Putting stacks of paper money in the basin, Huang Xiaobei took a lighter and lit one of them and slowly put it into the basin.

Watching the paper money in the basin gradually burn, and looking up at the scrawny man in the photo opposite, with sunken eyes but still smiling, Huang Xiaobei squatted on the ground and didn't speak for a long time.

Finally, facing the firelight in front of him, Huang Xiaobei lowered his eyes and smiled softly.

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Putting bundles of paper money into the burning brazier, along with the slowly rising black smoke, Huang Xiaobei whispered.

"It's been a long time since I've seen you, how are you doing over there? It should be good, after all, I haven't seen you give me a dream to ask for money to spend, so it can be seen that it's okay to mix. ”

Breathing the cool mountain breeze in the early morning, Huang Xiaobei silently put paper money into the burning brazier with both hands, the scorching fire roasted his face warmly, and the black smoke choked out his tears.

Turning his head and coughing twice, Huang Xiaobei wiped the smoke from the corners of his eyes, and nodded slightly, "Okay, you just live well over there, don't be reluctant to spend money, buy whatever you want, if the money is not enough, just tell me." ”

Speaking of this, Huang Xiaobei looked at the man in the photo with a sigh of relief, and his eyebrows fluttered.

"By the way, you don't know yet, do you? I'm rich now, and I've got a lot of it, and I won in one day....... Uh, it's nothing, anyway, you don't have to worry about me anyway, I can take care of myself now. ”

Huang Xiaobei slowly put the paper money into the burning flame, "Well, there is a job, but it's not a job, anyway, I just have a goal." Open a supermarket, safe and sound, and live the rest of your life smoothly. How's that, it's right for me, right? I guess if you're still here, you'll be able to agree, after all, you told me that I can do whatever I want when I grow up, as long as I don't starve to death. ”

Sitting on the ground, Huang Xiaobei looked at his father and said with a smile on his face.

"By the way, I'm also done college, and I'm still an excellent student in our class, you didn't see it when I wore a bachelor's uniform to take a graduation photo, but it's handsome."

"Oh, yes, uncle, you know, right? It's the policeman back then, I'm living with him now, how can I say it, it's good to me, you, don't worry. ”

Putting the papier-mâché villa next to him into the burning brazier, Huang Xiaobei blinked his eyes bitterly, and exhaled a breath of turbidity, "Okay, that's all I have to say, anyway, after you leave, I haven't changed much." Come, I'm going to burn something for you, and I'll make up for what I've not done all these years. ”

Huang Xiaobei proudly patted the stack of paper money tributes beside him, "See?" I bought these villas, mobile phones, paper people and paper horses for you, let them go down there and serve you well. ”

"Don't say anything about spending money, don't say anything, I'm dead, just buy a bouquet of flowers and put it next to my grave, it's different, I'm rich now, I'm ....... now" took out an unsealed Diaoyu Tai from his briefcase, and Huang Xiaobei slowly put a cigarette worth 1,000 yuan into the burning flame.

"I'm rich now, and I can take care of myself now, so don't talk so much nonsense, just enjoy it honestly," Huang Xiaobei lowered his head, "But it's just a little late......"

Wiping the corners of his eyes, Huang Xiaobei choked up and inhaled, "Alas, tell me about you, why did you leave so early?" In this life, I didn't even get a little blessing with me, and I was guilty. But it's okay, you live down there, and I'll have everything ready for you. Remember, this is Diaoyutai, you couldn't afford to smoke cigarettes when you were alive, now I'll burn them for you, if you like to smoke, tell me, and I'll buy you next time. ”

Sitting on the ground, Huang Xiaobei nodded to himself.

"Fall asleep, I can take care of myself, don't worry about me anymore, don't worry about me anymore, I can live well, I will definitely be able to."

Looking up, looking at the billowing black smoke slowly floating into the sky, Huang Xiaobei blinked his eyes bitterly and pursed the corners of his mouth.

Damn, I really don't want to say these things, nothing else, it's too numb! If memory serves, this is the second time in his life that he has said this kind of meaty thing that he will continue to be fine.

The first time was the day my dad left....... To be honest, even then he was reluctant to say such disgusting things.

If he doesn't say such things, won't he be able to live? If he didn't say such things, wouldn't he be alive today?

Yes, it's okay if he doesn't say that kind of thing, because that kind of thing is not for himself, but for the man, and I want him to go steadily.......

I remember that the eye house that was about to die, lying on the hospital bed, holding his hand, and looking at him all the time with a very worried and reluctant look.

At that time, he was speechless, he could only look at himself, and he was so reluctant to look at .......

He was worried about himself until he died, and he was worried about his departure until he died, what could he do....... Huang Xiaobei rubbed his face vigorously, "So you, you're going to die hard in this life, and you're still afraid of what I'll do, you're really ......."

Huang Xiaobei stretched out his hand and rubbed his face, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then looked at his father with a smile, and said, "Okay, don't worry, now put your heart in your stomach, I have a good life, I have money, I will definitely be able to live well, you just take care of yourself." ”

Huang Xiaobei threw all the paper money he bought into the brazier, "I used to have no money and couldn't be filial to you, but now that I have money, I will be filial to you, I will buy you whatever you want, you ......."

