Chapter 19: Her Indifference
She said that from that day on, she began to hate her father, hated why he could even do it to his wife, until that day, she was called to the office by the teacher again, she thought that something had happened to her mother, and hurriedly ran to the office, and found that her mother was not there, but her brother whom she had not seen for several years! When my brother saw her, he hurriedly smiled and said
"What? I haven't seen you for a few years and can't recognize me? ”
She looked at her brother's face, it was indeed different from what she remembered when she was a child, but she could still distinguish the man in front of her, it was her brother, she hurriedly threw herself into her brother's arms, shook her head and said
"Brother! Brother! ”
The brother hugged her, gently stroked her head, and said
"Alright! You're such a big person, and you're still coquettish! ”
Seeing that her brother could no longer speak, she slowly left her brother's arms and asked
"Brother, why do you have time to come to my school to look for me today?"
I saw my brother sigh slowly and said
"Because there's something going on at home! I need you to go back with me! ”
She was stunned for a moment and hurriedly asked
"What's the matter? Do you need me to go back?! ”
I saw my brother looking at her and said slowly
"Because....grandpa, he....died!"
Hearing what her brother said, she was stunned, and then the picture of her grandfather when she was a child kept pouring out of her mind, and slowly, she lowered her head and said
"That ......"
Before she could finish her sentence, her brother interrupted her and said
"Don't worry! It's okay! Everything has been arranged at home, you just need to go back with me and keep a filial piety for grandpa! ”
She raised her head and looked at her brother, nodded slowly, and then, she said goodbye to the teacher who said goodbye to her brother, asked for leave, and left the school! On the way, she passed by her mother's house, and she wanted to go up to see if her mother was there, but her brother stopped her and told her that her mother had already gone back and there was no need to go up! When she heard this, she didn't go up. Then I followed my brother to the bus station, bought a ticket, got on the bus, sat on the car for several hours, and finally came to the place where my brother went to school, and the two got off the bus and began to walk back!
Along the way, she looked at the surrounding scenery, it seemed to be completely different from the impression when she was a child, but there was a little familiar taste, she walked slowly, her brother followed closely behind her, did not speak, looked at her quietly, she walked and walked, faintly heard the sound of music, she walked in the direction where the sound came from, and stopped in front of a house! The sound came from this house! I saw my brother walk up to her and speak
"It's here!"
She nodded, and walked towards the house in front of her brother with her brother, and when she came to the house, she found that the doors of the house were covered with white flowers, and the sound of sad music kept drifting out of the house, and they walked towards the house, and as soon as they entered the house, they looked at a large black coffin, and grandpa was lying quietly in the coffin, not moving, as if he was asleep! Coming to the coffin, my brother slowly knelt down and kowtowed to my grandfather, she saw this, and knelt down and kowtowed three times, and then my brother pulled her to the kitchen, at this time in the kitchen, my mother and aunt were busy cooking, and when I saw my brother and her, I just said simply
"When you come back, go back to the room to rest first, and when there are guests coming, come out to help say hello!"
The brother replied yes, and then took her towards his room, passing by Grandpa's coffin again, she sneaked a look at Grandpa, and then clearly saw Grandpa's face at this time, his face was pale, as if he had been coated with a thick layer of flour! Then she was pulled into his room by her brother, and after entering her brother's room, she glanced at it and saw that the walls of the room were covered with the rewards that her brother had received in school over the years, what arithmetic competition first place, what three good students, outstanding cadres and the like, everything, she couldn't help but say
"Wow! Brother, you're so amazing! ”
My brother said with a slight smile
"It's not that powerful! Xiaoxi, if you want to, you can do it! ”
When she saw her brother say this, she hurriedly said with a smile
"Hehe, but brother, why haven't you come to see me in the past few years?"
Hearing her say this, my brother was obviously stunned and hurriedly said
"It's not....it's not that I didn't go to see you..... but....but ......"
Seeing her brother spitting, she shook her head and said
"Forget it! The past is gone! Now that you know where I went to school, you're going to come to see me often! It just so happens that my mother also lives near my school! ”
The elder brother nodded and said
"Good! I promise you! I'll go to your school to find you on weekends when I have time! ”
She smiled when she saw her brother say this, and then asked
"Huh! Brother, you've entered junior high school now! What do you think? What is the difference between junior high school and elementary school? ”
Seeing her ask, my brother thought about it and said
"Well....if you have to say something different, it should be that the junior high school teacher will not explain to you over and over again like the elementary school teacher!"
