My heart also became heavy following Liu Yue's voice.
"The village is gone, the villagers are gone, my family is gone too. However, in my heart, the name Jiang Yue will never disappear, I will always be a member of the Jiangyue Village, I am a descendant of the Jiangyue Village, I cannot accept the fact that the Jiangyue Village is gone, I have decided to let it continue existing …" While talking, we walked to the front of the white house. Liu Yue pointed at the white house and said: "This is Jiangyue Village!"
"This is my home, the new one I built up," Liu Yue said as he stared at the small building. "Every year, I would come here and stay for a few days, looking at the sea from here, thinking about my family and friends, and accompanying my parents and little brother …"
"Eight years ago."
"I can't tell. This house has been here for eight years!" I nodded. At this moment, I couldn't think of any close ties between this house and Liu Yue and I in the future.
"Come, follow me up to take a look …" Liu Yue said to me.
I followed Liu Yue up to the second floor. There was a living room, two bedrooms, and a bathroom on the second floor.
The living room was very spacious and the sofa was covered with white sheets.
The bedroom was also very spacious and had a classical style to it.
Liu Yue and I passed through the balcony of the bedroom and Liu Yue stayed in front of us: "Look!"
I looked up and saw the blue sea in front of me, the green pine trees, the pines, and the sound of the forest. This place was like a paradise.
"The air is so fresh, the seawater is so blue, the sky is so open …" I said softly.
"I spent this year's Spring Festival here. In the past few years, I spent every year on the Spring Festival here …" Liu Yue gazed into the distance, where the sea breeze blew at her hair.
Thinking about the Spring Festival, I remembered that unforgettable New Year's Eve, and I remembered Liu Yue's blessings. This blessings, was sent from here, and was then teleported to me by thousands of mountains and rivers.
"Let's go, we'll take a look at the back of the mountain …" Liu Yue said to me.
Liu Yue and I arrived at a small hill behind the house. On the hill, huge rocks were exposed, and small crooked pine trees grew out from the cracks in the rocks, showing off the tenacity of life to this world.
After passing through two large rocks and entering into the lee area, I found a slightly larger flat area. Surprisingly, I saw three tombs, from large to small, arranged in a row.
Three lonely graves were surrounded by weeds and mixed trees. It was quiet all around.
I saw that Liu Yue's expression suddenly became solemn.
Liu Yue walked straight to the largest grave and stood there solemnly.
I saw that on the stone tablet before the grave was written: The Tomb of All the Family in Jiangyue Village.
Was it a family member of a village that was buried in this grave? I was shocked?
As if he knew what I was thinking, Liu Yue said softly after a while, "This is a memorial grave, where all the villagers are buried …"
I said "Oh" and followed behind Liu Yue, respectfully bowing three times, towards Liu Yue's village, towards the Jiangyue Village's fishermen, and towards the souls of the sea.
Then, Liu Yue went to the other two tombs and said: "This slightly larger one belongs to my parents, this smaller one belongs to my little brother. This is what my uncle built for me when he came to fetch me.
I looked at the two tombs in a daze, thinking about how Liu Yue's short and joyous childhood suddenly suffered an unforeseen calamity, about how a happy family was destroyed in an instant, about how Liu Yue's life had changed drastically since then, about how Liu Yue had suffered in the mortal world …
My nose suddenly began to ache.
Liu Yue first went to her brother's grave and took out a toy gun from her backpack. I don't know when Liu Yue bought this.
Liu Yue placed the toy gun in front of his little brother's grave and squatted in front of the tombstone. She caressed the tombstone and said, "Little brother, big sister came to visit you, I bought you an interesting small pistol. You must have liked it a lot. Sigh … Younger brother, if you were here, you wouldn't be young anymore. You are already a PLA officer, and you have already built a family … "Good younger brother, rest in peace. Big sister will come to see you often to see this little brother of yours. I'll buy you toys to talk to you …"
Liu Yue's voice became softer and softer.
I stood beside Liu Yue and looked at him blankly. Hearing Liu Yue's words, I felt so much heartache that I couldn't breathe, my liver and intestines bursting.
If Liu Yue's little brother was still alive, she would be more than thirty years older than me.
After a while, Liu Yue stood up, stood in front of her parents' grave, stood quietly for a while, and said: "Father, Mother, I am Yue'er, I am back, and I have come to see you, and my fellow villagers. I just finished looking at my little brother, bought me a toy gun, and spoke with him for a while.
