Is the boss fine today?

Lao Xing, whose real name is Xing Wenke, is a native of W City, an orphan, and has no close relatives alive.The last time Tan Yue saw his body in the funeral home was in front of the freezer. He was pushed out, his hair and eyebrows were covered with frost, and his whole body was covered with cold air.The body was quickly brought into the incinerator according to the procedure, and it was burned into pieces of gray ashes. The staff picked up the ashes and swept them into a large box. They said that Lao Xing was tall and had a lot of ashes.Tan Yue took Lao Xing's urn, it was indeed quite heavy.

According to regulations, the ashes can only be collected by Lao Xing's family, so it took a lot of effort to negotiate for his ashes.Lao Xingwei is actually a special case of Ziran, who lost his father and mother when he was young, and has never married and had children.Tan Yue showed various certificates, saying that there was no living relative who could take the ashes of Lao Xing, so it was his turn to collect the ashes in the name of a friend.

Originally, it was more appropriate for Situ to come to do these things. They have known each other for more than 20 years. It can be said that they are brothers and fathers. Unfortunately, Situ was hospitalized and couldn't come.The Mei people pay attention to the fact that people should be buried or cremated as soon as possible after death. This matter cannot be delayed, so Tan Yue replaced Situ to send Lao Xing off for the last time.

Tan Yue found a bag to put the urn in his hand, and when he left the crematorium, it was snowing in Meizhen.The snowflakes are very thin, fluttering from the sky and falling to your feet, you can't see them unless you look carefully.Tan Yue didn't wear much clothes when he went out this morning. Seeing that it was snowing, he pulled up the hood of his down jacket again.It was still warm under the eaves of the breakfast shop. Hot white water vapor was coming out of the rice roll machine in the snow, and a smell of peanut butter came out and mixed in the snow.Tan Yue asked for a rice roll and a bowl of porridge.The owner of the breakfast shop looked for some change and said to him in broken Mandarin: "This year's snow came very quickly. In previous years, it took another month to snow."

There are very few customers in the store, and the boss is a middle-aged man, chubby, and looks very kind.

Tan Yue said, "Maybe Meizhen is different this year."

"You mean the incident a while ago," the boss wiped his hands on the rag, and immediately began to gossip about Meizhen, "I heard that there are many people who sell and manufacture drugs, and there are many people on the other side of the mountain." Drug smuggling. There used to be a song and dance troupe there, the kind that would perform in neighboring countries during festivals, and they were all arrested. Those girls were all hiding drugs and crossing the border. I heard that guns were fired on the day they were arrested. A lot of people died."

Tan Yue absent-mindedly nodded: "I heard."

"Are you here for tourism? Mount Mengla is about to freeze, so don't go." The boss said again.

He suddenly remembered that Situ had planned to take him to watch the sunrise on the river ditch of Mount Mengla. Last time they went late, the sun came out early.Now that it is snowing on Mount Mengla, coupled with the recent events, I am afraid that this sunrise trip will also become an unfinished journey.

Situ stayed in the hospital for more than half a month, and only got out of bed this morning.Let alone going up the mountain, he can’t walk very well now. Tan Yue found a wheelchair and planned to push him out to see if he had nothing to do. The hospital ward was very stuffy, with only the sound of TV and doctors’ and nurses’ ward rounds every day. The more I talked, the more I felt that I was about to become a patient.

After waiting for the porridge for a long time, when Tan Yue came out of the breakfast shop, the snow outside was already much heavier.No wonder the boss of Mei Town said that the snow came very quickly this year. In a short while, the light snow like salt grains has evolved into a heavy snow of goose feathers, and the wind suddenly picked up, whistling and lifting Tan Yue's hood.

Tan Yue freed one hand to put on the mask, and walked to the bus booth with the urn and breakfast.He got in the car again and rushed back to the hospital.

Situ was still sleeping when he entered the door, he didn't know what he dreamed of, and his brows were also frowning.

Tan Yue carefully put the urn and breakfast on the table, not wanting to wake up Situ.He woke up once in the morning, just before Tan Yue went out.Situ was so ill that he was confused and said that he dreamed of Lao Xing last night and didn't sleep well, so Tan Yue hurriedly persuaded him to go back to sleep.

