“...... Girl, you ......."

In the hall, under the incandescent lamp, the middle-aged woman smiled on her face,

The old man looked at the middle-aged woman, and sighed, but he still couldn't say anything after all.

Turning his gaze, Lian Ge glanced at the middle-aged woman with a smile on her face, paused, didn't say anything, and then turned her gaze and looked out of the door of the hall.

The half-hidden door of the hall seemed to be unable to stop the chilly breeze, which swept under the eaves with a falling drizzle and slapped on the door.

Inside, it was quieter.

The light from the incandescent light on the top reflected the smile on the face of the middle-aged woman.

There seemed to be only a cold wind, mixed with some rustling sounds.

......

“...... After he stopped moving, I took the kitchen knife and stood by the bed for a long time. ”

The middle-aged woman said, with a smile on her face, looking at the front of her, the intact eye was in a trance, as if she was recalling,

“...... It wasn't until the blood on the bed began to clot, and it was starting to get dark outside again, that I walked out of the room. ”

As she spoke, the middle-aged woman looked in front of her, with a little dazed eyes mixed with some confusion,

“...... Out of the door of the room, I stood on the edge of the room...... I don't know what I'm going to do or where to go......"

The bottom of her eyes became more and more dazed, and the middle-aged woman continued to say,

“...... I didn't know how long I stood on the edge of the house. I thought maybe I should go cook, every day at noon, I would cook in the kitchen and eat myself......"

“...... I went to the kitchen, as usual, washing rice, lighting the fire, cooking...... When the rice was cooked, I filled two bowls and put one bowl next to his bed...... He doesn't usually eat, but when he wakes up, he goes out to drink again......"

“...... I was in the hall, finished eating, took the bowl to the kitchen, and washed it. Then he walked back to the hall, then walked to the door of the hall and sat down.

Every day, after eating, I would sit at the door of the hall and wait for him to come back......"

In the hall, under the incandescent light, the shadows reflected on the ground swayed slightly with the breeze.

The middle-aged woman's words rang out.

Next to him, the old man listened, looked at the middle-aged woman, and couldn't help but be a little silent.

Looking out of the house, Lian Ge didn't turn his head or turn around, just listened quietly.

......

“...... I sat at the door of the house, on the threshold for a long time, as if waiting for him to come back, and not as if I was not ......"

The middle-aged woman turned around and looked out of the hall, with a bit of dazed trance in her eyes, and continued to speak,

“...... I sat on the threshold and looked out of the house, remembering that it was getting darker and darker, and the wind seemed to be getting colder...... Sitting there all the time, sitting in the wee hours of the morning...... In the middle of the night, I should have dragged the quilt on the ground next to the hall to the door of the hall and waited...... But I didn't get up, I just sat there...... Sit until the early hours of the morning, when the sky is about to start to light, and it is not yet light...... On the edge of the sky, the place at the end began to light up a little, white, and I couldn't help but raise my head and look at the sky, as if I had seen so far away...... I got up from the threshold and ran out in the direction of the dawn......"

The dazedness in her eyes faded, the middle-aged woman looked out of the house, her eyes were a little dazed, the smile on her face was a little restrained, and she was silent.

“...... I walked in that direction, and when the day was completely light, I climbed over a hill, but it seemed that I had lost my direction...... Coming down from the hill, I followed the path at the bottom of the hill and walked all the way forward......"

The smile on the middle-aged woman's face faded, and she fell silent again,

This is something she hadn't done when she had spoken about her father before.

Turning his gaze, Lian Ge looked at the middle-aged woman, and didn't say much,

Retracted his gaze and looked into the distance.

Next to him, the old man turned his somewhat cloudy gaze, looked at the middle-aged woman again, stood up, and walked to the side.

The middle-aged woman didn't seem to be aware of it, but she was in a trance, looking into the distance, as if recalling,

“...... Lad, take a sip of tea. ”

The old man fumbled, took out two paper cups from the drawer under the corner of the table, added some tea leaves, and poured some water into the cups with a kettle.

First, he put a cup of tea in front of Lian Ge, who nodded and thanked him.

The old man shook his head, bent his waist again, turned around, picked up another cup of tea, and handed it to the middle-aged woman who seemed to be a little distracted.

“...... Girl, drink some water, drink warmer. ”

Looking at the middle-aged woman, the old man said aloud,

The middle-aged woman turned her head, looked at the old man, didn't speak, took the water glass, first held it in her hands with both hands, and then put it down again and put it on the table.

He turned his head, looked out of the room, and fell silent again.

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“...... I didn't know where to go, so I followed the road, all the way, I don't know how long, maybe two months, maybe three months...... I just remember that it was autumn at the beginning, and then it was supposed to be winter......"

The middle-aged woman was silent for a while, and then spoke out loud,

“...... Along the way, I was like a beggar, or just a beggar...... In the winter, the clothes I wore when I came out of it became thinner and thinner, and sometimes I hid behind people's houses, and I still felt like I couldn't stop the wind......"

The middle-aged woman looked at the door of the hall, was silent again, and said loudly,

“...... That day, it was raining a little, and I was sheltering from the rain in a mountain village, behind a house. It was raining and the wind was blowing, so I curled up with great difficulty, leaning against the courtyard wall of the backyard of the house, trying to take advantage of the exposed eaves in the backyard to shelter from the rain...... But it didn't work, the rain was blowing in the wind, and I blew it against the wall of the backyard of that house......"

“...... I want to run, I want to change homes, I don't dare to stand under the eaves of other people's houses to take shelter from the rain...... Sometimes, some people will yell at me, some people, some people will just take a stick and whip me, and sometimes, some people will not chase me away, but just look at me, as if they are a little pitiful, some are disgusting......"

As she spoke, the middle-aged woman was silent again, looking into the distance outside the door, her eyes were a little trance,

“...... Just as I was about to run, I heard a voice coming from the house, from the backyard, it was an old lady and a child. The old lady seemed to be cooking, and the child seemed to be helping out on the side...... Listening to them, I don't know why, stopped...... I just curled up outside the backyard wall and listened...... Listen to the old lady talking to the child, and listen to the child answer the old lady's voice...... Listen to them cook and eat in the backyard...... Listening to the old lady and the child talking while eating, listening to the old lady clipping chopsticks to the child, and listening to the child letting the old lady eat too...... I couldn't stop listening, I couldn't stop leaning my body against the wall, and I didn't know if it was to shelter from the rain or to listen to them......

By the time the rain stopped, I was drenched in the rain. The old lady and the child seemed to have gone to the front yard and could not hear them again...... I trembled, my feet and my whole body dripped, and I walked around the house and walked to the road of the mountain village, and walked along the road, and walked forward...... Walking through the courtyard of the house, I saw the old lady and the child who had been talking before, and I couldn't stop looking over, and saw that the old lady was sweeping the yard with a long broom, and the child was pulling the corner of the old lady's clothes, and moving her feet with the old lady, and the two of them were still laughing, as if happy, and talking......"

“...... After I looked at it, I walked over to the courtyard of the house...... At this time, the old lady stopped me from behind. ”