Chapter 7 Reminiscences
Looking at his grandmother's expression at the moment, Zhang He suddenly felt that his nose was sour, and his eyes turned red instantly. At this moment, he didn't know whether he was happy or wronged, he just felt as if he had been dragged back to the night before his grandmother died five years ago.
It was late at night on April 30, 2010, and Zhang He was sitting alone beside his grandmother's bed on the second floor of the emergency room of Beijing Hospital, reading a book by the light of his mobile phone. Suddenly, he felt his grandmother push him, so he hurriedly leaned his head against his grandmother's pillow and asked, "Why are you awake?
The old lady, who had not eaten a bite for half a year and was only supported by infusion, said weakly: "Let's relieve myself first." ”
"Great!" Zhang He agreed, then got up and skillfully took out the bedpan under the hospital bed with his left hand, and at the same time put his right hand into his grandmother's quilt, picked up his grandmother's legs, and placed the bedpan under his grandmother's buttocks. Then, when she was done, he rinsed and wiped her off with a small bottle of warm water and a paper towel with lubrication for babies, and then walked out of the ward with the bedpan.
But when Zhang He returned to the ward and was about to bend down to put the washed bedpan back under the bed, he suddenly heard his grandmother whisper to him: "Beibei! Grandma wants to leave the house to you, you go and ask how to get it." ”
"Ah!" Zhang He couldn't help but be stunned, then looked at his grandmother, and squeezed out a sentence from his mouth for a long time: "Why are you talking about this? Zhang He tucked up his grandmother's quilt, and his eyes turned red instantly. At this moment, he seemed to have a vague premonition of something, so he had a pain that pierced his heart.
Hearing her grandson's answer, the old lady seemed a little anxious, so she said in a pleading tone: "My grandson, can your aunt tolerate you without me? If you hadn't waited for me to wash my body these days, who would have cared about me! Don't let grandma worry, the house book is pressed under the mattress of grandma's bed! You go and ask how to get it. The old lady burst into tears.
But Zhang He still looked indifferent. Because he knew that if he did this, it would be tantamount to turning his face with his four aunts, and he couldn't even more than want to lose this family that was at least related by blood. So at this moment, he only replied to the old lady lightly: "Don't worry, don't worry about me, I will buy a house if I have money, and I will rent a house if I don't have money. After speaking, he patted his grandmother's shoulder again.
The old lady didn't know if she really didn't have the strength, or because she understood the temper of this grandson who had never left her since she was born, in short, when she saw Zhang He like this, she didn't continue. turned to sigh, looked at Zhang He with tears in his eyes, and said intermittently: "Grandson! Grandma has wronged you for so many years. It's all because grandma's ears are soft, and you listen to your aunt for everything. Since you were a child, your grandmother has never praised you, nor has she helped you keep the house left by your mother, nor has she supported you to go to college. It's grandma who delayed you! Grandma is confused! Don't hold a grudge against grandma!"
After listening to his grandmother's words, Zhang He was immediately silent! Yes, he didn't have the two major things related to life and future, the house and the academic qualifications. But who can blame this? Blame grandma for supporting his aunt's decisions and ideas, but not supporting him? Or should he blame himself for being too weak at that time, and being obedient like Mabao every time? But how should Zhang He, a grandmother who has been under the fence with his mother since he was a child, and will be blamed, condemned, and suppressed by the whole family as long as he resists, and who is unwilling to rebel too much and raise him to adulthood? How can he choose?
Therefore, at this moment, Zhang He was only silent for a moment, and then replied to his grandmother: "Hey! It's all over, why are you mentioning it? Actually, my aunt is very good to me and filial to you, but they are too busy these days, don't worry about it, take care of your illness, let's go home and live a good life! You go to sleep quickly, you can call me again if you have something!"
When the old lady saw Zhang He say this, she couldn't help but smile and stretched out her hand to touch his face, and then closed her eyes. At this time, how did Zhang He know that grandma's words like repentance were the last voice of her old man in this world. Early the next morning, with a ray of sunshine in the morning and a chill after dawn, the old lady said goodbye.