Tan Yue put his palms together and bowed to the urn on the table, as if he was worshiping Tula in the temple, he said devoutly, "Mr. Xing, please bless Situ for everything to go smoothly in the future."Lao Xing must have agreed to this wish.

Halfway through eating rice rolls, he suddenly raised his eyes knowingly, and found that Situ had opened his eyes and was quietly looking at the closed window.It was snowing heavily outside the window, and Situ seemed to be in a bad mood, with an unhappy expression on his face.

"Are you awake?" Tan Yue quickly finished his breakfast and began to urge him, "Brush your teeth, wash your face, and drink the porridge, hurry up."

"What do you want to do?"

"I'll push you out to have a look." Tan Yue pointed to the wheelchair.

"It's snowing and cold outside. I just finished my operation a few days ago? Are you trying to murder me?" Situ sighed lightly, "You haven't taken care of patients, have you?"

"No." Talking more confidently, he took out a piece of paper, wiped his mouth, and suggested, "Then how about I push you to the window to watch the snow?"

"Okay, wait until I finish eating."

"Do you want me to feed you?"

"My hand is not broken."

Situ was drinking porridge while staring at the urn, and the more he talked, he suspected that the two of them were having a quiet conversation, so he didn't bother him, and sat on the edge of the bed shaking his legs.After Situ finished eating, he immediately pushed the wheelchair out.Seeing them both, the nurse took a lot of trouble and asked them where they were going, and the more they talked, they said they were just going to the window to look at the snow.

In fact, the snow is nothing to look at, especially when looking at the snow by the window, the level of beauty drops to a negative value.The window panes were gray, and the snow rushed past like a swarm of white bugs.They lived on the third floor, just facing a birch tree, whose leaves were almost gone, and was swaying naked in the wind at the moment.

"How do you plan to dispose of the ashes?" Tan Yue looked at the birch tree and said, "I heard from them that the burial must be done as soon as possible. Do I have to have a funeral before the burial? Is there a need for a funeral after the body has been cremated? I don't understand these things, and I don't. After handling this kind of thing, do I have to find a local Mei tribe to help me?"

"No funeral, Lao Xing doesn't like this..." Situ coughed a few times, "Have a sea burial, he said this before. When I'm well, we'll go to sea again, and I'll send him away."

"Sea burial? Lao Xing is so fashionable." Tan Yue sighed.

Tan Yue checked Lao Xing's household registration information when he was handling Lao Xing's body. Lao Xing looked younger than his actual age, and he was actually 51 in his forties.It is quite rare for people of this age to choose not to have a funeral or sea burial.

"I haven't seen him for the last time." Situ rubbed his eyes, and Tan Yue hurriedly lowered his head and observed intently—not crying, "but I dreamed of him last night. He said he saw my parents over there, and asked Let's take care of our bodies."

"'Both of us'?" Tan Yue was quite surprised, "I thought he hated me."

"Actually, it's okay," Situ said. "Speaking of which, have you taken risperidone today?"

"Ah?" The more I talked, the more I thought about it, and it seemed that I didn't take any medicine yesterday, "Not yet."

"do not forget."

"There are side effects. If you eat it, you will die with a headache."

"You have to eat too, be good, be obedient."

Ever since Situ was hospitalized, Tan became more and more insane. Situ had to supervise him to take medicine every day.That evening Tan Yue found the half-dead Situ in the woods, and cried all the way unrestrained, frightening Zhao Zhao.He whispered to Situ that Tan Yue actually cried.The conversation returned to normal the next day, and both Zhao Zhao and Situ breathed a sigh of relief, but in the next few days he became distracted again, talking to himself with erratic eyes.Situ Hao coaxed him to take medicine and avoid getting sick, and then he became normal again.

Tan Yue's fingers rested on Situ's shoulders, tapping repeatedly, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, the nurse entered the ward to give Situ an injection.The two helped Situ to sit on the bed again. Tan Yue asked the nurse when he would be discharged from the hospital. The nurse said, "It will take at least half a month to see how he recovers after surgery."

Tan Yue also sat with his arms around Situ's waist.Situ lost a lot of weight after the operation, and he looked light and light, which was comparable to Tan Yue.Fortunately, Situ didn't have any major problems, so he wouldn't have to amputate his limbs and replace his kidneys.Tan Yue plans to wait for him to be discharged from the hospital, take him back to his hometown A City to recuperate, and after a while, they will bury Lao Xing at sea together, and take a trip to relax.

