The group of three came out of the restaurant and walked straight in the direction of home. When she walked downstairs to the unit, Hao Lili, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped, turned to Qin Yang and Tu Cheng and said, "I still can't live at home tonight, let's go to the hotel!" ”

Qin Yang and Tu Cheng glanced at each other and expressed their acquiescence!

"Boss, please open two rooms for us!" Hao Lili took out the documents from her bag familiarly!

"I'm sorry, beauty, now housing requires one certificate per person!" The front desk brother said apologetically to Hao Lili and her party!

In between speaking, Qin Yang and Tu Cheng each took out their own documents from their bags.

"Ah Cheng, you live in one room, Yangyang, let's live in one room." Hao Lili said so. Qin Yang's heart, which was still hanging just now, fell instantly.

This night, with Hao Lili's company, Qin Yang finally slept well. However, the lights in the hotel room were still not turned off all night.

It's just that for Hao Lili, although she has been running around for almost two days in a row, she still feels extremely awake, no sleep, and no tiredness.

In fact, when she first saw the big brownish yellow herringbone on the sheets that was the same as her father's body. She kept thinking that her father must have been alone and experienced great pain and suffering before he died. But he wasn't by his side.

However, what made Hao Lili wonder was that obviously over the years, she had successively called her father for money, not to mention millions, a total of seven or eight hundred thousand! But in my father's closet, I couldn't find even a decent piece of clothing. Even, no furniture has been added to the house, which makes Hao Lili puzzled.

Where did all this money go, aside from drinking? Hao Lili has been thinking, she thought of another question, it can't be that she lost all her cards, right? This thought only existed in Hao Lili's mind for a moment, and then it was completely cleared away by Hao Lili!

Although her father was indeed a heavy drinker during her mother's absence, Hao Lili had never heard of her father's addiction to playing cards. The more she thought about it, the more wrong Hao Lili felt.

It's not that she is distressed that so much money is gone, she is actually more distressed that her father could have lived a better life. But the final outcome is so miserable.

Hao Lili even thought that if she had been returning home to accompany her father after graduating from college, it might not be today's ending!

However, there is no regret medicine in this world after all. Therefore, no matter how much there is a reminiscence or an imaginary about the past. But in the end, it will not be able to change the fact that it has become settled!

Until it was dawn outside, Hao Lili still didn't even blink her eyes, looking at Qin Yang, who was sleeping like a baby next to her. Hao Lili suddenly thought that maybe she would sleep like this for the rest of her life, without thinking about anything or doing anything, how beautiful it should be!

"Are you awake?" At 7:20 in the morning, Tucheng, who lived next door, sent a message to Hao Lili.

"Yang Yang hasn't woken up yet." Hao Lili replied.

For the next twenty minutes, Hao Lili kept thinking about a series of things she needed to do when she went to the funeral home!

So far, Hao Lili has found that in addition to Tucheng and Qinyang around her. At the critical moment, he is still just a person,

At seven forty o'clock, Qin Yang woke up rubbing her sleepy eyes, and saw Hao Lili sitting on the edge of the bed with dark circles the size of two walnuts, and she was suddenly startled, "God, you didn't sleep all night last night?" ”

"Can't sleep." Hao Lili shook her head.

"Am I up late?" Seeing the sun faintly shining in from the window of the hotel, Qin Yang asked in a little panic.

"No, it's not even eight o'clock, if you're sleepy, go back and sleep a little longer." Hao Lili's voice was as soft as a whisper, like a big sister next door.

Qin Yang quickly sat up and got dressed, dressed up!

At a quarter past eight, Hao Lili found a call coming in showing her aunt's landline number.

It can't be my aunt, they rushed back overnight, right? Hao Lili thought to herself.

But in an instant, she immediately overturned her own idea. After all, it is not easy to rush back at all after such a distance, not to mention that my aunt and uncle have relied on part-time jobs to maintain the basic living expenses of the family in recent years.

These are what Hao Lili heard her aunt talk about on the phone!

The call was from my aunt's mother-in-law, she asked Hao Lili what time she would go to the funeral home on the phone, although Hao Lili's aunt and uncle were not at home, she still wanted to come to see Hao's father off.

When Hao Lili and her party arrived at the funeral home, they found that their aunt's mother-in-law, Che Guihua, was already waiting at the gate of the funeral home with a fragrant wax paper fire.

saw Hao Lili and her party of three people who were belated. The old man said angrily, you young people, this is impolite, there is no politeness at all.

The older generation, in front of the deceased and the relatives and friends of the deceased, will always try to avoid mentioning the word dead or anything related to death.

Under the auspices of the funeral home staff, the deceased and Hao's father had a simple farewell ceremony.

