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The cell phone in his pocket rang. Tang Tianbao's heart trembled. Did Mo Luo discover that he was going to accompany him to eat?

Tang Tianbao's heart began to stir up. He took out his cell phone and directly pressed the answer button, teasing, "Aunt, did you finally find a conscience and call me?"

"What?" the man on the other end of the line said in surprise.

"Ah?" Mom? Mom, it's you? I thought it was our colleague. Mom, how are you? I've been too busy to call you, so why aren't you talking? Mom, don't cry! " During this period of time, Duan Hong had been living in his hometown with great difficulty. As his son, Tang Tianbao never called her to greet her. He only thought of his lonely self, but didn't think of his hometown's lonely mother.

"Little Treasure …" Duan Hong began to sob again as she spoke. She could no longer hold back her sobs.

"Mom, don't be like this. Don't you still have me? "Don't do that." Tang Tianbao forced himself not to let the tears in his eyes flow out.

"Little Treasure, are you back?" Duan Hong said while sobbing.

"Mom, I'll go back. When can you tell me? "When I went back, I wanted to go back and visit you a long time ago." Tang Tian Bao blamed himself, "Mom, Little Treasure is unfilial. "Sorry Mom."

"Your dad has already been here for seven days, come back and burn a piece of paper for him …" "Sob, sob …" Duan Hong continued to sob as he spoke.

"Mom, wait for me at home. I'll go to the train station now."

In Tang Tianbao's hometown there is a feudal superstition saying: The living should do five-seven for the dead.

In Tang Tianbao's hometown, according to tradition, the memorial ceremony after a person's death was very particular. When I first died, I did seven — from the day I died, every seven days, head seven, two seven, three seven, four seven, five seven, six seven, seven. After that would be a hundred days, an anniversary, three years, ten years … The distance between them gradually lengthened, and even the greatest sorrow would gradually fade away. Among these, the first seven and the fifth seven were very important days, especially on the day of the fifth seven. It was said that the deceased would return home on this day, and finally visit their families before going to reincarnation or live in the Yin Division. Why did he choose the thirty-fifth day after death? Tang Tianbao and the others from the countryside had a saying: In the beginning, the spirit soul was muddleheaded and did not leave the body, nor did they realize that it was already dead. After a month, when he recalled it again, all the bones in his body had been released and he could no longer get up, he finally realized that he was really dead. People were always skeptical about whether the dead would return that day. Some said they didn't believe it, but most of them were related to the fact that the priest's wine was too shallow, the steamed bread had fallen to the ground, or a corner of the blanket had been lifted. One place a custom, five 57 words and practices are still common in the home of Tang Tianbao. If the relatives of the deceased did not offer wine or sacrifice or burn paper for the deceased on the day of May 7, they would be blamed by the villagers of the village.

This kind of social atmosphere bound the villagers of these ten miles and eight townships for generations.

After Tang Tianbao returned home, he bought some fruits and fresh milk for Duan Hong. During this period of time, Duan Hong had clearly become much more haggard. His face was charred yellow, without a hint of blood, and his body had also become thinner. He did not comb his hair every day, and his appearance was unkempt.

The moment Tang Tianbao saw Duan Hong, he couldn't hold back the tears in his eyes anymore. He threw the thing he was carrying down to the ground and extended his arms to tightly embrace Duan Hong as he sobbed. The mother and son duo did not say a single word as they stood at the door and tightly embraced each other. Their hearts surged with surging emotions. Duan Hong's face was tightly hidden behind his messy hair, and his eyes overflowed with tears as he slapped them drop by drop onto Tang Tianbao's body.

After a long time, Duan Hong began to sob. At this moment, Tang Tianbao lightly patted Duan Hong's shoulder and said, "Mom, don't cry. You should be happy that your son has returned."

Duan Hong wiped away his tears and said, "En, don't cry, mom, don't cry. "Son, come in."

Tang Tian Bao placed the things on the table. Just as he was about to sit down and rest, his phone rang again. He looked at the caller ID in his hand and saw that it was Mo Luo. He probably didn't have anything important to do, so Tang Tianbao hung up.

Not long after, Mo Luo called again.

"What's wrong?" Tang Tianbao answered the phone.

"Master, why did you hang up on me?" Mo Luo asked.

"I'm out of town, long distance and wandering. What's the matter? "Tell me quickly." Tang Tianbao urged. In reality, his heart wasn't aching for the money to travel, it was just that he didn't have the mood or time to talk about his work matters. After all, he hadn't been home for a week, so he wanted to have a good chat with his mother.

"Why do you have no idea about romance?" Mo Luo was blaming Tang Tianbao over the phone.

"What else do you want? I'm hanging up. I have something on my side. " Tang Tianbao said.

"No, don't. Master, don't hang up yet." Where did you go? What long distance and wandering, are you lying to me? " Mo Luo asked.

"Are you going to tell me?" Tang Tianbao didn't have the mood to listen to Mo Luo's teasing. He really wanted to hang up and chat with his mother. After all, staying at home for just a day was enough for him to return to Chaozhou City. When he returns tomorrow, he can talk to Mo Luo for as long as he wants.

