Fu Ting said goodbye (please give me a monthly vote)

Xiaotao didn't expect that after she happily welcomed Chen Nian back, she learned the news, and instinctively she was a little unwilling to believe it.

"Brother Chen Nian, are you lying?"

Chen Nian sighed: "Xiao Tao, your parents died in the plague, and they did not survive."

Although Xiaotao's parents did not go to Huichun Hall, Chen Nian would give her medicine every day, so it would be better to stay at home if she was able.

The reason why the couple did not survive in the end was because of their physical condition.

Xiaotao was stunned for a moment, his eyes turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then he became wet: "Brother Chen Nian, you are lying to others! I don't believe it!"

"Xiao Tao, sorry I didn't tell you before."

At this moment, Xiaotao's mind was blank. This news was too impactful for her. She stood there staring at Chen Nian's eyes blankly.

She felt that Chen Nian didn't seem to be talking about panic.

Xiaotao is now thirteen years old. For some girls, they are even at the age of getting married, so he also has his own thoughts.

After watching this for a while, Xiao Tao's eyes showed disappointment, and then lowered her head and tears rolled down like broken bead curtains.

He raised his foot and walked out the door.

Chen Nian was worried that something would happen to Xiaotao, so he grabbed the other party.

But at this moment, Xiaotao broke free and then ran out of the door!

She is going home!

She is going to see her parents!

She wants to prove that Chen Nian is lying!

Seeing this, Chen Nian hurriedly chased after him.

When Song San and Xu Erni saw this scene, they hurriedly followed Chen Nian and ran out of the yard. After locking the door, they chased after them.

Although their legs and feet are a little inconvenient, their movement speed is much faster than before.

In this way, Chen Nian followed Xiaotao back home.

"father!"

"mother!"

Xiaotao stood in the yard and shouted.

But no one responded to her.

She looked at the house where she usually made tofu at home. Due to the fires all year round, the walls outside were smoked black. In the past, she could feel a wave of heat coming as soon as she got a little closer to the other side.

But now there is no more sparks there, and the cold wall seems to tell her that no one has used it for a long time.

Then she looked at the stall behind her. In the usual days, their family sold tofu here, whether it was at the beginning or later she got the aged formula. Because her parents were kind to others,

Never lacks weight, so there are many people who come to buy tofu.

The neighbors also praised themselves in front of their parents, and after hearing this, their parents just kept laughing.

But now there is no one there.

Finally, she walked into the room blankly.

The room was filled with a faint smell of decay, and even the cabinet on the table was covered with dust.

There are two bowls on the table that can be seen vaguely. There are still black medicine residues at the bottom of the bowl, but there is no moisture inside, and it is dried up at the bottom of the bowl.

All these signs indicate that no one has lived in this family for a long time, otherwise, my parents would never let the family become like this.

They are all very diligent and clean the house every day.

And every day I get up early and go to bed late to make tofu and sell tofu, and I never have a day off.

"Xiao Tao..."

At this time, Chen Nian called Xiao Tao behind him.

Xiaotao turned his head and flattened his mouth, looking at Chen Nian with grievance: "Brother Chen Nian, where is my parents?"

"They left, and I helped them get buried."

Chen Nian said.

After he learned the news, he naturally didn't want to believe it, because the other party was once a living person, and it was not because he was old and died.

And according to regulations, if a person dies due to a plague, he will be taken to burn together.

After burning, you must still bury it deep in the soil.

This is also to prevent the plague from spreading further.

But although burning can be done together, it may not be necessary to bury it. Most people just can't tell which one is their family after burning, so in the end they have to let the government bury them together.

Looking back, they put the remains of the deceased before their death into the cemetery.

That is, the tomb of clothes.

But Chen Nian was very careful at that time and put two copper coins in Xiaotao's parents' mouths.

Therefore, among the dozen people who were burning together at that time, Chen Nian kowtowed to the deceased. After finding that it was not the person he was looking for, he also put a copper coin in his mouth.

After all, he offended others. Moreover, Chen Nian heard a saying that he wanted to put a copper coin in the mouth of the deceased. When he arrived at the underworld, there was money to cross the river so that he would not be thrown into the river.

Although Chen Niansheng received materialist education since childhood, he thought it would be better to abide by these customs.

Finally, Dong Daniu and his wife were found.

Then he asked Mr. Yin and Yang from the county to help him see a cemetery and buried them in peace.

"Brother Chen Nian, I want to go and see them." Xiao Tao said again.

Chen Nian nodded.

Then he took Xiaotao to the cemetery.

Xiaotao looked at the grave that was slightly bulging from the ground and burst into tears.

Chen Nian stood quietly behind him without disturbing him.

After a while, Xiaotao's voice became hoarse, and finally he returned home with Chen Nian.

In the next few days, Xiaotao has been taciturn and can't eat much every day.

But the old age did not have much comfort.

Because no matter how many of these things are, they are useless.

Until one day Xiaotao woke up in the morning, she still sat alone in the yard with a bench and looked at the sky.

After Chen Nian came out, she asked: "Brother Chen Nian, did many people die in this plague?"

"Yes." Chen Nian nodded, "When I was in Huichuntang, someone died every day."

"What will that person become after he dies?"

"After death, a man will become a star in the sky, and then look at the person he loved the most during his lifetime."

"Will my parents become stars?"

“Yes.”

So that night, after the stars came out, Xiaotao began to search hard.

There are so many stars in the sky. Xiaotao searched for a while, but when he was tired of his eyes, he couldn't tell which two were his parents.

Just as she was about to ask Chen Nian to come and find her, she suddenly saw two stars next to each other in the sky flashing, as if she was blinking at her.

This made her excited in an instant!

"Brother Chen Nian!"

"Brother Chen Nian, I found their stars!"

...

Since Xiao Tao found his parents' stars, he would go to the yard to say something to the two stars every night.

They talked about what they experienced during the day, what Brother Chen Nian said and did today, what delicious food Mr. Song San made for her today, and also said that he had a good meal today.

Xiaotao's mood gradually improved and gradually returned to his previous liveliness and cheerfulness.

After the epidemic, it takes a certain amount of time for the economy to recover, both in ancient times and in modern times.

Although Song San also opened a braised meat shop a few months later, not many can be sold every day.

However, they had a lot of savings before. Even if the price of food has risen a lot now, they still have no problems in their lives.

In addition, Chen Nian would come to Huichuntang to help every day. Sometimes he decocted medicine, and sometimes when the old doctor was too busy, he helped people who came to see the doctor to see some daily minor problems and prescribe some medicines, so he was a month.

After that, Manager Sun will also give Chen Nian some monthly money.

Another year passed in a blink of an eye.
To be continued...