"When?" After a while, he opened his mouth.

Gu Min said softly, "Three years ago. ”

Three years ago, it turned out to be such a long time ago, just then, he was about to study abroad. But even so, he would have known nothing. Tang Renxiu was at a loss for a while, and suddenly found that he couldn't say a word, just one sentence, "I don't even know." ”

Gu Min saw his expression of annoyance, and even more blamed herself, she couldn't bear it in her heart, she was a little anxious and hurriedly said, "Senior, it's none of your business, it's me who thinks about it and doesn't have to sue you specifically, because it's not an important matter......"

"How could it not be important?" Tang Renxiu interrupted her and said in a deep voice, "He is your younger brother and your most important person!" ”

His slightly heavy voice was like a boulder smashed into Gu Min's heart, her eyes turned red all of a sudden, and she almost couldn't help it.

"You must have had a hard time in those days, you must have had a hard time." Tang Renxiu saw that her eyes were red, as if she would cry in the next second.

Gu Min was only afraid that tears would fall, so she kept her eyes open vigorously to prevent tears from falling. even raised the corners of his lips and said with a smile, "No, it's not difficult, and it's not sad." Because I still have my grandfather and my grandmother, I'm not alone. ”

Just then, when Gu Yuqian died of illness and was buried, she didn't cry, just like when her mother died, she held Yu Qian's hand, Yu Qian cried, but she didn't cry. And many years later, Yu Qian also died, and she was not allowed to cry by herself. Because she still has her grandparents and grandmothers, they are too old to withstand such a blow, so she can't let herself fall, she can't cry, she can't let them worry. She can only accept the cruel result of fate strongly, and can only start to arrange a qiē matter.

Now, she finally seems to be relieved and can finally let go.

I can finally smile and say, "Senior, really, I'm not sad." ”

Tang Renxiu felt his heart tremble, he didn't know what it was, the girl in front of him was so thin and thin, just like when he first saw him on that cold night. But why, but such a strong posture. Such stubbornness made him feel distressed. He wanted to comfort her, but he couldn't, there was no way to do it.

"Your request for leave, I approved." In the end, Tang Renxiu could only agree to the promise.

"Yes!"

"You'll be allowed to take a vacation tomorrow."

"No need, senior......" She was embarrassed to ask for leave again and again.

"The third year is the end of the taboo, accompany your grandparents to the temple." He whispered, smiling gently.

Gu Min's heart was trembling, it was a warm trembling, she didn't know what to say, she could only thank her, "Thank you, senior, thank you very much!" ”

"Go ahead, be careful on the road."

"Yes!"

"Also, say hello to your brother on my behalf."

Gu Min was stunned and smiled, "Okay!" ”

Seeing her smile and turn around, Tang Renxiu watched her leave. As her footsteps faded away, the office fell silent in an instant. He silently took a cigarette, lit it and took a puff. In the smoke, he also remembered some things from the past.

Originally, he didn't remember it, but because of today, he remembered it.

That year, he was about to go to the United States to study, and when he went to the teaching office to go through the formalities, he accidentally bumped into someone. She kept her head down, and bumped into him head-on. He was a little stunned, thinking about which reckless guy it was, who knew that if he looked closely, it turned out to be her-Gu Min.

At that time, he joked: Walking without looking at the road?

Who knew that he had just said this, but she started crying, saying "I'm sorry", while the big tears in her eyes fell silently, and she couldn't stop it.

It's just that he asked for a long time, but she wouldn't speak, so he didn't know why she was crying.

Now that I think about it, it turns out that it was.

The word is sudden. It was a tear for the most important person in life.

It's a hot September evening.

Gu Min was afraid of being late, so he took a taxi directly and came by taxi. Gu Yuqian was buried in the Chunling Cemetery here, which was built on a mountain. There is a bus stop at the foot of the hill where buses stop. In the distance, Gu Min saw two people waiting at the bus stop.

The evening sun was the most vicious, and she was exposed to two old people with gray temples, who were her grandfather and grandmother. They sat side by side, snuggling up to each other.

"Master, just stop at the bus stop in front of you." Gu Min hurriedly shouted.

After getting out of the taxi, as soon as Gu Min turned around, he saw his grandmother standing up with her grandfather in her arms.

Both of them were sweating profusely, and their faces were flushed.

My grandfather is now in his old age, he has many diseases, and his heart is not good. In the past few years, he has lost a lot of weight and has to go to the hospital every week for follow-ups. In fact, when Gu Yuqian was still there, his grandfather's hair was not so gray, and his spirit was not so bad. Although stern, at least, he laughed all the time. Everyone in the Gu family loves to laugh, probably starting with my grandfather. It's just that after Gu's mother left, my grandfather's smile was less. As soon as Yu Qian left again, the smile became even less. Occasionally, even if he was smiling, Gu Min felt sad.

