73. The last meal
After entering the ward, the old man was still sitting in front of the bed. He looked at the old woman on the bed stupidly, Tang Brick and Ni Qian, and the little girl Sang Sang kept quiet, so as not to disturb him.
After a long time, the old man suddenly looked back at Ni Qian and asked, "You say, will your grandmother blame me?" ”
Ni Qian's eyes turned red instantly, and she cried out.
Without receiving an answer, the old man turned his head and continued to look at the old woman, muttering to himself: "You are most afraid of pain, it stands to reason that I should let you go more comfortably." But you also know that I love home, and without your home, I don't know how to close the windows and how to sleep in the bed. ”
As he spoke, the old man's tears also fell. His resolute face, like a knife, once terrified his enemies. And now, he is more like a child, a child whose most beloved things are going to be taken away.
Tears silently slipped down his face, down the corners of his mouth to his chin, and dripped onto his clothes. The old man clenched his hands into fists and said, "So I want you to wake up, and I want to say a word to you again." Wife...... I really can't bear you. You said that if you really left like this, you didn't even say goodbye to me, what should I do? Later, when I die, I go to the underworld, where can I find you? ”
The more Ni Qian listened, the louder she cried, and finally simply squatted on the ground and cried into a tearful person.
When Nie Hong came back from buying food, he heard crying from the ward, and ran here in a panic. As soon as he entered the door and saw Ni Qian crying and couldn't stand up, he panicked, and the food in his hand almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Tang Brick's eyes were quick and helped him hold it.
The old man looked back, then wiped his tears, beckoned, and said, "Take it." ”
Nie Hong hurriedly took the food over, the old man opened them one by one, and then introduced them to the old woman: "These are your favorite dishes to eat, I let Xiao Nie buy them back, we will have the last meal in a while, and then you can leave with peace of mind." ”
Nie Hong is a strong enough person, but he can't help but blush at the moment. He sighed and turned his back, his hands moving as if he were wiping tears.
After setting up the meal, the old man said to Tang Brick: "Young man, I'm sorry for you." ”
Tang Brick hummed, walked over and took out three paper talismans, and at the same time pressed the index finger of his right hand on the old woman's forehead.
The paper note spilled, and no fire spontaneously combusted. The fire was grabbed by Tang Brick with one hand and hit the old woman. The flames drilled into her seven orifices, and the means were magically stunning.
And Tang Brick's other hand drew out all the aura, trying to lure back the old woman's wandering soul.
With his current state, it is not impossible to do this, but it is quite difficult. Not only do you need to go all out, but you can't make any mistakes. Even if it's just a little distracted, all the work will be wasted.
Most of the souls of ordinary people dissipate as soon as they leave the body, because they do not have enough strength to support the souls to exist for a long time. Only under very special circumstances can the soul survive.
Tang Brick wasn't sure if the old woman's soul was still there, but even if it wasn't, he could summon the last instinct hidden in his mind.
The talisman fire just now is to ignite the last life force of the old woman, and only in this way can the soul or instinct appear.
The old man watched intently, holding chopsticks in one hand and a bowl in the other, as if he was afraid of wasting even a second.
It didn't take long for Tang Brick to suddenly shout: "Heaven and earth decree, the soul returns!" ”
All the aura in her body was beaten into the old woman's body in an instant. Her body shuddered, and then she opened her eyes in amazement.
Tang Brick retreated to the side sweating profusely, feeling that both legs were trembling. This kind of high-load action makes him so weak that he is almost unstable on the station. Seeing this, Sangsang ran to help him.
On the other side, seeing the old woman open her eyes, the old man's eyes lit up suddenly: "Wife, wife, you are awake!" ”
Ni Qian also ran over and shouted eagerly: "Grandma! ”
However, the old woman didn't seem to hear Ni Qian's call, her eyes only looked at the old man. The skinny face showed a faint smile: "Old man......"
The faint sound was almost inaudible, but the old man heard it anyway.
He took the bowl with joy and said, "I'm listening!" I'm listening! You see, I also asked Xiao Nie to buy you your favorite dish, which one do you want to eat? ”
"Next life...... I'm still waiting for you to ......," the old woman's voice grew softer and softer.
When the last word was spit out, there was a piercing chirp from the monitoring instrument next to it.
When Nie Hong saw the straight horizontal line, he immediately rushed out of the ward and shouted: "Doctor! Doctor! ”
"Wife, you like to eat cauliflower the most, don't you? Come on, take a bite, but it's certainly not as fragrant as you make. The old man took a cauliflower and handed it to the old woman's mouth.
However, how can a person who has already died be able to open his mouth again.
He didn't seem to notice this, and still insisted on sending the food into the old woman's mouth: "Wife, we haven't eaten together for several years, you taste it, taste it......"
With the sound of the words, the old man's palm gradually trembled.
He knew very well that his wife was gone and it was impossible to eat with him again.
The people who have been with him for decades are gone, and the feeling of heartache is difficult to experience without personal experience.
The old man's hands were trembling, his body was trembling, and his mouth was trembling.
His lips kept shaking and shaking, and big tears fell straight down.
When the doctor and nurse ran over, they only saw him take the chopsticks back, and the cauliflower of the chopsticks was put in his mouth. The old man pulled the rice, stuffed his mouth full, and said vaguely: "Let's eat together, eat together, I don't think the dishes you make are salty anymore, you see I eat a lot......"
He just looked at the old woman who was already dead, crying and eating at the same time.
Several young nurses couldn't help but cover their mouths and silently wept with them.
There is no vigorous love, and there is no romance of vows, only the constant pulling of meals, the collision of chopsticks and bowls.
Everyone can see that the old man is really reluctant.
As he ate, he suddenly held the bowl and began to cry.
He cried so sadly, so sadly, his mouth was full of food, mixed with tears, and fell straight down.
Half a bowl of rice was left in the bowl, but it was refilled with tears.
Tang Brick sighed, the old woman's soul could not be recalled, so she only said two words and left.
Maybe the instinct didn't have time to feel the pain in the body, which is a good thing, but Tang Brick always felt that maybe she was more willing to endure the pain and say more to the old man.
A large crowd of doctors and nurses gathered at the door of the ward, as well as other patients. No one made a sound, no one wanted to come in, they all watched quietly in front of the door.
The atmosphere of sadness lingers in everyone's heart.
The difference between this pair of old people is so simple that people may never forget it for the rest of their lives.
At this time, the old man trembled and put down the dishes and chopsticks. He pulled out two Skittles from his pocket.
One was put in the old woman's mouth, and the other was put in her own mouth.
The bitterness of tears and the sweetness of the skittles mixed everything, and the old man stood up tremblingly. He slowly lay down in front of the old woman and gently imprinted a sweet kiss on her forehead.
"Wife, we'll see you in the next life."
The white sheets were covered by his own hands on the old woman's body, covering the shocking thin face.
"Grandma!" Ni Qian lay on top of the old woman and wept bitterly.
Tang Brick didn't think about comforting anyone, since he was sad, he should be sad happily.
If you want to cry, then cry tears like a river, why comfort?
Life in this world is not just for laughing. God gave us the ability to shed tears so that we had the right means to express our emotions.
If a person can only laugh and not cry, then he will not live like a person.
Therefore, Tang Brick took Sang Sang and left the ward silently.
It doesn't belong to him here.
When he left the hospital, Sang Sang looked up at Tang Brick and asked, "Brother Tang Brick, if the same thing happened one day, would you cry like this?" ”
Tang Brick was silent for a moment, then stroked her softer hair, and said with a smile: "Yes, but I will do my best not to give myself a chance to cry like this." ”