Chapter 11: Alone on the Road (End)
I told Yanzi the sad news of Teacher Zang's death, but omitted the link that Teacher Zang gave her life, and I listened to Teacher Zang's warning, wanting her to spend the next ten days happily without realizing it. In those days, I lived in grief, but I pretended to be calm, and still lived a plain and happy life with Yanzi, while I was preparing for Teacher Zang's funeral.
Maybe I'm hiding it well, Yanzi didn't notice it, still comforted me, and wanted to take care of everything in my life as usual, although I was extremely sad about the departure of Teacher Zang in my heart, but the happiness of living with me for a lifetime has always been on her face. Every time I saw her happy expression, my heart felt like I was torn apart, but I pretended to be calm on my face, just told her the details of what she had been busy with lately, and then gave her a warm hug, a warm kiss. A woman's request is simple, a man who loves her, a happy life. I think I gave it to her, and she was happy, so I was happy too.
My friends and I took advantage of our multi-faceted relationships to get them to be allowed to go to our funeral center by opening up the way for the city, transportation, and media departments, because I didn't want to make them public. I wore linen and filial piety, threw pots, played fan, hugged ashes, and held photos in one, I think this is what I should do. Why do I want to open up so many departments, it is because I refer to the ancestral system, and I have stepped thousands of steps for Mr. Zang and put flowers into a hundred sounds. Many friends and brothers have walked this 10,000 steps with me. And there was a firework every 100 steps, and the largest fireworks were supposed to be set off at the age of eighty-six, but I let this huge firework be set off at the eighty-seventh one, because Mr. Zang should have lived to be eighty-seven.
When the hundredth fireworks burst into the sky, I had completed the 10,000th step on the road to mourning. Then he knelt down, kowtowed in all directions, and shouted up to the sky: "Master go slowly." Then I knelt down until my brothers helped me up. But what I didn't expect was that there was a man in the crowd who used his mobile phone to record the whole process of my mourning, especially when I was recorded shouting to Master to go slowly, he showed a knowing smile. This video has caused me countless troubles and distress in the years that followed, and I think it will be a big reason for my troubles in the future, but I don't regret it, this is what I should do, even if I am given another 10,000 chances, I will not regret it.
Three days later, when the ten-day period came, I cried for a whole hour in the bathroom of Swallow's house, until Swallow knocked on the bathroom door and asked me why I hadn't finished washing before I stopped my tears and calmed down and walked out of the bathroom. We had breakfast and lunch together at home, I hugged her and watched the TV series, and in the afternoon I prepared a hearty dinner, I ate happily with Yanzi and her parents, but maybe I was pretending to be happy, everything was as usual, so ordinary but happy.
After dinner, Swallow suddenly wanted to eat ice cream, so he hugged my arm and said, "Old ghost, old ghost, will you take me to eat Häagen-Dazs." I nodded, I had thought about shutting the door, but I thought it would always come, no matter how death approached us. Instead of this, let the swallow do whatever it wants.
I called Brother Tao and asked him to come downstairs to pick us up, it happened that he was bored at home, and heard me please eat ice cream so he drove to Yanzi's house downstairs after ten minutes, after we said goodbye to her parents, he got into Brother Tao's car, but Yanzi didn't know, the voice "Mom, I'm going to eat ice cream with the old ghost, and I'll be back later." It will be her last goodbye to her parents.
We drove on the road amid the sound of my aunt constantly telling us to eat less and the weather was cool. It was a very cold day, and small but clear snowflakes were floating outside the car window. Brother Tao kept stammering and telling jokes in front of him, while Yanzi and I snuggled together, laughing happily.
When we drove to an intersection and were about to drive towards the city, a black sedan suddenly rushed out of a corner, and it rushed towards us at a flying speed. But it was too late. The car crashed into our left side, and Brother Tao's car flew out like a tumbling block, and at the moment when the car crashed into us, I saw something different from the soul flying in front of me, she was so clear, with a long haired white face, and under her left eye, there was a distinct tear mole, she passed through the swallow's body and flew past my eyes, and I couldn't do anything about it, just turned over the car and watched it all happen in front of my eyes.
Brother Tao and I climbed out of the carriage, and the swallow quietly closed her eyes as if she was asleep. The vehicle not far away also deviated from the track and slammed into a power pole on the side of the road. Brother Tao was a little dazed, and his steps staggered to our side, I knew that the swallow seemed to be asleep at the moment, but she should have fallen asleep permanently. Brother Tao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that I didn't speak, just kneeling on the ground and hugging the swallow, but there were no scars on his body, but his face immediately turned blue. Because he didn't hear me yelling or scolding, he didn't hear me say that I was going to flatten the driver who caused the accident, he knew it was all too perverse, something might have happened, and he guessed right. The swallow left me, forever.
A few days later, Yunmeng Villa. I put a bouquet of swallows' favorite white roses in front of the swallow's grave and sat on the ground, telling the sorrow and longing in my heart. I promised Yanzi that I would live well, I would get married, I would have children, and I would live happily for her for the rest of my life. But I also promised that I would keep her spirit for three years, and I would not make any friends with any girls during these three years, which is what I wanted to do, whether the swallow under the spring was willing or not. I think I did it, and when the article was written here, it was about to be the third anniversary of the swallow's death, and I kept my word and fulfilled the promise of the swallow's happy life for three years.
I stroked the tombstone of the swallow, and then walked not far away, in front of Mr. Zang's grave. I knelt down, poured two glasses of wine, one on the floor, one in one gulp, then lit a cigarette and stuck it on the ground. I remember saying at that time, "Master, thank you for giving us ten days, and I have had a very happy ten days, and so have the swallows. We didn't have any regrets, and she didn't panic because of death. I'm gone, the journey has come to an end, but I'm about to start a new one. Don't worry, I won't disgrace you. I'll see you another day, and goodbye, Master. ”
With that, I stood up, walked back to the swallow's tombstone, and kissed the cold stone. Then he muttered, "I'm gone, Swallow." ”
I took my bag and walked to the exit of the cemetery, I looked back at the rows of tombstones, and the sadness and grief in my heart were engraved in my heart. I don't think I'm going to be so sad because I've been through it, and everything is probably buried in my heart.
And I seemed to see Yanzi and Teacher Zang waving goodbye to me at the tomb, and I smiled, knowing that it was just an illusion in my heart. Because I am a ghost seeker at the moment, I can tell the difference between what is an illusion and a real ghost. I pulled my clothes off, looked at the somewhat hazy sky, and exhaled a breath of hot air, which rolled in the air and floated up into the sky before disappearing.
I turned around and walked without looking back, there was still a long way to go, but I would take every step with my heart. This experience of love and tears is over, and the next journey of one person is ahead. So be it, go on the road alone.
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