Xin Zhai

It was midnight when we got home, and there were two uncles there, so Ye Li didn't need to worry about it.Mother seemed to have cried several times.Grandma died in the hospital, and the person is also in the hospital.

On the day of the funeral, farewell to the body was the first event, at 6 am.As soon as the person was pushed out, the mother's emotions suddenly became uncontrollable.Ye Li dragged her, and when he walked to grandma, he saw her face was ruddy, as if she was sleeping in a dream.

The uncle arranged the vehicle with the staff next to him.The second uncle lay on top of grandma, yelling "Mom, mom" non-stop.Ye Li has three cousins, one of whom was also brought up by his grandmother, who is secretly wiping tears beside him at the moment.The rest of the grandchildren, including Ye Qi, stood in the last row.Some relatives from far away also came, some cried, some came to comfort mother.

This simple remains bids farewell to each family for only a short time.About 40 minutes later, the staff of the hospital came over and said, "There is still a queue for the next one, let's go if you have nothing to do."

So the two uncles led the team.The coffin was pushed out, the uncle first went to hold a corner, and then the second uncle wiped his face, walked over to hold the corner next to it.Then uncle.Ye Li took a look, hurried forward a few steps, and walked to the last corner of the coffin.

The four of them lifted it vigorously, and the weight of the coffin rested on Ye Li's left shoulder.

After lifting it up and walking, Ye Li felt that the weight was lighter than expected.Maybe it's all cremation now, so the coffins are all simple.

In the hearse.The uncle asked Ye Li to follow his mother, so Ye Li got into his uncle's car.Mother is in the back seat with her eyes closed, and Ye Qi is in the passenger seat.

It was cloudy and cold in my hometown that day, and the air was filled with fog and haze.The car drove very slowly, and an hour later, we arrived at the gate of the funeral parlor.

Although the weather was extremely bad, the funeral did not pick a time.It was less than eight o'clock when the convoy arrived, and half of the parking spaces at the entrance were full.

"Sister, don't get down." The uncle got out of the car and came over to persuade the mother to stay in the car.Ye Li and Ye Qi followed him, as well as second uncle, aunt, uncle, and other relatives and children, and entered the hall together.

The hall can almost be described as "crowded with voices".There are three large farewell rooms at the door, with LCD screens and full of wreaths and flower baskets.The three that are going on now are much more grand than the ceremony that Ye Li and his family just performed.

A group of people walked in, and the inside was very large, with more than a dozen small rooms, each with a sign and a number written on it.This is the cremation chamber.

When he got here, Ye Li finally understood why his uncle wouldn't let his mother get off the car.

He saw that the door of each cremation room was full of people waiting.In the family facing him, there was a man kneeling on the ground, holding on tightly to the handle of the cart on which the coffin was placed.Ye Li had never seen a man who could cry like this.

The staff shouted inside: "Hurry up, No. 36, it's your turn."

Louder cries followed, but the coffin was pushed in anyway.

Ye Li followed his uncle to No. [-] cremation room, and the staff inside said, "There are two more in front of you, wait a while."

Said it was a while, and by the time the first one finished, more than half an hour had passed.The doors at both ends of the corridor were open, and there was no heating.Today's cold is cold, and the cold moisture keeps drilling into the bones.Ye Li seldom feels cold at ordinary times, but at this moment today, his toes are numb from the cold.

The uncle came over and said to distant relatives and a few grandchildren: "Go and sit in the car. There is nothing to wait here. We will go there when we are done."

After more than half an hour, the two uncles, aunts, and Ye Li stayed at the end.

The coffin was pushed out by the staff, and the uncle walked over and said, "Mom, don't worry, go find my dad."

The second uncle lay on the coffin, crying and chattering.My aunt stood beside her with her head down.

Ye Li didn't like to cry since he was a child, and his mother said he had "hard eyes".If it is placed in such a particularly old-fashioned place, you must cry aloud for things like funerals, not only for yourself, but also for others.It seems that children who cry loudly are the most filial.But my hometown didn't pay much attention to these things.

