There was suddenly one less person in the house, and it seemed a lot colder, and for a while, Shen Shangluo felt a little unusual.

She looked at Ah Heng, who was exposing her arm to chop wood in the courtyard, and then put down the medical book in her hand, and said slowly: "It's almost time, but are you ready?" ”

Today is the Cold Food Festival, and yesterday Shen Shangluo urged Ah Heng to go to the town to buy a lot of things, and they were prepared early.

Ah Heng stopped what he was doing, "It's all right, let's do it!" ”

Shen Shangluo seemed a little at a loss, he only dealt with the cold food festival in previous years, and he burned a lot of paper money for his father and mother every year.

But today is different, there is another person beside me, and I can also bring some offerings, if my father and mother can see it, I will be very happy, right?

The two of them then set off with baskets, Shen Shangluo walked in front, and Ah Heng walked behind with the wolf cub with his things.

Yunwu Village is not big, but it is not small, and there are really many places with beautiful scenery.

The cemetery of Shen's father and Shen's mother was personally chosen by Shen Shangluo, and naturally he invited his husband to come to see Feng Shui, and he traveled to many places, and finally found one that was quite satisfying.

The grave of Shen's father and Shen's mother was next to his grandfather's, although in Shen Shangluo's memory, he seemed to have never seen this grandfather.

But he knew that whenever Father Shen was lost, he would quietly come to his grandfather's grave alone, drinking and chattering about those things that upset him.

was crying and laughing, and Shen's mother would also stand quietly in the distance, watching Shen's father cry and laugh, and she also cried and laughed.

And Shen Shangluo, who was still young, followed behind Shen Jiuqing, watching everything that happened in front of her, which had always been a secret between her and her brother.

When she was a little sensible, she asked Shen's father if he loved her mother very much, and naturally asked Shen's mother the same question.

But there is only one answer.

They don't have love, it's just the words of their parents. But getting used to each other's presence is indispensable.

When I came to the cemetery, I was surrounded by a straight pine tree, and the clearing was covered with a thick layer of pine needles, soft and desolate.

Some of the places below are the places where the lonely graves of Cloudtown gather, the children who died violently, and the wanderers who never returned home to report the news of their deaths, they are all there.

Looking at the wooden plaque engraved with the names of Shen's father and Shen's mother, Shen Shangluo slowly knelt down and took out the things in the basket the same, with no emotion on his face, I don't know whether it was joy or sadness.

And the wolf cub squatted on the side obediently, as if he knew that he was not messing around at the moment.

lit three incense sticks and worshipped, originally thought that Shen Shangluo would have tears in the corners of his eyes and tell everything about himself, but Shen Shangluo just knelt there and didn't say a word.

Silently swept away the weeds, silently lit the paper money, and looked at the three lonely graves with sadness.

There had been a light rain in the night, and the ground was very wet, and the cold and biting feeling soon soaked the already thin satin, and continued to stretch upward, just like the bleak cold around it.

Seeing that Shen Shangluo hadn't moved for a long time, Ah Heng was worried that he would break his body, so he couldn't help but call softly, "Luo Luo? ”

Shen Shangluo raised his wooden face at this time, as if he hadn't reacted yet, "Huh? ”

"Let's go back."

Shen Shangluo turned his head to look at the tombstone, a little distracted for a moment, and muttered to himself, "It seems like a long time, but it's ......"

She touched the position of her chest, obviously it has been so long, obviously it has been so long, but why does she still hurt here......

She slowly got up under Ah Heng's support, and never said a word to Shen's father and Shen's mother from beginning to end.

The original path was only a moment's work, but it didn't come to fruition, but half an hour later.

She turned her head and walked to her grandfather's grave, looked at the collapsed corner behind the grave and locked her eyebrows, after all, has it been a long time?

When burying her grandfather, Shen's mother seemed to have just married, and the family was also poor, so her grandfather's grave was only made of stones, which was inevitably a little simpler.

Perhaps it is because of the heavy rain that has made the already fragile stone grave even more fragile after a long time.

Shen Shangluo squatted down and pressed back the scattered dirt one by one, but his movements became slower and slower, and in the end he just squatted there in a daze.

Ah Heng, who saw this scene, was frightened, he had never seen such a fragile Shen Shangluo, like a white rabbit who had been wronged and beaten, hiding himself in the dark.

He took Shen Shangluo into his arms and comforted him word by word: "It's okay, find a good day another day, and rebuild Grandpa's grave." ”

Shen Shangluo seemed to be extraordinarily thin, her body curled up in Ah Heng's arms was still trembling, and she looked at the low mound with her eyes open.

"I can't cry......"

Her voice was also weak, as thin as a mosquito ant, and it was soon blown away by the wind, leaving nothing behind.

She had a lot of things she didn't understand, she didn't understand why Shen Jiuqing didn't want to come back, and she didn't write a letter to her family to report her safety. She didn't understand why she was alone, or why she was so sad in her heart.

By the afternoon, Shen Shangluo had finally sorted out his emotions, and he still walked ahead, leading Ah Heng and the wolf cub to hurry towards home.

Halfway through, Shen Shangluo suddenly stopped, standing in place and looking at a lonely grave not far away.

Ah Heng couldn't help but look sideways slightly, "What's wrong?" ”

She stretched out her hand and pointed to the lonely grave, "This is something I've never seen before, go and see." ”

Before Ah Heng could speak, she had already taken a step towards the shade of the green trees halfway up the slope.

This is indeed a veritable lonely grave, surrounded by dense low shrubs, and if you don't look at it, you won't be able to see anything.

And the tombstone is also exceptionally simple, with only three words written crookedly.

Lu Huaien.

