Ye Li looked at the red lanterns hanging everywhere in the yard, and the long pink down jacket on his body was also festive, and the windows and doors were covered with paper-cuts, since the members of Ye Li's family and uncle's family arrived one after another, the smile on Grandpa's face never stopped, and the wrinkles on his face made Ye Li feel a little bitter in his heart, Grandpa, he is really old, and wrinkles are crawling up the corners of his eyes, mouth, and forehead one by one......

Ye Li sat under an old tree with his grandfather's arm, watching the grandfathers of the neighbors gather here to play chess, and occasionally heard Grandpa Hu say angrily: "Old man Li, you are playing tricks again, you have no regrets when you fall into chess, you have no regrets when you fall into chess, why are you always so reckless." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"You stinky old man, I was dazzled in the wrong place just now, what are you talking about, it's really unpleasant." Grandpa Li blew his beard and glared at Grandpa Hu opposite.

"Old man Li, if you play tricks again, I will never play chess with you in the future."

Ye Li laughed in a low voice when she heard this, she had listened to such a conversation for more than ten years, but whenever Grandpa Hu wanted to play chess, he would always run to Grandpa Li's house and shout: "Old man Li, play chess, be sharp, if you are slow, I won't wait for you." ”

Grandpa Ye watched the two bickering and couldn't help but laugh, "You two old men, you are so childish all day long, and you are not afraid of being laughed at." ”

Grandpa Li turned his head to Ye Li and said, "Little Yezi, is Old Man Hu the most ridiculous." ”

"Grandpa Hu and Grandpa Li are equally cute." Ye Li looked at the two with a smile.

"Hmph, Old Man Li has nothing to do with cuteness, he was a dead face when he was young, and he is still the same when he is old."

Ye Cheng walked under the old tree, saw that his grandfather and cousin were chatting with Grandpa Hu and Grandpa Li, and gently patted Grandpa Hu and Grandpa Li on the shoulder, "Grandpa, you are so energetic, such an unnutritious conversation can last for so many years, I don't know, I still think you are a pair of friends." “

Grandpa Hu and Grandpa Li looked at each other, looked at Ye Cheng in unison, and asked, "What is Jiyou?" ”

"Eh, it means deep feelings. Grandpa, Leaf went back to eat. ”

Ye Li helped his grandfather to get up, feeling that his grandfather grabbed her hand and straightened up, it seemed to be an easy thing, but grandpa was a little panting after he finished doing it, thinking that grandpa was standing up with his own strength so hard, Ye Li lowered his head slightly, covering the distressed expression on his face.

"Old man Li, old man Hu, do you want to go home for dinner with me?"

"We're going back too, Old Man Ye, we'll play chess tomorrow."

"Hehe, okay, let's go home." After answering Grandpa Li's words, with the support of Ye Li and Ye Cheng, he slowly paced home.

Behind him, Grandpa Li laughed and said to Grandpa Hu, "You will be my friend in the future." ”

On the second day, Ye Li and his grandfather still came to the old tree to watch Grandpa Hu and Grandpa Li play chess, and waited for a while, but before the two arrived, Ye Cheng ran over in a panic, his face was full of grief, his nose was sour, he swallowed the bitterness deep in his throat, and said with difficulty: "Grandpa." ”

Grandpa Ye seemed to have sensed something, and his hand holding Ye Li was trembling, and he asked casually: "Is it Old Man Li or Old Man Hu." But Ye Li knew very well how much effort and courage it took him to ask this sentence, holding his grandfather's hand, Ye Li also understood that something bad seemed to have happened.

"It's... Be... Grandpa Lee. Ye Cheng choked up and said his name, he could no longer suppress the pain in his heart and burst into tears, Grandpa Li has no grandson, but he always treats him as his own grandson, when he was a child, Grandpa Li always had something to eat on his body, and he was always reluctant to eat, and when he saw Ye Cheng, he would always smile and beckon to him: "Come, come here, Chengcheng." Every time he happily ran over and hugged Grandpa Li's thigh, he raised his head and waited in anticipation, "Grandpa Li, what is delicious this time." "Grandpa Li would always smile with an unfathomable face, and then take out the food from Ye Cheng's invisible angle like a trick, sometimes it was cake, sometimes it was sugar, and there were many, many things to eat.

"How did you get there?"

"When I was in the toilet this morning, I couldn't get up after I fell."

After listening to Ye Cheng's words, Grandpa trembled and staggered forward, without Ye Li's support, and said as he walked: "I said yesterday that I would come here today to wait for him to play chess with Old Man Hu, why don't you come, if you don't come, then I'll go and see you bad old man, and see if you stinky old man is lazy to sleep." ”

Ye Li covered his mouth, tears slid down silently, and watched his grandfather walk step by step in the direction of Grandpa Li's house. Before entering the courtyard of Grandpa Li's house, they heard the mournful sound from the yard, Ye Cheng and Ye Li helped Grandpa into the back room, Grandpa Hu saw Grandpa Ye and smiled lonely: "This stinky old man, he must be afraid of losing to me again today, so he won't get up." ”

"Old man Li is just afraid of losing, otherwise he wouldn't have to regret three steps every time he plays chess." Grandpa Ye looked at the person lying quietly on the bed, lifeless, "On weekdays, he is the most noisy, like an old child, but I didn't expect that he was the one who left first." ”

"Old man Li always laughs at me for being older than him, and he will definitely go before him, as long as there is one more fold, he can always see it, and then laugh so badly, always saying that I am not as handsome as him, this stinky old man, I know that he must have hated me for snatching Xiulan away when I was young." Grandpa Hu sat on the edge of Grandpa Li's bed, staring at his face and staring hard, it seemed that he had been watching like this, Grandpa Li would suddenly sit up suddenly, startling him, and then said happily: "Old man Hu, I scared you to death, hum." ”

Grandpa Hu looked at the old man for a long time, but he didn't see any movement, sighed faintly, and got up slowly, "Old man Li, you really don't play chess with me anymore, I'll go to Old Man Yang next door, he will definitely be very happy." Old man Ye, let's go, let's ignore Old Man Li. Take Grandpa Ye's hand and walk out.

The people in the house watched the two old men supporting each other and walking out of Grandpa Li's house, their backs were so vicissitudes, and their slumped bodies seemed to fall down in a second, but they resolutely did not accept the support of others, as if they were a few years older, they didn't see that the person on the bed shed a faint tear from the corner of his left eye after they left, as if to accuse them of playing chess and really not waiting for him, and they would never wait for him in the future.

Grandpa Ye still eats three meals a day at home, and after the meal, he will let Ye Li or Ye Cheng accompany him for a walk to eliminate food, it seems that nothing has changed, Ye Li and the family know that behind this indifference, there is unspeakable sadness, when he walks under the old tree, Grandpa will quietly look at the stone bench and stone table under the tree for a while, if someone calls him, he will occasionally go over to sit and chat and laugh with them, the person is gone, but life still has to go on.