13 Mink Street

Chapter 6 The Crying in the Basement

Grandpa put his hand on Karen's shoulder.

Karen's body also trembled.

"Then... go home."

"okay."

Karen was clear and sure of what he had just experienced. He didn't think it was his own "worries" in this situation, but a pure "life-and-death frontline".

reach out,

push open the courtyard door,

Karen stepped forward,

take a step forward,

Then the moment below the knees became weak, and the whole person staggered forward;

Thanks to his other hand, he kept pulling the golden retriever's leash, which caused the golden retriever to be dragged forward, and finally fell on the golden retriever.

"Well……"

The golden retriever let out a mournful cry.

Karen immediately got up with his hands on the ground, and couldn't help but look back at his grandpa standing there.

Grandpa was looking at him with no other expression.

Karen picked up the golden retriever with rough skin and thick flesh, and continued to walk home.

In the living room, Aunt Mary was sitting there discussing matters with a few middle-aged men and women. It should be the children of the old man in the nursing home who came to arrange the funeral.

Aunt Mary called Karen, but Karen didn't respond, and when she went up the stairs, she let go of the leash.

He went all the way to the third floor, pushed open the door of his room, walked in, locked the door, then leaned his back against the door, and slowly slid down and sat paralyzed on the ground.

"Hoo... ph... ph..."

Karen began to gasp uncontrollably,

Tears, snot, and cold sweat began to drip uncontrollably,

He clenches his hands tightly,

He suppressed his voice to an extremely low level, and all kinds of dirty words kept coming out of his mouth.

at this very moment,

Only swear words that do not require thinking and are close to instinct can help him resolve a little.

but,

not long,

Mina's voice came from outside the door:

"Brother, lunch is in the kitchen, I'll heat it up for you, do you want to eat?"

Karen took a deep breath, wiped away tears with the palm of her hand, then wiped the snot with the back of her hand,

road:

"No, I'm not hungry."

"Okay, brother."

Mina leaves.

Karen leaned against the door and looked up.

Mr. Huofen saw who I was, and Grandpa was at the door just now, obviously...he wanted to kill me!

He just wanted to kill himself!

The "identity issue" that I thought I had little to worry about at the moment has brought me a clear crisis, no, I have already escorted myself to the gallows.

At this moment, cousin Lent's voice sounded from outside the door:

"Brother, grandpa is calling you to have lunch with him."

Karen gritted his teeth and waved his fists,

Damn, damn, damn! ! !

Now, the person I am most afraid of facing is my grandfather, that is, Diss!

but,

What's more damning is that Karen found that he still didn't dare to refuse.

After a moment of blank eyes,

"Ah……"

Karen suddenly laughed out loud,

He covered his face with his hands,

Unable to restrain the laughter, his shoulders trembled accordingly.

He is clearly aware of the change in his mentality now,

from one extreme to the other,

Abbreviation:

Broken cans.

After a person is greatly stimulated mentally, it is easy to have similar emotions. For example, people who are thrifty and housekeeping will go to spend a lot of money, and people who are clean and self-sufficient will suddenly go to abuse;

After the mood stabilizes, you will probably regret it.

But this does not prevent them from indulging in the indulgence of that period of time;

After all, people are flesh and blood and souls. Even machines need to be stopped for inspection and maintenance after they are overloaded.

Karen stood up slowly,

He looked at himself in the bedroom mirror,

Karen didn't feel regretful or ashamed because of his previous weakness. Who can really keep calm when a normal person suddenly faces a life-and-death situation?

but,

He is tired.

...

It's three o'clock in the afternoon, well past lunchtime.

Karen walked to the table and sat down.

Diss raised his head, glanced at Karen, and found that Karen's expression was very natural, and with the wet hair cut back, he looked very energetic.

In front of him was a plate of noodles with tomato sauce, and in the middle was a plate of pies.

Take the fork, roll up the noodles and put them in your mouth,

Sweet and sour, soft and waxy... Well, it's unpalatable.

Picked up another stuffed pie and took a bite, the sweetness almost sent Karen away.

Karen put down the fork helplessly and sighed.

Diss asked while eating slowly:

"What's wrong?"

Karen noticed that Aunt Mary and Aunt Winnie were not on the second floor, so she answered very bluntly:

"Unappetizing."

Mina, who came over from the side with water, was obviously a little uncomfortable hearing such a direct conversation, because everyone in the family, including her parents, was always in awe when facing grandpa.

For example, comments on food and self-willedness are not allowed.

Diss took a bite of the pie and asked:

"What do you want to eat?"

Karen shook his head and said, "I'll make lunch tomorrow."

Diss wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, and said slowly:

"good."

But then, Diss pointed to the food in front of Karen: "Don't waste it."

"good."

Karen resumed eating.

Diss picked up the glass of water in his hand, took a sip, and kept his eyes on Karen.

Karen, on the other hand, was obviously eating with a frown. He didn't make any emotional cover-ups, and sighed while eating.

