Chapter 1: Parting and Reunion
Grandpa, grandpa, I want to hear your story. Okay, good, grandpa will tell you.
Grandpa, grandpa, look at how I painted. Come, grandpa. Oh, that's good.
Grandpa, grandpa, I'm going to eat potato chips. Okay, grandpa will buy it for you.
Grandpa, look, my acceptance letter has been sent. Okay, that's good, my grandson is angry, our family finally has a college student. All right.
Grandpa, I've graduated, and I can honor you.
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Grandpa, this braised pork is so delicious, I'll give it to you...... Grandpa, I know you're still there, aren't you?
Whew, whew. I jumped up from the bed, and then I was sweating profusely, and then I sat down on the bed, what a strange dream, in the dream, and my grandfather's past experiences, one by one appeared in front of my eyes. I grew up day by day, but my grandfather kept fading, and in the end, my grandfather disappeared, no matter how I shouted, he just didn't respond to me.
I secretly thought in my heart: what a strange dream, but this can't help but remind me of grandpa, alas, speaking of grandpa, when I went to school this time, his physical condition was not very good, since I went to college, grandpa's health has deteriorated, every time I go home from the holidays, I always see grandpa holding the "resist US aggression and aid Korea xx" medal in his hand, sitting on the bed. After seeing me coming, he tried to stand up and chat with me, every time I wanted to leave, he was smiling and not saying a word, but his eyes always contained deep longing and reluctance.
Thinking of this, I decided to call home, I looked at my sleeping roommate on the side, and shook my head helplessly. I picked up my phone, quickly got dressed, and walked out of the dorm. But for some reason, at this moment, I suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness and uneasiness in my heart. I walked out of my dorm room, leaning against the door, which gave me a sense of security, and I opened my phone tremblingly and found that there were several missed calls on the page, which I had turned to silent before going to bed last night, so I didn't notice it. It's all from home.
Don't? No, it won't. I trembled and prepared to call back to the nearest missed call, which was from my mother. But my hand was spasmodic and completely powerless to get out, and damn it, I sat down on the ground with my back against the door, and it was no longer able to give me a sense of security, only a deep despair and fear.
I hurriedly clenched my hands into fists and did it several times in a row, before I could control my trembling hands a little, and called back my mother's phone with trembling trembling, I seemed to have experienced a century in the beep, and the beeping sound of the mobile phone hit my fragile heart again and again. My hands clenched. I don't know how long it took, my mother's voice finally came from the other end of the phone, and as soon as she answered the phone, I couldn't wait to ask, "Mom, what's wrong?" Why did you call me so much? Is something wrong? On the other end of the phone, my mother sniffed and said to me slowly: "Aid to the DPRK, your grandfather left last night, last night, and after a while, he will send people to the crematorium." You ......" Mom couldn't hold back at this time, and there were bursts of sobbing on the other end of the phone. My brain had stopped thinking at this point, and my hand hung limply, leaving deep scratches on my palms. I just replied to my mother mechanically: "Mom, you take care of yourself at home, I'll look at the train ticket, and I'll be back tomorrow." ”
The mother on the other end of the phone said intermittently: "Son, it's inconvenient for you, or don't come back, there is your father at home, and, even if you come back, you, you, you won't see your grandfather." "It's okay Mom, I interrupted her: "Mom, I'm fine, just ask for leave." I'll be back tomorrow at noon. You don't care. I said calmly, at this point my brain had completely stopped thinking. Well, Mom finally spoke at this point, 'Stay safe on the road.'" Then there was a beep. I got this bad news, but I was unusually calm, what should I do, should I go to ask for leave first, or buy a train ticket first, I said to myself. I tried to stand up first, but I felt weak, I tried several times but could not get up from the ground, I had to lean back against the door, but it did not give me a sense of security, at this moment I could only feel the coldness it brought me.
I first checked tomorrow's train ticket and bought the nearest one. Good luck, I muttered to myself. At this point I suddenly had the strength to stand up directly from the ground, with my back to the door, and I made a phone call with the counselor; "Hey, teacher, I want to take a leave of absence, yes, something happened to our family, I have to go back. Okay, thank you, thank you, teacher. Good bye. I slowly put my phone in my pocket and walked into the dormitory, I felt unusually cold on my body, I got into the bed, but I still didn't feel warm.
At noon the next day, I returned to my grandmother's house with a bottle of Fenjiu in my backpack. Along the way, my mood was very calm, I didn't have any thoughts, my brain had stopped thinking, I wanted to remember something, think about something happy, but my brain seemed to freeze, it didn't move. In this way, I arrived at my grandmother's house with great anticipation.
