Story optimization ‖ The story of Li Madman

No one in the village can tell what Li's crazy name is, and he doesn't know which good thing it is. First he was called Li Crazy, and then it gradually became a habit.

Crazy Li is not a complete madman. I heard that he was born with meningitis. At that time, my family was poor and couldn't afford to be cured, so I fell ill and became stupid, but occasionally I was sober.

In the eyes of the older generation, Li Mad is an evil native who lost his father at the age of three. After that, his mother couldn't stand the poverty at home. At the age of six, he left Li Crazy and his brother who was ten years older than himself. Within two years, my brother got married and moved to a neighboring village, and the madman became a complete person.

Li Crazy has never been to school, and his personality is withdrawn. He never associates with villagers. He spends most of his time curled up in the adobe house left by his parents, only occasionally coming out to pick up some garbage and change some money to eat. Sometimes the good people in the village will send him something to eat. Crazy Li has lived a hungry life for nearly 30 years.

Li, who is usually crazy, is always unkempt and a pile of broken clothes smells musty. His dark face is expressionless, and his hair is loose and messy like a lion's mane. When he is angry, his eyebrows stand up and he grins, which naturally gives people a sense of fear.

Whenever there is a child crying in the village, the adults will always throw out a sentence "If you cry again, let Li Crazy come and take you away", and the child's crying often comes to an abrupt end.

In the eyes of all children, crazy Li is a real childhood nightmare.

First, explore the home of a madman.

I remember when I was in primary school, Qiu Zi and I had a whim to go to Li's insane asylum to practice bravery.

For the children in the village, Li's crazy home is as mysterious as a den, and no one dares to go to his house rashly. On the one hand, we are deeply forced by the childhood shadow of madman Li, on the other hand, adults usually forbid us to go to his house for fear of getting dirty things like fleas.

Aside from the "taboo", the three of us are excited about the upcoming "adventure".

Came to the madman's half-open door, but several people were afraid, and no one dared to push the door first.

Zi Ming was full of tricks and shouted, "Why don't you find something to throw in first and explore the road?"

Pan Zi and I cast an admiring look at him.

After that, Ziming bent down to pick up a piece of clay carat on the ground and walked along the crack of the door to the depths of the house.

"Crash!" Tukla may have hit something in the house.

We pricked up our ears on the door and there was no sound in the room for a long time. It seems that crazy Li should not be at home.

Three people smiled at each other, Qiu Zi headed, Pan Zi was in the middle, and I was behind the house, filing in.

The room was dark, and most of the light was blocked by the mountain behind it. Even during the day, it looks gloomy, like a hazy mist.

There is nothing decent in a madman's house. The only thing I can see is a simple bed made of two benches and a wooden board in the corner, with a shiny broken quilt piled on it. There is an iron pot on the stove on the right side of the house, and a big corner is missing from the mouth of the pot. Crazy people seldom seem to turn on the stove.

We are disappointed that there is nothing worth playing in this room. But thinking that I couldn't come for nothing, I jumped on the madman's wooden bed and jumped on the quilt.

The bed board creaked incessantly, and the sound of laughing and cursing filled the room.

Just when the interest was high, the door was opened with a "hum" and crazy Li came back.

We were stunned by this unexpected "uninvited guest", and several people looked at each other and dared not move.

The madman walked straight over, angry on his face, and calm again after a few seconds.

"What are you-what are you doing?" Li stared at us and asked.

All three of us bowed our heads, and no one dared to say anything.

Crazy Li was silent for a few minutes, then suddenly turned out of the house and locked the door from the outside.

The three of us were so frightened that we didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd.

"It's over, crazy Li won't want to trap us," he almost burst into tears.

"He won't go out with a knife? He will come back and kill us later. " Qiu Zi said timidly.

"I don't want to die here, I want to go home." I started sobbing.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense and we were in a hurry. For a while, we went to the door to listen to the noise outside, called for help in the house, and then hid our faces from each other and cried. We are waiting for the "trial" of Li Crazy.

About two hours later, with the door slamming, crazy Li pushed it open and came back. Three people looked at Li Madman tearfully, wondering what bad luck would come next.

To our surprise, crazy Lee came up to us and touched our heads with a rare smile on his face.

"You-hurry-go back, don't-don't do it again." The madman stammered.

Li madman's kindness and generosity are unexpected, and it seems that the two-hour confinement to us has lifted all his anger.

We were ecstatic, like death row inmates who were suddenly pardoned on the guillotine, and ran out in front of him.

In retrospect, Li Crazy was not as scary as rumored, and he seemed to have human feelings.

