Under the gaze of the elders, Meng Shi slowly walked to Grandpa's bed.

The fluorescent lamp installed on the old wooden carved window hit Meng Shi's shadow on Grandpa.

White mosquito nets hang from mahogany beds.

The mosquito nets were tied to both sides with red plastic ropes, looking like two curtains on a stage.

Grandpa opened his eyes, and his eyes were already cloudy.

"In time." Grandpa whispered Meng Shi's name.

Meng Shi was originally known as Meng Deshi.

After his parents divorced and he followed his mother, although he did not change his surname, when he moved his household registration, his mother changed his name to Meng Shi.

However, although the name on the household registration book has been changed, the genealogy says Meng Deshi.

Meng Liangshi's grandson and Meng Yueyuan's son.

Meng Shi squatted down, half-kneeling, he wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he only uttered a meaningless syllable.

After Grandpa called Meng Shi's name, he said to the sister-in-law beside him, "What about your eldest brother." ”

With his words, the whole family, except for Grandma, gathered in front of the bed.

The closest to the bed was the eldest uncle and the second uncle, the eldest aunt and the third aunt stood behind them, and the younger aunt still knelt beside the grandfather and stroked his chest.

Meng Shi and Brother Nian are grandchildren, and they have to stand behind.

And the aunt and the second trial need to stand at the back.

Grandpa lay on the bed and spoke, "I don't have any money, who is in this house... Put your mother... Pick up and live to whom. ”

Neither the eldest nor the second uncle opened their mouths to answer.

Meng Shi saw that the light in Grandpa's eyes dimmed a little more.

"Say what! Grandma still has no one to raise, I ......"

Brother Nian didn't finish his words.

Meng Shi Yuguang saw that the aunt dragged him hard behind him.

Brother Nian turned around and glared at the aunt, who pursed her lips vigorously and begged with her eyes to let Brother Nian not talk much.

Grandpa didn't seem to hear Brother Nian's words, and he didn't arrange Grandma anymore, he said: "The cabinet, the piano chair, this bed and the table are mahogany, they weren't smashed back then, and now it's good to sell them to you." ”

The sister-in-law, who has been kneeling beside Grandpa, a person in her fifties, cried out with a wow, and said vaguely, "Say what to do, say what, it will be good, it will be good......"

Parents are a curtain before death.

The youngest sister-in-law among the elders is watching the curtain open little by little at the moment.

She burst into tears.

As for the others, the eldest son of the eldest aunt is one year older than the younger sister-in-law, and several of the grandchildren are older than Meng Shi.

The uncle's granddaughter went to junior high school after the summer vacation, and the third aunt and the second uncle also became grandfathers and grandmothers.

Except for the sister-in-law, they all already have their own feelings about death, and they are more open.

Hearing the sister-in-law crying, Grandpa's hand snapped and failed to lift it.

"Dick."

He whispered.

"Hmm."

The thin second uncle bowed his head and answered.

"When the time comes, you vacate the house of the third child, and then discuss the three-point field in the upper district, as well as the rent of the one acre in the lower district."

Meng Shi stood behind his mind in a mess, and when he heard his name, he came back to his senses.

Meng Shi saw the second uncle squatting down, looked at the grandfather, and said: "You have liked the third child since you were a child, if you have something to take first, and then leave some for the third child, I am naturally ......"

"Healing!" The eldest uncle patted his hand on the second uncle's shoulder and told him not to say anything.

The second uncle seemed to be out of anger, knocked the uncle's hand off, stood up and glanced at the people present, and his eyes stayed on Meng Shi for two seconds.

Red eyes.

He looked back at Grandpa, who was lying on the bed expressionlessly, he was breathing a little heavily, and after taking a deep breath, he said:

"I have been planting the third child's field all these years, and I will calculate the land rent, but ......"

The eldest uncle reached out and grabbed the second uncle's arm, pulled him to his side, and gritted his teeth in a low voice and said, "What time is it?!" You can't let Dad close his eyes in peace! ”

At this time, the second aunt was at the back, in a voice that Meng Shi could just hear, muttered vaguely: "It's all gone, and the people are with their mothers, so rush back now......"

Although a woman of this age has not read a book, the tone of her speech and the deep meaning of the blank space between her words are as sharp as a needle.

