After burning

"Guo'er, is your dad's business improving?" Ji Yong asked the boy who was running with him next to him, tilting his head.

Guo Ran just slowed down, instead of turning his head to answer as usual, his eyes were still looking forward, and his tone was flat: "No."

Zhiyong also slowed down, and ran slowly on the runway with this bad friend who had stopped a lot recently.Sure enough, this kid's mouth is poisonous, when will it stop being poisonous, he must have something in his heart, most likely because he is not happy.But in the situation Guo Ran encountered right now, neither of them could do anything, and it was hard for him to say anything to comfort the heart of this bad friend.

Guo Ran suddenly exerted force, pulling away the distance between the two of them in an instant.Zhiyong shouted: "Hey! Little brother, Guo'er! Don't bring such a bully! What are you doing running so fast? I don't know if your brother and I have gained ten pounds? Running with you now depends on your mood. Okay, I want to accompany you! For you boy, I specially turned down the happy dinner time with my girlfriend, you boy can’t let me sacrifice nothing in return! Give me a smile, don’t be so depressed, Fruit~"

The few buddies next to me were so excited by the sound of "Guoer", they all got goosebumps, and they all scolded: "Damn mouse, I haven't had dinner yet, screaming so loudly, it's so disgusting that I lose my appetite!"

"Hey, Mouse, you are a real gay! How dare you date Banhua next door? You are cheating! You are just playing hooligans! I will tell Banhua to go back to the single gay world as soon as possible! "

"I'll go. As for brother, I say you are purely jealous of me? Or do you have a crush on me, Lord Mouse? Otherwise, why do you think I'm Ji so much, big brother?"

The big brother ignored him, rolled his eyes at him, and quickly ran away in disgust.

During the evening self-study, Guo Ran sat on the table irritably. He felt uneasy all day for no reason. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out what was going on.

The class teacher, who was always elusive, patted him on the shoulder from behind, and he trembled in fright.The head teacher, Old Xu, didn't expect to frighten him. Embarrassment and unbearable flashed across his face, and the rest was dignified: "Guoran, come to my office."

Old Xu didn't call him Guo Ran by his nickname, he must be talking about something very serious.Not only did Zhiyong think so, but several students next to him looked at Zhiyong with doubts after the head teacher left, and Zhiyong spread his hands and shrugged: "I don't know what's going on, Guo'er has been very peaceful recently and hasn't fought , not even a bad mouth, have you seen him fight and curse?"

The students around shook their heads one after another, with puzzled and curious expressions on their faces: "It should not be punished. What could it be?"

Yes, what could be the matter?Ji Yong was also puzzled, he had never seen such a solemn and serious expression on Old Xu's face.

The air conditioner was turned on in the office, and Lao Xu made Guo Ran a cup of Da Hong Pao that even he himself was reluctant to drink.

Guo Ran took the teacup, and was as puzzled as his classmates: "What's the matter? Old Xu, why did you treat me as a guest today?"

Old Xu didn't explain, he lowered his head to refill the teapot, and said, "You can drink a little first."

Guo Ran watched Lao Xu's calm movements, and drank the black tea made by the person who claimed to be the best tea maker in the county, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. He secretly sighed that tea is really a good thing, no wonder Lao Xu loves it so much.

Lao Xu drank the small cup of tea in his hand slowly, with the same dignified expression, as if he was thinking about how to say something that was difficult to say.

Guo Ran said: "Old Xu, why do you have this expression? You don't want to tell me that the medical report is wrong. I'm actually terminally ill and dying, right?"

Old Xu glared at him, and reprimanded softly: "Stop talking! You are so young, why are you always talking about it?" However, it is indeed related to death, and Old Xu continued to choose his words in his heart, trying to make his expression so that the opposite party This child can look away and feel better.

Lao Xu got up, searched around in the cabinet behind him, found a pitch-black tea pot, and brewed a new kind of tea for Guo Ran.

There is no name written on the tea pot, Guo Ran doesn't know much about tea, and he can't see anything about the golden tea soup, but he just thinks the color is very beautiful and the aroma is very like.When the temperature dropped to the right level, he took a big sip, and immediately frowned at the bitterness and acridity. After a while, there was a hint of sweetness on his tongue, which was indescribably wonderful.

Old Xu put down his teacup and asked, "How do you feel?"

Guo Ran smacked his mouth and said, "It's quite interesting." He lowered his head and took another sip, this time it was a small sip.

While refilling the teacup, Lao Xu said slowly: "This tea is called life. I have brewed this tea for many people, and most of them commented that it was bitter. You are very open-minded to come up with such an interesting assessment. You will be able to look at your life with such an open mind in the future."

Old Xu put down the teapot, looked at him fixedly, and said, "Your father had a car accident, sorry."

Guo Ran's hand seemed to lose strength suddenly, and his right hand fell freely onto the table with the teacup, making a dull impact.

Lao Xu watched him weeping with his hands on his head, and watched his tears fall into the tea soup, knowing that all the comfort at this time was powerless, so he sat silently and watched him cry.

