Chapter 21: Grandpa
The family of five finally squeezed out of the train station, then asked the vendors on the side of the road, and walked towards the bus station.
At this time there are no buses, only buses, only blue tricycles. A family of five climbed onto a tricycle headed for Lin Yue's hometown.
Lin Yue's hometown is a small place called Linjiazhuang, in 91 years it was still very poor, the villagers basically rely on the ground to eat, the harvest in the field is good, the days are better, if the harvest is not good, it will be more difficult, but it is still okay to eat well, but there is no spare money in the hand to support.
It takes almost 2 hours to get from Zibo bus station to Lin Yue's grandfather's house. Fortunately, the tricycle is relatively spacious, there is no crowding on the previous train, and there is no unpleasant smell, the disadvantage is that the tricycle shed has no windows, and you can't see the outside scenery, the only light that can come in is the two small openings on the boarding door, where there are two small pieces of glass, which bring some light to the dark shed.
"Okay, it's here, let's get off" The tricycle finally stopped, and Lin Chengzhi reminded everyone that they could get off. He took the lead in jumping down with the tricycle, then hugged the three children down, and finally Liu Li, Lin Chengzhi helped her jump down.
Lin Yue looked at the familiar station, knowing that he would have to walk for half an hour to reach his grandfather's house, so he took a deep breath and cheered himself. Lin Chengzhi led everyone and slowly walked towards his grandfather's house. On the way, Lin Yongtian and Lin Yongfeng were tired, so they sat on the stones on the side of the road and rested for a while.
Along the way, Lin Yue felt a lot of scrutiny, and everyone wondered whose relatives this big family with luggage was. Lin Chengzhi was also quite excited at this time, and sighed, after 30 years, I finally came back. As he walked, he looked at the houses on both sides of the road and the small trees on the side of the road, and he was still shocked by the changes in his hometown.
Finally, a family of five stood in front of their grandfather's house.
Lin Yue looked at everything in front of him, and slowly coincided with the grandfather's house in his memory. A door made of wood, tightly shut. Lin Cheng stepped forward, pushed open the wooden door, and walked in with everyone.
A wheelbarrow was parked in the courtyard with a loop of rope tied to it, and two white buckets were placed next to it, covered with a thin layer of earth. It is surrounded by a wall of earthen ramparts, but at a glance, you can tell that the years have passed, and the soil has fallen in many places, one pit after another. In the southwest corner of the courtyard is the toilet, which is also simply enclosed with an earthen wall. The south side of the yard was full of debris, what wood, rotten clothes, rotten shoes, etc., etc., all put together in a mess. To the north of the courtyard is the main house, which is also three, but this three-room earthen house is much larger than Lin Yue's three earthen houses in the northeast.
"Squeak", I saw that the door of the house was opened, and out came a middle-aged man who was a little older than Lin Chengzhi, wearing a liberation hat on his head, with a broken brim, bent up and down, and wearing a Zhongshan suit that was washed and a little unrecognizable, it should be dark blue, Lin Yue guessed, wearing a pair of gray pants on his lower body, his knees had been deformed, and he was wearing a pair of home-made gangster cotton shoes on his feet.
"Chengzhi?" The middle-aged man exclaimed. I saw the man hurriedly run into the house to the west and shouted to the people in the house
"Dad, Chengzhi is back, he is back with the whole family."
Without waiting for the people in the house to speak, the middle-aged man came out of the house again, opened the door, and told Lin Chengzhi to hurry in.
Lin Chengzhi never imagined that his eldest brother would be here, didn't his mean sister-in-law manage him very strictly? Although he thought so in his heart, Lin Chengzhi didn't show it on his face, and called "big brother" with a smile.
"Oops," Lin Chengzhi's eldest brother kept nodding in response.
Lin Yue's uncle is called Lin Xianzhi, the second uncle is called Lin Wenzhi, and there is an aunt named Lin Chun. Lin Yue's grandmother passed away in the spring of this year. Since the death of his wife, grandfather Lin Daodao also had a serious illness not long after, and he lies on the kang every day. This has become more and more serious recently, so he asked someone to write a letter to his youngest son who is far away in the northeast, wanting to see him.
