Chapter 548: It's Late
The doctor had long been accustomed to life and death, and habitually wanted to comfort him with a sentence of "mourning and change", but he suddenly remembered that the old lady He had not yet swallowed his breath, and it was too early to say this at this time, so he could only stop in a sneering manner and hurriedly leave.
Master He dragged his heavy steps back to the inner room, but he was greeted by his brother's happy face:
"Big brother, my father is awake, my father is awake!"
The middle-aged man, who was over forty years old, immediately staggered to his feet, stumbled into the inner room with surprise, and threw himself in front of his father's bed:
"Father, do you feel better? Son, I'm going to ask the doctor to come back......
"No need......
The old man, who was so thin that he was skinny in the bed tent, slowly waved his hand to stop it.
"I don't have much time to be awake, so don't waste any time, go and call everyone in the family......"
Such a tone...... This is obviously the tone of the aftermath!
Master He burst into tears and rolled down unexpectedly, at this moment, he was no different from anyone who was about to lose his father but couldn't do anything about it!
"What are you crying about! You're already a grandfather, why are you still crying and crying like a woman? How can I close my eyes when you're like this?"
Seeing that his eldest son, the patriarch of the family, was actually crying at this time, Old Lady He immediately scolded him.
The stern reprimand that has been the same for decades has effectively prevented Master He's rare vulnerability, and he quickly got up and went out without saying a word, while gathering his family, he still invited someone to call a doctor.
After a short time, the doctor went and returned, and all the children who were at home came, and in the north wind howling, men and women stood in the dark inside and outside the Chunhui courtyard.
Then I followed Master He in batches to visit Mrs. He - most of them also went in with a respectful and heavy heart, and they probably knew that this was also the last time they saw the old lady.
When Mrs. He was still the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, he was a shrewd and clear-minded person known for Daqi, and at this time, it was rare to have a moment of soberness, and he quickly became the spirited bachelor He Qingzhi.
His sharp eyes brushed over the faces of each of his children and grandchildren, but they were softer than ever.
As a dying old man, he can see that his children and grandchildren are full, and even his great-grandchildren are in front of him, and he should have no regrets in his life, but unfortunately, there is still one missing......
He sighed slightly, not daring to let any of his children and grandchildren see his regrets, but he still couldn't stop the loss of dying people.
And these descendants of the He family, knowing that the old lady was returning to the light, and under the heavy heart, no one dared to cry, only a few young great-grandchildren rushed to the bed, holding the grandfather's dry hand like a tree branch and shaking slightly:
"Master, Master, are you going to get better?"
In their memory, the grandfather has always been cowardly, but today's grandfather looks extraordinarily energetic.
"Grandpa, are you leaving......" Old Lady He still showed a loving smile in the face of the few children he loved in the past, but still said the cruelest truth in the softest tone.
Old Lady He didn't intend to deceive these great-grandchildren, birth, old age, sickness and death, they should have understood since childhood.
If we are still as ignorant as before, how will we survive the turmoil in the future?
The children were stunned for a moment, and then began to cry:
"Where are you going, don't go, don't go!"
"Don't cry, our children of the He family, you can't cry like this......"
Old Lady He was rarely patient and relieved, but her face turned pale rapidly.
"Don't mess with your grandfather!"
The parents next to them immediately scolded in a low voice and stepped forward to pull their respective children back.
"In the future, you should do it yourself, always remember the family rules of the He family, be worthy of your heart, and help each other between the clansmen......"
Old lady He briefly said a few words to his children and grandchildren, and then let them go.
After being ill for so many years, he could already feel the last moments passing quickly through his body.
When only the eldest son and the second son were left in the house, Old Lady He looked more serious, slowly looked around the house, and said:
"Where's Little Five?"
In the past, his children and grandchildren were all studying abroad as officials, and the grandchildren who often accompanied him on his knees, except for Xiao Qi, were Xiao Wu Congmei, but today, he did not see him, how could he not be at home at this time?
Old Lady He's suspicious eyes roamed around the silent Master He and Second Master He, and the sensitivity of the trial immediately returned, and said angrily:
"What did you do behind my back, where did Xiao Wu go?"
Second Master He's head was about to be buried in the ground, and Master He could only show the demeanor of an eldest brother and said:
"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu went to Beijing...... Something happened to the seventh brother, and Xiao Wu went to mediate......"
Old lady He was shocked, the emperor was going to do something to the He family?
Immediately, he sighed secretly in his heart, fortunately he made this decision, and he could implicate one less one.
His complexion softened, but he felt strange again:
"That's right...... Lao Qi has already said in my letter before, he is on guard against this matter, you don't have to worry too much, but why do you want Cong Mei to go? Cong Mei has never been involved in officialdom, and he may not understand many joints, if he wants to mediate, wouldn't it be better to let Lao Liu go?"
Master He hurriedly replied:
"What my father said was that there was something wrong with the sixth child in those days, so he let Cong Mei go first......"
But Old Lady He didn't look at Master He, but only stared at Second Master He who didn't dare to look at him:
"You guys tell me the truth, what the hell did Cong Mei do?!"
Second Master He crossed his heart and said:
"My son is thinking that you miss Xiao Qi, let Cong Mei go to the capital to have a look, can you let Xiao Qi come back to see you...... Father, even if you are thinking of Xiao Qi, you can take care of yourself......"
"Bastard!"
Before he finished speaking, Old Lady He was already furious, sat up suddenly, and shouted loudly, but before he could say anything, his body, which was already at the end of the strong crossbow, fell back heavily, and suddenly lost his breath!
Master He and Second Master He rushed over in a panic and shouted, "Father, father!"
Inside and outside the Chunhui Courtyard, there was a sudden chaos, the sound of the doctor's running, the crying of the children and grandchildren, until finally it was quiet.
Master He knelt alone in front of his father's bed and listened to the last teachings.
"Little Seven...... You're going to hurt him...... It will also hurt this family...... As long as I'm dead, it's over, but you're so confused...... I would like to give you a few words of advice, and you must remember that when the time comes, you must not be indecisive......"
The voice in the house was low, and the eldest lady of the He family, Lu Shi, who was waiting outside, stood outside the door and couldn't hear anything clearly.
She looked up at the gloomiest sky since the beginning of winter, and finally smelled snow in the bitter cold.
Little seven, little seven.
The old lady has been calling the man she has hated for seventeen years.
Lu's heart suddenly softened, the "son" who had brought her half a lifetime of pain, if she could come back to see the grandfather at this time, she would not do anything to him again......
In a trance, I heard the husband in the house suddenly let out a loud cry of sorrow, and she shuddered, and tears welled up.
Snowflakes began to fall in the sky, falling on her body, cold to the bone.
Xiao Qi, it's too late after all.