Hu Zheng was stunned for a while when he heard what the teacher said, the teacher thought that Hu Zheng was frightened by his words and didn't react for a while, comforted Hu Zheng and said, "You don't have to worry, your mother didn't say anything on the phone, it may not be a big deal, I will give you a fake note right now, you go home quickly"

Hu Zheng returned to the classroom with the fake note approved by the teacher, hurriedly packed up a few books and ran home. On the way, Hu Zheng took out his mobile phone from his bag and called his mother's mobile phone, but his mother's phone was turned off, and no one answered the landline of the breakfast shop.

Hu Zheng didn't dare to think about it, so he could only run home in three steps and two steps. As soon as he arrived at the door, Hu Zheng saw that his eldest uncle, second uncle and aunt, who usually had little contact with his family, were all in his house, and they kept walking from this room to that room. Hu Zheng walked in the door and saw a person lying on the ground covered with a white cloth, his mother was slumped on the dilapidated sofa and crying, but she couldn't cry anymore, only big tears kept falling from her mother's eyes. Next to my mother sat my grandparents, who kept wiping her tears for my mother and wiped her own tears, and my grandfather's expression was ugly looking at the people lying on the ground.

Hu Zheng slowly stepped forward, squatted on the ground and stretched out his hand to uncover the white cloth. Under the white cloth, Daddy Hu's vicissitudes of life and emaciated face were revealed. Hu Zheng looked at his father, his father's face had a lot of wrinkles, his eyes were sunken, his lips were white, and his whole face was as white as paper, without any blood.

Hu Zheng suddenly sat down on the ground. Hu Zheng remembered that the last time he saw his father was more than a year ago, that night he went out to help his mother buy soy sauce and came home, and suddenly saw his father sitting on the sofa, seeing that he was back, his father was very happy to call himself over to sit and chat with him. Because my father has been drinking and gambling for a long time, I have ignored the family, and every time I owe a lot of debts, my mother has to pay him back, so I am resistant to my father. That time, my father asked me to talk with him for a while, and I was very reluctant, but I didn't expect it to be the last thing I said to my father.

Hu Zheng now looked at his father lying there motionless, and regretted it in his heart. I regret that it would have been better if I had a better attitude towards my father at that time. If Dad had said that day that he was going to work outside and kept Dad from letting Dad go out, maybe Dad would be alive and well now. Now I really don't have a father. Later, he became a child without a father.

Thinking of this, Hu Zheng's tears have long flowed out unconsciously. The tears flowed more and more, like a flood, fierce and unstoppable. Hu's mother looked at Hu Zheng like this, got up from the sofa with difficulty and walked to Hu Zheng's side, knelt on the ground with one leg and squatted on the other leg, stretched out her arm to hug Hu Zheng into her arms, hugged Hu Zheng tightly with all her strength, and cried with Hu Zheng.

Hu Zheng's grandmother finally wiped away the tears on her face, and when she saw her daughter and granddaughter crying so sadly, she couldn't help crying again. Hu Zheng's aunt put down the old clothes of Hu's father in her hand, came over, helped Hu Zheng and her mother to sit on the sofa, and said to her sister and niece with a distressed face, "Peiwen, Xiaozheng, don't cry both of you." There is no resurrection from the dead. Now our top priority is to arrange Hu Jin's funeral. We Chinese pay attention to entering the soil for safety, and it is not the same thing for you to let him lie here like this all the time. And you have been sad for him, and he will not leave the spring if he knows it. You two have to cheer up, no matter what, you still have our family" After speaking, the aunt couldn't help crying

Hu's mother said to her sister in a hoarse voice: "I also know that now is the time when I need to cheer up the most, but when I think that I will have no husband from now on, and Xiaozheng will have no father from now on, my heart hurts like a knife." The pillars of our house collapsed. Woo~Woo~ Why, what kind of evil did I create, God wants to punish me like this, he didn't let me live a good life much when he lived, and he didn't let me have a good time when he died?"

This side of the school

After school, Wen Yuan and Ruchu always have much more enthusiasm for the matter of leaving school than others, and the two of them rushed out of the classroom one step ahead of the teacher and waited at the door of the first class, waiting for Lin Xuan and Hu Zheng to pack their schoolbags and go home together. About a minute or so, Lin Xuan walked out of the classroom with his schoolbag on his back.