The plan is very good, but Tan Yue is used to being alone, and forgets that he is actually a person who takes care of his family.That night he went out to buy supper near the hospital, and the road was stuck in a traffic jam. He rushed back to the ward at night, and when he opened the door, he suddenly found two more people in the room—his parents.

Tan's father and Tan's mother moved a stool each, and sat beside Situ's bed, the three of them were chatting and laughing.As soon as Tan Yue pushed the door open and came in, Tan's father changed his face, and his face was much gloomy.

Tan Yue was very surprised and hurriedly put down the porridge.

He said: "Why are parents here? They didn't tell me."

Father Tan looked at Situ on the bed, then at Tan Yue, and said in a bad tone, "You wouldn't have told me about such a big matter if I called. If a colleague hadn't told me that there was an accident in Meizhen , involving you, I was really kept in the dark."

Tan's mother was looking at Tan Yue, and seeing that he was safe and sound, she first breathed a sigh of relief before laughing.She said, "Isn't it all right? Well, stop talking."

Tan Yue scratched his hair, feeling a little annoyed: "After talking about it, you are worried... Forget it, have you had dinner yet? I'll go buy it again."

"Don't eat." Father Tan shook his head, "We just came to see, you are busy with your work."

After talking about it, Tan's parents really left. Tan Yue came out after washing the spoons, and Tan's parents had gone far away, leaving only two chairs beside the bed.

Tan Yue put down his spoon and asked anxiously, "They left? Why?"

"My uncles and aunts told you before you came. They just came to see and left immediately." Situ lay on the bed, his face was tired, and his words were weak, "We talked for half an hour just now."

"very tired?"

"Ah."

"What did you say? Check your household registration and life experience?"

"It's more than that." Situ said helplessly, "It's much stricter than checking the household registration, and if you don't pay attention, you will come out of the closet by the way."

"In our situation, they can tell if you don't help me come out of the closet," Tan Yue seemed to remember something, and frowned, "My dad is quite powerful, what did you get caught?"

In fact, about Situ's stay in Mei Town, Tan's parents would know about it after asking others.If they objected to the relationship between the two because of this matter, it would not be incomprehensible for Tan Yue.

"No, Auntie seems to have a good impression of me."

"It doesn't matter," Tan Yue has always been tough in this regard, "We will return to City A after you are discharged from the hospital."

"Then I'll sell the inn?" Situ asked him.

Tan Yue raised his eyebrows: "Don't plan to go back to Mei Town again?"

"Yeah." Situ nodded, and joked again, "Isn't this going to elope with you? I can't take it away from the inn, so I have to bring some money."

"Elopement is also okay," Tan Yue was delighted by the word, and smiled sweetly, "If my parents still disagree, we can go to another city."

Situ was dazzled by his smile, he had been sick for many days, and it was rare to see him happy once.

When it came to the inn, Situ had to bring up the old story again: "Actually, the inn should be considered yours—a few years ago, Lao Xing and I rebuilt the hotel left by Yamei."

"is it?"

The group photo appeared in front of Tan Yue's eyes again, his biological parents, the people who caused the situation before him.He felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

He touched the bowl, the porridge was getting cold, and neither of them seemed to have much appetite.

"Tan Kesheng and Yan Ni's house is still in the old town of City A. I went back to see it last year. The books and relics they left behind are still in good condition. I can't understand those books. You probably like them. Tan Yue said, "After a while, I'll buy a car, and we can travel around the east when we have time."

"east?"

"Other places are fine, anywhere."

Talk about not caring where you go.

The moon in the window was very big, neither round nor bright, and it hung on the top of the birch tree, as if it would fall at any moment.

He sat on Situ's bed, staring at the blurred yellow and white moon. They never saw the beautiful moonlight, and it was like this every time.

"The moonlight is not pretty tonight." He said disappointedly.

He didn't know when Situ sat up, but suddenly he hugged him from behind.

"It's okay. By the way, haven't I said..."

The more he talked, he heard Situ's light laughter, which was connected with the three words Situ whispered.He suddenly discovered that the wind and snow outside had stopped.

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