I regret not forcing you to say yes on the day I said I got the certificate.

I regret not promising you on the day I said I would get my license.

These were the first words we had spoken since she left silently.

At the same time, it is also a sentence that draws an end to this time and this memory for us.

From the chance encounter on the road in the early morning of the previous year, to the beginning and end of the new year.

Holding this piece of paper, which carried too much pain and helplessness and a thousand words, and finally condensed into just two lines of words, I was silent for a long time, I took out a lighter from my pocket, and wanted to burn it a little bit more chic and literary, so as to mourn those things that had passed away, but in the end I still didn't do it. In the flame of the lighter, the edge of the paper was about to burn the moment reacted, quickly extinguished, carefully slapped off the burnt part, and then carefully put the paper into the left pocket of his chest and put it up, lit a cigarette and squatted down to continue to be silent.

Sure enough, he never really stayed away, but he didn't want to see me again, at least for now.

"I regret not promising you on the day I said I got my license."

This sentence fully shows that she left completely out of necessity, not because she wanted to leave, and that her decision to leave was also a joke I had with her that night after I got the certificate, and before that, she was really bent on marrying me. And the current situation can basically prove that she decided to leave the persecution and entanglement of the grandson surnamed Tao, but it is not the main reason.

So, what happened to make her, who originally wanted to marry me, suddenly have the idea of leaving me, and she is so determined?

You know, from that night to get the certificate to propose, it only took a total of 12 days. What kind of factors will make her heart change so much in just twelve days, even the vigorous marriage proposal failed to keep her?

It seems that in a short time, I am afraid that there will be no answer, because even if I can see her sit down face to face, she will most likely not be able to speak.

I smoked two cigarettes in a row and still couldn't think of any clue, so I had to let out a long sigh in my heart, and then put away my thoughts, and focused on the two extra bouquets of flowers in front of the old man's tombstone overnight.

It is composed of white chrysanthemum and yellow chrysanthemum, and is decorated with a few birds of paradise and peacock grass, the light but not single bunch, don't think about it, it must be the little daughter-in-law who came to put it at night after we left. Women's minds are more delicate, even in the matter of sending flowers to express sorrow, they often choose and match more carefully, and it also looks like the aesthetics of the little daughter-in-law, so she must have sent it, and the stay here is not short, otherwise it is not so easy to find that I want to try my luck on the stone next to it, and the piece of paper pressed underneath and reply.

As for the other bouquet, it is more like a man's gift of white chrysanthemum, which is a little puzzling.

The Chinese New Year, people with this heart, yesterday morning have already accompanied me to see off the old man for the last time, even if there is no catch, will come during the day, will not come quietly at night like the little daughter-in-law, after all, ordinary people have the courage to run to the cemetery park at night is not much.

So, who will be the one who will bring this bouquet of flowers at night?

While I was deep in thought, a taxi also drove at the entrance of the cemetery at the foot of the mountain, and then a young woman wearing a black casual suit, tall and wearing sunglasses, and holding a bunch of yellow chrysanthemums, got out of the car and entered the park to climb the mountain, and walked towards the cemetery where I was little by little.

Today's weather is very good, and it is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and there are many people who come to visit the tombs of their deceased relatives, so a young woman with a tall figure and outstanding temperament, the key is to sweep the tomb alone, although it seems a little different, but at most it will be looked at a few times, and it will not attract too much attention. And I, who squatted in front of the old man's tombstone and pondered, was even more unlikely to see such a person.

It wasn't until I suddenly felt that there was someone behind me, turned around, raised my head, and found that there were some eye-catching women all the way, who had come to me and stopped, took off their sunglasses and put them in their trouser pockets to look at me.

After staring at the woman who was looking at me in some confusion for two seconds, I finally came to my senses, and my expression was instantly full of shock and stunned.

