The Problem with Marrying Rich: Out of the Way, Ex

The only thing she could do for her parents was to offer up more joss paper to them. She hoped that they wouldn’t have to worry about money in the netherworld.

She watched as the joss paper burned and became ash.

Then, she walked up to their graves and poured three glasses of wine.

She drank one glass and poured the other two glasses over her parent’s graves.

She went through the entire process; started with three glasses of wine and ended with three glasses of wine. She started packing up after she had finished paying her respects.

“Dad, mom, I’ll be back over the tomb-sweeping festival. I’ll visit every tomb-sweeping festival as well,” she thought.

She waved in the direction of their graves before she left this gloomy place.

She came down the hill. Her uncle lived nearby, but she didn’t have any intention of visiting. She didn’t even want to walk by their house, so she chose to do a detour by walking along the small pathways between the fields before she reached the main road.

There were fields on either side of the pathways but since it was winter and New Year’s Eve, there weren’t that many people toiling in the fields. The only person she spotted was Aunty Li who was her mother’s friend pulling garlic in the fields.

Aunty Li had spotted He Xiyan as well and greeted her with a happy smile. She held the garlic she had just plucked in her hand.

“You must be Yan Yan…” Aunty Li said loudly.

He Xiyan stopped in her tracks and turned to look at this woman who was in her forties. She remembered that Aunty Li used to be on good terms with her mother in the past.

“Hello, Aunty Li,” He Xiyan said with a smile.

“Yan Yan, you must have just come from the hill. Where would you be spending your New Year’s this year?” Aunty Li asked.

He Xiyan smiled awkwardly and nodded.

She didn’t have anywhere to go for the New Year’s so naturally, she’d be spending it at home alone.

She had been spending New Year’s all alone ever since her mother passed away and this would be her third year spending it alone.

“I’m heading home now, Aunty Li. Happy New Year,” she finally said after spending some time searching for the right words to say.

Aunty Li walked up to He Xiyan, gave her a pat on the shoulder and said warmly, “Yan Yan, why don’t you have lunch over at my place today?”

Aunty Li noticed that He Xiyan seemed a little teary and guessed that she didn’t have anywhere to go. She knew that her two uncles didn’t treat her like family. They didn’t even invite their niece over to have dinner together on New Year’s Eve.

He Xiyan was touched by this kind gesture even though she knew that Aunty Li was just being polite. Her neighbors had extended more help to her than her relatives had ever done, including Aunty Li who had given her a lot of support when her mother had passed away.

“Thank you, Aunty Li, but I’ve got to head to my teacher’s home for a meal,” she said awkwardly.

She wasn’t actually planning to head to a teacher’s home. This was just an excuse.

She didn’t want to spend New Year’s Eve at someone else’s home because she would feel even more sorrowful if she were to see others having a happy meal with their families.

She exchanged a few more words with Aunty Li, then headed to the main road and took a bus that was bound for Liu City.

She was all alone this New Year’s Eve.

She turned in early that night but she couldn’t sleep because of the constant sound of firecrackers and colorful fireworks outside her house.

She stood in front of the windows and clasped her hands together in a prayer position when it was almost midnight.

不会为了钱苦恼了.

贺夕颜看着那那些纸钱慢慢的燃烧,最后变成一些灰烬.

随即她又来到了墓前.

倒了三杯酒,自己喝了其中一杯,另外两杯则分别倒在了爸爸妈妈的墓前.

这是祭奠的程序,开始时三杯酒,结束时三杯酒,而倒完这三杯酒后,她便将自己的带来的东西都收了起来.

（爸爸,妈妈,清明节我再来看你们,以后的每个清明节我都会来看你们.）

说完这一句话后,贺夕颜挥了挥手离开了这里,离开了这阴冷的地方.

她从山上下来,她的一个伯伯家就在不远处的马路边,但是她并没有准备去,甚至她都不想从他们的屋子前面经过,于是她绕到了田间的小道.从小道回到不远处的主道上.

小道两旁都是农田,不过大冬天的,又是除夕,并没有什么人在农田里劳作,她只看到一个妈妈以前的朋友李婶婶好像在田里拔大蒜.

李婶早就看到贺夕颜了,她笑嘻嘻地走过来,手里拿着一大把的刚拔的大蒜.

”是颜颜吧…”李婶婶大声地问道.

贺夕颜停住脚步,回头看着这个四十多岁的阿姨,妈妈以前的朋友.她记得妈妈在世时跟这个婶婶的关系不错.

”你好,李婶婶.”贺夕颜微笑着打了一声招呼.

”颜颜,你这是从山上下来的吧,今天去哪过年呢?”

贺夕颜尴尬地笑了笑.再是点了点头.

她能去哪过年呢,自然是回家,一个人过除夕.

从妈妈离世后,她就是一个人过节,这已经是第三年了.

”我准备回家了,李婶婶,新年快乐.”

贺夕颜实在不知道什么.

李婶则在这时来到了贺夕颜的面前,再是拍了拍她的肩膀.她热情地说道:

”颜颜啊,你今天在婶婶家吃午饭吧.”

李婶看得出来眼前的这个女孩似乎刚刚哭过,想来她肯定是没有地方去吧.她那两个伯伯实在不像话,大过节的,竟然不喊亲侄女一起吃团年饭.

虽然只是客套话,然而贺夕颜心里却依旧是开心的,相比她的那些冷漠的亲戚,她的很多邻居都帮过她不少忙,包括眼前的李婶,也曾在她的妈妈过世时帮助她很多.

”谢谢你,李婶婶,只是我得赶回家去我一个老师家吃饭.”贺夕颜尴尬地说道.

其实她并没有真的要去哪个老师家,只是一个借口罢了.

她并不想去别人家里过除夕,看着别人一家和睦美满,团团圆圆,她心里只是更加的难过.

贺夕颜跟这个婶婶再又聊了一句,聊完后,她便来到了大路边,上了一辆去往浏阳的中巴车.

这个除夕,她依旧是一个人.

到了晚上,贺夕颜早早地便睡下了,当然,她是睡不着的,因为外头不断地传来鞭炮声,还有那五颜六色的烟花.

在快到零点时,她站了窗前,双手合十.