Yes, it’s the people who live without hope that suffer the most.
The car drove to the airport, Selina’s parents have arrived, not seen for a long time two old people have been gray hair, face piled with wrinkles and vicissitudes, I looked at them, my heart vaguely some heartache, one or two successive blows, white send black hair, two old people have endured most of their lives may not meet the sad.
Seeing Dennis and me, Selina’s mother, who had probably cried until her tears dried up, looked at me and pulled a few dry smiles, “Mrs. George, it’s too much trouble for you, this kindness of yours, we can’t pay it back in this lifetime.”
I shook my head slightly and looked at her and said, “Auntie, don’t think so much, get in the car!”
Angle’s ashes in Selina’s father’s arms, not good at words, the old man, not a word, just clinging to his granddaughter’s urn, I looked at the nose a sore, tears in the eyes.
The car drove toward the fragrant mountain cemetery, two for the elderly do not know how long it is no rest, the face is covered with vicissitudes and fatigue.
I originally thought of taking the two old people to eat something, but look at them, but the heart knows, I’m afraid they can not eat anything, a slight sigh, give up.
Fragrant Hill Cemetery.
This is the largest cemetery in City P. A small plot of a few square meters is worth a thousand dollars. The two old men got out of the car and walked towards the cemetery that had been set.
Dennis and I followed them. Bobby’s addiction to gambling had left their family with few relatives, and with Angle’s illness, the only people who could send their children here at this time were two gray-haired old men.
The funeral was cold and lonely, there was no endless stream of farewells, no flowers, the only thing there was nothing but the two old men.
I couldn’t look away and looked at Dennis and said, “Can you have the funeral home send some of the child’s burial goods? One last ride, let the child go happy.”
I don’t know if there are ghosts and gods in this world, but I know that the two old people have been emptied of everything in order to treat their children, they want to give their children the best, but the reality makes them have to send goodbye with their bare hands.
Dennis nodded his head and turned his voice to make a phone call.
The cemetery staff was registering Angle’s burial site, and was slightly surprised to see only two old people, but did not ask, such a parting place, perhaps they have seen too much life and death, seen too much time warm and cold, perhaps used to it.
Not long after, the funeral home people came to the cemetery, the burial process, customs, all the same for the two people to do, Selina’s mother some too not to go, has been looking at me want to say something.
I smiled lightly and reassured her, signaling that as long as the child left in peace, she would be fine.
Although only a child’s burial ceremony, after tossing, the sky is also getting dark, Selina’s father squatting in front of a small tombstone, a vicissitudes of the face fell into a sad.
Selina’s mother raised her hand and wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and spoke, “Old man, let’s go, let’s go home, Angle is with Selina, not alone!”
The old man seemed not good at words, just raised his hand and wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes, and spoke, “It’s good that they are together, mother and daughter, without our drag, at least they can live well.”
From the cemetery, the two elderly people were too embarrassed to take our car back, saying they had to wait slowly for the car. The cemetery is far from the city, and it was dark, so naturally Dennis and I could not let them wait here alone.
Seeing that we had been accompanying them, the two elderly were embarrassed and had to get into the car, thanking us all the way.
Sending them to the village, Selina’s mother looked at me and said, “Mrs. George, thank you for sending us back, the road in this village is narrow, your car is not good to get in, thank you so much today, just send it here, we will walk back by ourselves.”
Dennis was originally going to drive in, but as Selina’s mother said, there was no way to drive the car in, so he had to stop the car and let them walk back on their own.
Looking at the two white-haired old men on the narrow dirt road, Dennis spoke up, “Have they always lived here before?”
I froze and shook my head slightly, “I’m not sure, I think I heard Toby say before that their house was gambled by Bobby, and then Selina took them outside to rent a house to live in, which should be rented on this side.”
The houses in the urban village are old, the building facilities are inconvenient, and there are also safety hazards, but the good thing is that they are cheap and you can at least live here.
Dennis looked at the two elderly people who were walking away and hesitated for a moment, “How long has Selina been gone?”
“It’s been almost three or four months!”
He frowned slightly, “Most of the houses here are rented for three months at a time!”
I did not understand at first, and then understood, and quickly got out of the car and followed the past, the city village house rental period is short, before Angle hospitalized, I noticed that the two old people seem to have been living in the hospital, and then they took the children out for so long, only afraid that the rental period of this house has long arrived.
Mud puddles constantly, sewage all over the road, the road is not very good, Dennis pulled me, took a look at the road in front of me, frowned slightly, “This lot is three no matter!”
I looked around and couldn’t help but feel a little cold, the roads and street lights are not perfect, this walk for a while in the dark, you can only use your phone to shine, a city’s prosperity and poverty is directly proportional to the degree of wealth to the unimaginable, poverty can make people unimaginable.
Dennis and I walked a short distance and realized with hindsight that the two old men seemed to have their eyes far away. I took out my cell phone and prepared to call Selina’s mother, but before the phone could be dialed, I heard a noise.
The sound came from behind a somewhat old building, Dennis used his cell phone to shine and found a trail, the trail was narrow and only one person could pass at a time, Dennis looked at me, “You follow me, slow down!”
I nodded, followed him, slowly through the path, walked a short distance, saw a is a dozen square meters of small yard, the yard lost a lot of clutter.
The lights are dim, but you can see clearly what’s in the yard, some household items, old pots and pans, and clothes and messy things, a lot of miscellaneous.
“The two old man, these things you are free in my house for a few months, I do not ask you to ask for storage fees is good, you still have the face to come towards me, you do not want to shame, I still do not see you these things? I don’t care about your stuff. Take it all away, don’t get in my way!” The speaker is a middle-aged woman, some rough, dim light can probably see her clearly, wearing a poor quality mink coat, wearing exaggerated gold earrings in the ears, mouth painted with some scary lipstick, at this time she cursed, while the room’s household goods are thrown into the yard.