My second aunt and her family came in the afternoon.
Lu Manman had to jog to keep up with her mother.
For some reason, Lu Manman felt that her mother at this moment was so real and alive. She was no longer the rich wife who only cared about whether her calorie intake exceeded the limit.
Licheng is unfamiliar to Lu Manman. She only comes back during the Spring Festival.
There are not many people on the street. Apart from the elderly, children and students, there are very few young and middle-aged people.
The streets and alleys were filled with the scent of the sea, which made Lu Manman feel a strange sense of familiarity.
Did my mother scream and shout like that girl on the street when she was a child?
Everything here was better than in the big city where she lived, making her feel comfortable.
It was as if everything slowed down.
"Hurry up!" Mother Lu urged, "If you're any later, your grandma will have to be cremated!"
By the time they arrived, they were still a step too late.
Mother Lu hugged the urn and started crying.
Everyone else was very restrained.
"Grandma was 82 years old this year, so it's considered a happy funeral."
This was the news Lu Manman overheard from a relative she didn't know.
She was very sad, but she had to hold back her tears.
From now on, will dad, mom, and she all turn into little boxes?
No matter you are a tycoon or a beggar, you will become a box. This is the equality of all beings.
Qi Xueer saw her cousin.
Sure enough, her face was still droopy. She seemed to have forgotten who was crying so hard over her grandmother's body.
night.
Lu Manman and Qi Xueer finally started talking to each other formally.
"We have to keep vigil tonight." Qi Xueer sat down next to Lu Manman: "You can get some sleep now."
Lu Manman looked up and realized that the person was Qi Xueer, her cousin who was two months and nine days older than her. She was also the cousin she considered the most beautiful.
"Thanks."
Qi Xueer glanced at her knees and was horrified: "What are you doing?"
"Do the questions." Lu Manman continued to concentrate on doing the questions. She placed the test paper on her knees.
"Oh my god." Qi Xueer felt shocked. "Are people in big cities like you really that hardworking? You have a lot of homework, right? How many students from your school go to college every year?"
Facing Qi Xueer's barrage of questions, Lu Manman patiently answered: "There are people in the class who work as hard as I do. There's not much homework. Our school has a 100% undergraduate rate."
"Great!" Qi Xueer gave a thumbs up: "Manman, what are your plans for summer vacation?"
"Plan?" Lu Manman found that she had never thought about this question. According to her mother's plan, she would go to cram school in two days. But now this matter should be put on hold. "I don't have any plans."
"Oh my god," Qi Xueer leaned closer: "You work so hard on your homework, isn't it just so you can go traveling after finishing it?"
"Xue'er," Qi's father came over: "Your mother wants you to come over."
"Uncle." Lu Manman quickly stood up.
"Sit down, sit down." Qi's father took a look at her test paper and said, "All correct."
Lu Manman was stunned, and suddenly remembered her mother saying that her uncle was a very good teacher. "It's a pity that your uncle has no ambition, otherwise he would have a bright future as a teacher here!"
"The light here is a little dim, and doing the exercises will hurt your eyes." Father Qi said gently.
"Okay." Lu Manman obediently put away the test paper.
After a while, Qi Xueer came back, jumping up and down, as if she had heard some good news.
"Manman!" In fact, she and Lu Manman were not very familiar with each other, but Qi Xueer believed that they were sisters and should address each other in such a familiar way: "Your mother, didn't your second aunt say that if you want to stay, you can spend the summer vacation at my house!"
"Did my mother really say that?" Lu Manman was very surprised. According to her mother's personality, shouldn't she let her go back to cram school quickly?
"Yes," Qi Xue'er whispered quietly into Lu Manman's ear, the hot air from her mouth even flowing into Lu Manman's clothes: "My mother fought for you. She said that you finally have summer vacation, so you should relax. There were many people listening at the time, and if Second Aunt didn't agree, she would be embarrassed."
Lu Manman chuckled and asked in a low voice, "Then will you take me to play?"
"Of course!" Qi Xue'er puffed out her chest. "Every year you come back and leave after just two days. You never really stay here. Let me tell you, Licheng is very beautiful. I'll take you for a motorcycle ride on the beach! Take you to grill seafood, take you..."
"I, I don't know how to ride a motorcycle..." Lu Manman didn't say that her mother warned her that motorcycles were dangerous and would spoil the fun.
"What are you afraid of?" Qi Xue'er raised her lips and said, "I will! When the time comes, just sit behind me and hug me!"
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