comforted her in order to divert her attention, he deliberately told her that he was behind the window not far away when they were very young, watching her in a daze at his face, he joked and teased her for the first time, probably at that time he liked her.

Later, at the end of July, he learned that her father was dying, and he immediately bought a ticket to rush home after the exam, and that time he finally found out his feelings for her, and he tried hard to forget her.

On the day his father died, he heard the sound of firecrackers at home, and his heart tightened, so he went to her house with Ziyue as soon as possible.

As soon as Li Zifeng entered the door, he saw He Yingxue standing on the steps with empty eyes, his heart tingled slightly, Li Ziyue, who was following her, ran over and took her hand, she glanced at Li Ziyue blankly and did not react, Li Ziyue was anxious with tears in her eyes.

Li Zifeng wanted to step forward, but was stopped by the sharp-eyed Grandpa Yang: "Zifeng, you can help keep the accounts first, and then replace him when your father comes." Li Zifeng had to sit at the table and watch her powerless from afar.

An hour later, everything was arranged in an orderly manner, the mourning hall was arranged, the big black coffin was placed in the corner of the courtyard, and the cooking room was set up and the fire was raised. The villagers who helped to buy vegetables carried large and small backpacks into the house, and the sound of washing and chopping vegetables drowned out the entire yard.

Little uncle Why Yingxue tied hemp rope, touched her head and comforted softly: "Xue'er, your father will not be relieved to see you like this, cry if you want to." ”

He Yingxue glanced at the coffin and shook her head stubbornly: "I don't cry, my father will be more sad when he sees me crying." ”

The little uncle looked at his little niece and felt distressed and helpless: "Then don't stand here, go burn some paper for your father, take care of yourself, and we will arrange other things." ”

He Yingxue nodded, walked to the coffin and took the money paper on the side, and threw them into the brazier one by one. The little uncle moved a small stool to her uneasily, and saw that she was sitting obediently and went to do other things.

The relatives of the He family came to mourn in twos and threes, and the people of the Zhao family also came in the afternoon, and because they were handling the aftermath, He Yingxue's aunt and aunt were rarely quiet and did not provoke trouble, each looking for a place to sit, chatting with the relatives and friends they knew, and the second aunt was busy helping to greet the relatives and friends of the Zhao family.

He Yingxue's friends rushed over and gathered around her, a group of teenagers and girls were occupied by the black pressure in front of the coffin, He Yingxue pulled Li Ziyue and her voice was a little hoarse: "Yueyue, you and Yang Yang help me greet everyone, I will play with you another day." ”

Yang Yang said disapprovingly: "You don't care about us, we will be here with you for a while." ”

He Yingxue shook her head: "No need, my dad likes to be quiet, you can find another place to play." ”

Li Ziyue and Yang Yang could only take their partners away from the mourning hall and found a place to sit down nearby, Yang Yang inadvertently saw Li Zifeng frowning and looking at He Yingxue, and curiously pulled Li Ziyue and asked, "Do you know the man over there?" ”

Li Ziyue followed his line of sight and saw his brother: "My brother, what's wrong?" ”

Yang Yang suddenly realized: "It turns out that Li Zifeng looks like this, no wonder ......"

"What's the wonder?"

Yang Yang realized that he had almost said the wrong thing, and his eyes rolled and explained: "It's nothing." ”

The aroma of food soon came out of the lively courtyard, and one round after another people came to the table to eat, the adults were so busy that their feet did not touch the ground, no one cared about He Yingxue, Li Ziyue asked her to eat, she shook her head and let them eat first.

Li Zifeng had been paying attention to her, and came to her side when his father was helping with the accounts, and his gentle voice was a little worried: "Xiaoxue, are you okay?" ”

He Yingxue found that he was talking to herself, remembering that when she was very young, her father affectionately called her Xiaoxue, and when she grew up, they called her Xue'er, and after many years, someone called her Xiaoxue again, her dazed heart finally reacted, and asked with a little expectation: "What do you call me?" ”

"Light snow."

"Well, my dad called me that before I went to school, and even my mom never called me Xiaoxue."

"Silly girl, I'll call you that in the future."

"Okay."

"Would you like something to eat?"

"I don't have an appetite, I can't eat."

"What about water? Want to drink water? ”

"I don't want to."

Li Zifeng sighed, stretched out his hand to touch her head and said, "Then you sit for a while, and I will accompany you to keep vigil at night." ”

He Yingxue nodded and said, "Okay, thank you, Brother Zifeng." ”

"I seem to have said that you don't always say thank you, I'll go get busy first, see you in the evening." Li Zifeng saw her nodding before getting up and leaving.

Yang Yang looked at the interaction between the two and thought to himself, there was indeed an adulterous relationship! Boss Xue'er's expressionless face showed sadness in front of Li Zifeng, it seemed that he had to stay at night, and maybe there would be a major discovery.