He felt that his lacrimal glands were probably different from normal people.Later, he read a book, which said that crying people can throw out bad emotions and live happily more easily.

"Come on, push in." The staff inside said.

The second uncle yelled "Mom!", and the uncle said "pull him out".

Ye Li and his aunt carried him out and let him get into his uncle's car.

Afterwards, Ye Li went back to the hall, walked into the corridor, and saw his uncle standing in front of the window sill, smoking a cigarette by himself looking out the window.

Ye Li stood at the door and waited.After about 20 minutes, the staff inside came out.

"Come on, come in."

Ye Li and uncle walked in.

The cremation furnace was turned on, and the platform where the coffin was placed before was now fragmented and messy with black, white and ash.

Ye Li's heart, from the moment he heard the news of his grandma's death, felt as if a rope had been tied from the middle and tied a knot.At this very moment, the rope burst apart with a bang.

"Put on the gloves, we can pick them up together."

Ye Li was awakened by the staff's words.He was a little confused, seeing that the man handed him a rubber glove, so he took it and put it on his hand.

"How... Pick it up?" Ye Li asked.

The man didn't speak, took a piece of red cloth and put it on the table beside him, then with his gloved hand, he picked up the unburnt lumps on the burning table and put them on the red cloth .

So Ye Li and his uncle also followed his example and started picking.

In fact, there were not too many things left, Ye Li began to feel uncomfortable, and moved very slowly.Seeing the calm look of the uncle next to him, he moved slowly and quickly.

Ye Li picked up half of it and found a black object that was different from the other wreckage, so he asked, "Is this... the pacemaker in the heart?"

Grandma's heart was not very good in the early years, and a small pacemaker was implanted.

The staff member cast a glance, and while continuing the work at hand, said: "No, it's the clip on the coffin."

After about three or four minutes, everything I could pick up was put on the cloth.The staff wrapped the cloth and put it in the prepared urn.Then sweep the gray ashes on the table into the urn.

Ye Li and uncle have been standing by watching his skillful movements.

The man wrapped all the cloth and began to press down hard with his palm.Ye Li heard the sound of charcoal being pressed.

He was very skilled in his movements, and he did these things very professionally and quickly.When the cloth is opened again, everything inside becomes powder.

Ye Li was so shocked by this series of processes that he couldn't speak.The staff finished all the work and handed over the urn to the uncle.The uncle said "it's troublesome".

The man shouted to the outside: "Next!"

During the subsequent burial process, Ye Li never slowed down, his mind was full of images of that person pressing the ashes.Walking out of the cemetery, the uncle came over and put an arm around his shoulder: "Are you okay?"

Ye Li saw that his eyes were bloodshot, and there were two bruises under his eye sockets.He forced a smile: "It's okay."

The uncle touched his head with his hand, looked at the forest of steles on the short hill in the distance, and sighed: "From today on, I will have neither father nor mother."

Ye Li stayed with his mother for two days after the funeral.After the funeral, his mother let him go back.If it was before, he would have left the next day.But now he thinks a little differently.He used to think that to make money and study hard, these are not unimportant now, but he thinks the "people" around him are more important.Grandma has been bedridden for several years, and my mother and uncle have been taking care of her.He understands his mother a little bit now.A person's attitude towards life is determined by his experience from birth.How can it be so easy to be chic?

It has been a week since Ye Li boarded the return train.He got in the car, opened his phone, and looked at the half of the things he wrote when he came.Now he felt very tired, and he was not in the mood to write, so he wrote the ending hastily.

Grandma has left these two days.The hardships she suffered, the love she enjoyed, the happiness and troubles she gained in the past few decades also disappeared with her departure, as if it had never happened.

Later, Ye Li fell asleep lying on the table, and when he woke up, it was after 10 o'clock in the night, and Y City arrived.

When Ye Li arrived at the dormitory, the lights had already been turned off, and the room was the same as usual.Pu Liang and Shi Jingchen were lying on the table copying their homework, and people from other rooms came over and clamored for Su Xiaoqian's template.Ye Li looked up and saw that Su Xiaoqian was already lying on the bed.

