Wu Wan

Chapter 19

After receiving Zhao Duobao's call, Li Qin asked Han Yin to drive to the hospital without saying a word, and picked up Zhao's mother who had fainted from crying.

Zhao Duobao notified several of his uncles, and with the help of the elders, he managed to get in touch with his father's death and brought the body home.

Stepping into this room again, Zhao Duobao's heart was filled with sadness. Just in the morning, it was still a festive atmosphere of family reunion here, but now it is already a world apart forever.

Before getting into the ambulance, Zhao Duobao drove Jiang Yi out of his home, and now he is nowhere to be seen around.

After hearing the news, the villagers rushed to mourn. Several aunts and aunts took care of his father's funeral in an orderly manner. Even Li Qin and Han Yin also came to help.

Zhao Duobao didn't want to make a fuss, he planned to leave the coffin for three days before sending his father to rest in peace according to the custom. He knelt beside the coffin and kept saying "I'm sorry" in a broken voice, tears wet the ground in front of him.

Seeing him like this, Li Qin couldn't bear it, stepped forward and pulled him, "Xiaobao, get up, Uncle Zhao won't feel at ease like you are."

"Brother Li, it's all because of me, I'm sorry for my dad."

"Uncle has this disease, and the chance of relapse is high in cold weather. There is nothing you can do about it. Don't blame yourself so much." Li Qin pulled him hard and lifted half of his body, "Get up first, it's cold on the ground."

Zhao Duobao supported the edge of the coffin, stood up slowly with Li Qin's strength, stretched out his hand and touched his father's completely pale and bloodless face, his palm felt cold and stiff, it was hard to believe that this morning, he was still a man who could speak An active living person, he ate at a dining table at noon.Zhao Duobao couldn't control himself anymore, tears burst out of his eyes instantly, his legs were weak and he could barely stand still with Li Qin's support, Han Yin saw Li Qin's movements struggling from behind, walked over to catch Zhao Duobao, and helped him to the ground Sit down on a nearby chair.

Li Qin was also infected by Zhao Duobao's emotions, her nose soured and she shed tears, Han Yin hugged him into his arms, gently stroking his back to help him feel better.

Everything about the burial was kept simple.

The coffin had been parked for three days, and at dawn on the fourth day, several relatives of the family worked together to carry it up the mountain and buried it. Zhao Duobao pressed the last bit of soil on the grave, set off firecrackers, and walked down the mountain.

The road down the mountain faced the morning sun, and the sun pierced through the clouds and hit his eyes directly. Zhao Duobao raised his head to meet the light, his face was covered with tears.The older generation said that you can’t turn your head back during a funeral, for fear that the old person will be worried and can’t go away with peace of mind, so he never dared to look back, until he went so far that he could only see the top of the mountain, then he secretly looked in that direction glanced.

As the only son, Zhao Duobao still has many things waiting for him to do.

Such as account cancellation.

When he rushed to the police station with all the materials, Zhao Duobao met an unexpected person—Li Li.

Li Li sat on the steps at the entrance of the police station, leaning against the doorpost, staring blankly at the front, Zhao Duobao walked over and patted him, "Li Li?" He immediately cried, "Brother Xiaobao...my grandpa...my grandpa is gone..."

Li Li was out of breath from crying, and he spoke intermittently. Zhao Duobao sat down next to him, and put his hands behind his back to comfort him.

After all, it was just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, holding Zhao Duobao's hand tightly, as if grabbing a life-saving straw, sobbing and saying, "I, I just know...my father and uncle don't want to give grandpa Medical treatment... I have been procrastinating before because I want to divide the relocation money, and I won't let grandpa treat the disease after getting the money... Brother Xiaobao, I am sorry for grandpa!" Li Li burst into a loud cry, and he covered his face in pain , kept shaking his head.

"Stupid child, this is none of your business. The world of adults is far more complicated than you think..." Zhao Duobao choked up. He was still burdened with self-blame for his father's death, so how could he comfort Li Li.

"Brother Xiaobao, I used to be very mean to grandpa and always thought he was annoying... He must be very sad when he left..." Li Li held his mouth, his eyelashes were wet and sticky with tears, he saw Zhao Duobao holding his hand The material in the book, suddenly reacted, opened his eyes wide, "Brother Xiaobao, you..."

Zhao Duobao nodded calmly, "My father is gone too, I'll cancel his account."

Li Li restrained his emotions, "I'm sorry, I still made you cry."

