Xiang Wangfu's burial place was chosen on a hill near the railway. Cross the bridge under the railway, turn left and walk up a ridge road, and go another 100 meters to the hill.

It was a nameless hill bag. The mountain pack is extremely barren, full of shrubs, without batches of fir and pine. It is important to know that in our area, fir forests and pine forests are extremely common economic forests.

did not invite the "earth immortal", and the specific location of the burial was decided by the eldest brother. Xiang Wangfu's eldest brother may know a little common sense about choosing a burial place, and he looks at the situation in front of Shanbao from time to time.

"You don't have to describe it so carefully," said the second brother, "As the old saying goes, men to mountain bags and women to mountain passes, as long as they face the mountain bags in front." ”

"It also depends on the running water. Wouldn't it be better to go a little north to hold the water vein in the northeast? The eldest brother said. He pointed to the northeast.

To the northeast is another col, in which the paddy fields are overgrown with aquatic weeds. Mountains and rivers flow down from the ravines on both sides.

"Then decide where you step on it." Be the second brother's clapper.

I don't have the heart to look at this. These are all adult business. I only know that after the pit is dug, Xiang Wangfu will be buried in the pit. There is no Xiang Wangfu in this world. According to Xiong Yanfei, Xiang Wangfu immediately became empty.

Of our seven brothers, there are only six brothers left.

If there is another football game, who will replace Xiang Wangfu as a winger?

Who will have such a good sense of tacit understanding with us?

The pit gets bigger and bigger. The soil was raised one by one.

Jiefeixiang helped dig the pit. He worked very hard, almost in an act of atonement. We all know that he has been feeling guilty for asking Xiang Wangfu to enter the forest to find Xiang Jianjun.

Xiang Wangfu's second and third brothers used the wooden planks they carried to form a coffin-shaped box, then removed the cloth covering Xiang Wangfu's body and face, carried Xiang Wangfu into the box, and then added a board to the box.

We all deliberately looked to the side. Xiang Wangfu's face was really unbearable.

After the pit was dug, they carried Xiang Wangfu into the pit with a box made of wooden planks, and after they made a few strokes on the "coffin", they immediately worked together to shovel the soil dug up earlier back to the pit.

Xiang Wangfu's mother finally couldn't hold back her crying.

A few people followed with a small sob.

I turned around. Tears were already streaming down my cheeks.

A small burial bag was formed.

I knew that it didn't take the next year, just a few months, and the grave would be overgrown with weeds and weeds, and it would be integrated with the surrounding bushes, and no one knew that there was once a high school student who was not yet an adult buried here.

How many years will it be? Maybe it won't take a few years, maybe one day a farmer takes a fancy to this mountain and wants to reclaim it and plant trees, such as camellia trees or tea trees, or just plant cedar trees, and come across such a small grave bag, there are no bricks, no tombstones, and it is allowed to be treated as a small earthen bag, and it will be flattened. There was no sign of it.

Don't say it's a small tomb, even if it's built like a palace-like tomb, such as the tombs of those emperors and generals, it's grand enough, how about now? The same is gone. It's just that there are a few more antiques for future generations to steal or loot.

I was immersed in such a reverie.

After the burial, the adults joined hands.

Xiang Wangfu's mother kept instructing: "Fu, my son, why don't you have any blessing at all." Just like your dad. You're worse than your father, you're a short-lived ghost. If you go to reincarnation again, you must find a good family and go to a rich and noble family, ah. If you need anything, just ask your mother for your dreams, yes. ”

Several women chimed in. Xiang Wangfu's sister couldn't cry.

"Gone." Be a big brother impatiently urging.

"Fu, Mom will go back. If there is anything, you must dream of your mother, um. My poor Fu-" Xiang Wangfu's mother turned back step by step.

The head teacher and the director of general affairs have already walked to the gravel road.

The four of us stood silently in front of the grave for a moment, and then made three reverent gestures.

Out of nowhere, a crow flew out of nowhere and flew into the sky with a terrible cry.

……

When I returned to school, I was anxious to see Xiong Yanfei, but the principal told us to go to his office. I had no choice but to borrow the phone from the principal's office to talk to Xiong Yanfei for a short time.

There really was a room in the principal's office. The door to the inner room opened, revealing a bunk bed inside.

Is the principal trying to commit violence to Chu Huoyu on this bed?

I couldn't help but glance at the headmaster. Can you connect such a well-dressed person with such a lewd behavior?

I can't help but think of Chu Huoyu again. What happened to the Fire Storage? I don't know if her fibroids are benign or malignant? Is she still in the provincial capital or has she traveled everywhere as she said?

Or maybe it's back in her country?

I wish her fibroids were benign, and I wish she had returned to her country. How many times have I dreamed that Chu Huoyu was huddled alone in a deep mountain forest and died alone, and then I woke up and looked at the ceiling in the bedroom in a daze.

That forest seems to be the one we went to Xiang Wangfu's house to cut firewood, right?

