The New Year comes quickly, and before you know it, a year has passed.

On the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, when the adults were busy in the kitchen for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Liang Ju sat in front of the TV in the large living room of his grandmother's house and watched cartoons with his cousin.

Liang Ju's grandmother is over 80 years old this year, and the old lady is not dazzled or deaf, except for a little hunchback, even her hair is not completely gray. Grandma was an accountant when she was young, and she still knows better than young people when she calculates her accounts.

Before seven o'clock, the sound of firecrackers on the street outside came and went, and the sound of the TV could not be turned on too much, Liang Ju and his younger brother were basically just watching the animation on the fluorescent screen, and they couldn't hear any sound.

Grandma sat next to Liang Ju and her cousin with apples, and gave the two largest apples to her grandchildren with a smile.

"Thank you, Grandma!" The cousin took the apple and ran to play with the big flower cat at grandma's house, leaving Liang Ju to sit with grandma.

Liang Ju was raised by his grandmother, and among the children, his grandmother's favorite is also Liang Ju.

Liang Ju held the apple and said to his grandmother, "Grandma, I'll peel it for you." ”

"Good!" Grandma smiled, her face was wrinkled, her eyes were crooked, and she was very kind.

Liang Ju peeled the apple peel in his hand, and the grandmother looked at her granddaughter with a smile.

"Orange, tell grandma, are you the object?" Grandma asked Liang Ju gently, Liang Ju shook his hand, pursed his lips with an apple and just smiled.

Grandma had already seen the appearance of her granddaughter, and the smile on her face became more peaceful. "Grandma knows that we don't have to worry about finding a good family for oranges."

She stretched out her old hand and touched Liang Ju's head, and said slowly: "Orange, remember grandma's words, finding a good partner is more important than anything else." ”

Liang Ju handed the peeled apple in his hand to his grandmother, "Grandma, after the New Year, I will bring him to see you, and you will help me with the staff when the time comes!" ”

"Hey! Good! Grandma had little left of her mouth, and her eyes narrowed when she smiled, and she was very kind.

At eight o'clock in the evening, as the opening song of the Spring Festival Gala sounded, more than a dozen people of all ages gathered around the round table in the large living room of grandma's house on time, and the atmosphere began to welcome the New Year's Chinese New Year's Eve.

As the eldest son, the uncle raised his wine glass and said a few opening words to the family members present, and said that he would see who could eat dumplings with coins in them tonight.

"I can, I will!" The cousin raised his hand with a childlike expression, which made the adults laugh.

Several children have their own families, and it is difficult to get together in ordinary times, looking at the harmonious atmosphere of the dinner table, grandma also rarely smiled and took a sip of beer.

"Mom, your blood pressure is high, don't drink it." He Mei got up and poured her mother-in-law a glass of juice and replaced the wine glass in front of her.

Grandma's appearance is really happy.

Grandma said, "I, but I must watch the birth of our orange child." ”

Liang Ju was named, and his face immediately turned red.

She pursed her lips and smiled, but heard the eldest aunt ask in a low voice, "Does the orange have a partner?" ”

"Yes, I also pulled it down, I don't agree with her father!" He Mei hurried in front of Liang Ju to speak.

Liang Ju glanced at Liang Zhifu, although her father didn't look at her, but the meaning was obvious, just like her mother said, she definitely didn't agree.

Liang Ju thought to himself, 'I won't break up with Mao Dong. On the surface, she did not contradict her mother.

Liang Ju said to his grandmother: "Grandma, you are in such good health, you can watch my child's child be born!" ”

"Yo, isn't that a thousand-year scourge!" The old lady covered her mouth and smiled, looking very old naughty child.

Aunt Liang Ju sandwiched a large piece of fish meat for her mother-in-law and put it in her mother-in-law's bowl, "Mom, now it is said that there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure!" ”

"Yes, grandma, you are the treasure of all of us!"

"Haha, good, treasure, treasure!" The old lady laughed so hard that her dentures almost fell out.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is an atmosphere, generally chatting while eating, and the time is naturally extended. Liang Ju ate about the same, and under the pretext of taking his cousins out to set off fireworks, he sneaked out of the house with a few little cubs with fireworks.

