Chapter 2 Facing the Wind

Ma Lin's perception recovered little by little, and his grandmother's withered grass-like hair was imprinted into Ma Lin's eyes at once.

Tears flowed down again.

A tear hit Ma Zhang's forehead, and Ma Zhang's eyelids shook with some effort.

When Ma Lin saw that his grandmother had reacted, his face immediately became happy, and he immediately squatted next to his grandmother despite the pain on his body, and whispered in his grandmother's ear with a slight choked voice: "Grandma, how are you?" ”

Ma Zhang's eyelids struggled for a while, and finally slowly opened them. Ma Zhang raised his eyes to look at Ma Lin, and saw Ma Lin crouching next to him, the muscles on his face twitched slightly and wanted to laugh, but he didn't laugh at all.

When Ma Lin saw his grandmother like this, tears fell as if he didn't want money.

Ma Zhang looked at Ma Lin in a daze, Ma Lin cried for a while, and wiped his tears with his sleeve: "Grandma, do you drink porridge?" I'll bring you a bowl! ”

Ma Zhang didn't speak, he still looked at Ma Lin in a daze, but there was sadness in his eyes that couldn't be hidden.

Ma Lin wiped the beads of sweat on his grandmother's face with his sleeve, and said softly: "Grandma, I'll go get you a bowl of porridge, let's eat it in a while!" ”

Ma Lin ignored his grandmother's reaction, stood up and walked towards the outhouse kitchen.

At the moment when Ma Lin turned around, Ma Zhang's facial muscles twitched a few times, and a line of tears slipped down.

Not long after, Ma Lin came in with a bowl of small porridge and forced a smile: "Grandma, it's good to drink the porridge!" ”

As he spoke, he gently wiped the water stains on his grandmother's face with his sleeve, helped her up, and let her half lean on her shoulder.

Ma Lin fed his grandmother porridge spoonful by spoonful, and grandma laboriously rolled up and down a few times to swallow the porridge.

There was a lot of porridge in a bowl, and it took Ma Lin a lot of effort to let his grandmother drink a small half.

Ma Zhang drank the porridge, as if he had some strength, raised his arm with great effort, and patted Ma Lin's arm gently: "Good grandson, grandma is full, she can't drink anymore." ”

When Ma Lin heard this, he put the big bowl aside, and then slowly laid his grandmother flat and lay down.

After Ma Zhang lay down, he took a few breaths before he slowly spoke, the voice was too small, Ma Lin didn't hear it clearly, so he leaned down and put his ear to his grandmother's mouth, so he heard clearly.

"Good grandson, wait a minute, you go buy some windward!" (Note: Windward is the eating and drinking etiquette of the horse fairy to entertain the immortal family)

"Windward? Don't you still have some at home? Ma Lin was a little puzzled.

Ma Zhang's head shook slightly: "It's not enough, there will be a lot of guests tonight, you have to prepare more!" ”

Although Ma Lin didn't understand, he still nodded to indicate that he understood.

"Go ahead!" Ma Zhang laboriously spit out these words, then closed his eyes again and fell into a deep sleep.

Ma Lin watched Ma Zhang fall asleep, so he tiptoed to find some copper in the cabinet. (A small currency at the beginning of the Republic of China, similar to a dollar.) ）

Ma Lin thought as he walked out: "I should be grateful to the fairy family for saving my life, so my grandmother let me buy some windward." ’

Since it was to thank the immortal family, Ma Lin decided to buy more and come back, so as not to appear stingy.

Ma Lin's Mujiaji is a village of only more than 200 households, and there is only one merchant in the village, who sells some commonly used daily necessities.

Ma Lin chose and chose at the merchant's house and didn't buy all of them, so he had to go to the nearby Zhangjiaji, which was bigger and spent a lot of money, but Yingfeng finally bought it all.

When Ma Lin hurried back home, it was already the middle of the sun and the most yang energy.

The first thing Ma Lin did when he entered the house was to see how his grandmother was, walked a few steps quickly to his grandmother, and saw that his grandmother was breathing steadily and her face was ruddy, so he was relieved.

Bring the windward to the cupboard in the Westinghouse first, and then go to the kitchen to light the fire and make lunch.

It is said to be a noon meal, but it is actually a small rice porridge that is heated in the morning, and a kind of pasta (a kind of pasta) that was steamed a few days ago.

Ma Lin fed his grandmother lunch, and stayed by her grandmother's side all afternoon.

Grandma woke up a few times halfway, and intermittently instructed Ma Lin to do something, and the rest of the time Ma Zhang was asleep.

Ma Lin actually knows in his heart, grandma has not much life, and I am afraid that the limit is coming.

Ma Lin didn't want to leave his grandmother, and he was reluctant to leave his grandmother, so all afternoon, Ma Lin stared at his grandmother blankly, his face full of sadness.

Grandma didn't eat much for dinner, and Ma Lin didn't have an appetite.

After dinner, Ma Lin followed his grandmother's instructions to put on the clothes he had only worn during the New Year, and set them up in the Westinghouse hall with the wind.

Because there were not many tables and chairs at home, Ma Lin borrowed a few tables and chairs from his neighbors, so he reluctantly set up four tables and twenty chairs in the hall.

After the arrangement, Ma Lin guarded his grandmother and let time pass.

Today is the first day of June, and the moon is not big, so the stars are extraordinarily bright.

After the husband outside knocked on the son's bangzi, the grandmother who was lying on the kang suddenly sat up.

"Grandma, what's wrong with you?" Ma Lin was startled, and asked his grandmother with a trembling voice.

After Ma Zhang sat up, he didn't speak to Ma Lin. first pinched his hair, and then got up on his own, rummaging through the cabinets to find his own old clothes (shrouds).

Ma Lin was frightened by grandma's strange behavior, and his voice was choked and trembling: "Grandma, what are you doing?" What are you looking for old clothes for? ”

Ma Zhang turned his head suddenly, and Ma Lin noticed that there was an inexplicable blush on his grandmother's face: "Good grandson, the guests are about to arrive, you go to the gate to greet me!" ”

Ma Lin trembled: "Grandma, what's wrong with you, don't scare your grandson!" ”

Ma Zhang's suddenly smiled, with a little tenderness in his words: "Good grandson, the guests should arrive, welcome grandma!" ”

Ma Lin's heart was about to collapse, it was okay to be like that just now, and a sudden smile was terrifying.

Ma Lin didn't dare to stay in the house for long, so he crawled down to the ground and ran outside the house in a few steps.

Ma Lin could vaguely see through the paper on the window that his grandmother should be changing clothes in the house. As for what clothes to change, you don't have to think about it.

For a while, helplessness and fear hit his heart, and Ma Lin stood at the door with a pale face, at a loss.

The wind on a summer night should have been cool and refreshing, but today, Ma Lin felt that the wind was a little biting and a little heart-piercing.

Time passed minute by minute, and it was supposed to be the time for families to rest, but suddenly there was a commotion outside the door.

Ma Lin shuddered and poked his head out, he couldn't see anything in the dark, but the noise was getting closer and closer, and it sounded like the mourning music of the old grandson on the front street last month.

Ma Lin was excited, and the door was closed with a "snap", and his back was still pressed against the door.

The sound is getting closer and closer, and the sound of suona, gongs and drums, footsteps, talking and laughing, and crying comes one after another.

Ma Lin only felt that the sky was spinning for a while.

"Dangdang!" There was a knock on the door.

"Is Ma Zhang at home?" All the sounds stopped at once, and only this emotionless voice echoed in Ma Lin's ears.