The little aunt pulled He Yingxue, who had been sitting in the mourning hall all day, to the dining table, she had no appetite at all for the dishes on the table, and after taking a bite, she put down her chopsticks and returned to the mourning hall, and continued to burn paper, but everyone was worried but there was nothing to do with her.

It was getting dark, and the little uncle and the clan elders discussed and arranged the process, because of the hot weather, it was impossible to stop the mortuary for three days, so it could only be sent up the mountain to the earth early the next morning, so the little uncle was busy with all kinds of items to be used for the funeral, and asked the man who knew the plasterer in the village to help repair the grave tomorrow, and arranged all the things It was already late at night.

Everyone took turns to fight, but they couldn't let He Yingxue leave the mourning hall one step, so she could only stay there, as the night gradually deepened, the villagers went home to rest, and the funeral the next day was the main event, and the distant relatives stayed behind and arranged to live in the nearby neighbor's house temporarily, and there were only two tables of relatives and friends who kept vigil in the brightly lit yard, playing cards to spend the long night.

He Yingxue still sat in the mourning hall, and she didn't even drink a sip of water all day. Several aunts were arranged by the little uncle to rest, because they had to clean up a big mess tomorrow, sitting next to their niece, he said three or five words before the little niece replied to him, which made him very helpless.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, Mr. Li beckoned his son to take his daughter back, and stayed to help with the vigil, Li Zifeng replied disapprovingly: "It's better for you to take your sister back, you are old, just leave this kind of thing to us young people." ”

Teacher Li glared at his son dissatisfiedly: "Who is older?" ”

Li Zifeng looked at his father and said helplessly: "It's almost fifty people, take care of your health, let's go quickly." As he spoke, he pushed his father out of the door.

Teacher Li turned around helplessly, handed him a coat and said, "Put it on when it's cold at night."

Li Zifeng took his clothes and returned to the courtyard, looked at the thin shadow in the mourning hall, poured a glass of warm water and walked over.

"Uncle He, go and rest for a while, there are still many things for you to preside over tomorrow, Xiaoxue will leave it to me."

The little uncle looked at the only college student in the village, gentle and polite was the reflection of the whole village to him, his father's character and his character were among the best in the village, and he went into the house to rest with confidence. In the past few days, he has not rested well while guarding his eldest brother, and today he has been busy inside and out for a day, and he is afraid that he will not be able to withstand tomorrow if he stays up all night, and now, he is the only man in the He family.

"Xiaoxue, drink some water."

He Yingxue didn't turn her head and refused: "I don't want to drink." ”

"Well, drink a little, I have another day to be busy tomorrow." Li Zifeng handed the water cup to her mouth and coaxed: "Open your mouth, be good." ”

He Yingxue turned her eyes to look at Li Zifeng's gentle face, and finally obediently opened her mouth and drank a whole glass of water one by one. Yang Yang, who refused to go home, sat opposite, feeling like air, although he had been here for more than two hours.

Li Zifeng ignored Yang Yang's fiery gaze and continued to say to He Yingxue, "Do you want to eat something?" ”

"No, no appetite."

Li Zifeng sighed secretly, at least it wasn't bad that she was willing to speak, and continued to talk to her: "If you want to cry, cry, there is no one now, I will help you block the people outside, they can't see it." ”

"I don't want to cry, I'm not a child anymore, I won't cry so much anymore."

"Who said that children can cry, cry when they are sad, laugh when they are happy, this is human nature, you will be more sad if you are sad and don't cry." Li Zifeng reached out and touched the black hair on the top of her head, she was so stubborn that she couldn't be reassured.

He Yingxue looked at Li Zifeng and said seriously: "I can't cry, I'm obviously sad, but I can't cry." ”

"Okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's going to be fine."

Yang Yang couldn't help but pout when he saw these two people, he didn't expect Xue'er to be such a person, he and Li Ziyue cared about her so much, she didn't pay attention to them, her own uncle persuaded her for a long time, but she didn't get three words from her, this Li Zifeng was extremely obedient when she came. Seeing Li Zifeng's hand intimately on her head, he thought that Li Ziyue didn't know how to feel when he saw this scene.

Li Zifeng glanced back at him, Yang Yang coughed lightly twice uncomfortably, He Yingxue noticed him when he heard the sound, and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Yang Yang said dissatisfiedly: "Boss, I've been here for these two hours, so I follow you every day, and you ignore me so much." ”

"It's late, what are you doing here?"

"Wake up with you?"

"Oh~"

Yang Yang was depressed, oh what does it mean, should he stay as a light bulb, or should he consciously disappear, so tangled.

Li Zifeng withdrew his hand, put the coat left by his father on He Yingxue, and looked at He Yingxue in a daze without speaking at the coffin, like a doll without a soul, it seems that it is better to chat and divert her attention.

"Xiaoxue, have you received the book I sent you?"

"yes, got it."

"Do you like it?"