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Grandma Xiang's funeral was very simple. Xiang Yuan didn't have much filial piety towards this mother, so naturally he didn't want to spend more money. Although relatives and friends were interested, they couldn't do better than their own sons, so they could only say a few words in private.

Xiang Ange wanted to do better, but was persuaded by the old village chief. Given Grandma Xiang's personality, she would rather have her two grandchildren eat more than spend on such unnecessary things.

After three days of coercion, Grandma Xiang was buried in the back mountain. The tomb had been prepared long ago, and Grandpa Xiang was buried here.After many years, the husband and wife finally came together again.

The people who carried the coffin were all from the village, and they left after finishing their work. Xiang Yuan and Chen Li couldn't wait to take Xiang Chen Bo and leave quickly. Your grandma made the arrangements, so don't bother us if you have something to do in the future."

Holding Antai's hand to Angra, he stood halfway up the mountain and looked down. From a distance, he could see the figures of a group of people gradually moving away. The back mountain was not high, and he could clearly hear Chen Li's complaining voice. : "The dead old woman only thinks about them, and doesn't think about us at all. Don't expect me to come to the grave in the future."

Xiang Ange's eyes darkened slightly, and he slowly tightened his grip on his younger brother. After all, Xiang Antai was still young, and subconsciously called out, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Xiang Ange came back to his senses, let go of his hand quickly, twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "It's okay, from now on, we will visit the graves of grandparents."

Xiang Antai nodded obediently, the child looked at the grave a little scared, stretched out his hand and grabbed his elder brother, thought for a while and asked: "Brother, will we never see grandma again in the future?"

Xiang An Ge touched his younger brother's head, and just said: "Grandma is watching us from the sky."

Bowing his head to Antai, he said softly: "I know, grandma is dead, and she will never cook for us or talk with us again."

Xiang Ange wanted to say comforting words, but he didn't know where to start. In fact, compared to his younger brother, he could understand the pain of leaving his relatives. looking at you."

Xiang Antai hugged his brother's waist tightly, and suddenly burst into tears. During Xiangan's funeral, he didn't dare to cry, but at this moment, he couldn't hold it anymore. The child's loud crying spread far away. Several coffin bearers sighed one after another, secretly thinking that the two children of Xiang's family were also pitiful, and hearing the voices of Xiangyuan and his wife behind them, they all looked at each other, thinking that the old lady had such a son, she really didn't know what to do in her previous life. What a crime.

Xiang Antai cried for a long time, until he hiccupped and had to stop. He had already started primary school, and he was a little sensible, so he lowered his head in embarrassment at the moment.

Xiang Ange didn't mean to make fun of his younger brother. He reached out to wipe away his tears, and patted him on the back to make him feel better. He comforted him, "It's okay to cry in front of your brother."

The two brothers paid homage to grandpa and grandma Xiang, and then burned paper on the grave of father and mother who had died for many years not far away. Then they walked down the mountain hand in hand. Before leaving, they looked at An Ge The two graves side by side, I can't help thinking, it's good to go like grandma, I don't have to worry about them anymore, I heard that there will be a full-scale cremation here soon, grandma said before, if it really is cremation, she Would rather go early.

These are his own comforting words, and he is quite strong to An Ge, because he knows that he still has a younger brother, and if he falls down, what will he do with his younger brother.Grandma asked him to take good care of his younger brother before he died, and he would definitely do it.

Although the back mountain is not high, because there are few people going up and down the mountain these years, half of the road is submerged, especially after it rained a few days ago, it is a bit slippery to walk.

Xiang Ange walked ahead by himself, let his younger brother follow behind, and walked down slowly step by step.Xiang Antai held his brother's hand tightly, and walked carefully. Who knew that when he was about to reach the bottom of the mountain, his feet still slipped, and he fell uncontrollably.

Xiang Ange was startled, and subconsciously stood in front of his younger brother. Under the impact of gravity, the two brothers rolled down together.

It happened so suddenly that Xiang An only had time to protect his younger brother tightly, and the two rolled all the way to the foot of the mountain. Fortunately, this place is not too steep, otherwise they would have killed them.

After stopping, Xiang Ange let go of his hand, checked his younger brother's injuries, and he was relieved when he saw that there were only a few scratches on his hands: "A-Tai, is there any pain?"

