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Chapter 183 Not Enough Candles

After the Spring Festival in 2002, my grandfather, who had been in poor health, suddenly began to want candles. At that time, no one cared about it because my grandfather lived in a city dormitory and had his own substation in the yard; but he asked for candles for a week.

Stop, there was nothing the family could do, so my aunt had to find a pack of candles on the balcony that she had bought at some time and gave it to my grandfather to recharge. At that time, my grandfather could no longer see clearly. After receiving the candle, he held it tightly in his hand.

, and said: Not enough, not enough after the Lantern Festival.

Later, my grandma suddenly fell ill, so there was my grandpa on one side of the double bed and grandma on the other. At that time, grandma's condition was slightly milder, but more acute, and grandpa's condition was more serious. At that time, the family could only invite a family doctor to see him.

, I didn’t dare go to the hospital. Later, my grandfather started calling his children’s names, one by one, and even called out the name of his dead son. The son was only one year old when he died, so the family had no choice but to find all the living sons.

, but grandpa was stubborn in the end and called the one we couldn’t get back.

There is a Bodhisattva enshrined in my grandparents’ house, and they burn incense every day. My aunt felt that the house was a bit messy recently, so she lit one. But when it was halfway through, my grandma suddenly told my aunt to go and see the incense. Why did it smell so good today?

San and Zhuzi looked strange. The aunt turned her back to grandma and opened the incense book. The fragrance at home was explained in one sentence: "Wear mourning clothes within three days."

In the evening, my aunt and uncle talked about this matter. My uncle was a bit crazy. He made a living by telling fortunes. He liked fortune-telling and so on. Then he took out three coins and asked her to throw them. The shapes that came out were used to interpret the divination.

The result was a death hexagram. Then the uncle felt that the aunt was not related to his family, so he asked his grandfather’s youngest son and his wife to throw a coin. The result was still a death hexagram. In the end, he was very unwilling to ask my grandma to throw a coin as well.

, are all the same, showing the death hexagram.

The family was in chaos at that time. Firstly, I didn’t know who this statement was about if it was accurate. Secondly, it was too weird. Although the uncle mainly relied on fortune telling, he didn’t fully believe it in his heart. So, the uncle

He found a person who took him to do divination, and the person gave him a preparation date, the twentieth day of the first lunar month. Later, the uncle asked all the family members to go home that day and go back to his grandparents. If he hid there, it would be over.

In the past, even if we see each other for the last time.

On the 20th day of the lunar calendar, my aunt went to see my grandpa before going to work. Because my aunt was feeling a little unwell, my grandpa suddenly said: Come back early today. In the afternoon, my grandpa’s sons came back from various places, and one of his uncles came from out of town.

Yes, I flew back from Shanghai, walked through the door, and said: Dad, I’m back. My grandfather looked up and walked over.



Three days later, my grandfather’s funeral was held. There was a heavy fog in my city that the newspaper said had not happened in fifty years. This didn’t make us feel anything, but the fog affected the power generation. As a result, the memorial service that day was maintained by candles.

, the cremation was also delayed.

The funeral process was videotaped, and the memorial service was dark. When I came back to show it to my grandma, my aunt said that there were too few candles. It would have been brighter if there were more candles. Grandma raised her head and said: Your dad asked you for candles.
Chapter completed!
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