Boiling point

Li Yanqi seldom gets sick, no matter how hard he worked in the past, he could recover after a sleep, and the next day he ran around like a normal person.

I didn’t know why I froze in the bathroom last night and caught a cold. When I woke up in the morning, I found that I had a fever of 38 degrees, my throat was very dry and hoarse, and my whole body was weak.

Li An is not in good health. Today is Ching Ming Festival. The little guy probably misses his mother. He has been very clingy since the past two days. His older brother and younger brother kept barking. Li Yanqi was afraid of infecting him, so he went out early in the morning. , The wind blew for a while, but he fought the poison with fire, and his mind cleared up a lot. He drank a bowl of porridge in the breakfast shop, and rested on his stomach for a while.

He felt very uncomfortable, his whole body was fluttering, and his feet were not solid on the ground. Just like the feeling in his heart, Li Yanqi raised his head from the table, clicked on the phone, and paused for a long time on He Xin's name. Sliding over quickly, he buried his face in his arms and sighed.

He Xin came back last night and wanted to talk to Li Yanqi, but the lights in their room were off, so he didn't want to wake Li An up, so he went back to lie on the bed and squinted, but when he opened his eyes, it was already twelve o'clock the next day.

The atmosphere at home is different today. When I go out, I smell the smoke of burning paper money. He Xin is not sensitive to holidays other than national holidays. She stares at the chicken, duck and fish on the table for a long time before she realizes today It's Ching Ming Festival.

Uncle Zhao led Li An to set the chopsticks. When he saw He Xin coming, he hurriedly greeted him, "Xiao He, if you feel the smell is pungent, go out for a walk. We will have dinner in half an hour."

He Xin waved his hand and said it was all right, Li An inserted two candles, came over to hold his hand, pointed to a photo on the table and said, "This is my mother."

He Xin had seen a photo of his mother in Li Yanqi's room before, he looked just like his mother, especially inherited his mother's charming big dimple when she smiled.

"Your mother is so beautiful." He Xin knelt down and rubbed Li An's head.

"She left when I was born, only this photo." Li An blinked, "So I still think my brother is more beautiful."

He Xin laughed, "Give me one, and I will pay my respects to Auntie."

Li An watched He Xin take the cigarettes for worship, bowed twice towards the photo on the dinner table, bent down and paused for a long time, closed his eyes and muttered something softly, then put the cigarette on the incense stick .

"By the way, where's your brother?" He Xin looked around, "Today is such an important day, why isn't your brother here?"

Li An said in a muffled voice, "He went to see his mother in the cemetery, but he didn't let me go with him."

He Xin thought for a while that the cemetery was not clean after all. The flu situation was severe recently, and many children were infected. Li An had better not go to crowded and noisy places.

He Xin pinched Li An's bulging face, "It's okay, brother is at home today, playing with you."

"But you have to do your homework." Li An said seriously, "Brother told me not to disturb you to study hard."

He Xin laughed, "Yo, you're so obedient, then hold back and don't come here if you have the ability."

Li An hesitated for a while, finally gritted his teeth and silently hugged his doll and walked five meters away from He Xin. No matter how much he yelled, he covered his ears and huddled up, occasionally turning his head to peek, and moved away immediately when he was discovered. farther away.

He Xin wanted to laugh, the two brothers were exactly the same type who would rather suffocate to death than influence others.

After laughing for a while, he looked at the gloomy sky outside the window, suddenly restrained his expression, tapped his fingers on the window sill, and then sighed, hey, you two idiots.

The misty return to the south is not over yet. The mountain road after several rains is not easy to walk, muddy and slippery. The tombstone of Li Yanqi's mother is not in the urban cemetery. At that time, there was not enough money for the relocation, so I had to bury it in my grandmother's house first. The family's ancestral grave, but this is illegal after all. Li Yanqi's purpose of coming this time is to persuade his grandmother to move his mother's tomb to the cemetery, at least to be buried with his father, which is considered her. Last wish.

