Chapter 3: Collapse
-From birth, people are walking towards the grave step by step. www.biquge.info The weather on this day was cloudy, but in the eyes of the Feng family, the sky was gray, Ouyang was called by Feng Hongyan before 7 o'clock, and after washing, his mother took out a black cloth from her pocket, and Ouyang saw that there was a square-like patch made of a small red cloth on the black cloth.
"What's that? Why don't you have it on your cloth? ”
Xiao Ouyang asked curiously, "Because grandpa is my mother's father, not the next generation, and you and grandpa are the same generation as your mother, and there will be little red dots in the next generation." ”
Feng Hongyan had no expression when she spoke, and what Ouyang was most afraid of was that other people didn't have a trace of emotion when they spoke, which was more terrifying than any emotion.
For the Feng family, Mr. Feng is the backbone, when the old gentleman is there, several brothers and sisters no longer agree, and they dare not quarrel in front of the old man, every festival, the eldest and the second and third, as well as Ouyang's mother, that is, the old girl, will come to accompany the old man, the family reunites to eat together, and the old man will always drink two sips.
For Ouyang, grandpa is not a kind elder, I remember that when he was in the third grade of primary school, Max provoked his grandfather, but the stubborn temper of the two people quarreled in the house, and grandpa didn't let Max at all.
It seems that no one can change the things he recognizes, indeed, in this family, grandpa is the same.
Grandpa smokes and likes to play mahjong, at first he went to other people's houses to play, and then he simply moved the mahjong table to his room, so that Ouyang and Max could smell the smoke all over the house as soon as they came home.
Ouyang doesn't like smoking, one is because of his father, and the other may be because of his grandfather.
"Mom, are you crying?"
Ouyang and his mother were sitting in the taxi to the crematorium, and Ouyang looked at his mother's red and swollen eyes and asked.
"Mom is not sad, but worried."
Feng Hongyan said meaningfully.
Yes, she was sad about her father's death, and what worried her even more was how to maintain this family after her father left, and just a few days ago, people from the demolition and relocation office came to the house to look for them, saying that the old house of the Feng family was going to be demolished, and her brothers naturally didn't have to worry, but where Max and his mother were going to live, Max couldn't move to his father's, and his mother, it seemed that the three elder brothers didn't want to accept it, thinking of this, Feng Hongyan couldn't help but sigh.
After getting out of the car, Xiao Ouyang looked around, except for the black pressed people, he couldn't see anything clearly, followed his mother to the inside, and listened to his mother introduce various relatives, Ouyang has a total of five aunts, all of them are here today, Ouyang greeted them one by one, his mother and uncle followed the office staff to discuss things outside the cremation room, at this time, Ouyang heard someone behind him call him, "Brother Ouyang, long time no see." ”
Ouyang turned around and saw a little girl who was one or two years younger than him standing behind him, looking at him with big eyes.
"Oh, it's Xiao An, you're here with your parents?"
Ouyang replied.
"Well, they're talking to Brother Max over there."
After the little girl finished speaking, she pointed to the door of the office building, and Ouyang saw Max and her uncle, as well as the little girl's parents talking.
Max saw Ouyang and walked over.
The girl who spoke was the child of Ouyang's uncle's family, and when it came to her uncle, although she was not of the same sex as her grandfather or from the Feng family, the relationship between the two families was excellent, so Ouyang had more contact with Xiao'an since she was a child, and it can be said that she was regarded as a younger sister.
Because then he doesn't have to be the youngest child in his life.
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Please be quiet and gather outside.
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A man's voice came over the radio in the corner, and everyone walked outside in unison.
Outside the building, Ouyang saw that the eldest uncle, the second uncle, the old uncle, and the mother, wearing a white headscarf, the uncle took a small basin from the office staff, and then took some burning paper money and put it inside, and then knelt on both knees, the second uncle and the mother also knelt behind the uncle, and then the uncle lifted the basin and buckled it heavily on the ground, the basin was broken, and then the uncles stepped over the splinters one after another.
The next step is the cremation of the body.