Wen Yuan looked at Lin Xuan alone, and asked, "Lin Xuan, why are you alone, Hu Zheng?" Hasn't she cleaned it up yet? ”

Lin Xuan said: "I don't know, we had a good English class today, but the head teacher suddenly called Hu Zheng, called her out, and after a few words to her, she went back to the classroom and hurriedly packed her things and left." ”

When Wen Yuan heard what Lin Xuan said, he immediately asked worriedly, "Could it be that something happened to her family?" ”

Lin Xuan didn't speak, Wen Yuan continued, "I'll ask her when she comes tomorrow, if there is really something, we must help her"

Ruchu saw that Wen Yuan was so concerned about Hu Zheng's affairs, and he was a little jealous, but he was also a little worried when he was jealous, so Ruchu followed and said, "Then I'll ask her with you tomorrow, and you can talk to me about some things that are not good for boys."

Wen Yuan heard Ruchu say this, and happily stretched out his hand to put his hand on Ruchu's shoulder and said, "It's really worthy of being my good brother, righteous enough."

", who's your good brother? Are you playing basketball and your brain is stupid when you get hit by basketball? I can't even tell if I'm a man or a woman, how did I become your brother when I'm obviously a big beauty? Also, don't you know that men and women don't kiss each other? "As before, he was angry and angry

Wen Yuan didn't care about Ru Chu's anger, and continued, "Just you, I see, except for your long hair, there is nothing else that can prove that you are a girl or a big beauty!" In my eyes, only Hu Zheng is a big beauty. Lin Xuan, what do you say? ”

Wen Yuan threw this topic to Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan didn't expect Wen Yuan to suddenly involve himself in this topic, Lin Xuan didn't want to participate in this topic, but looking at Wen Yuan's cheap hand on Ruchu's shoulder, he said, "Actually, I think what Ruchu said this time is quite right, I also think your brain was damaged by basketball."

Wen Yuan didn't understand why Lin Xuan said this, and asked Lin Xuan with a puzzled face, "Why don't you help me speak and scold me?" ”

Lin Xuan glanced at Wen Yuan and didn't speak, meaning to give you a roll of the eyes and experience it yourself!

Although Ruchu scolded Wen Yuan, he was still a little unhappy. Although it has become a habit to talk to Wen Yuan all the time, I still feel sad when I hear Wen Yuan say that he is no different from boys. Opened Wen Yuan's hand and quickened his pace, and when he heard Lin Xuan's words behind him, he felt a little better. Wen Yuan was as unhappy as before, but he didn't feel it because of his nerves.

The next morning, after self-study, Wen Yuan and Ruchu stood at the door of a class of classrooms. The students in the first class basically knew Wen Yuan and Ruchu, and when they saw the two of them standing at the door of the classroom, several students in the first class took the initiative to help Ruchu and call Lin Xuan

Lin Xuan had just walked to the door of the classroom and had not yet left the classroom, Wen Yuan asked Lin Xuan, "Lin Xuan, didn't Hu Zheng come today?" ”

Lin Xuan said, "Well, she didn't come today. When I remember attendance, the teacher told me that Hu Zheng had taken a week off, and she would not come this week."

Wen Yuan asked, "Did the teacher say why she took such a long leave?" ”

"The teacher didn't say anything, she just said that she took a week off, and when she came, I asked me to help her make up for the week's lessons," Lin Xuan said

"Then let's go to her house after school today, she has never taken such a long vacation, I'm worried about what happened to their family," Wen Yuan said worriedly

"Then we'll go as soon as school is over," said Ruchu, who had been standing next to him and had not spoken

After school, Wen Yuan and the three of them went directly to Hu Zheng's house.

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the courtyard of Hu Zheng's house, Wen Yuan heard a very noisy sound. When I looked at it, the small courtyard of the Hu family was full of people. Hu's mother's eyes were red and swollen. Hu Zheng's eyes are also like a peach, with white filial piety on his head, and he is constantly helping the adults around him.

Wen Yuan and the others looked at Hu Zheng like this, and they all realized that someone in the Hu Zheng family had left this world. As before, they were hesitant to go in at this time. They are good friends with Hu Zheng, but they don't know whether Hu Zheng needs comfort or a quiet stay alone at this time. Because they've never been in this situation before.

