Chapter 008: The Distance Between Life and Death
At a fast-food restaurant that mimics KFC, I was a little unsatisfied with throwing the gnawed bones on the plate. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the other side, Aunt Lin Shufen had calmed down and no longer looked like she was shocked just now.
At least, that's what it looks like on the surface.
Come to think of it, during the time I was eating, Aunt Lin also thought about a lot of things.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, it is not yet the peak of dining, and the fast food restaurant is still relatively quiet, suitable for talking about something.
Su Yao sat across from me, next to Lin Shufen.
"When you eat, it's like a mad dog gnawing bones!" Seeing that I finished eating, Su Yao made no secret of her disdain: "Hey, do you know, this is all junk food, and eating too much is not good for your health!" ”
"I don't know." I picked up the napkin on the table and wiped my mouth: "I haven't eaten it." ”
Su Yao, who was about to educate me, was a little stunned after hearing my answer, and didn't say anything more.
"Okay, I'm going to have a good talk with your mother." Throwing the napkin on the plate, I sent Su Yao away, and then turned to look at Lin Shufen.
Aunt Lin had been waiting for a long time, and when she saw my solemn look, she immediately sat up straight.
"Aunt Lin......" I thought about it for a while, but still said cheekily: "You also know, I am a stall ......"
"Cheeky! Penny pincher! Next to him, Su Yao interrupted dissatisfiedly: "It's not that I won't give you money!" ”
Pretending not to hear Su Yao's words, I continued to say word by word: "...... Therefore, some consulting fees are still necessary. ”
I do love money, but that's not why I'm charging upfront.
Su Yao has been missing for several days, and she has been dead for several days, Su Yao has accepted this fact, otherwise she would not have sat in front of me and laughed.
Aunt Lin is different, even if she has already had a bad guess and is even mentally prepared, but there is still a glimmer of hope in her heart after all.
Now, if you suddenly tell Aunt Lin the truth, Aunt Lin will most likely lose her temper.
In that case, it is not appropriate to ask for money again.
Help is help, but business is business after all.
I'm not noble enough to mess with the business in order to help.
After all, I am also a human being, and I am also a very poor person, and I have to eat whole grains.
On the other side, after listening to what I said, Aunt Lin directly opened the satchel, took out a wad of money from it, handed it directly to me, and asked expectantly, "Is it enough?" ”
Even on the fortune-telling street, Su Yao's story has spread, but Lin Shufen has never said Su Yao's birthday.
Therefore, for me who told Su Yao's birthday, Aunt Lin had a kind of trust beyond the abnormal, especially when I also said Su Yao's phone number.
I looked at the wad of money on the table, and my eyes widened.
This pile of money, to say the least, is one or two thousand yuan, and looking at Aunt Lin's appearance, she wants to give it all to me.
When did the money come so good? I'm a little dizzy, as if the money of the dead is much better than the money of the living?!
Loving money is loving money, I haven't reached the point where I regard money as my life, I still have my own standards.
I took out five hundred from a wad of money, and I pushed the rest back to Aunt Lin.
This five hundred is also exquisite.
Sometimes, when someone dies in the town, he will ask Mr. Feng Shui to find a better location for the tomb, most of which is three or five hundred hard work.
Su Yao's business, although it is not so hard, is very troublesome, and it can be solved by just telling Aunt Lin one or two pieces of news.
So I directly charged a higher standard, 500 yuan.
Su Yao probably also saw the trouble of the matter, so she took a consultation fee of 500 yuan to me, and it was rare that she did not sneer.
Aunt Lin didn't say much, and after putting the money away, she looked at me expectantly.
"Aunt Lin." I paused, looked at Su Yao next to me, opened my mouth, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'll tell you bad news first, you have to be mentally prepared." ”
After saying this, Aunt Lin's face suddenly turned pale, and her originally straight body became a little rickety, and she seemed to be more than ten years old in an instant.
Next to her, Su Yao looked a little distressed, and wanted to stretch out her arm to hug Aunt Lin, but she hugged her empty.
I also look a little uncomfortable, life and death are probably one of the most uncomfortable things in the world.
"It's okay, you can tell me." After a minute or two, Aunt Lin's face looked a lot better, and she squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying.
"Su Yao......" I bit my lip: "I've been dead for five days." ”
Su Yao sat next to her, expressionless, thinking that it was a very delicate thing to hear the news of her death from others.
Even if she was prepared, after hearing me say this, Aunt Lin couldn't help but cover her chest.
There was no hysteria, but the corners of Aunt Lin's eyes were moist.
I silently added some boiling water to the cup and handed it to Aunt Lin.
This time, after a full four or five minutes, Aunt Lin stared at me with two eyes: "How do you know?" ”
Aunt Lin calmed down, and in addition to grief, she also regained her senses.
I could even perceive that Aunt Lin's eyes were shining with an inexplicable light, which made me feel like I was on my back.
Yes, how can an outsider know her daughter's birthday, her daughter's phone number, or even be sure of her daughter's death?
I looked next to Aunt Lin, and Su Yao was sitting there.
"She's right next to you." In the end, I still told Aunt Lin this information.
I'm still too soft-hearted, and I'm not used to seeing life and death.
Even if yin and yang are separated and you know that your relatives are by your side, that feeling must be forever separated from heaven and man, which are two completely different feelings.
Even if Aunt Lin couldn't see Su Yao at all.
Aunt Lin was stunned for a moment, and then followed my gaze and looked at the empty position next to her, a little surprised, and a little expectant.
This kind of thing is difficult to trust people, and I looked at Su Yao a little helplessly.
Su Yao seemed to have cried, and her voice was a little choked, but the ghost had no tears.
"Next month, my mom has a birthday, and I told her that I want to give her a necklace ......"
"Next month, Aunt Lin, on your birthday, Su Yao said that she would give you a necklace." I repeat mechanically.
"My dad likes fishing, and he promised to give him a fishing rod, but he never had a chance again." Su Yao was already a little speechless.
"Uncle Su likes fishing, and Su Yao has always wanted to give him a fishing rod." I relayed Su Yao's words, even if it was just paraphrasing, it made my heart a little heavy.
The heaviness of life is never so simple.
"My favorite is sweet and sour pork ribs, and I always thought that my mom didn't make them as good as my dad. Now that I think about it, it's all delicious......" Su Yao wanted to throw herself into Lin Shufen's arms and feel the warmth of her mother's arms, but she could never feel it.
"Su Yao's favorite sweet and sour pork ribs......"
"Don't say it, I believe it." Aunt Lin's eyes were already full of tears, and her two hands were on the empty seat next to her, touching and touching, as if she wanted to touch her daughter.
Su Yao also cooperated and leaned her face over, even if in my opinion, Aunt Lin had already touched Su Yao's face.
However, the truth is that what Aunt Lin touched was just a cloud of air.
Even if it is close at hand, the distance between life and death is far enough to make people despair.