Before hearing Qi Jue's inquiry, Hao Dong never thought that he would need to take a plane to the tomb on the Qingming Festival.

In fact, it was Qingming not long after he was picked up by Ergou and the expedition, and at that time, Xiao Qi Ye did disappear for about three days. Ergou said that he was going to the grave of his deceased mother, and Hao Dong didn't ask much.

This time, I found out that Qi Jue's mother was not buried in China.

It was a church in a small European town, and they took a plane from China, then a train, and finally the two of them rented two bicycles and rode for a while, and then they arrived at the place.

In April, the latitude of this place is relatively high, the sun is shining brightly, but it is not too hot.

Surrounded by wilderness away from the buildings of a modern industrial city, the horizon is silhouetted with undulating hills, but only a gravel path and lush grass and shrubs on both sides of the road.

Scattered purple, red, and sky-blue flowers bloom with vitality.

Compared with the encounter that his mother was buried directly after her death, and then she was secretly dug out of the body for study, and now there is only a newly built clothed mound, Hao Dong feels that he is a little envious of Aunt Qi's resting environment.

Qi Jue finally understood his father's mentality:

"He really loves my mom. My mother was religious, and her lifelong wish was to have a small house with a backyard in a small European town, and when she died, she would be buried in the churchyard in the town, and every spring roses would bloom all over the cemetery. ”

But the rules of the Qi family are that everyone in the family has to enter the family cemetery, especially with so many genetically modified members of their family, and no one is at ease when they are buried elsewhere.

So after Huiyin passed away, in order to bring her corpse out to fulfill her last wish, Qi Chengjun used his brains a lot. Especially at that time, he was not the head of the Qi family, and his actions in all aspects were very restricted.

While talking, they arrived in front of a small courtyard, and Qi Jue got out of the car:

"This is the house that my dad bought for my mom. In order to avoid the eyes and ears of the Qi family, the name was written in the name of the grandmother in the small church here. ”

Hao Dong followed the leg and got out of the car.

European town, the people are simple, and the rented bicycle doesn't have to worry too much, just leaning on the fence in front of the door. The lush climbing plants on the fence immediately covered the car, and there was a sense of leisure.

Hao Dong felt as if something had touched him in his heart.

The room is not big, and after entering the door is a living room of at most 20 square meters, with typical European style decoration.

A small fireplace against the wall with some hard wood by the fireside. In front of the fireplace there is a small carpet and rocking chairs. A little farther away from the kitchen door is a set of small sofas with large, soft cushions.

Next to the fireplace is the door, which leads to the bedroom and bathroom, as well as a small staircase.

But there is no second floor in this house, and the small staircase is just a small attic. The attic area is smaller, and the height is not high, so you can only pile up some sundries.

However, there is a window in the attic that can see the backyard, and the plants in the backyard are also at their most prosperous, which is very refreshing at a glance.

"People are still hired to come and clean it every week, and everything is the same as it was when my mom was alive. When I was very young, I would be brought here to play, and I remember digging earthworms in the backyard and fishing in the river not far away. ”

Qi Jue's tone was light, but he could still hear the nostalgia inside.

Hao Dong was attracted by the kind of life described by Qi Jue, fishing and picking berries in the spring, swimming in the river and touching shells in the summer, catching the market in the autumn, and spending the winter leisurely with the family around the fireplace......

"I think I can understand Aunt Qi's wishes."

Qi Jue looked at Hao Dong for a while, and suddenly smiled: "My father has transferred this house to my name, and we can come whenever we want in the future." In the winter, you can also skate on the river, which you will love. ”

Hao Dong's face turned red all of a sudden, but his eyes were still honestly bent.

Putting down their luggage in the house, in fact, it was a travel bag for each person, and then changed into a more formal black suit, and the two of them left the house.

Qi Jue first took Hao Dong to the small square in the center of the town to buy flowers.

The proprietress of the flower shop here hadn't seen Qi Jue for 20 years, and she was suddenly called by Qi Jue, and she was stunned for a long time before she realized who the oriental young man in front of her was.