Just as they were anxiously thinking about what to do, a person who was standing in front of them happened to be called Hu Zheng, so Hu Zheng saw them at once. Hu Zheng said a few words to the person who called her, and then walked towards them.

Hu Zheng looked at the peach eyes and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Ruchu was worried and said, "I see that you didn't come to class today, and you didn't reply to the message, so we said to come and see you." Are you alright, is there anything we can do to help? ”

Hu Zheng said strongly, "Don't worry, I'm fine, I, uh, my dad is gone, you go back first, there's nothing you need help with, I'll go back to school after the two days when the family affairs are dealt with."

Wen Yuan looked at Hu Zheng like this, and said, "Hu Zheng, don't be like this, we are all friends, you don't have to be so strong in front of us." We'll be more worried about you like this."

Hu Zheng pursed his lips and said, "I'm really fine, you guys go back first." I'm not going to talk to you here, I'm going to get busy first," Hu Zheng turned and walked into the courtyard.

As the first look, Wen Yuan and Lin Xuan didn't know what to do. At this time, Wen Yuan said, "You two go back first, I'll stay and help, how much can she do as a little girl?" She loves to be strong, I stayed to help her do something, I think, she wants to carry it alone now, you go back first, if there is anything you can help me call you. After speaking, Wen Yuan also walked into the courtyard.

Ruchu looked at Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan said, "Let's go back first, what Hu Zheng needs now is a person's self-quiet, if there is anything, Wen Yuan will help her, she is a strong girl, she doesn't want us to see her vulnerable side now, we stay here is more likely to make Hu Zheng feel uncomfortable." ”

Ruchu felt that what Lin Xuan said made sense, so he left Hu Zheng's house with Lin Xuan.

Leaving Hu Zheng's house, Ruchu and Lin Xuan didn't go home immediately, Ruchu saw that it was still early and wanted to go to the park for a walk, because there were few people in the park at this time, and it was very quiet. Lin Xuan saw that Ruchu was in a bad mood after coming out of Hu Zheng's house, so he accompanied Ruchu to the park. Along the way, neither of the two of them spoke, they walked quietly, Ruchu walked very slowly, Lin Xuan was not in a hurry, so he walked slowly on the left side of Ruchu, and kept moving side by side with Ruchu.

As before, he walked to a wooden public bench and turned around and sat down on a chair. Lin Xuan also sat on the chair.

As if he didn't speak, Lin Xuan was silent for a while, and then asked, "What's wrong with you?" What are you thinking? ”

Ruchu looked at the people coming and going on the road in the distance, and slowly asked Lin Xuan, "You say, where will people go when they die?" Will he become the guardian of the stars in the sky as he says on TV, the person he wants to protect? You say, will Uncle Hu be very reluctant to leave this world, after all, there is his favorite family in this world? After asking, Ruchu turned his head and stared at Lin Xuan, hoping that Lin Xuan could answer the question he asked

Faced with a series of questions raised at the beginning, Lin Xuangang wanted to say, "You stupid, the stars in the sky are not what people become after death, they have always existed in the universe. No matter if anyone dies or not, where are they" But looking at Ruchu's eyes with a layer of sadness, Lin Xuan knew that Ruchu was really sad now, so Lin Xuan couldn't bear to tell the truth. So Lin Xuan said, "Well, probably will, they will always guard the people they love." Uncle Hu will always care about Hu Zheng. ”

As I heard Lin Xuan affirm my thoughts, I was comforted a little. As he said, "Is it true that with the passage of time, there will be people around us who will leave us one after another?" Maybe it's because of old age, maybe it's because of illness, maybe it's because of calamity? ”

Although Ruchu, who is already a high school student, has known the answer to the question for a long time, this is also the first time since she has grown up to face the topic of death so intuitively, she hopes that Lin Xuan can give her the answer she wants, she is afraid of life and death, she wants to deceive herself. Why do people like to make a fool of themselves? Isn't it because the real reality is so cruel that people want to escape!