The child was not hurt by being protected, but was frightened. When he looked up, he saw his brother's head was covered with blood, and he yelled in fright: "Brother, don't die."

Xiang Ange was so frightened by him that he realized that his head was bleeding, so he wiped it with his hand. He felt that it was nothing serious, and comforted him with a smile: "I'm fine, I just rubbed a little, Artest don't cry."

Xiang Antai stared closely at his brother, making sure that he was really okay and wouldn't fall asleep like a grandma, so he hurriedly got up.

Although Xiang Ange felt that he was fine, he was covered with blood and looked a little scary. He tried to wipe it off with his T-shirt, but he couldn't help it for a while. Very bad, it is impossible to wash wounds.

Xiang Ange sighed, since he was a child, his luck has been very bad, he was always injured at every turn, but fortunately every time it was a minor injury, it seemed thrilling but every time he managed to save the day, it was the same this time.

Thinking of this, Xiang An didn't take it seriously, and was about to get up, but saw a strange stone in the grass next to it, which was covered with his own blood.

It was a strange stone, it looked smooth as if it had been polished, but it was the size of a thumbnail, and its texture was the kind of gravel that is very common in this generation, but it was the color of white jade, stained by blood, it looked It does look a bit gorgeous.The reason why I say it is strange is because Ange feels familiar at the first glance. It is a lingering feeling of intimacy that radiates from the bones.

Xiang An couldn't help but reach out to pick up the stone, and rubbed it for a few times, feeling a faint joy in his heart. Seeing his brother sitting on the ground and unable to get up, Xiang Antai looked over his head and asked strangely: " Brother, what are you picking up stones for?"

Xiang Ange couldn't explain why he picked up this stone, but his liking made him put the stone in his pocket. Anyway, it was an unowned stone on the mountain, so it didn't matter if he liked to pick it up and take it home.

After placing the stone, he stood up to An Ge, and reached out to touch his brother's head, but seeing his hands covered in blood, he could only put it down, and only dragged him to the house together.

When they arrived in the village, the blood on Xiang Ange's face scared many people. Several people asked with concern, and they were relieved after hearing that he just fell down and nothing serious happened.

The Xiang family's house is at the outermost part of the village, the place closest to Heyuan Town, because when the house was built, the Xiang family and his wife thought it would be more convenient to go out to work in the future.

When the two brothers passed by, the villagers inevitably began to discuss: "This Xiang Yuan really has no conscience. He is also a nephew after all. He came back after patronizing himself, otherwise Ange would have fallen."

The people next to him obviously couldn't understand Xiang Yuan, and after hearing this, they said: "No, how good his brother was to him when he was still alive, his conscience really fed the dog. Fortunately, the old lady was clear about it, otherwise The money was really given to their family, and a few dollars can be spent on these two brothers."

People are sympathetic to the weak. Xiangshan and his wife were very popular when they were alive, and the old lady was also a good-natured person. Now there are only two lonely brothers left. People in the village are still willing to help when they can. of.Of course, there are also some people who feel that these two brothers are so fateful that their parents and grandma are dead, and they feel a little displeased.

The Ange brothers didn't hear these words, and even if they heard them, they probably wouldn't take them to heart. After all these years, they have heard more such words.

At home, Xiang Ange fetched water to wash his younger brother first, and then washed the blood on his forehead. It looked terrible, but in fact it was just a broken hole. He asked Ange for a band-aid to stick it on, Just leave it alone.

This has been the case since he was a child, he was often injured, and he looked scary several times, but when he was cleaned, he was usually not as serious as imagined.Gradually, Xiang Ange didn't take it seriously.He took out the stone and put it into the washbasin, trying to wash off the blood on it, but who knew that the blood seemed to seep into the stone, and he didn't wash it off after several times of rubbing.

Xiang Ange was about to pick it up to have a look, but heard the sound of ping-pong coming from the kitchen, and hurried over, and saw that it was Xiang Antai who was cooking clumsily.

Xiang Ange was both moved and funny, seeing his brother's clumsy appearance and feeling sad, he quickly took the heavy pot cover and said, "Let me come, there are still plenty of tofu rice dishes, we can eat it as soon as we heat it up." gone."

