Chapter 127: Death Day
On Friday morning, Xia Yun had breakfast, lying on the bed boredly wondering if he was too decadent, it was not a matter to be so blind every day, should he find something serious to do to pass the time.
It's no wonder that those rich second-generation officials and second-generation officials always want to find some excitement when they have something to do, but they are all boring and empty......
It's just that before my father's affairs come to an end, I always feel that I can't do anything.
Just as he was thinking about it, the phone rang, and Xia Yun looked at the caller ID, and it was actually Jiang Peilan, an old classmate he met in TiannΓΌchi a few days ago.
"Xia Yun, are you free in the morning? Come out for a walk with me, okay? β
Xia Yun was slightly stunned, groaned for a while, and agreed with a smile.
Ten minutes after making an appointment with Jiang Peilan, they met at an intersection near their home, and Xia Yun casually changed into a set of clothes and went downstairs.
In the living room on the first floor, my mother was sending an aunt who was about the same age as her to leave, and it was estimated that it was a neighbor, Xia Yun didn't care, so she casually said hello to her mother and went out.
At the intersection agreed by the two, Xia Yun didn't wait for a few minutes, and saw Liu Mengqing's red Maserati driving towards him, and Jiang Peilan, who was wearing sunglasses and a plain white T-shirt, was sitting in the cab and waving to him.
Xia Yun whistled, pulled the car door and sat in the passenger seat, and smiled at Jiang Peilan, "If this is seen by an acquaintance, I will think that I was covered by a rich woman......
Jiang Peilan smiled faintly, didn't answer, started the car and slowly drove forward.
Xia Yun looked at the backward street shadow and said with a smile, "It seems that you have a good relationship with that Bai Fumei Liu Mengqing, such a high-end luxury car is let you drive it out!" β
Jiang Peilan still didn't answer, just concentrated on driving.
Hitting a nail twice in a row, Xia Yun was also a little bored and depressed, calling himself out early in the morning, but leaving himself aside. What kind of fuss is this?
I wanted to open my mouth and ask her to let herself get out of the car, but after thinking about it, she still didn't say it, after all, she was a classmate, and the other party was a big beauty, and she had to keep some grace as a big man.
In silence, Jiang Peilan drove the car out of Licheng, all the way to the side of the road at the foot of a mountain near Xia Yun's hometown Dongxiang, and then passed two mountains, which was the Tiannu Pond where they barbecued last time.
Jiang Peilan looked at this barren mountain for a while. Only then did he sigh leisurely, and said to Xia Yun, who was silently looking at the front of him, "I'm sorry, today is my father's death day." β
Xia Yun was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Jiang Peilan's father seemed to have left during this time period, and the little unhappiness in his heart turned into smoke, and he paused before turning his head to look at Jiang Peilan, "I should say I'm sorry." I don't know if today is your father's death day......"
Jiang Peilan shook her head, opened the car door and got out of the car, took a flower basket from the trunk, and some memorial supplies such as white wine, yellow paper, incense and candles. habitually pursed his lips, and his eyes behind the sunglasses looked at Xia Yun softly.
"Since I buried my dad seven years ago, I went out of town, and then I got an opportunity to go to the United States. He never came back, this time he was going to come alone, but it came to an end. Suddenly, I was a little scared of homesickness, and I was here, and the person I could still remember and trust seemed to be you, so I pulled you over, you won't blame me, right? β
"How come, I haven't seen my old classmate for so many years, you can still believe me, I should be honored!"
Xia Yun also got out of the car, took two steps forward, reached out to take the things in Jiang Peilan's hand, and followed her side by side to the mountain, looking sideways at Jiang Peilan, who was wearing a plain white T-shirt, white cropped pants and white board shoes, she suddenly felt some pity in her heart, and couldn't help but sigh softly.
Jiang Peilan's figure paused slightly, did not turn her head, and continued to walk forward.
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Jiang Peilan's father's tomb, at a corner platform halfway up the mountain, is an ordinary sedan chair tomb, but it should be that someone came to sweep the tomb this year, and the surrounding weeds and everything have been cleared, and there is a bouquet of withered flowers in front of the tomb.
On the tombstone, a few words are simply engraved.
Loving father, Jiang Mingxiang's tomb, daughter Jiang Peilan stands, and the lower left corner is a row of time.
Jiang Peilan put the flower basket in front of the tombstone, lit incense and candles, piled up the yellow paper together, lit it with a lighter, took off her sunglasses and knelt in front of the tombstone, looking at the raging flames, tears slowly flowed out.
"Dad, Pei Lan came to see you, my daughter is not filial, I haven't been able to come back to see you for so many years, so I can only ask the third aunt to help you sweep the tomb during ......the New Year's holidays."
Xia Yun stood behind Jiang Peilan a few meters away, looking at Jiang Peilan who was kneeling on the ground, she felt a little pity in her heart, her high school classmate was also ill-fated, she lost her mother as soon as she was born, not to mention, her father also had an accident on the eve of the college entrance examination and had to drop out of school to work to support her family......
