Chapter 2: Grandma dies
The soft environment made Li Huinan reluctant to wake up, so real but short-lived.
Li Huinan's father called to inform her grandmother of her death and told her to come home early.
"Get up, Xiaobai, let's go home." Xiaobai wagged her tail, stopped and looked back at its little owner, and seemed to be able to feel that she was not in a very good mood, and fluttered her skirt again, Li Huinan did not reprimand, and walked at an even speed.
For as long as she can remember, she didn't like this grandmother, the reason is very simple, she is too good at being an old man, she speaks ill of her mother every day, she has nothing to do, and often tells her neighbors about her mother's incompetence, but her mother takes care of her until she dies, on the contrary, her son thinks she is a burden, and there are many things, and he often loses his temper with her. The old lady was middle-aged and widowed, and after a few years, her legs were lame again, and her temper became more and more bad, especially when she was just lame, she wanted to kill everyone, and said that others were not good to her all day long, and wanted to hurt her, I don't know if she was old and confused, and she didn't eat the cooked meal and threw it directly to the ground, it was obviously a normal noodle soup, and there were eggs and tomatoes in it, and she said that these were for pigs to eat, and she had nothing to do, she scolded and scolded, and she almost didn't sleep, she slept the latest, got up the earliest, and slept when she had nothing to do a day. That's it, and I keep shouting that I'm tired to death. This situation lasted until two years ago, mainly because of the disease, and it was more serious, the old lady estimated that she couldn't touch herself, her temper slowly disappeared, she just loved to cry, and she didn't talk much anymore, and people couldn't get out of bed at all, and they slept more every day.
Li Huinan thought that this old lady was gone, it was good, her mother could be regarded as having survived, and no one would bully her every day in the future. But my heart is a little blocked, I can't say, I can't feel what that feeling is, it's blocked, stuffy.
One man and one dog, slowly moving forward, farther and farther.
met the third uncle at the entrance of the village, and Li Huinan said hello.
"Huinan, just went out?" The person who spoke had a big belly and crutches, and he was very honest when he smiled.
Li Huinan nodded, it seems that the third uncle didn't know that the old lady had died. "Third uncle, are you feeling better?"
"Just like that, it's hard to bend over when you're fat like this."
"It's okay, exercise more, and take care of it well."
"It's not okay, I, I'll be relieved when your cousin gets married."
"Don't say that, you'll be fine, my brother is so handsome, he won't be without a partner."
"I get angry when I mention him, I have so many girlfriends, and none of them have settled down, and they can anger someone."
"Don't be angry, it's not good for your health, I'll ask my dad to talk about him when I go back."
"Okay, you're going home?"
"Hmm."
The third uncle, Li Huinan, shook his hand and signaled to see him back.
"Well, come and play at our house when you have time." The third uncle still repeats the words of the past, unchanged for ten thousand years.
"Hmm."
Back at home, Li Huinan's first feeling was not horror but emptiness, but there were obviously people, and there were more and more people, and they were becoming more and more lifeless, and the horror began to spread to every corner, and even the air they breathed was suffocating. This is the first time Li Huinan has seen a dead person, and it is also the first time to see her father crying like a child, she doesn't understand this feeling, why is it sad, why is it sad, it doesn't make sense. Li Huinan looked at everything expressionlessly, feeling that it was a dream, unrealistic, nothing existed, and the people back and forth in front of him were like air. Looking at the person lying on the bed wearing new clothes, putting on makeup, lifting from the bed to the new bunk that was temporarily erected, covering the quilt, and then the face was covered with paper, layer by layer, very thin, like a kind of criminal law, at this moment Li Huinan believed that she was dead, it was true. She thought that her father would really have no support now, and he could no longer be a child, and the world was more lonely, Li Huinan secretly laughed that she would pity that man, a little uncomfortable, it shouldn't be, it doesn't make sense at all.
After a while, the mother came over with filial piety clothes, pulled Li Huinan to another room to put on a filial piety hat and filial piety clothes, and then returned to the old lady's room and kept kneeling beside the grandmother's body. It was already past six o'clock after crying, and the person was a little hungry.
Li Huinan looked at the courtyard and the courtyard, all of them were people, busy. The familiar and unfamiliar faces suddenly became a little flustered, a little frightened, very uncomfortable, and wanted to escape quickly. It was the first time she had faced such a scene, and with her head bowed and cautious, she leaned against the wall and headed towards the kitchen.