Looking at the eldest uncle and the second uncle, Grandpa's eyes completely darkened.

He's done with everything he wants to say, and as for what will happen to him when he dies, where does he care?

Life should be lived, or it must be lived.

Grandpa whispered something in his mouth, and then slowly closed his eyes.

"Dad, what did you say? Say it again! ”

The sister-in-law wiped her tears indiscriminately, put her ear to his mouth, and then she froze.

She moved her head down in a panic, leaned over to Grandpa's chest, and then looked up and said, "Dad, let's go." ”

Tears flowed down her cheeks, but no sound came from her mouth.

The aunt sat calmly on the bed, reached out to hold Grandpa's hand, and read softly:

"This go, the body is healthy, the ears are deaf, the eyes are clear, there is no obstacle to the hard things in the world, there is no involvement, no worry, no thoughts, and the trivial things in the world have nothing to do with it, Zi'an, Nushun, Sun Da, and the family affairs in the world are worry-free."

After reading this eulogy taught by her grandfather, the aunt turned to her uncle and said, "Go find the one who releases the chime." ”

Uncle Leng didn't seem to have recovered from the words "Dad is gone" for a few seconds.

The aunt said it again, and then he turned around and walked out.

Meng Shi didn't say a word after entering the door.

He thought that he would be very indifferent, after all, he was psychologically mature and prepared to live a heartless life in this life, but the fact is that he is very uncomfortable now.

When Meng Shi saw Grandma sitting there in a daze, he thought that Grandpa and Grandma had lived together for almost eighty years, and from today onwards, she was the only one left in the house.

After brushing it, two lines of tears flowed.

Meng Shi couldn't even figure out why he was crying.

At this time, Brother Nian pulled him.

"Kneel."

Meng Shi realized that except for him, everyone else knelt down.

He kowtowed to his aunt and uncle in front of him, and then was pulled up by Brother Nian again.

Outside the door came three thunderous chimes, then echoes.

This is mourning.

The aunt came over and took Meng Shi's two wrists with both hands.

She looked up at Meng Shi's red eyes and said, "It's okay, your grandfather walked easily, this is a blessing." ”

Then she let go of her hand and said to Meng Denian again: "You go and rest, it's none of your business now, come over at nine o'clock tomorrow to see off your grandfather." ”

"Tomorrow?"

Brother Nian frowned and asked.

"Tomorrow the cremation, after coming back, the Dharma will be held for one day, and then two days will be stopped, chanting during the day, your brother will keep vigil at night, and the funeral will be held in the morning of the fourth day."

"What are you doing in such a hurry?"

"Your grandfather chose the hour himself in the morning, listen to him."

Although Grandpa is not a "master", he usually looks for him at weddings and funerals in the village, and if a child cries at night, he will come to him to "startle", so he is half knowledgeable.

But now, few people believe in it.

Brother Nian led Meng Shi along the path by the old house and walked home.

When I got home, I went out and drove the car back.

Meng Shi took the computer and guitar from him, and Brother Nian carried the handbag containing clothes and took Meng Shi upstairs.

Brother Nian's family is the uncle's family, and he is not married yet, so he has not separated yet.

The eldest uncle's house is a typical brother's room, this row of three rooms is connected together, on the left is Meng Shi's house, and on the right is the second uncle's house.

Meng Shi's house has been empty since the divorce because his father is not at home all the year round.

However, just now Grandpa and Second Uncle mentioned the house, and there seems to be something hidden in it that Meng Shi doesn't know.

Contacting the second aunt again, Meng Shi felt a little helpless.

Hopefully it's okay.

"Do people really know when they die?"

Grandpa's death seems to be a natural thing, and everyone in the room doesn't seem to have much sadness except for my sister-in-law.

"It's called the end of life." Meng Shi said it again in Mandarin, and then again in dialect, "Shouyuan is over." ”

"Did you hear what Grandpa said at the end just now?"

Brother Nian opened the door of the back room on the third floor and put his luggage on the chair.

When Grandpa closed his eyes, his mouth seemed to be muttering something.

Meng Shi put his guitar and computer next to the bed, opened the window, and leaned out to look at the old mansion.

"Grandpa said that the bamboo branches swept to the roof and should be repaired, and the tiles should be turned over."