I also ate a mouthful of food, thought about it and asked without words: "Xiaorou, can we eat normally?" Don't just drink that wine? Are you uncomfortable with that? I watched TV and said, you women are going to drink more hot water these days, right? ”

Xiao Rou paused again, then continued to eat, pretending not to hear me.

Embarrassing... Why does this make it look like I'm struggling with her dead face? Forget it, I won't talk anymore.

After eating breakfast in silence, Xiaorou sat back on the chair after cleaning, quietly in a daze.

To be honest, among these people I know, when they are alone with Brother Chao or Wang Yang, they don't feel embarrassed if they don't speak, and in addition, it's actually a little unbearable to stay with anyone else in silence like this.

Even if it's with Chen Haobei... It is impossible to have the opportunity to be silent together when he is alone with Chen Haobei, this mouth is too broken, if he can hold back for five minutes without speaking, he must not be asleep or dead, or he is crying with the strength of wine.

Alas, I should have cared for him, and I don't know if this thing has made any new moths.

I got up and walked back and forth in the room twice, seeing that Xiao Rou was still in a daze like an old monk, I couldn't help it, and asked tentatively: "Xiao Rou, you... Don't have anything to do today? ”

Xiao Rou looked up at me and said, "I'm fine, yesterday Gu Ye said, although you and I are out, but you shouldn't be separated, you have to be together, deepen your relationship, and make friends as soon as possible..."

"Okay, got it."

I interrupted Rou because I knew what she was going to say next.

It's been a lot of trouble these two days, and I don't like to hear that word more and more.

"Then let's go downstairs for a walk, it's rare to have a sunny day after the rain, and the air is fresh, right?" After I finished speaking, Xiao Rou answered and stood up obediently.

I washed up, and then took Xiaorou down to the first floor in the elevator.

The moment I walked out of the unit building, I breathed in the fresh air in the yard after the heavy rain, the fragrance of the grass mixed with the aroma of the earth, all of which made people feel refreshed, it was really late spring, the weather was so good...

Everything in the yard seems to be normal, the uncles and aunts basking in the sun are almost there, although it seems that the atmosphere is not as festive and active as before, but since everyone is there, it seems to mean that there is nothing serious.

Brother Zhang, who was holding the cardboard box and circling around the community, was walking far away from me, and Xiaorou walked out of the unit building a few steps, I saw him just turn around, and then I was a little puzzled, this Brother Zhang is... Changed gear?

The cardboard box he used to carry every day is gone, replaced by a dark box that is one size smaller than the cardboard box... No, no, this size can only be called a box, not a box.

It's just that this dark box of this size seems to be stacked on top of each other, and the more I look at it, the more awkward it becomes. Familiar!

As Xiaorou and I walked slowly, the distance between the two of us and Brother Zhang became closer and closer, and after getting closer, I realized that Brother Zhang not only changed the objects in his hand, but also his body was not the same as before.

How so? The man looked very embarrassed, as if he had just been fished out of the pool, his clothes were still clinging to his body, and his hair was disheveled, as if he had just been spoiled by the rooster next door and his own hen.

And at this distance, I can finally see what he is holding in his hand. Although the workmanship is not very exquisite, there is no overly complicated ornamentation, but this shape, this shape, this tone, this momentum, this... This thing is available in all major cemeteries!

I asked in a trembling whisper, "Little... Xiao Rou, look at our neighbor, what he has in his hand... Like it's... Like a very high-end mooncake gift box? ”

Xiao Rou's tone broke my self-deception in a flat tone: "I don't know, I haven't eaten mooncakes, but I don't think anyone will make a mooncake gift box in the shape of an urn." ”

"Ahem..."

I quickly changed the topic and followed Xiaorou's words and asked, "By the way, why don't you celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Xiao Rou continued to answer flatly: "It has nothing to do with us, so there is no need to pass." ”

Again, I asked, "How could it be irrelevant?" Xiao Rou asked rhetorically, "Do you celebrate Eid al-Fitr for Muslims or Easter for Christians?" I shook my head and said, "Still." Xiao Rou asked again, "Why not?" I replied as a matter of course: "I don't believe that, so that's my business?" Am I living? ”

Xiao Rou nodded and said, "Well, that's right. ”

After speaking, Xiao Rou stopped talking, and that Brother Zhang was still five or six meters away from walking to me and Xiao Rou.

It's really strange to say, if you don't know what this box is for, then no one will take this kind of thing seriously, but if you know what this thing is used for, then when you look at it, it feels different.

Although it is not enough to describe it as "fear", there are still taboos no matter how you say it.

So I subconsciously stood still, looked at the delirious and disheveled Brother Zhang in a daze, holding the dirty urn with a lot of broken pieces of paper, and passed by me.

The moment Brother Zhang passed by me, many thoughts popped into my mind, such as what should I do if he suddenly opened the urn and splashed the unknown powder inside at me? Or he suddenly lifted the urn and opened the lid and shouted at me, "Do you dare to answer if I call you?" "So do I say yes or no?

Fortunately, nothing happened, and he continued to lose his soul as usual.

Looking at his distant back, I muttered quietly, "This... This box is empty, right? Why didn't you see the photos? Xiao Rou replied, "It's not empty, but it's really not full." ”

I turned my head to look at Xiao Rou and asked, "Xiao Rou, do you know what's going on with this person?" Xiao Rou nodded and said, "Except for you who are not in the community during the Chinese New Year, we are all very clear about this person's affairs." ”

Xiao Rou's words made me a little confused, but I still followed her meaning and subconsciously looked at the other people in the yard.

Those uncles are basically with their heads tilted and their eyes half-closed, as if they are enjoying the photosynthesis brought to them by the sun. And the aunts look much more energetic than those uncles, and they are all in good spirits, and some of them occasionally turn their eyes to Brother Zhang, but without exception, all the eyes that look at Brother Zhang are full of disdain.

This piqued my curiosity even more, so I asked, "Hey, Xiaorou, since you all know, why don't you tell me about it too?" Who's in that box? What's wrong with him? ”

Xiao Rou was straightforward and said directly: "The box is filled with his wife and daughter, and the box is only two-thirds full... When you add him one day, it will be full. ”