Chapter 5: Manhood

In the room, there is a large basin in front of the bed, and the pot contains the prepared braised pork, which is bubbling with bursts of aroma.

"Grandpa, this braised pork tastes good, you should like to eat it, if you don't like it, don't scold me, because my cooking skills are not good, so let's just take it." Lin Jingyu said to the old man on the bed.

No response.

"Grandpa, I heard you say that you will live in another world, will you be happy and will you be bullied?" Lin Jingyu asked, "If someone dares to bully you, I will not let him go first, and no one can bully you." ”

Still no response.

"What? Are you saying what should I do if the person who bullied you is stronger than me? Lin Jingyu was stunned, but confidence quickly appeared on his face, as if he had figured out something, and said, "Grandpa, didn't you tell me that there are people outside the world, and there are heavens outside the sky, if the person who bullies you is very powerful, then I will be stronger than him, no matter what, I will not let others bully you." ”

Still silent.

"It doesn't matter, even if it's overwhelming, I will surpass him, if he dares to claim to be second, then I will dare to be first!" Lin Jingyu said.

“……”

"Grandpa, will you talk to me again in the future?" Lin Jingyu said again.

Soon, Lin Jingyu's expression became gloomy, "It's okay, grandpa, I understand you and know your difficulties, but you have to promise me that you can't wronged yourself in another world, otherwise, I will be unhappy." ”

……

In the room, only Lin Jingyu's voice sounded intermittently from beginning to end, and there was no one else.

An hour later, Lin Jingyu looked at the basin and found that he had eaten almost it, with a smile on his face, "Grandpa, I just said that this roast meat tastes good, you see that it has been eaten." ”

When he went out and found that the sun was about to set, Lin Jingyu knew that it was not early.

So he returned to the room and hesitated, but Lin Jingyu slowly lifted the sheet, revealing the cold body of the old man, "Grandpa, it's not early, I'll take you out of the living room." ”

There was no response, Lin Jingyu didn't care, picked up the old man's body, and found that it was already a little stiff, and in an instant, Lin Jingyu's mood became not very good.

"By the way, grandpa, do you want to take a bath?" Lin Jingyu suddenly stopped, looked at the old man's serene and pale face, and asked.

"That's okay, since you don't want to, don't wash it, I'll help you put your clothes by your side, you remember to put them on when it's cold, you used to take care of me, and now that I'm older, I don't have a chance to take care of you before I have time, grandpa, I hope you forgive me."

Lin Jingyu suddenly lowered his head, there was starlight flashing in his eyes, and his vision was blurred.

Continue to the living room.

"Well, okay, I'll live well, find my father, and then reunite with him and fulfill your wish."

Coming out of the living room, Lin Jingyu found that there was no place in the entire living room that was more suitable for the old man's body, and his eyes turned to the huge coffin, "Grandpa, why don't you put you in it now and rest?" ”

seemed to have received a response, Lin Jingyu hugged the old man's body and walked towards the coffin, the coffin had already been padded with several layers of clothes, all of which were the old man's clothes before his death, and it was quite reasonable to put them in the coffin.

In a short time, the old man was already lying quietly in the coffin, his face was serene and quiet.

Lin Jingyu turned around and returned to the old man's room, hurriedly cleaned up, and after a while, all the clothes inside were held in his arms, but when he was cleaning up, Lin Jingyu found two books, the cover was blank, and there were no words.

I wasn't going to check the contents inside, this was the old man's relic, so Lin Jingyu put it aside and went out to the living room with his clothes.

"Grandpa, I don't know if you're cold now, no matter what, I still put clothes on you, it's better to have clothes to cover than no clothes." Lin Jingyu said, unfolding the clothes in his hand, covering the old man's body one after another, covering it tightly from head to toe, with a sense of security.

"Grandpa, don't worry, I will make those wild boar meat into smoked bacon, take it outside to sell it for money, and find my father by the way." Lin Jingyu said.

Turning his gaze to the lid of the coffin next to him, "Grandpa, now I'll help you close the door, and you can sleep well in it first." ”

When the coffin lid was moved over and ready to be closed, Lin Jingyu couldn't help but take another look at the old man lying quietly inside, the relatives who had lived together for more than ten years, this was the last look, almost all the old men were taking care of Lin Jingyu by the side, but in the days to come, Lin Jingyu knew that he could only go down on his own and go down bravely.

"Grandpa, don't worry, I won't break my promise to you, grandpa...... Bye. Lin Jingyu closed the lid and blocked his vision, so that he could no longer see the old man's face.

Lin Jingyu still couldn't help it, lying on the lid of the coffin, his eyes red......

Half an hour later, Lin Jingyu stood up, found a dozen thick nails in the room, and came to the coffin with a hammer.

"Grandpa, I'm going to put an iron nail on the outside, so that it will be more stable, and you can sleep more peacefully inside." Lin Jingyu said.

Syllable!

An iron nail sank into the edge of the coffin's lid without mistake.

Syllable!

Another nail went in.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable......

More than a dozen long nails, smashed by the hammer in Lin Jingyu's hand, all of them submerged into the edge of the coffin lid, and these nails made the lid and the coffin tightly connected together, extremely stable.

