“...... When you have free time, your father, I like to smoke a bench and sit under the eaves of the house, by the door of the hall, blowing the wind and talking to passers-by...... When you were young, I took care of you...... I'm busy in the kitchen, and sometimes, I call your dad in and make a fire...... I'll boil the food in the pot, and I'll be in the stove house, talking to your dad, and coming out from time to time to see if you're running around......"

Looking at the door of the hall, the old lady was in a trance and said,

“...... In the evening, when supper was being prepared, I sat on the edge of the courtyard and sat there with a stool...... While taking care of a few of you, I picked up the vegetables...... When your dad comes back from work, he'll ...... from there. When I come back over there, I can see him at a glance. ”

Turning her head slowly, the old lady looked in the direction where the funeral procession had returned, and as she spoke, she was silent again.

“...... Your dad and I haven't been out of the house much, we seem to have been here all our lives, just here in front of the house and behind the house, and we've never been apart in our lives......"

“...... Slowly, you guys will grow up, me and your dad...... I told your dad about it some time ago...... said that I was sick, if I left like this one day, what would he do, and people would shout about adding and reducing clothes...... I don't rush him to get rid of the clothes he has changed, he is all piled up there...... He listened to me and smiled...... Who knows, who knows......"

The old lady said, and then slowly turned her head, and fell silent, just distracted, looking into the empty hall.

“...... Mom, let's eat first......"

The middle-aged woman beside the old lady listened to the old lady's words and opened her mouth, but after all, she just said,

“...... Hurry up and give grandma a dish. ”

Turning his head again, he looked at the child sitting beside him, holding a chopstick, looking at it with some curiosity,

“...... Grandma, you eat this. ”

The child stood up, padded his feet, took the chopsticks, took the chopsticks and put them in the bowl in front of the old lady,

When the old lady heard this, she paused, turned her head slowly, and looked at the child in a trance.

“...... Mom, you open your mouth, I'll feed you. ”

The middle-aged woman picked up the chopsticks, picked up the dish in the bowl, and handed it to the old lady's mouth.

The old lady paused, looked at her daughter, her eyes were stunned, she opened her mouth, ate the chopsticks dish, and chewed.

......

“...... Let's all eat, let's all eat......"

The middle-aged man next to the old lady greeted him, and at the dining table, the old lady's children and granddaughters took chopsticks one after another and ate their own.

Turning his head again, the middle-aged man looked at Lian Ge,

“...... Excuse me, young man, I'm slacking, I'm slacking, you can eat too, and you'll have a ......."

Somewhat apologetic, the middle-aged man greeted.

Shaking his head slightly, Lian Ge looked at the old lady again, didn't say anything, picked up the chopsticks, and ate casually.

......

“...... Mom, you can eat another piece of this, this stew is soft......"

The middle-aged woman held a pair of chopsticks, sandwiched vegetables for the old lady, and fed them.

The old lady was silent, her eyes were in a trance, and she was distracted, but from time to time she opened her mouth, eating, chewing,

“...... Mom, now dad is ...... It's not here, I'll discuss it with my eldest brother, and you'll go and live with my eldest brother and them in the future, and ......."

“...... I'm not going!"

The middle-aged woman took the chopsticks again, handed it to the old lady's mouth, and said aloud,

And the old lady listened to the middle-aged woman's words, her movements gradually stopped, trembling slightly, and shouted loudly,

“...... I'm not going, I'm not going anywhere!"

“...... Mom, you're not in good health, and we don't feel at ease if you live here alone. ”

“...... I'm not going, I'm not going anywhere, I'm here, I'm here to guard your dad, accompany your dad, I'm not going anywhere!"

Seemingly a little angry, the old lady sat up straight, trembling all over, and spoke loudly.

“...... Mom, let's eat first, eat first, and when we're done eating, we'll discuss this slowly......"

The middle-aged man on the side hurriedly reassured,

When the old lady heard this, she gradually fell silent, did not speak again, leaned back and lowered her head.

“...... Mom, you eat this, this is the soup that the eldest brother specially asked the cook to stew for you, and the meat is also stewed......"

The middle-aged man took a bowl and filled some soup, held the bowl, held the soup spoon, and handed it to the old lady's mouth.

The old lady didn't raise her head, but was silent, not saying a word,

“...... Mom, can you eat some more......"

After saying another thing, seeing that the old lady was still bowing her head, the middle-aged man could only put the soup bowl on the table again,

“...... Mom, Dad is gone, you stay here alone, we are really not at ease, you are not in good health, and when the time comes, ...... Dad is gone, and we're only mom...... Dad wouldn't want ...... either."

Turning sideways, the middle-aged man said to his mother,

At the dining table, several of the old lady's other children also stopped their movements one after another, and were a little silent.

It's just that the old lady is still silent, not saying a word, just lowering her head,

“...... Mom, I'll help you into the house and rest for a while, you haven't rested much in the past two days......"

Seeing this, the middle-aged woman on the side got up and said again, and helped the old lady up,

The old lady bent up, bowed her head, and was silent, and followed her daughter into the house.

......

“...... It's winter, and it's starting to get colder and colder......"

“...... Originally, I thought that my dad was in good health, and a month ago, he rode a bicycle and came over to give us some vegetables from the field, who knows...... The weather is just starting to get cooler, and the old people in the family can't bear it......"

The middle-aged man looked at the old lady being supported, re-entered the house, turned his head, said a word, and fell silent again,

At the dinner table, the old lady's other children were also a little silent.

“...... My dad and him, just like my mother said, have been bitter all his life, tired all his life, and he doesn't seem to have rested much in his life...... My mother, and my dad, for so many years, although they have quarreled from time to time, mixed two sentences, and sometimes, they have quarreled so much that they are red-faced, as if no one can look at anyone who is not pleasing to the eye, but the two have not been separated for so many years......"

I don't know if it's to say it to myself or to the others at the table, the middle-aged man said, and then turned his head and looked at the room, a little silent,

In the hall, the middle-aged woman who helped the old lady into the house walked out again,

“...... How's Mom?"

“...... A little frustrated...... I carried her to the bed and let her lie down for a while...... If Mom really wants to stay here, I'll stay here with her for a while. ”

The middle-aged woman answered and sat down at the dining table again.

“...... For so many years, seventy years, the two of them have never been separated, and now there is suddenly one less person, and my mother feels uncomfortable......"

“...... Coming in turns, a few of our brothers and sisters came in turns, one of us came to take care of it for a few days, and you didn't have nothing else to do if you were here alone......"

The middle-aged man nodded and said aloud,

The children of the other old ladies also nodded one after another when they heard this.

Turning his gaze, Lian Ge glanced at the old lady's children, and turned his gaze back,

didn't say much, took chopsticks, sandwiched the vegetables, and continued to eat.

......

While eating, in the courtyard, next to several dining tables, the guests finished eating one after another, got up and left,

At the dining table where Lian Ge was, several old lady's relatives and old lady's children also got up one after another and got busy.

In the courtyard, it gradually quieted down, and at the table, only Lian Ge was left to sit,

Holding chopsticks, unhurried, Lian Ge casually, holding the dishes, eating.