She didn't say anything, Ji Chenling already had a premonition of what she was going to say.
"I'll be over in a minute." Ji Chenling said and hung up the phone.
He tracked Bai Xi’s cell phone signal...
In fact, at twelve o'clock last night, he saw that Bai Xi had not responded to him, so he followed him once. Bai Xi was in the hospital at that time, so he didn't bother him much.
He didn't know that Bai Xi's grandmother passed away, otherwise, he would have looked for her yesterday.
Bai Xi attaches great importance to family ties. Last time her grandmother was seriously ill and she cried so much that she collapsed.
Now that her grandmother is dead, she must be very sad.
An hour later, he saw Bai Xi.
She knelt in front of the mourning hall, her eyes swollen like bells, red, and like little rabbits.
The villagers were also discussing.
"Xiao Xi is such a pitiful girl. She has been dependent on her grandma since she was a child, and now her grandma is gone."
"Old Mrs. Qin is even more pitiful. She became a widow just after getting married when she was young. She managed to raise a college student daughter who also disappeared. Old Mrs. Qin didn't even come back to see her. She must be unwilling to do so."
"There isn't even a man in their family. Those who hold the sign and carry out the coffin all have to be men. What can we do if we don't have a man?"
"Don't Xiao Xi have a husband? Why hasn't this grandson-in-law come back?"
"Look at Xi Yatou, she is alone. She is so pitiful. Old Mrs. Qin, Old Mrs. Qin's daughter, and Old Mrs. Qin's granddaughter are all handsome. Unfortunately, they all have a bad life. They are not kind to others. How pitiful."
"What about men? Don't you have a man in your family?" the Taoist asked Bai Xi.
Bai Xi lowered his eyes and couldn't say a word.
If Xiao Ye comes, she will chop him with a knife.
But that coward won’t dare to come!
"Hey, aren't you Tiantian's father?" The village wife recognized Ji Chenling who had just arrived.
"Finally, we have a boy." Murakami said.
After all, many people saw Ji Chenling walking around the village every day.
The village wife gave a set of Bai Xi to Ji Chenling, "Hurry up and put it on, you are late. It is very unlucky to have no man to observe filial piety. Orphans and widowed mothers are most likely to be entangled in dirty things."
Ji Chenling glanced at Bai Xi.
He put on his clothes and shoes and knelt beside Bai Xi.
Bai Xi noticed someone beside him, looked at Ji Chenling, and met his deep eyes.
Every time when she needed someone the most, he was the only one who could be by her side.
The circles under her eyes turned red again, and the moist mist gathered and formed into teardrops, which rolled down.
"Don't cry, I'm here." Ji Chenling said with relief.
The sentence "I'm here" moved her to tears even more.
Ji Chenling held her cold hand and promised: "I will accompany you and keep filial piety for grandma together."
Bai Xi was speechless and nodded.
"Grandson-in-law, right? You can take the photo. When the ceremony is over, I will ask you to kowtow, and you will kowtow. What is your grandson-in-law's name?" the Taoist priest asked.
Bai Xi frowned, not wanting to use the name Xiao Ye, but let Ji Chenling pretend, even using his name would be too shameless.
She hesitated, then heard Ji Chenling reply: "Ji Chenling."
The Taoist priest wrote the word Ji Chenling in the notebook and gave the photo to Ji Chenling.
Ji Chenling held up the photo.
Bai Xi looked at him, very grateful, but also sorry to grandma.
When grandma was alive, she was afraid that grandma would be worried, so she told a lot of lies.
BR/Now Grandma is dead. If she really has a soul, she does not say that her grandmother should see it clearly.
She kowtowed apologetically.
After kneeling for more than half an hour, the salvation was over.
The Taoist priest said to Ji Chenling: "Now we are going to the crematorium. We will have to walk for a while. There are no other male relatives in your family except you. I need to help your wife. When we walk on the road, we will kowtow when the cannons are fired."
Ji Chenling nodded.
The village chief's wife gave Ji Chenling a bundle of straw. Knowing that Ji Chenling was from the city and did not understand these customs, she reminded him: "Kneel on the straw."
"Thank you." Ji Chenling said.
Along the way, we walked and bumped around, and then we got into the hearse when we arrived at the end of the village.
Bai Xi didn't sleep well the night before yesterday, and he didn't sleep well last night. In addition, he cried for too long and was exhausted. When he walked, he could feel his feet becoming weak and his eyesight turned dark.
She persisted with willpower and could not faint. What would grandma do if she fainted?
Ji Chenling looked at her distressedly, put her head on his shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Get some sleep first, I'll call you when I get there."
Bai Xi smelled Ji Chenling's reassuring breath, as if with him, she could put down her heavy burdens and feel much more relaxed. Her eyesight went dark and she fell into a deep sleep.
"When we cross the bridge, my granddaughter calls me," the Taoist priest reminded.
"What are you shouting for?" Ji Chenling didn't understand the customs here.
"Let grandma follow," the Taoist said.
Ji Chenling was the one shouting the whole time.
When we arrived at the crematorium, there were two families queuing in front, and the crematorium staff arranged a rest room.
Ji Chenling did not wake up Bai Xi, but said to the casual person: "You go first, I will stay with her here."
He turned Bai Xi over and slept on his lap.
Bai Xi slept so deeply that he showed no sign of waking up.
"Xi Yatou's husband is very good. He will feel sorry for her." Murakami said.
"Hey, this girl's life is not good. Her mother abandoned her when she was a child. I heard that her grades were very good and she was admitted to the best university. Unfortunately, she was kicked out of her family. She has no parents to love her."
"I have to say that this is Mrs. Qin's fault. She was considered a flower in the county at the beginning, and the county magistrate's son fell in love with her. She picked up a man who was about to die and insisted on marrying him.
As a result, he was kicked out of his family, and this man never came back. He said he died in the war. Who knows?"
"Stop talking, Mrs. Qin is already pitiful enough. If you are a fellow villager, please help if you can." said the village chief's wife.
I don't know how long it took, but Bai Xi was awakened by the sound of playing music.
She saw herself lying on the bed in the West Room and thought of her grandmother. She didn't even wash her face. It was already evening when she came out of the room.
There were more than twenty tables set up outside, and everyone in the village came over to prepare for a meal.
The trumpet player finished his last song and took his seat.
The chef is cooking.
Some people in the village helped serve the dishes. Some people helped wash the dishes.
Bai Xi walked into the living room.
Ji Chenling was kneeling in front of the mourning hall, burning paper money.
She looked at the photo of her grandmother smiling and lovingly in the mourning hall. Her heart ached and tightened, and her eye circles became red again. She knelt down in front of the mourning hall and kowtowed.
She was very sorry, blaming herself for sleeping for so long, she shouldn't have.
She should stay with her grandma.
Ji Chenling came over to help her, "Don't blame yourself. Even if you don't sleep, you have to stay up all night tonight, which is too much for you. Your grandma has always known what you think."
Bai Xi raised his head and looked at Ji Chenling.
She had cried and her eyes were still wet.
Ji Chenling felt distressed, "Have you taken the medicine on the bedside table?"