Downstairs, Liang Ju took advantage of the fireworks to send a text message to Mao Dong - 'What are you doing?' Got dumplings yet? ’

After a while, Mao Dong's text message came back. - 'Dumplings should be eaten at twelve o'clock.' Eating, what about you? ’

Mao Dong did not return to his hometown for the Chinese New Year this year, and his aunt's family was celebrating the New Year in Qihai City this year, so they asked Mao Dong to celebrate the New Year together.

'I'm setting off fireworks downstairs. Did you put it? Liang Ju sent another one.

No, I don't seem to have this hobby. Mao Donghui.

Liang Ju was holding his mobile phone and thinking about what to say back to him, and the fireworks that bloomed in the distance were dazzling, making the whole night immersed in colorful flowers for a moment.

Standing under the fireworks, illuminated by brilliant colors, Liang Ju replied with a text message-'Wait for me, set off fireworks with you-

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He Mei was making dumplings in the kitchen with a few concubines, and Liang Ju's aunt suddenly asked Liang's mother, "Are we in the same place?" ”

He Mei replied: "I was punished with one before, it was not suitable, let me mess with her father." ”

The aunt said: "My neighbor's son has just returned from abroad this year, and the young man is doing well, and I think it is a good match for our oranges." ”

"What for?" When He Mei heard this, she put down the work in her hand and asked.

"It's like working in a bank."

"What about physiognomy?"

The aunt thought for a while and replied, "It seems to belong to a dog." His parents are both cadres, so you don't have to worry about it at home, you have money. ”

"Dog" Liang Mu counted her fingers and calculated, and slapped the panel, "Liang Ju is a rabbit, he is a dog, it's a good match!" ”

"Okay, if you think it's good, after the New Year, I'll go and match the oranges."

"If you don't ask her yourself later, she won't listen to my mother's words now."

Aunt Liang Ju asked, "Did the orange pull down with the previous one?" ”

"Pulled!" He Mei said categorically.

"That's fine! I'll ask about the oranges later. ”

The eldest aunt rubbed her dough and said slowly: "I think that although this child is young, we adults should not follow this matter, in case we don't like it, she has to blame us again." ”

Liang's mother was immediately unhappy when she heard this, "She doesn't understand anything now, if I don't help her pick it again, let her find it blindly, then she will have to blame me even more in the future!" ”

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After the fireworks, Liang Ju took his younger siblings home.

It was still early before the countdown to the New Year, so Liang Ju wanted to go back to the house to stay, but as soon as he passed by the kitchen, he saw his aunt coming out of it with vegetables.

"Orange, come, Auntie has something to tell you." Seeing Liang Ju, her aunt beckoned her over.

At the dinner table, except for the grandmother who was half-leaning on the sofa and playing with her cousins, the rest of the adults were still sitting at the table, Liang Ju also followed her aunt back to the table, took a sip of her drink, and listened to her aunt ask her, "Orange, tell your aunt, what kind of object do you want to find, and your aunt will help you with your staff." ”

Liang Ju looked at her mother, He Mei looked away and pretended to chat with her aunt as if nothing happened, Liang Ju knew at a glance that this was planned by her mother herself.

"Auntie, I have a partner." Liang Ju said loudly.

The aunt was stunned for a moment, and Liang Ju heard He Mei suddenly say, "Don't listen to her, that one has already blown!" ”

"I didn't blow it, we're still together!"

"Liang Ju!" He Mei let out a low snort, quieting down the other adults who had been chatting before.

Grandma sat on the sofa and looked over this way, full of surprise.

He Mei pointed to Liang Ju, "There is a good condition next to your aunt, after the New Year, you can take a look." ”

Liang Ju put down the drink in his hand, and his voice was flat, "I have an object, what do you think?" ”

He Mei was angry by Liang Ju, and slapped the table and stood up, "I sue you Liang Ju, if I say no, I can't do it, don't force me to tell all the shameless things you did in front of adults!" ”

Liang Ju was also angry when he heard his mother say this, "What shameless did I do, did you say that about your daughter?" ”

Seeing that the mother and daughter were about to fight, the other elders began to persuade them.

"Okay, what are you doing for the New Year."

