Chapter 108: Those Lost Lives [Come on Tanggu]
On the outskirts of Jeonju, on the side near the road, there is a wall of pine forests, one and a half high, which looks like a row of green guards from a distance, guarding this quiet cemetery.
The cemetery is very quiet, except for the gentle wind blowing through the branches of the trees, making a 'whirring' sound, walking slowly here is like entering a silent world, which is completely different from the hustle and bustle outside the cemetery.
There is no temptation of money and power; Without the greed of beauty and wine glasses, they are very quiet and quietly enjoying the time to come.
There is the company of the wind and the singing of the birds, but what is not there is the hustle and bustle of life in the world, for which they have been put down for a long time.
The car was parked steadily at the edge of the cemetery, and Jung Hyuk-jae pushed the door and got out of the car, took out the offerings and flowers from the trunk, and took his sister's hand and held it tightly in the palm of his hand.
"Mom and Dad, I'm here to see you!"
Flowers were placed on the tombstone, and Jung Hyuk-jae whispered in his heart.
Zheng Minchu stood quietly behind his brother, and did not step forward, staring at the tombstone in a trance.
Jung Hyuk-jae turned around and glanced at her, and found that her sister didn't seem to be crying this time, and a smile of relief appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Min Chu, didn't you say that you have a lot to say to your parents? Go ahead, my brother won't eavesdrop! With that, Jung Hyuk-jae stood on the cement road of the cemetery and said to her from a distance.
From a distance, Jung Hyuk-jae only saw his sister's mouth open and closed, did not cry, and even laughed from time to time.
Zheng Minchu knelt in front of the curtain, stretched out his hand and gently touched the cold tombstone, "Dad, Mom!" Min Chu really misses you guys! ”
"From the old 'little princess' who loved to cry and make trouble, after you left, I will cook and help my brother with housework! The food was still hard to eat, but my brother trained me and ate it with relish. ”
Speaking of this, Zheng Minchu's eyes couldn't help but narrow into a pair of crescents, "My brother has been very busy recently, and I know it, so I have been helping my brother wash dishes and do housework recently!" ”
"The relatives at home hadn't been in touch for a long time, and my brother warned me to close the door if they came to the door, and if they didn't leave, they would call the police. After the accident, my brother was discharged from the army early, and when I was most lonely and helpless in the hospital, my brother came over with a shaved head, although he was still the same brother in front of him, but I knew that my brother was no longer the same! ”
"Sure enough, the first thing my brother did when he came was to drive away the group of relatives who saw the money, and my first feeling at that time was that my brother was so handsome!" While speaking, Zheng Minchu clapped his hands and smiled.
"That's right, Mom and Dad! My brother became a director, and finally fulfilled his long-held dream, and ah, my brother also wrote a novel, and the novel was also adapted into a TV series! ”
"Although my brother hasn't told me about his work recently, I know that my brother has been very busy lately, busy opening a company, and has to prepare, parents, don't worry! I'll take care of my brother in the future! ”
"Finished whispering?" Seeing his sister walking towards him, Jung Hyuk-jae smiled and rubbed her head, "Did you say bad things about me to your parents?" ”
Zheng Minchu pouted and retorted, "No! ”
"Really?"
"Not really!"
Jung Hyuk-jae smiled and stretched out his hand to smooth his sister's messy hair again, "I know that our family Minchu is the best!" ”
"Cut" Zheng Minchu whispered, but the smile on the corner of her mouth revealed her joyful mood.
"Brother, don't speak ill of me for a while!"
"Of course I won't say it, because our family Minchu is full of advantages!" Jung Hyuk-jae gave his sister a thumbs up.
Zheng Minchu's crescent eyes are more obvious
"Mom and Dad, I'm here to see you! It's been a long time since I've been back, and I'm a little embarrassed to come to you. ”
Jung Hyuk Jae stretched out his hand to wipe the empty soil off the tombstone, revealing the original smooth appearance of the black marble, and continued in his mouth: "Dad, I haven't come to see you, I know that you love to drink, and I don't know if you have quit drinking for so long, I guess my mother said a lot of nagging words in your ear again, right?" ”
"Mom, you always said that a man goes to the kitchen, and I always watched you busy with dinner for a family of four outside the kitchen, and I didn't know how to help, but now I can cook many of your best meals, and even the taste is exactly the same!"