Lin Yue was also shocked at this time, she remembered that when she was a child, she followed her father into the courtyard gate, and the first person she saw was the mean lady, at that time, she came out of the house scolding, and saw Lin Chengzhi's father and daughter who were in the dust, without even saying a word, and left angrily. Lin Yue was still scared and hid behind Lin Chengzhi. Now, what is the situation, why is the uncle here?
Lin Chengzhi put down his luggage and led everyone into his grandfather's house.
Lin Chengzhi looked at the old father lying on the kang, his lips were pursed, a choked sound came out of his throat, and his eyes were full of tears.
With a plop, Lin Chengzhi knelt in front of the kang, choked up and said to the old man on the kang, "Dad, your old son is back, the third son is not filial, and he will come back to see you now."
Seeing this, Liu Li also knelt down with her three children.
"It's good to come back, it's good to come back, I see that you are all fine, and I am relieved. Hurry up, get up" The old man on the kang saw his son's family kneeling on the cold ground, and was about to struggle to get up, his hand reached out to Lin Chengzhi, trying to pull him up, but the old man was physically exhausted, and finally lay back heavily.
Lin Xianzhi bent down to help his younger brother up and let him sit down by the kang. Subsequently, Liu Li also stood up with the child. Lin Xianzhi took three maza for the children and asked them to sit down. Liu Li followed Lin Chengzhi and sat next to the old man.
Lin Yue looked at his grandfather on the kang carefully. She only remembers the picture of her grandfather lying on the kang and handing her a piece of orange candy, and she can't remember anything else.
At this time, Lin Daoguo, full of gray hair, oily on the scalp, at first glance, has not been trimmed for a long time, has not been washed, age spots are all over the cheeks, and there is a thick layer of black on the face, which makes the old man look a little dark.
At this time, Lin Daodao's eyes were tightly closed, and Lin Yue saw a line of tears sliding down the corners of his eyes. Grandpa was covered with a greasy quilt, which smelled disgusting and disgusting.
Poor old man, when he is old, he will suffer this crime, which makes Lin Yue's heart feel uncomfortable, and his eyes are also blocked by a layer of mist. Although he didn't have much intersection with his grandfather in his previous life, he was connected by blood, looking at such a grandfather, Lin Yue's heart couldn't be uncomfortable.
Liu Li sat next to Lin Chengzhi, looking at such a father-in-law, she felt uncomfortable, and wiped her tears silently.
Lin Chengzhi leaned forward and asked the old father in a low voice, "Dad, I'll take you to the hospital, let's go to the big hospital." ”
Old Man Lin snorted twice, and then said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Don't waste that money, my body knows by myself, it can't be cured" After speaking, he coughed twice in a muffled voice, turned his head leisurely, raised his eyes and stared at the three Lin Yue brothers and sisters and asked,
"This is my grandchild, right? It's good that they've all grown so big. When I went back to Shandong... Ahem... Before Lin Daodao could speak, he coughed loudly, Lin Chengzhi hurriedly poured a glass of water for his father, held his head, and fed him a few sips. Then Lin Daodao stopped coughing.
Lin Chengzhi beckoned the three children to come over so that Old Man Lin could take a look.
Old Man Lin said with tears in his eyes: Okay, good. Then he fumbled with his hand on the side of the kang for a while, took out a small handful of orange candy, and handed it to the three brothers and sisters.
Lin Yue and the three of them, looking at the black orange candy, didn't want to stretch out their hands. Old Man Lin sent the candy to them, and said in his mouth, "Eat, this is someone else bought it for me, I am not willing to eat it, you can eat it."
Lin Yue took the orange candy with both hands, thinking that he couldn't live up to his grandfather's wishes, it was a big deal to wash it with water later, and it could still be eaten. Lin Yongtian and Lin Yongfeng couldn't stay in the house anymore, so they said to Lin Chengzhi and went to the yard to play. Lin Yue also followed out of the house. It's not that she's hypocritical, but the smell of the house is really unbearable.
Lin Yue stood in the courtyard, looking up at the sky here, and felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.