In their village, there is a custom of beating gongs and drums when it comes to funerals and weddings. Whoever shouts loudly will gain face.As soon as Li Yanqi walked in, he was shocked by the sound of firecrackers and took two steps back. He hadn't been here for a long time. Now they are all new rural houses, and the buildings are all about the same. He coughed twice amidst the billowing smoke and dust. Enduring the headache and barely regaining his sense of direction, he walked to the right with his legs.

Since his mother left, the relatives of his grandmother's family have cut off contact with him, and they all resisted his coming, for fear that he came here to borrow money for his younger brother to see a doctor.

As soon as I turned into the corridor, I heard fourth aunt's shrill voice, "Who is this?"

Li Yanqi nodded to her, and politely reported her name. The fourth aunt was stunned for a long time, and the basin in her hand fell to the ground. Li Yanqi helped her pick it up, without saying a word, just looked at it with a smile She, wait for her to open the door.

I remember that he hasn't been back since he was ten years old. When he missed his mother, he went to see her in the cemetery, so the relatives here are very strange to him. Seeing that he has grown up so much, he looks good and not crooked. Lianzao was unbelievable for a moment.

Soon there was a group of people around, Li Yanqi couldn't call out their names, but he knew that there were many gamblers, drunkards, jobless people, in short, they were all gangsters. For one person, the environment here is really bad, and standing still makes people feel depressing.Li Yanqi already had a fever, but now that they coaxed him to watch him like a rare animal, his head ached even more.

"Come to see us on Ching Ming Festival? Why are you so relieved?"

"No money? Want to ask grandma for money?"

"Hey, it's been many years, I'm curious, is that little sick guy dead?"

The person next to him said something carelessly, but Li Yanqi ignored it before, and only raised his head when Li An was mentioned, glanced at them expressionlessly, then bent his fingers, and slammed the door heavily.

The seven aunts and eight aunts next to her became quiet in an instant, and with their aprons stained with soot in their hands, they turned their heads and sneered.

Li Yanqi didn't care about them, and pushed the door open with his arm through the door frame. Grandma was watching TV in the room. She was very old, and except for her poor ears, her body was still quite strong.

Grandma heard the movement and glanced at him, then turned back and stared at the TV without moving.

Li Yanqi knew that she hated him because of his father.

In fact, there is no need to ask for warmth. After all, there is no basis for family affection. Li Yanqi didn't want to stay in this place for a second. He went straight to the point and expressed his intention of coming, saying that he would move his mother's tombstone out and put it in the cemetery.

Grandma didn't speak after listening, and the fourth aunt who was listening in the corner spoke first, "Are you rich? It will cost tens of thousands of dollars to move to the cemetery."

Li Yanqi coughed and said, "I have a solution for the money. At least it is very convenient to sacrifice in the cemetery, and the channel is also very formal. I can take Li An to see his mother in the future."

"It's convenient for you, but it's not convenient for us at all." Another woman leaned against the door and said with a thorn in her voice.

Li Yanqi sneered lowly and said, "My mother is here, there are piles of weeds in the cemetery, and no one cleans her up. When you go to worship, remember to give her some tributes. If you don't remember, even the incense Don't intervene, every Qingming, who else will remember her except me?"

The fourth aunt let out a ouch, and her voice was sharp and harsh, "Who made her insist on marrying your useless father, and gave birth to a sick son, it's really embarrassing. Today, I worshiped the ancestors and put her in the ranking. It's very face-saving, you, a person who never comes to our place, what are you making trouble for?"

Li Yanqi didn't want to quarrel with her, but he was really disgusted. He didn't remember when his mother passed away, and he was rejected when he asked them for help with his newborn brother in his arms. He only remembered the indifferent smiles and things of these people He couldn't remember whether the irrelevant white eyes made him worse or not, but now it seems that the answer is quite obvious.

Perhaps it was even more excessive, but at that time he was so busy that he didn't want to be overwhelmed by these negative energies, so he selectively forgot.

