Li Xue was busy arranging her hair, I turned my head to look at the room, vaguely the same as in my memory, nothing has changed, Li Xue must have worked very hard to maintain the original appearance here.

At this time, Aunt Lian suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes were bright, her face looked relaxed and natural, and her pale face was flushed with a moist red light, not at all like a person who had been sick for a long time.

I was taken aback, it was so sudden.

Li Xue didn't notice it, and was still picking up the pillows next to the bed for her.

Aunt Lian stretched out her hand to touch Li Xue and said, "The guests are here, don't be busy picking up your own decorations." ”

Li Xue was stunned for a moment, and turned her head to look at Aunt Lian.

Aunt Lian sighed and held her hands to sit up, Li Xue and I quickly helped her to sit up, she helped her loose sideburns, and whispered, "Go and get my hairpin." ”

Li Xue quickly ran to the dressing table and got it.

Aunt Lian held her hair carefully and smiled at me: "Today, are there any other guests?" ”

I stared at her smiling face like before, choked up and shouted, "Aunt Lian......"

"Ah Xiao, you're back." Aunt Lian turned her head to look at the door and said.

I have a chill on my back—

It is said that people who are dying will see people who have died, and Aunt Lian is like this now, it is very similar to returning to the light, should she see Lian Xiao......

Li Xue took the hairpin and carefully pulled up the boring gray hair for Aunt Lian, who was like a well-behaved little girl, sitting with her head sideways, motionless.

"Alright." Li Xuezai carefully pulled her hair into a bun.

Aunt Lian patted Li Xue's hand and said with a smile: "I'll just say, my Ah Xiao is alive and well, don't you see that he is back." Ah Xiao, come here. She looked behind us and waved kindly.

Li Xue cried silently, because we all know that Lian Xiao is a person who can't come back.

I suddenly realized something, and the direction that Aunt Lian was looking at was the door—

I turned my head to see that Aunt Lian was indeed waving to Chen Bing at the door.

Chen Bing looked at us with an embarrassed expression.

Aunt Lian pulled her hair and said, "My mother just woke up from sleep and didn't pick up her face, did she scare Ah Xiao?" Li Xue, take me the mirror. ”

Li Xue handed over the mirror, Aunt Lian carefully brushed her pale sideburns in the mirror, maybe for her at this moment, time is not old, her face in the mirror has not been weathered, and she is still the happy woman with a husband and children with a red face.

Tears were already pouring out of my eyes, and I was afraid that Aunt Lian would see it, so I hurriedly stood up and walked towards Chen Bing, and said loudly: "What are you doing there, shouldn't you be embarrassed to see your prospective daughter-in-law——"

"I'm afraid that Aunt Lian is going to go, so you should fulfill the old man's wish and pretend to be her son who has been dead for many years, okay?" I pulled Chen Bing and said softly.

Chen Bing nodded and slowly walked towards Aunt Lian, but I didn't dare to go any further, for fear that tears would shatter the illusion she thought was real.

Aunt Lian smiled, pulled the quilt to the side, vacated a small piece of the floor to sit, and said to the "son": "Come on, sit here, it's warm—it's frozen—"

Chen Bing sat down, and Aunt Lian was busy holding his hand, caressing it, like all the elders love their children: "I'm tired, hey, why do you have so many scars on this hand, my mother is not around, you have to take care of yourself." Li Xue, look at-"

Li Xue pretended to look down, but kept wiping away the tears that were about to fall.

Chen Bing did have a few scars on the back of his hand, he nodded sneeringly, turned the back of his hand over, and said, "Small injury, don't get in the way." ”

Aunt Lian grabbed Li Xue with her other hand, looking at the two of them back and forth, the wrinkles at the end of her eyes seemed to be dancing happily, but such a sweet smile looked like a knife to me.

"Li Xue, look, I just said, Ah Xiao will come back, right? Ah Xiao, where did you go on the day you got married? Where have you been? Your father is looking for you everywhere, and he hasn't come back yet, didn't you say that you wanted to marry Li Xue, where did you go? Aunt Lian slapped Chen Bing's hand lightly, as if she wanted to punish him viciously, but she did it so lightly, so light that she didn't even make a sound. This is the son she has been waiting for for many years, how can she be willing to hurt him?

Chen Bing responded: "Something is delayed-isn't this coming back, mother." ”

Aunt Lian was stunned, this sentence, mother, she has waited too long, Chen Bing is a smart person, and she may also know that this sentence "mother" is the best long-cherished wish for her.

Tears had already slid down the corners of Aunt Lian's eyes, and she said weakly like a little girl: "You, I'm scared to death, I don't know if I can't come, your father is looking for you everywhere, fortunately Li Xue is well-behaved and willing to wait for you, Li Xue is a good boy, you can't bear her, do you know?" ”

I remember that Uncle Lian has always been very fond of Aunt Lian, Aunt Lian's personality is very weak, like a well-protected little girl, soft and weak, Uncle Lian is the sky to her, Lian Xiao is her land, and she lost her own world in one day...... I really don't know how she got through all these years.