"Don't let grandma go into the refrigerator! Don't let grandma go into the refrigerator!" Zhang He, who had experienced the death of his grandfather and mother at the age of 15 and had witnessed his relatives being frozen as hard as a stone, changed into a shroud for his grandmother and kissed him on the forehead, he stood next to his grandmother's body as if talking to himself, repeating this sentence again and again.
"Husband, what's wrong with you! Why don't you cry, you cry out. Mrs. Zhang He's Mi Lin was crying and anxiously persuading, but Zhang He was still repeating this sentence dementedly. Then, instead of following his aunts to take his grandmother to the morgue, he left the hospital like a walking corpse and began to wander the streets aimlessly.
Mi Lin followed Zhang He silently, until Zhang He suddenly stopped when she walked to the downstairs of Dongbianmen City, she took two steps, came to Zhang He's side and said, "I informed Xu Li of them, and they are coming." ”
Zhang He didn't speak, just found a seat and sat down, raised his head and looked at the blue sky.
In a short time, six figures gathered in front of Zhang He. I saw that Liu Yuxuan, who was the tallest and ranked second among the brothers, and was a taxi driver, suddenly picked up Zhang He, held him in his arms and said, "Brother is fine, there are us!"
Zhang He hugged this brother tightly, and finally cried out.
After venting for a while, Zhang Hecai seemed to say to himself: "Go drink." ”
"Go home first!" You Heping, the oldest of the brothers, who is also 1.83 meters tall, wears gold-rimmed glasses, and is a property company manager, glanced at everyone.
"Yes, go home first. Xu Li, who is the sixth in the list of brothers, is a professional gamer, is 1.73 meters tall, but weighs more than 200 pounds.
"If I don't go home, I want to drink!" Zhang He said with his head down.
"I must accompany you to drink, but you have to let us kowtow to grandma first!" Yang Wei, the third in the ranks of the brothers and a hotel lobby foreman, and the fourth in the ranks, Ren Fei, who is the only college student among the brothers but has never been to work, said one after another.
"Let's go, don't screw it. Guo Kun, who was the fifth oldest among the brothers and used to be the head of the Wal-Mart supermarket department, but now he has suddenly become a "landlord" because of the demolition, also spoke.
"Husband, let's go home first!" Mi Lin also took Zhang He's arm and persuaded.
At this point, a group of eight people walked towards Zhang He's house in Guangqumen. It didn't take long for them to enter the door of Zhang He's house one after another, and then they began to look at the portrait of the old lady in Zhang He's grandmother's room, which had been set up as a mourning hall, and kowtowed three times each. Then he walked out of the house with Zhang He, ran to a restaurant across the road, and entered a private room on the second floor.
"Don't drink too much today, especially you. If you want to talk, we'll be with you for a day and a night, but you can't drink too much!" You Heping said first.
"Okay! Drink too much, drink too much! It's uncomfortable to look at him. Ren Fei answered.
"Big brother, leave him alone, let him drink. Xu Li also answered.
"Yes, big brother, you stop him now, we'll leave in a while, he still has to drink it himself!" Yang Wei followed and said.
"Alright, I'll let the waiter serve the wine. The waiter ---" Guo Kun suddenly stood up and shouted outside the private room.
During this period, only Mi Lin and Liu Yuxuan, who were sitting on Zhang He's two rules, stared at Zhang He left and right without speaking, but just pinched Zhang He's arm with their hands, as if they were transmitting strength to him. It wasn't until the waiter served a few drinks and dishes and everyone drank quietly for a while that Liu Yuxuan suddenly broke his silence and said to everyone: "Do you think his aunt will fight with him for a house?"
"Yes!" the other five said in unison. But the difference is that after You Heping and Xu Li said this, they looked at Liu Yuxuan with deep meaning, while Yang Wei and Guo Kun lowered their heads after speaking, one continued to eat, and the other poured another glass of wine for themselves. Only Ren Fei looked at Zhang He intently. But Zhang He didn't seem to hear it, he still looked at the table with a blank expression and didn't speak, and Mi Lin was the same as Zhang He.