"It's okay, it's much better to vent out."

"You go first, I'll wait for you here, I just finished the procedure for Grandpa, the procedure will be very fast."

"it is good."

After completing the formalities, Li Li waited for him outside the door. On the way back together, Zhao Duobao realized that Li Li's family was actually in the same village as him. Later, his parents moved to the county after earning money from business. That's why the two of them were together at the police station today. Meet outside.

It was a long way from the police station to the bus station, and the two chatted a lot along the way.

Li Li said that he hated his parents more and more, hated this family, and made an appointment with Zhao Duobao to go to university in City B in the future and join him.Zhao Duobao smiled and nodded.

They parted at the bus station, one going east and the other going west, and they didn't know when they would meet again.

Since Father Zhao passed away in a hurry, Mother Zhao shed tears every day, her eyes were almost completely blind, and her health was deteriorating. She didn't sleep all night and cried. In the house, I had to be carried to the health center to get glucose.

Zhao Duobao was exhausted physically and mentally. His vacation was over, but Zhao's mother's current state made him dare not go back to work. He asked Jiang Shuo for a few days off, and stayed by his mother's side every day, and had to endure himself The discomfort in his heart was relieved to his mother.

After several days of delay, Zhao Duobao saw that his mother was in better condition, at least able to sleep at night, so he sent his mother to his grandmother's house.His grandmother gave birth early, and Zhao's mother was the eldest daughter, so the age difference between the mother and daughter was not too big, so they could take care of them.

Zhao Duobao's grandmother shed tears when she saw her eldest daughter, "My daughter, why are you so miserable."

After crying for a long time, she walked over tremblingly and grabbed Zhao Duobao's hand, the tears on her face were still wet, "Xiaobao, don't worry, work at ease, although I am an old woman, as long as I have a bite I won’t lose money to her…” The old man choked up, “She’s the meat of my body.”

"Grandma, thank you for your hard work." Zhao Duobao's eyes were red, he took two deep breaths, and took out an envelope from his pocket, "This is 1 yuan, you take it, buy some good food, don't waste it, Tell me if you need money."

The old man refused to accept it, and kept pushing it out, "No, no, you need money to live alone outside, and your mother is not someone else, and I was the one who raised you when you were young..."

Pushing back and forth a few times, in order to reassure Zhao Duobao, the old man finally accepted the 1 yuan.Han Yin and Li Qin were still waiting for him outside in the car, so he didn't stay any longer, hugged his mother, and left.

Zhao Duobao got into the car, his eyes were red, Li Qin looked back at him, "Xiaobao, are you okay?"

"It's okay." He tried his best to twitch the corners of his mouth, smiled at Li Qin, and then looked at Han Yin in the driver's seat, "Brother Han is working hard to drive."

Han Yin nodded at him from the rearview mirror, expressing that he didn't need to worry too much, reached out to fasten the seat belt for Li Qin in the co-pilot, and drove out of the village.

It is nearly a thousand kilometers from my hometown to City B, and it takes at least ten hours to drive. In order to avoid driving at night, I deliberately set off from my hometown early in the morning. Along the way, three people took turns driving, and finally entered City B before it was completely dark. territory.

When it was Li Qin's turn to drive, Han Yin closed his eyes in the passenger seat and rested his mind. Zhao Duobao leaned against the window, not knowing what he was thinking. Li Qin glanced at him in the rearview mirror, "Xiaobao, Jiang Yi is the first Are you leaving?" His voice was very soft, as if his voice would irritate Zhao Duobao.

Zhao Duobao didn't move, and said "hmm" in a nasal voice.

"You guys, aren't you?" Li Qin is not the kind of person who naturally likes men. The story between him and Han Yin can only be described as "I fell in love with a person who happens to be of the same sex".Perhaps because he has come into contact with such a world, he can now gradually recognize the same kind. When he first met Jiang Yi and Zhao Duobao that day, he felt that the aura between the two was very subtle, not as simple as ordinary friends.

"I don't know if it is, but it won't be soon."

Li Qin glanced at Zhao Duobao again from the rearview mirror. He was still in the same posture as before, even his expression remained unchanged. He shook the steering wheel and stopped talking.

Zhao Duobao got off the car at the gate of the community, thanked Li Qin and Han Yin, and watched them leave before entering the gate of the community.

Standing at the door of the house, Zhao Duobao gripped the door key tightly and slowly inserted it into the lock.