Lin Xuan knew that what he needed at this time was comfort, thought for a while, and then said very seriously, "Life is like a one-way train, we don't know where this train ends, and we don't know which passengers will get on the train during the journey, for what reason they will get on the train, and at which station they will get off after getting on the train." We can't control other people's choices, the only thing we have to do is cherish what we have now. ”

Ruchu was a little surprised that these emotional words could be heard by Lin Xuan, and Ruchu asked Lin Xuan again, "Does that also mean that we will also be separated one day in the future?" This day may be the end of the college entrance examination, the start of the university, or the day you and Hu Zheng go abroad, or the day you marry the person you like in the future, or the day you decide to immigrate? ”

"Not all separations mean never seeing each other again, and some separations are for a better reunion. Take college and studying abroad as an example, these choices are just to gain more knowledge and broaden your horizons and insights. It's not like you won't come back if you leave. I've never thought about it, but I think it's good at home, and I love my country. Lin Xuan answered the first two questions raised by Ruchu, as for the third, Lin Xuan thought about it and said, "If one day I really marry the person I like, I don't think we will be separated." I think Hu Zheng should be the same as me. ”

"Didn't you think that we could actually go abroad to study together?" Lin Xuan thought for two or three seconds, and suddenly asked Ruyi

"You mean me? Don't be kidding, studying abroad is not the same as traveling abroad, with my grades I can't go abroad at all, I never thought that I wanted to study abroad, I just wanted to take a better university in China, and after graduating from college, I can rely on my own ability to find a job that can support myself, and I don't have to rely on my parents anymore" Ruchu said to Lin Xuan very seriously

Hearing what Ruchu said, Lin Xuan was a little disappointed in his heart, but Lin Xuan thought that if he went to study abroad, he must finish his studies early and return to China as soon as possible.

After sitting in the park for a while, I talked to Lin Xuan for a while, and I felt that I was in a better mood and not as sad as before. Ruchu moved the strap of the schoolbag that had slipped to his arm to his shoulder and stood up, and said to Lin Xuan, "Let's go, it's time to go home"

"Hmm"

Lin Xuan also got up from the stool and continued to walk on the left hand side of the same as before.

Hu Zheng on their side

Wen Yuan walked into the courtyard and watched everyone in the courtyard busy with their own business. Wen Yuan walked straight to Hu Zheng's side, took the things in Hu Zheng's hand and said to her, "I'll help you do this, you go and rest for a while, you must have not slept all night looking like you." There are so many people here who help with the work, and you are not the only one. You can't exhaust yourself, your body is the most important thing, and I think if my uncle is here, I will definitely feel sorry for you.

Hu Zheng saw that Wen Yuan hadn't left, and shouted at Wen Yuan with a little excitement, "Didn't you tell you to go back first?" Why don't you leave, I said I don't need your help, why are you annoying? Hu Zheng's voice was a little loud, so that after Hu Zheng finished shouting, the people around him stopped what they were doing and looked at Hu Zheng and them, trying to figure out what was going on

Hu Zheng's mother also came over after hearing her daughter's voice, and seeing that Wen Yuan was also here, Hu's mother probably understood what was going on. said to Wen Yuan, "Wen Yuan, I know you are kind and want to help, Hu Zheng, this child is going to be strong, she doesn't want you to see her vulnerability, or you can go back first."

Wen Yuan said very firmly, "Auntie, I know she has to be strong, so I let the other two good friends who came with me go back first." You just let me help here, Hu Zheng is responsible for this alone, and our friends are really worried about her. I can do whatever I do, so don't let me go, okay? ”

Mother Hu saw Wen Yuan so persistent, so she had to say to Hu Zheng, "Then let him stay here to help, you don't have to work so hard, you go to find something to eat and rest first, I am very worried about you when I see you working without eating and sleepless."

Hu Zheng said to his mother very sensibly, "Mom, I'm a child and it's okay to do some work, but you, you go and rest for a while, just let me do those things."

In this way, Wen Yuan finally stayed to help with Hu Zheng's consent.

Hu Zheng didn't go to rest, but went to find something else to do. Now Hu Zheng doesn't dare to let himself be idle, because when he is idle, he will think of all kinds of pictures about his father. These images will make Hu Zheng fall into the whirlpool of sadness that he has lost his father and will never see him again

It was busy until more than ten o'clock in the evening, and the people who came to mourn and help here almost went home, and only Father Hu's closest relatives were here to keep a vigil for him. Hu Zheng walked over and said to Wen Yuan, who was still busy, "It's all here, you should go back, otherwise your family will worry about you." Thank you for today, and I'm sorry, I shouldn't have shouted at you right now, I know you're worried about me and want to help me."

