Tears continued to flow down my face. A part of the tears flowed from the corners of the mouth into the mouth, salty.

I don't dare to look at Hao Junqi. I didn't dare to look at my father. I wanted to hide in an uninhabited space and cry. It's like my small bedroom in the family room of Hua'an No. 2 Middle School, and when you close the door, you can let yourself vent your feelings.

"And then—how do you explain my mother's death in childbirth?" I don't know how long it took for Hao Junqi to open her mouth to break the silence.

I wiped away tears from the back of my hand and looked at my father.

Aunt Hao died in childbirth. If Hao Youde can't have children, Aunt Hao is pregnant again, which should also be the result of the Hao family's initiative to borrow seeds. Because, if it weren't for the open-minded borrowing of seeds, Aunt Hao would not have been able to make her belly bigger and bigger day by day. Therefore, after a little speculation, this "species" should also be father's.

Isn't it the result of deliberations?

The father let out a long sigh and said, "Hey—you should have guessed that Hao's daughter-in-law was pregnant for the second time because of me. ”

"Is it still the result of your deliberations?" I couldn't help but ask.

"No, it's not, this second ......," the father stopped talking, "Grandpa Hao, they didn't discuss it with me, but I always suspected that Grandpa Hao and they arranged it." ”

"Why do you say that?" Hao Junqi was teary-eyed, but she had stopped sobbing.

"I remember the first Sunday of the day we returned to the city, it was a sunny day, and the temperature was relatively high, just like spring," my father frowned and calmly recounted the past, "After lunch, I went to the rape field with Grandpa Hao Youde to weed. The sun is big. When we were doing things, we were still sweating in our clothes and pants. We were talking and laughing while working, and we had a lot of fun. About half an hour later, Grandpa Hao's hoe handle broke somehow, he asked me to go back and change a hoe for him, I excused myself and said let Hao Youde go back, but Grandpa Hao just didn't agree. He had to let me go back. I should be Grandpa Hao's care for me. After all, walking is easier than working. I had no choice but to go back.

I thought there was no one in the house. I remember that you went to herd the cows, and Junqi's mother and Teacher Yan went to a house in the village to help knit woolen shoes, because the daughter of that family was going to get married. You may not remember, the custom in our village, when a daughter gets married, woolen shoes are one of the items to accompany the marriage.

But as soon as I got home, I heard singing from Hao's daughter-in-law's room. Listening to the voice, I knew that it was Hao's daughter-in-law singing. Junqi, you don't know, your mother's singing voice is famous in the village, sweet, and pleasant, but unfortunately, your mother never sings easily. It's rare to hear her sing once in three or five years. So, as soon as I heard the singing, I was intrigued. I was fascinated by the sound of singing, and then the sound of something being trampled over, I was startled, and hurriedly ran to the door of Hao's daughter-in-law's bedroom. The bedroom door was closed, and I didn't hesitate to push it open. I saw the water in the bedroom, the wooden bathtub overturned on the ground, and Hao's daughter-in-law shrunk up, naked from top to bottom, muttering in her mouth, snake, snake. What happened next......"

Just then, the door slammed open, and my mother rushed in, and she ran to the other side of my father's bed, opposite us, leaned over and grabbed my father's shirt on his chest, and shouted hysterically, "Then you all got together, didn't you?" Just rolled into bed, right?! Lao Zheng, Lao Zheng, you, I didn't expect you to ......"

We were all taken aback. It turned out that the mother had been hiding at the door and eavesdropping.

"Yan Qi, I, why are you ......" The father's face turned pale.

"Oh my God, my God! How can you do this to me? How can you do this to me?! The mother loosened his father's clothes and thumped his hands on his chest.

"I, Yan Qi, I ......" Father's breathing suddenly became violent.

Sensing that the situation was not right, I quickly walked to my mother's side, intending to persuade her. However, my mother was so excited that I couldn't persuade me at all. Then I noticed that my father was convulsing, his mouth was open in an "oh" shape, and his eyes were starting to turn white.

Xing's mother also noticed, she suddenly stopped moving, "Lao Zheng, Lao Zheng, don't scare me, Lao Zheng, Lao Zheng!" ”

"Daddy, Daddy—" Hao Junqi shouted.

I understand that my father has gone.

……

Dealing with my father's funeral lasted more than ten days. In the past ten days, I have not only accepted the fact that Hao Junqi is my own sister, but also my mother and my family. So on the day of the funeral, Hao Junqi wore filial piety like us.

Mother's embarrassment goes without saying, and the knot between me and Hao Junqi is always untied.

But we all know we have to open the knot.

On the day we returned to Yangjiang, we originally planned to ask my mother to take a period of leave and go to Yangjiang with us for a while, but my mother did not agree. She said she could have her grandfather with her.

On the way back to Yangjiang, there were only two people in the car, Hao Junqi and me. Hao Jia is at the home of Hao Junqi's colleague in Yangjiang.