In fact, over the years, Xia Yun has always felt a little faintly guilty about Jiang Peilan's father's suicide, and always felt that she had made a big deal out of it, and there were many people who knew the Tao, which made someone talk about it in front of her father, which led to the tragedy.
However, if you go back in time and return to the original scene, Xia Yun estimates that he will still kick his chest like before......
Of course, the aftermath will definitely be handled better than it was then, and the tragedy will not be repeated!
I don't know how Jiang Peilan has lived in the past few years.
In front of the tomb, one knelt and muttered to himself, the other stood silent, time passed quickly, and just when Xia Yun's legs were a little numb, there was a sound behind him.
Xia Yun turned his head to look, but saw a few young people with colorful hair, and at first glance, they looked like young people who had come out to mix turned around from the other side of the mountain road.
Seeing Xia Yun and Jiang Peilan, the thug in a flower shirt who walked in front blew a loud whistle, and said with a smile, "I thought it was Bai Fumei who had a private meeting with a lover and went to the mountains to play field battles, but I didn't expect that a dead person would come!" β
Someone in the back laughed and said, "Maybe these rich second generations like this tune, and it feels better to shoot in front of the dead!" β
Hua Shirt smiled, and said to Xia Yun, who was sinking like water, "Boy, you have been cool on the mountain for so long, and your brothers have also been under the mountain for you for so long, shouldn't you give us some hard money?" β
Obviously, these thugs were passing by when they saw a Maserati parked on the side of the road in the wilderness, and they had bad intentions and planned to come up to extort money.
Xia Yun turned his head to look at Jiang Peilan, who was still kneeling in front of the tomb, didn't seem to hear the words of these gangsters, and didn't react at all, didn't speak, and walked towards the flower shirt.
Hua Shirt looked at Xia Yun triumphantly, "Boy, count you as acquaintances, hurry up and give me your wallet ......"
Before he finished speaking, he had already received a heavy punch in his stomach, and he suddenly bent down and couldn't speak.
Seeing that Xia Yun actually dared to make a move on them without saying a word, several thugs were a little stunned, until Xia Yun kicked another person next to him half a meter away, and the rest reacted and scolded angrily and pounced on Xia Yun.
As soon as Xia Yun stretched out his hand, grabbed a leg that was kicked towards his chest, and pulled it slightly, and suddenly a pig-like scream sounded, and it was obvious that the other party had split it...... At the same time, the short body swept with one foot, sweeping the other person to the ground.
Although his skills are no longer as good as they were at their peak, there is still no pressure to clean up a few bare-handed gangsters, and in less than two minutes, all the gangsters are lying on the ground and can't get up.
After subduing these gangsters, Xia Yun didn't even bother to talk about the scene, took out his mobile phone and took a few photos of them, and directly waved them to get out, but when the gangsters who were supporting each other were about to leave the platform, they said a word in the back.
"I've already taken your photos, if you still want to mess around in Licheng, don't do some superfluous things!"
Feeling the chill in Xia Yun's words, several thugs were slightly shocked, and the original idea of going down the mountain to smash the Maserati parked on the side of the road before running was suddenly extinguished.
After teaching the gangsters a lesson, Xia Yun turned his head, Jiang Peilan had already stood up, and smiled at him slimly, but her plain white, slightly red and swollen eyes were even more beautiful and moving.
"I haven't seen you for a few years, not only has my piano and cooking skills improved a lot, but even the means of fighting don't seem to be much behind? I don't think a dozen or so of these thugs will be no match for you. β
Xia Yun shrugged his shoulders, walked to Jiang Peilan's side, picked up the sunglasses on the ground, patted the grass clippings and dust on them, wiped them casually with his T-shirt, and handed them to Jiang Peilan.
"Thank you for the compliment, I don't have any merits, and there are only a few shots left to take, so you must keep it!"
Jiang Peilan took the sunglasses and put them on, covered her red and swollen eyes, and walked down the mountain side by side with Xia Yun, "Xia Yun, are you still free this afternoon?" Can you accompany me for a walk around this Dongxiang again? β
Xia Yun smiled, "For the sake of my old classmates, today I will sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman, and I will accompany you wherever I want!" β
The two drove back to Dongxiang, found a parking lot, parked their cars, and walked slowly around this childhood town.
It's just that the vicissitudes of life, the world is impermanent, not to mention Jiang Peilan, even Xia Yun has not been back to this town where he spent three years of high school for several years, and many places have changed.
What was once an alley has become a boulevard, a low-rise house has become a towering high-rise, and a commissary facing the street has become a sales agency......
Passing by a bicycle store, Xia Yun glanced at Jiang Peilan, who was not in a high mood and didn't talk much, groaned for a while, and suddenly smiled and asked her to wait for herself for a while.
Jiang Peilan stood still, watched Xia Yun enter the bicycle store, and two minutes later, she came out with a white mountain bike, put it in front of her, and patted the cushion, "Let's go, brother will take you to revisit the old Dongxiang Ancient Town!" (To be continued......)
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