Everyone smiled and watched the old man finish the persimmons with relish, and no one disturbed the old man's interest.

After eating, Grandpa Zhang said, "Another one, I can't eat enough." ”

Sister Xiaoru said: "Master Zhang, you can't eat too many persimmons, you can just eat one a day." ”

Grandpa Zhang smiled and said, "Then there will be another walnut." ”

Sister Xiaoru said, "Okay!" After speaking, she picked out the persimmon cake in her hand and put it back, and grabbed four walnuts in her hand, only to see her make a 'crackling' sound when she made a hard effort, only to hear the walnuts in her hand make a 'crackling' sound, and three of the four walnuts were broken, and they were all only broken shells, and the flesh was not damaged, so she carefully picked them up and prepared them for the old man.

Grandpa Zhang said in surprise: "I say that Xiaoru is powerful, I haven't seen it and don't know, today I see that it is really powerful, the power in this hand is greater than the boss (my father), tsk, the name is well deserved, I know that the walnuts in our village are famous for their thick skin and meat, how delicious they are, I only saw the boss crush them at home, or pinch two at a time, and the others are smashed, I just saw Xiaoru crush four with one hand, it's really amazing." ”

Shengzi, who was still crying with tears just now, was secretly happy when he heard the praise of his daughter-in-law: Old man, you don't know yet, this is nothing, the iron egg eats walnuts, and his mother pinched him with two fingers, hehe.

The next day, Sister Xiaoru and her family went to the hospital again, and hurried home after seeing the old man.

In the past two days, screenwriter Zhang told his grandfather the truth about the old man's condition: "Brother, brother won't hide it from you, my father has liver cancer or advanced stage, and it was found out last year, and my father has never let you tell you." The doctor said that now it can only be maintained by anesthetics, the medicine is no longer effective, and the old man may leave at any time. After Screenwriter Zhang finished speaking, tears flowed down his face.

Grandpa also burst into tears after hearing this, choked up and said, "Uncle has only been a few days old, can't God let Uncle stay for a few more years?"

At noon on the day of the old man's death, he actually ordered the food himself, and he always asked him what he ate at dinner, and he always said: whatever, as long as it is not too hard.

At noon that day, the old man suddenly said to his father: "Boss, today you go to the restaurant to get two dishes, ask for a bitter gourd fried pork slices, and then a tomato scrambled egg and rice." ”

I also ate twice as much rice as usual. After eating, he said to his grandfather and screenwriter Zhang: "Little lock, big nephew, help me go to the courtyard for a turn, I'm afraid to hold on if I eat too much, and I'm afraid I won't see your mother if I eat less." ”

Grandpa 'groaned' in his heart, Grandpa Zhang, who rarely goes to the ground for activities, is particularly abnormal today, grandpa glanced at Screenwriter Zhang, screenwriter Zhang is also looking at Grandpa, Grandpa thought to himself: Could it be that this is the so-called return to the light?

Immediately, I was 'babbling' in my heart, and secretly scolded myself for being cranky. The two of them accompanied the old man out one left and one right.

Twenty minutes later, the old man opened the chatterbox, talking about the things of his youth, the three of them only listened, and couldn't insert a word, occasionally the screenwriter Zhang also asked one or two questions for Grandpa Zhang to answer, Grandpa Zhang was very interested, talking endlessly, and his voice seemed to be back to his youth, saying how he played suona well, and invited him to go to the red and white ceremonies in ten miles and eight villages, and from time to time he blew a rhythm with his mouth, and finally chatted and talked about the uncle.

Mrs. Zhang said: "In my life, I am not grateful to anyone, but I am grateful to our four sons, who taught you to teach Si'er's ability? Where did you learn it? My old man did not live in vain, I encountered such rare things, and helped me find my lost little lock for decades, do you say strange? Just the name of the little lock, I have never mentioned it since I lost him, you know the eldest nephew? I don't know, I just say that the dream talk can only be known by the old woman, how did the four know it, or did it already know? It's just that he won't say that he can only write to the little lock to remind him? Si'er is really a good boy and has helped so many people, but why doesn't he help him cure his illness? Alas, what do you want to do so much, we don't want to think about things that we can't figure out, anyway, Si'er, this kid is magical. Big nephew, when you go back, you will give my two houses to the village and say that they will be inherited under the name of Si'er, which is my heart for Si'er, and it is nothing to say thank you, no matter how valuable things can help me find my son back and be valuable? Listen to me and do what I say, I don't have any worries about the little lock here, people are prosperous, they have their own things to do, I am worried about the four children, and I have accepted so many sons and daughters, and I will have a place to live in the future. That's right, you tell the village chief in person when you go back, otherwise your brother won't talk about this when he goes back. There is another thing, if I go to the west (pass away), you and your brother have to do this little lock, I know our national policy, then burn me in Beijing, put it in a box and take it back to be buried with your mother, I went to tell the old woman, she thought about the little lock for a lifetime for Si'er to find, so that she was also happy. If you have time to go back, you can go back, and if you are not free, there are your brothers, and you and your mother have settled down, you have to put it on a good show, thank you to the old and young masters of our village, our family is not less good than the people in the village, do you hear this? Well, Dad is a little sleepy and wants to sleep. ”

After saying that, he was still happy, and said with a smile: "Why do you still miss your mother?"

