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Bai Xiao felt dizzy for a while. She licked her chapped lips and asked feebly, "How much money can you make to fight like this?"

"18." I don't know if it was my aunt or uncle who replied.

18, Su Mei might not even carry a 18 bag because she doesn't like it.But for such a family, only 18 can destroy the fragile flesh-and-blood relationship between them.Bai Xiao thought desperately.

"The 18, let me pay."

"Xiaoxiao, what are you talking about? Where did you get 18?"

The big brother's surprise made Bai Xiao's whole body tremble, and he regained his clarity, "I mean, if you pay some money first, my salary for two years is probably enough."

There was a panting sound in the room, "Ah, I forgot, Xiaoxiao works in a big company, her salary is very high, and since girls don't need to buy a house, it is most appropriate for Xiaoxiao to pay some money." The awkward silence was not broken.

"Okay, Xiaoxiao, no matter how bad Bai Zhou and I are, I shouldn't let you pay this money," the elder brother looked at Bai Xiao.

"But, bro..."

"No, but the standard of living in big cities is also high, so don't treat yourself badly."

"Yes, Xiaoxiao, your brother and I have already paid the down payment, and another loan of 6 yuan is nothing."

"Okay, sister, this money shouldn't come from younger generations. You have treated Bai Lan and Bai Qi harshly for so many years, and you are still plucking hair from her siblings at this time. It's not like you can't afford 6 yuan, so just treat it as a supplement to these things." The debt owed by you as a mother." The mother who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke.

"What's wrong with me being a mother? You are doing well, Bai Xiao doesn't even recognize you!"

As soon as the words fell to the ground, the air in the whole room seemed to freeze.Bai Xiao stared at her aunt, she never thought that the flames of war would spread to her.

"Mom, don't talk about it, let's put it aside for now, Bai Xiao, go and call grandma for dinner."

Bai Xiao was still in a daze until she heard——

"Sister, why are you so embarrassing? When our mother gets old, it's all right to leave her house to you, right?"

Bai Xiao felt as if someone had poured cold water on her head. She was trembling, and a huge and uncontrollable fear and sorrow suddenly overwhelmed her. She turned her horrified eyes to her father: "You don't know what you are talking about! How can you, how can you curse grandma, how can you do this every time?"

In such chaos, Bai Xiao's crying and questioning seemed like a trial without dignity.

She wanted to escape, but she had no strength in her body, and walked out of the main room step by step, every step was like a walking dead.

She sat on the threshold, folded her arms, and gazed at the frosty earth.

As the twilight converges, Bai Xiao sees a blurry black halo in front of his eyes, and a bean of sparks flickers on and off.Bai Xiao raised his eyes wearily. Grandma was kneeling on a futon outside the ancestral hall. An extremely long wire hung a light bulb above her head, illuminating her head.

The ancestral hall of the Bai family was destroyed during the "sweeping of the four olds". Later, grandpa built a hut for the ancestors, and then renovated the ancestral hall when the uncle opened the restaurant. That was also ten years ago, and the dilapidated ancestral hall will always be full of unclean dust.

Bai Xiao walked towards grandma step by step with heavy steps.

"My ancestors and my ancestors, bless my grandson so that I can embrace my great-grandson sooner, bless my granddaughter to marry a good family, bless my boss... the child's father..." Grandma fiddled with the antique incense altar of the Republic of China, and loosened the incense soil loose.

"Grandma..." Bai Xiao hoarse.

Grandma, who was kneeling on the futon, slowly raised her head, wrinkles intertwined on her old face, "Xiaoxiao."

"Xiaoxiao, your grandpa is gone, he...he left our family behind and left..."

For a moment, Bai Xiao seemed to be back in the first month of the third year of junior high school.

The people in the yard were walking around, dressed in black and white.Bai Xiao helped her grandma to sit in the back room, and her grandma held Bai Xiao's hand tightly, as if holding on to the last straw to save her life.

"God, he doesn't have eyes, so he hooked you away...You son of a bitch, you just left us cruelly..."

Grandma stared at the air, her eyes were so wide that it was scary, Bai Xiao grabbed a large piece of paper to wipe grandma's tears, but seeing the muddy tears flowing from grandma's red eyes, Bai Xiao couldn't even lift her arms .

Grandma's cry is like the roar of the north wind beating on the wooden window in the poor winter months. It is primitive and sad, making people feel panic and powerless.

Bai Xiao used to be impatient to listen to the opera with his grandparents, it was too exaggerated and too boring, but Bai Xiao didn't know that when people were in extreme grief, their crying sounded like indistinct libretto.

The golden banner of Zhaoling rose and fell with the wind, and my father stood under the banner of Zhaoling to mourn the loss of his father.

But what about that night?What about the night Grandpa was buried?

Bai Xiao and his sister took off their shoes and lay down in grandma's bed, while the two older brothers sat on the outside of the bed.The adults crowded the rest of the space.Bai Xiao stared at Chengchen, pouring their words into his ears.

"Our dad has passed this year in a down-to-earth manner, without suffering much." Aunt said.

"Yes, Mom, after all, our dad has raised our three siblings all his life, so there is no regret." The uncle said.

"Our father left in a timely manner, and didn't cause any trouble for the younger generation."

trouble?Bai Xiao glanced at grandma, the dim light illuminated half of her sunken face, Bai Xiao couldn't see any sadness or joy.

Chengchen and the mosquito net gradually became blurred in Bai Xiao's vision. Suddenly, the sound of a stool passing across the red mud floor pierced Bai Xiao's eardrums.

"Chen Baoan, 100, damn it, I gave him 100 when his father died, and that was four or five years ago."

"Zhu He, 300, this guy is quite interesting, it seems that I was right to mention him at the beginning."

"Li Baotian, 200, old man! Who doesn't know that I entrusted him to contract his land, and in the end I wanted to send it away for 200 yuan. I told Ye, this 200 yuan is not as good as every time I see him. Him, the cigarettes handed to him are expensive!"

What is Dad doing, stop quickly, Bai Xiao wanted to interrupt Dad, but Grandma held her hand down.

"Zhou Liang, 300, Zhou Hui, your old cousin doesn't seem to be a fool, you go back and tell him to let him show me his greenhouse."

"Okay, brother, I've made a note." My aunt nodded immediately.

What are you doing?Grandpa was just buried!Bai Xiao turned to look at her sister, trying to see something on her face, but her sister just shook her head wearily, "Xiaoxiao, go to sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow to go to the grave."

"Xiaoxiao, go and insert this stick of incense into the incense burner inside."

"Xiaoxiao..."

"Oh, okay, grandma." Xiaoxiao regained consciousness, took a stick of incense from grandma, stepped over the threshold, and inserted the incense into the incense burner on the altar.

The ancestral hall was very dark, and the 15-watt light bulb at the door could not illuminate anything at all. Xiaoxiao sighed and knelt down in front of the altar.

"Bless grandma with good health and a long life."

"Grandma, let's go eat."

The author has something to say:

You, what you mean, old cousin is a kind of appellation in Henan area, referring to relatives, but in fact old cousin can be any acquaintance. thousands of miles" statement.

Grandma didn't stop her father from counting gifts and money on the night of his burial, and her sister didn't care, but Bai Xiao was extremely astonished.What do you think?How do you understand grandma and sister?Welcome to leave a message.