Chapter 45: The City
This news was also brought by my uncle and grandfather, more than a week later.
As soon as he came in, Ruan Wan felt that something was not quite right with his expression, both a little angry and a little guilty. She was a sigh in her heart at the time, because the thing that made her uncle and grandfather come to the door with an expression was eighty percent related to her grandmother's legs.
Sure enough, after the uncle sat down, he first looked at the two of them guiltily, and then said one by one.
It turned out that the old Chinese medicine doctor was very skilled, and there were countless people queuing up to ask him for medical treatment. Originally, my uncle and grandfather couldn't stand in line, but it turned out to be a coincidence, one of the people waiting in line for the doctor died in an accident, and my uncle's friend "saw the stitches" and paid some price to hang up my grandmother's number there. Originally, there was nothing wrong with this, but I didn't think that there were other people waiting to see a doctor, and when I heard about this opportunity, it was like smelling a shark with a fishy smell. The result is self-evident - I heard that the person who robbed this number has a little background, and my uncle's friend is a businessman, although he also has a bit of a network in his hands, but obviously he can't resist the other party.
So my grandmother's place for medical treatment was snatched away. After hearing this, the uncle and grandfather were anxious and angry, but the friend himself helped a lot, and when he told him, he was already full of guilt, and he obviously couldn't be angry with the other party. And he has struggled for half his life, and almost all the people he knows are abroad, and the country is really a smear, and he can't think of any way to operate for a while. After thinking about it, I could only find Ruan Wan and them to explain this matter clearly. Seeing his niece's and granddaughter's eyes change from hope to disappointment, he was also quite uncomfortable in his heart.
However, the grandmother herself was quite calm, she stretched out her hand and patted Ruan Wan's head, and poured a cup of tea for her uncle and grandfather, who was angry with her mouth, and said in a light tone: "Go back on your word, this kind of doctor who has no medical ethics, just don't go to see it." ”
"The same cannot be said. Uncle and grandfather picked up the tea and found that it was actually made of chrysanthemum flowers, and the dried chrysanthemum flowers re-revealed their beautiful posture under the soaking of water. This thing is cool to drink in summer, and it is also quite effective for his fire. He took a sip and found that there was a faint sweetness in the tea, and a certain amount of ice sugar was added when it was brewed. After a glass of water, the volcano in his heart was like a snowfall, which was a lot more comfortable. He explained, "I inquired, and the old Chinese medicine doctor himself didn't like this kind of thing, so he only took care of the doctor, and these things were left to his children and grandchildren." ”
"It's fate. Grandma poured another glass of water into his cup, "It's not much of a point to force it." ”
Uncle and grandfather were happy: "You make it look like I'm going to see a doctor!"
Although Ruan Wan, who was standing on the side, did not speak, she was secretly worried in her heart. She knows better than anyone that her grandmother's leg is really sooner rather than later, and every time she delays it, there is a little less probability of healing. If you start queuing from now, I don't know if you can get in line next year, and even if you do, there is no guarantee that you won't be squeezed out by others. And they all say that "there is a specialization in the art industry", this old Chinese medicine doctor is very skilled in treating his grandmother's disease, even if he finds other doctors, he may not be more clever.
At the same time, Ruan Wan felt that her grandmother's calmness was largely done to comfort her.
After that, my grandmother decided to keep him for a meal because of my uncle's hard work. Uncle and grandfather went to Zhou Ji in the town to buy his favorite braised vegetables, Ruan Wan thought about it again and again, and finally picked up the phone.
Her fingers trembled a little when she pressed the first number key, but then she became extremely calm.
"Dut...... Toot ......"
After this voice rang a few times, the phone was connected.
Ruan Wan took a deep breath, and the uncertainty of "not knowing who the person who picked up the phone would be" made her a little nervous.
"Hello, who is it?"
Ruan Wan breathed a sigh of relief, the result was not bad, it was Qiao's wish.
"It's me. ”
“…… Sister, is that you?"
Joe's exclamation of wish came from the other end of the phone, and she seemed surprised.
"Yes, it's me. Ruan Wan said very directly, "Is my mother here? I have something to find her." ”
"Oh, wait a minute. ”
Immediately afterward, Joe's voice shouted "Mom! About twenty or thirty seconds later, Su Fanghua's voice came from there-
"Whose phone number?"
"Sister, I said I was looking for you for something. ”
"Xiaowan?"
……
After such a conversation, Su Fanghua picked up the phone and said, "Hey, is it Xiaowan?"
"Yes, it's me. Ruan Wan didn't hesitate, nor did she give her mother a chance to say anything else, and directly told her grandmother what happened to her. There is no way to ask her mother for help, she is still just a "child", and she can't intervene in this matter at all. Mom's side is different, Qiao Jingwei and his father Grandpa Qiao are talking about many things. And no matter what, her mother is also her grandmother's daughter, Ruan Wan thinks she won't sit idly by and ignore this kind of thing.
In particular, their mother-daughter relationship has just reached a certain level of reconciliation.
Sure enough, Su Fanghua fell in love as soon as she heard this, saying that she would "talk to Jingwei about it" after that, and persuaded Ruan Wan not to worry too much. Ruan Wan responded one by one, and after hanging up the phone, she breathed a long sigh of relief, because she felt that the probability of success in this matter was quite high. The only thing that needs to be bothered is whether Mom will take the opportunity to bring up something else in the future.
Ruan Wan thought of this and smiled bitterly.