"Food requires the most basic respect." Diss reminded.

Karen also took a glass of water from Mina's hand, swallowed the sweet pie in his mouth with it, and said:

"It is really disrespectful to make the ingredients unpalatable."

Diss nodded thoughtfully,

road:

"Then I look forward to tomorrow's lunch."

At this time, Aunt Mary came up from downstairs, and Karen noticed that Auntie's face was full of changing anger, but when she appeared in front of Grandpa, she quickly restrained herself.

"The guests have left?" Diss asked.

"Well, they chose the cheapest set meal." Aunt Mary said.

"Hmm." Diss said nothing special.

The cheapest package is to rent the first floor of Inmeles’ house as a place of mourning, without all the extra decorations and arrangements. It’s similar to the “Stopping” where relatives and friends come to visit at a specific time in the morning or afternoon. good;

There is no need to prepare... even wine and beverages.

"What's even more ridiculous is that they want to cremate Mr. Mosang, and they don't even want to buy the money for the cemetery. In order to save money, the brothers and sisters also said that Mr. Mosang is a follower of the Berry Sect.

But when I was handling the body of Mr. Mosang, I clearly saw the tattoo of an angel on his back. "

Believers of several sects stipulate cremation after death, so that the body becomes an end and a new beginning at the same time. However, most sects or most people are still unwilling to choose cremation.

Of course, the most important point is that cremation is much cheaper than burial with all beards and tails.

What makes Aunt Mary angry is that in order to save money, the sons and daughters of Mr. Mosang deliberately made up this unreliable reason... Well, it also cut off the bulk of her originally planned profit.

Coffins, cemeteries, priests, etc. are the real oil and water.

"Yes." Mr. Dees responded calmly, "According to the request of the guest."

"Okay, father."

"By the way, since Mr. Mosang's family members didn't ask for food, it's just right. Karen will prepare tomorrow's lunch."

"Okay, Father." Aunt Mary glanced at Karen subconsciously.

"I'm a little tired today. I'll go back to my room to rest. I'll be busy tomorrow morning, so you guys should go to bed early."

"Okay, father."

"Okay, Grandpa."

Diess got up and left the dining table and walked up to the third floor.

"Mina, take Lent and accompany me downstairs to set up the curtains first, oh, and then call Chris over."

"Okay, mother."

Aunt Mary looked at Karen again and asked:

"My chef nephew, do you need to buy some ingredients for you in advance?"

"No need, Auntie, there are plenty in the kitchen, enough."

"Then I'm looking forward to tomorrow's lunch."

Aunt Mary took Mina and the others downstairs. Although it was said that Paul and Ron would come to set up the mourning venue in the morning, she needed to put together some basic objects tonight.

Karen finished eating and began to collect the dishes.

At this time, the door of the uncle's and aunt's room on the second floor was pushed open from the inside.

"Karen, Karen."

"Uncle Mason?" Karen followed the prestige.

"Is there anything else to eat?" Uncle Mason asked.

"And a few pies."

"Okay, okay, give me, give me."

Karen brought the plate containing the stuffed pie to the door of the room. Uncle Mason was wearing pajamas, took the plate, and immediately picked up a stuffed pie and took a big bite. The look of wolfing down was obviously very hungry.

"Uncle, you are..."

Uncle Mason said helplessly: "I fell while walking, and my buttocks still hurt a lot. I don't know if I hurt my bones. I'll lie down first, so I won't delay my work at home tomorrow."

"Then uncle, you are really careless."

"Hey, if a family wants to be lucky, there must be someone who is unlucky to bear everything. As long as you are healthy and healthy, I am happy."

Although I know that Uncle Mason is "farting\

,"But Karen still gave a "polite" and "moving" smile.

Uncle Mason, who was carrying the tray, limped back to the bedroom, and at the same time he did not forget to tell Karen:

"Leave the door on."

"Okay, uncle."

Karen closed the door. Based on Uncle Mason's reaction in the morning, Karen guessed that his uncle must have been beaten by his father.

Um,

It's normal, isn't it?

Although the uncle's children are so old, it's nothing incomprehensible to be beaten by his father. After all, Diss almost killed his "pro-grandson" today.

Stretched out his right hand habitually, and scratched the position in front of his right eye, this was a habit in his previous life, and ended up feeling lonely;

"Karen" has good eyesight and does not need glasses.

Karen laughed at herself:

"grandson……"

Immediately afterwards,

Emphasized again:

"Sun thief."

...

Karen didn't go down to help. After clearing the dishes, he washed up and went to bed.

Drowsy, falling asleep again and again, waking up again and again, each time sleeping for only half an hour.

After dawdling until late at night, Karen's sleepiness was worn away instead.

He glanced at his cousin Lent, who was asleep on the spring bed opposite,

Since he woke up and recovered, his cousin who originally lived in the same room with his grandfather immediately moved back to live with him. It is conceivable how much pressure it brought to him to share a room with his grandfather.

