The early morning light came through the gap in the curtains, Xue Lanlan lay on the bed and muttered slightly, and then got up and looked at Josh, who was still asleep at this time.

Xue Lanlan got up and packed up her clothes, and then received a call from her aunt, this time about her mother's funeral, these relatives of their family came to help together.

It's as big as arranging a funeral home, and it's as small as calling people to mourn.

After Xue Lanlan hurriedly said a few words to her aunt, she turned her head slightly to look at Josh, at this time Josh also woke up in a daze, Josh looked at Xue Lanlan who was ready to go.

She yawned and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Funeral home." Xue Lanlan said without raising her head: "You can also tidy it up, and my aunt will drive to pick us up later." ”

"Oh my God, don't be in such a hurry, I haven't put on makeup yet!" Josh shouted as she went to the bed to grab the makeup bag, Xue Lanlan looked at her hands, shook her head helplessly, and then walked out of the room.

By the time Josh finished sorting out her things and came out, Xue Lanlan had already drunk a cup of coffee comfortably, she glanced at the time and muttered, "It's quite fast, Auntie just texted me that they have also arrived."

"Of course, you don't look at who it is, but you don't even make me a cup of coffee!" Josh was dissatisfied, but the action of putting on his shoes was still very quick.

Xue Lanlan wiped her mouth, put on her shoes after her, and then took Josh out of the house without forgetting to reply to her: "I don't ask you to drink coffee together because of my skill in making instant coffee or don't be ugly." ”

"Cut, you can pretend!" Although Josh said this, he still walked downstairs quickly and said, "Going to the funeral home to attend the funeral today?" How efficient are you? ”

"Yesterday, my aunt helped my relatives to make Zhang Luo." Xue Lanlan replied truthfully.

"Your relatives have such a good relationship with each other." Josh sighed slightly, Xue Lanlan looked at her, although she didn't know what was going on in her family, but she still said silently: "Every family has a difficult scripture to read, and it can't be judged by simple good or bad." ”

Xue Lanlan listened to Josh's words and turned her head slightly and glanced at her.

At this time, the eldest aunt's car drove over slowly, and then steadily stopped in front of Josh and Xue Lanlan.

Xue Lanlan took Josh directly into her aunt's car, and after getting in the car, Xue Lanlan shouted very shallowly, "Good aunt".

The eldest aunt nodded lightly and replied, and then began to drive silently to the funeral home, Josh looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window, and couldn't stand the stuffy atmosphere in the car, she twisted her eyebrows and said, "I said...... Let's talk! ”

Xue Lanlan raised her head when she heard this, looked at Josh and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"What burial did you choose? Flower burial? Mountain burial? Still ......" As soon as Josh's words fell, Xue Lanlan said while looking at the sea view outside: "Sea burial." ”

"Sea burial?" Josh was a little surprised.

"When my dad died, it was a sea burial, and my mom also liked the sea the most, so I wanted to be buried at sea." Xue Lanlan looked at this extended road, and couldn't help but think of the road that she seemed to accompany her mother when her father died.

Josh looked at Xue Lanlan's side face, it was the first time she heard Xue Lanlan say that her father had also died, but now that she thought about it, she hadn't seen Xue Lanlan's father for so long.

Josh shook her lips, she wanted to ask something, but when the words came to her mouth, it was like a stuck shell, and she couldn't say a word, Xue Lanlan saw her aunt stop the car firmly on the side at this time, and then several people got out of the car.

There is only one funeral parlor in this town, Xue Lanlan's father also handled the funeral here, and the aunt-in-law quickly lit a cigarette after getting out of the car, and he said while smoking: "Lanlan, your aunt is in the reception room above, you can go directly." ”

Xue Lanlan knew that her aunt's habit was to finish smoking before going up, so she didn't wait for him, she nodded directly and pulled Josh up.

Josh followed behind Xue Lanlan and asked secretly, "You uncle...... It's a big addiction! ”

"Old cannon, can you not be addicted to smoking?" Xue Lanlan and Josh came to the meeting room while talking, the so-called meeting room is actually to receive guests who came to attend her mother's funeral, and at this time it was full of her mother's friends, colleagues, and three aunts and six mothers-in-law.