A group of four people, three young people, all calmly looked at Hao's father, who was about to be sent away and turned into a pile of ashes. Only my aunt's mother-in-law, Che Guihua, cried so much that she grabbed the sky.

"His uncle, you're only sixty years old, so you'll go with his aunt! Now Xiaoli is the only one left in the family

For a long time afterwards, neither Hao Lili, Tu Cheng, nor Qin Yang could understand what the source of this emotion came from.

As the flames rose, everything about my father gradually turned to ashes. Hao Lili left silent tears at that moment.

Although, before that, she had experienced the death of her mother. Once, I cried until my heart was broken and my heart hurt. At this moment, her inner peace made Hao Lili feel that she was not the self she once had feelings for.

There was even a time when she doubted herself and felt that she was growing up and becoming less affectionate. Even the death of a loved one cannot grieve oneself.

It's just that these things,

Many years later, until Hao Lili had also become an old man, she suddenly understood. The lack of sadness or sadness that people show is actually just an understanding of the true cycle of the world. Everyone is just living to die.

After the cremation, Hao Lili took her father's ashes and walked in the front! Because Tu Cheng and Hao Lili have not officially married each other. Therefore, he could only participate as a friend. This is the rule of the old home.

After going back, Hao Lili temporarily put her father's ashes on the front of the living room.

"Is there meat in the house?" Looking at the three young people who were at a loss, Che Guihua asked.

Hao Lili got up and went to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and then walked back with a depressed face and shook her head at her aunt and mother-in-law!

"I'm going to buy some, I'm going out tomorrow, I'm going to make a little more hearty!" Aunt and mother-in-law said!

Although she has been outside for many years, Hao Lili has not forgotten some basic customs and habits at home, she understands what her aunt and mother-in-law mean!

So, she took Qin Yang's hand and said, "Honey, you go out with me!" ”

"Young man, go with them!" She said to Tu Cheng, who was picking up the mop and preparing to mop the floor.

"Grandma, aren't you scared when you're home alone?" Qin Yang finally couldn't help but ask this sentence.

"What's there to be afraid of, it's your uncle's!" After saying that, the old lady sat on the sofa with an indifferent look!

Compared to before, the smell of the house is much smaller! But there is still a faint smell.

It's just that whether it is Hao Lili or Qin Yang, neither of them dares to stay alone in this room!

Although my aunt and mother-in-law only asked if there was meat at home, they were still very clear about the white customs of the family, Hao Lili, Tu Cheng, and Qin Yang! So, the three of them purchased all kinds of ingredients in the nearest supermarket.

Back at home, my aunt and mother-in-law were already boiling water in the kitchen to clean pots and pans.

Looking at the thick layer of ash on the stove, Hao Lili knew that her father should have cooked at home for a long time, no wonder even the refrigerator was empty!

Three young people went together to help choose and wash vegetables!

If this meal is not a sumptuous meal before the deceased goes out! It's more like a family dinner for everyday gatherings.

According to the auspicious time calculated by Duan Gong, Hao Lili's twelve classmates all came to Hao's father's funeral the next day!

According to the customs of their hometown, because Hao Lili and Tu Cheng have not officially registered their marriage. Therefore, Tu Cheng could only attend Hao's father's funeral as a friend, standing in the funeral procession of a total of more than a dozen people. Only Hao Lili walked in front alone holding her father's urn.

There was no lively blowing, playing and singing, and there was no final ride to the Western Elysium in props and costumes. Everything is simple, and the funeral procession looks quiet and serious!

Hao's father's ashes were finally buried in a public fundraising halfway up the hill in City C, which had been selected about seven or eight years ago! In this public cemetery, you can probably overlook the whole city. Choose a cemetery early and be accurate after death

It is a custom for people over the age of 50 here.

Luckily, the weather in this normally rainy city is suddenly becoming sunny today! The sun shrouded the entire cemetery in Buddha light like a layer of golden citrine, illuminating the way to the Western Elysium! At the same time, it also brings infinite hope to the living.

When I came back from the funeral, I originally wanted to invite the people who participated in the funeral to have a "ground mat"! But considering that there is not enough space to take care of the home now. So, Hao Lili invited everyone to have a thank-you meal in a local restaurant!

After eating, it was close to evening, and all the classmates and friends who came to participate in Hao's father dispersed. My aunt and mother-in-law explained to Hao Lili some precautions such as the first seven days, 100 days, and anniversaries, and then left.

After everyone left, Tu Cheng saw Hao Lili's tired face, so he proposed to go to the hotel to rest first!

However, as soon as she stepped into the door of the hotel room, Hao Lili collapsed on the floor and fell asleep directly!

(End of chapter)

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