It wasn't until Qi Jue talked about his mother that the proprietress suddenly realized. She was full of emotions and even shed tears, and sighed again and again: "It's a pity, what a good person you are." ”

After such a movement, the uncles and aunts in the grocery store opposite the small restaurant next door were also alarmed, and they all came out to say hello to Qi Jue, and by the way, asked why his family had not come back all these years.

In fact, although Qi Jue and Qi Chengjun did not act together, they did come to Huiyin's grave every year.

However, it is not like there is a grave day such as Qingming in China, every time they come, they go directly to the cemetery, and they will not stay long after reading, which makes people have the impression that they have never returned.

Qi Jue's explanation turned out to be more than an hour, and by the way, he also received a lot of gifts, including freshly baked bread, the newspaper of the day, daily necessities such as toothbrush soap, and a large bouquet of flowers from the proprietress of the flower shop.

"You guys really shouldn't be!" The proprietress was still complaining until Qi Jue was about to leave with Hao Dong, "We all like the sound very much, and we usually go to see her, why didn't you come to see us before!" ”

Qi Jue had to apologize again and again, and promised to come to see everyone every year in the future, so he barely got out. Hao Dongdu felt that what Xiao Qi Ye said this morning was probably enough for him to say in half a month.

When you get to the chapel, you don't have this problem.

Mama Lucy is almost 90 years old and her nephew, who is in his seventies, is now running the chapel in her place. Every year Qi Jue came over, he also received him, and when he saw Qi Jue, he just saluted them in accordance with religious etiquette.

Qi Jue and Hao Dong were not religious, so they could only bow slightly and return the salute. The things that had just been stuffed by everyone in their hands were left in the small side room at the door, and the two of them only went to the cemetery behind with a large bouquet of flowers.

The size of this town is small, but there are only about 100 families, and the number of people who can come to Mass every week is only 70 or 80. The cemetery at the back is also small, occupying only a piece of the foot of the mountain.

Because of the different funeral customs, the cemetery here does not look as eerie as the tombstones.

On the contrary, because it is spring, the grass and trees are verdant, and the whole cemetery is full of greenery, and it is really full of pink roses as Huiyin expected, which is very beautiful, like a small garden.

Hao Dong followed Qi Jue and slowly walked in the direction of the foot of the mountain, until he walked past three or four rows of tombstones, and then stopped in front of a tombstone.

Then Qi Jue said, "Hey? "Yes.

Hao Dong originally followed behind, listening to his doubtful voice, so he looked and immediately found that there was a bouquet of fresh flowers on the tomb, and even the petals still carried the morning dew that had not yet dissipated.

Hao Dong tilted his head: "Uncle Qi has already come?" ”

Qi Jue pondered for a while, understanding that this must be his father who had secretly come to see and left, without even saying hello to the church.

Although his father finally stopped resisting Qin Lin's approach recently, if he could really open his heart to accept the second woman, he was afraid that Qin Lin would need to work harder.

The reason for this situation is actually because Qi Chengjun really loves Huiyin. This kind of love does not need to be thought about too much, and it will be expressed in a form that seems to be attached.

Therefore, the topic of motherhood, even now, is still a topic that fathers and sons will subconsciously avoid.

Seeing that Qi was never speaking but was distracted, Hao Dong scratched his head, and he didn't know what to do next. Finally, after struggling for a while, the simple proposal:

"Otherwise, next year, you and your dad will come together, right?"

Hao Dong's proposal made Qi Jue come back to his senses, and he looked at Hao Dong for a while before he spoke: "The three of us come together, my mother will definitely be happy to see you." ”

Qi never said anything more, but Hao Dong felt that looking into his eyes, he could understand what he meant. So he nodded heavily: "Well, come together!" ”

Qi Jue's face, which was still tense before, also relaxed: "I will also accompany you to see Auntie." ”

Hao Dong suddenly laughed, turned his head and rushed to the tombstone: "Auntie, please rest assured, I will definitely take care of your big man!" ”

The women in the photos on the tombstones are smiling, and they look very beautiful against the sunny spring day.