When she heard her brother say this, her expression changed, and she hurriedly asked
"Huh? Why? ”
My brother said with a smile
"Because, after you go to junior high school, you learn more subjects, so each teacher's time is fixed, they have to teach what they should teach in one semester, and after the next semester, it will be new knowledge! So, if you don't know how to ask people properly and learn it, you won't be able to do it all the time! ”
She was stunned, understood what was going on, and nodded and said
"I see......"
Seeing that she lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking, her brother couldn't help asking
"What? Are you interested in junior high school now? ”
She smiled and nodded
"Uh-huh!"
When my brother saw her admit it, he said a little curiously
"Why? You're two years away from junior high school, huh? Why did you become interested in junior high school life? ”
She said with her head tilted sideways
"Well....I don't know, but I've heard that junior high school and elementary school are completely different, not only the things you learn are different, but also the people you come into contact with, and there will be more school books! That way, I'll be able to read more books! ”
"Oh?"
The elder brother was slightly surprised and asked
"Does Nozomi like to read?"
She nodded hurriedly
"Uh-huh! Super loved! There are a lot of things in the book that I have never seen or touched before! So every book is like a treasure to me, waiting to be developed! ”
When my brother heard her say this, he smiled, nodded slowly, and said
"It's good to love to read! What books do you like to read? It just so happens that I have a few books here that I have finished reading, I don't know if you are interested! ”
As he spoke, his brother slowly took down a few books from the bookshelf on the side, and then handed them to her
"No! Look at it, it's not to your liking! ”
Seeing this, she hurriedly took a quick look at the prefaces of these books, and then said to her brother
"Yes! I don't hate these books! ”
Seeing her say this, my brother pursed his lips and said
"It's not annoying! That means I don't like it very much?! ”
She smiled and didn't speak, and her brother didn't say anything more when he saw this, and at this time, the mother shouted to the two of them
"There's a guest coming, come and say hello!"
They didn't gossip anymore, they hurriedly walked out of the room, and saw that a lot of people began to appear outside one after another, and hurriedly set up the stools and chairs at home, and then the two began to beckon the guests to sit down next to each other, and then began to go into the kitchen to serve dishes to each one, serve the dishes, and then distribute the dishes and chopsticks, etc., and worked for almost two hours, they didn't even eat a mouthful of food, and the guests began to leave, and they had to start cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and they were busy for a long time, so the mother let them come into the kitchen, and served them a little food, and let them eat first, They had been hungry for a long time, and when they saw that they could eat, they devoured it, and their mother looked at them, smiling and grinning, and when they had finished eating, their mother said to them
"That's it! Now you can go and take a rest first, and when the time comes, you will start to observe filial piety, and you can't rest then! ”
The brother nodded, and then pulled her towards his room again, and when he got back to the room, he said to her
"It may be late to keep filial piety later! You'd better get some sleep, I'll call you later! ”
When she heard her brother say this, she was stunned, and quickly shook her head and said
"No, it's fine! I usually go to bed late! Unafraid! ”
Seeing this, my brother wanted to say something, but she hurriedly followed
"Brother, you shouldn't have stayed up all night! Let's sleep for a while! ”
The elder brother smiled, shook his head, and didn't say anything more, she saw this, so she smiled and picked up the book that her brother gave herself just now and began to look at it, after reading it for about half an hour, the mother asked the two of them to go out, and they walked out of the room, came to the living room, and saw that the aunt and the mother were there, and the mother-in-law didn't know when she came back, and she also stood aside, but she didn't know where the father went, and the two of them came to the mother's side, standing side by side on the left side of the coffin where the grandfather was lying, and the sky slowly darkened. I don't know what's going on outside, a strong gust of wind blew in, blowing the door kept creaking, at this time, the father came back, with a big rooster in his hand, and at the same time brought back a strange person, only to see that the man turned out to be the rooster in his father's hand, and then cut the cockscomb on the rooster's head, wrote something on the paper with the blood of the's comb, and then lit it, threw it into a bowl with water next to the coffin, and then read something in his mouth, and then, only to hear the man say "seal the coffin", My father closed the lid of the coffin where my grandfather was lying and drove the nails into it! At the same time, her aunt and mother pulled her and her brother to kneel down together, and the mother-in-law on the side began to choke! After the father nailed the coffin, I saw that the man took out a brush from his arms, and then dipped it in the water in the bowl just now, and wrote something on the coffin lid, and then said "worship", the aunt and mother hurriedly took out a basin, and then in front of the coffin, lit the incense candles, and began to burn paper money in the basin.
She said that it was the first time she had come into contact with the loss of a loved one, but there was no sadness in her heart, as if someone who had nothing to do with her had died......