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After hearing the voice, Yone Zehai hurried to the main room, only heard Mi Hong's cry, and understood it. His heart felt as if he had been hit hard by a boulder, his nose was sore and his eyes were swollen, and he knelt down and cried after yelling "Mom" up.

The old lady went very peacefully, as if leaving in a dream, with a relaxed expression.

Mi Hong was completely useless, just staring at his wife without blinking, refusing to go anywhere, chanting her name, as if to wake her up again.Mi Zehai and Cheng Qingnian, Ji Qing, didn't know how to handle these things, so it was Mrs. Cheng who came forward to help with the funeral.

When it was time to carry him out, Mrs. Cheng was still worried about whether Mi Hong would step forward to snatch him, and repeatedly told those people to be careful and not to hurt the old man: "He is old and stubborn. , if there is a dispute later, you should be more tolerant, and be careful not to let him fall."

The ones who came to help were some young lads, and the elders ordered them, and they quickly nodded in agreement.

But Mi Hong didn't step forward to snatch her away. He watched the old lady being carried out, stared there blankly, then his eyes turned red, and he muttered: "I'm really gone, I'm gone." Then he closed his eyes and rolled away. In the next line of tears, he yelled something, his voice was too hoarse to hear clearly, he stood there and passed out.

As soon as the old lady left, Mihong fell ill.

Yonezawa took care of his father while doing the funeral.

Mi Hong's body was originally very strong, and he had never delayed anything after taking care of the old lady for so many years, but now he suddenly relaxed. Since he passed out in the main room that day, he woke up again, and it seemed like something happened He was old, and he barely supported his body to send his wife off for the last time.

The old lady's black-painted urn was put down by Mi Hong himself. His expression was indifferent. Apart from being weak, his face was no longer sad.

It's just that on the day the old lady was buried, Mi Hong's gray hair turned white overnight.

After Mi Hong woke up the next day, he called Mi Zehai to his side first, and said a few words to him calmly: "Your mother's business has been done, now you go."

Yonezawa Kai said: "Dad, where do you want me to go?"

Mi Hong looked at him, and said: "Go to your biological parents, I have never hidden them from you in all these years of correspondence with them, and you know where they are, go find the way, the family must be together. "

Mi Zehai knelt there with red eyes and said: "Dad, if I don't leave, you are my father. When Mom leaves, I will take care of you forever. I have discussed it with Qing'er. I changed my job from the army. Where can I go?" If you don't go, just go back to our town, I will guard you for the rest of my life, and serve you..."

Mi Hong still had the same indifferent expression, but when he raised his hand, he was much weaker and looked haggard. He said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go."

Yonezawa is not willing to listen and insists on staying at home to take care of him.

As Mi Hong was getting old, he was hit suddenly, and even fell ill like a mountain, lying on the bed without eating a grain of rice.

Yonezawa was in a hurry, trying desperately to get him to eat, but he had no choice but to ask the doctor to give him some nutritional injections, but elderly people can't go on like this for too long, the doctor told them everything Listen, you have to let the old man cooperate.Yone Zehai used all kinds of methods, begging, crying, and knelt there to wait for him to eat. Even if he only drank a sip of porridge, he would be happy. Before the old man woke up, Yone Zehai himself lost more than ten pounds catty.

Cheng Qing took care of the whole family, and although she also felt sorry for her husband, Yone Zehai was nothing compared to the old man who was only a handful of bones after lying on the bed in just a few days.Now she has no complaints about her father-in-law Mi Hong. She sees what Mi Hong does to his wife. At this moment, she has no other thoughts in her heart except grief. She can only do her best and help more. I was busy last time.

Mihong wanted to die.

Mi Zehai waited on the bed for several days, and finally realized that when his father entrusted him with the house book and all valuables, he didn't just talk about it—Mi Hong didn't take care of his son as much as his wife did. There are many, but he is still a qualified father. He raised Yone Zehai and sent him to join the army. He also gave this adopted son a share of what other fathers could give.Mi Hong never bothered him for so many years, but this time he asked him to come back regardless of everything; he loved his son for so many years, but he didn't care about this injury...just because he had already drawn a boundary with his son.

He may have expected that the old lady would take a step first. From the day when her body weakened, Mi Hong classified himself as a dying person. A person with a will to die is indifferent to everything. He called his son back, personally gave him those belongings, and calmly entrusted them to him, and he no longer cared about this world.

She left, and he refused to live alone.

Yone Zehai figured out the key point, and stood there in a daze. He looked at his gray-faced old father on the wooden bed, knelt there and continued to guard him, stubbornly trying to feed his father porridge, refusing to give up.

Cheng Qing cooks for them again, and she is also very helpless, her husband and father-in-law are more stubborn than the other, Mi Hong is a good man, Mi Zehai is filial to her elders and loves her, and is also a good man.These two good people are both kind-hearted, but they both have a very stubborn heart. If they believe in a truth, even ten cows can't be pulled back.

Cheng Qing had no way to persuade them. She got up and went to the kitchen to cook. The porridge in the main room was getting cold again, so she had to replace it with hot ones.She chopped some green vegetables in the kitchen, and planned to make vegetable porridge with minced chicken. This is easier to digest, and it is good to eat when you are sick.While cutting the vegetables, something suddenly occurred to her mind, and the cutting knife stopped. She let out an "oops", and finally figured out what the words Mi Hong yelled the day she passed out——

He said, Guizhi, take me away.

Cheng Qing's eyes were red, and he covered his mouth with his hands and cried for a long time in the kitchen.