I don't know when, tears quietly gathered in his eyes, Zheng Hyukzai stretched out his hand and gently wiped it away, and said with a strong smile on the corner of his mouth: "Now even if I go out and can't find a job, just rely on the skills I learned from you, it will definitely be no problem to be the head chef in a restaurant, maybe I will also open a restaurant and a chain store in the future!" ”
"Mom, Dad! I know that in fact, you have been worried about Min Chu, don't worry, I have always raised her to be white and fat, don't look at her thin, but she eats a lot every day. ”
"Our family Minchu is also a big girl, I still remember that when she came last year, she was always crying, but this year she smiled and whispered to you, but I, the elder brother, is a little out of shape." As he spoke, Jung Hyuk-jae quietly wiped the splash from the corner of his eyes and smiled angrily, "Although she transferred from our hometown to Seoul, her grades have not declined at all, and it seems that our family will really have a top student from Seoul National University soon!" ”
"As for my brother, who just graduated from Yonsei University, his status in the family is even less!"
Zheng Hyuk-jae said a lot, knelt in front of the tombstone until his legs felt numb, then he raised his eyes to look at the sky that had gradually darkened, and then said: "Mom and Dad, tomorrow is the Spring Festival, I would like to say happy Spring Festival to you!" Min Chu and I will come back to see you next year! ”
"Is it all over? Did you mean something bad about me? Seeing his brother coming, Zheng Minchu ran over and asked repeatedly.
"That's right, I said bad things about you, I told my parents that you were a troublemaker at home, and you didn't listen to me at all!" Jung Hyuk-jae teased his sister when he spoke, but he never thought that his sister's little pink fist would come up.
"Brother, how can you be like this, don't say this! Besides, I've been very obedient lately! ”
"Kidding you, do you think my brother is the kind of villain you think?"
It was getting late, and Zheng Minchu didn't notice the tear stains on his brother's cheeks. Maybe the sharp-eyed she had already found out, but she didn't say it.
Jung Hyuk-jae took his sister's hand and rubbed it a few times, "How is it?" Do you feel cold in your hands? ”
Zheng Minchu shook his head, "It's not cold." ”
"Let's go, let's get in the car." Zheng Hyuk Jae took her hand and walked in front, and suddenly Zheng Minchu stopped and turned his head to look behind him, "Minchu, why don't you leave?" ”
"I'm saying goodbye to my mom and dad and coming back to see you next year!" As he spoke, Zheng Minchu waved his hand and replied like this.
The silent cemetery had no response, only the whistling of the wind through the pine-tops, and it was getting dark, and the wind seemed to be getting stronger, and the pine guards standing in a row nodded slightly, as if to salute them.
Life always begins with one's own cry and ends in the tears of others.
Life, old age, sickness, and death are the laws of nature, and all things in heaven and earth must abide by them, and human beings are no exception.
Under the quiet cemetery, they have passed away and slept quietly, and their lives have already been ended at some point. Death is not the end of the journey, it is just another rest stop in a person's life, but this platform rests for a little longer, like a dream that you will never wake up from sleeping.
From now on, there will be no more worries, no more worries, and no more running and tiring.
When the lives around us leave us one by one, we will be old, and life is such a process of constantly losing loved ones. In the process, we have gained and lost, gained and passed away.
After being sad for a long time, Jung Hyuk-jae even forgot how to cry for a while, and later he realized that what those lost lives needed was not his own tears, but his own happy and fulfilling life. Since then, Jung Hyuk-jae has learned to laugh again, laughing at life, laughing at life, laughing and kneeling in front of the screen to tell about himself
The night gradually deepened.
From the suburbs of Jeonju to the city, the bustle and noise have refilled life, and the shops and stalls on the street are bustling with people.
Today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and at this time of the year, there are always some New Year's Eve events, from fireworks to street performances, to decorate the city, which has a population of only 550,000 people.
"Min Chu, what do you want to eat?"
Passing by the food stall, Jung Hyuk-jae rolled down the window and asked.
"Fishmeal! Fish meal! Early on, Zheng Minchu had already discovered the fishmeal on the food stalls, and on such a dry and cold February night, the hot and sour fishmeal always brings endless appetite and warmth.
"Boss, two servings of fishmeal!"
After a while, the owner of the stall brought over the packaged fishmeal, and Jung Hyuk-jae handed over the money and carefully parked the car on the side of the road.
"Let's go, I think there's a fireworks show coming here, let's watch it here today, shall we?"
Zheng Minchu took the fishmeal handed by his brother and nodded.
The two of them followed the flow of people to a square, the location of the fireworks show is here, although it is not yet twelve o'clock, but the bright fireworks have quietly bloomed here, and the dark sky has become particularly beautiful because of this fireworks.
Jung Hyuk Jae stretched out his hand to cover his sister's bare red ears, and the two of them stood quietly like this, watching this brilliant fireworks, a gorgeous short life.
(Ps: I thought a lot when I wrote this chapter, and there were a lot of words that I couldn't say, looking at the two firefighter dialogues circulating on the **, I instantly felt that human life was really fragile.)
Full of words, I just hope that Tanggu will come on! )