Yu Qirong paused and opened his mouth hesitantly, wanting to explain his sneaky whereabouts, but he saw Su Tang turned his head back and continued walking forward, as if he had no interest in why he was following him.
That's fine. I don't know how to explain it anyway.
Yu Qirong shrugged and continued to follow Su Tang holding an umbrella.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but since Su Tang knew he was behind him, he considerately slowed down his walking speed and maintained a pace that Yu Qirong could keep up with even if he observed the surrounding environment.
The roads outside Huangsha Village were basically all sandy, and he had to be very careful when stepping on their white sneakers to prevent sand from getting into his shoes.
Yu Qirong had some self-awareness. If sand got into his shoes, his feet would probably be rubbed red. In worse cases, they might even bleed.
This kind of minor injury can probably be treated by buying medicine in the mall with points, but points are not enough in the first place and should not be wasted on such things.
Dragon Hook Jade can also heal wounds, but it's a bit of a waste of talent.
Yu Qirong was thinking while walking, and without paying attention, he tripped over a protruding stone brick.
His body leaned forward, and he didn't have time to curse his bad luck. He could only hurriedly adjust his posture and try to maintain his balance.
But perhaps the emergency measures were implemented too late. Even though he reacted quickly, he still couldn't stop his body from falling. Yu Qirong thought he was careless and simply prepared to eat a mouthful of yellow sand.
It's just a bit embarrassing if others see it.
Thinking of this, Yu Qirong subconsciously looked forward, looking for Su Tang's location.
No one, lost?
His waist and abdomen were suddenly stopped by a strong arm, and then lifted up, and Yu Qirong stood up straight.
"...Thank you." Yu Qirong was shaken and his mind was still unclear. He looked at Su Tang, who had appeared next to him at some point, and thanked him dryly.
When he came to his senses, Su Tang's hands had not yet left his waist and abdomen. Looking at him again, his cold face was serious, and it didn't seem like he was doing it on purpose.
It seemed like he was just afraid that he would fall again, so he stopped him.
But Yu Qirong clearly felt that the arm was rubbing against his abdominal skin through his clothes intentionally or unintentionally, like a teasing with a hint of flirting.
He wears school uniform every day, and his waist and abdomen are hidden under his clothes. They are very sensitive and cannot be touched.
But now he felt a surge of heat passing through his shirt and reaching precisely his lower abdomen. The heat was very high, like a furnace burning, which was exactly the opposite of Su Tang's cold eyes.
The hairs on his back stood up, and Yu Qirong took a step back, away from Su Tang's hand, staring at Su Tang like an offended little animal.
Su Tang withdrew his arm as if he didn't notice it, squatted down, and looked at the stone slab that almost tripped Yu Qirong.
Yu Qirong followed his gaze and looked down.
The ground inside Huangsha Village has not been repaired. Except for a layer of cement inside the house, the outside is all fine and soft sand. However, a stone brick appeared here inexplicably, which is really strange.
Yu Qirong did not pursue whether Su Tang did it intentionally or unintentionally for the time being. He watched Su Tang stretch out his hand and push away the sand around the stone brick, revealing the original appearance of the stone brick.
The stone brick was about one centimeter thick and ten centimeters long. There were incomplete patterns engraved on the front, and the back was extremely smooth. It did not look like a kicked floor tile, but rather like a mural brick that had fallen from somewhere.
The school focused on all-round development, not only in academic subjects, but also in music, art and sports. Yu Qirong had attended all of them. He looked at the pattern and it looked like a mural in an art textbook.
Unable to make out anything just by looking at the incomplete pattern, Yu Qirong stared at it for a few seconds, then quickly gave up the idea of putting the puzzle together and turned to look at Su Tang who was standing next to him.
Whether he looked like Tang Xingfei or not was no longer the focus of his consideration. What was important now was that it seemed that the negative reaction caused by the existence of the black fog would only disappear if he was within ten steps of him.
Even the drowsiness caused by the sequelae disappeared.
Yu Qirong was anxiously trying to know the reason, but couldn't ask directly.
Su Tang's gaze finally moved away from the stone bricks, and the next moment he saw Yu Qirong's wine-red eyes staring at him. It seemed that there was really wine in his eyes, which could make the person he was staring at drunk.
