Deaf Brother

[No routine + non-cool writing + no cheating + era + suffering + real adaptation of the disabled brother who lives next door to my house + tragic song of the loess] Deep in the Loess Plateau, deaf-mute brothers Li Xueqing and Li Xuesheng have been burdened with the crushing fate of fate since their birth. His father died in a brick kiln, and his mother committed suicide amid rumors and poverty, leaving only two holes in the kiln and a silver dollar. Xue Qing is handsome and clean. In the era when bicycles were popular, she earned a little dignity with her unique skill of repairing bicycles, but she also seeks silent comfort in women; Xuesheng is deaf and slovenly, and survives in the dark by stealing coal. The two brothers, one unable to speak and the other unable to hear, rely on gestures to survive in the dilapidated courtyard. One uses cleanliness to fight against filth, and the other steals in exchange for warmth. However, the abnormal balance will eventually collapse. Xue Qing suddenly died on the cold earthen bed, and Xuesheng's world was completely overturned. Without the protection of his younger brother, he became the target of bullying by the whole village. He broke his spine while stealing coal and had no money for medical treatment. From then on, he was hunched over at 90 degrees, truly becoming a living sculpture "facing the loess and back to the sky". In the end, there was only an old man left who could never straighten up, crawling in the endless loess, picking up cinders and wild vegetables, with a broken mirror hanging on his chest, reflecting this silent and cruel land. This is a story about how dignity is stripped away inch by inch, and how life is crushed into an eternal posture by suffering.