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Chapter 10 Farewell

That night, Ning Shaoyang stayed on guard for another night.

A person, because his father was exposed for corruption, had a bad reputation, and could not ask for help, which caused a lot of inconvenience.

He can't stay on guard all the time, he still has to cook and eat.

There is no way around this.

Although I have no appetite at all, I still have to stuff it in.

The next morning, he put the coffin on a cart in the yard, then spread the newly bought quilt and pillows inside the coffin, and then put his mother's body into the coffin.

He hadn't slept for two nights, and his body was already very weak. When he did these things, he broke out in a sweat. Sometimes he felt dizzy and unsteady, and he had to slow down for a while before he could continue.

When I closed the coffin lid, I couldn't help but burst into tears again.

From now on, heaven and man are separated forever.

After nailing the coffin with tears in his eyes, he put the hoe and shovel on the cart and dragged the cart alone, out of the yard and toward the west of the city.

At this time, the sun had just risen, and a sixteen-year-old boy was dragging a flatbed truck carrying a coffin forward with difficulty.

Many people had already gone out in Feixian City. Seeing this scene, they realized that the wife of the former city lord was also dead.

Some people think it's quite pitiful, but they are only a minority.

More people feel that the crime is deserved, which is very satisfying.

There were also some people who didn't know Ning Shaoyang, and thought it was very unlucky to encounter such a thing so early in the morning. Some even started spitting after the cart passed by.

Ning Shaoyang pulled the coffin out of the west of the city.

When his father died, there was no new city lord who had taken office, and he had not been exposed by the new city lord for embezzling all the property in the city's warehouses. At that time, it was still a grand burial, and the burial was in a good place on the eastern outskirts of the city.

However, it was different now. There was no way for him to bury his mother in such a place. Only the wilderness outside the city west had a place for him to bury his mother.

The further west it becomes, the less safe it becomes. He is now very weak and cannot go too far west.

Less than a mile away from the city, he found an open space. After clearing away all the shrubs and weeds in the open space, he began to dig a hole.

There are very complicated etiquette for farewell, but they are only for rich people. Those without money can only keep it as simple as possible.

For those who have no money and no people, such as Ning Shaoyang, it is even simpler.

I can't afford those etiquettes.

There is an even more difficult situation. If someone dies in the family, the only option is to sweep it up with a reed sweep, dig a hole and bury it.

If Chen Xianxian hadn't appeared and the house couldn't be sold, Ning Shaoyang would have had no choice but to choose that method in the end.

He was still very weak and had to rest after digging for a while. It was not until the afternoon that he dug a deep pit for the coffin.

It's not particularly deep either.

Then he worked very hard to remove the coffin from the cart, slowly built a "bridge" with several pieces of wood, and pushed the coffin into the pit bit by bit.

It is very difficult for a person. If the strength is not controlled well, the coffin will fall.

After pushing the coffin into the pit, Ning Shaoyang was so tired that his face turned pale and he was sweating profusely. He sat there panting constantly.

After the coffin is placed and pushed into position, the next step is to fill it with soil.

It didn't take much effort to fill the soil, but Ning Shaoyang couldn't help but feel sad as he watched the coffin gradually being covered up by the loess, thinking that heaven and man would be separated forever from now on.

The loess became thicker and thicker, and finally the coffin was buried.

Then slowly the pit was leveled and piled higher.

Finally it became a new tomb.

Next to the tomb, a ditch for water diversion was opened.

Do all this well and the sun will sink.

Ning Shaoyang knelt on the grave and kowtowed a few more times, and said, "Mom, you can rest here, I will visit you often in the future."

It has been two days. Although it is difficult to accept this fact, he has already accepted it.

Putting the hoe and shovel on the cart, he pulled the cart, said goodbye to the tomb, and headed for Feixian City.

Normally, he would hold the hatchet and be alert to the incoming wild beasts, but this time he didn't care.

When the beast comes, it comes.

Eat him, eat him.

His mother has already been buried. Even if she is dead now, it doesn't matter.

Now he does not want to die, but he is not afraid of death either.

Because there is nothing left for him to miss in life.

If the legendary underworld really existed, and people could turn into ghosts after death, and families could reunite in another world, he felt that death would not be a bad thing.

This place is not far from Feixian City, and you can see the high walls of Feixian City.

In the past, when I saw the city wall after leaving the city, it was like seeing my own home.

But now when I see that city wall, I feel so strange.

It seemed like this city had nothing to do with him anymore.

In the past, there were people waiting for him to return in this city, and that city was where his home was.

Now, that person is no longer there.

Home, there is no such thing as home anymore.

A person's house is just a house, not a home.

With the setting sun on his back, he pulled the cart into the city gate.

When he entered the city gate, he lowered his head.

On the one hand, it was because he was very tired, and on the other hand, he really didn't want to look at this human world anymore.

He didn't see that not far from the city gate, Chen Xianxian, who had changed into a white dress, and her maid were at a candy stall, looking at the city gate from time to time.

After seeing him enter the city gate, he bought two candy figures and left with the maid.

After Ning Shaoyang returned to the dilapidated yard, he dragged his tired body and cooked another meal. He had no appetite and chewed for half an hour before finishing the meal.

He hadn't closed his eyes for a long time and was extremely sleepy. After eating, he didn't even clear away the dishes. He returned to his room, fell on the bed, and fell asleep quickly.

It was a very deep sleep.

When I woke up the next day, the sun was already shining through the window.

He got up and went to his mother's bedroom as a habit to check on his mother's physical condition.

After walking in, looking at the empty bed, he remembered that his mother was dead.

Just yesterday, he personally buried his mother.

Standing there blankly, I suddenly called out "Mom", then knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

In this world, no one can give him shelter anymore.
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