When I arrived at my grandmother's house, I was greeted by the eye-catching photo, I silently put down my backpack, respectfully kowtowed to the photo, and after kowtowing enough to nine, I returned to the bedroom. I hurriedly put down my backpack and went to comfort my grandmother; "Grandma, the deceased is gone, those of us who are alive can only live with his share, don't be too uncomfortable." Grandma looked at me: 'Aid to the DPRK is back, alas, sit down, grandma knows that you and grandpa have a good relationship, you must be uncomfortable now, but ah, we are both stronger, we don't cry." I went over and hugged my grandmother; "Okay, grandma, I promise you, let's all be strong." Grandma nodded and handed me a medal, which was the "XX medal to resist US aggression and aid Korea" that my grandfather often held. 'Your grandfather, before, let me show it to you, and I specially instructed you to stay with you. 'Okay, I took the medal and put it in my pocket. Grandson, my grandmother saw me put the medal in her pocket and hugged me tighter, and I finally felt warm. But the past came back to me one by one, and I finally couldn't calm down.
I remembered the guy who picked me up on my bike to take me to kindergarten
I think of the man who went out of his way to the market to make me something to eat.
I remembered the guy who took me to the park on his bike and wouldn't come down and let me take a step.
I remembered the guy who waited for me from school in the middle of winter just to give me a meat bun.
I remembered the guy who saw my acceptance letter and couldn't keep his mouth shut with joy.
Grandpa, why did you leave like this? Why did you just leave?
I gritted the crown of my teeth and closed my eyes tightly. After a long time, my grandmother let go of me: "It's so late, I've been on the train for so long, I'm hungry, I'll eat in a while." ’
I looked at my watch and it was already afternoon. I picked up my backpack and said to my father; "Dad, I have something to go out for." Dad nodded and came back early. I looked at my grandmother again: "Go quickly, come back early, don't worry us." "Okay, I said and walked out of the house with my bag on my back.
Get out of the house. I took a deep breath and felt my eyes sour, and I desperately resisted the urge to cry, walked briskly to the door, and hailed a taxi. "Master, go to Nanshan,." The master nodded, and no one said anything along the way. When I arrived at the destination, the master took the money and looked at me: "Young man, don't be too sad, pay attention to your body"
Okay, thank you, master. I walked to the top of the mountain step by step, and with each step I took, I felt a tearing pain in my heart, surrounded by a sense of powerlessness, and grief gradually occupied my heart.
Finally, I found my grandfather's tombstone, which was very new and very new. I put down my backpack and took out the Fenjiu I had bought around the school. Master, I've come to see you. As I spoke, I took out the cup I had given me and poured a full one: "This is the wine from where I go to school, you can taste it." With that, I took a big sip of the bottle, and the spicy sensation filled my mouth, and at the same time further increased my grief, and the past gradually came to my mind. He's the best guy in the world for me, he's the hardest working and most capable person I've ever met, but it's a pity that I haven't had a chance to meet him.
Tears are a strange thing, you can hold back when you hurt, you can hold back when you are tired, but when you are wronged and sad, you can't help it. I took out the medal, which was in the shape of a shield and engraved with the words "Awarded to the Meritorious Heroes of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea." I took another big sip, and gradually, I felt drunk: "Grandpa, you lied to me, you said that you would wait for me to honor you, I haven't graduated yet, why did you leave?" I felt liquid dripping on my hands. 'You are the best person in the world to me, you are gone, leaving me alone to face the world, how can you bear it.' I drank all the wine, and a lot of it fell on my body, and there was a burning pain. I felt a little dizzy at this time, and I couldn't help but hug the tombstone, fantasize about my grandfather, and reminisce about the past. But all I could feel was the cold.
I clutched the medal tightly: "Grandpa, I'm not filial, I'm sorry for you, I didn't even see you for the last time, ah, I don't deserve you to be nice to me, I'm just a white-eyed wolf" I leaned my head on the tombstone; "I haven't had time to honor you, I haven't had time to repay you, you haven't enjoyed my blessings yet. Why did you leave, why did you leave me? Unconsciously, the medal has been wet with my tears, "Grandpa, I will study hard in the future, and I won't be lazy anymore, I beg you, I beg you to come back soon" The drunkenness hit me and made me feel more and more dizzy and fell asleep against the tombstone after a while, and my mind was full of pictures with my grandfather. I kept shouting: 'Grandpa, grandpa' At this time, the medal in my hand was already wet with tears, and suddenly the medal emitted a white light, and then everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.