In the hall,

Lian Ge took the water cup and sat down,

The middle-aged man turned around, dragged another stool, and sat down next to the door of the hall.

Hearing the woman's words, she paused first, then turned around, with some hesitation on her face,

“...... In the morning, I went to the town and invited a master to come over, saying that I still had to hold a ...... But after all, it's also ...... Let's just say that it's not a big deal, just tonight, tomorrow morning, I'll carry it out. ”

The woman held the fungus in her hand, squatted outside the door of the hall, went down the steps under the eaves, and turned to the middle-aged man and said,

“...... Let's go for a trip, Sister Luo also helped us a lot on weekdays, and when I held a ten-year-old banquet for this stinky boy last time, Sister Luo also came to help, busy before and after. I'll stop over in a moment and see if there's anything I can do to help. ”

After hesitating a little longer, the middle-aged man nodded and answered, said, turned his head again, looked at Lian Ge, and showed some apologies on his face,

“...... I'm sorry, boy, but I might have to miss a trip in a moment. ”

"My brother is fine. ”

Shaking his head slightly, Lian Ge said something out loud, and then turned his gaze, through the open door of the hall, and looked at the village outside the house,

"Brother, are you going to the funeral?"

With a calm tone, Lian Ge asked again.

“...... Dad, are you going to Aunt Luo's, what are you doing at Aunt Luo's house?"

On the side, the half-grown boy who was munching on an apple heard the conversation here, and also ran over, and then asked out loud.

"Yes, to the funeral of every family in the village. ”

The middle-aged man nodded, answered, and said apologetically?

“...... I hope the lad doesn't mind. ”

As he spoke, the middle-aged man turned around again and looked at the half-grown boy who was a little curious in his eyes.

“...... Yes, I'm going to go to your Aunt Luo's house. ”

“...... Is there anyone in Aunt Luo's family who died?"

The half-grown boy followed and asked again?

“...... It's your brother Wu who has some accidents, and how did I teach you? Death, death, can you talk nonsense?"

“...... Brother Wu?"

Doubts appeared in the eyes of the half-grown boy, and he repeated it, but under the staring eyes of the middle-aged man, he quickly took the apple that he had not finished eating and slipped into the next room.

......

“...... Excuse me, young man, to make you laugh. ”

The middle-aged man turned his head and said something again to Lian Ge.

Lian Ge shook his head slightly, stood up from the stool, and looked outside the room again.

"Brother, I don't know if I can go over together? ”

Turning his gaze back, his tone was calm, and Lian Ge asked out loud.

When the middle-aged man heard this, he first hesitated, looked out of the house, and then nodded with a smile,

"If you're not unlucky, young man, let's go together. Although this is a white thing, it is better to be lively than cold. ”

"Thank you, man. ”

Lian Ge spoke up and thanked him again.

"You're welcome. Sister Luo is also a warm-hearted person, you passed, she was still willing to drink a glass of wine. ”

The middle-aged man waved his hand again and said aloud.

“...... Dad, I want to go too!"

In the next room, the half-grown boy leaned out after him, with some apples in his mouth, and shouted at his father,

"Fuck it, stay in the house for me, and if you're too idle to do anything, come out and help your mother pick the fungus." ”

"Oh......"

The middle-aged man scolded the half-grown boy for not being angry, and the half-grown boy was deflated, drooped his head, answered, walked out of the house, walked under the eaves, next to his mother, took out the fungus from the back basket, and helped to choose it.

“...... Then you are in the house, and look at the rabbit cub, and the young man and I will go first. ”

The middle-aged man turned his head and said again to the middle-aged woman next to him,

"Cheng, go ahead. ”

The middle-aged woman nodded and answered.

“...... Then let's go over, lad. ”

Turning around again, Tong Lian Ge said, and the middle-aged man turned around and led the way, walking out of the house.

Nodding slightly, Lian Ge also moved his steps, stepped out of the house, and walked along the village road with the middle-aged man to the other side of the village.

Behind him, by the courtyard, under the eaves, the words of the half-grown boy and his mother still sounded in his ears from time to time with the breeze,

“...... Mom, why is Brother Wu ...... I'm gone. ”

“...... You, Brother Wu, ran to the mountains alone to step on the fungus...... Fell off...... You remember, you are not allowed to run alone up the hill in the future. ”

“...... Oh...... When did Brother Wu fall off the mountain?"

“...... Last night. ”

“...... Last night?"

......

“...... Lao Xu, are you going to Sister Luo?"

“...... yes, you'll be there in a moment?"

“...... You go first, and I'll go back to the house and change my clothes. ”

Along the way, from time to time someone greeted the middle-aged man,

The middle-aged man led the way, stopping from time to time to answer.

I met the previous villager on the same village road again, and after I walked by, I was silent again, and the middle-aged man led the way, walked forward, and said,

“...... This eldest sister Luo is a warm-hearted person, and many families in the village have fallen behind her on weekdays...... Although it was a half-grown child who died, it was not easy to do a big deal, but there were many people in the village. ”

“...... Speaking of it, it is also a sin, Brother Wu left early, and when he left, the child was only two or three years old, leaving Sister Luo, the orphan and widow, behind...... As a result, now the white-haired people send the black-haired people. ”

Lian Ge moved his steps and walked forward with the middle-aged man, listening quietly without saying much.

“...... said that last night, Sister Luo was cooking dinner alone in the back room, and she didn't pay attention or pay attention. And the boy ran away into the mountains. After finding out last night, she was so anxious to look everywhere, but she searched for more than an hour before she found it at the bottom of a cliff, and when she found it, she said that she had already lost her breath......

“...... It was only this morning that I heard people talk about it. Iniquity. ”

The middle-aged man said, sighed, and didn't speak again.

"Didn't I ask you to help you find it?"

Lian Ge looked into the distance, his tone was calm, and he said something out loud.

“...... Sister Luo, she didn't want to trouble the villagers. We think that Sister Luo has helped us a lot on weekdays, but she herself thinks that she often troubles us. At first, I didn't expect it...... After all, that's not the first time...... In the past, the boy used to run out a lot, but he didn't go up the cliff much...... Who knows this time, who knows this time......"

The middle-aged man said, shaking his head again,

"I guess it's too dark, and the kid didn't pay attention to it, and his feet were empty......"

Hearing the sound, Lian Ge didn't turn his gaze, looked into the distance, and didn't say anything more.

The middle-aged man also gradually fell silent, did not continue, led the way, and continued to walk forward.

......

Along the way, Lian Ge and the middle-aged man walked to the other side of the village, looking into the distance, listening to the funeral music that sounded in his ears with the breeze from time to time.

After passing through a few more houses, Lian Ge and the middle-aged man stopped one after another.

“...... This is it, lad. ”

This is a household on the side of the village road, and in the yard of the house, some people in the village are helping to arrange some tables, chairs and benches, helping and busy.

The old Taoist priest in a Taoist robe stood at the edge of the courtyard, talking to a few helpers.

The middle-aged man said a word, and led the way towards the courtyard.

Lian Ge turned his gaze and looked at the family again.