Chapter 243: Winter Clothes Festival
"Hey, mom......" Lu Yunqian hurriedly cleared her throat and picked up the phone gently, but a trace of nervousness flashed in her heart inexplicably.
"Sissi, how have you been doing at school lately? Is it good to live in a rented house outside? Are you feeling unwell? As soon as my mother answered the phone, she opened a series of worried questions, and she couldn't seem to think of anything else to start with, so she could only blurt out all the questions that had been accumulated for a long time.
"I'm very good, I've met a lot of friends here, my classmates are also very friendly, and the landlord who rented my house also takes care of me, and taught me to cook a few days ago, Mom, you can rest assured!"
Lu Yunqian reported her recent situation in a happy voice, but her eyes hung down guiltily in front of the phone. With the help of Heng Dao, she has gradually walked out of the shadow of losing her brother, but her parents at home are still immersed in grief. Far away in another city, there is nothing I can do, I can only talk to them occasionally on the phone to relieve my parents' loneliness, but this short-term comfort is also a drop in the bucket.
"yes, you already know how to cook? Oops, my Sissi has really grown up. Alas, sure enough, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, thank you landlord for your mother! When my mother heard the news, her voice suddenly became much more excited, and her whole body became refreshed.
"Mom, how are you and Dad, it's cold at home now, you are not in good health, you must pay more attention to keeping warm. And Dad, let him pay attention to eating on time, don't always work overtime, and go home to accompany you more. ”
Although she knew that this kind of greeting was not very useful, like her mother's opening, Lu Yunqian could only think of such words to express some concern. After saying these words, I suddenly felt that people were really strange creatures, and I wanted to tell my true thoughts, and I wanted to tell the other party how much I cared, but I couldn't say it at all, and I couldn't say a word. It can only be replaced by some innocuous words, which seems a bit false.
"I'm fine with your dad, don't worry. By the way, Mom knows that you usually like to eat snacks, if you lack pocket money, or if you want something, tell Mom. ”
"I, I don't lack anything, thank you Mom." Lu Yunqian replied stiffly, and secretly realized that her mother should have something else to say, but because she couldn't speak for a while, she asked so much, so she asked tentatively: "Mom, do you have something to tell me?" ”
"Uh......"
The mother on the other end of the phone suddenly became late, this hesitation made Lu Yunqian feel even more nervous, her keen sixth sense had already caught some clues, so nervous that she almost held her breath, frowning slightly, for fear of hearing something bad.
"That's right, the day after tomorrow will be the Winter Clothes Festival......"
"Winter Clothes Festival?"
Lu Yunqian was stunned for a moment, and she seemed to have heard of this name when she was very young. When she finally remembered the content of this festival, she immediately understood what her mother meant, and her expression instantly froze.
The Winter Clothes Festival is the first day of October in the lunar calendar every year, and it is also the first day of winter. After that, the weather gradually became colder, and people were afraid that their relatives who died in the underworld would have no clothes to wear, so they burned the clothes to the deceased during the sacrifice on this day, which was called "sending cold clothes". However, in most places, it is customary to burn winter clothes one day in advance, especially for relatives who have just passed away, and the whole family must perform sacrifices together to comfort the soul of the deceased.
Corresponding to the time of the year, the Winter Clothes Festival is the Saturday of the day after tomorrow, November 18. Although Lu Yunqian already knew that her mother wanted her to send winter clothes to her brother on this day, she was very resistant to this matter in her heart. But at the moment, I can't refuse my mother willfully, so I can only hold the mobile phone for a while, and I am at a loss to be there.
Sensing her daughter's abnormal emotions, the mother sighed heavily on the phone. Mo Ruomu, the knowing daughter, had already expected that it would be difficult for Sissi to agree to this matter before calling, so it took a long time to say this. At this moment, I couldn't bear to let my daughter bear this burden, so she continued.
"If you want, just burn some money for your brother over there, it's okay if you don't want to, I'll go to the cemetery with your dad tomorrow."
"I ......"
Lu Yunqian's mind was blank, and she didn't know how to answer her mother's request. Since her brother's accident, she has been very resistant to such things about funerals, and when her parents wanted to place Lu Daoheng's tablet at home, she cried for three whole days, and no one was allowed to enter her brother's room to clean up things, and she was unwilling to help even put sacrifices later. Because in her opinion, doing these things means that her brother has really left, gone to another world, and has become a "deceased" in the eyes of everyone.
"Okay, you can rest, and I'll call you tomorrow when I get to the cemetery. After all this time, you must have a lot to say to him. Sensing her daughter's resistance, the mother said heavily.
Lu Yunqian, who didn't know what to do, was completely unresponsive, and the other end of the phone was silent for a long time, and finally hung up. She threw away her phone and sat on the edge of the bed, her eyes blank, but she didn't want to cry as much as before.
Although I don't know what happened to her on the phone, but the girl who was laughing stupidly just now turned into a wood silent in the room after ten minutes, Liu Jiangqing silently stood up and cleaned up the dining table, turned off the projector and returned to the room.
In the same way that she gave him dignity time that day, he also chose to give her space for silence.
When the world channel in the fierce battle game began to brush up on the daily dungeon team information of various morning trains again, Heng Dao knew that a new day had begun again. After staying in the game for a long time, I seem to be used to this vague concept of time. Every day, watching the players around me shouting and shouting, watching people change from less to more, and then from more to less, it is just to wait for Lu Yunqian to play the game for a short exchange time.
However, he didn't wait for her last night, but with the help of the powerful radio power of the headset, he vaguely heard what seemed to be a call from someone, and then the whole room was silent. He had expected Sissi to come to the game to talk, or come over to continue the rest of the training session with him. But he didn't wait for someone to put on this headset and move this stiff body.
In fact, it is very hard and pitiful to belong to only one person all the time, and to exist only for one person. No one could hear her but her, and she couldn't do anything but move with her. Perhaps this exclusive right seems to be very happy, but in fact it is a terrible imprisonment that can drive independent-minded people crazy.