Ten Days End

"What do you mean by big family..."

"Although it's a small family now..." Uncle Wan smiled bitterly, "But I will definitely find a way to win over more people. No matter what evil forces the other side is, as long as we gather together with people with "fragrance", they dare not do anything to us."

After listening, Brother Gu Yu thought for a while, and then pointed at me: "As long as I can be with this little brother, I am willing to join."

"Of course! Of course!" Uncle Wan looked very happy.

So on the eighth day full of holes, Brother Gu Yu joined us.

According to Uncle Wan's meaning, he was going to continue looking for people with fragrance on their bodies.

But the plans of adults often have loopholes. Uncle Wan took Sister Siwei and Brother Gu Yu, and did not find other people with fragrance on their bodies in the next two days.

According to them, most of the people here are dead, and they have no way to find the rest of the "fragrance".

We came to the tenth day in a very panic.

This is what the adults call "the end of the day".

I stood outside holding hands with my sister Siwei. I watched her turn into powder in front of me. I felt so sad and cried so hard.

I never thought that there would be something in this world that would make me so sad. Even if I had been away from my parents for ten days, I was not as sad as I am now.

Then it was me. I started to separate from my legs, but strangely, it didn't hurt at all. Then it was my stomach and my hands.

Finally, I felt that I was flying up into the air, and then I seemed to fall asleep, and I had no idea what happened next.

When I opened my eyes again, I was sitting in the classroom, and Xu Jiahua was standing next to me.

I stared and kept looking around. I really wanted to figure out what happened.

Why did I come back? Did I escape?

"Xu...Xu Jiahua?" I turned my head and shouted.

"What's the matter?" Xu Jiahua stood there and whispered, "Are you going to die? You dare to talk in the class of the head teacher."

Seeing him standing in front of me alive and kicking, my tears could not stop.

I could actually smell Xu Jiahua. Although he was wearing dirty clothes, he smelled clean.

The head teacher who was giving the class was wearing clean clothes, but he smelled dirty.

After listening to him for a few words, I realized that this was the day before the earthquake.

Not only did I come back, I also went back to the day before. I could smell everyone's smell, and even the smell of "the earthquake is coming". Everything will happen again tomorrow afternoon.

But what can I do?

After class, I returned home in a daze. Nothing here has changed. There are broken plates all over the floor. Dad is snoring on the sofa, and my desk lamp is still broken.

I put my schoolbag on the ground, walked slowly to Dad, then cleaned up the nearby broken plates, sat on the ground against the sofa, and then gently leaned my head on his shoulder.

Dad, I'm really scared.

I had a terrible dream. I miss you very much.

"Dad." I called softly, "I want to talk to you, can you hear me?"

But Dad was still snoring, he couldn't hear me. He smelled heavily of alcohol, but he smelled happy, as if he was having a sweet dream.

I will go to school early tomorrow morning. I don't know if I will die in school like last time. I just hope to talk to Dad and Mom before that. If I continue to go to that red city, I won't see them for ten days again.

No matter how I called him, he slept very deeply, so I could only stand up and walk out of the room.

I didn't want to do homework tonight, I wanted to see Mom.

I walked for about ten minutes before I found a brightly lit and smoky chess and card room in the alley.

The people in the chess and card room were talking loudly all the time, as if they were arguing.

I pushed the door open and went in. A few people looked at me, and then pretended not to see me and continued to play mahjong.

I found Mom at first sight in the crowd. I missed her so much.

There was a little bruise on the corner of her eye. She was sitting at a mahjong table, touching the cards with a smile on her face, and muttering "three bamboos, three bamboos".

When the cards were turned over, she seemed very disappointed. She cursed "Wow, no one loves me" and threw the mahjong tiles on the table.

I slowly walked to my mother and calculated carefully. I haven't seen her for ten days.

"Mother..." I whispered.

"Axiong?" She glanced at me, then immediately turned back to look at her cards, "What are you doing? You don't have to go back to do your homework?...Pong!"

"I don't want to do my homework, I want to seeYou." I dragged a small stool beside her and sat down, "Mom, I want to talk to you..."

"Talk, your damn dad has nothing to say to me all day long... Liuwan! You, the damned one, want to talk to me when I'm playing cards again, what sin have I committed?"

"Then I won't talk." I smiled, "Mom, I'll watch you play cards."

"Are you crazy?" She continued to pick up the cards from the table without looking at me at all, "You've learned to play cards from me since you were eight years old, Jiusuo! Be careful that you grow up to be as bad as your dad."

I held back my tears and looked at my mom's back.

Mom, do you know?

I'm going to travel far away soon.

I'm going to a very scary place, I may not see you for ten days, or I may die there completely.

You always say that it would be better if you hadn't given birth to me. If I really die, will you be happier than now?

"Mom. "I shouted again.

"What's wrong?" She answered loudly.

"Tomorrow afternoon, can you not stay at home?"

"Okay, I won't be allowed to go home." She picked up the card and found that it was not the one she wanted, and then cursed again, "I'm going to die, my good son really cares about me."

"Of course, mother." I stood up and said to her with a smile, "I'm leaving, mother, I really love you."

Thank you for bringing me into this world.

But I did something bad and I'm going to be caught in jail.

Mom, if I can come back, I must talk to you a lot, can you listen to me then?

I met a very good sister, I love her as much as I love you.

The next afternoon, in the hot and cold classroom, the earthquake came as expected.

When the teacher stumbled out of the classroom, I immediately stood up and grabbed Xu Jiahua's hand.

"Xu Jiahua! Run! "

Before he could react to what happened, I dragged him out of the classroom.

I couldn't let Xu Jiahua die.

The whole building was shaking, making a loud noise, the glass was shattered by the shaking, and cracks began to appear on the walls.

"Xu Jiahua! I'm sorry!"

I shouted in the shaking corridor.

"What?"

"I'm sorry!" I laughed while running, and shouted while laughing, "I'm sorry!"

I grinned, I don't know why I was so happy, I was obviously going to die, but I was really happy.

Even if I was going to die, I must say "I'm sorry" to Xu Jiahua.

"You're stupid!" Xu Jiahua scolded, "How can a younger brother say sorry to an older brother?"

The wind whistled past my ears, and Xu Jiahua and I kept running.

I never ran in the corridor because the teacher didn't allow me to do so. I had to spend my time carefully every day and abide by various disciplines.

I wanted to run in the corridor, I wanted to shout "I'm sorry".

Before the ceiling collapsed, Xu Jiahua and I felt the wind and the shaking ground, and felt the freedom we had never experienced before.