Lin Jingyu exhaled, put the hammer aside, then found a hoe and a shovel, came to the coffin, stared for a while, and finally spoke: "Grandpa, the nails have been laid, I will go outside to find a good place, and you will live there in the future." ”

Regardless of whether there was a response or not, Lin Jingyu strode out of the house with a tool in one hand and a firewood knife pinned to his waist, and did not forget to lock the door before leaving.

For the old man's cemetery, Lin Jingyu thought of finding a high terrain, which would not produce stagnant water when it rained in the future, which was very good, and it would feel better if he stood high and saw far away.

The location of the house is halfway up a mountain range, so Lin Jingyu decided to find a place at the highest point of this mountain range and dig a deep pit......

Two hours later, the sun had set, leaving a red glow in the sky, which was extremely gorgeous.

Lin Jingyu dragged his tired body home, he was not physically tired, but mentally tired, the clothes on his body looked dirty, and traces of dirt could be seen everywhere, but Lin Jingyu didn't care about these, and after opening the door, he came to the coffin.

"Grandpa, it's not too early, I'll take you to the mountain first." Lin Jingyu said.

Hands reached to the bottom of the coffin, found the position of balance in the middle, and gradually exerted force in the vertical direction, the coffin was lifted steadily, although Lin Jingyu was confident that there would be no bumps, but he still took it seriously and carefully, which was a respect for his grandfather.

"Grandpa, we're leaving."

After saying a word to the coffin, Lin Jingyu slowly took steps under his feet and began to walk outside, the size of the gate was just passable, and it did not block Lin Jingyu's footsteps, otherwise, Lin Jingyu would inevitably do other things.

Holding the coffin with both hands and coming outside the house, Lin Jingyu thought about it, or raised the coffin above his head, his hands were always supported below without stopping, he took steps under his feet, and walked straight to the mountain, the pit had been dug, and Lin Jingyu was not in a good mood.

The road was not far, but Lin Jingyu walked for a full hour.

It was already dark, Lin Jingyu glanced at the big pit dug and then looked at the coffin next to him, "Grandpa, you can only live here in the future, if you feel bad, remember to tell me, and I will help you change to a better place." ”

It was not early, and Lin Jingyu also knew that hesitation was not the way, so he put the old man's coffin into the big pit, and then filled it with soil, unhurried, he stopped talking, perhaps because he didn't want to say anything, silently filled every handful of soil for the old man, this is the best word.

It was completely dark, Lin Jingyu patted the mound of soil that was raised high, it felt almost the same, and he sat directly on the ground to rest for a while, in fact, he was not tired, but wanted to let his heart rest.

Looking around, Lin Jingyu suddenly found that there was no tombstone in the tomb, but where did the tombstone come from in this kind of mountain, but then again, wouldn't finding a big stone become a tombstone?

No longer hesitated, got up from the ground, no matter how much dirt there was on his body, he didn't think about patting, and walked out from memory, he wanted to find a beautiful stone.

In the night of the mountains, insects and birds chirped, and the howl of wild beasts could be heard from time to time, Lin Jingyu didn't care, if there was any wild beast for him to encounter, it could only be said that the life of that beast was not good.

It took an hour for Lin Jingyu to reappear in front of the old man's tomb.

With a bang, the ground seemed to shake, Lin Jingyu put down the big stone, breathed a sigh of relief, did not stop, dug a big pit in front of the old man's tomb with his bare hands, and then moved the big stone and stood upright in the pit, about a meter high.

Lin Jingyu patted the dirt on his hands, looked around again, seemed to find something, and walked to the side.

I only heard a sound in the forest, as if the leaves were rubbing, swishing ......

After a while, Lin Jingyu carried a tree that was not big or small, returned to the tomb, looked at the mound and tombstone, and it was still like that, "Grandpa, I will plant a tree here for you, you can enjoy the shade when the weather is hot, although it is still small, but you can rest assured, it will definitely grow up in the future, and it will really be able to enjoy the shade when the time comes." ”

Digging a pit next to it, Lin Jingyu planted the tree, and after doing all this, he sat on the ground again, looking at everything in front of him, a tombstone, a tree, and a mound of earth, "Grandpa, I will go outside in the future, I may not come back often, I hope you will forgive me, and when I find my father, I will come back with him to see you." ”

Lin Jingyu's words were quickly lost in the sound of insects and birds, and there was no response, maybe those insects and birds were the real response.

At this moment, Lin Jingyu knew that it was time to leave.

Standing up, he waved his hand towards the old man's tomb, "Goodbye, grandpa, remember to wait for me to come back." ”

Turning around, Lin Jingyu's eyes still couldn't help but flicker with a little starlight, he didn't reach out to wipe it, he walked towards the bottom of the mountain, and didn't look back, he wanted to go home now.

……

As soon as Lin Jingyu left, there was a sudden noise around the old man's tomb, and the sound of Putaputa was like a bird flapping its wings, but it was more ferocious than a bird, and the next moment, I saw a bird similar to a domestic hen swooping out and coming directly to the top of the tombstone......

Back at home, everything seemed so empty.

If it was before, Lin Jingyu came back from outside, his grandfather would definitely come out of the house and blame him for coming back so late, but he always had a kind smile on his face, but now, Lin Jingyu's eyes are just an empty house, and a house without grandpa is an empty house.

"Grandpa, Xiaoyu has grown up, Xiaoyu is a man, and he will definitely not disgrace you in the days to come."

Lin Jingyu left a sentence outside the house, raised his feet and walked directly into the room......