Xue Lanlan pulled Josh and ran straight to her aunt's side, and the aunt looked at Xue Lanlan and asked, "Why are you two coming up, what about your aunt?" ”

Xue Lanlan made a gesture of smoking, and the aunt immediately understood, she scolded a little dissatisfied, and then took a list from the waiter next to her and said: "This is what I just prepared for your mother's funeral, what about the coffin, this jade with a relatively high cost performance, and then no one has this longevity flower or anything, and there is a black cloth tied on the sleeve, and there is ...... I also asked the staff to read the condolences...... These are the lists, do you look at paying the bills? ”

At the end, the eldest aunt's tone couldn't help but rise, as if urging.

"Hmm." Xue Lanlan took the bill and glanced at it, then took out the bank card and settled the list with the staff, after the settlement, the staff told Xue Lanlan to wait ten minutes for the funeral to start, she nodded, took a paper cup from the water dispenser next to her, and made coffee for Josh next to her.

"Oh, isn't it because your craftsmanship is not perfect?" Josh snorted lightly, took the water cup, and didn't wait for Xue Lanlan to talk, at this time, the so-called seven aunts and eight aunts immediately rushed up and came to talk to Xue Lanlan and said, "Hey, Lanlan, you are not having a good time now, it's really pitiful, but what do you plan to do in the future?" ”

- "Yes, yes, Lanlan, will you go back to work later?" ”

Xue Lanlan pinched the small cup in one hand and said, "Go back, and go back after the funeral." ”

As soon as her words fell, she obviously felt that the eyes of her relatives and friends were wrong, Xue Lanlan frowned slightly, and then heard one of the little aunts ask very boldly: "Then you are gone, what about your house?" ”

"Huh?" Not to mention Xue Lanlan at this time, even Josh beside her realized that something was wrong, the two of them glanced at each other, and at this time the little aunt hurriedly added: "I think that your parents are not here, and you are not in the local area, it is better to hand over this house to relatives to take care of, whether it is rented out or for the family to live, it is convenient!" ”

Xue Lanlan then understood, these relatives are paying attention to the house, she often doesn't understand these relatives, and when something happens, she will come to help all kinds of things, but when she is greedy, she is like a shark that smells blood, and she doesn't even let go of an orphan girl!

Xue Lanlan exhaled slightly in her heart, and then stopped speaking, at this time the staff came over and said that the venue was ready, everyone could transfer the venue, and this farce was over.

Xue Lanlan and Josh walked at the end, the two walked side by side, Josh looked at the black head in front of her, the disdain on her face was blunt, she said: "I want to withdraw the preface, none of your relatives are good, they are too good to pretend, and they are very greedy for pretending to be a wolf with a big tail!" ”

Xue Lanlan looked at Josh, who had changed her opinion in seconds, with a helpless smile on her face, she didn't explain this sentence too much to Josh, but just followed the crowd all the way to the guest hall.

At this time, the guest hall was already decorated, the perimeter was full of flowers, the golden curtains hung all around, and the mother was lying in a glass coffin, her eyes closed, her hands folded, and her face was more energetic than yesterday, and she should have been made up by special staff.

Xue Lanlan stood in the first row as the only child, and her relatives all stood behind, and when Xue Lanlan was about to take place, she saw that her eldest aunt was also in place.

At this time, the staff on the stage held a copy of the chaser and read it very emotionally:

-- Dear fathers, fellow villagers, relatives and friends, and distinguished guests, today we deeply mourn the memory of a kind and good person, Ms. Xue.

Today, we mourn her because he flashes the spiritual light of hard work, enduring humiliation, being kind to others, being helpful, honest and thrifty.

As a teenager, Ms. Xue, like many of her peers, endured the torments and trials of a life of hardship and poverty. Before she was thirty years old, her husband left her and left her alone to pull the children to adulthood.

In her 40s, she endured the most brutal blow and test of her life, which was breast cancer, an experience she never mentioned. Don't complain, don't bury people, and have been strong through everything.

In the eyes of relatives and friends, Ms. Xue is a very good person. Do everything seriously, with a beginning and an end. The next-door neighbor is always willing to help when he has any happy events.