I stood behind Liu Yue as well, and listened to Liu Yue's narration.
Dad, mom, I'm fine, I'm very happy at work. Rest assured over there, no matter where your daughter is, she will always be thinking about you, and in this world, if you leave, leave me alone, I would actually miss you very much, I really want to follow you. But, I still have concerns in this world, your granddaughter is growing up, and I want to bring her to see Grandmother's grandfather and uncle next year … Liu Yue said quietly, as if she was talking to her family members.
The pain in my heart tightened for a while. I didn't think that Liu Yue would have such an arrangement on this trip south, and that she was bringing me here.
I don't know why Liu Yue brought me here to her hometown.
Years later, when I thought back, I realized that Liu Yue seemed to have a premonition, which was why she made this arrangement.
Of course, I couldn't think of that at the moment.
I turned and saw the white wildflowers blooming beside me.
I folded myself, slowly walked to Liu Yue's side and handed it over to him.
Liu Yue gratefully looked at me, took the flowers, bent down and placed them in front of my parents' tombstone.
At this time, the weather suddenly changed, the sun concealed itself, a cold wind blew, dark clouds covered the sky, and a storm was brewing.
Liu Yue gently caressed his parents' tombstone, sticking her face to the tombstone and saying something softly with her mouth, her eyes filled with tears.
I don't know what Liu Yue is currently saying to her parents, but it was a few years later when Liu Yue finally told me about the contents of the conversation she had with her parents.
Then, I saw the tears on Liu Yue's face roll down.
Why was Liu Yue crying? Was it because of her longing for her parents? For the misery of his life? A disaster for her family? For the sake of his own life? For the hardships and tribulations she had gone through...
This was the third time he had seen Liu Yue cry. The first time was when she was drunk at home, and the second time was when they had to leave to go to Xiejing and stay on her bed.
This time, Liu Yue's tears, allowed me to see a type of release that lasted for a long time. I could see the release of a long and heavy emotion, and perhaps, only in front of family, in front of my parents, could my daughter unrestrainedly pour out her true feelings, and tell me her grievances and tribulations …
In that moment, it was as if my heart was wracked with pain as hot tears flowed down my cheeks.
Following that, I saw Liu Yue kneel in front of my parents' grave and seriously kowtow.
At that moment, I stood at Liu Yue's side, knelt down beside Liu Yue, and kowtowed to him. I said at the same time: "Uncle, Aunt, I'm here to see you.
My actions clearly surprised Liu Yue. She knelt on the ground and turned towards me, her eyes revealing her gratification and gratitude. Following that, tears flowed down her face.
Liu Yue and I knelt on the ground, facing each other. When I saw Liu Yue cry, my tears started to gush out again.
I looked at Liu Yue, whose face was covered in tears. My heart was filled with endless pity and love, as well as tenderness and emotion. At this moment, I suddenly wanted to call her, "Yue'er …"
"Yue Er …" "Elder sister …" I couldn't help but cry out, choked with sobs. I couldn't suppress my emotions and impulses.
Liu Yue's body trembled slightly, then she suddenly threw herself into my embrace and started crying out loud, as if she was crying like a flood.
Liu Yue and I knelt on the ground facing each other, while Liu Yue threw herself into my embrace and cried her heart out …
It was only after a long time that I found out that my actions that day had coincidentally catered to Liu Yue's muttering and confiding in her parents. It had also happened to trigger the last line of defense for her inner sadness and depression.
At that time, I thought, I knew, that at this moment, Liu Yue's torrent of words contained far too many emotions, including these long suffering and hardships, as well as oppression, grievance, gratification, emotion, depression, loneliness, pain …
Just like this, Liu Yue and I knelt on the ground in front of her parents' grave and hugged each other as we cried.
At this moment, the chilly wind howled, sand flew, rocks flew, the mountain howled, and dark clouds covered the sky. The sky was dark, and heavy rain was about to fall.
After a long while, Liu Yue stopped crying and came out from my embrace. She took out a tissue to wipe her tears and apologetically said, "I'm sorry, I was too rash …"
I supported Liu Yue as I stood up. Looking at Liu Yue's red and swollen eyes and Liu Yue's hair that was blown around by the wind, I shook my head lightly. "I'm sorry, I was too rash!"
When I said these words, my heart was bleeding. I don't know if Liu Yue's heart was also bleeding at this moment.