Xiang Grandma's funeral is very simple, Xiang Yuan does not have much filial piety to this mother, so he is naturally not willing to spend more money, although relatives and friends have hearts, but it is not good to cross the son of others, so he can only say a few words in private.

Xiang Ange wanted to do better, but was persuaded by the old village chief, with Xiang Grandma's temperament, he would definitely rather have a few more good meals for his two grandsons than be willing to spend it in such an unnecessary place.

After three days of rest, Grandma Xiang was buried in the back mountain, and the tomb was prepared a long time ago, and Grandpa Xiang was buried here. After many years, the husband and wife finally came together again.

The few people who carried the coffin were all from the village, and they said goodbye and left when they were done, Xiang Yuan and Chen Li couldn't wait to leave with Xiang Chen Bo quickly, and just said to Xiang Ange: "Since your grandmother has made arrangements, don't trouble us if you have something in the future." ”

Xiang Angra Xiang Antai's hand, standing halfway up the mountain and looking down, he could see the figure of a group of people gradually moving away, the back mountain was not high, he could clearly hear Chen Li's complaining voice: "The dead old woman only thinks about them, and doesn't think about us at all, don't expect me to come to the grave in the future." ”

Xiang Ange's eyes darkened slightly, and the hand holding his younger brother slowly tightened, Xiang Antai was still young, and subconsciously shouted: "Brother, what's wrong with you?" ”

Xiang Ange came back to his senses, quickly let go of his hand, pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "It's okay, in the future, we will come to the grave of grandparents." ”

Xiang Antai nodded obediently, the child looked at the grave and was a little scared, reached out and grabbed his brother again, thought about it and asked, "Brother, will we never see grandma again in the future." ”

Xiang Ange touched his brother's head and just said, "Grandma is watching us from the sky." ”

Xiang Antai bowed his head and said softly: "I know, grandma is dead, and she will never cook for us again and talk to us in the future." ”

Xiang Ange wanted to say comforting words, but he didn't know where to start, in fact, compared to his younger brother, he could understand the pain of his relatives leaving, and after a while, he reached out and hugged his younger brother in his arms, and said softly: "Brother accompanies you." ”

Xiang Antai hugged his brother's waist, and suddenly cried loudly, at the funeral of his grandmother, he didn't dare to cry, but at this moment he couldn't help it anymore, the child's loud crying spread far away, several people carrying the coffin sighed one after another, and secretly said that the two children of the Xiang family were also pitiful, and heard the voices of the couple who were far away, and they looked at each other, feeling that the old lady Xiang had such a son, and he really didn't know what he had done in his previous life.

Xiang Antai cried for a long time, and he had to stop crying until he hiccuped, he had already started elementary school, and he was a little sensible, so he lowered his head a little embarrassed at this time.

Xiang Ange didn't mean to make fun of his younger brother, reached out to wipe away his tears, patted him on the back again, made him feel better, and comforted: "It's okay to cry in front of my brother." ”

The two brothers worshiped Grandpa Xiang, and then went to the grave of Xiang's father and mother, who had died not far away, in addition to burning paper on the grass, and then walked down the mountain hand in hand, before leaving, they looked at the two graves side by side to Ange, and couldn't help but think, it's okay to go to Grandma like this, no longer have to worry about them, I heard that a comprehensive cremation is about to be implemented here, and Grandma has said before that if it is cremation, she would rather go early.

These are his own words of comfort, and Xiang Ange is still strong, because he knows that he has a younger brother, and if he falls, what will that brother do. Grandma told him to take good care of his brother before she died, and he would definitely do it.

Although the back mountain is not high, because there are few people going up and down the mountain in recent years, the road is half submerged, especially after the rain a few days ago, it is a little slippery to walk.

Xiang Ange himself walked in front, let his younger brother follow, and walked slowly down. Xiang Antai grabbed his brother's hand tightly, and walked carefully, who knew that when he was about to get down the mountain, the soles of his feet were still slipping, and the whole person fell uncontrollably.

Xiang Ange was startled, and subconsciously blocked in front of his younger brother, and under the impact of gravity, the two brothers rolled down together.

It happened suddenly, Xiang Ange only had time to protect his younger brother tightly, and the two rolled all the way to the foot of the mountain, fortunately this place is not steep, otherwise it would have to kill people.

