In the backyard,

The incandescent lamp hanging from the beams of the house swayed gently with the breeze passing through the gap in the top of the courtyard wall.

The light dispelled the darkness of the backyard, and also shook the shadows of the people under the lamp,

"Knock ......"

The middle-aged man's eyes were in a trance, his mouth was muttering, and with great effort, he lifted the coffin,

The scene inside the coffin, with a strong stench, came into view.

The middle-aged man withdrew his hand, stood beside the coffin, looked inside the coffin, and watched intently,

On the side, Lian Ge glanced at the middle-aged man, turned his gaze, and looked inside the coffin,

Inside the coffin, there was a corpse that had long been decomposed, almost skeleton, wearing a pair of small shoes on its feet, but it had already been stained with some blood, covering up the original color, and the corruption of the skin and flesh on the feet also made the shoes look a little empty, and the body was covered with a bed quilt, and the blood stains under it had penetrated through the quilt and soaked to the surface.

A hand, stretched out of the quilt, finger bones flexed, gripped, as if grasping something.

Beneath his head, there was a pillow, his face, like the rest of his body, highly decayed, his skull exposed, and his almost completely detached hair was neatly combed and tied with a headband.

His eyes were a little hollow, and he seemed to be lying on his back, looking at the person outside the coffin.

......

Looking at this corpse, Lian Ge's eyes paused and turned his gaze.

Tilting his head slightly, looking at the sunlight reflected through the gap on the backyard wall,

I didn't say anything, just waited quietly.

On the side, the middle-aged man looked at his daughter lying in the coffin, silent.

......

“...... I can't bear her, after she is gone, I still want to keep her by my side, I want her to come back to life, call me again, and eat her favorite apples again......"

After a long time, the middle-aged man said again,

“...... When she was alive, I made mistakes, I failed to protect her, I killed her, she was gone, I was still making mistakes, and I just put her in the backyard for so long, and I never thought about letting her be buried in peace......

Rui Rui ...... Dad is sorry for you, I've always been sorry for you...... It's all my fault, it's all my ......."

As the middle-aged man spoke, he reached out and grabbed the coffin tightly, looking at his daughter in the coffin,

"Daddy was wrong, Daddy was wrong...... I'm sorry, Rui Rui ......"

The middle-aged man clutched the coffin with his hands tight, his eyes were red, and he said over and over again towards his daughter in the coffin.

After a long time, the voice gradually subsided, and the middle-aged man fell silent again.

Looking at his daughter in the coffin, the middle-aged man slowly bowed down,

"Ruirui, Dad takes you, let's go to the place where we need to go, Dad accompanies you, Dad accompanies you......"

muttering and reading in his mouth, the middle-aged man stretched out his hand, bent down, took the quilt, and picked up the daughter in the coffin.

......

Holding his daughter in his arms, the middle-aged man straightened up, his eyes were in a trance, and he walked out of the backyard step by step.

On the beam of the backyard, the hanging incandescent lamp shook more and more, shaking the figure of the middle-aged man under the lamp,

Walking to Lian Ge's side, the middle-aged man paused again, slowly turned his head, and looked at Lian Ge,

“...... Sir, can you, please, do me a favor. ”

The middle-aged man hugged his daughter, bent over, and pleaded towards Lian Ge.

Lian Ge turned his gaze and looked at the middle-aged man,

"Buy apples, right?"

"Yes, sir, please...... Next to the house, in the room on the left side, there was a black dress on the bed, and money in the pocket...... The money was clean, and I earned it by repairing other people's houses. ”

The middle-aged man pleaded, saying,

"Sir, please help......"

"Yes. ”

"Thank you, thank you......"

Nodding, the middle-aged man said gratefully,

After speaking, he slowly turned around again, hugged the daughter in his arms, and walked out of the backyard step by step.

Walking to the backyard, he paused again, picked up a shovel leaning against the courtyard wall, and the knife he used to peel apples before, and continued to walk towards the outside of the backyard.

......

Watching the middle-aged man walk out of the backyard step by step, into the hall, and towards the outside,

Lian Ge retracted his gaze, looked at the coffin in the backyard again, and after a pause, he also moved away.

Behind him, in the backyard, the incandescent lights are still on.

Stepping into the hall, he looked at the middle-aged man who had walked out of the room and was holding his daughter and gradually walking away.

Lian Ge retracted his gaze and walked into the room that the middle-aged man had said before.

......

In the house, as the middle-aged man said, there was a black coat on the bed, and when he stretched out his hand, Lian Ge took out a few wrinkled coins from it.

didn't put it in his pocket, he held it in his hand, paused slightly, Lian Ge looked at the room again,

Next to the bed, leaning on the inside, is a wardrobe, and the wardrobe door is half open, revealing the scene inside the wardrobe.

Inside, on the hangers, hung a new little girl's clothes, or skirts, or coats, summer skirts, winter clothes,

Next to the wardrobe, there are also a pair of brand new little girls' shoes,

It seems to have been carefully arranged, and the clothes and shoes all seem to be placed very neatly.

Looking at the clothes and shoes, pausing slightly, Lian Ge retracted his gaze, turned around and walked out of the house.

......

Outside, along both sides of the village road, it seems a little noisy.

In the yards of every house, people in the village looked sideways at the middle-aged man holding his daughter from time to time.

or pointing at each other, or talking to each other,

And the middle-aged man seemed to be unaware of the eyes around him, just hugged his daughter and walked towards the hill at the edge of the village.

“...... Fourth Brother Wu, you ...... Where are you going?"

Next to the village road, in a courtyard, the man who had greeted the middle-aged man before looked at the middle-aged man, hesitated, and still couldn't help asking,

“...... Go to the mountains. ”

The middle-aged man paused, his eyes were in a trance, he looked into the distance, and replied loudly.

“...... Then the one you're holding is ......"

The man looked at the middle-aged man walking all the way, the drops of blood dripping on the village road, and couldn't help but look at the quilt wrapped in the middle-aged man's arms, and asked out loud,

"My daughter ......"

As soon as he said a word, the middle-aged man hugged his daughter and continued to walk towards the mountain.

"Wu Si Ge ......"

The man raised his hand, opened his mouth, and looked at the middle-aged man who was gradually walking away, but finally failed to say anything.

......

"His daughter didn't die early, it's been so long, it's hard to ......"

"You see that quilt he is holding, it's almost blackened, it's ticking all the way, I don't know what it's dripping, I guess it's been so long, his daughter hasn't been buried for so long, maybe where to put it. ”

“...... This heart is really ruthless, it's been a long time, and I haven't buried it. ”

"Hey, evil, evil......"

“...... Look at how ruthless people are, how can they be like us......"

The middle-aged man gradually walked away, and in the village along the way, behind the middle-aged man, the words of pointing and pointing became louder, and several middle-aged women gathered in the courtyard said to the back of the middle-aged man, either looking interested, or looking serious.

......

Standing beside the courtyard, listening to the words ringing in his ears with the gust of breeze on his side, and then at the middle-aged man walking towards the hill at the edge of the village, Lian Ge withdrew his gaze.

With a wave of his hand, the door of the middle-aged man's house was closed again.

Moving his footsteps, Lian Ge walked towards the other side of the village road, in the direction of the village entrance.

......

The village on this side of the village seems to have been unaffected by middle-aged men.

The people in the village are still busy with their own things.

While walking, Lian Ge looked at the houses passing by the roadside.

Families are approaching in front of them, and they are moving farther and farther behind them.