C50 (1/2)

My name is Li Mo, people familiar with me call me Little Mo, this year I'm 15 years old. In the entire village, Big Bear and Ah Feng and I had the best relationship, we were good brothers who grew up together.

The big bear is three years older than I am, and he is as big and thick as his name suggests. Because his family was poor, he did not go to school for a long time.

Ah Feng is the same age as me, he has a similar personality, and is also a neighbor of mine.

We were together almost every day, doing good or bad, and of course we did bad things more often.

Let's not talk about it first. We have done countless bad things, such as stealing chickens and ducks from people's homes, picking fruits and vegetables from their plants, trampling over other people's fields, smashing glass with rocks, and setting fire to straw. All of these things are common to us.

In addition to good and bad things, we also do some strange things, and one of the strangest things is called plundering graves.

Why plagiarize graves? It was actually a test game, invented by a bear with a belly full of bad ideas. It could be done with only three pieces of paper and three pens. All three of them took a piece of paper and a pen and stepped into the cemetery at the same time. They then wrote down the names of the dead on each tombstone, and in the end, the more tombstones someone memorized, the winner would win. The winner would receive the appropriate rewards, for example, the two other losers would be responsible for buying food.

The game seemed boring, but it was actually a test of courage. The cemetery behind the mountain was huge, so I couldn't hold on in the beginning. The winner was usually the big bear.

In the past, we would always play grave raiding once a year. Because our village has a lot of people, especially the elderly, there are always new tombstones in the back of the mountain.

The winter this year was exceptionally short. Just past the middle of February, Big Bear and Ah Feng impatiently ran over to my house, saying that there were a few old men in the village who weren't able to make it through the winter. They also erected a few tombstones at the back of the mountain.

Amongst the three of them, my personality was the most passive. Normally, they would just say whatever they wanted to say.

The bet on the grave raiding was that everyone would take some New Year's gifts from their homes and give them all to the winners.

For me, this year's stock will not be preserved. After all, I'm not likely to win.

Thus, late into the night, we brought along pen and paper, and followed the old method, sneaking out of our homes and rushing to the back of the mountain to meet up with them.

Along the way, the wind was blowing and the air was chilly. Although the winter was almost over, it was still very cold in the middle of the night.

When I got to the grave, I was shivering with cold. I didn't know if I was scared or cold, but I kept feeling that something was wrong with me tonight. Big Bear looked at me and laughed. ”Are you afraid?”

I nodded.

”What's there to be afraid of? It's not like I've never played before.” Ah Feng also laughed.

”That's right, it's more fun to be afraid. If something really happens, we'll just keep it under wraps. Good brother!”

I know that Big Bear is a loyal person. He always keeps the word ”good brother” in his mouth. However, his words gave me a lot of courage.

We chose a reasonable place to pluck the grave.

The big bear counted one, two, three, and then looked at his watch to check the time. He and Ah Feng were the first to go.

Because the grave is now much larger than before and the fog this night is heavier, I could only tremble as I copied three tombstones. Then, I would no longer be able to see Da Xiong and Ah Feng.

I whispered their names, but they didn't answer.

Fortunately, the moon was bright in the back of the mountain, so at least I wouldn't get lost in the graveyard.

I lowered my head and continued copying the words on the tombstone.

Strange to say, after I copied a few pieces, my courage gradually grew. Perhaps it was because I was numb. In short, I copied everything along the way. I even felt like I might get first place this time.

At this moment, I saw an extremely brand-new tombstone at the end of the tombstone. I didn't know if it was my imagination, but I felt that the tombstone was slightly shining.

I thought: isn't that Big Bear's name, Wu Xiong Xiong?

I looked at the date of birth and death on the side of the ranking board, and found that the date of birth completely matched the date of birth of the big bear, but the date of death was more than a month later!

I took a deep breath and felt a stir in my heart.

Big Bear is obviously with me, how could something happen to him? It had to be someone's prank!

At the same time, I heard the big bear behind me shout, ”Time's up!”

It turned out that Big Bear and Ah Feng were already behind me.

When I saw the big bear appear in front of me, I was not only relieved, but also relieved. I wasn't going to tell him about the discovery of the Great Bear, for fear he'd be unlucky, so I missed a tombstone.

Who knew that just because I lacked the big bear's portion, I would lose to another big bear. Originally, if I were to include this piece, I would have achieved my first ever victory.

The next day, Ah Feng and I brought the New Year stuff, which was used as a wager, to Big Bear's house. Big Bear's mother even invited us for a meal, but she didn't know that we were interrogating Big Bear's grave, and even more so didn't know that I found Big Bear's tombstone at the graveyard.

In a few days, I will be going to the city to attend high school. In the future, I won't be able to spend all day with Big Bear Ah Feng. Before I left, I kind of wanted to tell Big Bear about the tombstone and tell him to tear down the grave, but I was naturally timid, so I didn't say it.

The days of school in the city were so boring that I couldn't run around like I did in the countryside. I was living with relatives, relatives I didn't know very well, and felt even more uncomfortable. I was preparing to go back and reunite with Big Bear Ah Feng, so I called Ah Feng's home in advance. Unexpectedly, when Ah Feng heard that I was coming back, he seemed cold and confused, and when I asked him if anything had happened to him, he told me bitterly that Big Bear had left.

”He left? Where did he go? ” I asked.

”The meaning behind his departure …” He died. ”

I was stunned for a moment, as if struck by lightning.

I choked with sobs and asked, ”Why …” Dead? When did this happen!? ”