"I said, master has good news and bad news …"

Tang Tianbao hastily interrupted Mo Luo's words, saying, "Who did you learn this from? You're such a b * tch." "If you have something to say, go straight to the point." Tang Tianbao urged once again.

"Didn't I learn this from you? That's what you said when you called me at noon. A piece of good news and a piece of bad news, ask me which one to listen to first. " Mo Luo said with a wronged expression.

"Oh, go ahead and say the bad news."

"The bad news is that I've decided to punish you by letting you treat me to a meal." Mo Luo said.

Tang Tianbao impatiently said, "What about the good news?"

"The good news is that I'm already at your doorstep. I'll be right there." Mo Luo laughed.

Hearing Mo Luo's laughter, Tang Tianbao also laughed. He suddenly realized that his mother, Duan Hong, was still by his side.

"Master, what are you laughing about? You're so happy to see me? " Mo Luo teased and continued, "Master, hurry up and open the door, I'll go upstairs now. Your residential property is too poor, the corridor is too dark, really scary!"

"Go back." I'm afraid your bad news today is good news for me, and your good news is bad news for yourself. " Tang Tianbao said.

"What is it?" Mo Luo asked.

"I'm not at home. Didn't I tell you? I'm out of town right now, and I'm on the road. Alright, I'll tell you tomorrow when I get back to Chaozhou. I'm hanging up now. " As Tang Tianbao spoke, he pressed the red button on his phone.

From the phone, he could hear someone crying on the phone.

Duan Hong could hear a female voice on the other side of the phone. It sounded delicate, but in his experience, he knew that this was a woman who had a crush on Tang Tianbao. Duan Hong was clear in his heart that his son wasn't young anymore, and it was about time he found a girlfriend.

"Little Treasure, are you a girlfriend?" Why didn't you bring her back? " Duan Hong asked with concern as a mother.

"Hey, Mom, it's not a girlfriend, it's just a colleague of mine." Tang Tianbao explained.

"Regardless of whether she's your girlfriend or not, you're already so old, so it's time to think about your own matters." As Duan Hong spoke, he closed his swollen eyes and continued, "Little Treasure, mom, I can't take care of you right now. Mom's health isn't good right now, so I'm afraid that she'll only have a few days left, but mom, I'm hoping for you to give mom a grandson.

"Mom, what are you talking about? "You are in good health. You will definitely live for a hundred years." Tang Tianbao's nose once again felt sour, and his heart was not at ease.

Little Treasure, Mom knows you're a good kid, but Mom didn't scare you. Mom really can't take care of her body now. Duan Hong earnestly said, but her eyes were already unable to open them. Tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, drop by drop, down her haggard face before finally hitting the ground.

"Okay, don't be like this, I will listen to you okay? I'll find a girlfriend as soon as I can. I'll listen to you. "You must promise me too. Live a good life and don't say those words again in the future." Tang Tianbao's eyes were also filled with tears, but he forced himself to not let them flow out. He knew that he was now the pillar of the family. He was the only man in the family, and he had to shoulder all the difficulties. He couldn't let his mother suffer any more.

After dinner, Tang Tian Bao accompanied Duan Hong to sit on a stone bench in the courtyard. He revealed his plan.

"Mom, I want to bring you to live in the city, so I can take care of you. You're alone at home and you have no one to rely on. I really don't feel at ease. " Tang Tianbao spoke as he peeled an apple for Duan Hong.

"Little Treasure, mom knows that you have good intentions. Mom knows that you are filial, but Mom can't leave home and follow you to the city."

"Mom, listen to me. Chaozhou has everything, I can take you to relax, and I can also take you to the hospital to have a look at your body. Take some medicine, you'll always be next to me if you're sick." Tang Tianbao pulled Duan Hong's hand and said.

"En, Little Treasure, don't say anymore. Mom knows you have good intentions. "But don't blame Mom. Mom really isn't going. First, we don't even know anyone when we go to the city. Mom can't even find a person to talk to."

"Mom, don't you still have me?" Tang Tianbao explained.

"Mom is not confused right now. You have to go to work, so you can't stay at home with me every day. Ma can still talk to the neighbors in the country. "What's more, Mom really can't bear to part with this home. Ever since your dad left …" When she mentioned Tang Daqui, Duan Hong's eyes couldn't help but fill with tears.

"Mom, don't always cry, can we not mention dad? Mom, don't be like this. Your body won't be able to take it. Mom … Don't think about Dad anymore, you should hate him. He's so heartless and doesn't want us anymore, what do you want from him? Mom … Don't cry, Mom! "

Grief, distress, and grief lingered in the courtyard as the mother and son began to sob as they spoke. The sun was setting in the west, and the sun was setting in the west.

Duan Hong insisted on not coming to Chaozhou with Tang Tianbao, who, in order to fulfill his filial duty, stayed at home for an extra day. However, it was precisely at this time that Xie Min began to look for Tang Tianbao. She called his phone because she was in arrears. After Mo Luo paid Tang Tianbao's fee, she would call him again. In the evening, Jia Datong personally mentioned that he would treat Tang's designer to a meal with him, and also asked Tang to modify the design plans. Tomorrow, he would go to the production workshop, and the day after, there would be a shipment of goods coming from Wenzhou. Jia Datong wanted to use this opportunity to sell his products to his partner in Wenzhou and see the market in the south.