Xia was still sitting at the door waiting for me to open the door, she was still holding a big watermelon in her hand, she was still smiling brightly, and her face was still sweaty.

Xia climbed to the roof and looked at the scenery in the distance, I stood behind her, startling her, she still didn't speak, looking into the distance.

The scenery in front of the summer is so beautiful, the sunset in the evening is pink, half of the sky is dyed pink, surprisingly tender, the blue of the sky, the pink of the clouds, and the white traces left by a few planes running by, it is fascinating to watch.

I sat down and asked her, "What's wrong?" ”

"Grandpa Bai is dead, and it's quite embarrassing. ”

"Is it your relative?"

"No, I don't have any relatives, it's just my grandfather who I met when I was a child. ”

"Then why don't you do it tonight and go check it out. ”

"No, I'm not familiar with his family, I'll just go and see it later. ”

Xia got down from the roof, took advantage of the fact that the bar was not open, walked into the alley for a long time, and was about to go to the westernmost end, I saw a table at the door of a family, a group of people sat at the table, looking at the suona, but at this moment, they all got together to drink water and smoke, Xia walked forward, they were all standing at the door in twos and threes to talk, Xia said hello very politely, but immediately someone pulled Xia's arm and talked to her.

It doesn't seem like it's a funeral, they're all chatting, they're laughing, maybe the people inside the walls are real relatives, crying.

"Dongzi, how did you get to the university exam. ”

"Who said that I will only take the university entrance examination next year. Xia Yakou denied.

"Hey, I heard that you have a lot of money, what are you going to school? A woman said sourly.

"Whoever says it, there is no such thing. Xia denied it again.

"Don't admit it, I've seen it at night, and you're still in someone's car, so get on it. Another woman said.

"It's different if you go to school, you have to find someone rich if you close your eyes, and you have more eyes than us. A man who looked about the same age as Xia said.

Xia glanced at me, that glance, under the calm scrutiny was full of hidden helplessness, I walked into the courtyard wall, no longer appeared in front of Xia, I brought her unexplained rumors.

There are not many people inside, there is a coffin in the door opposite, there is a tall wooden table in front of the door, there is a smell in the courtyard, is it the damp musty smell or the rotten smell of wood, I have stood for a long time, I have not had time to distinguish and get used to it, the house is full of wheat straw, no one kneels inside, I am afraid of meeting that group of people when I go out, and it is not in accordance with the rules when I go in, so I have to stand in the corner of the wall, waiting for Xia to come in.

Xia came in, stood in front of the wooden table and glanced at the photo, saw that there was no one inside, walked in, stood in front of the coffin and looked at it for a long time, a long time, and came out silently, I don't know what Xia is doing, the expression on her face, I can't figure it out.

After coming out, I was afraid that the group of people would continue to talk about Xia, so I kept my distance from Xia and went out, Xia just followed behind me, and I said to Xia, "Will they talk about you again in a while." ”

"Say, don't let people say it with a long mouth. "Xia deliberately gets close to me, usually, Xia can always keep a distance from me, even if I have no intention of contacting, he will avoid the past.

"You can't explain it. "I reminded Natsu.

"Then what are you doing with me? Natsu looked up and questioned me.

"I'll show you. As soon as I was talking, Xia interrupted me and leaned in the corner to listen to the group of women chatting just now.

"What, it's just not cured, I'll come back after a trip, it's so hot, and it's going to rot soon. ”

"Hey, it's a pity that anyone can cure that kind of disease, I heard that when I came back, I was hungry, and the meat was all sunk in. ”

"You haven't seen it, that face, when I looked up yesterday, I couldn't let people see it, I heard that everything I ate tasted, I was hungry. When the woman spoke, she was still inhaling cool air in her mouth to imitate, Xia listened to two sentences, twisted her head and left.

In the bar, Xia didn't speak, he kept working, and at night, when no one was around, he sat on his seat and took out his book, turned two pages and then flipped it randomly, and closed it with a snap.

Xia looked at it distractedly, her eyes were empty, like two big black holes, I looked scared, and her face was gloomy, Xia may not realize it, her eyebrows were tightly frowning, and there was a deep Sichuan character line in the middle.

