Chapter 15: Visiting Grandpa Zhang

  Not yet entering the courtyard, Rongyao loudly shouted: "Grandpa Zhang, we've come to see you." As he spoke, he walked into the courtyard and came to Grandpa Zhang's side, picked up a water scoop, scooped out water from the bucket and helped Grandpa Zhang water the garden. Chen Kun and Cao Lei were also helping Grandpa Zhang pull weeds.

  Grandpa Zhang saw us and smiled, saying: "Little Yaoyao, you're here. What brings you to see me?"

  Honor rolled his eyes: "Grandpa Zhang, can't you just drop the 'zi' character and call me Xiao Yao? I'm not a eunuch. Besides, can't I come visit you when I have nothing to do?"

  Grandpa Zhang said with a smile: "You little rascal, as soon as you wag your tail, I know what kind of shit you're pulling. It's strange that you can come to find an old man like me when nothing's wrong."

  "Grandpa Zhang, we've really come for something." As soon as I finished speaking, Grandpa Zhang burst out laughing: "Look at you, I knew you young fellow had something on your mind. Speak up, what is it? Are you asking me to make a wooden gun for you again?"

  "Grandpa Zhang, what era is this? I'm still playing with a wooden gun and I'll be laughed to death." "But when you were little, weren't you running around everywhere with the toy guns I made for you?" Rongyao scratched his head in embarrassment: "I was just a kid back then, didn't know any better."

  Grandfather Zhang smiled and said, "Speak, what's the matter." Rongyao asked cautiously, "Grandfather Zhang, do you know martial arts?" Rongyao looked at Grandfather Zhang nervously, afraid that he would say no.

  Grandfather Zhang was taken aback and asked, "Why are you asking this? Do you want to learn martial arts? But the skills I know are for killing on the battlefield, they're of no use to you."

  We were overjoyed and excitedly said: "It's useful, this is exactly what we want to learn."

  Grandfather Zhang looked at us with a suspicious gaze, "You want to learn this kung fu? What's the point of growing up if you're going to rob and kill people?" Rongyao shook his head, "We won't rob or kill, but we might have to fight. We want to avenge An Mom, and learning this kung fu is the only way." I knew that lying wouldn't fool Grandfather Zhang, so I had to tell the truth.

  Grandfather Zhang furrowed his brow and thought for a long time before saying, "You know that killing people is against the law, I can't push you into the fire pit. You're still young and don't understand things, from now on, don't even think about this matter again. As for revenge, when the police catch them, the grudge will naturally be avenged." Chen Kun and Cao Lei's faces showed disappointment after hearing this.

  "Grandpa Zhang, do you know? Aunt An is as good to us as our own mother. We've long since sworn that when we grow up, we'll take revenge for Aunt An. Even if you don't teach us, we'll still do it. It's just that without your guidance, there's no guarantee of success. Only by learning from you can we have hope. So whether or not you teach us won't change our minds. As for the police, we used to think that way too, but now there's no news at all. We can only rely on ourselves."

  Grandpa Zhang looked at the little ones in front of him with a very complicated gaze. Is this still something a child should be saying? Grandpa Zhang fell into deep thought, and our hearts were about to jump out. We were really afraid of hearing an answer we didn't want to hear. After a long time, if Grandpa Zhang wasn't still standing there, we would have thought he had fallen asleep. A while later, we finally heard Grandpa Zhang sigh: "Okay, this is your choice, I'll help you achieve it. Actually, not just you guys want to kill those people, but me too. Your mom was good not only to you, but also treated me like a biological father. If I weren't old, I would have taken action long ago and wouldn't have waited until now, and also wouldn't have waited until you grew up to take revenge. And there's that little girl QiQi, when you grow up, you must find her. I don't know if I'll still be alive by then. You guys go back first, come see me at 4 am tomorrow morning."