Chapter Ninety-Five: Meeting the Family
In the past few days, grandma's mental condition has deteriorated day by day, except for going to the toilet, she has been lying on the bed the rest of the time, and she keeps muttering some inaudible words in her mouth. Shen Yuehuan's one-month vacation was almost up, so she had to extend it for another month.
At night, Shen Yuehuan and Shen Yin were lying on the bed, and Shen Yuehuan suddenly came over, with teary eyes, "Sister, do you say that grandma will wait until the day of my engagement?" ”
Shen Yin put her arms around her sister's shoulders and gently patted her back, just like her mother did when she comforted her when she was a child.
"Yuehuan, it's still a few days away, don't worry." Although she said this, she was also very worried in her heart, maybe her grandmother would sleep forever tomorrow morning, but when facing this only relative, she had to do so.
"Sister, I didn't go to see my dad for the last time, is this God punishing me?" Shen Yuewan said in a mosquito-like voice, her eyes looking out the window.
"Silly sister, don't think nonsense, go to bed quickly!" She turned off the light, and the room went dark.
Shen Yuewan hugged her and fell asleep.
At around 10 o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Choi Hyun and his parents had already arrived at the door. A week ago, they had made an appointment to come over today to meet Shen Yuehuan's family.
Shen Yuewan had already prepared tea and fruits, and they sat down in the living room. Cui's mother is still dressed fashionably, with delicate makeup, wearing a black and white dress, and holding a black bag in her hand. Cui's father was still wearing the white short-sleeved shirt, and the pants were replaced by off-white slacks, and after the two of them sat down, they didn't speak.
"Uncle and aunt, if you don't meet my grandmother first, my aunt and uncle will come in a moment." Shen Yin had already dressed her grandmother, and she also asked her sister to tell Cui's mother and Cui's father about her grandmother's situation in advance.
"Okay, that's a problem for you." Cui Mu looked at her with a smile.
Shen Yuewan led Cui's mother to go in first, and Cui's father followed behind them impatiently.
Grandma sat on the bed, her eyes glazed over, staring ahead. Shen Yin held her grandmother's hand, and her grandmother slowly rolled her eyes to look at her, "Grandma, Yuehuan's in-laws have come to see you, and she is about to get engaged." ”
Grandma only reacted when she saw her, but when she heard her last words, she shouted, but neither of them understood what it meant, but they could guess that Grandma must be happy.
"How long have my in-laws been like this?" Cui Mu looked at her with sympathy and pity, and her voice turned her head slightly, "It's been more than a year, and it's only recently deteriorated." ”
Cui's mother sat on the edge of her grandmother's bed and held her grandmother's hand, "In-laws, you can rest assured that you will hand over your granddaughter, Xiaoyue, to us, and we will treat her like a daughter." ”
Grandma seemed to hear it, and a "hiss" sound came out of her throat.
"Uncle, aunt, my grandmother is in this situation, she doesn't remember anything now, and she can't communicate with people normally."
"Kid, it's so hard for you!" With tears in her eyes, Cui's mother patted her on the shoulder.
They walked out of grandma's house, Yang Ming's car had already parked in the yard, and his aunt walked in wearing orange short sleeves and a black skirt, followed by his uncle, Yang Ming had already driven away.
"In-laws, you're really early!" The aunt was full of smiles and walked towards Cui's mother.
"Uncle and aunt, they are my aunt and uncle." Shen Yuewan introduced beside her.
Shen Yin had already come to the courtyard and found a quiet place to call Wang Mengliang, and the bell rang for five seconds before it was connected.
"Wife, what's wrong?" Wang Mengliang's leisurely voice came.
"Where have you been? They have arrived. Her tone was a little anxious, she had already said the night before yesterday, Wang Mengliang promised to come over to take charge of the cooking today, and now that the guests have arrived, he, the head chef, is nowhere to be found.
"Don't worry, I'm in town now, and I guess there will be ten minutes left."
"Okay, you try to hurry." She hung up.
Auntie they were chatting in the living room, Shen Yin was busy in the kitchen alone, and the dishes and chopsticks they had eaten last night were placed in the sink. She poured in dish soap and began to brush the dishes, and after washing them twice, she cleaned the dishes and chopsticks, and suddenly felt that she was so sorry for Wang Mengliang, because since they got married, she rarely did the washing of dishes and chopsticks, and most of them were done by Wang Mengliang.
By the time she finished cleaning the dishes in the kitchen, more than ten minutes had passed.
"Brother-in-law, you're finally here." She heard her sister's voice outside.
Wang Mengliang walked into the kitchen carrying two large bags of ingredients, and she was wiping dishes and bowls again.
"Wife, how is grandma?" He has been busy with the company's affairs recently, and he rarely bothered about Shen Yin's grandmother's affairs, that is, he heard her mention it a few times when Shen Yin went back, and he knew that she had been on vacation for a while recently to take care of her grandmother.
"It's still like that, just go and see." She didn't look up, still wiping the plate.
