He Wei

Xue Chengyu walked slowly to the grave and looked at it. It was a big old grave. Although there were not many weeds on the grave, it could not be seen that people often came to worship.

The tombstone in front of the grave is just a piece of wood that is so ordinary that it can't be more ordinary. On it is only written "Xu's place of death", without any other superfluous writing. It looks very lonely.

The writing on the tombstone looks like it was written by a person who can write, but in Xue Chengyu's eyes, it still looks crooked and out of order.

Although he really wanted to rewrite the words on the tombstone, but it was not in compliance with the rules. If the tombstone was removed, he might disturb the souls of the dead. How filial Xu Hong was, if he did this, he would definitely make Xu Hong sad.

Xue Chengyu carefully looked at the handwriting on the tombstone, and the ink color on it became pale because of the wind and rain.

Xue Chengyu borrowed a pen and ink from someone not far away, and squatted in front of the tombstone, thinking carefully about how to rewrite the inscription on the tombstone.

Fortunately, the handwriting on the tombstone is not very clear. It is not difficult for Xue Chengyu to rewrite the font. Xue Chengyu carefully traced the "place of Xu's death", and wrote the names of Xu Hong's parents on the back of the tombstone, and then wrote the clothes. remarks.

Due to the plague, the bodies of many people were not allowed to be buried on the spot, and most of them were burned without leaving anything behind.

In addition, Xu Hong's parents died on the way to the south, Xu Hong's other refugees did not have time to escape, how could they bring the unnamed corpses on the road back to their hometown.Most of the tombs built for the dead in the village are clothes tombs, and only the memorial tablets are left for future generations to look up to.

After Xue Chengyu finished writing the epitaph, as soon as he looked up, he saw a woman walking towards the Xu family's cemetery holding flowers.

That girl didn't look very old, about the same age as Luo Shaoqing, only seventeen or eighteen years old, she was soft and weak, and she seemed to come to the grave to worship Xu Hong's parents.

"Is the girl here to see Uncle Xu?" Xue Chengyu asked softly.

The girl went to the grave, put the flowers in front of the tombstone, knelt down and kowtowed three times to the grave, "Well, I came to pay homage to him. I thought that everyone in the Xu family had passed away, so I kept helping him." Watch over this cemetery."

Xue Chengyu had never heard Xu Lang tell him about the interpersonal relationship in his hometown, but only about Grandma Wang. Xue Chengyu didn't know the relationship between this girl and Xu Hong, so he asked suspiciously: "I have never heard Xiao Lang talk about it. Looking at his past, I don't know what relationship the girl has with the Xu family?"

"Uncle Xu is my benefactor. He has saved my life. I accidentally contracted the plague on the way to escape. Thanks to Uncle Xu for treating me, I was able to survive...

It’s just that Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu also contracted the plague. Although I was cured, they also passed away...

I have always wanted to repay Uncle Xu's life-saving grace, and I will erect a monument here after the flood passes and I return home, hoping that one day the brother of the Xu family can come back...

However, after three years in a row, there was no news of Brother Xu's family... In desperation, he had to pretend that Brother Xu was dead too... That's why he filled in the name of Brother Xu's family here... Unexpectedly, he was still alive! "When the girl said this, tears filled her eyes, as if she had been waiting for Xu Hong for a long time.

"Then you also wrote the inscription on the tombstone?" Xue Chengyu asked in surprise.

The girl nodded slightly, and said: "I wrote it, my calligraphy was taught by Uncle Xu, but the writing is not good and the family has no money, so I can't write a better tombstone for him. If the brother of the Xu family sees it, he will be a joke." mine."

"Why are you making a joke?"

"Uncle Xu once taught me and Brother Xu's handwriting together. Brother Xu's handwriting is much better than mine. People say that women who have no talent are virtues, but I refuse to admit defeat. I must compare with Brother Xu. .

Because Uncle Xu said that as long as my handwriting is better than Xu’s elder brother, I can marry him... It will be four years since Xu’s elder brother took over... I’m already married..." The girl had an expression when she said this Sadly, it seems that she feels sad for not marrying Xu Lang.

Xue Chengyu was inexplicably happy when he heard that the girl was married. He thought he was going to meet a rival, but that was not the case.

"So that's it, girl, don't worry, Xiao Hong is already my man, and he's doing well." After speaking, he stood up and left the grave, leaving only the girl in a daze in front of the grave.

Xue Chengyu walked slowly to the door of Grandma Wang's house. It happened that Xu Hong had also finished talking with Grandma Wang. When she saw Xue Chengyu coming, she walked over and dragged Xue Chengyu to her parents' grave.

After Xu Lang learned from Grandma Wang that there was a place for the dead at the corner of the village, she rushed over to see it without stopping. Xue Chengyu wanted to tell him that he had already been to the cemetery, re-wrote his parents' epitaph, and Also met the woman who once wanted to marry him.

But he didn't say these words in the end, why bother to spoil Xu Hong's interest, he found these things if he could find them, and it was fate if he couldn't see them, and he was no less moved by Xu Hong.

