Chapter 70 Sixty-nine

I don't know how long it took, but the sun was already setting when I woke up. There are many people standing around, some are childhood friends, some are relatives and neighbors of elders.Uncle Zhu also came. He hunched over and beat my back and rubbed my chest. There was no expression on his face, he just smoked a pipe. Xiaolan and her mother were busy arranging my clothes, and I noticed that the clothes were dripping with a lot of medicine, and the residue of Rendan was left in my mouth. A chaotic local accent sounded in my ears: alright!He has come back to life! Maybe it's heatstroke?

Bro!When did you come back? How did you come here? Brother Xu!Where are you from? We have had enough of the sins of the past few years! Tell us some news!Firm white! The neighbors asked me one after another about the situation after the farewell.I made up my mind and answered them one by one. Xiaolan saw that I was very tired, and said to me softly: "It's really scary, why are you so impatient, okay!"Come to my house to rest!I can't say enough about it when it gets dark. Like a meeting in the middle of the New Year, the neighbors from the nearby villages who heard the news rushed over.One by one took my hand to ask questions, and I greeted them affectionately while walking to Uncle Zhu's house.

The horses were still tied to the big tree when I came, and the groom was busy unloading my luggage. I waved my hand to him and asked him to wait a while. Uncle Zhu seems to have forgotten the previous hatred, and he never talked about the matter between me and Alan.It was Aunt Zhu who shed tears and told me about Alan's death. Alan told me everything about you!Aunt Zhu sighed and said, "I only blame us for being stupid and knowing the old rules that are out of date."I am really sorry for my daughter, and I have made you suffer countless hardships Why did Sister Alan die of illness so quickly?I sadly asked her.

Why not?Aunt Zhu said sadly: She suffers from intractable tuberculosis, and there is no medicine available in the countryside, so it only gets worse day by day.Originally, it could have been delayed for another year or a half; later, a Miss Su wrote her a letter ah!Anam!I said in panic: She has contacted Yanan! I'm afraid it's her?Aunt Zhu nodded: I don't know what was written in the letter. Alan burned it after reading it, and then the situation got worse and worse. He didn't take medicine or food. Even a good person can't help but waste like this. Why didn't anyone persuade her?I sighed in a daze.

Persuade it!I've run out of good things to say.Aunt Zhu sighed: Whose flesh and blood does not love you!But it was of no use at all. She just said that the illness could not be cured, and it would be better to die earlier. A few days before she died, she told me about you, and Aunt Zhu went on to say: She told me that our family should not hate you, and when you come back, we should treat you well and treat you like a son-in-law.Pitiful!My miserable child, one eye was still open after dying!Having said this, Aunt Zhu burst into tears. mom!Do not be sad!Xiaolan said from the side: Don't mention the past, don't blame it, don't blame it!Just blame us for not studying for a few more years, hum!If I bought a diploma earlier as a dowry for my sister, I wouldn't end up like this!

Sister Xiaolan!I sighed and said: Am I such a snobbish person? why not!Xiaolan said resentfully: My sister told me that Miss Su is very knowledgeable, so you are going to marry her. No, I'm too impatient to speak. It's getting late!Uncle Zhu came in from the door and said to me: Is Jianbai staying here tonight? Decide later!I stood up and saluted him: Uncle Zhu, I would like to ask sister Xiaolan to take me home to have a look first! Let's go again tomorrow!Uncle Zhu stopped me and said, "It's been ruined so badly, what's so good about it?"Don't worry, I heard that your whole family is at your cousin's aunt's house, and it's okay there, maybe you'll move back in a month or so.

No!I'm going to check it out!I said stubbornly: I will live in my own home tonight. Seeing that I was determined, Aunt Zhu hurriedly asked Xiaolan to light the lantern, and led me to call to open the door.Walking into the first courtyard, I felt gloomy, the corridor was already covered with slippery moss, and the door of the living room was locked.I can only see some cobwebs, bird droppings, broken shafts and remnants through the window. The backyard is even more desolate, the wing rooms on both sides have been eroded by wind and rain and are dilapidated, the door of the main room is blocked with bricks and stones, and the leftover furniture are probably placed inside.

The last small courtyard is my study and garden. There are only tattered tables and chairs left in the study, and rubbings and broken pens from childhood writing are scattered on the ground. The garden is even worse, the flower pots have become bird's nests, the grape trellis is covered with dead vines, and the stone bench is also full of thorns The past is like smoke, and the whole body is like sending.The scenes that have been lingering in my mind and dreams for so many years are now shattered in reality.Walking out the back door, the sky was already full of stars and moons, and I said to Xiaolan: Sister Xiaolan!Please thank your parents for me, now I am going back to the county.

Wouldn't it be better to wait until dawn? No!I could not stay another night in this sad place. Where are you going?She said in a daze, "This is your home. Didn't Dad say that your family will move back soon?" Can't wait, I'm anxious to see them!I sighed and said: You have never left home, you don't know this feeling! Yep, there's nothing here to hold you back either.Xiaolan also sighed deeply: Alright!I'll send you on your way!Didn't you come here on horseback? Go around the lawn and go back under the big tree.The groom had fallen asleep under the tree, and I woke him up to get ready for the road.Suddenly, I remembered something. With Xiaolan on my back, I took out a roll of banknotes from my pocket, wrapped it in a handkerchief, handed it to Xiaolan and said: Please give this package to your mother. The things I brought here are just a little bit of my heart.

Thank you!We haven't treated you well yet! This already fills my heart!I hastily said: There is one more thing I want to entrust to you. I hope you will tell your father and ask him to find someone to repair Sister Alan's tomb. Um!She bowed her head and said: Don't worry, we will definitely do it for you. Also, I said to Xiaolan: Please pick a few flowers and put them on your sister's grave tomorrow, pray to her, and say that I am back! Xiaolan nodded silently. So, I took the rein and rode on the horse: goodbye!Sister Xiaolan! I also have one thing to ask you!Xiaolan lowered her head, unable to speak out.

What? can you see your brother . of course!I looked at her strangely: What's the matter? there is nothing!Xiaolan said hesitantly: You just told him that the stars in the sky missed him.He will understand. Xiaolan!I said in horror: you We're not like you and your sister!Xiao Lan held the lantern, turned around and ran away. They are in love again!He raised his head and looked at the densely packed stars in the sky.In a flash!I remembered the scene of Sister Alan and I having fun in the past, and now, this pair of young children is acting out our story again. Is the beginning of comedy?Or a tragic ending?In my sadness, I raised my whip in a daze.