176. Remnant memories
Perhaps because of her age and the fact that her teeth were about to fall out, the old lady's voice was a little blurry. But Li Qin heard those few words clearly. Li Qin stared at the old lady with a nervous expression, and the old lady's son gently pulled the old lady's thin little hand, "Mom, what are you doing here? You scared this young man." ”
The old lady shook her head, pointed at Li Qin, and her wrinkled mouth slowly trembled and said, "I, I recognize, know him." He's, he's back. He... Who is he?"
The old lady's contradictory words made Li Qin feel a little strange. The old lady's son hurriedly explained: "My mother is old and has a bad memory. Is the boy alright?"
Li Qin smiled a little embarrassedly, "It's okay, it's okay." All the dishes on this table are ready. I went out first. With that, Li Qin bowed slightly and exited the box.
Walking out of the box, Li Qin's face became solemn. He always felt that the old lady didn't recognize the wrong person, thinking about it, he suddenly saw Aunt Zhang who was at the front desk, so he leaned over.
"Aunt Zhang, who is that old man in the box?"
"Huh?"
Li Qin pointed to the box that he had just withdrawn from.
"Ah, that's Aunt Sun, an old friend of my father. Aunt Zhang glanced at the box and lowered her head to check the account book.
Li Qin touched it and thought about it carefully. A somewhat blurry face appeared in his mind. Sun Lianfang, Sun Lianfang! Yes, that old lady is Sun Lianfang, who has a very good relationship with Zhang Jiao! It's just that what Li Qin didn't expect was that when he saw the other party again, he was already snowy and frosty. Thinking of this, it also explains why the old man would just pull himself to say such an inexplicable thing that others think.
After a while, Li Qin walked into the box with a teapot again. In the box, children gather to play games, women gather to chat and gossip, and men hold wine glasses as if they are determined to win or lose. Only the old lady sat alone in the middle, staring blankly at the table with those tired eyes.
Li Qin walked in and added tea to everyone's table. Say, say... Speech. ”
The man sitting next to the old lady noticed the old lady's movements again, and he stopped his wine glass and glanced at Li Qin. A drunken smile appeared on his flushed face and said, "Excuse me, young man." ”
Li Qin didn't refuse, the old lady wanted to get up, and Li Qin supported the old lady. The two of them slowly moved out of the box, turned another corner, and walked into the box next door. What amazed Li Qin was that he helped the old lady over in front of this family, but no one paid attention to it. Li Qin thought about it, maybe they felt that they didn't pose a threat to the old lady.
Li Qin helped the old lady into the box, and then helped her to sit down slowly. The old lady waved her hand, and Li Qin sat next to her.
"Mother-in-law, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Li Qin... Is it really you?" the old lady was still staring at the table as if she were talking to herself, as if she had been in the box just now.
Li Qin was silent for a while, and said in a low voice, "Sister Fang... Long time no see. ”
This is the first time that Li Qin has revealed his identity to others except for Chu Xiaoxiao.
When Li Qin said this, the old lady's body suddenly began to tremble, and tears flowed down the deep wrinkles from the corners of the old lady's eyes. The old lady turned her head this time and stretched out a trembling hand close to Li Qin's cheek. Li Qin leaned forward, raised his left hand and took the old lady's thin and dry hand and gently placed it on his face.
"Little... Xiao Qin. Yes, it's you... You, you're really back. ”
Although the old lady's voice was vague, Li Qin heard it very clearly. Too many words were blocked in Li Qin's mouth at this moment, and the whole mouth seemed to be blocked by these words, and he couldn't say a word.
For a month, he thought that one day he might meet an acquaintance who knew him, but he didn't expect that when he actually did, he wouldn't even be able to say a word.
"After so many years... You... Where have you been?" asked the old lady.
Li Qin shook his head, he couldn't explain to the old man where he had gone all these years. Because "all these years" I have been spending all these years on a long bus.
Li Qin held the old lady's hand, and just wanted to say something, when suddenly the old lady looked at the door and shouted with wide eyes: "Little eye, little eye." You're here!"
