Chapter 28: A Phone Call
Even if it wasn't a big deal, Ruan Wan's birthday was still very rich - although the word may be a little inappropriate, but it is indeed rich, yes, in every sense.
Not only her classmates, friends, and grandmother, but also many people sent her gifts. For example, Grandpa Wang next door, for example, Grandma Qi, for example, Grandpa Ma, for example, ......
The things sent by the former were directly piled up on the table in Ruan Wan's room, and the latter were even more exaggerated, the yard of Grandma's house was not small, and it was actually piled up in half.
Especially my grandmother's friends, as if they understood my grandmother's thoughts, the gifts were dropped, and people turned around and left, refusing to stay for dinner. Grandma was quite speechless, even if she didn't want to make a big deal, how could she not even give people food? But she couldn't stop it, so in addition to Ruan Wan and her grandmother, there were only Song Ting and Yu Qiaoqiao who ate at one table at night.
Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, the three of them have also been friends for nearly two years, and they are naturally quite familiar with their respective families. So everyone at the table is very comfortable, Song Ting Yu Qiaoqiao is not inhibited in front of her grandmother, and her grandmother also really loves them, the four of them eat a sumptuous meal, and say something interesting from time to time, this birthday banquet can really be described as a joy for the guests and hosts.
Soon after dinner, Song Ting and Yu Qiaoqiao went home before it was completely dark, and made an appointment to review together tomorrow - tomorrow happened to be Sunday, and it was said that the first exam since entering the third year of junior high school was about to begin.
After Ruan Wan finished disposing of the pots and pans, she saw her grandmother standing in the courtyard, worried about the pile of gifts. She suddenly had a black line, mainly her grandmother's friends...... The gifts are really unique. Grandpa Wang is okay, as always, he sent an oil-paper umbrella, and the pattern on the paper umbrella this year is a blooming peony, which looks luxurious and auspicious; Grandma Qi sent a box of self-made snacks; Grandpa Ma ...... Grandpa Ma actually gave a set of desks and chairs, which were made of old wood that had been stored at home for several years, not to mention the chairs, the desk was actually a very popular clamshell type in the school now, and it was also carved with a lacquer pattern - such a good craft was actually placed on a flip desk, if it was seen by people who knew how to do it, eighty percent would say "tyrannical things"!
There are many, many other strange gifts. Well, for example, freshly woven cloth, home-made sauces, bamboo flower baskets, and the four treasures of the study......
But in fact, these people are really not giving gifts indiscriminately. In their opinion, this little girl who loves all kinds of folk crafts will definitely be very cheerful to receive handicrafts on her birthday!
Thereupon......
But she was happy.
Grandma looked at her granddaughter who was smiling from ear to ear, rolled her eyes, and slapped her on the head: "Don't laugh, the teeth are all out! ”
"Oh!"
Ruan Wan then helped.
The family's warehouse was in the corner of the house, the door was always locked, and it was filled with many pieces of furniture and boxes. However, Ruan Wan has rarely been in the place since she can remember, not because she is not interested, but because she has a psychological shadow-
In fact, when she was young, this door was unlocked.
Once, she opened the door and walked in when her grandmother was not looking, it was a winter evening, the weather was not good, and the room with heavy curtains was naturally gloomy and gray. Most children are timid and can't reach the switch, so naturally they can't improve this light condition. What's even more embarrassing is that she was very short at that time, and the furniture in the house was generally very tall, and she stood in it, as if she was surrounded by a group of "tall monsters", which was too scary!
She stood inside trembling for a while, and was about to leave, when she suddenly noticed that a box next to her had been opened.
She walked over and looked down, and it was then that she found some beautiful fabrics in the box. She stretched out her hand to reach it, enough, enough, and she naturally fell into the box, and the lid of the box was closed, and the moment the darkness hit, she was stunned on the spot.
As soon as he reacted, he cried so much that he was hoarse in a dark voice, for fear that he would be locked up in a small black room for the rest of his life.
Fortunately, her grandmother, who was attracted by the crying, soon came over and rescued her.
Since then, the room has been locked with a lock.
For Ruan Wan, although she didn't hurt anything at the time, this experience still left a psychological shadow on her when she was a child. Since then, even when she grew up, she rarely entered the room that served as a warehouse. And, for a long time in her previous life, she was a little afraid of the dark and closed places - the first time she took the elevator, she almost cried with joy when the door opened to "regain her freedom"!
After living again, although the darkness and closure were nothing to her, because the door was locked, she had no reason to enter, so she treated it as if it didn't exist.
Now I go in again, and I just feel ......
Well, it's just an ordinary house.
In fact, it is normal, for example, when she was in elementary school, she thought that the classroom was extraordinarily spacious and extraordinarily high, and the windows were extraordinarily large, and when she looked at it a few years later, she found that it was really just the most ordinary classroom.