Huang Xiaobei sniffled, scolded with a smile, "Grandma, you can't live a few more years?" Didn't the old fortune teller I met a few years ago say that you can live a long time? Don't you dare to come back and see me, don't you dare let me buy you something? You, alas, come on, don't talk about it, don't worry about me anymore anyway, comfortable, comfortable sleep. ”

"Dad, sleep steadily, I'll take care of myself."

After burning all the paper money, Huang Xiaobei solemnly kowtowed three more times, then stood up and said to Uncle Liu, who was staring at him on the side.

"Uncle, I'm done, you can talk to my dad, I'll wait for you at the bottom of the mountain."

Uncle Liu nodded, "Go ahead." ”

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Opening a bottle of liquor, Uncle Liu slowly poured the wine in the bottle in front of the monument, and after pouring more than half of it, Uncle Liu took another sip by himself, and then grinned and twisted the bottle cap aside.

"Good fellow, this wine is strong enough."

Turning his head to look at Huang Xiaobei's figure descending the mountain, Uncle Liu smiled lightly.

"Pretty good, right? I think it's good, I haven't forgotten you, I haven't forgotten me, I have someone in my heart. ”

"Yes, don't look at this kid who is not out of tune on weekdays, he looks like I'm just living a good life, but you can see that he still has someone in his heart, like someone who is good to him, he will remember it, well, it can only be your credit."

Uncle Liu turned his back to the tombstone, straightened his waist, and smoked a cigarette while watching Huang Xiaobei's back slowly descending the mountain.

"Big brother, sleep steadily, I'll take care of him for you, to be honest, I have to thank you, after all, if I leave in the future, at least someone will be able to send you off, right?"

Turning around and looking at the man in the tombstone photo, Uncle Liu gradually narrowed his eagle-like pupils, held a cigarette, and muttered to himself in a deep voice.

"But how did you get there? I checked the medical records and asked Xiaobei, although your medical records say that the malignant tumor deteriorated and led to death, but you did not have any bad signs before the deterioration, even if there was a malignant tumor in your body suddenly. ”

Uncle Liu slowly inhaled the cigarette in his hand, his eyes turned slightly, "The strangest thing is that although your body is average and not too good, you will never die in just two weeks." It's too fast, it's too unreasonable, not to mention that Xiaobei also told me that you could go out to work to prepare for his college tuition two days before you entered the hospital, but suddenly fell ill......."

"You never mentioned Xiaobei's fucking situation to me, even if I asked you, you refused to tell me at the beginning, just said don't know, it's not good for me, and ......."

Speaking of which, Uncle Liu remembered what Huang Xiaobei's father had said to him drunkly when he first met Huang Xiaobei's father and drank with him.

"Xiao Liu, in the future, if I suddenly disappear one day, Xiaobei's child will be entrusted to you, can you bring him up?"

Thinking of the man who wore black-framed glasses all the year round and had a relaxed smile on his face, after saying this, he stared at him for a long time with a very complicated look, and Uncle Liu, who was a little drunk, blushed and scratched his head in confusion.

"Big brother, what are you talking about? Why aren't they a few years old? ”

Huang Xiaobei's father put down the wine glass in his hand, and after being silent for a while, he raised the wine glass again and said, "That's right, okay, you shouldn't have heard of me, come, drink." ”

"In case, if I'm gone, can you take Xiaobei to live somewhere else?" When he was drunk, Uncle Liu's ears heard the last voice of Huang Xiaobei's father.

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Thinking of the strange performance of Huang Xiaobei's father that night, and thinking about Huang Xiaobei's father who was really suddenly gone, Uncle Liu's sharp eagle eyes became sharp again.

Intuition told him that Huang Xiaobei's father may have known that he would suddenly be gone one day, but it may be that he himself is not sure, or he doesn't want to trouble him, after all, who would have thought that an excellent police officer back then would really beat a bachelor until now?

Uncle Liu threw away the burned cigarette in his hand, his eyes sank slightly, "Maybe, it's really not an accident, right?" Check it out, it's only been five years, and there should still be some clues. ”

Looking at Huang Xiaobei, who had already walked to the foot of the mountain and beckoned to him, Uncle Liu also waved his hand to him, indicating that he would come soon.

But after waving his hand, a new question appeared in Uncle Liu's heart.

Because if Huang Xiaobei's father really didn't die of illness, or was ...... What would be the motivation?

Huang Xiaobei's father is poor, he works a job during the day, and he has to do something else from time to time at night, he is an ordinary person who can't be ordinary. And according to Uncle Liu, Huang Xiaobei's father is very popular and gets along well with anyone, so even if someone really wants to kill him, what will be the motive? Is there any benefit in killing an ordinary person?

Thinking of this, Uncle Liu's eyes were slightly stunned.

"Actually, I don't ask you for anything, if I don't come again one day, you can take Xiaobei to live in another place, and you can go to an orphanage, just let him change places."

Turning his eyes to Huang Xiaobei, who was chatting with the cemetery uncle at the foot of the mountain, a shadow suddenly appeared in Uncle Liu's heart.

Hopefully not what I thought it would be.