The uncle asked the uncle to go to La Hemei, and the aunt also persuaded Liang Ju, "Your mother is all for your good, I'm afraid you see the wrong person." ”

Liang Ju became even more angry when she heard this, "She doesn't know him, why should she open her mouth and say that people are not good." ”

He Mei, who had just sat down on the other end, was angry again, "I haven't heard that a man who is raised by a woman can be a good man!" ”

"Orange, that man still depends on you to raise him?" The eldest aunt asked in surprise.

Liang Ju frowned, "There is nothing at all!" ”

"Then what's the matter with you taking the money to rent a house for him?" He Mei reprimanded loudly.

"That's it!" Liang Zhifu, who has not spoken, put down his chopsticks, "Let's say less, the New Year is a joke." ”

"What did your daughter do, and you're still afraid of being laughed at?" The more He Mei spoke, the more angry she became, pointing at Liang Ju, "Her mother is not as filial as her, she actually went outside to be filial to a wild man!" ”

Liang Ju felt that she was going crazy, when did her mother become so unreasonable.

Liang Ju got up and walked out, and the grandmother sitting on the sofa immediately became anxious when she saw her favorite granddaughter being angry.

"Oranges! Orange! Grandma stood up and beckoned to Liang Zhifu, "Hurry up and chase your daughter, where are you going for the New Year!" ”

"Liang Ju, come back with me!" He Mei shook off her aunt's hand and ran over to grab Liang Ju, "You can do it, your wings are hard, you dare to run out after saying a few words!" ”

"You're unreasonable, can't I go!" Liang Ju retorted.

"Who do you say is unreasonable! Do you say that to yourself? ”

Grandma's good Chinese New Year's Eve dinner suddenly became like this, and she felt a breath immediately choked in her chest.

Liang's mother grabbed Liang Ju, Liang Ju struggled to break free, and the mother and daughter actually began to entangle at the door. Liang Zhifu's head buzzed when he saw this scene, his aunt and aunt hurriedly stepped forward to pull the rack, and his uncle and uncle also went over to persuade him, Liang Ju took advantage of the chaos to shake off his mother's hand and fled from the house, leaving only his mother's shouting.

"Liang Ju, if you have the ability, don't come back!"

At this time, no one noticed the grandmother who stumbled and fell beside the sofa.

"Grandma! What's wrong with you, grandma! ”

"Grandma, grandma, wake up!"

It was the cry of his cousin that alarmed everyone, Liang Zhifu turned around in the confusion, and what he saw was the old mother's head hanging on the sofa seat, lying on the floor, and the whole person was unconscious.

"Mom!" He ran over shouting.

***

Mao Dong received a call from Liang Ju and knew that something must have happened to her, she just asked him on the phone, if he could come out, although he didn't say much, but Mao Dong just felt that Liang Ju was in trouble. He briefly talked to his aunt about the matter, and hurried to the city in a taxi.

I wanted Sha Pei to go to Liang Ju to take care of it first, but Sha Pei and Ah Yuan went to the south for the New Year together, and Mao Dong had a bad premonition, and kept urging the taxi driver along the way.

There was a 24-hour convenience store near Liang Ju's school, and Mao Dong asked her to wait for him there first.

When the taxi arrived at its destination, Mao Dong jumped out of the car and ran across the road without waiting for the driver to find money.

Through the window of the convenience store, he saw her girl sitting in the corner of the convenience store, looking down at the gloves in her palms, stunned.

She sat there in a white cotton jacket with a lonely expression. The joyful bustle around her seemed to be insulated from her, and she became a loner, aggrieved to stay there.

The door of the convenience store was pushed open, and the words 'Welcome' came from the door.

Mao Dong turned a deaf ear and walked directly towards the girl.

She bought a cup of milk tea and held it in the palm of her hand, and the heat covered the window in front of her with a layer of fog.

He walked up to her and paused, and she came back to her senses and slowly raised her head.

The palm of the palm gently covered her cold cheeks, and the cold touch reached the bottom of her heart through the palm of her hand, gently touching his heart.

Liang Ju's dark eyes were full of grievances, she raised her head and sat on the chair and looked straight at him, the two of them looked at each other silently, as if they had read each other's hearts.

"I'm hungry and want to eat dumplings." Liang Ju sniffed and said.

Mao Dong looked at her deeply, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, "Okay, I'll take you to eat dumplings." ”

He took her hand as if he had the whole world, held it tightly, and led her out of the convenience store.