"Huinan, come, be hungry, the spicy tang I just made is still hot." It was the neighbor's son Li Liang, in his thirties, who hung his son all day long, Li Huinan didn't understand how his father called him over, and he was still today's chef.
"Thank you, brother." Li Huinan took the bowl and quickly solved it in the corner of the kitchen.
"Is it enough?"
"Enough is enough, not anymore."
"Don't be sad, don't be too sad."
"Hmm. Got it. ”
Who knew that the man saw that there was no one around, and hit Li Huinan's ass with his knee, and said that it was quite elastic, Li Huinan was so frightened that he quickly ran away and stopped in a crowded place, as if nothing had happened just now, she kept sending information to herself, nothing happened, it was an illusion, it was all fake. She didn't tell her father about it, and no one else said it, just avoiding Li Liang.
It took several days to finish the funeral, and I was quite tired, and I slept four or five hours a day. There have been a lot of things happening in the past few days, and Li Huinan has a headache when he thinks about it, inside and out, he can see the hearts of people clearly.
Relatives who don't have a good relationship with her father, for the sake of the basic face, her father will also invite, as for whether to come, it can only depend on whether the other party is willing or not, the basic etiquette has been done, and the face has also said the past, they don't come, they can only say that they have a small belly and chicken intestines, or the grievances are too deep. She thinks that in short, the things of the previous generation are that they have nothing to do with the juniors, and the juniors don't understand it very well, so they can play together, no matter what deep hatred they have, sooner or later they are all people who will be buried in the soil, where are there so many grievances and entanglements.
I knelt for seven days in a row, and my leg hurt so badly. Looking at the burned old clothes, this person is completely gone from this world, and he is a little lonely and guilty, which may be cherished after he loses it. Li Huinan looked at the flames in front of him and fell into memory.
I vaguely remember the old man waiting for his granddaughter to get out of school at the entrance of the village, and occasionally took out some delicious food to share with the little girl. The old lady often told stories to the little girl, and in the winter, she put the girl's hands on the quilt to cover it warm, and sometimes she even made delicious food and asked the little girl to come and eat together...... However, what are these compared to bullying her mother, how can she be a qualified grandmother if she can't tolerate her mother, and how can she persuade others to favor her a little.
The first seven nights were originally a vigil, people at home were not allowed to sleep, they could stay up as late as possible, this is just a saying, just like the Chinese New Year's Eve is the same, it doesn't matter if you want to keep it, it's a child, it's okay, but adults can't. Li Huinan slept very deeply, slept until dawn, stretched his waist, and had a terrible back pain, thinking about it, he was indeed very tired, and he was really tired every day for a few days.
After grandma left, the old courtyard was completely empty, and the era of the previous generation came to an end.
Throw away all the unused things in the house and clean them inside and out. Putting the unused items back into the old house from the new home, the space is much more relaxed.
"Sister, do you have any money?" It was Li He who spoke, Li Huinan's younger brother, twelve years old, fat, very fond of eating, well-behaved, and very clingy.
"What do you want to eat?"
"I want instant noodles." Li Huinan pulled his younger brother, "We will compete at the intersection in a while, if you go to the commissary first, I will buy it for you." The little guy nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, I will definitely be able to surpass you." Before he could say the beginning, the little one started running.
In fact, Li Huinan doesn't hate his younger brother, and he likes it very much, but he hates his father's attitude towards himself and his younger brother, the contrast is too obvious, they all say that his daughter is his father's padded jacket, but Li Huinan didn't feel it. Her father is a passer-by to her, she loves to ignore her, and neither of them has anything to say, and when she has something to say, she just works. Li Huinan even suspected that she had picked it up, but she didn't look like her mother. She wanted to be close to him, but as time went on, she felt that it was not good to be like this, and if he was gone one day, she would not be sad and sad, so what should she do.
In the evening, my younger brother came to play cards, Li Huinan liked it very much, and he was sleepy after not playing for long.
"Sister, I still want to play."
"I'm too sleepy, why don't you go to Daddy."
"Don't go, he's not as smart as his sister, so let's play with my sister."
"Well, then you sleep with me at night, don't fight, my sister is really sleepy."
"Well, let's sleep together." The little one said and quickly slipped into the bed and fell asleep.
"You little ghost, don't you just want to sleep with me and play tricks." Li Huinan turned sideways and looked at the little guy and unconsciously pinched his little face.
"It hurts, I have to pinch my sister too."
"Okay, pinch it for you, pinch it and go to sleep."
"My sister's face is so big and dirty."
"What do you say?" Saying that, the two quarreled again.