Smile and smile and close your eyes, still with a smile on your face, and the smile is slowly disappearing little by little.

In this way, the old man had no regrets and left the world that had made him miserable with a smile.

The three of them listened silently, and when the old man spoke, they didn't let them interject at all, until they saw the old man say that he would sleep and sleep, and after watching the smile disappear little by little, they all understood that the old man had left.

Grandpa and screenwriter Zhang knelt down in front of the bed almost at the same time, shouting in unison: "Dad!"

The day after the cremation of Mrs. Zhang's grandfather, everyone was discussing the matter of returning to his hometown, and screenwriter Zhang suddenly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and lay in the hospital himself, but fortunately, the amount of bleeding was not too great.

Grandpa and father have been with Screenwriter Zhang until Screenwriter Zhang stabilized, Screenwriter Zhang has been in a hurry for a while, not only sent away his father who had just been reunited for a few years, but also tired himself, and the sequelae are very serious: he is not good at speaking, half of his body is paralyzed, and he can no longer stand up.

When screenwriter Zhang got better, he even guessed what he wanted to express: bury Grandpa Zhang first, and let his father and mother reunite is a big deal, and he can recover slowly.

Grandpa finally said: "Alas, if there is no old man, maybe there is no big family like us." ”

Grandpa refers to the matchmaker that Grandpa Zhang told him and his grandmother.

Uncle Piqiu began to get busy after the New Year at home, he thought so: since I am a part of this family, I really can't eat and drink in vain, I have to do something for the family more or less, Daji is now older, not suitable for training as a guide dog, but you can try to practice training.

Every afternoon nap and night before going to bed, is the time for him and Daji, he takes Daji to walk around the street, every time he reaches the intersection, potholes, and steps, he gives instructions to 'turn left', 'turn right' and 'stop', and when he arrives at the steps, he orders Daji to stop, and then trains Daji to remind the person who is led to pay attention to the steps.

Daji has now become a 'best friend' with the children, every day the children can't do without it, it looks fierce, but behaves unusually docile and obedient, get along for more than a month, the children's simple orders and words can be executed and understood, that is, occasionally the naughty child rides on it It will be motionless, let it walk and not go, afraid of falling the child, Daji has completely become the children's best friend

Uncle Piqiu even went out with Shengzi to buy goods under the banner of going out to buy goods, ready to go to the county pet market to buy two dogs back for training, and was persuaded by Shengzi who knew the truth: "I said that my Uncle Piqiu, just the pet dog in our county, it is not a pure bloodline to say that it is ugly, and it is much more difficult to train as a guide dog. Arithmetic is no problem, but it is two completely different ideas with guide dogs, you don't care about this, I'm responsible for finding you a better dog, and then find someone or a book, let's read according to the book, how about it?"

Uncle Piqiu knew that he was only a shallow learner and had no ability to do this well, so he agreed to Katsuko.

Katsuko has a flexible brain and a lot of ideas, he really cares about this, he called a friend who sells ornamental fish in the flower and bird market in the city, and the friend called back in two days, saying that he also found a peer who sells pet dogs to understand, saying that the best guide dog is the golden retriever and Labrador, and he doesn't understand.

My friend on the phone said: "I said Shengzi, I just told everything I know, no matter how specific I am, I am also a toad jumping into the well - I don't understand (poof), you said how long you haven't come to play with me, as soon as you call, you are busy, since you installed a phone at home, you are not at home nine times ten times, is it completely held down by your sister-in-law?" You tell your sister-in-law that our buddies have changed their ways now and no longer go to the side of the road to whistle, you just say that you have something serious to do this time, what a good excuse, you come and ask carefully, buddy is waiting for you at home, how about we have a drink?"

Shengzi took the phone and saw that Sister Xiaoru was not in the house, and there was no door in his mouth: "Dude, I am indeed busy, there is a small restaurant on the mountain with a good business, and I come back late from the busy restaurant during the day, besides, do you think I am the kind of person who is pressed by my wife at home and does not dare to go out? Although my wife is strong in martial arts, we are old men, don't look at your sister-in-law who is sassy and heroic outside, hehe comes home, that's not our world......" Speaking of this, I heard Sister Xiaoru's footsteps and entered the house, and hurriedly changed my words:" So let's do it, I'll say hello to your sister-in-law, take the time to see, which one is good-looking, let's choose, okay? I'll hang up first, the child is calling dad. ”

After speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for the other party to reply.

Sister Xiaoru came in with an iron egg, and Sister Xiaoru looked at Shengzi with a smile on her lips: "Has our family changed?"

Katsuko pretended to be stupid: "What's the change? Isn't our house always a clear and sunny sky?"