Chapter 369

Xia Enxue watched them go in, then ran back to her room to wake up the little squirrel.

She pushed the little squirrel over, and the family stood by the old woman's bed, looking down at her quietly.Xia Enxue slowly set up the little squirrel's tripod and parked him behind them.

The old woman said in a low voice: "Everyone...everyone..."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Yes."

The three answered one by one.

The old woman slowly opened her eyes, looked towards the empty space between the man and his wife, and asked, "Everyone... I... Is there any use for you...?"

"have."

"some."

"kindness."

The man, his wife, and his son all nodded in answer.

The old woman smiled slowly, very slowly, and whispered:
"Is that so... so... good..."

She slowly let out a long breath with a "huh—" and closed her eyes.

Then it will never move again.

Xia Enxue pressed her fingers on the old lady's neck, while the other three just stood still.

"She's dead."

As soon as Xia Enxue said that, the man replied, "Yes."

"She's actually human, right?"

Xia Enxue asked as if to make sure, the man quickly turned his head to look at Xia Enxue, and said sadly, "Yes."

"I just don't think she looks like a robot."

said the little squirrel.

"What are you going to do next?"

Facing Xia Enxue's questioning, the man replied: "I want to bury her. If you want, let's do a favor together!"

Xia Enxue and the others wrapped the old woman's body in sheets.

At this moment, the man came over with an hourglass from the kitchen and held it into the hands of the old woman on her chest.

"Please come with us."

said the man.Then he and his wife lifted the stretcher carrying the body and walked out of the house.His son was carrying a large backpack and picked up four shovels casually with both hands.

There is a path for people to walk in the red leaf forest. Xia Enxue followed the old woman's body and pushed the little squirrel along.

Not long after passing through the woods, the field of vision immediately became wider.I saw the morning sun shining on the majestic valley, and the slanting sunlight made the green lake water shine brightly.

The family lowered the body and began digging holes on the side of the cliff where they had a clear view of the lake.Xia Enxue also helped them.

After the hole was dug, the man carried the body into the hole and slowly let her lie down.As for the son, he opened the backpack and took out a human skull from inside.

It was an adult skull, slightly yellowed, and badly cracked on the left side of the head.The man carefully placed the skull next to the old woman's head.Then the son took out a smaller child's skull.The man put it on the other side again.

The man said to Xia Enxue, "Those are her husband and son."

After the man climbed out of the hole, he began to use a shovel to cover the old woman's body with soil, and his wife and son did the same without saying a word.

Xia Enxue did the same from the other end.

For a while, the only sounds were the chirping of birds in the morning, the rustling of leaves in the wind, and the shoveling of earth for the burial of the dead.

Standing in front of the freshly piled grave, Xia Enxue prayed silently for a long time before opening her eyes.Although her lips trembled slightly, she didn't make any sound.

Xia Enxue turned to the family and said, "We are leaving now, thank you very much for taking us in."

The man smiled slightly and said, "Xia Enxue, don't you want to know?"

(End of this chapter)

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