Karen sat up from the bed, turned on the lamp on the small desk, opened the drawer according to memory, and took out a book from it.

The title of the book is "Money, a Meaningless Thing", which is the autobiography of a financial tycoon in the country of Ruilan, which is the country where Karen lives.

Karen flipped the pages of the book, and inside were banknotes with a denomination of "one hundred" rupees.

This is the money saved by the last "Karen". His pocket money is quite generous. Karen took out all of them and counted them, and it was 6,000 rupiah.

At this stage, the monthly salary of ordinary workers is almost 2,000 rupees a month, and the factory workers with good benefits can get a monthly salary of 2,500 rupees;

The two buddies in the family, Paul and Ron, received a monthly salary of 3,000 rupiah. Today, Paul received a wage increase to 4,000. After all, the salary for moving the dead must be higher.

Therefore, the 6,000 rupiah is almost three months' wages of an ordinary worker. In fact, ordinary workers need family living expenses, and it is enough to save it for half a year.

When he just woke up, Karen retrieved from his memory that "Karen" had been planning to run away from home, and he had never liked this home.

But the 6,000 rupiah is a lot of money, but even if he takes the money and goes out, what can he do?

"'Karen' oh 'Karen', why did you drop out of school, at least you left me a high school diploma."

But after thinking about it, he at least gave himself a "little plum" face, and it wasn't a little plum playing with a water gun;

I don't seem to have much reason to complain about "Karen".

Now,

inherits the selector itself:

"runaway?"

"Stay at home?"

These two issues kept flashing in Karen's mind, but recalling the scenes during the day, Karen couldn't help but doubt, would it be so easy to leave home?

This is really not as simple as a child taking a sum of money and taking the train away from home,

Instead, it involves a kind of mystery, which is somewhat beyond my established worldview cognition,

and,

The mystery is at home!

"Wow... woof..."

In the yard downstairs, there were two dogs barking.

It should have been there before, but Karen didn't pay attention.

Putting the money back into the book and continuing to hold it, and putting the book in the drawer, Karen stood up and pushed open the door of the room, just in time to see Pu'er lying on the window sill in the aisle.

The black cat at home is looking at the golden retriever who was "exiled" in the yard downstairs with a very "anthropomorphic" attitude;

As if to show off, I'm inside and you're outside.

Karen glanced at the "lonely" golden retriever in the yard. The temperature was very low at night. He felt that the golden retriever would probably not freeze to death. Lonely.

Aunt Mary and the others probably didn't pay attention to the golden retriever, or they were too lazy to let it stay in the house at night, so it's better to let it stay outside the house in the yard in the morning so as not to call someone to take it for a walk.

Karen walked from the third floor to the living room on the first floor, opened the door of the living room, and the golden retriever came over immediately, rubbing its face against Karen's pajama pants.

She bent down and patted the golden retriever on the head. Karen planned to take the golden retriever to the kitchen on the second floor to find something to eat.

But as soon as I got to the top of the stairs,

Karen heard a burst of "crying and choking" from a strange man from below.

On a quiet night, this voice is extremely clear at this time.

Karen took two steps back, glanced at the ramp leading to the basement, and took two tentative steps down, the voice became clearer, and you can even imagine an old man sitting in a corner so aggrieved that he was sobbing screen.

But Karen stepped back immediately and did not go deep.

"The tricks in horror movies that can't survive three minutes, I like to go to the basement alone because of that ridiculous curiosity."

Karen didn't scream or call out, but went upstairs to the kitchen.

He poured a glass of milk, put the glass of milk in a large bowl, poured hot water into it, and scalded it;

Picking up two more pieces of bread, he bit one and threw the other in front of Jin Mao.

The golden retriever lowered his head, sniffed the bread, then pushed it away in disgust, refusing to eat it.

It appears to have been fed.

Karen picked up the bread on the ground, and then brought the milk to the third floor.

When he walked to the door of his room, Karen hesitated for a moment, and instead of opening the door to go in, he turned around and came to the door of Grandpa's bedroom.

reach out, knock on the door;

"Duo duo... duo duo..."

There is no response inside.

Just as Karen was about to continue knocking on the door,

However, he found that the door dedicated to the grandfather's office next to him was opened, and the grandfather in a black nightgown was standing at the door of the study.

"What's up?"

"Give grandpa a cup of hot milk."

Karen handed the cup of hot milk to Diss.

Diss took it and took a sip in front of Karen.

"Good night, Grandpa."

"Good night."

Diss closed the door of the study.

Karen noticed that the light in the study was flickering, which meant that Grandpa wasn't turning on the light, but was... lighting a candle.

Standing at the door of the study for almost three minutes,

Karen turned around, didn't go back to her room, but went straight down the stairs, from the third floor to the first floor again.

When he stood again on the ramp leading to the basement,

The voice of "crying" came again.