Ms. Xue's life is an ordinary life, a life of hard work and hardship, and a life of kindness, integrity, diligence and thrift. Although she doesn't like words or publicity, she has built a monument in people's hearts.

Xue Lanlan silently listened to this incoherent chasing words, her eyes were completely poured on her mother's face, and the host who chased the words pointed to the coffin with the topic and said, "Next, please mourn for Ms. Xue together." ”

As soon as the words fell, a funeral band with musical instruments came around, and several people circled around, then took the sedan chair and stayed beside my mother.

Xue Lanlan knew that this was going to be the most critical part of the funeral, and these people would drive their mother's body to be cremated.

Xue Lanlan and everyone lined up to follow those people in turn, and soon a group of people came to the door of the cremation room, where idlers were exempted from entering, and there was surveillance on the periphery, and she watched everyone move their mother's body in.

At this time, Xue Lanlan looked at the monitor outside, the aunt didn't know when she came to her, the aunt sighed softly, and then took out a money bag and said, "Come, Lanlan, take it!" ”

"What is this?" Xue Lanlan knew that her aunt was very picky on weekdays, and gave her money at this time, which made her a little unable to understand the operation.

The aunt looked at Xue Lanlan and said, "Aren't you curious why your mother rejected you so much during the last time?" ”

"Hmm." In fact, since her mother's death, she has not pursued these details anymore.

"She's scared, after chemotherapy, people will lose their hair and be skinny in the early stage, and the whole person's appearance will become terrible, and she will be tortured by the disease, and your mother is just afraid that her final appearance is too terrible, and she doesn't want you to see it, and there is ...... She often says she doesn't know what to do when you know her life, and she doesn't want you to face it so quickly. ”

If mother's love is a piece of sugar, then it must be a sandwich candy, compressing all the richest feelings in the innermost layer, if you don't peel off the layers of sugar paper and taste the hard candy outside, you can't eat the salary increase inside.

After explaining this sentence, the aunt also seemed to sigh with emotion: "I have been messing with your mother for a lifetime, and I will not lose this life in person in the end, you can take this money, it is the aunt who gave your mother to get the money, and the rest of the others will be wrapped up and transferred to your account." ”

"No need, take this money and invite everyone to dinner and tea in the afternoon, I think this will also be my mother's will." Xue Lanlan took a deep breath, then looked up at the figure belonging to her mother and sent it into the crematorium, her heart trembled slightly, and the red flames looked very flamboyant under the camera lens,

Xue Lanlan looked at the way her mother was sent, she couldn't help but look over, she took a deep breath and walked out the door, Josh followed closely and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, I'll have to wait a while before I can get the urn after it's made, why don't you go to dinner with my aunt and them first?" In fact, at this point, Xue Lanlan stayed in the funeral home alone to take the urn, and like the aunt, she had to organize the rest of the family to eat together.

Listening to Xue Lanlan's words, Josh shook his head slightly, and said, "I'm not hungry, I still have to lose weight, just here to accompany you to get the urn!" ”

Xue Lanlan glanced at Josh's legs, which were as thin as hemp rods, and couldn't help but say, "Are you serious about losing weight?" ”

As soon as Josh heard Xue Lanlan say this, she simply rolled her eyes and ignored her, Xue Lanlan talked to her aunt on the phone, and after briefly explaining the situation, she waited for the urn with Josh at the pick-up port.

After a while, the staff walked in with the urn, just like the aunt said, this time it was a jade urn for her mother, so the whole box was a little heavy to hold.

After Xue Lanlan signed the signature of the family, she took Josh to take a car to the nearby beach, while the aunt organized the rest of the family to go to the restaurant.

"By the way, you said that you bought such a good urn and buried the ashes in it at sea, how worthwhile it is." Qi Xi sat next to Xue Lanlan and asked in a low voice.

Xue Lanlan nodded slightly, her eyes hung on the urn in her arms and said, "There is nothing worth it or not, I will keep the box for worship, and the ashes will float away with the sea." ”

After Xue Lanlan said this, the taxi slammed and arrived at the place.