Li Qin heard her shouting and immediately turned his head. I saw half of my body sticking to the door, poking out my head and looking at Chu Xiaoxiao in the box, and smiled awkwardly.
"Why are you here?" Li Qin's tone was tinged with a hint of disappointment.
Chu Xiaoxiao walked into the box and sat next to Li Qin and said, "I got off work early today, so I came to see you." I didn't expect Grandma Sun to be there today. ”
"Xiaoyan, I'm your sister Fang. What grandma. The old lady's tone was a little childish.
Chu Xiaoxiao got up and walked to the other side of the old lady, squatted down, touched the old lady's hand, looked up and said, "Grandma Sun, take a good look at me." It's me, smile. Not grandma. ”
"Laugh, smile, smile..."The old lady muttered twice, as if she figured out who the girl who was squatting in front of her was, and touched her head. The wrinkled corners of his mouth slowly stretched out a smile, "Smile, it turned out to be smile." The old lady suddenly approached Chu Xiaoxiao's face and whispered in her ear, "Xiaoxiao, have you received the things sent by your grandmother?"
Chu Xiaoxiao frowned, turned his head to look at Li Qin, and then looked at the old lady and shook his head. She didn't know that her grandmother had sent her something. But from the old lady's words, Chu Xiaoxiao vaguely heard the hidden information that her grandmother was still alive.
"Grandma Sun... What are you talking about?" Chu Xiaoxiao looked nervous and held the old lady's arm.
The old lady was stunned for a while, then turned her head to look at Chu Xiaoxiao who was squatting on the ground beside her, and she couldn't see any joy or anger on her plain face, and looked down at Chu Xiaoxiao.
This strange look lasted for about a minute, and the old lady grinned again, touched Chu Xiaoxiao's cheek with a kind smile and said, "Xiaojing, you also came to see me?" Let me tell you, I just saw Li Qin. I, I, I saw him. He, he's still alive. He's back, he's back, ah, he's back. The old lady twitched as she spoke, her eyes widened and her mouth muttered muttered.
Li Qin saw that the situation was not right, so Chu Xiaoxiao stayed where he was, and he hurriedly walked to the box next door and called the old lady's family. The middle-aged man sitting next to the old lady in front of him was stunned for a moment when he looked at the old lady. The cold eyes didn't seem to be thinking about a cure. Then the family members came out one by one and gathered around the door, but none of them stepped forward, as if there was an invisible wall blocking them from the old lady.
"Hey, what are you all doing here, call an ambulance!" Aunt Zhang's voice came from behind the crowd of onlookers.
At this time, the middle-aged man standing at the front hurriedly got through 120. Twenty minutes later, the ambulance arrived at the door of the store, and the old lady was picked up by the paramedics. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
When Li Qin returned home in the evening, Chu Xiaoxiao had already prepared dinner and put it on the table. At noon, when Chu Xiaoxiao left, she told Li Qin that she was going to make dinner. Li Qin washed his hands and sat at the dining table, looking at the food in front of him, but he didn't take a bite for a long time.
"What's wrong?"
"It's strange, why didn't any of Sister Fang's children come to Sister Fang's side at that time?"
Chu Xiaoxiao also stopped her chopsticks, she recalled the scene where her parents treated her grandmother, and that scene felt no different from today. Chu Xiaoxiao poked chopsticks around in his bowl, "I don't know, it may be that they make too much money and their brains are confused." ”
"In the past, although our family was not wealthy, the family sat down to eat together every day. Sometimes my dad and grandpa would have a sip or two. Today in the restaurant, I watched the audience as if Sister Quan Dangfang didn't exist. Tsk, you young people, times have changed. Li Qin sighed.
Chu Xiaoxiao pouted and put a piece of potato into Li Qin's bowl and muttered, "You should eat it quickly." My grandfather never tasted the food I cooked. You're blessed. ”
Li Qin smiled, picked up chopsticks and ate the rice in the bowl. Chu Xiaoxiao lowered her head, although there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, she was still thinking about the whispered words that the old lady of the Sun family said to her at that time. What my grandmother sent me... What exactly?