Mom, the person who said it was "silly and sweet" at best, and "never grew up" at worst. Grandma was spoiled before marriage, and after marriage, my father was petted, and after my father died, I was lucky to meet my current husband Qiao Jingwei, and my luck was not bad, so I could continue to be stupid and sweet. Her personality is really a bit like a child, such as remembering what to eat or not, for example, habitually only focusing on the person in front of her, and then for example, she is a little self-centered.
For example, if you want something, you have a lot of ideas. It's not that my mother will snatch or use any other bad means, but from the past to the present, she will be given what she wants, so that she has formed a habit of feeling that if she wants it, someone else will give it. Of course, this "other person" specially made her "relatives", and she didn't have such a bad problem when she was an outsider.
Therefore, my mother is like this, which is a typical "only pit teammates".
Sure enough, a few days later, my mother called and happily told Ruan Wan, "Everything is done!". Ruan Wan was not only happy, but also unsurprisingly heard her mother say in a slurred manner......
"Xiaowan, do you want to come to my place to play during the summer vacation?"
Ruan Wan was silent and asked, "Is this a change for grandma's treatment?"
"Of course not, what do you kid think!"
Mom denied it, and then said things like "The old man also helped with this matter", "He also asked about you casually", in short, "This matter has caused a lot of trouble to the Qiao family, you should come over to say thank you" and so on, Ruan Wan heard more and more uninteresting, knowing that her mother just didn't have a long brain, but her heart was still on fire, so she interrupted the other party almost rudely-
"When are you free over there?"
"Huh?
"I said, when is it convenient for me to visit. ”
Ruan Wan made this decision for several reasons:
First, my grandmother was soft-hearted and sometimes said first, and she didn't want her to be embarrassed;
Second, since her mother said that the Qiao family had contributed to this matter, they should go to "thank you", so she naturally wanted to go;
Although she would not regret it even if she didn't say this, she didn't want to let the other side look down on her grandmother - don't look at the two families as "in-laws" in name, but the real relationship is worse than that of ordinary neighbors, so of course this kind of thing can't be generalized.
Third, when she went this time, she would say directly in front of the Qiao family that she would not go there to study, so as not to suddenly have something to say after her mother who refused to take her dead heart lightly.
"Oh, you can do it at any time! You can tell me about the time, and I'll have someone pick you up!"
Listening to her mother's obviously excited tone, Ruan Wan said lightly: "No need, I can get on the train by myself here, you can pick me up at the station over there." ”
"But ......"
"I still have something to do. I'll call you again after I've agreed with my grandmother. ”
“…… Oh. ”
After Ruan Wan hung up the phone, she only felt that the anger in her heart was even stronger, and she ate two pieces of watermelon in succession to calm down. She was reaching for the third piece when her grandmother slapped her paw off.
"Eat it again, be careful of diarrhea tomorrow. As she said this, Grandma found a bowl of herbal tea out of nowhere and handed it to her.
Ruan Wan took the bowl and drank it in one go, only to feel that the summer in her heart had been kicked away, and the autumn high was so refreshing!
"You're supposed to fuck your mother?"
As the *OSS of the family, my grandmother must know everything about everything.
Ruan Wan was not surprised by this, but nodded.
Grandma frowned: "Otherwise, I won't go to treatment." ”
"Go, you have to go. Ruan Wan put the bowl heavily on the table next to her and said categorically.
Having said that, Ruan Wan's heart now has a typical rebellious mentality, which is simply - wait, one day in the future, I just won't let you get your wish, suffocation, no, death, you!
Grandma shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Your mother's ...... character" was also spoiled by her after all. Speaking of this, she looked at her granddaughter a little suspiciously, and couldn't help but say, "No matter what you say over there, it's your mother's mother-in-law, don't overdo it." "Her granddaughter is a typical external softness and internal violence, others make her unhappy, she will definitely make the family even more unhappy. In this matter, ahem, she is supportive, but everything must have a degree.
Ruan Wan patted her chest and promised: "Don't worry, I promise not to kill people and set fires." ”
Grandma: "......" doesn't make people feel at ease at all!
Ruan Wan, who made the decision with the support of anger, didn't react until the evening, what did she promise during the day......
Then, she had insomnia quite normally.
It's strange to say, I was so resistant a few days ago, but I don't feel so stunned now. When I saw my mother, Qiao Xinyuan and Shen Ziyu before, I quickly regained my composure after being surprised. In the final analysis, what she never cared about was not seeing these people, but the matter of "grandma doesn't want herself" itself. Now that she knew it wasn't going to happen, she was able to calm down. And it's just for a few days, not a long stay.
But......
Ruan Wan rolled over, and for the first time began to realize that she seemed to care too much about those people and things in her previous life. Because I care, I have been repeatedly emphasizing that I must be "different from before", and the previous gaffes are more or less due to this. However, sometimes, the more you care about it, the more you dodge, the more it shows that you haven't passed that hurdle yet.
Those experiences in the past are like a scar, which remains in her heart and has never healed, so it hurts when she touches it.
If you want to heal this wound, you either need to rely on time, or you can cut it open and let the pus flow out completely. She had never been a brave person, and she wanted to choose the first, but it seemed impossible - how could she really not meet these people for the rest of her life?
However, if Yiqiē is really coming, she is not afraid. Because she knows that no matter when and where, her grandmother will be on her side. Ah, and her uncle and grandfather, Song Ting, Yu Qiaoqiao, Qi Tease, etc., when she thought of this, her heart was warm.
As long as they are there, she has nothing to fear.