Chapter 16: Returning Home
"Hey, give birth, come back soon." As soon as I bought a ticket to return to Shunyi, I received a call from my grandmother.
My heart twitched when I heard the cry.
My parents died young, and they have been raised by my grandmother since I was six years old.
"What's the matter, grandma, don't cry." Grandma was crying so sadly, I was very upset.
"Your little aunt is dead...... I had cancer and died within a few days of being detected......"
Listening to my grandmother's painful voice on the other end of the phone, my heart was in turmoil.
"I'll come back by car right away, don't walk around at home, wait until I get back." Hanging up the phone, I simply tore up the ticket back to Shunyi and went to buy the ticket back to Taiping.
Taiping Town is not as good as Shunyi Town, it is some distance away from Shizhong District, and belongs to another district of L City.
It takes more than an hour by car.
My aunt is gone......
On the way back, I recalled the memories of my aunt's existence in my mind.
When we were in elementary school, the classroom we were going to school collapsed, and the school didn't have the money to repair it, so we transferred our entire grade to another school.
Since the school was in another village, it was a long walk.
My aunt's house was near the school, half an hour away, so she asked me to go to her house.
Throughout the sixth grade, I lived at my aunt's house, eating, drinking, and sleeping all inclusively.
Their family has never cared about this, probably because I have no father or mother, but I am also very grateful to my little aunt.
Because of my grandmother, my aunt comes to our house twice a year, once for my grandmother's birthday and the other for Chinese New Year.
I just remember that this little aunt came to our house and would buy me a lot of snacks.
It's just that in the past few years, she has been in poor health, often taking medicine, and has not come to my house again.
Last year, I went to visit her with my grandmother, and at that time, she looked quite tough except for her legs and feet.
It's only been less than half a year, and the people are gone.
Alas......
As soon as I got off the bus, I took a motorcycle, strapped the box to the seat, and headed straight into the mountains.
It was past four o'clock in the afternoon.
I paid the fare of fifteen yuan with my mobile phone, but fortunately, mobile phone payment is popular, and my wallet is empty now, and I gave it to the monk for a dime or two cents.
Looking at the small house that I haven't come back for a long time, I feel a little emotional, grandma is home alone, and now the only sister who is close to her is also dead, she must be more lonely.
Anyway, I don't have a job now, so I spend more time with my grandmother.
Feeling uneasy, I pushed open the wooden door and walked in, putting my suitcase away.
This movement is not small, but when I walked into the living room, my grandmother was still sitting at the door in a daze, not noticing at all.
"Grandma, I'm back." Looking at my grandmother's old back, I felt more and more sad.
"Oh, Sheng'er is back, are you hungry, grandma will cook for you." Grandma turned her head, and I saw that her eyes were still red, and it was clear that she had just cried.
"No need grandma, I'm not hungry, you haven't eaten yet, I'll do it." I left the box next to the tattered couch.
"You can still eat this, lock the door, and let's go to your little aunt's house." It can be seen that grandma is very anxious.
If she hadn't waited for me, she would have gone a long time ago.
"Grandma, don't worry, I'll contact the car first." I helped my grandmother to sit on the couch.
Looking at the situation in this house, grandma didn't start the fire for two meals.
"Hey, Master Huang? I'm Bai Sheng from the stone factory in Sushan, you just sent me back, eh, that's right, can you please come up and pick me up now, okay, thank you. ”
I simply talked to the master just now, if I hadn't paid for my mobile phone, I wouldn't have known this number.
"I'm connected, there's still half an hour to go, I'll go and simply heat up a dish first, eat something and then go." As I spoke, I lifted the lid from the table.
Looking at the black bowls, my nose was a little sour.
I don't know how many meals I've eaten, and I'm reluctant to lose them when they're about to bottom out, so I haven't seen any meat.
I suddenly felt that I was too unfilial.
My grandmother has two sons and a daughter, the younger son is my father, who died, the eldest son worked outside the province and did not come back for several years, and the daughter also married outside the province, and there was no news after marrying out.
Because my parents died in a car accident, I lost a sum of money, and when I was young, my grandmother didn't understand anything, so she gave it to my uncle for safekeeping.
For so many years, my uncle has been helping our grandparents and grandchildren.
My grandmother also has a living allowance from the government every month, and I thought that at least I could eat meat, but I didn't expect it to be like this.
"Grandma, why do you eat such a dish again, you have said that it is not good to eat it, and you are not without money, so you buy it to eat." I was very remorseful and angry.
"Grandma is old, lazy to go to the street, besides, she hasn't married a daughter-in-law yet, and grandma wants to keep the money, but she has to save it." Grandma had a smile on her wrinkled face.
I secretly made up my mind that when I settled down, I must let my grandmother enjoy it, which made me even more determined to work in Wu Qian.
"Grandma......" I squatted down and hugged my grandmother, "It's still early to marry a daughter-in-law, grandma needs to be healthy." ”
"Got it," grandma patted me on the shoulder, "It's only been how long I've been out, why have I lost weight again, your parents left early, grandma hurts you, you have to pay attention to your body, eat more......" I listened to grandma's nagging, turned on the induction cooker, and simply fried a dish.
As soon as he finished eating and before he could clean up, Master Huang called and said that it had arrived.
I picked up the bowl, "Grandma, you go first, I'll pack up my things and come out." ”
"Okay, I'll go to the driver's place and wait for you first." Grandma took her little cloth bag and walked out the back door.
Originally, my grandmother wanted to clean up with me, but I said that I would not go and watch the car and that people would not carry us later, and then my grandmother went in a hurry.
I'm the only one in the room.
I put the box back in my bedroom, and as soon as I stepped out the door, I saw a figure disappear before my eyes.
It's a tall woman! White floral long-sleeved shirt with mottled short gray hair.
Little aunt?!
The figure was extremely fast, and in a flash, I saw a trace of afterimage, passing through the living room and going to the kitchen.
I didn't make a sound, put my phone and charging cable in my pocket, and followed.
When I got to the kitchen, the figure went to the back again.
This is really a ghost.
Since it's a little aunt, it doesn't seem like it's trying to harm me, but with this thought, I'm calm in my heart.
When I closed the door and walked out of the kitchen to the back door, I didn't see anything.
"Grandma, I see my little aunt." In the car, I whispered to my grandmother.
"I must have missed us," grandma's voice trembled, "I called a few days ago to find out that she was diagnosed with cancer, and I thought about going to the hospital to see her after finishing the work, but it was gone, and I didn't see the last of my death, I must be a pity......"
Grandma believed that there were ghosts in this world and was a devout believer.
As for me, I've always been skeptical, I haven't met it once in college for several years, so I forgot about it, and I didn't expect to keep running ghosts after I came back.
"Don't think about grandma like this, you're good, my little aunt will be happy." I comforted my grandmother.
It was still dawning, and when I got out of the pass, I felt a chill behind me.
The ditch was still so cold, I rubbed my arms.