In the heart of the grandmother for the uncle to restore health or restore part of the function has always been full of hope and expectation, she asked around a variety of folk remedies that can treat the uncle's such conditions, everything that can be obtained she has to try to try, as the saying goes: home remedies cure serious diseases, grandma is convinced of this.

There are always enthusiastic villagers who help grandma ask around, and every time grandma gets a prescription, she will definitely try to let her uncle try it.

If you get a herbal formula, when you go to the pharmacy to grab the medicine, you must ask carefully before going home to boil it, and try it yourself before serving it to the uncle.

As long as the uncle smells the strange smell of Chinese herbs, he will never touch the bowl, and grandma can't and dare not force him to pour it, so the herbs stop being used, but the money is also spent a little.

What other Chinese medicine soaked eyes, stewed sheep brain, chicken brain and some ingredients together, and after eating it can replenish the brain, etc., after trying it one by one, the uncle's condition did not show the slightest sign of improvement, and the grandmother still did not change her original intention, as long as she heard about the suitable home remedies, she still had to work hard.

The growth of the uncle is the meticulous care of the family, and how many hardships have been experienced, only the grandfather and grandmother know the hardships best.

I also take my uncle to the hospital for a check-up once a year, hoping to hear good news from an authoritative doctor, but every time the doctor answers regretfully.

On the way back, grandma sat on the back seat of the bicycle with her uncle in her arms and said to grandpa, "Why don't these four children get better when they are about to be ten years old?"

After the uncle's accident, grandma had already moved this thought, but grandpa didn't agree, and this time the old story was repeated.

Grandma saw that grandpa had no objection this time, so she continued: "I heard many people say that there is an old gentleman in Giethoorn who sees it quite accurately, so let's take the time to take a look." ”

Grandpa thought for a while and said, "Zhong, just rely on you once, and also solve your doubts." ”

My grandmother also told me about the fortune telling of my uncle that day: early that morning, I handed over your uncle to your father after making breakfast, and your aunt set off with your grandfather, the road was not close to more than 40 miles, but when I got there, I knew that it was late, and I heard others say that Mr. Ren has a rule that he only looks at ten people a day, and does not look at one more. There are already more than a dozen people in front, I and your grandfather together, we can't run in vain, so I begged Mr.'s family to help Mr. tell Mr. that it is not easy to come all the way to this trip and whether he can be accommodating, but Mr.'s family said that this rule has not changed for many years, and let me and your grandfather come tomorrow, and there are still two left tomorrow, and today should be numbered in advance.

Your grandfather and I have no choice but to come back tomorrow. Early in the morning it was still a sunny day, and suddenly out of nowhere came out of the black clouds, the rain said it would fall, and your grandfather and I went out without rain gear, and we could only take shelter at my husband's house for a while.

Sir is in the back room to show people, and your grandfather and I will wait in the outhouse with everyone, and people will wait for Mr. to wait for the rain to stop. The rain was not heavy, but it did not mean to stop for a while. When the tenth place came out, it was still raining outside. At this time, the gentleman shouted to the family members in the outhouse, "Isn't there another one?" The family members went into the house, and after a while they came out again to me and your grandfather, and said, "You are here today, and the old man remembered that there is still one missing, so hurry up and go in."

He muttered another sentence in his own mouth: The old man has a good memory, what's wrong today?

Overjoyed, we hurried into the inner room, as soon as we entered the room, we saw Mr. sitting on the side of the kang, there was a small table on the side of the kang, Mr. was angry, more than seventy years old, a white hair combed back, the long beard was also white and hung down to the chest, wearing a black dress, full of red light, smiling and watching us come in, looking at this posture is really a bit of a fairy wind bones. As soon as your grandfather and I sat down on the bench in front of him, the gentleman asked, "Which of you is watching?" I said the child didn't come? I said the child was sick and didn't come. I also deliberately didn't say anything about your uncle's illness, let's see if Mr. can see if there is any clue from his birthday. Mr. Oh, and then asked for your uncle's birthday, and he didn't say anything after listening. I saw his right hand pinching there, and after a while, he took out a small box from under the small table, poured out a few copper coins, and gently scattered them on the small table, and his eyes were fixed on a few copper coins. After looking at it for a while, Mr. pondered there for a moment with a long white beard in his hand, and then said unhurriedly: This child's illness is not important, that is, the root of the disease is too deep, I am afraid that it will not be good for a while, from the hexagram point of view, if it really gets better, it will be fifteen or sixteen years old, the child's numerology has a good fortune, and the future is promising. After listening to my husband's words, I hurriedly asked him how sick the child was now, and I didn't care what he could do in the future, but I just wanted to know if the child's illness could really be cured at the age of fifteen or sixteen. After speaking, I began to clean up the copper coins on the table, and while saying thank you in my mouth, I took out a large unity (ten yuan) from my pocket and put it on my husband's table, and your grandfather next to me glared at me.