"Zheng Qihang, what are you thinking? The headmaster asks you. Zhu Zhuwu interrupted my train of thought.

"What does the headmaster ask me?"

"The principal asked you if Xiang Wangfu took the initiative to make a fire, and why did he enter the forest again?" Zhu Zhuwu's face was gloomy.

"Didn't you say that?" I said to Jie Feixiang and Xiang Jianjun.

"I don't know what it was." Xiang Jianjun said.

"I've told you everything." Jie Feixiang said.

"What else do you want me to say?"

"I'm asking you to verify. Ask you to verify, do you understand? Zhu Zhuwu's voice was a little louder.

"I'll tell you nothing, classmates," a man I didn't know cleared his throat, "it's the Education Bureau that wants to deal with your homeroom teacher, so let me investigate." Teacher Zhu kindly took you to a picnic, if you are punished for this incident, how wronged you are, you say yes? ”

It was then that I noticed a stranger sitting in the principal's place.

"What is the reasoning? Why do you deal with Mr. Zhu? Jie Feixiang took the initiative to take over the topic, "You should praise Teacher Zhu." ”

"Why?" The bureau leader asked.

"Because he taught such an excellent student as Xiang Wangfu. In order to put out the fire, Xiang Wangfu did not care about life and death. ”

"And didn't you two take the initiative to put out the fire?" The principal hinted at us.

"That's right. Jie Feixiang said let's go and make a fire, and we ran away without saying a word. I said.

"Didn't Teacher Zhu call you to make a fire?" The bureau leader looked at us.

"It's not. At that time, Mr. Zhu did not find out about the fire. Besides, he's far away from us. Jie Feixiang said, "We subconsciously felt that we were going to put out the fire, so we rushed over." After all, behind the forest are villages. ”

"Is that so, Mr. Zhu?"

Zhu Zhuwu nodded.

"Another point, when Xiang Wangfu was fighting the fire with us, he suddenly remembered that Xiang Jianjun was still in the forest before rushing into the forest." For some reason, in front of many leaders, Jie Feixiang behaved quite positively.

"Who is Xiang Jianjun?" The bureau leader glanced around us.

Xiang Jianjun gestured. He didn't speak the whole time. I noticed that since Xiang Wangfu's accident to the present, Xiang Jianjun has hardly spoken.

"Why did you go to the woods?" The bureau leader asked.

"He went to rest in the woods because the grass was too hot." Jie Feixiang hurriedly added, "He mentioned to us that we were all lying on the grass at that time. When putting out the fire, Xiang Wangfu remembered that Xiang Jianjun was in the forest, so I asked him to look for him in the forest. He didn't even think about it and ran away. So, so I'm ...... now"

Jie Feixiang couldn't go on.

"So you think Xiang Wangfu's death has something to do with you, right?"

Jie Feixiang nodded. "I didn't expect the fire to suddenly grow and ignite the forest in an instant."

"There was a sudden gust of wind." I say.

"Don't think so, this classmate. It was a complete accident. You guys are really nice. The head of the bureau said.

We were silent for a while.

The bureau leader and the principal met and said, "You can go." I'll react upwards. ”

"Thank you, thank you. We ask that you must not deal with our homeroom teacher. You can also see, how can any teacher take students on trips now? Only we, Mr. Zhu, can do it. Our teacher Zhu is a very responsible class teacher, so I ask you to ......" Jie Feixiang's mood recovered quickly.

"Got it, let's go." Jiefeixiang's nagging seemed to bore the bureau leaders.

We walked out of the principal's office.

"I said Jiefeixiang, what's wrong with you today? It's like a river. I said.

"Hmph." Wu Jianhua said.

"You stupid. Do you think it's a trivial matter? If someone dies while taking a student on a trip, he may be expelled from public office. Jie Feixiang looked solemn.

"Is it that serious?" I say.

"At least a few notches of wages. If this is the case, wouldn't Zhu Zhuwu hate our students to death? ”

"I see."

That's why I emphasize that. I think the leaders of that bureau are annoying me. Jie Feixiang said.

"It's good to know." Wu Jianhua said.

It was already eleven o'clock in the morning. The sun shuttles through the clouds. The temperature has risen again. I decided to go to Xiong Yanfei's house.

"There you go. You have more important tasks to do. Wu Jianhua said.

"I thought of one thing, Xiang Jianjun, you'd better go back to the dormitory. Don't live there alone. I patted Xiang Jianjun on the shoulder.

"That's right. Squeeze a bunk with me. I slept on the bottom bunk. Jie Feixiang said. Since Jiang Lili went to the technical school, Jie Feixiang quit the rented house and returned to the dormitory.

"I also sleep in the lower bunk." Wu Jianhua said.

"I'm still sleeping there." Xiang Jianjun finally squeezed out a few words.

"Aren't you afraid?" I say.

"Don't be afraid."

"Don't be too upset. There are so many things that there is no way to do. I said.

"I'm back where I live." Xiang Jianjun said.