There were quite a lot of food left over from the funeral. Although Chen Li picked out the best ones, there was still enough for the two brothers to eat.The weather was too hot at the moment, so Xiang Ange picked up the good ones and warmed them up, and the two brothers had a simple lunch.

Where the two brothers didn't notice, the stone in the washbasin suddenly emitted a red light, the light was very soft, and when it flickered, it absorbed all the blood on it bit by bit.

When Xiang Ange finished his meal and washed the dishes, he remembered the stone again. He came over to take a look, and was surprised to find that the blood on it had disappeared. It looked like a poor-quality white jade stone, but the quality of the top was too poor. Some are bumpy and not that pleasant to look at.

For some reason, the stone didn't look good, but Xiang Ange liked it very much, so he casually put it on the bedside after thinking about it.

The absence of one person in the family makes it seem extraordinarily quiet, but Xiang Ange can't just be so sad. He just finished the college entrance examination and doesn't know how his grades are. If he passes the entrance examination, he will have to leave home to go to school. He is in elementary school, but he can't rest assured that he is alone at home.

He thought about it to Anger, but he couldn't think of a perfect solution. If possible, he would give up studying and raise his brother to grow up. But going to school is the expectation of his grandma, and also the expectation of his dead parents. He can't live up to his three favorites. people's expectations.There is another one, he went to school early, although he took the college entrance examination, he was actually only 16 years old, and he could barely get an ID card. Even if he went out to work, no one would ask for it.

Thinking of this, Xiang Ange felt a little distressed. He is not a grandma. The 10 yuan was a lot eight years ago, but now it is not enough to support the two brothers to study until they reach adulthood. Prices have soared these years, not to mention tuition fees. It is not a small amount if it is living expenses.

In the future, they will all be studying, and their uncle will definitely not help with the land at home. I am afraid that they will have to rent it to others in exchange for some food.

Xiang Ange sighed, walked out of the room, but saw Xiang Antai obediently sitting at the dining table writing summer homework, Xiang Ange looked at some vacant homes, walked over and asked, "Is there anything you can do? "

Showing a smile to An Tai, he said with some pride: "I can do it, I'm smart, brother, I will make a lot of money in the future, so you don't have to worry about it."

Xiang Ange's eyes became hot, thinking that he was such an adult, and he still let his younger brother worry about him, and he felt a little guilty, he hesitated for a while, and said: "A Tai, you stay at home, it's a bit awkward for me to go to the village chief's grandfather." It’s okay, if you’re tired, just play for a while, you know?”

He nodded to Antai, walked out of the door to Ange, and went straight to the village chief's house. After entering the door, the village chief's grandfather and the village chief's family were quite enthusiastic. After all, they were children who grew up watching him. Chang is also willing to see them well.

Just waited to tell An Ge about the intention of coming, but the old village head frowned, took a puff of cigarette and said: "I'm afraid this matter is not easy to handle, how about this, I will ask your Uncle Ming when he comes back tonight." .”

Xiang Ange was not in a hurry to ask for an answer, and left after thanking him. After the people left, the village chief said, "Ange means to send Antai to the city to go to school. This... Hey, but if he goes to college, Antai will be alone, or we can take him over to take care of him?"

But the old village chief shook his head and said, "It won't work. If you take care of it for a day or two, it will be fine. How can it be done for many years? Even if we don't think there is anything wrong, the child will be awkward. Besides, the daughter-in-law may also have opinions."

The village chief's family stiffened after hearing this: "She dares, as long as Xiang Ming doesn't speak, she can have any opinions."

The old village chief refused, and Xiang Ange wanted his younger brother to go to school in the city. Of course, it was not for the sake of teachers or something. A family like theirs couldn't consider these things, but because the only elementary school in Heyuan Town could not live on campus. , if you want your child to live in school, at least you have to be a small child in Min County.

A small school in Fujian County generally does not accept students from the townships below, but if they are willing to pay the sponsorship fee, there is no problem. Of course, the Xiang family can't afford it.The old village chief asked Ange because Xiang Ming had some connections in the county, and his daughter Xiang Tingting went to elementary school.

The old village chief thought to himself, if it really doesn't work, he can always get Xiang Antai to go to school by paying some money from his family.It's not that he doesn't like Xiang Antai and doesn't want to adopt him, but that the adoption will take many years, and there will definitely be a lot of troubles. In the end, it might be even worse for the brothers.