When he stopped, Xiang Ange let go of his hand and checked his brother's injury, only to see that there were only some abrasions on his hand, so he breathed a sigh of relief: "Atai, does it hurt in your body?" ”

The child was protected but didn't hurt anything, but he was frightened, and when he looked up, he saw that his brother's head was full of blood, and he was even more frightened and shouted: "Brother, don't die." ”

Xiang Ange was so frightened by him that he realized that his head was bleeding, and he reached out to wipe it, he felt that it didn't matter, and comforted him with a smile: "I'm fine, it's just a little bit, Atai don't cry." ”

Xiang Antai stared at his brother tightly, making sure that he was really okay and would not be unable to sleep like his grandmother, so he hurriedly got up.

Although Xiang Ange felt that he was fine, but there was blood all over the place, and it looked a little scary, he reluctantly wiped it with a T-shirt, but there was no way for a while, there was a small pond on the side of the mountain, but the ducks raised by the people were very dirty, and it was impossible to wash the wounds.

Xiang Ange sighed, since he was a child, his luck was very poor, he was always injured at every turn, fortunately it was a small injury every time, it seemed to be thrilling but it could save the day every time, and this time I thought about it.

Thinking like this, Xiang Ange didn't take it seriously, and was about to get up, but saw a strange stone in the grass next to him, which was stained with his own blood.

It was a strange stone, it looked like it had been polished, it was very smooth, but it was the size of a thumb nail, and the texture was the kind of sand stone that was very common in this generation, but it was the color of white jade, stained with blood, and it looked a little showy. The reason why I say strange is because Xiang Ange felt familiar at first sight, it was a lingering intimacy, and the hair came out of his bones.

Xiang Ange couldn't help but reach out and pick up the stone, rubbed it twice, there was a faint joy in his heart, and Xiang Antai next to him saw that his brother had been sitting on the ground and couldn't get up, poked his head to look at it, and asked strangely: "Brother, what are you picking up stones for?" ”

Xiang Ange couldn't tell why he picked up this stone, but that little bit of liking made him put the stone in his pocket, anyway, it was an ownerless stone on the mountain, and it didn't matter if he liked to pick it up and take it home.

After putting away the stone, he stood up to Ange, and reached out to touch his brother's head, but he could only put down the blood on his hands, and only dragged him to the house.

When they arrived in the village, Xiang Ange's bloody face frightened many people, and several people asked with concern, and they were relieved when they heard him say that he just fell and nothing serious.

The Xiang family's house is at the outermost end of the village, closest to Heyuan Town, because when the house was first built, the Xiang family and his wife thought that it would be more convenient to go out to work in the future.

When the brothers walked by, the people in the village inevitably discussed: "This Xiang Yuan really has no conscience, he is also his own nephew, and he came back by patronizing, otherwise Ange would have fallen." ”

The people next to him obviously couldn't get used to seeing Xiang Yuan, and said after hearing this: "But no, when his brother was still alive, how good he was to him, he really fed the dog with a conscience, fortunately, the old lady Xiang was clear, otherwise the money was really given to their family, and a few yuan could be spent on these two brothers." ”

People are sympathetic to the weak, Xiang Shan and his wife were very popular when they were alive, and Mrs. Xiang was also a good person, and now there are only lonely brothers left, and the people in the village are still willing to take a hand when they can take a hand. Of course, there are also some people who feel that these two brothers are so hard that their parents and grandmothers are dead, and they feel a little unwelcome in their hearts.

The Anger brothers didn't hear these words, and even if they did, they probably didn't take them to heart, and over the years, they had heard more of them.

When I got to the house, I fetched water from Ange and washed my younger brother, and then I washed the blood on my head, which looked terrible, but in fact, it was just a hole, and I found a band-aid from Ange and put it on, so I didn't care about it anymore.

He has been like this since he was a child, he was often injured, and he looked frightened several times, but when he washed it and looked at it, he usually didn't have the Yan zhòng who imagined the injury. Gradually, Xiang Ange himself didn't take it very seriously. He took out the stone and put it in the basin, trying to wash the blood from it, but who knew that the blood seemed to have penetrated into the stone, and he rubbed it several times but did not wipe it clean.

Xiang Ange was about to pick it up and take a look, but he heard the sound of ping-pong from the kitchen, and hurriedly walked over, and when he looked, it was Xiang Antai who was clumsy and wanted to cook.

Xiang Ange was moved and amused, looking at his younger brother's clumsy appearance and a little sad, he hurriedly took the bulky lid of the pot and said, "I'll come, there are still many dishes for tofu rice, we can eat it as soon as it is hot." ”

There were a lot of leftover meals from the funeral, and although Chen Li picked the best ones, the rest was enough for the two brothers to eat for a while. At this time, the weather was hot, and Xiang Ange picked up the good ones, and the two brothers had a simple lunch.