Second, the storm of losing dogs

Probably when I was in junior high school, one day, Aunt Li lost her dog at the east end of the village. For four or five days in a row, Aunt Li and her husband wandered around the village after dinner, shouting, "Grey boy, grey boy, where is it?" Come out quickly. " Aunt Li has a loud voice. Everyone in the village knows that Aunt Li has lost her dog except her dog named Grey Boy.

Aunt Li is a well-known combative household in the village. She is always in trouble with her neighbors. This greyhound has been kept in her family for five or six years, which has touched her temperament more or less. Besides being fierce, Grey Boy likes to make trouble outside. Every time he goes out for fresh air, he always has a bloody battle with other dogs in the village.

Once, Aunt Li met me when I came home from school looking for a dog. She smiled and asked from a distance, "Honey, have you seen Aunt Li's dog recently?"

Originally, I didn't want to get involved in her affairs, but after her question, I suddenly saw the scene of the gray boy playing with a black dog next to Li's crazy house the other day.

I'm just passing by, I'm not impressed, and I'm not sure whether it was before or after the dog was lost. Thinking that Aunt Li was worried about losing her dog, she kindly said, "Aunt, I seem to have seen the gray boy near Li's madhouse the other day."

Aunt Li heard my answer, her eyes suddenly lit up, and her mouth showed an inconspicuous smile, as proud as a detective who knew all the crime processes.

"Li is really a madman. He bullied my greyhound last year and was bitten by him. Now he bears a grudge and wants to kidnap the dog for revenge. I don't think I will find someone to clean up this turtle grandson. " Aunt Li looked indignant.

"Children, thank you for providing this news to my aunt, thank you."

After that, Aunt Li turned her head and ran in the direction of her home.

At that time, I thought Aunt Li was angry, so I didn't care too much. The boy in gray whom she mentioned was bullied and bit Li Crazy. In fact, everyone in the village knows that her dog bit the madman first for no reason. Later, Aunt Li slapped and bullied Li Crazy.

After all, Li Crazy is the real victim.

Third, accidents.

This is what you want to add to your crime. After my unintentional reminder, Aunt Li ate the weight and decided that crazy Li had abducted her dog.

After a while, Aunt Li's family greeted five or six relatives of his family and formed a mighty team to run to the madman's house. There are people with brooms, hoes and sticks in the team, and there are a group of villagers not far away.

Crazy Lee seems doomed this time.

At the door of the madman's house, they lined up in turn. Aunt Li led the way, stepped forward and gently pushed open the half-closed wooden door, revealing a crack with a big brain hole. He left most of his body outside the door, just sneaking his head into the door.

Aunt Li's man resisted the musty smell coming from the room and his eyes lit up. Finally, the cat saw Li Crazy curled up on the wooden bed at the foot of the room.

"He is in the house." Aunt Li pulled her head back and turned to whisper to everyone, for fear of disturbing the "prey" in the house.

Aunt Li and they were very happy to learn that the person they were looking for was at home, at least not for nothing.

"Crazy Lee, crazy Lee, get out of here." Aunt Li shouted at the door.

Seeing that there was no movement in the room for a long time, she couldn't help stamping a few feet on the wooden door, and the already tattered wooden door hit the ground.

It was loud, and in a short time, Li Madman finally staggered out of the room. He wore sandals, half-narrowed his sleepy eyes and looked at the angry crowd outside the door in disbelief.

"Where is my gray boy? Hand it over quickly. " Aunt Li asked swept over.

Crazy Li didn't seem to understand what she said, and there was no reply for a long time.

"Your mother, you flat-headed grandchild, play dumb again and see if we don't beat the shit out of you." Aunt Li's tone is getting more and more harsh, as if she were going to swallow Li's crazy skin.

Others also shouted at the back to cheer for Aunt Li.

Crazy Li stood there, his eyes full of fear. He didn't understand where the anger of this group of people came from.

"For the last time, where is my dog?" Aunt Li gave an ultimatum.

Crazy Li mumbled for a long time before uttering a few words "no-no-no-never seen-dog-"

Before crazy Li finished, Aunt Li's broom fell off. Crazy Li raised his arm to block his head and hid in pain.

A few strong men at the back soon joined in. They slipped crazy Li from the door to a small clearing outside the door and formed a circle, just like a group of wolves hunting prey.

Crazy Li collapsed in the middle of the mud, with bare black soles and slippers on his feet long gone. His face was full of despair, as if he had a premonition that a storm would attack him soon.

I don't know who shouted "hit" first, but Aunt Li and a bunch of people smelled the bloody smell of stimulating desire and set out to "bite" Li Crazy.