Before the two of them reached the tomb, the girl who came to worship had already left. Xu Hong was surprised when he saw the flowers under the tombstone, and then he saw the wet ink on the tombstone. He looked at Xue Chengyu suspiciously, and asked : "Did Cheng Yu do all of this?"

Xue Chengyu didn't want to deceive Xu Lang either, so he truly restored the scene at that time: "No, I met a girl when I came here, and that girl paid homage to your parents' graves, I just rewrote the epitaph. "

"Girl?" Xu Lang asked in surprise, "I don't have any girls who are close friends in my hometown, and I don't have many friends..."

"That girl said that if she can write better than your father, she will marry you. She is very willing to marry you. How can you forget her?" Xue Chengyu said this with a sour tone, as if I ate the jealousy of other girls.

Xu Lang obviously didn't think about who Xue Chengyu was talking about, and looked at Xue Chengyu in a daze.

Seeing that Xue Chengyu was still jealous, Xu Lang seemed to think of something, "I know who it is! That sentence was just casually said by my father when he was angry, it cannot be counted, and it was my father who caught the plague when she was on the road. Mother saved her..."

However, before Xu Lang could finish speaking, Xue Chengyu interjected: "Then shouldn't we promise to wait for you to come back?"

Xue Chengyu was more jealous than Xu Lang, and it seemed that Xu Lang had to give an explanation, but in fact Xue Chengyu was teasing Xu Lang.

After hearing the news, Xue Chengyu seemed to understand how Xu Lang's jealousy came from when he bought the piano for Miss Qin Ji. It turns out that if you love someone deeply, you will not want to share him with anyone, whether it is his past or his present.

Xue Chengyu feels that he is not a very possessive person. Compared with Xu Lang, he just wants to protect Xu Lang's past and he already knows enough.

Many of the things that Xu Lang is unwilling to say are things that he does not want to recall, just like his parents are unwilling to say bad things to him.

Maybe Xu Lang felt in his heart that the reason why his parents treated him like this was because of himself.

Xue Chengyu stopped teasing Xu Hong when he saw that he was embarrassed, and patted Xu Hong's shoulder with a light smile, and said, "Okay, I'm just teasing you, go and pay homage to your parents."

Xu Lang looked at Xue Chengyu suspiciously, feeling that he was very abnormal today, Xue Chengyu suddenly changed his face after not being angry for a long time.

It seems that Xu Shi's appearance in Xue Chengyu's heart still has a beam that is difficult to cross.

But the two are actually similar. Xue Chengyu also had a marriage contract in the early years, but he fell in love with him only after it was voided.

"I'll stand over there so you can talk to your parents." Xue Chengyu was about to leave, but was pulled back by Xu Hong.

"This place is nothing more than a tomb of clothes. There are only my parents' clothes. It's okay for Cheng Yu to keep it. Besides, I want to introduce you to my parents... Let them know that my son's life is not so hard..."

"Okay." Xue Chengyu pulled Xu Lang to kneel in front of the grave, and kowtowed three times to the tomb.

"Uncle Xu, thanks to your upbringing, I can get such a good person. Although you always beat and scold Xiaolang, he doesn't hate you. In his heart, you are his heaven.

She was taken in by me when she was living in the south of the Yangtze River. I fell in love with Xiao Hong at first sight, treated each other sincerely, and cared for her in every possible way.

Although it was too selfish for me to do this, Xiao Hong and I really love each other, and Xu Lang can get the best care when I am by my side. You and Aunt Quanxia will surely understand me. "

Xu Lang was so moved by Xue Chengyu's words that he couldn't speak, so he could only knock on the tombstone again, "Father and mother, forgive me for being unfilial and not being able to pass on to the Xu family's heirs...I have been in love with Chengyu for four years, The wind and waves have gone through, and today I return to the old place to tell you this...

We have withstood the cold-eyed comments of the world, and we also know that this matter is a big problem in the world... Cheng Yu doesn't care about my identity... doesn't care about my status...he wants to marry me...although I can't justify my status...but I am also willing to be with him...we will never look back in the wind and rain! "

Xu Lang untied the money bag around his waist again, poured the shells in the bag in front of the grave, and explained: "Father and mother, you have never seen the sea in your life, and you don't know what the sea looks like. I went to see the sea. The real sea is very big. It is not a big lake like what the teacher said.

These shells are also picked up from the sea, and there are all kinds of them.Father and mother, after you know this, don't think that I am still a child...I have grown up...I can make decisions on many things..."

Speaking of this, Xu Hong seemed to be crying, with tears running down the corners of his eyes, yes, after being away from his parents for many years, once he returned to his parents and saw the old man again, so many memories came to his mind.

Those memories are all about the bits and pieces of life with their parents, and they are memories that cannot be erased no matter how long it takes.

"Father and mother... I can't stay with you for too long... Maybe I will go back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow... It's just that I won't be able to return this time... Don't worry about me when you are underground... I have a really good life It's very good... very good..."

Xu Lang was crying so hard that Xue Chengyu hugged him when he saw how sad he was, and comforted him by stroking his back.His little girl always loves to cry like this, which always makes him feel bad.