Chapter 6: Cold
"Dad, don't go, don't go...... Woo..."
Zhang Daxian sat on the edge of the bed, listening to Fan Taotao's painful whispers on the bed, looking at the plum blossoms that were still budding before entering the window, and now they are full of prosperity.
Plain white, clean, without a hint of red dust! For the first time, he was not so afraid of death, but repaid it with unknown awe!
It was four o'clock in the afternoon, and he came in the morning, and he set off at nine o'clock, and now many hours had passed without realizing it. There are already many people in Fan Taotao's house, but there are few people who are busy, they are all chatting and laughing, as if this is not a funeral, but a slightly special and lively occasion.
The door was pushed open, and it was Fan Taotao's mother who came in.
"Auntie! Condolences! ”
Zhang Daxian thought a lot of things before this, but in front of the woman in front of him, all he could say was these four words.
"Auntie can hold on... Otherwise, this family is finished! Even so, Taotao's mother still had tears in her eyes, or she was afraid that the little man in front of her would laugh at herself, so she quickly stretched out her hand to wipe away her tears, "There are too many things at home, Auntie won't entertain you, you go back to study quickly!" ”
For this "eviction order", Zhang Daxian not only did not feel displeased, but felt heartache and sadness for Tao Tao's mother, he was not familiar with the funeral process, and he was an outsider, not to mention helping, it would be good not to add to the chaos, and he had to let Tao Tao's mother share her mind to take care of herself as a "guest" while staying here, "Then I'll go first, if you help later, you can call me, or go to the school to find me!" Although I don't have much ability, I still have some connections at home, and I hope I can help you! ”
Tao Tao's mother bowed to Zhang Daxian, so startled that Zhang Daxian quickly staggered and reached out to support her body, "Auntie, you can't help it!" ”
After glancing at Fan Taotao, who was still babbling in pain, Zhang Daxian took out a notebook and a pen from his pocket, tore off a piece of paper, wrote his home phone number on it, and handed it to Taotao's mother. Although his dad is bankrupt and in debt, there are still some channels that can make a difference-if the Taotao family needs help!
Tao Tao's mother sent Zhang Daxian out of the door and then to the entrance of the village, and she didn't turn around and go home until Zhang Daxian got into the car that left.
At the moment when Zhang Daxian got into the car, Tao Tao's mother was in a trance, and saw that there was the shadow of her husband on this boy's body, just like the young man back then, who left home to work hard the next day after marrying him, and he was also in this place, watching him leave.
She subconsciously wanted to chase the car, but after taking two steps, she realized that everything had changed now, so cold and illusory, out of reach, there was no time to go back, and now even the memory was a little blurry.
Leaning under the stone archway, she cried helplessly, like grass in a storm, trying to stand up her chest, but the reality of the sky and the earth cracked, and she couldn't bear the weight.
Fan Taotao stood behind her with an umbrella at some point, looking at the direction Zhang Daxian left, her eyes changed from confused to clear, and finally became firm.
"Mom! I'm not dropping out! Our family must have someone to pick up the burden, so let me pick it! ”
Fan Taotao helped her mother to walk back, she suddenly understood her father, and understood the man who would always walk from home to the entrance of the village when he couldn't sleep late at night, and then walk home along the road from the entrance of the village.
The spring breeze and the rain blew along the road, and the wind ruffled their hair, and the rain wet their faces, their slightly thin clothes and bodies.
Although the wind and rain are cold, there is no despair in my heart, and it is not cold, winter goes to spring, and the earth returns to spring, which is warm.