Fists, feet, sticks and brooms rained down on crazy Li. He wriggled around on the ground with his head in his arms, like a stabbed earthworm, making a "whoop" sound.

Halfway through, Aunt Li and her people pulled themselves out of the crowd and held their noses and searched the madman's room. They found no trace of the boy in gray, so they left the madman's room angrily.

"Mom, that bazi, you damn fool won't hurt the dog, will you?" Aunt Li was filled with indignation.

It seems that the hatred for Li madman has intensified several times. While cursing, they got into the crowd that beat Li crazy.

After playing for nearly twenty minutes, the villagers around me couldn't stand it. Although Li's life and death have little to do with them, no one really wants to see Li's accident, which is the final bottom line of a normal person.

"Stop fighting, or you'll die," someone shouted in the crowd.

The struggling aunt Li finally stopped slowly. The reminder just now seemed to drag them out of the whirlpool of crazy desire and instantly brought them back to their senses.

Aunt Li and others just want to teach Li madman a lesson. None of them dare to kill anyone.

Li madman's side has been beaten motionless on the ground, half of his face is swollen like a pustule, and a few bloodshot eyes are running down his mouth. If it weren't for the intermittent noise reminding others that he was still alive, it would probably not be much different from the dead.

Aunt Li and her gang looked at the horror of Li's madman and "called it a day" with satisfaction, leaving only the madman lying on the ground.

Several onlookers were worried that Li was crazy, so three or four people carried his hands and feet, put him on the wooden bed in the house and closed the door before going home.

On the third day after crazy Li was beaten, Aunt Li's boy in gray came back excitedly with a black bitch from a neighboring village. Obviously, in the days when it was lost, it was probably hanging out with the "opposite sex".

Fourth, visit the madman's home again.

It's been a week since I heard from the villagers that crazy Li was beaten. At that time, my mind was at a loss. Unexpectedly, because of my vague reminder, Aunt Li really beat up the crazy Li. I regret talking too much.

Probably trying to alleviate some guilt in my heart. At that time, my mind was eager to see how Li was beaten crazy. No one took care of him, and even eating became a problem. I didn't dare to think about it later. After a pause, I quickly ran to crazy Li's house.

At the door of the madman's house, I hesitated to go in. I was worried that something would happen inside, so I stood at the door, put my ear to the door and shouted to the dark room, "Crazy Li, are you there?"

For a long time, nothing happened in the room.

My heart tightened, and I finally made up my mind to push the door open and take a step.

Although I visited Li's insane asylum with my friends a few years ago, my heart was still pounding when I walked in again. There was always a fear that a monster would suddenly pounce from a corner.

I walked carefully to the depths of the house. Finally, in the dim light, I vaguely saw Li crazy lying on the wooden bed in the corner. He curled up his legs and shrank his arms like a messy dead branch, lifeless.

Crazy Li snored softly and didn't notice my intrusion at all. There is a white porcelain bowl on the left side of his body, with two bamboo chopsticks on it, and half a piece of white flour steamed bread stands between them.

It seems that kind villagers brought him food. The stone hanging in my heart finally fell to the ground, and I quietly withdrew from the house.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) The death of Li Crazy.

After being beaten for two weeks, Li Mad Tila reappeared on the village road with a broken bag. The only difference from usual is that his eyes are dull and he seems to have lost his soul.

The old man in the village said that his soul had been scattered by Aunt Li and others.

In the following days, the number of times that Li madman came out to pick up garbage was from once a week to once every two weeks, and then once in January, and the frequency was getting lower and lower.

After two months, I saw Li's madness again. When I passed the village head after school that day, crazy Li was bending down to pick up plastic bottles on the roadside. What is shocking is that this madman is almost a completely different person, with deep eyes, sallow and emaciated face and prominent cheekbones, as if he had been stripped of most of his flesh and blood and lost a big circle.

After the madman left, several uncles standing at the head of the village chatting sighed.

"Crazy li life is bad. He got this beating for nothing, and the whole person faded. "

"Yes, look at him. He seems to be very ill. I am afraid that he will not last long. "

After listening to their discussion, I couldn't help interrupting: "Isn't Li's madness the responsibility of Aunt Li's family?"

"Responsible? Hum, you can't kill Aunt Li. "

"Baby, don't mention crazy Li again, lest your aunt hear their spittle and drown you."

My heart hurts. I want to do something for crazy Li, but I can't do anything-

That winter was particularly cold, and the cold wind blew on my face, cutting my life like a knife. On sunny days, people huddle in the corner, wrapped in big cotton-padded jackets, and lazily look at everything around them.

The older generation in the village said that they had lived for most of their lives and had never encountered such extreme weather.

