Chapter 6: Interlude
On the way back, I was a little uneasy, I always felt that things were a little strange, as soon as the front foot left, something happened to the Chen family, I touched my chin and guessed: Could it be that someone is spying on us? I began to carefully discern the sounds around me, but it seemed like I was overthinking. In this way, I returned to the room of the rotten master with my heart.
"Why hasn't the bleeding on your hands stopped? The band-aids are oozing out. "The rotten master suddenly came over and startled me.
I lowered my head and was still a little stunned, then tore off the blood-stained band-aid and said to the rotten master, "Really? I didn't pay much attention to it, probably because the wound was cracked! "Master Fu said a few words to me earnestly, telling me to pay more attention to my body. He explained something else, then turned around and took a call.
I sat in my chair and suddenly remembered something. Without saying a word, he hurriedly returned to his room, picked up his things and went straight back to the rotten master.
He was still looking for something when I walked in, and I thought he hadn't noticed that I had gone back, but he didn't look up and asked me, "Where did you go just now?" I'm looking for something to bandage your wounds! As soon as you turn your head, the person is gone! ”
My eyes returned to my hand, after a trotter just now, blood oozed from my hand again, I took out a piece of paper, quickly wiped off the blood and said to him: "Rotten master, this is not busy first, you come first, I have made a new discovery!" ”
The rotten master paused for a moment and then said, "Let's put that matter aside first, I have an urgent task here, and I need you to go to Xi'an with me and Ah Ran!" ”
I was a little puzzled: "So suddenly? What is it? The rotten master sat down: "Don't ask about the specifics, you'll know when we arrive, prepare things, and we'll set off the day after tomorrow." ”
I looked at him with a look of unwillingness to explain, as if I couldn't get any useful information any further, so I kept my mouth shut with interest. I silently packed up my things, and the rotten master stopped talking, and suddenly the atmosphere became a little solemn.
There was something faintly passing through my mind, and I didn't have time to grasp it, so I became a little restless, and I didn't even feel the hand holding it tremble. I forcibly suppressed the uneasy feeling in my heart, and suddenly I seemed to hear the strange wind chimes that had just come to Chen's house.
It suddenly became a little noisy outside, and I looked at the rotten master, who should have heard it, raised his eyebrows at me, and motioned for me to go out and have a look. I went into the yard and found everyone running around in a hurry.
I thought to myself: Is what they say true? So he stopped a person and asked him what was going on, he was a little anxious, as if he wanted to break free from my strength, and he could see that he didn't want to pay attention to me, but he saw my firm eyes, sighed and said, "Chen Shibo is dead, dead!" He shouted with some excitement.
I was a little puzzled, and was about to ask carefully, but the voice of the rotten master caught up from behind: "Let him go, he is talking about my cousin." I finally reacted now, let go of him, turned around and looked at the rotten master with a sad face, it was obvious that he already knew about it.
I didn't know what to say, so after hesitating for a long time, I walked over and symbolically patted him on the shoulder as a sign of my comfort. The rotten master didn't say anything, glanced at me, and then followed them. I had mixed feelings in my heart for a while, and I sighed and walked over.
When I came to the hall, Master Fu and Uncle Yin were already kneeling in front of the spirit, and Chen Ran squatted aside to add paper money to the brazier.
I stood there and looked around, the white cloth on the left had not yet been fully hung, and the coffin was nowhere to be seen, but a mourning hall was simply set up, and there was no other sound of speech around except for the hurried footsteps of the Chen family.
I walked up to Chen Ran and squatted down to burn paper money with him. He looked at me, smiled at me, and said nothing more.
After squatting for a while, I was a little uncomfortable with this oppressive atmosphere, thinking of my family who I hadn't seen for a long time, and suddenly I felt a little nostalgic for my family to be together, so I was ready to go out to breathe, and call my dad by the way.
Around the corner, I happened to meet a few people carrying the coffin. They greeted me with a symbolic nod, and I nodded to them as well, leaning sideways to give way to them and letting them move on.
Just as I was about to miss them, I turned my head backwards and caught a glimpse of the familiar symbol on the coffin, and I was a little shocked.
Isn't this the coffin I saw last time in the ground? I was surprised why it was here, but I didn't have the heart to think about it anymore, and all kinds of mixed emotions weighed on my heart.
After much thought, I decided to call home first. "Dut...... Honk...... ......"The phone rang for a long time and no one answered, I hung up the phone and dialed another number, again, there was no answer." In desperation, I texted my dad and asked him to call me back.
When I had done that, I looked up at the sky, and the gloomy weather was oppressive, the sun was obscured by thick clouds, and the cold wind was blowing the branches of the trees.
I let out a long sigh as the breath became clearer, and muttered, "I don't know how long this weather will last." With that, he turned around and returned to the hall.
I wasn't a sentimental person, but I couldn't see the scenes of life and death, and I cried every time I watched TV, which was more energetic than my mother. Every time Brother Dong saw me and my mother hugging and crying because we were watching TV, I shook my head helplessly, and then wiped our tears for both of us.
Later, when I grew up, I knew that men don't flick when they have tears, I used to think that everyone has their own lives, and in the end it was just a dead word, no big deal, but I still felt a lot when I saw the fetters of family affection.
I hope that when I return to heaven in a hundred years, there will still be people in this world who will talk about me. I think this is probably the most glorious moment of a person's life.
Fu Ye and Uncle Yin were still kneeling numbly, this person should be very important to them, and as a junior, I didn't grow up here, I felt a little regretful, and at the same time I was shocked by my thoughts, I didn't expect that I had only been in the Chen family for a week, and I actually found a sense of belonging here, was it really broken bones and tendons? I laughed at myself.
Chen Ran, who had been squatting there for a long time, finally stood up, and I saw his expression clearly: there was not much sadness on his face, but he stood up and winked at me from time to time. At first I was a little annoyed, wondering how he could show such a relaxed expression, but soon I was relieved, perhaps because we were essentially the same, and at that moment I suddenly understood him.