James will also go out to buy some daily necessities. On the road, he often meets familiar faces, children who skateboard skilfully, girls who wear jeans selling ice cream on street corners, men who wear wide-brimmed straw hats in front of hot dog stalls, and men who always like to wipe their faces with T-shirts, and his Neighbor—Mrs. Mary with light freckles on her face and a yellow rose pinned to her hair bun all year round. James is a careful person. Once, he ran into a couple secretly kissing in a secluded corner on the way to a nearby small shop, and would try to avoid that street in the future, although he would detour for five minutes.
There are not many items to choose from in the store. Every time he buys a piece of cheese, a small can of black coffee, a few white candles, and bread, as long as that much seems to be fine. In fact, even if he didn’t eat anything, James didn’t have a very strong sense of hunger. He didn’t know what was going on. Maybe he was old and felt dull about everything. And every time, the cashier always looked away blankly, as if he didn’t exist. James thought to himself, he might be thinking about his own thoughts. Everyone has things on their minds, some written on their faces, some hidden in their hearts and not visible on their faces. The cashier may belong to the former type, but what is his concern? relative? family? friend? Lover? James couldn’t guess, he was not interested, people were living for themselves, the cashier was, and so was he. Therefore, every time James just paid the money silently, and then left silently.
On the way to the store tonight, James noticed the pumpkin lights in the windows along the way. Oh, it turned out to be Halloween, so I think it’s time for the children to run wild to beg for sweets. Thinking of this, James didn’t know if he was bored or looking forward to it. He quickly finished shopping, and subconsciously grabbed a handful of candies. The candies are fruit jelly of various colors, which is also the favorite of grandson Tom-remember It was also Halloween. There was heavy snowfall in the sky. The divorced daughter sent Tom to James’ house because of overtime work, but Tom ran around begging for sweets and passed away in a car accident. When the daughter was sad and blamed herself, she was also sent to Huangquan…Tom was wearing denim overalls, a red thick-line sweater, and a baseball cap with a huge letter “T” printed on the hat, Tom, James read silently—Tom was still the name he gave. He hugged Tom’s soft body that was gradually unconscious, and shouted his name… However, Tom’s beautiful blue eyes with long eyelashes slowly closed, and his hands were loosened. The unpacked fruit jelly fell onto the ground…