"I went to your house first, fortunately I have never been there before, but remember your address very clearly, otherwise I may not be able to find it at once, my uncle and aunt told me that you are here, so I came. Please mourn the change, the death of the old man is certainly regrettable, but I believe that the old man will live well in heaven and no longer have to be disturbed by the world, so please mourn. Seeing that I was shocked, the woman's face showed a subtle but also imperceptible smile, and she spoke.

After a pause for a few seconds, seeing that I still hadn't reacted from the shock of my arrival, I asked softly, "What's wrong?" Don't recognize it? ”

"Recognize, recognize." I hurriedly replied, and then threw away the cigarette butt that had already burned out and extinguished between my index and middle fingers, and scratched my head as if in a dream.

The person smiled lightly, then stepped forward and bypassed me, put down the bouquet with both hands, put it together with the bouquet of the little daughter-in-law, stared at the portrait of the old man on the tombstone for a while, then gently retracted it, looked at me again and said, "Li Nian, long time no see." ”

"Long time no see...... It's been a long time. I said, with a look on my face that I didn't know if I was smiling or what.

"Are you okay? Of course, I'm not asking now, but from then to now. The woman nodded, and added.

"It's good, it's good, it's like this anyway. When did you get back? Why did you come back? Oh yes, it's the Chinese New Year, so I guess I'm back for the New Year. I replied and asked rhetorically, a little incoherently talking to myself.

The woman didn't answer, but looked at me with a smile and was silent for ten or twenty seconds, and then said softly as if talking to herself: "I'm sorry, maybe I should really come back a few days early, and I shouldn't be delayed because of those dispensable things." ”

I was slightly stunned, stunned.

Before I could figure out what I meant, the woman sighed softly in my confusion, and then crouched down beside me, holding her chin with both hands, and looked at the old man on the tombstone whom she had never actually really seen.

"Li Nian." After I don't know how long it was, she called softly.

"Hmm." I replied softly.

"I'm back." She whispered again.

"I know, or who I saw." I say.

She withdrew her gaze from the portrait of the old man, looked at me for a moment, and said, "I mean, I'm back." ”

I looked at her a little strangely and said, "I know...... Otherwise, the one squatting next to me now can still be a ghost? How long do you plan to stay this time? ”

She shook her head and smiled slightly, no longer speaking, and didn't bother to look at me anymore, a little helpless and annoyed.

I sighed inwardly.

"You're still the same, you're still ...... Foolish. After I don't know how long, she looked at me again.

"It's not that you don't know that I have a low IQ and a bad brain, I've been like this since I was a child, what can I do." I pouted, also a little depressed.

"Yes, it's been like this since I was a child, but it can't be counted as a child, at least not in you, because there is no child with thoughts that shouldn't be in your head." She smiled again.

I glanced at her and didn't speak.

"Although I have never really met your master, the old man, but only a few times when I was a child, it doesn't mean that I don't know him at all, so if there is nothing else, let's go home. I can guarantee that if he is in the spirit of heaven, he will definitely be very angry if he sees you with a sad face all day long, and you don't want to leave here. Without looking out, she put her hand in my pocket, took out a cigarette case and a lighter, took one and fed it to my mouth, and the woman said as she helped me light the fire.

"Don't you hate smokers? I haven't seen him in a foreign country for three years, but I've changed so much, and I have learned to help men light cigarettes? Oh yes, not for three years? I don't have a good brain, I can't remember it clearly. Naturally, I didn't refuse her to help me light a cigarette, and at the same time, there was a little more I could clearly feel it in my words, but I didn't understand why there was a prickly feeling.

It doesn't matter if it's a thorn or a sour, or something else, in short, I just feel a little uncomfortable.

"It's quite annoying, I've always been annoying, including now, but after all, people will grow up and change." She smiled lightly, then stuffed the lighter into the cigarette case and covered it, took it in her right hand and turned it lightly: "As for the time, there is still a month and nine days left for a full three years. ”

"Remember that clearly?" Watching her play with the cigarette case, I don't know why, I suddenly laughed softly.