Where the brothers didn't notice, the stone in the basin suddenly emitted a red glow, and the light was very soft, and when it flickered, it absorbed all the blood on it.

When Xiang Ange finished eating and washed the dishes, and then remembered this stone, he came to take a look, and was surprised to find that the blood stains on it had disappeared, and it looked like an inferior white jade stone, but the texture on the top was too poor, and it was a little pitted, and it didn't look so pleasing.

For some reason, this stone doesn't look good, Xiang Ange just likes it very much, and after thinking about it, he casually put it on the head of the bed.

There is one less person in the family, it seems extraordinarily quiet, but Xiang Ange can't just be so sad, he just took the college entrance examination, and he doesn't know what the results are, if he is admitted, he will have to leave home to go to school, although his younger brother has studied in elementary school, but he is at home alone, he can't rest assured.

Xiang Anger thought about it, but he couldn't think of a perfect solution, if he could, he would also be willing to give up studying and raise his younger brother to grow up, but going to school is the expectation of his grandmother and his dead parents, and he can't live up to the expectations of his three favorite people. Another one, he went to school early, although he took the college entrance examination, he was actually only sixteen years old, and he was barely able to get an ID card, even if he went out to work, I am afraid no one wanted it.

Thinking of these, Xiang Ange was a little distressed, he was not a grandmother, the 100,000 yuan was a lot eight years ago, but now it is not enough to support the two brothers to study until adulthood, prices have skyrocketed over the years, not to mention tuition, living expenses alone are not a small amount.

In the future, they will all have to study, and the family's field, my uncle's side will definitely not help, I am afraid that in the end they can only rent it to others in exchange for a little food.

Xiang Ange sighed and walked out of the door, but saw Xiang Antai obediently sitting at the dinner table doing his summer homework, looked at Ange's somewhat vacant home, walked over and asked, "Is there anything you can't do?" ”

Xiang Antai showed a smile and said a little proudly: "I will, I'm smart, brother, I will make a lot of money in the future, so you don't have to worry." ”

Xiang Ange's eyes were hot, thinking that he was such an adult, and he actually let his younger brother worry about it, and he felt a little guilty in his heart, he hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Atai, you stay at home, my brother has something to do with the village chief and grandfather, if you are tired, you can play for a while, you know?" ”

Xiang Antai nodded, Xiang Ange walked out of the door, and went straight to the village chief's house, and when he entered the door, the village chief's grandfather and the village chief's family were quite enthusiastic, after all, they were children who grew up watching from childhood, and the old village chief was also willing to look at them well.

Just waited for Xiang Ange to tell him what he meant, but the old village chief frowned, took a puff of cigarette and said, "I'm afraid this matter is not easy to handle, so let's wait for your Uncle Ming to come back in the evening, and I'll ask him again." ”

Xiang Ange was not in a hurry to ask for an answer, thanked him and left, and after the people left, the village chief's family said: "Ange means to send Antai to the city to go to school, this ...... Hey, but if he goes to college, Antai will be alone, or let's take someone over and take care of him? ”

The old village chief shook his head and said: "This can't be done, if you take care of it for a day or two, of course it's fine, where can it be done for many years, even if we don't think there is anything, the child is awkward, besides, the daughter-in-law is afraid that she will also have opinions." ”

When the village chief's family heard this, their waists were stiff: "She dares, as long as Xiang Ming doesn't speak, what opinion can she have." ”

The old village chief didn't agree, Xiang Ange wanted his younger brother to go to school in the city, of course, not for teachers or anything, a family like theirs couldn't consider this, but because the only primary school in Heyuan Town couldn't live in the school, and if they wanted their children to live in school, they had to be at least a primary school in Min County.

Min County generally does not accept students from the following townships, but if you are willing to pay sponsorship, it is naturally no problem, of course, Xiangjia is naturally unaffordable. Xiang Ange came to ask the old village chief because Xiang Ming had some connections in the county, and his daughter Xiang Tingting went to school in a primary school.

The old village chief thought to himself, if it really doesn't work, he can always let Xiang Antai go to school with some money from his own family. It's not that he doesn't like Xiang Antai and doesn't want to adopt him, but this adoption will have to be for many years, and there will definitely be a lot of trouble at that time, and in the end, maybe it will be even worse for the brothers.