In the eastern Ming country, there is a remote village - Qinglan Village.

Qinglan Village is located at the foot of a large mountain, there are few houses in the village, about forty or fifty people, one of the houses is more remote and the most prominent, because the house floor is one level higher than the others, most of the houses here are one or two floors, none of them are three-storey, this house is the most conspicuous in this village.

The second conspicuous thing is the white cloth hanging around the house, and the family seems to be holding a funeral.

A group of people gathered around the mahogany coffin in a house to mourn, Li Zheng looked at the sky, shouted out of the coffin, and then six big men carried the mahogany coffin out of the house, led by the deceased's only relative, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.

The boy is quite handsome, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a tall nose bridge, thin lips, a white and tender face with some pale color, a thin body, a white mourning dress, a black ribbon tied on the sleeve, a white mourning dress was worn by the boy A little fairy, making him look like the fairy child under the fairy seat, delicate and lovely, with a fairy spirit.

The sound of mourning music, the send-off procession came to an empty feng shui place and stopped, and an old man over half a hundred years old came out of the procession, and after reading a long list of memorial speeches, he shouted, "The time has come!" Burial—"

As soon as the words fell, several big men slowly put the coffin into the tomb that had been dug a long time ago, and buried it on the stele.

The white paper flew in the air, there was a fruit offering and a brazier in front of the monument, the fire in the brazier was vigorous, and the old man said to the boy, "Qi Xiu, kneel, kowtow to your mother three times, and say goodbye!" ”

There was no joy or sorrow on the boy's pale face, his expression was a little numb, and according to what the old man said, he kowtowed three times, then straightened his waist and knelt on the ground motionless.

The old man sighed, "Child, you are also a miserable person, why don't you go with grandpa!" Grandpa doesn't covet your three-story house, you put the title deed and go to grandpa, grandpa can take care of you. ”

Qi Xiu's numb expression was moved, but he still didn't answer, and sighed again, "You are better to follow me than to be alone." ”

"Thank you, village chief, grandfather, I don't need it."

"Alas, forget it, I won't persuade you much, when do you want to go and talk to grandpa, grandpa will leave you a room."

Li Zheng on the side looked at the sky and said to everyone and Qi Xiu, "Let's go, it's not too early, there will be beasts here later." ”

Everyone took the tools they brought and prepared to leave, but they saw that Qi Xiu was still kneeling there, so they persuaded, "Don't be sad, don't be sad, the time is moving, the days have to pass, people live in the world is to fight for breath, you can't be depressed because the dead are sad for a while, life must look forward." ”

Qi Xiu's eyes flashed, and his kneeling posture still didn't move, but he said, "Uncles, let's go first, I will stay and want to talk to my mother, and I will leave after a while." ”

Everyone didn't think much about it, thinking that he was going to say something to his dead mother, after all, it was someone's private words, and it was inconvenient for them to listen to outsiders, so they reminded him to pay attention to the time, and then they all left.

As soon as everyone left, Ye Xiu leaned on the stele weakly, his face was pale, his eyes were red, his eyes showed a little sadness, and he said to the stele, "What should I do in the future?" What exactly is the path you are talking about? ”

However, none of this will be answered.

Qi Xiu, who had controlled his emotions, opened his eyes and looked up at the sky, his voice was sad, "God is really unfair, why do you want to take my mother, what is wrong with my mother?" ”