Chen Bing patted Aunt Lian's hand, like a well-behaved son, and said with a smile: "Of course I know." Mother, you have to wait until we give you a big fat grandson, okay? ”

Aunt Lian laughed, she never laughed out loud, it can be seen how happy she is now, Chen Bing is really good at coaxing, she patted Chen Bing's hand and said: "Big fat grandson, I don't know if my old bones can be moved?" ”

Chen Bing said: "If you can hold it, if you can't hold it, let's tie a small rope strap and carry it on our back, just like when my grandmother was hunched on my back when I was a child, okay?" ”

Aunt Lian laughed repeatedly, slapped Chen Bing's brain, and said, "You little nonsense, do you remember when you were a child, grandma carried you?" ”

Chen Bing said: "Remember, so your grandchildren will remember you in the future." ”

Aunt Lian put away the laughter on her face, put her hand on Chen Bing's face, and said gently: "What a good boy, but my mother is tired, I can't hold my grandson anymore, I can see you again before I leave, and I won't live up to his father waiting for me on Huangquan Road for seven years——"

My heart sank...... When he said this, it was as if the hour was near......

"Mother......" Li Xue knelt down.

Aunt Lian nodded, reached out and plucked Li Xue's hairpin, gently hid it in her arms, and then held the hands of the two tightly together, and said to Chen Bing: "Thank you for coming to see me-"

Chen Bing frowned slightly.

Aunt Lian lowered her head and stroked Li Xue's head again, and said quietly: "Good daughter-in-law, we owe you too much in our family, let's pay it back in the next life...... This opponent has to be held tightly in this life, and he can't let go anymore, promise me, okay? ”

Chen Bing had tears in the corners of his eyes, nodded vigorously, and Li Xue couldn't cry anymore.

Aunt Lian turned her head to look at me, smiled, squinted her eyes, and muttered, "Dad, I'm here." ”

Aunt Lian, closed her eyes, I feel that she is calm and happy at the moment, Lian Xiao, who she has been waiting for, has come back, and her daughter-in-law who has been indebted to her has a home, and the hairpin that binds Li Xue's half of her youth will also be buried with her, and she also knows that only at the last moment can these infatuations be resolved.

I knelt down and bowed deeply to this peaceful and noble soul.

In the morning, I accompanied Li Xue.

She was very calm and haggard, and slowly there was a fire in all parts of the house, and she took out a jujube-colored dress from the cupboard, hung it carefully on the edge of the bed, and turned hot water for Aunt Lian to wipe her body, comb her hair, and lightly whitewash.

I'm on the side, silently helping.

She knew Aunt Lian better than her own mother.

Aunt Lian loved beauty before her death, and this dress was prepared for her by Li Xue early in the morning, and she wore it on Aunt Lian, which fit properly, very spiritual, and decent.

After tidying up Aunt Lian's appearance, Li Xue slowly walked out of the room, went to the front hall, and began to set up the mourning hall. She had already prepared these memorial supplies, and she had always known about Aunt Lian's illness.

The mourning hall is very simple, with a pair of white candles, a white silk table, the old spiritual tablet hanging white, and two futons in front of the table. I stood on the side, unable to help, and wept as I looked at the spirit tablet.

"These were all used for their funerals a few years ago." Li Xue said softly.

I didn't attend the funeral six years ago—no, it was six years, but Aunt Lian said it was seven years.

"Mother has been looking forward to the beginning of spring, Lian Xiao is six years ago in the spring is gone, she thinks, now is another spring, Lian Xiao just left and came back...... She has never been able to survive this year......" Li Xue said calmly, crumpling the tight bundle of paper money one by one.

"Li Xue ......"

Li Xue put the paper money in the basin, her beautiful fingers seemed to be dancing, and she lit it lightly: "My mother has never blamed me, if Lian Xiao didn't insist on taking the last trip for me, he wouldn't have had an accident, and my father wouldn't have been stimulated to fall...... It won't cause so much misfortune to the family. I...... I'm an ominous person, it's not that they owe me a family, it's that I owe them too much money......"

"Don't say that, it's all fate, it's no one's business...... it turns out that for so many years, Li Xue is also blaming herself, no wonder she never asks me why, maybe she thinks I should avoid her, and I said such things, I was also ashamed in my heart, why haven't I been blaming myself.

Li Xue smiled, feeling that her whole person had no soul: "Thank you, Yan Fei, thank you for being by my side this time." ”

This? ……

I'm speechless......

"I'm sorry for you to say thank you to the eldest brother just now on my behalf, thank you for letting my mother go. The mourning hall is a cold place, you are not in good health, so don't stay too long. Li Xue stared at the paper money that was gently curled up into cigarettes and calmly sent the guest away.

"Don't think much about the transfer of the cloth shop, I don't think even my aunt will agree to you doing this. I will solve the matter of silver, even my aunt was half my daughter when I was a child, you also let me, an unfilial daughter, do your filial piety...... Although, it's too late......"

Li Xue stood up and said, "I'll go to accompany my mother, she is most afraid of being alone." Go back. ”

"Take care of yourself, I'll come back later." I said seriously.

Li Xue didn't take my words seriously, nodded casually, and floated away like a walking corpse.

I felt uncomfortable and left Lian's house silently.