"Auntie, she's gone!"

When Yan Ruoyu cried and said this, he felt that the lantern in Old Man Ma's hand fell to the ground with a snap.

The flames splashed onto the lantern paper and immediately ignited, and a flame on the ground burst into flames.

The firelight reflected the faces of the three of us, and they all became pale and godless in an instant, I still couldn't believe my ears, I just looked at Yan Ruoyu stupidly and cried bitterly, and said, "What did you say?" ”

"Cousin, my aunt is gone!"

“……”

"I, I've been with her, I thought she was asleep, and I didn't dare to quarrel with her. However, it was only when I was cleaning up for her that I knocked down the candlestick next to the bed, and everything fell on her, and she did not wake up, and I felt that something was wrong. ”

“……”

"So she's—"

I shuddered.

At this moment, what to say to be frightened, what to say sad, all the feelings didn't have time to come up, I just stood there stupidly, for a while, and then I turned my head in a trance, wanting to see Old Man Ma.

A dark shadow flashed in front of him, and he was already walking forward.

His figure, so thin in the night, kept walking forward at this moment, not fast, not slow, as if looking for an ending that I had known a long time ago, and Yan Ruoyu and I followed behind her, I only listened to my heavy heartbeat, heavy breathing, and Yan Ruoyu's irrepressible crying, in an instant, filled the whole world.

In the main house, it gradually became panicked.

When I returned to my aunt's courtyard, it was already full of people, and almost all the younger generations of the Yan family came, standing in the courtyard, and Aunt Hong stood at the door, and when she saw us coming, Aunt Hong had already cried into tears, and came forward: "Old man, ......"

Old Man Ma just raised his hand, didn't say anything, and walked in.

We all went in with us.

The room was very quiet, like a place for a person to sleep forever, and there was a hole in the curtain that had been burned by the candle, through which I could see my aunt lying on the bed.

When you go with me, it's exactly the same.

Her eyes were slightly closed, her lips were lightly pursed, her hair was a little messy, and her face was a little tired and pale, as if she was old and in poor spirits, and she fell asleep like this-obviously she said this when I left, I thought she was just tired and just wanted to rest, but I never imagined that when she closed her eyes, it turned out to be goodbye!

At this moment, the grief in my heart made it difficult for me to hold myself, and I didn't even have the strength to take a step closer, so I could only stand at the door, barely holding on to the door frame, tears rolling down my eyes.

In the haze of tears, I saw the old man walking inside.

He stopped a few steps from the bed.

I thought he would say something, or at least, say something, but he didn't do anything, just stood there.

was originally rickety, emaciated back, at this time it seemed that something was pressed on, and it seemed that something was taken out of his body, obviously the person is still that person, but nothing is different.

And we, not even knowing what to say to him.

After standing for a moment, he turned around.

There was no superfluous expression on that wrinkled face, maybe it was just because my eyes were full of tears, and I couldn't see his appearance at all, but I only heard his old voice with a hint of withered breath, and said softly: "Pass the word, let the whole village fast and vegetarian, and keep a vigil for her." ”

Someone immediately answered, "Yes." Then he hurried out.

In the middle of the night, there was an uneasy commotion.

It wasn't a peaceful night in the first place, and this time, even people's hearts couldn't be calm.

My tears are still pouring out.

In fact, I don't know anything about this aunt, as the daughter of the Yan family for decades, I only know her name, I know that I only met for the first time today, and the time to get along is not even half a day, if I really want to talk about feelings, I won't have too deep feelings, but now I see her lying there calmly, thinking about her stubbornness and unyielding in this life, I can't help but cry.

Su Su came over to help me, and said softly in a choked voice: "Miss, don't be too sad, pay attention to your body." ”

I shook my head slightly.

At this time, perhaps the most comforting person is Mr. Ma.

I wiped my face with the back of my hand indiscriminately, and the tear-stained wolf bèi didn't care, and walked forward, but saw that after he finished explaining, there was still no trace of sadness, and it was so quiet that it was simply abnormal, and when he saw me walk in front of him, he raised his eyes to look at me, and there was only a deathly silence on his face, and indifference.

I said softly, "Old man......"

I want to say, if you're sad, say it, even if it's crying? You are so old, you have guarded her for so many years, you have the right to grieve, and you have the right to cry for her.

