Xia Ze will always remember what happened on that day when he was seven years old.

In fact, in Yunxi Town, in the early years, in addition to their family, there was a close relative, but later the cousin disliked this small Yunxi Town and had no way out, so the family moved to Da Zhou, leaving an elderly old lady, lonely, and lived in Xia Ze's house.

According to the generation, Xia Ze has to call his aunt and grandmother.

It's just that this old lady has a rather eccentric temperament and is scathing, claiming that her son and daughter-in-law have left a lot of money for herself, and she is worried that Xia Ze's father and mother are coveting her coffin book all day long.

Xia Ze's parents are simple and kind people, no matter how arrogant she is, she is always good at serving, and she never says half a cruel word at the top of her throat. Xia Ze was the little bully of the family at that time, so he couldn't get used to seeing this old lady as a prestige, once the old lady wanted to eat a bowl of porridge water, and she thought her mouth was light, so she asked Xia Ze to put some salt in the porridge water to taste.

Xia Ze turned his head, eh, isn't there a chance for revenge, so he put the boss with a spoonful of salt in the bowl of porridge, it was salty, the old lady tasted it, and said Oh, hey, but it is salty to death. Xia Ze's mother was full of suspicion, so she took it and tasted a spoonful.

On that day, Xia Ze, who had seen a good-tempered mother angry, was beaten firmly.

It's just that as she gets older, the old lady gradually becomes silent, always looking in the direction of Da Zhou and muttering something.

Once, the old lady rarely wanted to play with Xia Ze with a kind face, and she wanted to buy him candy to eat, but Xia Ze hated the beating in her heart, and she pouted her nose and didn't want to deal with him. In the end, the old lady asked with a sad expression: "Ozawa, do you also hate your aunt and grandmother......

Xia Ze's mother hurriedly smiled and twisted Xia Ze's little head and said, "What's the matter, how can our little Xia Ze hate you, right?" ”

Xia Ze puffed up and didn't speak, and if he didn't speak, he would acquiesce.

That day, the old lady seemed to have exhausted the rest of her spirit, and she handed over the burden that she had always regarded as the meat of her heart to Xia Ze's mother, saying that she would give her her coffin, and let her unfilial sons and daughters drink the northwest wind.

That day, Xia Ze and his playmates in the town walked to the depths of the forest north of Yunxi Town, playing hide and seek, but watching the sky getting late, the playmates forgot that there was another Xia Ze in the woods who was counting against the big tree, and ran back to the town with a smoke.

When Xia Ze found that his friends were gone, there was only darkness left around, and the sound of the wind and the chirping of foxes in his ears, and the long shadows of the trees that dragged him almost scared him to the point of breaking his liver and intestines.

He looked up to the sky and cried, and occasionally heard one or two terrible rustling sounds, and he would stop crying in horror, and the cycle repeated.

Xia Ze suddenly saw a faint fire in the distance, swaying, like a ghost fire, he was so frightened that he screamed, and then he heard the light in the distance shouting softly: "Xiao Ze." ”

Xia Ze rubbed his eyes, only to find that it was the aunt and grandmother who were over the age of old, she was covered in dirty dirt all over her body, her face was bruised and swollen, I really don't know how many wrestles she fell to come here.

For the first time in his life, he called out to his aunt and grandmother from the bottom of his heart, and then threw himself into her arms and cried.

Grandma Tai hugged her, patted him lightly on the back, and smiled kindly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Grandma Tai is here." ”

Xia Ze held her hand, for the first time I felt this mean old lady, a pair of calloused hands, it turned out to be so warm, they walked all the way back, talking and laughing, as if they had always been so intimate, and the aunt and grandmother would also tell a lot of interesting things about Xia Ze's father's childhood, which made him laugh.

It was only not long after returning that my aunt and grandmother became ill and died soon after.

Xia Ze's mother never opened the burden, and returned it to the son and daughter-in-law of the belated aunt and grandmother, and the old lady's funeral had already been completed.

When his son opened it, he saw that the bulging baggage was just smooth pebbles, which immediately attracted the ridicule of many people, who felt that they were at a loss and threw themselves away.

Before the death of the aunt and grandmother, her cheeks were sunken, but she still beckoned to Xia Ze kindly: "Xiao Ze, come here, my aunt and grandmother will give you a baby, this is a secret between the two of us, I can't tell your father and your mother, okay?" ”

Xia Ze nodded, stretched out his hand and took a look, in the palm of his hand, there was a golden copper coin, exuding a faint mist, and it seemed that there was also the warmth of his aunt's palm.

As the days passed, Xia Ze would always think of the time when he was seven years old, the old lady who was alone asked him almost as if he was pleading, if he also hated his aunt and grandmother.

Sometimes, there are some things, only to blame yourself for being too young and too late to understand, so it often takes many years before you suddenly realize that you regret it.

It's just that time doesn't wait for me, Siren has gone, just like Xia Ze has wanted to go against the long river of time countless times over the years, back to the age of seven, and then he can hold the hand of his aunt and grandmother with a smile on his face, and say, Grandma Tai, I like you, you must live a long life.

It's just such a small amount of kindness, maybe it is just right for an old man in his last years. It's just that we can't turn back, so it's a pity.

One day later, Xia Ze sat alone in the courtyard, looking at the starry sky and the golden copper coins in his palms, fluorescent flickering.

He said: "Mother, I think my aunt and grandmother are a good person, a very good person, such a good person, why would she live so hard......

Xia Ze took his head and said softly: "Your aunt and grandmother have really had a hard time in this life, but I think our family Xiao Ze didn't have much regret when he let his aunt and grandmother go in the end, which is very good." ”

Xia Ze couldn't cry.

Xia Zeniang said softly: "In this life, people always need to light fireworks. Therefore, when I was young, I raised my children and ran for them all my life, and when I was old, I looked forward to a full house of children and grandchildren, and I hoped that my children could live more comfortably. Our family Ozawa must remember that in addition to your parents and brothers in this world, if you can give you a kindness, you must remember it clearly, and when you have the ability, you must think about how to return this love. ”

In the end, she said gently: "It is enough for Ozawa to be a person who knows cold and hot in the future." ”

On the hill, Xia Ze gradually withdrew his thoughts from his memories and looked at the black copper coin in his palm whose aura had long been exhausted, in fact, this copper coin allowed him to survive in those years of bad luck.

He folded his hands and muttered in the direction behind him, "Ozawa always remembers." ”