Zhu Zigong's brick-raising day began.
I went outside and found that there seemed to be two groups of people outside, one group from the village.
The other group were elderly women dressed in luxurious clothing, visibly wealthy.
I didn't know where to go, and my mother called out to me.
Then she told me to go to the group of people in the village.
Soon, Zhu Zigong's mother gathered the young girls from the village, including me.
She squinted her eyes that were usually invisible, looking as happy as a sly old mouse.
She said, "Today is Zhu Zigong's brick-raising day. On this day of brick-raising, you must first open the bricks, hoping that you will determine a winner. The one who wins will have gained a huge advantage!"
After saying that, she glanced at me.
As she passed by me, she muttered softly.
"Zhu Zigong wants you to open the brick. He begged me for a long time, hoping you won't let him down."
I suddenly looked up, although I didn't know what opening a brick meant, but the image of Zhu Zigong's empty chest and pale face came to my mind, and I finally made up my mind.
It's easy to resolve, some of them lack my strong muscles, some have developed minds.
Soon, one by one, they fell to the ground as a gong sounded.
Clang!
"Shen Jia Shen Yi wins!"
My mother was so happy that she patted my back and exclaimed that we were on the path to prosperity.
Our family is going to have a bright future.
I pursed my lips and then followed Zhu Zigong's mother inside.
The dark room was lit with a few oil lamps.
The light made Zhu Zigong's face even paler, like a dying man.
I spoke up, "Zhu Zigong, are you... okay? I'm here."
Zhu Zigong's mother playfully handed me a knife and said.
"What could happen to him? Everyone has done this, just endure it!"
Then she ordered me, "Quickly, make a cut on his collarbone, then smear the blood on the tofu brick in the middle, remember, only smear one piece, then dig it out and eat it."
I looked at the small knife in my hand with widened eyes, stuttering.
She rolled her eyes
"Opening bricks? Everyone has gone through this, it's fine! Just endure it, it will be fine!"
But she continued to move and deftly cut my hand with the knife.
Zhu Zigong screamed in pain, but he couldn't run away, his legs had long atrophied, and I smelled the smell of blood.
Zhu Zigong's mother, on the other hand, was like a maniac, obsessively sniffing the smell of blood in the air, muttering, "Top-grade! It's really top-grade!"
I stood motionless, at a loss.
This place seemed like a perverted hell.
Suddenly, Zhu Zigong spoke softly, weakly.
I suddenly thought of my brother, he was most afraid of pain.
Zhu Zigong urged me, "Hurry, please, Xiaoyi. I'm in a lot of pain, come quickly."
I could only lift my arm and scrape the blood onto the brick as much as possible, smeared it on a brick, quickly dug it out with a knife.
Then, under Zhu Zigong's encouraging gaze, I leaned down and started eating it.
The white and tender tofu brick, when put into my mouth, had a refreshing taste, but it was mixed with a bloody taste.
Zhu Zigong screamed in pain, but his hands and feet were controlled by Zhu Zigong's mother.
I thought the "tofu brick" grew out and had nothing to do with the human body, but Zhu Zigong's reaction made me realize.
It is related, the brick became his flesh and blood, eating the brick is like eating his flesh.
In that case, isn't Zhu Zigong becoming a pot for brick-raising?
The body raises bricks, it takes several years to nurture, and suddenly I shuddered.
Zhu Zigong's mother approached me, ghost-like.
"Go out."
I nodded and walked out.
Before long, Zhu Zigong's mother asked the second group of people to step forward.
She said the brick-raising day had begun.
In front of so many people, the sealed room was gradually opened layer by layer, until finally, Zhu Zigong was carried out from the room.
He was sunburned under the sunlight, lying limp on a board.
The elderly women in front looked at Zhu Zigong as if they had been starving for ten days or half a month and finally saw something to eat,
They looked fanatical, their bodies trembling with excitement, sniffing the air containing that refreshing fragrance, like fervent believers following a bright future.
Zhu Zigong's mother publicly auctioned off the bricks from Zhu Zigong's chest.
The elderly women raised their bids time and time again, the bids increased each time, and finally, the opportunity was obtained by the fattest person.
She gave the money to Zhu Zigong's mother, got permission, and step by step walked over, the tоfu bricks were dug out by Zhu Zigong's mother with a knife, leaving only a little head.
She put them in a plate and handed them to the old woman, who suddenly bowed her head and started stuffing them in her mouth.
Next to them, Zhu Zigong's father firmly held Zhu Zigong and said sternly.
"Endure it, don't move! Which man in our village hasn't gone through this, endure it, it will pass, it will be over, there will be better days, endure it!"
However, Zhu Zigong's reaction became more and more violent, and I thought I would never forget the scene of that day for the rest of my life.
Finally, after she finished eating, she left.
Zhu Zigong's father rubbed something like water on Zhu Zigong's body, looking crazy.
"Well eaten! Well eaten! One crop after another grows, glory and wealth are before our eyes!"
Zhu Zigong was like a dying man, bricks nourished by human life.
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