For almost half an hour, we couldn't get over that awkwardness, and I tried to break the silence several times, but I canceled the thought.

Hao Junqi, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked out the window for a long time.

Outside the window, in the rice fields past the road, farmers are "double grabbing", harvesting the rice and planting the second crop of rice immediately.

Outside the window, the road spirals at the foot of the mountain, where the trees are lush and the water is murmuring in the ditch.

Outside the window, the road crosses the middle of the village, and an elderly woman is drying corn on the concrete floor at the door. A flock of chickens stole grain around her, and she couldn't get rid of it......

"Junqi." I broke the silence. One of the two of us has to break the silence.

"Brother, do you remember my dad, the sentence that Uncle Hao didn't finish before he died?" Hao Junqi turned her head. Tears welled up in her face.

"Yes. Uncle Hao said, 'You...... Actually......'. "I was shocked.

That's it. At that time, I thought he wanted to say, you shouldn't actually choose to go to Yangjiang. Or, he wants to say, you shouldn't actually think about Zheng Qihang. ”

"I didn't expect Uncle Hao to say that you are actually not my biological daughter, right?" I can't say anything in my heart.

"Yes. If it weren't for Mr. Zheng, oh, you see I can't change my mouth, if it wasn't for our dad telling us the truth, I would never have thought that my dad, that is, Uncle Hao, would tell me about this. ”

"Then why do you think Uncle Hao told you about this before he died?" I asked.

"I was trying to talk to you." Hao Junqi said, "Dad must have his intentions. ”

"I thought so too. Uncle Hao is dying to tell you about this and tell you the truth, I guess he doesn't want you to be too lonely. Because as soon as he leaves, you will be truly alone in this world. He was afraid, that's why he decided to tell you the truth. And making this decision was extremely painful for him. ”

"I know, brother, I know," Hao Junqi's tears kept flowing, "He's my dad, don't I know yet?" If he hadn't died suddenly, it would have been a secret for the rest of his life. Just like my brother said, he was afraid that I would be lonely, and he was too afraid that I would be lonely, so he didn't care about any pain. ”

"Father's love is like a mountain, it's Uncle Hao's feelings."

Once again, we fell silent.

The road was spiraling up a high mountain. I honked my horn from time to time to alert the oncoming car. The sound of trumpets echoed through the valley. The mountain is rich in moso bamboo. Patches of bamboo forests used to be patches of forests. The trees are lush and verdant.

"Brother, do you have any plans to go back to Yangjiang?" When going down the mountain, Hao Junqi finally spoke.

"I haven't thought about it yet. I wanted to go to Qijiatun County immediately, because my father's funeral was delayed for too long, and there were several surgeries waiting for me in the hospital, so the plan to go to Qijiatun should be postponed. "I'm in a bit of a trance.

Although the identities of Hao Junqi and I have changed, it is still necessary to go to see Qi Zhengzhe, who has been waiting for Hao Junqi for more than ten years. By the way, I visited Qi Zhengzhe's family. They have taken care of Hao Junqi for so many years, and Hao Junqi and I should be unforgettable.

"I want to...... Brother, have you ever thought about the meat ring on our middle finger. There is no longer a need for them to keep their promises. ”

"Yes. Their mission should be accomplished. ”

A bird flew diagonally above the car, flashing by.

"I don't know if the flesh ring spirit has been lifted?" Hao Junqi expressed the doubts in her heart.

"It should be lifted." We went down to the bottom of the mountain. I let go of the brakes and put my foot on the accelerator. The car gradually picked up speed.

Ten days ago, the rice on both sides of the road was still golden, but now it has been replaced by green seedlings. Under the scorching sun, these newly planted seedlings wilted, as if they had lost their vitality. But we all know that it is an illusion, and in a few days, the seedlings will come to life.

The peasants' "double robbery" work is nearing its end.

"I feel that the flesh is here, and the spirit is there." Hao Junqi's voice sounded a little ethereal, "They don't automatically dispel the spirit just because our dad told us his secret." The meat ring came about because we went up to the Optimus Stone Pillar Cliff, which caused the stone pillar to fission, not because our father wanted to renew the Hao family. ”

"Junqi means that if you want the meat ring to remove the supernatural, we have to go up to the Optimus Pillar Cliff again?" I'll make my guesses.

"I think so, the so-called bell must be tied to the bell. We are brothers and sisters, and this promise cannot be maintained. Hao Junqi's voice became expectant again.

"Yes. Then let's go up to Optimus Pillar Cliff again. We'll go when a few surgeries in the hospital are done. Then I went to visit Qi Zhengzhe. ”

"Good. It's just—" Hao Junqi withdrew her gaze from the window.

"Just what?" I asked.

"It's just that I'm a little worried that if we trespass into the forbidden area again, will it cause another accident."

"We're all already like this, what else can we do? Besides, everything has a beginning and an end. It's time to take back the meat ring that God gave us. Otherwise, what is it? ”

"It's time to take it back."