Mi Hong was lying on the bed, weak, drank a few sips of soup every day and hanged himself. He slept a lot, but he always said the same few words every time he woke up.

Yone Zehai didn't say a word, and knelt beside his bed and didn't leave. The current appearance is not as high-spirited as when he first came here, but only with a stubborn energy, which is angry and ridiculous.

Mi Hong was very cold to him, always urging him to leave.

Yonezawa shook his head every time and insisted: "I won't go, I will guard you."

Mi Hong said: "Why are you guarding me? I'm going to find your mother, you can't stop me."

Mi Zehai lay beside his bed, tremblingly said: "Dad, I beg you, please don't do this, just treat it as something for me, for our family..."

"Just live your own life well. Don't worry about me. Whether I live or die has nothing to do with you." Mihong paused and said in a hoarse voice: "In this life, the relationship between father and son is over. You did a great job, but I couldn't take it anymore."

Yone Zehai knelt there crying, such a tall and strong man cried like a child in front of his old father, crying and begging: "Mom let you live. Dad, please open your eyes and look at me, you Look at me... Mom definitely asked you to stay with me, and after you left, there is no one who can remember everything about Mom so clearly like you, no one will miss her like you , Going to miss her, can you bear it..."

Mi Hong was unmoved, lying there, suddenly there was a piano sound from outside, his fingers trembled, followed by several clear piano sounds, Mi Hong suddenly propped up his body and wanted to sit up, he was too weak , his arms were shaking, and he said with a pale face, "Who! Who is playing that piano!"

Yone Zehai wiped his face, stood up quickly to look at it, and before he went out, he saw the small figure of Mi Yang outside, opened the curtain and walked in, holding the old man's usual handbag in his arms. The most precious sanxian.

Mi Yang lightly plucked the three-stringed qin again, Mi Hong's face turned pale, and he said sharply, "Who told you to touch my qin!"

Mi Yang looked up at him with clear pupils, and said to him: "Grandma asked you to teach me how to play the piano."

Mi Hong stood there in a daze, he looked at the child, he was still so small, his fingers were also small, and the tune of the plucked strings was wrong, but he was able to hold the three-stringed violin firmly.

The harp is old, but the man is new.

Mi Hong seemed to suddenly understand the reason why his wife kept him alive. What appeared in his mind was how they were when they were young, with his Guizhi singing opera and him playing the piano beside him.At that time they were still young, and their vivid life was the most moving color.

She said, you promise me to live.

She said, life goes on and on, I can't see it anymore, you stay here and watch it go on for me.

She said, I always want to give you a reason to live.

……

The dead cannot be kept, and the living cannot be chased.

Mi Hong hugged the old piano and wept bitterly. Even the old man who was not sad at the funeral, vented all the most painful things in his heart at this moment.He cried bitterly, passed out, and when he woke up again, he asked for food for the first time.

Yone Zehai immediately went to fetch hot porridge and fed him by the bedside. Seeing his father drink two mouthfuls of porridge, his eyes were red with joy, and he started crying again. Come on.

Mi Hong swallowed the porridge in his mouth, his eyes were still a little dull, he turned to stare at his son for a long time, and then said weakly: "Your injury, go to the hospital when you have time."

Mi Zehai suddenly couldn't hold the porridge bowl with trembling hands, his nose was sore, he called "Dad" again in a hoarse voice, put down the bowl and cried for a while beside Mi Hong, he knew that his father would not die , will not leave him.

Mi Hong's body is slowly recovering, and the juniors in the family are taking good care of him. Although he himself is silent, he still eats every day and walks around the yard a few times, which is much better than before.

Cheng Qing breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the calendar and found that it had been three months since she returned to Shanhai Town, she was a little dazed, there were so many things during this time, she felt as if several years had passed.

It's not just Wednesdays now, Mi Yang goes to his grandma's house to call Bai Luochuan every two days, but every time he calls, no one is there. Occasionally Aunt Wu picks up, and the answer is always the same: "Luochuan? He went out, he went with his mother, maybe he went to the Shanghai stock market."

Mi Yang was a little lonely. He hung up the phone and looked up at the calendar to calculate. It is already summer vacation. Bai Luochuan also traveled with his family in the summer before, but it was only a few days. Like this time, he has been unable to contact. The situation is really rare.

Mi Yang sighed.

The old lady Cheng next to him saw it and comforted him, "Maybe he's going on a trip!"

Mi Yang smiled and said: "I think so too, grandma, I'll go back first."

The old lady Cheng said: "Then you can also bring some red dates back along the way. Oh, I went there last time and saw that your mother's lips were white. She is such an adult and she doesn't know how to take good care of herself. Say something to her, You still lose your temper at me!" The old lady muttered, and brought a bagful of dried red dates to Mi Yang, and after delivering them to the door, she still told him, "Put two when cooking porridge or tea, if you can't do it, you can eat it dry. , you and your mother should both eat a little, our little face, Yangyang, has also lost weight."

Mi Yang nodded and said, "I know, grandma, I'm leaving."

Mi Yang walked straight along the gravel road. His grandfather's house and grandma's house were not far away, so he walked straight and circled for a while, and when he reached the corner, he saw several cars parked on the side of the road. The alleys were not easy to enter and exit, and the high-end cars had to be parked outside embarrassingly. There were five or six cars, which looked like a small convoy.

Mi Yang took a look and didn't think much, but suddenly someone called him: "Mi Yang!"

The voice was so familiar that Mi Yang felt like he was having an auditory hallucination. He blinked and looked up, only to see the door of the front car opened, and a little boy came down, looking at him with pursed lips. Angry with a naturally arrogant appearance, it's not Young Master Bai who is!