"It's okay, I know you don't want us to see your vulnerable side, but I want you to understand and remember that we are good friends, and when you are sad and need help, you can think of you and us, instead of just thinking about yourself. We are friends, and the so-called friends are blessed and shared, and the so-called friends are not just going to school together. The three of us are worried about you, so if you need any help, just let us know, don't hold it alone. We'll be distressed."

Hu Zheng nodded and said, "I know, I won't in the future, by the way, when you go back, you will also tell Ruchu and Lin Xuan and the two of them, so that they don't have to worry about me, I'm fine." ”

"Uh-huh, got it. Then don't be busy, take a break, or your body won't be able to stand it. I'm leaving, I'll come back tomorrow," Wen Yuan said with concern

"Hmm," Hu Zheng agreed

By the time Wen Yuan got home, it was almost eleven o'clock. Wen Yuan's father sat on the sofa very angrily, as soon as Wen Yuan entered the house, Wen Yuan's father asked Wen Yuan, "Where have you been today, you will only come back now, and I don't know how to call home, do you know that we are very worried about you"

Wen Yuan looked at his father's serious expression, and explained to his father, "Something happened to the classmates today, I helped them a little in the past, there were more things, and I forgot to call home"

Father Wen listened to Wen Yuan say that he was going to help his classmates, not to play outside, so he didn't call home, and the expression on his face gradually returned to normal, and said to Wen Yuan, "If you encounter this kind of thing next time, no matter how busy you are, you have to call home first, so that we will not be very worried."

Wen Yuan said obediently, "Mmmm, I know." Oh yes. Dad, you can help me ask the teacher for two days off tomorrow, I have something to do."

Father Wen's expression became very serious again, and he asked, "Why do you have to take two days off?" ”

Wen Yuan said, "My classmate's father died, and I want to go to their house to help her do something"

"What can you do to help your classmate's father died, your classmate is a boy and a girl, what's his name?" Dad Hu asked

"A girl, a girl I like, so I have to be by her side, otherwise I won't have the heart to listen to the class even if I'm in school," Wen Yuan said without hesitation.

Father Wen was shocked for a while that his son actually had a girl he liked, and then said, "That's okay, I'll help you invite, but I can't let your mother know, otherwise you will ask for leave by yourself."

"Mmmm, thank you, Dad, I won't let Mom know," Wen Yuan said happily

Father Wen is not the kind of father who indulges his children, but Father Wen and Mother Wen are classmates in high school. At that time, Wen's mother was the class flower in their class, and Wen's father was the best-looking and longest-lasting among Wen's mother's many suitors.

The other suitors are all people who gave up after chasing for a few months without getting results, but only Wen's father persisted until he graduated from college before chasing Wen's mother. So when he heard Wen Yuan say that it was the girl he liked, Father Wen didn't object. Father Wen thought that maybe this girl would be the girl who would accompany Wen Yuan for the rest of his life. Compared to this, the two-day class is not important.

The next morning, it was past six o'clock. As before, he came to knock on the door of Wen Yuan's house on time. Wen Yuan, as usual, went out with his schoolbag on his back. Ruchu asked Wen Yuan, "When did you come back yesterday, Hu Zheng is fine, right?" Wen Yuan said while pressing the elevator, "I came back yesterday at almost eleven o'clock, Hu Zheng is very strong, I didn't see her crying." When he said this, Wen Yuan looked distressed. As she saw Wen Yuan like this, she felt very uncomfortable.

Out of the community, Wen Yuan said to Ruchu, "You go to school by yourself today, I won't go to school today, I ask for leave"

"Okay, then Lin Xuan and I will go to Hu Zheng's house after school," Ruchu said to Wen Yuan

"Forget it, don't come, you also know Hu Zheng's strong character, she doesn't want you to see her fragile appearance. Although I told her yesterday, she couldn't show her vulnerable side all at once. Hurry up and go to school, don't be late, be careful on the road, cross the street and pay attention to the car, don't look left and right, I'm leaving" After speaking, Wen Yuan turned around and left