There are very few restaurants that can open on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and even fewer dumpling restaurants. Fortunately, today is the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and every restaurant that opens can make a plate of dumplings according to the occasion, no matter what the filling, it always symbolizes reunion.

Mao Dong took Liang Ju to sit in a hot pot restaurant about three or four stops away from the school, and the two of them searched for more than 20 minutes before finally finding a restaurant that was still open today.

There were not many customers in the store, and most of the waiters went home for the New Year, and the proprietress personally served the food and gave them a plate of small dishes for free.

"Thank you hostess, happy new year!" Liang Ju said with a smile.

"Happy New Year!" The hostess also answered enthusiastically.

Liang Ju looked at the hot dumplings, one by one full and white, and there was a continuous sound of firecrackers in his ears.

Mao Dong picked up the chopsticks and handed them to her, "Eat it while it's hot." ”

"You don't eat?" She asked him.

"I've eaten it."

"Then will you eat some more with me?"

Hearing her pleading tone, Mao Dong also picked up the chopsticks in front of him.

first put a big dumpling on Liang Ju's plate, and said to her with a smile: "Order so much, see who eats more." ”

"Okay, whoever eats more will win, and then the loser will have to carry the winner home!"

"Okay, that's a deal." Liang Ju is a child, and Mao Dong has always spoiled her like this.

The Chinese New Year Gala was broadcast live on the TV in the restaurant, and before Liang Ju had time to take a bite of the dumplings on her plate, the mobile phone in her clothes began to vibrate non-stop.

The moment the bell rang, the dumplings clamped by the chopsticks fell to the ground, and the white dumpling skin was immediately stained with dust on the ground.

On the other end of the line was my father's voice, hoarse and weak.

Mao Dong only saw Liang Ju with his head down, and something kept falling drop by drop.

The plate of dumplings in front of her never moved again.

Finally, when she looked up, her face was already full of tears.

She said to him, "Grandma, my grandma is leaving." ”

'Click', it was the chopsticks in Mao Dong's hand that fell to the ground.

***

Mao Dong took a taxi to send Liang Ju to the hospital, in the car, she didn't say a word, she only knew that she was crying, and the tears did not stop from beginning to end.

When she arrived at the hospital, Mao Dong saw her staggering in, and when she entered the entrance of the hospital, she immediately lost her way, standing there and only knowing how to look around.

"I'll take you." Mao Dong took Liang Ju's hand, only to feel cold.

He took her to the rescue room, and standing at the door of the rescue room, he stopped and watched her enter.

The moment she was about to step in, she turned back.

He stood at the end of the marble hospital corridor and watched her, bowing his head slightly.

She needed him to give her the last of her strength.

***

Uncles, aunts, uncles, aunts, fathers, mothers, and cousins stood in the emergency room.

Liang Ju heard a heartbroken cry coming from inside the curtain, the nurse opened the curtain from the inside, and a doctor walked out, taking off his mask, his face full of regret.

Liang Ju, after all, didn't see his grandmother for the last time.

The grandmother lying in the emergency room had long been blindfolded, and the line on the heartbeat monitor next to her had become a terrible straight line. The eldest aunt, mother, and aunt lay on the edge of the bed and cried bitterly, shouting one after another, "Mom! Mom, wake up."

The uncle and uncle stood with tears in their eyes, but the father stood there silently with his back to the wall.

His throat hurt like a needle bayonet, and tears blurred his eyes, and they flowed down uncontrollably.

Grandma, Liang Ju's favorite grandmother died suddenly without warning. Grandma, who has taken care of Liang Ju since she was a child, chased after her with a rice bowl to feed herself, so she didn't have time to see her for the last time.

The strength in his body was drained at that moment, and Liang Ju couldn't help but sit on the ground.

She covered her face and wept bitterly.

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"Orange, tell grandma, are you the object?"

"Grandma knows that we don't have to worry about finding a good family for oranges."

"Orange, remember grandma's words, finding a good partner is more important than anything else."

"I, but I must watch the birth of our orange baby."

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"Grandma Grandma"

One by one, the once dearest calls will never come out of Liang Ju's mouth again, the person called grandma has left this world.

"Grandma"

The choked sound broke from the palm of his hand, and Liang Ju felt the death of his relatives for the first time, and it was so painful and terrible.