"Xiaomin, why did you take a taxi?" Grandma helped her grandfather approach, and asked openly.

"Grandma, I'll help you." Gu Min immediately walked to the other side, helped his grandfather, and replied softly, "Because the company is a little far away from here, I'm afraid you will wait." ”

"Your salary is just that, where can you get the money to take a taxi? What a waste, what does it matter if we wait? My grandfather was dissatisfied and reprimanded.

"Yes, grandpa, I won't next time." Gu Min didn't refute, just responded.

On the contrary, my grandmother was distressed, and she muttered beside her, "Xiaomin, it's not easy for you to make money, you still have to pay rent for the two of us, and the money you save has to give your grandfather a doctor, and the money can't be spent indiscriminately." I'll wait with your grandfather, it's nothing. There are chairs to sit on here, and I am not tired at all. ”

"I know." Gu Min replied with a smile.

Grandpa snorted and said unconvinced, "In the past, when I stood for a day, I didn't feel tired, and I was still alive!" Now sit and wait, what is this little time! ”

"Well, grandpa is in good health." Gu Min nodded, echoing.

As the three of them spoke, they slowly went up the hill and into the cemetery......

Walking up the hill from the bottom of the cemetery, I climbed for more than 20 minutes, and then walked along the mountain path for a while, and then I came to Gu Yuqian's tombstone. Some weeds had grown out next to the tombstone, and the body of the monument was also covered with a layer of dust, and the photo was even more dusty, so I couldn't see Gu Yuqian's appearance clearly.

Gu Min helped her grandfather stand in front of the tombstone, and her grandmother took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the photo. wiped off the dust, and the delicate and heroic face in the black and white photo was reflected. He was smiling, such a good-looking teenager, still so young and so vivid.

It was as if he was not dead at all, and right in front of them, a living person.

"Xiaoqian, grandma, grandfather, and your sister have come to see you. How are you, okay? Grandma looked at him and began to speak in a trembling voice.

Gu Min stood quietly behind, also looking at him in the photo.

In fact, the worship is the same every year. He cleaned the tombstone, put the daisies he bought in front of his monument, brought him his favorite fruit and pastry, and talked to him while burning paper money. At this time, my grandfather was mostly silent, and Gu Min burned paper money with my grandmother, and she didn't speak, only heard my grandmother muttering, "Xiao Qian, your grandfather and I are very good, my grandfather's health is very good this year, and my grandmother thinks that you must be blessed by heaven." Your sister has joined the company to work this year, she has started to make money, she takes the money home to her grandfather and grandmother every month, and accompanies your grandfather to the hospital, you can rest assured, there is a sister here, we are all fine, don't worry......"

Gu Min listened quietly, and took a piece of paper money and put it in the brazier.

In a trance, she suddenly thought of the past when she was young.

Gu Yuqian said more than once, he said to Gu Min: Sister, I don't want to study anymore, I want to go out to make money! I'm going to make a lot of money in the future, and I don't want my mother to work! I'm going to buy a lot of beautiful clothes for my sister! Grandpa don't drive anymore, and grandma doesn't help others take care of the children! I'm a man, I can hold up a family!

Gu Yuqian, who used to be admitted to high school with excellent grades, once wanted to drop out. But he was reprimanded by Gu Min, and if he didn't study well in the future, where would he have the ability to make money. Now that he is still young, he will hand over the matter of making money to his sister in the future, because his sister has grown up. My sister will make a lot of money, and whatever he wants, she will do it for him, all of them.

She remembered that when she got her first salary after going to work, she almost ran to Gu Yuqian's grave, and she told him: Ah Qian, you see, my sister has finally made money! It's not odd jobs! It's a real salary!

Now, the young man who swore his promise back then is gone, and she is the only one left.

Gu Min stared at Gu Yuqian's photo, and his eyes were slightly moist.

After burning the paper money, my grandfather and grandmother planned to worship Gu's mother again, because Gu's mother was also buried in this cemetery.

Gu Min said, "Grandparents and grandmothers, you go first, I'll clean up here." ”

"Hey." Grandma answered and walked away with her grandfather.

After the two of them walked away, only Gu Min and Gu Yuqian's sister and brother were left alone. Gu Min sat curled up in front of Gu Yuqian's tombstone, still like when he was a child, that was the most common sitting posture they had. At that time, Gu's mother was still there, and she and Yu Qian would sit like this and listen to their mother's story. And now, the two have left first, leaving only Gu Min alone.

Gu Min looked at Gu Yuqian, and it took a long time before she spoke, "What Grandma said just now is true. She is very good, and my grandfather is also very good, so Ah Qian, you can rest assured. ”

After a moment of silence, she asked again, "Ah Qian, sister is very good, how are you?" ”

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