Ye Li washed his face and went to bed.Su Xiaoqian asked: "It's been so long?"

"Well, my brother went to school after work and stayed with my mother for two days."

"Oh, it's nice to have brothers and sisters, and the pressure is much less." Su Xiaoqian said.

Ye Li said "not necessarily", lay down under the blanket, and head to head with Su Xiaoqian.

"Hey, I heard something yesterday, but I didn't tell you." Su Xiaoqian got up on his stomach, looked at the two people beside him, and whispered to Ye Li, "It is said that Mr. Tong was sued by Mr. Yue from the Mechanical and Electrical Institute. "

"What?" Ye Li suddenly turned upside down, "What are you suing?"

"The robotics association I joined had a senior sister who was also in our department. She told me. She said that Mr. Yue and Mr. Tong were fighting for a spot in our department. Later, Mr. Yue wrote a real-name report letter, saying that Mr. Tong ...was gay."

"What about homosexuality?"

"And said he threatened students, sexually harassed... students."

"What?" Ye Li found it inconceivable, "What, can this be reported casually? Then I can also report him!"

"Shh, keep your voice down!" Su Xiaoqian lowered his voice, "My senior sister said that it was rumored in the department that Teacher Tong was gay, and that someone who looked like a student always came to him. Now many teachers in the department listen said."

"This... is it not against the law to frame others casually?"

"That senior sister said, at least, it should be true that Mr. Tong is gay. So even if no evidence is obtained in the end, Mr. Tong's reputation will be ruined." Su Xiaoqian sighed, "Hey, the point is, even if the investigation , It will also take time, when the matter is checked, the selection of the excellent youth will be over."

Ye Li was completely confused at the moment, he quickly got dressed, and wanted to go out and call Tong Yan.

"Hey, what can Mr. Tong do? I'm too embarrassed to ask him. I definitely don't believe the harassment of students, but is he really gay?"

"So what?" Ye Li asked.

Su Xiaoqian turned over, looked up and said, "Actually, I hope he's not."

Ye Li ignored him, walked to the balcony, and called Tong Yan.

"Hello, Teacher Tong."

"Back to school?"

"Well, I just came back." Ye Li asked directly, "I just heard that Mr. Yue from the Electromechanical Institute reported you... Is it true?"

Tong Yan froze for a moment, then said, "Yes."

"Then, what to do then?"

Tong Yan smiled: "Just wait and check."

"That Youqing..."

"I haven't officially told me who to push up in the end." Tong Yan spoke calmly, "It's okay, the big deal will wait later."

Ye Li hung up the phone. He didn't know if there would be any more of Tong's speech, and if this matter could be clarified.But he knows that the masses are usually very interested in this kind of news, and hope that the people's teachers will make mistakes to pass their boring time.There is too much news of this kind of truth and falsehood now.

The next day Ye Li went to the department building early in the morning. Tong Yan was not in the office, but Xiao Meng was inside.

"Where's Teacher Tong?" Ye Li asked.

"I was called away by the dean."

"Dean Qin?"

"Correct."

Ye Li fidgeted in the laboratory, turned around twice, and went upstairs to the dean's office.He stood at the door for a while, and heard Dean Qin's voice.

"In the past six months, there has been a professor at the Normal University next door, and a professor in his 40s at K University has also been sued by a female student, and the case is being investigated. Now this kind of thing is very sensitive. Yue Peng's letter sent several people in the hospital All the leaders have copied it, and I think I can only try to solve it within the department, but the matter of Youqing must be let go."

"Just help me find out." It was Tong Yan's voice.

"Tong Yan, I don't believe that you harassed the students. But tell me the truth. Are the other things he said true?"

Tong Yan paused for a long time, then said: "A man chased me before, and came to see me a few times at night, maybe my colleagues saw it."

"Male?" Dean Qin asked.

Tong Yan said: "Male."

"As a teacher, why can't you be more careful? It's nice to say this?"

Tong Yan was about to refute, but felt that it was meaningless, so he shut up.

Dean Qin sighed and said, "Let's do this first, let me think about it."