The drowsy old lady felt her hand being held by another pair of strong hands.
Those hands galloped by the snowy night on the horseback, and the palms became hot and hot at this moment.
She opened her eyes slowly, and gradually saw the person holding her hand. The dim eyes instantly became brighter.
"Grandmother! Grandmother! The grandson is not filial, it's too late to come back—"
Pei You'an knelt in front of the bed, calling loudly, holding her hand tightly, as if she wanted to use this hand to transmit the power in her body to her.
The old lady stared fixedly at his face. After a while, her eyes slowly turned, as if she was looking for something. Finally, she saw Jiafu beside him, showing a look of relief, and motioned her to come over.
Jiafu held back the tears that were about to fall, and when she got closer, she knelt beside Pei You'an.
The old lady pulled out her hand, raised her arm laboriously, grabbed one of Jiafu's hands, took it over, and placed it in Pei You'an's palm.
The sound of footsteps came from behind. Pei Quan, Mrs. Xin, Second Madam, Pei Xiuzhi, Pei Xiulo, Zhou Jiao'e, the nanny took Brother Quan, and the women from the clan who knew that the old lady was going to be bad, came to stay with you for the past few nights. Came here, the room was full of people.
The old lady's eyes looked at each of the sad faces one by one, and finally fell back on Jiafu and Pei You'an. She stared at it for a while, and then lightly patted the large and small two stacked on top of each other. Holding hands together, a smile appeared on his lips, and he slowly closed his eyes with a serene expression.
After a short silence, I don't know who cried first, and in a flash, everyone in the room started to cry.
Jiafu felt the hand pressing on the back of her hand, slowly getting colder, and suddenly turned to look at Pei You'an beside her.
He fixedly stared at the old woman lying on the pillow with her eyes closed peacefully. Her eyes were red for a long time, and she didn't even blink. Her figure seemed to be frozen by the ice and snow outside.
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The mourning report of the death of the old lady of the state of Wei was distributed that night. At this moment, the house was still crying, and when the Pei family’s big and small steward heard the news, he had already led people to erect a mourning tower in front of the gate, and set up a tarpaulin. What’s more, Pei Youan and Pei Quan reported Ding You to the Ministry of Rites, and the condolences of Zhu Guogong’s mansion, Anyuan Hou’s mansion, Liu Jiushao and other condolences began to pay tribute. The palace also gave sacrifices, and Li Yuangui came to the door and conveyed the emperor's grief for the passing of the old lady.
What happened behind the old lady's back was extremely sad, and almost disturbed the entire capital. In those days when the spirit was suspended, day and night, visitors came to the door to express condolences, and there was a continuous stream of traffic. Pei Youan, Pei Quan, Madam Xin and Second Madam, Jiafu Zhou Jiao'e and other younger generation, they only kept the spirits and cried every day. On the 19th, after the disaster has been eliminated, the spirit will be buried.
Nearly half a year after Pei Youan left Beijing, Jiafu served the old lady, and her people were reduced a little. After this big funeral, it was even more exhausting. On the night after the funeral, there was one last ritual at home, and it was done. , the funeral is over. Mrs. Xin and Mrs. Er were also there at first, but they were called away by the woman in charge one after another. Soon after it got dark, Zhou Jiao'e thought she couldn't hold it, so she left quietly, and in the end, only Jiafu was left, staying for half the time. After the ritual was over, he knelt down and stood up, suddenly felt dizzy, his body swayed slightly, and Sandalwood saw it, he hurriedly supported it, turned his head and was about to ask someone to move a stool, when he saw Pei Youan walking in quickly, holding it Gave's arm.
Jiafu stopped and opened her eyes slowly. Seeing that Pei Youan was coming, she looked at herself with concern, and whispered, "I'm fine. I just knelt for a while, thinking that my blood was not smooth, I got up. Just a few walks."
Pei You'an glanced at her face and said, "Let's go, I'll take you back to your room."
Jiafu shook her head: "There is still half of the ritual..."
Pei You'an turned his head and instructed the old woman in charge beside him to ask Mrs. Xin to send another person to guard here. After speaking, she led Jiafu out.
Jiafu didn't say anything anymore, and silently followed him back to the backyard, entered the courtyard where the two lived, and came to the door of the bedroom. Pei Youan opened the door. He stumbled over the threshold, and his figure fell forward.
Pei You'an held her waist, and under the attention of the people behind him, he hugged Jia Fu and walked quickly towards the inner room.
How long has it been since you were close to him like this
These days, although Pei Quan is also on the board in name, but within two days, he said that his grief was too much, his body was broken, and almost all the external affairs were on his eldest grandson, the eldest son of filial piety. During the day, he was very busy, and Jiafu could hardly see him. At night, when Jiafu kept the spirit, or when he returned to the room, he closed his eyes for a while, and then got up and arranged the next day's affairs. In the seven or eight days since he returned home, it seems that the two of them haven't said a few words together.
Pei You'an carried her into the inner room, put her on the pillow, helped her take off her coat, pulled the quilt to cover her, and finally leaned down, raised her hand to help her unplug a plain white velvet flower from her temple, and threw it away. On the side, the back of her finger lightly stroked her side face, and said, "These days, it's been hard for you, you can sleep."
His cheeks were concave, the bloodshot under his eyes never faded, and his voice sounded hoarse.
After he finished speaking, he got up immediately, and turned around to go out first.
Last night, he sat at night until dawn, and he went back to his room at three shifts the night before, but he didn't get up at the fourth shift.
Jiafu stretched out her hand and gently grabbed his sleeve. Seeing him turn around, she said, "Big cousin, I want you to sleep with me."
Pei You'an thought for a while, said ok, then took off his coat, got on the couch, took her into his arms, closed his eyes and said, "Go to sleep."
Jiafu grabbed him with both hands and said in a low voice, "Big cousin, if you feel sad, just tell me what you said, and say it, it will make you feel better."
Pei You'an moved her eyelashes slightly, opened her eyes slowly, looked at her for a moment, smiled slightly, and patted her back lightly in a soothing way: "I'm fine, don't worry about me. You're tired, go to sleep Well, I won't go to entertain guests at night, I'll accompany you, and you can sleep in peace."
Jiafu stared at him for a moment, and finally said hello in a low voice and closed her eyes.
She felt the man beside her close the quilt for her, and gently took her into his arms.
She put her face in his arms softly.
Soon, tiredness hit her like a mountain, and she fell into a deep sleep.