"I don't have any other ideas here today. I don't want to cause trouble for you, and I don't want to quarrel. I just want to tell you that I will remove my mother's tomb by my own ability." Li Yanqi nodded slightly towards grandma , "You take care of yourself, goodbye."

Grandma was silent for a long time, and then she was finally willing to speak, "Your fourth uncle has owed a lot of usury recently, since you have money to relocate your mother's tomb, it is not difficult to spend ten or twenty thousand, I promise you to relocate her." Tomb, when will you hand over the money..."

Li Yanqi's body was visibly stiff when he heard this, his eyelids drooped slightly, and he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.

It took a while before he raised his head and kicked a pile of wood next to him. The force was not heavy, but the sound was quite loud, and everyone could hear him clearly. He laughed back with anger, his expression was cold, and he squeezed his fist hard.

However, Li Yanqi didn't laugh out loud, but just glanced around with that kind of indifferent gaze, with surprise, contempt and contempt mixed in his eyes.

The fourth aunt murmured, "Mom, why are you telling him this? It's not embarrassing enough. He might laugh in his heart."

Li Yanqi turned around without saying a word, not even bothering to say "excuse me".

This place is full of wet soil, dark and smelly, and bacteria are growing in the damp. Every breath makes him feel sick. He ignores the splashes of mud on his trousers and runs out quickly.

It is said that blood is thicker than water, no matter what happens, it will not be bad, but sometimes people are really selfish, if you don't understand it, you have to accept your fate, just take him and He Xin as examples, who the hell did they recruit? .

Li Yanqi was not angry that they did nothing to him and his younger brother at that time, nor was he angry that they refused to spend a penny to treat his younger brother's illness, nor was he angry that they had been like strangers for so many years.

He was just angry that they used his mother as a bargaining chip for money, which made him feel unacceptable and sad. If he didn't hold back his temper, he would really like to kick over the washbasin against the wall.

Li Yanqi ran for a while, a little dizzy after strenuous exercise, he rested his hands on his knees and gasped for breath. After a long time, he managed to control his emotions, turned around and walked towards his mother's cemetery.

It was already late when he arrived, and many people had gone back after worshiping. The sky was full of thick smoke, which was quite choking. Li Yanqi walked over, cleaned up the waste paper around the tomb, and then removed it. Weeds, laid out all the prepared sacrifices, and finally inserted a rose. He knelt down and moved his stiff fingers, touched the tombstone, and his fingertips stopped on his mother's face.

"Good afternoon." When Li Yanqi spoke again after a long silence, he coughed and cleared his throat, "Mom, I came to see you, but I didn't bring Li An here today. I worship you at home."

"He's been great recently, and he hasn't even been hospitalized." Li Yanqi said with a smile, "You must be blessing him and making him stronger and stronger."

The wind is blowing, this is the air outlet, it's quite cold, Li Yanqi turned up his collar, covered his face, stared at the tombstone for a long time, and then said, "I'm sorry, I let you see such a bad thing today. Thing, but you have such a good temper, you won't mind if I say harsh words to them, I'm just protecting my weaknesses, others can't bully you, you can't bully my brother, not even relatives...... But what kind of bastard relatives are those..." Li Yanqi sighed, "Don't talk about it, Mom, I promise you, I will work hard to make money and transfer your tomb to the urban area as soon as possible Li, so that Li An can come to see you with me, how convenient, you miss him very much."

The whole cemetery was very quiet, Li Yanqi spoke very slowly, he could hear his own breathing.

"Mom, I miss you very much, I miss you very much." Li Yanqi lowered his head and smiled softly, "I forgot to tell you something serious."

"I... fell in love." Li Yanqi took out his mobile phone from his pocket, clicked on the photo album and faced his mother's face on the tombstone, "Say hello to him, his name is He Xin, look , isn't he very handsome?"