Shen Shangluo squatted down and looked at the low mound that he called a tomb for the time being, the soil seemed to be freshly turned and a little fluffy.

Ah Heng looked at it and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "It seems that Liu Shun didn't properly settle Lu Huaien." ”

Shen Shangluo didn't have much mood swing, but he hesitated a little when he touched the three words on the tombstone, "It's me who is blind." ”

It is because of himself that Lu Huaien will end up like this, and it is because of himself that Lu Huaien will become like this......

Perhaps sensing Shen Shangluo's depression, Ah Heng said softly: "It's not your fault. ”

Shen Shangluo raised his head slowly, and said unhurriedly: "Of course it's not my fault, Liu Shun raised Lu Huaien to death, and the Lu family will definitely not let him go, maybe it's because of this Lu family that Sun Ningxue went to find." If I were Lu, Liu Shun and Sun Ningxue, none of them would be able to escape. ”

There was a sudden rustling sound in the bushes not far away, and the wolf cub was about to pounce, but Shen Shangluo grabbed the thick hair on his neck.

The wolf cub seemed to feel uncomfortable, struggling with its mouth open, but it didn't dare to bite Shen Shangluo.

It's just that those dark blue eyes were full of anger, and Shen Shangluo didn't even look at the wolf cub, "Pity the Lu family, if you die, you will die, and there is no child left, and it is normal for the resentment not to disperse." ”

Ah Heng clasped his hands and smiled at the corners of his mouth, "You're right, maybe the day of the Cold Food Festival is the day when the Lu family gets angry, after all, the ghost door is wide open today, maybe the Lu family has found something else." ”

"Yes, yes, today's yin qi is the heaviest, let's go back early."

After waiting for a while, Shen Shangluo let go of the wolf cub, and did not forget to pat the wolf hair that he had pulled off in his hand.

The wolf cub stared at Shen Shangluo, baring its teeth, but it also hung its head in interest and slowly walked to the side, presumably it had never suffered such a grievance in its life.

Shen Shangluo took the basket that Ah Heng was carrying, and said lightly: "You go back first, I still have some things to do." ”

"What, don't you take me with you?"

But Shen Shangluo walked straight to the other side, "If I don't take you, you're too annoying." ”

Ah Heng didn't say anything, just shook his head helplessly, "Go home early, and I'll come back for dinner later." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Shangluo went around the mountain road and returned to Lu Huaien's grave unhurriedly, who would have thought that this was a child's grave?

Lu Huaien's life is only more than ten years, and it ended in such an unknown way, although he was born with a disability, he also has the right to live......

Shen Shangluo squatted down and directly scraped the soft soil with his hands, not caring at all that his body and hands were covered with mud stains, just digging vigorously.

The wolf cub that had been following Shen Shangluo's side also stepped forward to help, its claws were much sharper than Shen Shangluo's, and Shen Shangluo just sat down and watched the wolf cub dig up.

Fortunately, Lu Huaien's body was not buried very deeply, but it was simply wrapped in a rag and buried, so Shen Shangluo didn't spend much thought.

The sun was setting at dusk, but in this dense forest, there was a gust of wind and wind, and I always felt a biting chill rushing to my head.

Lu Huaien's body is extremely small when he is a teenager, his right leg is naturally languid and bent, and his body looks a little weird. And the wide-open eyes fell to the dirt, and the blood had dried up.

The slightly open mouth didn't know if it was rotten tongue mixed with dirt, a blood-colored lump stuffed into the throat, and from time to time I saw white worms slowly wriggling.

She gently lifted the white cloth that wrapped the corpse, and her small body was covered with scars, the fatal wound should have been a strangulation on the neck, or a large burn on the chest, even if it was now festering.

Smelling the faint smell of corpses, ignoring the maggots drilled out of the small body, a joking male voice suddenly came from behind him, "It's really a pity that my Luo Luo doesn't act properly." ”

Shen Shangluo almost didn't even raise his head, "Since you're here, let's bury it back."

After speaking, he clapped his hands and left in a chic manner, but his expression was quite heavy.

Ah Heng sighed helplessly, and then put down the basket he was carrying on his shoulder, which was filled with whole stones, which was the most suitable for building a tomb.

As he did it, he thought that he didn't know who had grasped whom between himself and her, and this kind of life was not bad.

It's just that as soon as he returned to the path, Shen Shangluo saw Shen Yunxi who was about to leave, and he was also carrying a basket in his hand, presumably to worship his grandfather.

Shen Shangluo hid his muddy hands behind him, "Uncle, have you finished reading grandpa?" But ready to go home? ”

Shen Yunxi's body looked a little stiff, his face was a little ugly, and he was a little reluctant even with a smile, "Ah...... Yes...... Lolo, I ...... I'm getting ready to go back! ”

After finishing speaking, he quickly ran in the direction of going down the mountain, and even looked a little embarrassed, as if Shen Shangluo was some kind of jackal, tiger and leopard.

"Uncle!"

Shen Yunxi's body froze in place, not daring to turn his head around, only hearing the footsteps of Shen Shangluo approaching step by step behind him, and his legs couldn't help but tremble.

Shen Shangluo didn't seem to see his appearance, "Uncle, grandpa's tomb should be rebuilt, call the second uncle to come with me tomorrow, you are always here to help." ”

Shen Yunxi nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, I will talk to your second uncle when I go back." ”

Watching Shen Yunxi leave like a fugitive, Shen Shangluo squinted his eyes slightly, and then looked in the direction of Ah Heng, who was completely covered by green shade not far away.

She frowned unhappily, tilted her head slightly and muttered, "It looks like I've been seen...... Tsk, that's a tough one. ”