it's not too late

Chapter 13

"Hey! Isn't this Lin He's mother? Come and sit at my house for a while, aren't you tired of carrying so many things?"

That was Lin Shanshan's aunt, who had a good relationship with Lin He's mother. When she was enjoying the shade in the yard, she saw them go out and buy a lot of things. She looked shocked, so she offered to let them go to her house.

Behind her is her house, the loquat tree is full of fresh leaves, and it has not yet bloomed, and the faint light falls from the cracks in the leaves.

Lin He was only ten years old at that time, and looked at this familiar aunt curiously with wide eyes—she was really exhausted and longed for a rest.

And her mother thought the same way, touched her daughter's hair, smiled and nodded in reply.

The aunt was also very happy. When she went in, a familiar classmate jumped out. It was Lin Shanshan, who called her aunt thirsty.

"Go, go, pour boiling water on the table and drink it!"

"Auntie? Is there no orange juice? Hey, Lin He, why are you here?"

Lin He and Lin Shanshan were no more than acquaintances at that time, and shyly hid behind her mother, but her mother and the aunt both laughed.

The aunt's husband is not in the village. It is said that he has gone to other places. A few years ago, there was a mother who took care of him. Now he is raising a child who is only a few years old by himself.

Her mother has been best friends with this aunt for many years.

Lin He was sitting in the yard, staring blankly at the cicada who kept barking in the tree, and Lin Shanshan was beside her, drank the boiled water in distaste, and pointed her fingers at how delicious the orange juice was.

"How good is it?"

She asked suspiciously.

After getting the answer, the child quickly listed several advantages, and also sent a big smile.

She sipped boiled water, and her mother and aunt went to the house, but they didn't know what they were doing.

Faintly, a little yellow leaf floated down.

It landed on the flagstone floor in front of her, spinning gently.

Lin Shanshan over there has already talked about other things, such as heroes and oceans.

She just looked at the leaf quietly, and suddenly the leaf flew up, flew into the air, and rolled up the curtain.

She looked and saw that there seemed to be two overlapping figures inside. She lowered her head and asked the girl.

"Where's the orange juice?"

"I don't know, did my aunt put it in the well? I saw it in the house before, but I didn't want to drink after watching the TV! The TV is also a very rare thing. Uncle bought it last year. Do you want to watch it?"

Lin Shanshan straightened her stomach and looked very happy, but at that time they didn't know that just two years later, the family passed away in the winter like cicadas, and her mother was depressed for a long time.

At this time, Lin He just wanted to see what happened to her mother?

After drinking the boiled water, Lin He asked Lin Shanshan if the toilet was in the house, she nodded, she jumped off the stool and ran in.

Then slow down.

half an hour ago.

"Dahua, has he not come back?"

Lin He's mother asked Lin Dahua just like that, she nodded, then smiled and handed her the wet handkerchief.

She was very cheerful and said: "The days are still the same, aren't you?"

The eyes fluttered, and then the long eyelashes.

Somehow, she wanted to touch her face again, and then the distance disappeared.

"Are you lonely again? Dahua."

"...It's okay, a flower in the village." Lin Dahua thought of something, and smiled first, "I'm really tired, please help me touch my shoulder and rub it again."

After Lin He's mother helped Lin Dahua, she changed a bit, and now she is on top.

When Lin He came up, she happened to see her stroking her mother's back, then lowered her head, and opened her eyes for just a moment, revealing a very desolate expression.

She couldn't read it, and then she went downstairs quietly.

"Where have you been?"

Lin Shanshan held the orange juice and generously handed her a glass, which she took in a daze.

Then, Lin Shanshan mentioned some strange things about her aunt, saying that her aunt and uncle often quarreled and went out in the middle of the night.

After that, Lin Shanshan didn't know, but Lin He knew that she often vaguely saw her mother going out at night, talking to someone, and once saw this aunt in the morning, she smiled at her.

A little sad smile.

When leaving, Lin Shanshan gave her a small flower, then slapped her face and said that she likes her so much!There was a slight wave of waves in her heart.

Everyone laughed, and the aunt laughed too.

From a distance, she waved at them. Once, she looked back quietly, and the aunt covered her face, seeming extremely tired.

Her mother's face was suddenly dimmed under the sun.

Later, I heard that there was a fire in the aunt's house. On that day, neither of them escaped. Then one day, I heard that the man outside also had a car accident and held a big funeral.

Her mother was very uncomfortable at that time, but it didn't seem so uncomfortable.

Once, Lin He saw her mother put a bundle of wild flowers in front of the aunt's grave, which contained blue and white, but no red.

She heard her mother babbling, saying a lot of stuff.

"Da Hua, you like flowers, I found some that you like, live well down here, don't quarrel with you anymore."

"I'm sorry for you. On the day you got married, I sincerely wished you well."

"Who knew you would go first? I don't know which wicked person lit the fire, do you know? Dahua."

"The day I saw your dead body, I thought, if you are still alive, it would be great, we can still live like before, even if it is not satisfactory, but—"

"I actually hope that I don't want to see you anymore. Did what I said that day be too much..."

After the paper money was burnt, the dust flew into the sky.

But Lin He saw that her mother seemed to have put something on her face.

However, it wasn't until she died that Lin He knew that she hadn't let go from the beginning to the end.

Those words, were they said to her, or who?

That day, Lin He's mother whispered the last sentence: "Da Hua, how are you doing?"

No one knows.

end

The author has something to say:

Regarding her mother, she didn't understand what Dahua felt for her in the end, but she always felt guilty in her heart.

Therefore, her mother is also very ruthless about Lin He.

The next episode is about Luo Wen, about Bai Yueguang