He placed two large bags in the open space of the kitchen and put his arms around her waist, "I'm sorry! ”
Shen Yin's tears had already left and fell on the back of her hand, "I'm afraid grandma won't be able to continue to accompany me." ”
"I know, but it's still me." He comforted her, knowing that the words were weak, but he still wanted her to know.
"I'll leave it to me, and you will take care of grandma." Wang Mengliang put on an apron.
"I'll do it with you." Perhaps only in front of him can he expose the most helpless emotions in his heart. She sorted out her emotions and returned to normalcy.
Shen Yuewan stood at the door, "Sister, do you need my help here?" ”
"No need, you go see grandma and let her take her medicine on time." Shen Yin wiped away her tears with the corner of her apron and said with her back to her sister.
"Well, then I'll go, call me if there's anything here." Shen Yuewan left the kitchen.
They were busy in the kitchen, she was in charge of washing the vegetables, and Wang Mengliang was chopping and cooking. Looking at his skillful movements, she couldn't help but feel that there was a deeper mystery in cooking.
They set up a big table in the courtyard, and everyone sat up one after another, and Shen Yin, as the owner, naturally had to pursue hospitality. Shen Yuewan is responsible for her grandmother's diet and daily life, preventing her from defecating and defecating in bed.
The aunt and Choi Hyun's parents had a good conversation, and she thought that this might be the only time they had ever gotten together, and they discussed the basic rituals of the engagement. Because she had already told her aunt that she would let her aunt help prepare for her sister's wedding.
After eating, everyone ate some tea, Cui Xuan took his parents back, and his aunt and uncle helped her clean up the remaining leftovers, and cleaned the dishes for Wang Mengliang to send back.
"Now that everything is in order, you can prepare for your engagement in three days." Shen Yin was finally able to rest for a while, she collapsed on the sofa and took out her mobile phone, and saw that there were ten missed calls on it, nine were called by Zhang Huan, and one was called by Yang Ning.
"Yuehuan, why is my phone here? There are so many missed calls. She dialed Zhang Huan's number.
"Shen Yin, you can finally get in touch." Zhang Huan breathed a long sigh of relief, "Did you see the message I sent you?" ”
"What?" She swiped the phone screen and opened the WeChat page, "See, do you want the final version of this character?" I'll send you an email in a moment. ”
"Well, then you as soon as possible, the marketing department seems to be in a hurry." Zhang Huan said embarrassedly.
She hurriedly stood up, walked into the room, opened her notebook, and began to check the pictures they had sent them.
By the time she sent the final draft, it had been two hours. Wang Mengliang had already returned, and he was playing a game in the living room.
"You're still there?" She thought he would go straight back to the county seat.
"What? I thought I could stay tonight? He smiled at her, obviously wanting to stay tonight.
She realized that today was Saturday and he wouldn't be at work tomorrow. "Whatever you want!" She sat down, looked at him and smiled.
"Sister, I'm going to the room." She knew that Yuehuan had been busy writing a novel recently, and sometimes they would discuss the next plot with each other, and she didn't have much time to write recently because of family matters.
Wang Mengliang put down his phone and sat beside her, "My mother also knows about your grandmother's situation, she wants to come over and take a look, what time is the right time for you?" ”
She only told the people around her about her grandmother's situation, but Wang Mengliang's parents didn't know about it yet, so he must have said it.
"Yuewan's engagement will be held in three days, and if my parents come, it will be on that day." Wang Mengliang's parents rarely come over, and she remembers that the most recent one was half a year ago, when her grandmother had just been diagnosed with "Alzheimer's symptoms".
"Okay, I'll tell them." He raised his eyes and noticed that there was a copy of "Assassination on a Moonlit Night" on the sofa, and the author's name was none other than Zhou Fansheng. He picked up the book and looked at it, "By the way, I haven't seen much of him on the Internet lately, and I wonder how he lives in the United States." ”
"Don't you pay little attention to the news in literature? Why did you suddenly mention him? She knew that Wang Mengliang had always rarely read books and had no interest in literature at all, but she didn't know that he suddenly asked about Zhou Fansheng, which surprised her a little.
"Haven't I been cultured for a long time?" He smiled, "Besides, you don't work in the company he owns, of course I have to study more, otherwise how can I communicate with you?" ”
She pursed her lips in disgust, and smiled when she saw his serious look: "He recently returned to China, this book was written by him in the United States, and it has not been officially released yet, and I brought it back to give it to Yuehuan." ”
"The last time I went to his wedding, the grand scene is still unforgettable, if I can hold such a wedding for you, I have no regrets."
"Hehe, if you want to compensate me, then when we are full of gray hair, you will hold a golden wedding for me?" She said jokingly.
His expression was serious, "If I can accompany you to that time, I will definitely hold a grand golden wedding for you, and when the time comes, I will hold your hand tightly like this until we have no strength." They interlocked their fingers, and he looked at her tenderly.