But I couldn't speak, but it was Old Man Ma, who looked at me silently for a long time, and then said softly-

"Her wish is gone."

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Things came too quickly and too quickly.

No one has such psychological preparation, even if they all know that she is very old, two years older than Old Man Ma, but no matter what, when they meet for the first time, no one expected that they would suddenly face such an ending.

But when Old Man Ma took us to the place where Yan Yi lived, in a small room behind the ancestral hall, I found that my aunt and her old man had already prepared for some things.

We scrubbed her and changed into the shroud she had prepared for herself, and a mourning hall was immediately erected in the main house.

The spirit flags, hanging high all around, swayed gently with the cold wind in the night, as if an invisible hand was caressing them, and I stood at the gate of the mourning hall, looking at the noisy scene in front of me, and I didn't know for a moment whether my heart was sad or what kind of love was wrong.

In fact, at this age, such a calm, smiling swallow his last breath in his sleep, which can be regarded as a joy and mourning.

Even she herself probably had such an expectation, so she suddenly appeared in front of everyone after decades of silence, and also helped us solve the biggest difficulties.

Then, leave.

Some people are destined to be lonely in life and lonely in death, but her life is vigorous, hotter than a flame, and more eternal than the stars.

I took all the descendants of the Yan family to the mourning hall to pay homage to my aunt.

After doing this qiē, the person is still in a trance.

I turned around slowly, looking at the crowd in the mourning hall, all the people of the Yan family had arrived, except for the unconscious family master, and Xue Qian, I asked people not to disturb her for the time being. The old and young in the village also came, kowtowing to Yan Yi outside, although she was never married and had no children and grandchildren, but there were many people who gave her.

Especially some girls, crying very sadly.

I looked at it for a while, and comforted Yan Ruoyu, who was already crying so much that he was about to lose his breath, and then turned his head, and saw a very lonely figure in the corner - Old Man Ma, he was sitting on a chair, holding the armrests with both hands, quietly.

It was he who brought people over to arrange the mourning hall, and it was he who immediately asked people to prepare the coffin, and even asked people to see feng shui and prepare the tomb.

He handled everything with a calmness that ordinary people could not believe, everything was so orderly and undisturbed, if it weren't for the fact that I heard him tell the secret of decades ago, I would even think that he was a person who had nothing to do with the people lying in the mourning hall.

There is no love or hate, no emotion.

However, I still have something that can understand his state of mind at the moment.

There are some people, his love and hate, his sorrow, is not for others to see, nor for others to understand.

But I still walked over and squatted down gently holding on to the armrest, and the old man looked up at me as if he had come to his senses.

I said softly, "Old man, are you here?" ”

He nodded.

"Do you want to-"

"No, you don't."

Even in the words, there is no fluctuation of emotion, and it is as dry as a river that has dried up.

Although I understood that feeling, I was still worried about him, and after pausing for a moment, I said softly: "Old man, if you are uncomfortable, if you want to say something or do something, you must sue me." I, I could-"

I stammered, for fear of affecting him, but the old man was very transparent, he looked at me with dark pupils, and then said softly, "Don't worry, Miss. I'm fine. ”

“……”

"I'm dozens of years old, do I still need someone to help me get through this hurdle?"

“……”

"I've seen a lot."

“……”

"I won't have anything to think about, she's gone, but the village is still there."

“……”

"I'm not done yet."

Perhaps, if this old man was really full of tears, or even crying heartbreakingly, I would not be as sad as I am now, I was full of sadness by his calmness and indifference, but I couldn't shed tears, I choked up, was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "Hmm." ”

Everyone has their own road and the scenery they must pass on their way.

He and Yan Yi, after decades of life, naturally see it more thoroughly than all of us, and it is true that there is no room for us to interject what to say and what to do.

I reached out again, gently stroked the back of his hand and squeezed it, and then stood up.

Probably because I have experienced too much today, I haven't been able to rest so late, and I have suffered the pain of my relatives leaving, my spirit is also a little weak, as soon as I stood up, I felt a dizziness in front of me, and I almost couldn't stand steadily, and Su Su behind me hurriedly stepped forward to help me: "Miss! ”

I made up my mind, let me carry this weakness over, and shook my head to suggest that she should not shout and not let people pay attention, at this time, Old Man Ma raised his head: "There is one more thing." ”