Early in the morning, Zhang Zian opened his eyes.
A new day had arrived.
The window was open, with only the screen covering it. Outside the window came the sound of birds singing in the morning, as well as the sound of cleaners sweeping the streets.
Cool air poured in from outside the window, blowing the curtains and causing them to dance. Beautiful rays of dawn could be seen in the gaps of the curtains.
He stretched himself. Although he had a strange dream the whole night, his spirit had recovered quite well.
This was almost the best time of the year. The temperature was neither too hot nor too cold, and the humidity was neither too dry nor too damp. Sleeping with the window open was very comfortable.
The elfins also got up one after another.
Apart from the days gradually shortening and the nights slowly lengthening, there was almost no change. It was plain and busy.
But in fact, there were changes every day. As long as one had a pair of observant eyes, one could capture these subtle changes. As long as one maintained enthusiasm and expectations for life, every day would not be dull.
The green leaves quietly turned golden, the children's height suddenly increased, the shop's business income slowly increased, and they met more and more friends … This was probably happiness.
Life was complicated, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty, but not just sweet.
Today was a seemingly ordinary day, but in fact, it was a special day.
Usually, after he woke up, he would be busy preparing for the opening of the shop. He would always wait until it was almost ready before buying breakfast. But today, as soon as he woke up, he went into the kitchen and began to use his clumsy cooking skills to make breakfast. The ingredients had already been packed and put in the refrigerator the night before.
Could it be … that he had made up his mind to practice hard in order to find a wife?
If that was the case, the elfins would have started to mock him. After all, the legendary wife had not even been found yet.
But today, the elfins were exceptionally quiet. Even Richard and Snowy Lionet did not complain or mock him. On the contrary, Richard did not rush to eat its breakfast of nuts and vegetables after getting up, and Snowy Lionet did not eat the bloody raw beef brisket in front of it. Because the food they ate was different from other elfins, they usually ate alone.
Xinghai did not go play hide-and-seek with the kittens, Fina did not laze in bed, Old Time Tea did not go downstairs to watch TV, Famous did not sit on the first floor and wait to receive the fans, Vladimir did not leave the pet shop to command the stray cats, Pi did not open its eyes and sit in front of the computer to type, Fa Ci did not silently recite its daily morning prayer, and Sihwa did not start her day's live broadcast early …
Everyone seemed to be waiting for something.
There was the sound of pots and pans in the kitchen, and the range hood rumbled. Then, it became quiet again. Zhang Zian finally walked out with a tray. On the tray were two portions of breakfast that were not well made, but were very sumptuous.
He did not put the tray on the dining table. Instead, he brought it to the cabinet of drawers and placed the two breakfasts in front of his parents' portraits. Then, he bowed respectfully and lowered his head in silence.
"Dad, Mom, I miss you guys so much …"
His eyes reddened.
It had been a year.
It had been a whole year since his parents suddenly passed away.
He closed his eyes, and the voices and smiles of his parents reappeared in front of him. The scenes of the past years flashed through his mind like the highlights of a movie. From the time he could remember when he was a child, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, university, work … Although there were many disputes with his parents, which child did not have ideological conflicts with their parents in the process of growing up? But at this moment, all he could think of were the happiest and most beautiful memories.
Richard fluttered its wings and flew over. It put a few nuts on the plates of the two breakfasts.
Snowy Lionet was reluctant to part with the fresh raw beef brisket, and it knew that even if the two elders were still alive, they probably would not like to eat raw meat. But it still tried to jump several times, and with great difficulty, it jumped onto the cabinet and put the two raw beef brisket on the plates.
An elf passionately presided over the ceremony, and the other elfins also presented their own gifts, such as garlands made of wildflowers, medicinal tea picked from the wild, and some elfins prayed for them. Some elfins blessed them, and some elfins wrote a beautiful eulogy for them, which was then recited by another elf in a more beautiful voice …
Since a few days ago, the elfins had been silently preparing. Even if a few elfins were careless and slow, they could more or less sense the movements of the other elfins. As for how they knew the specific date, of course, they knew it from Pi's novel.
There were more and more things on and off the plates, and the smiles of the two elders seemed to become more and more gratified.
Vladimir was about to announce the start of a moment of silence when a low bark came from outside the window. It was Little White, holding a set of postcards in its mouth, standing on the roof of the Wuling Hong Guang MPV. It was a set of postcards that were intact and clean. It was not easy to find such clean things from the garbage dump. The content of the postcards was world-famous scenery, to make up for the regret that the two elders had never been abroad.
Vladimir stood on the windowsill and looked at Little White, then silently opened the screen window and let Little White jump in.
Little White's body was also very clean, and there was no smell at all. It had only come after taking a bath at the beach. It put the postcards on the cabinet of drawers, then stepped aside and stood with Vladimir. Today was the first day that the two of them had a truce for something other than their own race.
Famous's dress was more solemn, and it even let Pi tie a pure white bow tie for it.
The elfins squatted or stood around, all bowing their heads in silence for the two elders, including Sihwa, who was in the bathroom.
They all closed their eyes, and no one noticed that there seemed to be a faintly discernible butterfly flying around the two portraits, sprinkling dreamy colorful scale powder, and then suddenly disappearing behind the portraits.
No matter where everyone came from, or what extraordinary experiences they had, fate had gathered everyone here, and everyone was grateful to the two elders for providing such a shelter and a new stage in their lives.
Little White's situation was a bit special. It did not live in the pet shop. It came to pay tribute to the two elders because it was grateful to Zhang Zian for providing long-term help to the stray dogs. As for how it knew the specific day, of course, another elfin had explicitly hinted to it.
No one had ordered them to do so, and no one had the right to order them to do so. The people who could make them surrender did not exist in this world. They had never bowed to power, never bowed to wealth, never bowed to beauty, but today, they had bowed to the two elders who had passed away.
Zhang Zian thought that he would cry, but he did not. What he wanted to say to them had already been said in his dreams. In his dreams, he had smiled and said goodbye to them, so he would not cry today.
Instead of crying and remembering the past, it was better to face the future with a smile.
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