By the time your grandfather and I came out of the back room, the rain had stopped.

On the way back, didn't your grandfather say that he had prepared five yuan? I said, "My husband said that it would be good when I was four, fifteen or sixteen." It's true, I saw hope in those years, looking forward to your uncle growing up quickly, not tired of doing anything, and energetic in everything. Grandma sighed lightly when she said this, alas, Mr. also said that Si'er will have a future in the future, but how many years has it been?

The grandparents also told the uncle's fortune for the only time.

My father has grown into a young man of 20 years, and after graduating from junior high school, he no longer goes to school and begins to participate in labor to help the family, and the people in the village say that my father is very similar to his grandfather when he was young, regardless of height and skin color. Our family is not very tall, my father is about 1.75 meters tall, a dark and shiny skin scorched by the sun, a strong and powerful body, and a pair of big hands with inexhaustible strength.

One evening, a family of five sat around a small table in the courtyard to eat, and the uncle enjoyed dinner slowly and methodically at his own special dining table. The father put down the porridge bowl, and Nuo Nuo said, "Father, mother, tell you something." ”

Grandma: "What do you want to say?"

Grandpa didn't talk about eating, and my father glanced at my grandfather, as if he had mustered up the courage to say, "I want to go out to work with Erdan and them." ”

When Grandma heard this, she said two words without even looking at her: "No." ”

Grandpa took a bite of food and said slowly: "Boss, what your mother said is right, our family is no better than other people's families, you are the boss at home, the two younger sisters are still young, and the second and fourth children are in such a situation, are you leaving home without another helper, our family can't do without people, if not, Dad doesn't want to tie you up for the rest of your life, and Dad won't stop you from going out." ”

The father listened to his grandfather's words, ate the rice in the bowl in a few bites, and waited for the grandfather to finish speaking before he continued to say: " Dad, I don't know if my thoughts are right, you and my mother also combined what I said, I have been thinking about this for several days, speaking in my heart, I went out to work not to hide from this family, nor is it completely for my own sake, I think that the fourth brother may need someone by his side for the rest of his life, and he can't live without care, and now you are in good health and can still take care of him, don't blame me for saying something that doesn't sound good, but the facts are here, when you are old and can't take care of the fourth brother, is it time for me to take care of the three of you?"

At this point, the father looked at his grandmother, then at his two younger sisters, and then said, " Now that the second sister is sixteen, I can more or less help the family to do something, I want to go out to work for a few years, exchange all my strength for some money, pay off the famine (foreign debt) that our family has pulled in the past few years, and then earn some money for the family, I can't wait for you to get old in the future, you have a small illness and a small disaster, and you don't have to worry about the affairs of the fourth brother in the future, I eat what the fourth brother eats a lot of him, the fourth brother suffers such a big crime, when the brother has nothing to say, in the end!" The last three words were much heavier, and after speaking, my father looked at my grandfather silently with his hands hanging between his legs.

Grandma listened to her father's narration word for word, gently put down her chopsticks, and looked back at the uncle who was eating homemade hamburgers one bite at a time, tears slowly flowing down the corners of her eyes.

Grandpa used to smoke, and he hasn't smoked a cigarette since his uncle's accident. He gently pushed the rice bowl to the middle of the small table, and asked rhetorically: "Boss, this is all in your heart?"

The father said, "Dad, can't you trust your son?" and then said heavily: "It's all true!"

The eyes of the two people, the second aunt and the third aunt, wandered over the grandfather, grandmother, and father, and then they all fell silent.

Half a month later, my father and three friends from the same village stepped on the southbound train.