Guo Ran is a bit mischievous, but he has a good heart. He is very smart, especially good at memory, but he is a bit lazy.Now that he is in his third year of high school, he has suffered such an accident, and he doesn't know if he can survive it.Old Xu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

When Guo Ran was tired from crying and couldn't make a sound, Lao Xu patted him on the shoulder and said softly, "Let's go, I'll take you home."

Opening the door, 9-year-old Jelly curled up on the sofa and fell asleep.Guo Ran picked her up, put her back on the small bed and covered her with a quilt.

Walking into the parents' room, the mother sat on the floor with her back against the bed, saw him coming in, slowly turned her eyes to him, and said, "You're back."

Guo Ran walked over and sat down next to her, and asked, "Where is he? The morgue?"

"Ah."

"What happened? Where did the car accident happen?"

"It's at the bridge. The police said it wasn't drunk driving, but probably fatigued driving. Your dad has been struggling with business for a long time recently, so he's so tired."

"What about the funeral?"

"The two uncles from my hometown will come over to help with the arrangements."

"I want to see him." Guo Ran stood up.

Tao Mei grabbed him and said, "It's late, get a good night's sleep. Let's watch it tomorrow. When a person is dead, it doesn't matter when you watch it."

Guo Ran: "Mom, you should go to bed early too."

Tao Mei sighed and said, "No, how can I sleep."

Guo Ran sat down next to her again and said, "Then I'll stay here with you."

Guo Ran and Tao Mei were in no mood to talk, and just sat on the floor against the bed and waited for dawn.

Guo Ran was woken up, Tao Mei's eyeballs were bloodshot, and her eye sockets were swollen, apparently she cried again last night.

It was daylight.Tao Mei had already prepared breakfast, and Little Jelly was sitting at the dining table obediently eating breakfast, as if it was the same as every holiday, waiting for her parents and brother to come over.

Little Jelly asked: "Mom, is Dad on a business trip again?"

Tao Mei had a sore nose and shed tears again.Only then did Guo Ran realize that her mother hadn't told Little Jelly that they no longer had a father.

Guo Ran stepped forward and hugged Little Jelly, choked up and said, "Jello, we don't have a father anymore."

Little Jelly was stunned, looking at the expressions of her brother and her mother, even though she was still young, she also understood that what her brother said was definitely not a joke, and she knew how much she knew about life and death.Realizing this, she immediately choked up too, and then burst into tears.

"Don't be afraid of jelly, my brother will protect you, pamper you, and love you..."

When Guo Ran saw his father, his father had already been cleaned of blood and stains on his body, because after being dead for a long time, his body was dry and black, as if he had aged several years.

Tao Mei looked away for a moment, couldn't bear to see her husband turn into such a strange look, and was even more distressed that he left her forever.Then she turned her head again, afraid that she couldn't see enough, she kept watching the person who cared for her and loved her the most in the world being carried to the hearse.

The crematorium has been set up by the two uncles, and relatives, colleagues and friends of Father Guo have already gathered in the mourning hall and waited.

The funeral was carried out in a heavy and sad manner, just like what Guo Ran had seen in TV dramas.

When the funeral came to the cremation stage, the uncle grabbed Father Guo's body and prevented people from lifting it. Most people in the mourning hall were stunned, not knowing what he was going to do.

Uncle Dingding looked at Tao Mei and said, "Third brother and sister, third brother still owes me 10 yuan. I don't want him to go to the earth with a debt. The debt is so big, and you don't want him to carry too much when he goes to the earth. You can't be safe if you are suppressed!"

The second uncle said: "We have a custom here that if you don't pay off your debts, you can't be buried."

A relative said: "Why have I never heard of this custom?"

The uncle glared at him immediately, and said sharply, "That's because you are too young to experience anything! It's always been like this here! Your dad can tell you!"

The relative's father also scolded: "Don't interrupt, kid." After speaking, he looked at the uncle, who was staring at him coldly.The father added another sentence: "We do have this custom here. His sister, you can pay it back! Hurry up, it will be bad if you miss the hour."

Other relatives agreed one after another and asked Tao Mei to pay back the money.

Tao Mei obviously didn't expect such a thing to happen, he was completely stunned and forgot to respond.

Guo Ran didn't expect this to happen, he asked in disbelief: "Uncle, can't my dad go away?"

His uncle scolded: "What are you talking about, kid!" Then he pushed Tao Mei and urged: "Hurry up! If you don't want your man to be buried, don't pay back the money. We won't let him if we don't see the money." Cremated."

Tao Mei stood up trembling all over, too angry to speak, and went to pick up the handbag with trembling hands.

Guo Ran had an intuition that her mother couldn't leave, so she immediately yelled: "Mom, don't go." Tao Mei continued to walk outside as if she hadn't heard it.

Guo Ran wanted to get up and grab her, but was grabbed by several relatives around.

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—— "After Burning"