Zhou Mo and I looked at each other. Of course we didn't know about this, but I didn't think much about it. It was probably a relative of mine.
Immediately, I asked her: "Third Aunt, do you know where my parents' graves are? Could you please take us there?"
The third aunt looked at me suspiciously and said as if she was still unsure: "Have you really lost your memory?"
I nodded and said, "Really."
The third aunt said no more, nodded and said: "Okay, come with me."
I took out the purchased worship paper money and incense candles from the car, and followed my third aunt into a small road, going all the way up the mountain.
Along the way, my third aunt kept asking me: "Okay, how come you have lost your memory? Do you not remember anything, or what happened?"
"I don't even remember what happened half a year ago." I answered honestly.
"Have you been to the hospital? Can it be cured?"
"After seeing it, the doctor said it might be permanent, but we haven't given up and have been trying to find a way to cure it."
The third aunt turned to look at me, sighed softly and said, "We have to cure this amnesia, otherwise it will be difficult. You don't even remember your parents' names, do you?"
Indeed, I don’t even know the names of my parents. Simply put, I have no memory of the past.
Jiang Tao said before that I was married, but I still didn't have any impression.
After chatting along the way, we soon arrived at the cemetery. The cemeteries in rural areas are made of dirt in the ground.
My third aunt took me to a grave covered with weeds and told me that this was my father’s grave and that my mother’s grave was further ahead.
There were burned paper money in front of the grave, as well as burning incense and candles.
It was obvious that someone had come to pay homage not long before we arrived, and they must have just left.
Zhou Mo and I sorted out the paper money and ghost coins and piled them in front of the grave. Then we took out a lighter and lit them. We also took out the incense and candles, lit them and inserted them in front of the grave.
In the end, Zhou Mo and I knelt down in front of the grave and kowtowed. Although I had no memory of what happened before, at this moment, when I saw the weeds growing on the grave, I felt extremely uncomfortable.
I even thought about myself, if I was really diagnosed with gastric cancer, would I be lying here quietly in the near future.
Every time during the Qingming Festival or Chinese New Year, some of my relatives will come to worship me?
As I thought about it, my eyes became a little moist.
Zhou Mo was confused and thought I was feeling sad after seeing my father's grave.
She said to me: "Don't be so sad, your father must also want you to be happy."
I didn't tell her the truth. After the worship, we followed my third aunt to my mother's grave.
After walking forward for a few minutes, we arrived at another cemetery area.
At this time, I saw a woman wearing a red top kneeling in front of one of the tombs, seeming to be kowtowing.
The third aunt pointed to the grave in front of the woman and said to me: "Chen Feng, that is your mother's grave."
I just wanted to know who the woman was kneeling in front of my mother's grave, so I walked towards it faster.
When the woman stood up, I was completely shocked.
I finally saw her face clearly, and I never expected that it was An Lan.
I was completely stunned. I even thought for a moment that I had seen something wrong, but how could I possibly admit it?
Isn't she abroad? How could she appear here?
Zhou Mo had already walked beside me, and she also spotted An Lan. Of course she had seen An Lan before, so she recognized him at a glance.
"Isn't that An Lan?!" Zhou Mo was surprised.
"An Lan"
I called her, and An Lan immediately turned her head and looked towards us, as if she was also surprised.
This was unexpected enough in itself, I never expected to meet her here.
When did she come back?
When I contacted her the day before yesterday, she was still abroad. Why did she appear here now?
I immediately walked over to her quickly. She glanced at me first, and then looked at Zhou Mo who was still standing there.
"When did you come back?" I asked her first.
"I just arrived today, why don't you"
I glanced at Zhou Mo from behind and said to her: "Zhou Mo said he wanted to come to pay homage to my parents, so we came."
An Lan also glanced at Zhou Mo and said to me: "If I had known you were coming, I should have told you. How embarrassing it is to meet like this now."
I didn't feel too embarrassed, but if I were from Zhou Mo's perspective, it seemed a bit embarrassing.
But I was still very happy to see An Lan. I smiled and said, "When are you leaving?"
"In two days."
"Well, I'll call you after I return to Chengdu."
An Lan nodded slightly, and then said to me: "Call Zhou Mo over, don't leave her out in the cold."
Only then did I realize that Zhou Mo was still standing there, and she had not come towards us.
Then I turned around and shouted to her: "Zhou Mo, come here."
Then she came over to us and finally met An Lan, but it was An Lan who took the initiative and said, "Happy New Year, Zhou Mo."
"Happy New Year, Mr. An." Zhou Mo smiled calmly and replied.
"Then you get busy first, and I'll leave first." After An Lan finished speaking, he packed up some garbage on the ground and left.
It wasn't until An Lan left that Zhou Mo came back to his senses, glanced at An Lan's back, and said, "Isn't this a coincidence? She is also wearing red clothes."
Zhou Mo didn't say anything, but I really didn't realize that we were such a coincidence. Zhou Mo and I were both wearing red coats, and An Lan was also wearing a red coat.
But I didn't think about so many coincidences. I started playing with paper money and ghost coins. After breaking up the paper money, I lit a fire and burned it.
Zhou Mo asked me again: "Didn't you say she went abroad?"
"She is abroad, and I don't know when she will come back."
"Didn't she tell you?"
I shook my head, and Zhou Mo didn't ask any more questions, so he took out the incense and candles, lit them and inserted them in the incense trough in front of the grave.
My mother's tomb is much better than my father's. It is made of stones and has tombstones.
And my dad's side is a small mound, and it is also covered with various weeds. It looks like he has been dead for a long time.
As for my mother's tomb, it was obviously newly built, and the date engraved on the tombstone was the beginning of last year.
After the worship, Zhou Mo and I returned to the village together. An Lan had already left.
Zhou Mo and I gave some of the gifts we bought to some neighbors in the village, which can be regarded as a token of our gratitude. Although I have lost my memory, I still have to have the necessary human relationships.
At noon, Zhou Mo and I had dinner at my third aunt's house without staying much longer, and drove back to Chengdu in the afternoon.
On the way back, I sent a message to An Lan and asked her where she was now.
She told me that she had returned to Chengdu, but she asked me not to go to her and asked me to think more about Zhou Mo's perspective.
But Zhou Mo seemed to know that I was sending a WeChat message to An Lan. The moment I put down my phone, she suddenly said to me: "When you return to Chengdu later, you can go find her."