Crazy Li hasn't come out for a while, but no one pays special attention to it. Until one day, the village chief called several people to the madman's house to check the situation. As a result, I didn't expect to find crazy Li, who was already frozen, on the broken bed.

I heard that when the madman's body was found, he closed his eyes and was very peaceful. He should have died in his sleep.

The villagers immediately informed the brother of the madman who had never seen him in the neighboring village. He arrived the next day, although his home is only three kilometers away from our village.

It is said that the madman's brother has always been very calm and has no sadness on his face. It seems that he, like the villagers, only came to the madman's funeral out of morality. Maybe his brother was dead in his heart from the day he got married and moved away, which made Li crazy.

My brother collected all the belongings of the madman from the room, put them in a small pile in the open space at the door, set them on fire, and then buried the madman in the back hill with the help of the villagers.

Crazy Li just left quietly, as if he had never existed.

The villagers soon forgot the madman Li, and the word "madman Li" never appeared in people's daily conversation again. Even the common expressions used by adults to scare children have been replaced by other lunatics in the neighboring village.

Three months after crazy Li left, Aunt Li's grey boy got lost again, but this time, grey boy didn't come back after all.

V. Ghost reappearance

Life is neither fast nor slow. The following summer, my best friend Pan Zi and I went to the mountains to pick wild fruits. We had a good time all morning. When we went down the mountain, we turned around and accidentally turned to Li Crazy's hut.

After Li Madman died, this shabby adobe house was rarely visited, and occasionally Cowherd went to the house to avoid some wind and rain.

"It's too hot, let's have a rest in that room," Pan Zi suggested while wiping the sweat from his face.

"People have died in that house, so let's not go." When I think of crazy Lee, I feel complicated and somewhat sympathetic.

"You can't be so timid. How can there be ghosts in broad daylight?"

"Slice, then go there. I just feel dirty. "

Facing the fear in my heart, I walked towards the house with Pan Zi.

As soon as I got to my door, I felt cold.

"Listen to me, right? This is definitely a cool place. " Pan Zi gloated.

"Mm-hmm, you are really good." I echoed him with disdain.

The room was dark, and the cobwebs on the four corners of the roof and the bodies of unknown insects on it could be seen vaguely. There are some dead branches scattered on the bumpy ground, and a large piece of wall skin on the left side of the house falls off, just like a face with thick scars after burns, half flat and half concave.

In this room, I feel confused and my breathing becomes rapid.

I was stupidly kung fu and rushed out in panic. "I saw Li crazy."

"Now-now-where-"I shivered, as if I had been directly hit on the nerve by a hammer, and my head was at a loss.

"In that corner-"Pan Zi stretched out his hand and pointed.

I looked in the direction of Pan Zi, and there was nothing in the corner, only a few light and shadow escaping from the window danced alternately.

"Are you mistaken?" I felt calmer and began to complain about Pan Zi.

"I really saw it," Pan Zi said firmly.

I looked into the corner where Pan Zi said, but there was nothing. When I come to my senses, I can't calm down anymore. I just felt a cold air rush from the soles of my feet to the top of my head, and I couldn't stop shaking.

I want to escape as soon as possible, only to find that my legs and feet have long been out of control. Until I suppressed all my strength, I finally moved my steps and stumbled away.

A momentum ran far away. When I stopped, I found that Pan Zi didn't catch up with him, so I sat down and waited for Pan Zi. The sweat on my face became a drop, and I touched my forehead, cold and cold.

About five minutes later, Pan Zi appeared. Seeing me down and out, he couldn't help laughing.

"Why do you run so fast? It's no use calling you in the back. " Pan Zi smiled from ear to ear.

"Will you be serious? Did you really see crazy Lee? " I can't wait to reconfirm with him.

"Er-er-I lied to you, haha, crazy Li has been dead for more than a year. Are you scared silly?" Pan Zi laughed all the time, as if this prank could contract all the jokes for the rest of his life.

At that time, I really wanted to strangle Pan Zi's heart. He doesn't know my deep guilt for Li Crazy, and this guilt is just a ghost hidden in my heart, which is easily awakened by his practical jokes.

From then on, I got "Li madman phobia". Every time I see, hear and think of anything related to Li's madness, my heart beats faster and I tremble and panic, just like the symptoms of going to hell.

Six, postscript

I have been away from home for more than ten years, and occasionally I think of crazy Li. Although I feel guilty, my regret is greater than my guilt.

Crazy Li is just the epitome of a generation capitalized by misfortune and suffering. He is their extreme.

I often think that if crazy Li Sheng were now, he might have the money to treat diseases, then get married and have children, and live a normal life like us, and he might live with more dignity.

But maybe, after all, just maybe-