I asked Natsu, "What do you want?"

Xia didn't pay attention to me, I wanted to reach out to smooth the Sichuan character lines on her forehead, Xia Yi opened my hand, "What are you doing?"

"I called you, but you didn't hear it, you have a tattoo on your forehead. ”

Xia listened to my explanation, and was silent, when it was time to close, Xia went out and walked directly into the afternoon's house, it was already twelve o'clock, there were not so many people on the road, Xia walked into the wall courtyard, there was no one inside, what about the people who guarded the spirit, why didn't they kneel inside?

Xia stood at the door, hesitated for a few seconds, and then walked in, I stood at the door, there was an old man I had never met lying inside, I was a stranger, how dare I disturb his quiet, Xia stood and watched, and suddenly knelt down and kowtowed, this head kowtowed very sincerely, I heard the sound standing at the door, and then Xia stretched out his hand and uncovered the white cloth on the old man's face.

Xia was very scared, his hands kept shaking, but he didn't put down the white cloth, he looked at it for a long time, and he kept looking at it, Xia was not afraid, and there was no change in the expression on his face, and then silently covered the cloth and walked out.

After coming out, Xia walked out of the gate, should have walked east to the main road home, Xia still walked in, walked into a house, the yard was playing cards, maybe just entertainment, saw us come in and no one panicked, following Xia's gaze, in a group of smoky people, I saw a man with hemp rope tied around his waist, it was indeed quite eye-catching, there was a pair of white shoes on his feet, white cloth tied between the trouser legs, there was also a popular traditional linen and filial piety, it seemed that it should be a son.

Xia glanced twice, saw me behind him, and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"I don't know the way out. ”

"Let's go. Xia turned around and walked in front of me, sighing as he spoke, I walked behind, my brain was spinning rapidly, what to say to make Xia not be silent, why did those funny jokes I had heard suddenly disappear from my brain. I have a heart that wants to talk, but I don't have a mouth that can talk endlessly.

I drove back home, and it was night, and I was very uncomfortable, and Xia was not comfortable today, and we each had unspeakable pain.

I sat on the edge of the bed, holding the pillow I bought in the past few days, it was a robot cat, cute and cute, I was drowsy, between falling asleep, the body floated up in the air, floating to the vast sea, the sea was turbulent, wave after wave, several meters of waves hit my face, just didn't wake me up, and then, I slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, a little down, the sun gradually moved away, sinking into the death-like darkness, nothing, just sinking, the creatures around slowly disappeared, I reached out to catch, empty, boundless seawater, wrapped this sinking me, I suddenly came back to my senses, and tried to kick my legs ashore, but it was useless, the harder I sank, the faster I sankI struggled to breathe and finally woke up.

In another cold sweat, I stood up and walked to the balcony, it was dark outside and it was almost as dark as my dream, and at a glance, the dark clouds sank under my eyelids, did I wake up, or did I still sink into the dream? I quickly walked back to the bedroom, thinking about going to the living room to drink saliva.

Natsuya sat in the living room, sitting cross-legged on the sofa, staring at the floor with two empty eyes, startling me.

"I'm scared to death, why don't you sleep. ”

"Thinking about things, you're losing sleep again. Natsu looked up at me.

I'm also sitting on the couch, just trying to talk to someone, "Think about something." ”

"Nothing?"

"You don't want to say anything, I can help you figure it out, after all, I have seen more things than you. ”

"Not really. ”

"Then I'll tell you about living me first, and then you say yours, okay. "I told Natsu about the horrible dream I had just had, the nightmare of sinking in the sea and struggling.

"In case, if it sinks to the bottom for a while, it's SpongeBob SquarePants. ”

"What. I watched Natsu hugging SpongeBob SquarePants' pillow on the couch and didn't know what she was talking about.

"SpongeBob SquarePants, don't they live at the bottom of the sea? I read it on the Internet, and they say that SpongeBob SquarePants is at the bottom of the ocean. ”

"Really. I smiled, I hadn't seen SpongeBob SquarePants, but looking at this yellow sponge block, thinking about the nightmare I had just now, suddenly healed a lot.