charter 55 Ten letters
On the cemetery in the suburbs, the tombstones of the Su family of three are side by side: Su Xiangkai, Su Minghua, and Su Mo.
The mourners stood in front of Su Minghua in solemn black suits.
After the condolences, everyone comforted Asu and left one after another.
The sky is overcast and the autumn wind is rising.
The wind is reversed, and people go to empty buildings.
Aso looked up at the sky and sighed heavily, and the coolness of the autumn breeze suddenly hit his face, blowing his slightly swollen eyes.
Ah Ran and Chu Heng stood from afar and looked at Ah Su.
Ah Ran glanced at Chu Heng and asked, "Ah Su is not doing well in the Li family. ”
"Not anymore!" Chu Heng assured.
"What's your name? Do you care a lot about Aso? ”
"Chu Heng."
When Ah Ran heard this, his eyes were a little surprised, and he repeated these two words in his heart, Chu Heng? I think I've heard Aso say it? But he didn't remember. However, he could feel that he was good to Aso, which was a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is that he was able to take care of Aso when he wasn't around. What's not good is that if he thinks about Aso and Aso happens to like him? So what should he do? He likes Aso so much, but he is separated from Aso by thousands of mountains and rivers, he can't give up everything he has now to take care of Asu, and he doesn't have that ability.
What people are most afraid of is meeting someone who wants to protect them when they are powerless. That's how it is!
"Can you take good care of Aso for me......" Ah Ran said in a good voice.
Chu Heng looked up at the sky, stretched out his hand to feel the coolness of the rain, the first rain of autumn, floating endlessly, fluttering, hazy, and so gentle.
Chu Heng glanced at Ah Ran and said with a slight smile, "I will, but not for you, this is my duty!" After finishing speaking, he nodded to Ah Ran, and strode to Ah Su's side, "It's raining, let's go home!" ”
When Asu heard this, his nose was sour, and the corners of his eyes were sour, but he would never cry again.
Her tears dried little by little from the day she learned the bad news about her grandmother.
After the funeral, Li Guohai and the others were ready to go back to S City.
Grandma begged Aso to go back with them, but Aso refused.
Chu Heng planned to stay and go back with Asu, but Asu also refused.
They didn't worry about Aso staying alone in this place full of memories but full of devastation, for fear that Aso would not be able to think about it.
Aso felt that they were too mediocre and self-disturbing, how could she not think about it? How could she not think about it?
She wants to live well, she wants to atone for her sins, for Su Mo, and for her unfilial piety to her grandmother......
Chu Heng is helpless about Asu's stubbornness, what he can do is to be more stubborn than Asu, in order to take care of Asu, it is understandable to be dead and shameful, so Chu Heng asked the others to go back first, and he would take Asu back.
"I want to give myself a few days to slow down, and I'll go back to school after the National Day." ”
Chu Heng opened his mouth to speak, but before his voice fell, Asu begged in a begging tone: "Please!" ”
Chu Heng was completely helpless at this time, so he could only leave with everyone.
When passing through the suburbs, Li Guohai asked the driver to drive to the cemetery and stopped, and went up the mountain by himself.
Standing in front of Su Xiangkai's grave again, Li Guohai's eyes were red, he was silent for a while, and opened his mouth guiltily: "Third child, I'm sorry!" ”
"If I hadn't had stage fright back then, you wouldn't have sacrificed to protect me, it's my cowardice that hurt you......"
Li Guohai looked at Su Mo's grave, and the photo on the grave was a face that was exactly the same as Asu's, young and beautiful, smiling like a flower.
If he hadn't stood on Su Mo's side instead of for his own selfish interests, Su Mo wouldn't have suffered so many grievances, and maybe he wouldn't have been kicked out of the Li family......
"I didn't do enough good things back then...... I'm ashamed of your father and daughter......"
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"Second brother assures you that as long as I am there for a day, the Li family will definitely not treat Asu's ...... badly" Li Guohai solemnly promised.
Since knowing the news of Su Minghua's death, Li Guohai has slept restlessly every moment, especially when he sees the graves of a family of three next to each other, his heart can't escape moral condemnation.
Asu is the descendant of the Su family, he will not and cannot treat her badly, in order to atone for his sins, he wants to make up for all his debts to Su Xiangkai and Su Mo to Asu, only in this way can his heart be better.
After Chu Heng left, Asu stood alone in the courtyard in a daze, looking at the rocking chair and the pu fan that his grandmother often sat on, touching the scene, the corners of his eyes were red, he turned around and walked into the house, came to his grandmother's room, looked at the layout of the room, and his grandmother's voice and smile appeared in his mind.