Ruan Wan stretched out her hand and pressed the switch, watching the white light expel the darkness in the room, and then looking at the furniture that didn't seem to be very tall today, she only felt that the last trace of shadow about this place in her heart also quietly left. After moving things in with her grandmother, she walked over to the box that had been held for her with some curiosity.
"Grandma. ”
"Huh?"
"Can I open this box?"
“…… Just watch it if you want. ”
Ruan Wan was a little curious about her grandmother's hesitation, but since the latter did not express strong opposition, then she thought it should be no problem, right? So she opened the box easily, and it was not until this moment that she really realized that the box contained ......
"Phoenix Crown?"
Grandma stretched out her hand and poked Ruan Wan's head: "How can there be a phoenix crown, the phoenix crown is stored in other boxes." ”
Ruan Wan smiled, isn't this a knee-jerk reaction, but......
"This is what Grandma wore when you got married?"
"It's not just me. ”
"Huh?"
"Your mother wore it when she got married. ”
mentioned her daughter Su Fanghua, her grandmother's tone was still a little stiff.
Ruan Wan changed the topic a little, so she asked "very shamelessly": "Does that mean I can wear it when I get married?"
"No, you can't. ”
"......" Hey!
Grandma said calmly, "I'll make you a new one when the time comes." I also have a few good fabrics hidden here, and I will definitely help you make a beautiful wedding dress. After saying that, she habitually stabbed her granddaughter again, "Of course, first you have to have a boyfriend, second, he has to be willing to marry you, and finally, you must be at the legal age of marriage." When she said the last sentence, she looked Ruan Wan up and down, closed the box, and explained the true meaning of the sentence "You better wash and sleep".
Ruan Wan covered her chest, only to feel that her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were about to be stabbed.
So she walked out with her grandmother in her arms, holding her wounded heart.
As soon as I went out, the phone rang.
Ruan Wan wanted to answer the phone, but she heard her grandmother say to herself: "Where is the dust on your body, go and change your clothes." ”
She looked sideways, and sure enough, she quickly slapped a few times, but found that she couldn't shoot it and needed to change it. She went back to her room, changed into her home clothes, and soaked them in a basin to dispose of them later. At that moment, she felt as if she had heard an argument. The voice was like my grandmother's, not from the TV......
Ruan Wan hurriedly walked out, and sure enough, it was really her grandmother who was arguing with someone!
And the object of her quarrel is......
The person on the other side of the phone?
Ruan Wan suddenly remembered that in her previous life, when she was fifteenth birthday...... It seems that something has happened.
At that time, her birthday was only spent with her grandmother, and she accidentally got the oil on her clothes during the meal, so she went to take a shower after the meal, and just came out, she saw her grandmother drop the phone with an angry expression. She was in a hurry at the time, and rushed up to ask if it was her mother's phone number, but her grandmother told her not to mention her mother in a bad tone. She only felt aggrieved at the time, because it was her birthday, she had been waiting for her mother to call, but she was hung up by her grandmother. After a few words, she quarreled with her grandmother. After that, the grandmother turned around and went into the house and ignored her. Feeling aggrieved, she sat on the sofa and cried all night. After that, the relationship between her and her grandmother stiffened for a while before finally eased.
Now that I think about it, she really didn't have enough brains at the time. Although my grandmother usually talks about her mother in a bad tone, she never hangs up when she receives a call, but will call her to answer the phone. In other words, the reason why my grandmother did such a thing at that time must have been because of what happened.
What's going on?
The only thing that is certain is that the person who called to get into an argument with my grandmother must have been my mother, because after that, my mother also didn't call again for a long time. As for why you didn't call your mom back...... That's because from the very beginning, my mother told her that if there is no urgency, she must not take the initiative to call her.
Unlike back then, when Ruan Wan ran to her grandmother's side, the quarrel was still happening.
"You have done something bad yourself, are you still afraid that others will find you?"
The grandmother who was saying this suddenly heard a "Grandma ......", she saw Ruan Wan, and quickly hung up the phone, but accidentally pressed the speakerphone on the side of her hand, so not only did the phone not hang up, but the voice over there also echoed in the room with a amplified attitude.
"What did I do wrong? If you hadn't said how good Ruan Hai was, how could I have lost my husband and become a widow when I was pregnant with a child! When you were pregnant with me, my father died, and then when I was pregnant with Xiaowan, Ruan Hai died! After all, you just wanted me to be like you! That's why you were so opposed when I remarried!"
"You just don't want me to be better off than you!"
"If this continues, Xiao Wan will be the next victim, and I will never let this happen!"
"So, don't you want to hand over Xiaowan's custody to others, I, no, agree, Yi!"
Hearing this, Ruan Wan's whole person was shocked - her grandmother was going to hand her over to someone else...... How is that possible?!(Be sure to see what the author has to say)