would wear them until his toes were exposed. He himself dubbed those shoes as “liberation shoes” because his toes were liberated. The shoes that his brother had gifted were his first pair of new shoes. It was hard to imagine that a child who is only nine years old and had never had any pocket money, could one by one save up the money he earned from selling wild vegetables that he dug up himself to buy him a pair of shoes…..
With his wild personality, he would often accidentally tear his clothes and be scolded harshly by his grandmother as a result. His brother, however, would use a needle and thread and help him sew it back together. At the beginning, it was always crooked but over time, you could hardly tell where the tear was…..
When he was in junior high school and his brother was in elementary school, because the elementary school is close to home, his brother would go home to cook every day. Sometimes when his grandmother is not in a good mood, she would pick at everything he did…..
His father had been spoiled by his grandmother from a young age. Eating, drinking, gambling and sleeping around, he did almost everything and only spent money outside without earning any for the family. His mother couldn’t stand it anymore and left them not long after giving birth to his brother. Later, his father died of illness and he and his brother lived with their grandmother. His grandmother still treated his brother as a bringer of misfortune and displayed no concern for him. Her other sons also did not see them in a good light. If their mother did not return to see them and give them some cotton jackets, it couldn’t be guaranteed that they would have food to fill their stomachs or clothes to keep them warm…..
However, even so, they were still happy. As long as his brother was there, he was willing to do anything. He had a dream. After earning enough money, he wanted to go back to the countryside and build a house that belonged to them. He would make sure the house is large enough so that they can be together forever. He would do anything as long as his brother can live happily….
But now……his brother had passed away….
He should die too.
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