Grandma is so gentle and kind-hearted, why did she end up so miserable? People often say that good people have good rewards, but Asu doesn't believe this, she believes that the world is unfair, good people don't necessarily have good rewards, and bad people don't necessarily have bad rewards.
Do you see Qin Xiang? did such a dirty thing that destroyed my mother's family back then, and didn't you still live a prosperous life? And a pair of filial sons and daughters to protect her?
Aso is tidying up her grandmother's room, and she wants to move all her grandmother's things to her new home.
When she pulled out an iron box, Aso held it tightly in her arms, and her grandmother liked to treasure her treasure in this iron box.
Aso opened the box and saw that it contained a yellowed diary, a photo album, a pair of cotton gloves, and a stack of letters, some of which were yellowed like withered leaves, and which rattled crisply in her hand, as if she could crush them with a single touch. But this is a letter written by my grandfather to my grandmother, and it is my grandmother's treasure, so Asu carefully held it in his hand, cared for it lightly, and watched the story of her grandmother and grandfather falling in love with each other over the years.
After reading the letter, Asu smiled slightly, his grandfather was very gentle and very good to his grandmother.
The young grandmother is very beautiful, but her personality is very aggressive, and her temper is a little bad and impatient, but her grandfather loves her grandmother very much, and even spoils her.
Su Xiangkai cried with joy when he first became a father, and took a three-month leave to come back from the army to accompany Su Minghua. Su Minghua knew that Su Xiangkai had always wanted a son and wanted to have a second child, Su Xiangkai felt that it was not easy to conceive, he felt sorry for her, and he didn't plan to let her have a second child, he felt that it was enough to have a daughter, and he wanted to raise Su Mo as a princess.
Under the education of Su Xiangkai and Su Minghua, Su Mo grew up little by little, with a lively and cheerful personality, and was very loved by the people around him. Later, Su Xiangkai died on the battlefield, Su Minghua was heartbroken, and wanted to go with him several times, thinking that Su Mo was still young and could not leave so irresponsibly, and he never thought about remarrying, and raised Su Mo alone with hard work......
The mother and son who depend on each other for their lives are separated by yin and yang because of their own arrival...... This scar, which never crusts, is something that Aso can't mention, and every time she thinks about it, her scar hurts like she's been sprinkled with salt.
Aso opened the latest envelope, and it read: Letter to Aso.
Aso's heart was a little excited, and he couldn't wait to open each letter, a total of ten letters, from 18 to 28 years old, one letter a year.
Aso covered his mouth in disbelief and looked at the contents of the envelope, his eyes reddened......
Grandma wrote these ten letters so with such good intentions in order to keep Aso alive......
Living well is grandma's last hope for Aso!
Aso looked at the letter, and couldn't calm down for a long time.
Tightly hugged the pair of fluffy gloves in the iron box, which was when Aso had not left, grandma took the time to help her knit day by day, grandma's eyes were not good, she had to wear reading glasses to see clearly, she hadn't touched those things for many years, and her fingers were not as flexible as before, so she knitted very slowly.
At that time, she was still asking her why she had to knit gloves in the summer, and she said that when she finished knitting gloves, the summer would pass, S City was close to the sea, and it was colder than her hometown in autumn and winter, and she would never send it to Aso again.
Grandma thought so hard that she broke her heart for her since she was a child.
Ah Ran came to see Aso, who was cleaning up the room.
Ah Ran looked at the house that was suddenly empty, and then looked at Asu's big box full of grandmother's things, and said with a bitter expression, "Won't you come back in the future?" ”
Asu's heart froze, the movements of his hands froze, half loud, and continued to clean up, asking Ah Ran to help zip the suitcase.
"This home is full of memories of my grandmother, and I don't dare to come back." The two who depended on each other at the beginning, now only Asu is left, Asu is afraid that he will kill himself if he touches the scene, so all the memories about his grandmother will keep her in her mind and stay in this home.
Ah Ran sighed sadly and comforted, "Ah Su, it's going to be fine, you still have me, you can treat me as your family." I will never betray you. Is it okay for you to wait for me for a year, and I will be admitted to S University to accompany you in a year. ”
Aso pursed his lips and smiled, "You'll always be my friend!" ”
Ah Ran nodded sadly, is it just a friend? Can't you treat me as a lover or a family member?