Everyone waited quietly, and finally, grandpa's body was pushed out and slowly moved towards the cremation room, when they were about to arrive at the cremation room, Feng Hongyan rushed over to grandpa's body, shouting "Dad, I want my dad, don't leave me,"
Crying while shouting, somehow, Ouyang also cried, the aunts were very surprised, they all said that it was because their mother cried too sadly, in fact, Xiao Ouyang remembered the kindness of his grandfather to himself before, Xiao Ouyang realized that his grandfather would not come back, he would not buy toys for himself, he would no longer blow smoke rings arrogantly at Ouyang, and he would not say to Ouyang again that he would buy delicious food for Ouyang next time he took the first exam.
Feng Hongyan was persuaded by everyone to sit on the chair of inquiry, still crying.
Ouyang's children didn't say a word.
After a while, the door of the cremation room opened, and the office staff said, "Family members come here and pick up some ashes."
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After a while, Grandpa's urn was ready, and the Feng family, of course, Ouyang, knelt down at the urn and kowtowed three times.
Ouyang didn't know what happened after that, he only remembered that his uncles and mother went to deal with the aftermath, and Ouyang and his brothers went home separately.
About in the evening, my mother came back, and Ouyang had just gotten up from a nap, and as soon as she got up, she heard her mother say, "Chenxi, grandma and brother may want to come to live in our house."
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"Ah, why?
”
Ouyang asked, and his mother told him about the demolition, but Ouyang was actually quite against it, but he didn't know how to find a reason, so he said, "Then they come to live here, what should I do if I go to school?"
What if I go to a junior high school in the city?
Feng Hongyan seemed to know that Ouyang would ask such a question, so she replied, "Tomorrow, I will accompany you to the junior high school in the city to take the exam, and then see which one you can be admitted to, besides, they will not come over immediately, at least wait for you to go to primary school for half a year." ”
"Okay, okay, I'm going to the city, great, this time I'm going to eat Western food, I'm going to play game consoles, and I'm going to... #¥%”
As soon as Ouyang heard that he was going to the city, he jumped up happily, "Let's not go shopping, how can we have so much time to play, and, remember, don't shout in the city one by one, let people listen to jokes, after eating in a while, go to bed, and get up early tomorrow." ”
Feng Hongyan saw that Ouyang was so happy, and said with a smile.
The city that Ouyang said in his mouth is that the three districts A, B, and C all belong to the urban area, and Ouyang's D district, where they are located, belongs to a development zone similar to the suburbs, which is not particularly developed, and the funny thing is that in addition to the people in the D district, they will say that the city is in the city, and only the people in the D district will call the urban area the city, which is a simple and efficient way for the city to distinguish the suburbs from the urban area.
Since birth, the number of times Ouyang has gone to the city can be counted on about two hands, and the number of times he went to the third aunt's house, which was in a relatively remote village in District C, the only thing he remembered was the most exclusive commercial building in District A, and every time his mother went there, he put Max and Ouyang in the basement, where there was a game hall, and his mother threw down 50 yuan every time, which was enough for the two children to play for two hours, and then went to the mall to pick them up again.
Probably only on the National Day and the New Year will take Max and Ouyang to play in Area A, Ouyang every time he sees high-rise buildings, sees people on the street dressed very fashionably, and sees children like himself living in the urban area, he will be very envious, and then every time he will ask his parents why they don't buy a house in the city to live, and every time the parents' answer is the same, because of work, in District D is close to the place of work, my mother is in favor of buying a house in the city, but my father seems to be particularly afraid of buying a house. thinks that it is more practical to keep the money in his hands, because there have been several quarrels about this matter.
"Does Dad know about Grandpa's death?"
Ouyang took out a bag of ice milk from the refrigerator and asked his mother while biting on the package.
"I know, your dad will be back in a few days, it's a big deal for you to go to junior high school, why will he come back to discuss, I can't be the master alone."
After the mother finished speaking, her eyes looked out.
"What, do you miss your father?"
Ouyang asked mischievously.
"Ah, where do I have, which eye do you see?"
The mother was stunned for a moment after being asked, and then said, "You obviously have." ”
"I didn't!"
"There is, there is, there is!"
"Besides, I'll punish you for standing!"
This night, Ouyang didn't fall asleep, he was still immersed in the joy of going to the city, he didn't know what the city would bring him, and at the same time, in the Feng family, Max also didn't sleep all night, and what he held in his hand was the test paper he only scored 39 points.