The guy sadly turned off the phone and covered his face with his hands. His wife came up to him: – Something happened, who called you? – My grandmother called, my great-grandfather died, he was 95 years old. Although I haven’t seen him for several years, but I spent my childhood with him. – I’m sorry… we have to go to the funeral, I’ll go to the station to call and book two seats for the train. The man remained sitting motionless on the chair. The good years of his childhood, which he spent in his native village, immediately flashed by. The only memory he would like to forget is an incident at school. Once a new boy from the city came to them. But he came to them for a while, and got into the boy’s class.
This guy was constantly showing off to the girls, saying that he was a professional boxer in the city, so he could beat anyone. He did not like this guy at all, they had a big fight and began to fight in front of the girls. And he lost, and the parents of the boy-boxer took their son and went back to the city. A man came to the funeral, and a lot of people gathered in the great-grandfather’s house. It is not surprising, my great-grandfather had 4 sons, and now, if you count, there are 9 grandchildren and more than 20 great-grandchildren. Probably for the first time all the big family gathered in one place. The boy stood with his great-grandfather, then his grandmother took him outside to the yard.
She’s our new bride. – Who? – That’s your cousin, only they lived in the city as a family, maybe you don’t remember, I’ll call him now. The boy looked up and could not believe them. The grandmother was leading by the hand the same boy – a boxer from school. It turned out to be the boy’s second cousin. They recognized each other immediately. – So you are my brother?! I didn’t expect… who would have thought. – Yes, especially since our village is small, and how did we not cross paths when visiting relatives. – I can’t imagine… you remember that incident at school. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you like that. Especially if I knew you were my brother, I wouldn’t have touched you. – How can I be angry, you’re still my family.
