The day before

Ao Nan could not stand what he was doing, he stood up rudely and refuted Wu Liang, "What do you mean? Please explain or I will not be able to sleep peacefully? Please my brother, you've been soaking for so long, look at my fingers are even wrinkled do you really want to get sick? If you get sick I will be scolded by your grandfather, never mind let's get up" Ao Nan shrugged Wu Liang's shoulders and persuaded him to get up and leave there.

The sound of splashing water drenched the quiet atmosphere into chaos, making Wu Liang swayed and he also got up from his previous actions.

"Okay okay, take it easy Ao Nan, take it easy..., let's go back" Wu Liang ignored Ao Nan's actions and just walked out of the Wu tribe's stream and headed to the clothes changing box there.

Meanwhile, Ao Nan was silent for a while and then followed Wu Liang, but he was also not angry with him, he was even happy because this was the Wu Liang he knew, the Wu Liang in his view was a sentimental Wu Liang who was swayed by feelings and abstract values within himself.

But because of Ao Nan's silence in front of the replacement box door, Wu Liang didn't realize that Ao Nan was in front of him and accidentally bumped into him with the replacement box door, "haha why are you here? I'm sorry I didn't know you were here, are you okay with it?", Ao Nan just kept quiet and rubbed his sore nose because Wu Liang opened the door not too hard.

Rubbing his nose that was hurting because of Wu Liang, "Oh my goodness... If I broke my nose would you replace my nose huh?", Wu Liang felt guilty of course, "I'm sorry, I was really unconscious, is it bleeding? Huft... Fortunately it's not bleeding, come on we go back now I'll wait for you".

Without saying much Ao Nan went inside and changed her clothes.

The two of them went back home without saying much, "Huft... Better... Wu Liang my brother, I hope you tell me before tomorrow's ceremony..., I'm really curious argh, you're just like this, love to make people confused and curious"

Although Ao Nan was expressing his annoyance, Wu Liang remained silent while smiling faintly and glancing at Ao Nan with his used clothes in his hand.

Passing through the small road that leads to the stream and then to the main road and then separated, Ao Nan only turned around to look at Wu Liang's figure showing his back and then walked straight to the left of the small road just now, passing through the array of houses and passing Su Meng's family's house, walking on the road to his right and then entering the direction of his house.

***

*The sound of a girl crying

Hurrying footsteps could be heard passing through the door of the room and a male figure appeared, coming to the direction of the crying sound.

"My sweet sister, why are you crying? Don't be sad and cry because I'm afraid mom and dad will also cry because of you, we've been through this in many full moons, try to tell me, what else is weighing on you?" said uncle Hong Ling to his sister Hong Xiao.

Hong Xiao was really sad and her face turned red in such a way, Hong Xiao's uncle's reverie was broken when he heard the sobs of his only sister, turning away from looking at the bright moon without a single cloud and then heading to his sister Hong Xiao's room.

Hong Xiao wiped her wet face and tried to speak although her tone and words were disconnected, "I-I... V-very disappointed in myself.... Hiks hiks" she said while covering her face with her thin and small hands.

Uncle Hong Ling didn't say anything for a moment, just shook his head slowly while rubbing his sister's face gently while saying, "come on my sister, I'm sure you are strong even very strong, the proof now, is that you have lived all this time, without your strength now you might never be as cheerful as a few days ago."

Hearing her big brother's words Hong Xiao still did not want to stop, she had grown up and had also heard her big brother's words more than a few times to count, the same words always made her even more disgusted but she could not reply or even stop it, she did not dare to say it.

To say that would be disobeying her elder brother.

But even though Hong Xiao was fed up and continued to be fed up, she was very familiar with one thing, one thing that was certain was that her elder brother loved her very much even with the conditions and shortcomings that Hong Xiao was experiencing, that he decreased the affection shown to her.

Uncle Hong Ling who continued to watch his sister who was silent and did nothing, then hugged her warmly, trying to throw away all the insignificant burdens that chained his mind.

"Don't you cry anymore, I know I'm bad and I'm not the best brother, forgive me for my shortcomings, I will prepare your clothes first for tomorrow, try to look your best in front of the ancestral spirits" Uncle Hong Xiao held his sister and looked at her warmly, looking at his sister's glassy eyes.

Trying to take all the tragic and heartbreaking atmosphere that filled this room and replace it with a better direction, Hong Xiao gazed at his small and deformed feet due to polio several times.

***

Time continued to pass leaving a truly memorable day.

"Hey Cang Wuan, I hope they'll really understand this, how does this happen so often?" Uncle Cang Yan was trying to comfort Uncle Cang Wuan who was silently staring at the night sky after they ate together and Uncle Cang Wuan who was also packing their clothes for tomorrow night.

Uncle Cang Wuan just turned to him and nodded to him, "Come on Cang Wuan, I don't mean anything bad but this is the fate, although the transfer of your clan is an unthinkable path but at least it is the best path and the safest way to continue your contribution to the village, I can't directly say that I release your responsibility to me and also it is impossible but at least I will try my best to keep you living well and normally as before, I Cang Yan apologize for what happened and will happen in the future"

"There is no need to apologize, as you said, this is fate and we cannot blame for what happened, it is better for me to carry out well what has been destined for us, I also do not feel burdened" Uncle Cang Wuan calmly smiled at his uncle Cang Yan then looked back at the moon.

"I actually really want to go out and explore the world like Jin Fei, but I realize this, I can't ignore it and I know they wouldn't accept it even if I left, it's me who is sorry for thinking and even trying and training myself to leave the village and acting as if I forgot your kindness"

Uncle Cang Yan could not say anything else, just stared silently at Uncle Cang Wuan who continued to look at the sky with wisdom and calmness.

He smiled, not out of happiness, not out of irony, but because it was something he had to show.

A smile that displayed all his admiration for the figure of Cang Wuan or rather Ge Wuan.

He had been in awe of him since he was a child, amazed by his firmness and his indiscriminate family nature.

Uncle Cang Yan shifted his gaze to their sets of clothes hanging on simple Wu hangers, looking at the two sets of clothes that had been perfumed, the full-light flower fragrance that the Wu people always used for formal ceremonies and ancestor reverence, an exclusive fragrance worn only that day.

Then his gaze changed to Uncle Cang Wuan's bed, a bed made by Uncle Cang Wuan himself on the day he united the clan with Uncle Cang Yan, they certainly could not stay in the health center forever, at least Uncle Cang Wuan took the initiative to make his own mattress and it was a must, there was no way for him to sleep on the cold floor without any warmth.

The wooden bed was almost similar in design to other mattresses owned by other branches of the family, except that it had its own carvings.

On the bone side of the bottom mattress where the feet are, there are carved figures of two people, one person carrying the other, looking at the bright sun with the relief of a vast forest, it depicts the incident and the starting point of their relationship that will always be together, the incident on the first day when uncle Cang Wuan carried uncle Cang Yan to return home.

After agreeing that the end result was that Cang Yan's uncle would move into Cang Wuan's uncle's house.

Uncle Cang Yan continued to look at the figure of uncle Cang Wuan who only showed his back which seemed to carry a very large burden, "Thank you my brother" he said quietly, a figure that was really clearly recorded in his entire life, a figure who became his caregiver and comforter for all time without exception, a figure who would continue to take care of him until the end.

But that clearly shocked Cang Wuan's uncle.

"Don't call me brother."