“...... Mom, I'll help you into the house. This wind is blowing, don't catch a cold later. ”

Watching her eldest son's family leave, the old lady slowly turned her head, her somewhat cloudy eyes drooping, looking at the courtyard, as if she was distracted.

The middle-aged woman looked in the direction her eldest brother had left, turned her head as well, and after looking at the yard again, she bent down and said to her mother.

“...... Just sit here a little longer. ”

The old lady looked at her daughter and shook her head.

“...... Mom, I'll go get you a blanket and cover it...... Is there a blanket in the cupboard?"

The middle-aged woman said aloud, and then turned around and prepared to walk towards the house,

“...... There is a thin blanket on the bed, and your dad is not afraid of the cold or the heat...... In the winter, I had to cover the bed with more quilts, and I was a little afraid of the heat, so I bought a small blanket on the bed, and when I slept, he covered the quilt on his side......"

The old lady turned her somewhat cloudy gaze, looked into the hall, looked at the bedroom close to the side of the courtyard, with the curtains drawn, and said aloud,

“...... When the evening comes, burn it for him, too. ”

“...... Okay, Mom...... I'll go get it. ”

The middle-aged woman couldn't help but pause when she listened to her mother's words.

The middle-aged man answered, stopped the middle-aged woman, and walked into the house.

The old lady looked at her son, then slowly turned her head back and fell silent.

......

Drinking tea, looking at the courtyard, he didn't turn his head, he didn't say anything, Lian Ge listened quietly.

Just as the sun in the sky was slanting to the west, towards the ground, the sun was swaying in the yard, and it seemed to be blown away by the cold wind, and there was not much warmth in the yard.

The paper money scattered in the courtyard was rolled up with the breeze, or towards the village road, or towards the open door of the hall.

In the hall, the empty place where the mourning hall was set up before, the piles of paper money and ashes that had not yet been swept also trembled slightly with the breeze blowing in.

......

“...... Mom, give ...... The blanket is a little too big, it's time to mop the floor in a moment, Mom, take this coat and cover it. ”

The middle-aged man came out of the house again, holding a slightly larger piece of clothing in his hand, walked to his mother, and carefully covered his mother's body.

The old lady raised her head and looked at her son with a somewhat cloudy gaze,

“...... Good ......"

Nodding slowly, the old lady answered.

......

“...... Buzz, buzz, buzz......"

At this moment, in the pocket of the old lady's third son, another mobile phone ringtone rang with a vibrating sound.

When the third son heard the sound, he took out his mobile phone and pressed the answer button.

“...... What's the matter, it's ...... to the high-speed rail station."

The third son brought the mobile phone to his ear, first said something, and then followed, it seemed that something was said on the other side of the phone, and the third son's face became a little pale.

“...... What's wrong?"

The middle-aged man on the side looked at his younger brother and asked out loud,

“...... Something happened to Xingde......"

The third son seemed to be a little panicked, first took the mobile phone off his ear, and put it in his pocket with some trembling.

Immediately after, his face became anxious,

“...... He had to go back to school in the evening. Go catch the high-speed train in the afternoon. After my dad was buried just now...... I let him go first in the car...... Just now, the hospital called and said that there was a car accident on the way to the high-speed rail station......"

“...... How's the guy? Why don't you go to the hospital? ”

“...... Yes, go to the hospital, go to the hospital......"

A little panicked, the third son said, and prepared to run away,

But then he paused again, turned around, and looked at his mother.

“...... Mom......"

“...... Hurry to the hospital. Mom, there is your second brother here, and the fourth brother. ”

The old lady looked at her third son and said aloud.

“...... Then I'll go, Mom, wait a minute, I'll come ......back again when Xingde is settled down."

After saying another word, the third son ran towards the yard next to him in a panic, and couldn't help but stumble again.

“...... Xingyi, come and take your uncle to the hospital...... Third, don't drive like this. ”

The middle-aged man shouted to his son on the other side of the courtyard, then turned back to his brother and said.

The third son heard the sound, nodded, and then continued to walk briskly towards the car parked in front of another house, and on the other side of the yard, the middle-aged man's son also hurriedly ran over when he heard the sound.

The two of them left the courtyard, and it became quieter.

......

“...... I'll give you some more tea, young man. ”

"Thank you. ”

The sun was gradually slanting towards the west, reflecting in the courtyard, and the shade under the shelter of the houses gradually extended to the side of the village road.

The old lady was still hunched up, sitting in the courtyard, on the chair, silent, with a somewhat cloudy gaze, in a trance, out of concentration, looking into the courtyard, looking at the empty hall,

The middle-aged woman walked to Lian Ge's side, and after saying a word, she took the disposable paper cup and walked towards the house.

Next to the courtyard, the middle-aged man made a phone call, and after saying a few words, he hung up the phone and walked back.

The old lady's cloudy eyes moved, and she slowly turned her head to look at her son again.

“...... Xingde is fine, just a little skin trauma. But if the third child comes over again, I'm afraid it'll be night. ”

The middle-aged man looked at his mother and said aloud.

“...... It's good that the child is okay...... If it's late in the evening, he won't have to come...... Come back tomorrow......"

Nodding, the old lady said something first, then turned her head, looked at the empty mourning hall, and then said aloud.

“...... Then I'll call him later. ”

The middle-aged man nodded and answered.

“...... Give, lad. ”

The middle-aged woman took the tea, walked back again, and put the tea on the table in front of Lian Ge.

"Thank you. ”

thanked him, and then looked at the old lady's family, and Lian Ge didn't say anything more.

Picked up the teacup and took another sip of tea.

......

“...... Mom, the sun is slowly going down, and the wind in the yard is getting colder and colder, so let's go inside. ”

The middle-aged woman raised her head again to look at the sky, then turned back to her mother and said.

When the old lady heard the sound, she looked into the courtyard again, and then slowly turned her head and looked in the direction of the funeral before that.

“...... Let's get inside......"

Silent and looking, the old lady slowly turned back and nodded.

“...... Then we've got you covered...... Mom, be careful with your step......"

The middle-aged woman said, stretched out her hand to support her mother, turned her head again, and looked at Lian Ge,

“...... Come in, young man, and sit down, it's getting colder and colder outside. ”

Glancing at the middle-aged woman and the old lady who was being supported, Lian Ge nodded, stood up again, squatted on the teacup, and walked towards the house with the family.

......

“...... Mom, I'll help you into the house. ”

The middle-aged woman walked into the hall with the old lady in her arms, looked at the piles of paper money and ashes in the hall, and the shelves left behind the wooden planks before, and then turned her head and said to her mother.

“...... Here it is. ”

Also looking at the mourning hall that had been set up before, the old lady said aloud.

“...... That...... I'll clean it up. ”

The middle-aged woman hesitated, helped the old lady on the chair that the middle-aged man brought in, and sat down again.

“...... Don't clean up the ......."

The old lady sat down, shook her head slowly, and looked at her son and daughter with some cloudy eyes.

“...... Mom wants to eat some rice balls you wrapped in the evening, can you cook some for Mom......"

“...... Mom, if you want to eat rice balls, then I'll go and make noodles. ”

When the middle-aged woman heard this, she was a little happy,

“...... Brother, you take care of Mom, I'll go and below. ”

With another word, the middle-aged woman walked towards the kitchen.

“...... OK,"

The middle-aged man answered, walked to the door of the hall again, and closed the door halfway through.

......

Holding the teacup, he stood aside, looked at the old lady, and then at the house,

Lian Ge turned his gaze back and didn't say much.