Li Yanqi showed a green smile, as if he was shy when he brought his partner home to show his mother for the first time, he rubbed his fingertips, and then said in a deep voice, "But now we are fighting, I don't Well, I don't know how to coax him, can you teach me?"

The wind picked up and swirled a little on Li Yanqi's head. He pressed the ends of his bristling hair and stroked the photo lightly, "I never made a wish with you before, I want you to be safe and sound." Yes, go over there and live a good life, don't worry about me, seeing you today, I suddenly want to make a wish, mother..." Li Yanqi lowered his voice, "I want you to bless me, with The boys in the photo are together all the time, I don't know how to describe that feeling, I really... like him very much."

The gust of wind just now blew up all the withered leaves on the ground and threw Li Yanqi's face. He suddenly smiled, stood up and looked at the tombstone and said, "Did you agree?"

"Mom, I love you." Li Yanqi leaned against the tombstone, leaned his head against a corner, and sat down quietly, "I'm going to be in my third year of high school soon, and I won't have much time to come here, so I'll talk to you later. Speak, I'll leave in the evening."

He Xin turned on the lighter, stared at the cigarette in a daze, her eyebrows were drawn into a straight line, the time on her phone showed nine o'clock in the evening, and Li Yanqi hadn't come back yet.

This is not in line with his personality. It stands to reason that he will definitely stay with Li An for a moment when he is on vacation.

"My brother has to go for a day every time he goes to visit the grave. Brother Lemon Jing, don't worry." Li An poked his arm and comforted him in turn.

"Baby, why are you so sensible today." Seeing him coming, He Xin quickly cut off the cigarette and hugged him on her lap.

"Have you finished your homework?" Li An asked.

"It's not over yet, replace your brother's supervisor." He Xin weighed his thigh and shook the little guy, "I've done one more test paper, okay?"

Only then did Li An nestle in his arms with peace of mind, put his hands around his neck and said, "Brother went to whisper to mom, I'm still young, he can't tell me many things, that's why he's gone for so long .”

"Well, he loves his mother very much." He Xin smiled.

"I also love my mother and brother very much." The little guy looked up at him, "I love you too."

"Oh, sycophant." He Xin pinched his face, suddenly thought of something, lowered her head and asked, "Honey, your brother's birthday is coming soon, what gift are you going to give him?"

Li An became worried when he thought of this, "Brother, I don't have any money in my piggy bank. I spent it on my spring outing a few days ago. I can't afford a good gift. What should I do?"

He Xin thought for a while and said, "Actually, he will like whatever you give him. I also like the painting you gave me back then."

Li An poked his head out of his arms and asked a little nervously, "Have you read the letter behind that painting?"

"Didn't you let me watch it?" He Xin nodded his head and said, "We hooked up. If you don't let me watch it, I won't watch it."

Li An didn't know what he was thinking with his eyelashes drooping, and it took him a long time before he said lazily, "When I'm hospitalized one day, brother, you can watch it again, you can't watch it before."

"Bah, bah, then I don't want to watch it at all." He Xin ticked his face, "Don't think about it, do you want some yogurt?"

Li An got up with a grunt, and showed his canine teeth with a smile, "I want it, strawberry flavor."

He Xin brought him a can, and took another can for herself. The two of them ate and watched TV for a while. He went out to take out the trash, and suddenly received a strange call.

He Xin frowned and pressed the call button.

"Who?"

"Hey, hello, is this brother Lemon Jing?" The strange man's voice was rough, calling this name made He Xin feel sick, and she was about to hang up the phone, but when she remembered that there were only two people who would call him that, she endured it. He hummed disgustingly.

"It's like this, that... I'm here at the Whirlpool Bar. Li Yanqi, do you know him? He used to work here, and he's holding an event tonight. I couldn't find anyone for a while. He promised to come and help , I didn’t know what happened and got drunk with someone, I checked his phone, you are his first contact, so I called you. "

He Xin was a little surprised after hearing this, and he confirmed it again, "You said the person who fights with others is named Li Yanqi?"