Thinking of her grandmother's repeated words, "My body is tough", but quietly preparing a shroud behind their backs, Archie seemed to be under the enemy on her back, and her heart was terrified.

Ah Qiao, who had no concept of "shroud" at all, directly admired the beautiful clothes with exquisite embroidery, she shouted "This dress is so beautiful" one after another, and asked her brother one after another, "Why doesn't grandma wear it".

Archie was flustered, pushed his sister away, folded the clothes far away, wrapped them in the coarse cloth that had been wrapped, and tied them as before. Archie stuffed the cloth bag back into its original guard, and in a panic restored what had been opened.

He looked serious, pondered for a moment, and said to his sister: "That foreign grandfather gave you a few beautiful clothes before, and you didn't wear them, why didn't you wear them?" ”

Ah Qiao didn't expect the problem to suddenly come to her, she raised her head, her eyes turned up 45 degrees, thought about it very seriously, and replied to her brother: "Because those clothes are so beautiful, so beautiful that they don't fit in with the surrounding environment." I didn't want to make myself uncomfortable, and I didn't want others to feel uncomfortable, so I didn't wear it. ”

"Isn't that also true to grandma's new clothes?"

Ah Qiao thought about it and nodded. The embroidery of the new clothes hidden by my grandmother is very good, and the red, green, yellow, and orange silk threads embroider the blooming flowers one after another, which are vivid and indeed different from the clothes worn every day.

"So, don't ask grandma why she doesn't wear such words, neither ask me nor ask grandma."

"Brother, you're so long-winded."

Archie was unexpectedly squeezed by his sister, and he smiled reluctantly, and his flustered heart relaxed a little: "Sister, do you have a secret?" ”

"Huh?"

"Is there something you don't want to tell anyone about it? It could be that you stole a beautiful pencil from your table on a whim, or you stole an autumn persimmon that someone hid in a stack of wheat straw, or maybe you quietly picked up a colored paper ...... that you stumbled upon on the road."

Ah Qiao's face turned pale and then crimson.

The "maybe" that her brother said was a "fact" that had really happened to her. She had never told anyone about it, and she had forgotten that it did happen. My brother was all right!

She had hoped that her brother would not remember how many persimmons he had stuffed into the stack of straw...... It turns out that those little cleverness are not really cleverness at all, but my brother is tolerant.

Ah Qiao had tears in her eyes and looked at her brother timidly.

Archie pressed his hand on his sister's shoulder, leaned down, and looked at her eyes: "Ah Qiao, everyone has secrets, no matter how good a friend is, no matter how good a family member is, they can keep their secrets between them." You don't need to confess your secrets to anyone, if you don't want to. Is my brother right? ”

Ah Qiao nodded with tears in his eyes. When he nodded, tears broke through his eyes, leaving a line of wet tears on his cheeks.

"It's the same with grandma. Grandma didn't want to talk about her hiding new clothes, it was grandma's secret. Even if you stumble upon it, as long as grandma doesn't want to take the initiative, don't ask! Archie's voice was loud and resolute.

How can Ah Qiao not obey the reason. She nodded again.

"Remember, don't ask! Don't ask at any time! ”

Ah Qiao pouted and nodded again.

Archie nodded again when he saw his sister very seriously, and with his understanding of his sister, he knew that his sister should have taken it to heart. He didn't have to be so strict, it's just that he did all this to protect his sister.

He was to be isolated from his sister and death.

In his heart, shroud represents death.

Grandma is ready to face death at any time, and he can't let his sister discover the secret.