After a long silence, Aso asked, "Do you know what I told you when I was alive?" ”
Ah Ran shook her head, "She just wants to hear your voice." ”
"When my grandmother was alive, was it painful?"
"Hmmm! When your grandmother had an accident, only a few people knew, but when I found out, your grandmother was paralyzed and hospitalized, lying in bed and unable to move, eating, drinking, and lazing in bed......"
"I see!" Aso interjected painfully, his heart aching uncontrollably. From the moment she saw her grandmother's dead expression, Aso knew that her grandmother was living a miserable life......
But she really misses her grandmother......
"Asu, live well, okay?" Ran begged.
Aso smiled and nodded, "Hmm! ”
Ah Ran smiled.
On the last day of the National Day, Aso sat in a daze in his grandmother's vegetable garden. Watching the vegetables carefully cultivated by my grandmother take root and sprout, I was filled with emotion.
Aso took a spoon to help water, weed, and fertilize the vegetables, and did everything she could do.
I remember one time, after Asu's military training, she called her grandmother, and her grandmother smiled and said that the family planted corn, and when she came home on National Day, she cooked her favorite Huaishan corn pork rib soup, her favorite salt-baked chicken and sauerkraut fish.
At that time, Aso was very happy, looking forward to the arrival of the National Day, and also looking forward to a new life in the new home with his grandmother.
Unexpectedly, these have become extravagant hopes that she cannot realize.
From day to night, from sunrise to sunset, Aso is busy in the vegetable garden.
*****
The National Day is coming to an end, and Ah Ran is ready to go back to school, so he met Ah Su before returning to school.
Aso said, "Come with me to cut my hair!" ”
Ah Ran nodded and accompanied Ah Su to the hair salon.
When the hairstylist asked Aso what hairstyle he wanted to see with the photo album, Aso said to his long-haired self in the mirror, "Short hair." ”
"How short?"
Asu looked up and just saw a poster of Stefanie Sun on the wall, on which Stefanie Sun had oblique bangs and slightly fluffy short hair, which looked capable and refreshing.
Aso pointed to the poster and said, "This! ”
The hairstylist compared the faces of the two and said happily, "Are you really discerning?" This hairstyle suits you perfectly. ”
Ah Ran was busy stopping, "Ah Su, why do you want to cut it short?" "Ah Ran likes Asu's long hair very much, and he has never seen Asu's short hair.
"Cut it!" Aso said without hesitation.
The hairstylist looked at Asu's fluttering long hair, and said with some regret: "Your hair quality is very good, are you willing to sell your long hair?" ”
"I'll give it to you."
The barber nodded happily.
Ah Ran saw that Asu had already made up his mind, and he didn't persuade anymore, what does it matter? Whether it's Aso with long hair or Aso with short hair, as long as it's Asu, it's the girl he likes, that's enough.
An hour later, the rejuvenated Aso looked at himself in the mirror and didn't make any evaluation of himself, only in his heart: a new beginning!
The barber looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction, his eyes kept moving back and forth between the posters of Aso and Stefanie Sun, "I have to say, you guys are really quite confused, I don't know, you still think you are the same person?" ”
After Ah Ran looked at Asu's new hairstyle, he was a little shocked, is the Asu in front of him still her Asu? It's a copy of Stefanie Sun. The body is like, the hairstyle is like, the face is like, and the sad eyes are a little stubborn.
"How much?" Aso asked.
The barber waved his hand busily, picked up the long hair on the table and shook it, "That's it." ”
Aso was stunned for a moment and walked out of the hair salon.
Ah Ran followed behind Ah Su, "When are you going back?" ”
"The 12 o'clock train!"
"I'll send you!"
Aso nodded and said yes.
At the train station, Ah Ran looked at the back of Ah Su leaving, and in a trance, there was a kind of panic that was gradually drifting away, it was not the first time he had such a feeling, since when did his closest friend leave him so quietly.
Ah Ran suddenly shouted to Ah Su.
Asu turned around and looked at Ah Ran blankly, waiting for him to speak.
Ah Ran didn't know what to say, and shouted with a sour nose: "Ah Su, remember to go home often!" ”
Inexplicably, he poked Aso's tears, and tears burst out of his eyes, and he nodded with a smile and tears.
Grandma is gone, where is her home here? Where are the lights and figures waiting for her to return home?
"Aso, wherever you go? This will always be your home, I will always be your friend......" and Ah Ran, who will always love you the most!
Asu nodded, when she was relieved, she would definitely go home to see, after all, there were too many memories of her and her grandmother, as well as Ah Ran's memories.