Memories｜Chapter 1296: Still Alone

What she can do for her parents is to burn more paper money for them, so that they will not worry about money in the underworld.

He Xiyan watched the paper money slowly burn and finally turned into ashes.

Then she came to the tomb again.

I poured three glasses of wine, drank one of them myself, and poured the other two glasses in front of my parents' graves respectively.

This is the ritual of offering sacrifices. It starts with three glasses of wine and ends with three glasses of wine. After pouring these three glasses of wine, she puts away all the things she brought.

(Dad, Mom, I will come see you again on Tomb-Sweeping Day, and I will come see you every Tomb-Sweeping Day in the future.)

After saying these words, He Xiyan waved his hand and left here, leaving this cold place.

She came down from the mountain. One of her uncle's houses was not far away from the road, but she had no intention of going there. She didn't even want to pass in front of their house, so she went around to the path in the field. Return from the trail to the main trail not far away.

There were farmland on both sides of the trail, but it was winter and it was New Year's Eve, so there were not many people working in the farmland. She only saw Aunt Li, her mother's former friend, who seemed to be pulling garlic in the field.

Aunt Li had seen He Xiyan a long time ago. She came over with a smile, holding a large handful of freshly pulled garlic in her hand.

"Is it Yan Yan..." Aunt Li asked loudly.

He Xiyan stopped and looked back at this aunt in her forties, a former friend of her mother. She remembered that she had a good relationship with this aunt when her mother was still alive.

"Hello, Aunt Li." He Xiyan said hello with a smile.

"Yan Yan, you came down from the mountain, right? Where are you going to celebrate the New Year today?"

He Xiyan smiled awkwardly. He nodded again.

Where could she go to celebrate the New Year? Of course she would go home and spend New Year's Eve alone.

She has been celebrating the holidays alone since her mother passed away. This is already the third year.

"I'm ready to go home, Aunt Li. Happy New Year."

He Xiyan really didn't know anything.

Aunt Li came to He Xiyan at this time and patted her shoulder again. She said enthusiastically:

"Yan Yan, you can have lunch at your aunt's house today."

Aunt Li could tell that the girl in front of her had just cried, so she must have nowhere to go. It was really shameful for her two uncles to celebrate the holiday and not invite their nieces to join them for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Although they were just polite words, He Xiyan was still happy in her heart. Compared with her indifferent relatives, many of her neighbors had helped her a lot, including Aunt Li in front of her, who also helped her after her mother passed away. It helped her a lot.

"Thank you, Aunt Li, but I have to rush home to have dinner at one of my teachers' houses." He Xiyan said awkwardly.

In fact, she didn't really want to go to any teacher's house, it was just an excuse.

She didn't want to go to other people's homes to spend New Year's Eve. Seeing other people's families being harmonious and happy, she felt even more sad.

He Xiyan chatted with this aunt again. After the chat, she came to the roadside and got on a minibus bound for Liuyang.

This New Year's Eve, she is still alone.

At night, He Xiyan went to bed early. Of course, she couldn't sleep because there were constant sounds of firecrackers and colorful fireworks outside.

When it was almost midnight, she stood in front of the window and clasped her hands.