Yu Qirong didn't say anything, and the person on the other side didn't say anything either, as if they wanted to keep the stalemate like this.
It was not until the sound of firecrackers suddenly rang out that Yu Qirong turned to look in the direction where the sound came from.
Behind him, Su Tang's gaze was still entangled with him, like a thousand threads that could not be cut, each containing unimaginable emotions.
The weather was sultry in the afternoon. In the desert where water is scarce, even the cicadas that are most common in normal places were not there. If there was no wind, there would be only silence and quiet, the kind of quiet that makes one breathless.
The sudden sound of firecrackers broke the silence, followed by the sound of suona. It was like throwing a stone into the calm water, with splashes and ripples.
"Go and have a look."
Yu Qirong was still listening attentively when Su Tang behind him put away the brick, said something and walked straight towards the direction where the voice came from.
Yu Qirong didn't care about anything else. He held an umbrella and hurriedly followed Su Tang over there.
There was a big scene over there. Almost all the villagers who showed up wore white cloth on their heads. There were a few people in the front playing suona and leading the way, and a few people in the back were carrying a long and large black coffin, which looked very heavy.
Yellow and white paper money were scattered all over the sky, thrown up and down, and then lightly landed on the ground.
Yu Qirong picked up a piece of paper from the ground while no one was paying attention and put it in his pocket.
He had never seen such a big scene.
Across the group of people, he saw Lu Tao and Li Yinggui on the other side. The sound of firecrackers was loud, and the whole village should be able to hear it. It would only take a short time for other players to get here.
Yu Qirong felt that her red umbrella was too eye-catching, so she put it away and followed Su Tang into the crowd of onlookers.
"What are you doing?" Yu Qirong asked in a low voice.
Su Tang reached out and pulled Yu Qirong from the crowded crowd to his side, and said in a low voice: "Funeral."
Thanks to the Chinese language class, Yu Qirong had some understanding of ancient funeral culture, but the funerals here were obviously not ordinary.
According to his understanding, the death of a relative or friend should be a very sad thing. But looking at the people in the team, it was obvious that everyone had a smile on their face, and even the eyes of the villagers watching were full of envy and expectation.
Yu Qirong noticed that there was a woman with red eyes and a slight sob in the team. She was the only one in the team who did not have a smile on her face. She was pulled aside by the slightly older grandmother next to her and talked to for a few words. The woman wiped her tears and bit her lips.
The woman was not very old, and Yu Qirong guessed that she was the sister or wife of the man in the coffin.
"Whose is this?"
The villager next to him was whispering to another villager, and Yu Qirong pricked up his ears and listened carefully, hoping to get some useful information from their conversation.
"The second son of the old Sun family died at a perfect time, just in time for the advent of the Moon Goddess."
"Really? You can pick a date. I also want to die at this time."
"Then hurry up, or you'll miss the time..."
Yu Qirong had a strange look on his face. Listening to their conversation, it seemed as if dying today was a good thing. There was even a feeling of rushing to do it.
In his impression, a funeral is considered a happy one only when a person reaches a certain age and dies of old age.
The second boy of the Sun family…he doesn’t sound too old, so why is it that “it’s time for him to die”?
Yu Qirong and Su Tang followed the funeral procession all the way and finally arrived at an open flat ground where several black coffins were parked. The scene was quite spectacular.
Among the coffins, Yu Qirong saw a familiar person. It was Uncle Xu who brought them to the village. He had a white towel wrapped around his head and greeted people. His wrinkled face showed a genuine smile, which was more genuine than his teacher's smile.
Uncle Xu glanced at the funeral procession, and only nodded repeatedly in satisfaction until the coffin was pulled in front of him.
The crying woman also came along. When Uncle Xu saw her, the smile on his face instantly disappeared and his eyes instantly became terrifying: "What's going on? Why is someone crying at such a happy event?"
The mother-in-law who had been comforting the woman at first came out to explain: "My daughter-in-law can't bear to leave Ah Sheng..."
"There's nothing to be reluctant about! I've told you so many times that you'll be able to see it again tonight, the night of the lunar eclipse! This is a good thing!" Uncle Xu knocked the ground heavily twice with his crutches, his expression serious.
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