Liu Hong and her brother and sister-in-law left her grandmother's house, and they looked at these two black and white photos together and were puzzled.

"Sister-in-law, these two photos are not taken in a year, this one should be when grandma and this girl were not married, and this one is many years later. Grandma, what do you mean, do you want this girlfriend and ask us to help find it, or is it someone who is related to Grandma?" said Yanzi, looking at the photo.

"Auntie, who can't see this, it's just what Grandma means, isn't this a riddle. Yuanyuan said teasingly.

"Sister, don't worry, it must be that we all passed, grandma can't say, wait a while and ask grandma in the past." ”

"Brother, I think so too, I'll go over and take a look later. Liu Hong said suspiciously, but she didn't expect that her grandmother had come to the end of her life. Liu Hong didn't find a chance to go to her grandmother's house in the afternoon, her uncle's little cousin was a few years older than Yuanyuan, and she stayed with Yuanyuan and Junjun all afternoon, talking about things mysteriously. From time to time, the laughter of a few older children could be heard.

"Cousin, we're talking about a book called Remnant Souls. It's a serialized novel that my classmates cut and pasted from the newspaper in the city, and it's pretty good. I told the two of them to go back and help collect it. You see they are happy, cousin, don't these two children like to read extracurricular books?"

"Little sister, this is also true, they are too busy with studying, and we don't allow them to read extracurricular books very much. You two children, what's so funny about what my aunt said, shut up quickly. Liu Hong looked at Yuanyuan and Junjun with a wilting smile and stopped.

"Auntie, the provincial newspaper has been serialized, where can we find it for my aunt. Junjun said helplessly.

"That's it, Mom, that serialized novel has long passed, and their classmates have just started reading it, so it's too backward. Yuanyuan also said.

"Yuanyuan, there are not many opportunities to see the provincial newspapers here, you just go back and help find them. Liu Hong said to the two children.

"That is, two little children, it is not allowed to discriminate against rural people. The high school in our county is no worse than the one in your city. I'm going to have to go to university in the future. ”

"Yes, yes, auntie. Junjun still couldn't hold back a smile and said.

"Auntie, you're not a few years older than us, so we're not kids. Yuanyuan joked.

"I'm younger than you, and you have to call me aunt. ”

"Yes, Auntie, Auntie—" the three children fought.

In the evening, Liu Hong's aunt made dumplings and made a table of dishes, and came over to beckon Liu Hong and them to eat in the hall.

"Auntie, this is a dumpling for grandma, I'll send it over. Liu Hong looked at the small bowl of dumplings that her aunt had packed and said.

"It's fine. It's just that I'm too busy this afternoon to go over and have a look, and I don't know if your grandmother has peed. Uncle looked at Liu Hong and said.

"It's okay, uncle, I'll help my grandma clean up after urinating, and I'm feeding her. ”

"Red, your grandma really didn't hurt you in vain since she was a child. Go ahead, your brother and I will have two cups first. ”

"I went with my niece. Liu Hong, on weekdays, your uncle and I went out to work, and the family asked your original cousin-in-law to take care of your grandmother, and later, your cousin-in-law divorced your cousin, and I couldn't work anymore, and I made a lot of money. My aunt complained while going to my grandmother's house with Liu Hong. Liu Hong complained bitterly in her heart, and she couldn't show it, so she had to perfunctorily walk into the room with her aunt, which smelled much worse than in the afternoon.

"Mom (grandma), get up and eat dumplings. ”

The house was quiet, and the stench emanating from Grandma's quilt was all over the house.

"This old woman, she didn't eat much in the morning, how can she pull so much? Uncle, your mother pulled the quilt again, come and clean it up. The aunt covered her nose and mouth, shouted at Uncle Liu Hong, who was eating in that house, and left the house where her grandmother lived.

Liu Hong put the dumplings on the table in her grandmother's room, walked over to help her grandmother scrub it, and found that her grandmother was already stiff.

"Grandma!" Liu Hong shouted. Seeing death with her own eyes for the first time, Liu Hong was not afraid, only heartache and regret. The grandmother in my memory is a strong and neat old lady, who has to go to the city every year to see, and every year she carries the dried wild vegetables and mushrooms in the mountains, as well as her favorite side of the pasty flatbread. Now, such a strong old man died in the bed, and he still urinated in the bed.

Liu Hong's heart tore open the general pain. Tears flowed uncontrollably.

"Niece, your grandmother loves you the most in her life, so you can cry and send her off. The uncle wiped his tears while talking about the old lady's funeral. Whenever an outsider came, my aunt cried the loudest, and when the people left, the tears stopped as if the faucet had been turned off.

In the afternoon of the next day, Liu's father and Liu's mother also arrived, and Liu Hong's other uncle also returned. Facing the green hills, a spiritual shed was erected, and the green smoke curled. Uncle and Liu's mother have been guarding the mourning shed, as well as Liu Hong. Their tears are real, and their cries are whimpering.

The green hills on the opposite side are bright in the morning and evening, and green during the day, and occasionally there are those white snow that has not melted, and the hazy and hazy makes people reverie infinitely. Liu Hong tied a filial piety belt around her waist, looking at the distant mountains in front of her, and a burst of inspiration came spontaneously.

The mountains have spirits and people have affection, and love must surround this land where life and growth are also grown. Xu is this life Xu is the previous life, gradually the green mountains have changed in Liu Hong's eyes, lush and full of flowers, as well as the gurgling water at the foot of the mountain, the ancient animals jumping in the dense forest, and the ancestors in ancient costumes, grandma is in the middle, is a Gege in the palace... Or maybe it's a lady waiting for the sedan chair to enter the door... Or a village girl, sunrise and sunset... No matter what, there is a man who loves her deeply, or riding a tall horse, or a brocade cart in a gorgeous costume, or secretly smiling through the fence... There must also be a poignant love story in the middle, a tense and bloody house fight or palace fight, and there can also be a distinction between concubines and concubines, big and small wives...

In this way, Liu Hong knelt in her grandmother's funeral shed, crying for a while and thinking about coming out to Qingshan to conceive her next novel. In time for the Chinese New Year, the mourning shed was built for seven days before my grandmother was put into the ground. When Brother Liu Hongliu and Liu's father and mother left the mountain village, it was already the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.

"Mom, when grandma left, no one was around, and no one knew what grandma's last words were. I wonder if grandma doesn't want us to worry, be sad, and leave by myself. Brother Liu looked at Liu's mother, who was still sad, and said.

"That's it, Mom, grandma doesn't have anything to worry about in this life, and people can be regarded as long-lived, so don't be sad. Liu Hong also persuaded.

"Fu, Hong, your grandmother has been clean and neat in her life, but she didn't expect to walk so dirty. Is there anything left unfulfilled, and there is something unfinished? It's all you, the old man, who stopped me, otherwise I would have come back with me, and I wouldn't have been able to leave this regret. Liu's mother was angry with her aggrieved stomach.

"Mom, who would have thought that grandma would leave during the Chinese New Year. On the day my grandmother left, she also handed me two photos, do you know the people in the photos?" Liu Hong has been thinking about the plot of the next book in addition to paying tribute to her grandmother in the past few days, so she remembered the two photos, and hurriedly took them out to show her mother and asked.