She didn't answer, but glanced at me as if she knew I was thinking something, and rolled her eyes a little.

"Do you want to go home?"

"Go back, but at least let me finish this cigarette first." I thought about it for a moment and replied.

After smoking a cigarette, the woman, who most likely knew what I was going to do, had already lit three cigarettes on my behalf and put them on the old man's tombstone, and bowed three times seriously. So after taking one last look at the old man on the tombstone and the bouquet of flowers adorned with peacock grass and birds of paradise, he turned away, and the woman followed behind.

"It's a nice day."

"Hmm."

"Look, the sun has come out, and it's warm on the body."

"Hmmm......"

"So, it's all gone, whether it's good or bad, it's still bad."

"Uh......"

"I like to watch the pouring rain, or the picture of the dark clouds dissipating and seeing the sun again after a day of gloom, even when the mood is bad, the moment I see the sun come out, it will be better, and the whole person is relaxed and carefree."

"Like your name?"

Along the way, there was no one who said that there was neither nutrition nor purpose, and he returned home unconsciously. I got out of the taxi at a small intersection about 50 meters away from the gate of the courtyard, and was about to continue walking back, but the woman who accompanied me back stopped moving.

"What's wrong? I've listened to you all the way back to the door, don't plan to go into the house and sit? Noticing that she hadn't followed, I stopped and turned around to ask.

She smiled lightly, and then said, "Not for the time being, I've already been here in the morning, and I'll come back to visit my uncle, aunt and grandfather in two days?" ”

"Then since you didn't plan to go into the house in the first place, what are you doing here with me?" I was a little puzzled, or rather a little displeased.

"What else can I do, send you home." She smiled.

"Okay...... since I didn't go, I didn't force it, I thought about it and asked, "Where do you live?" ”

"Of course it's my family, why do you seem to be more stupid than before?" She replied with some disgust.

"Well, that's a bit far away, do I need to send you back?"

"No, there are taxis all over the street, I can just take a taxi and go back, it's really not good, it's no problem to walk back slowly, it's okay anyway." She replied.

I nodded: "Okay, anyway, I'm just asking casually, I didn't really want to send you back." ”

"Sure enough, it's still like that, it's a little undesirable to you, and you start to get thorny when you speak. I have my own hands and feet, so it's not uncommon for you to send it, so I'd better deal with the things at home first and leave. After rolling her eyes at me slightly, she turned back and forth to the same path, raised her right hand over her head in a triumphant gesture, and then covered her ears with both hands, indicating that she did not want to hear me talk nonsense again.

Of course, I didn't mean to speak again, and after silently watching her gradually walk away, I turned around and walked towards the door.

Yuan Jinzhu's guy said that he would accompany me for a day, and it was really not superfluous at all, even if he just said this yesterday, he turned his head and gave me a dose of fierce medicine, poured a big stomach of bitter water, and rushed to the airport shortly after I went out. Grandpa basking in the sun in the newly renovated yard, although his face is not bitter, but it is not much better than a bitter face, and the man who has always been cheerful did not speak, including the three uncles, the family is in the yard, but the atmosphere is very sluggish, and he has not come out of the influence of the old man's death.

Of course, there is another thing, which is also the main reason for the low mood of a large family.

No matter how sorry it is, for the family, the old man's major event has already settled with him in the ground, and the rest is to use time to slowly fade it. But the matter between me and my little daughter-in-law is still hanging in the air, and there is no specific result, and even she has not seen it, so it is impossible to let them not worry about this matter.

In the past few days after taking care of the old man's funeral, the daughter-in-law of the Li family, who had been waiting for relatives and friends to drink the wine, had never shown up from beginning to end, which was seen by many people, so the well-behaved and sensible daughter-in-law of Mr. Li flew away, and it was already known to everyone at this time.

Little daughter-in-law......

Thinking of these three words, my heart suddenly felt a faint pain.