Chapter 35: A Lifetime Companion (3)
The only thing that was the same in the entire ward was the pain and sorrow that hung on their faces. This year makes people unaffordable, Lan Eucalyptus secretly rejoices that his grandfather has social medical insurance, and those who do not have medical insurance are even more miserable when they get sick, and the high medical expenses make most people overwhelmed, not counting the sins of the body when they are sick.
Grandma coldly pulled down Lan Eucalyptus's wrist, "Eucalyptus, come and see, is this bottle hanging?" Lan Yu cautiously stood up and looked at the infusion bottle, "Yes, hang it up, I'll go find the nurse." He walked out of the room with three steps and two steps.
The nurse soon came over with a cotton swab, gently tore off the cloth glue from the grandfather's hand, and quickly and skillfully pulled out the needle inserted in the blood vessel. When he pulled out the needle, his grandfather's hands shook in pain, and he gradually woke up, and the gray hair on his forehead became whiter under the sunlight of the fluorescent lamp. Lan Eucalyptus's nose was a little sour, and she shouted distressedly, "Grandpa, are you awake?" ”
Grandpa saw Lan Eucalyptus sitting on the edge of the bed, his face was deeply wrinkled and full of smiles, and his dead roots-like palms struggled to lift up, but his heart was not enough. Grandpa opened his mouth weakly, and Lan Eucalyptus hurriedly stepped forward and listened patiently, "Eucalyptus ......"
"Hey, grandpa, I'm here ......," Lan Yu grabbed his grandfather's cold palm and hurriedly agreed.
Grandpa's weak mouth began to tremble, "You...... How did you get to the hospital? I'm not calling you...... Don't come? Hospital...... It's dirty! After Grandpa said this, he seemed to use all his strength, leaning on the hospital bed and panting.
Lan Eucalyptus forced a sad smile, "No, grandpa! You're sick, I'll come and see you and go! ”
Suddenly, a familiar footstep sounded in the hallway, "Blue eucalyptus!" Mother! How did you guys get here? Lan Eucalyptus's mother rushed in from outside with the test sheet in one hand and her mobile phone in the other.
Lan Yu turned around after hearing this, "Mom, where did you go just now?" ”
Lan Eucalyptus's mother didn't answer, her eyes wandered between grandma and Lan Eucalyptus, as if thinking about something, "Mom, you take care of Dad here, Lan Eucalyptus go out with me, I have something to tell her." Grandma moved the bench to the bedside and nodded her head relentlessly.
Lan Yu hurriedly stood up and followed her mother downstairs. Along the way, Lan Eucalyptus was worried, what did her mother want to talk about so mysteriously? Could it be grandpa's illness?
Finally, my mother stopped, looking at the doctors, nurses and patients shuttling between the hospital office buildings, and my mother did not speak for a long time with a solemn face. Lan Yu looked at her mother's lips suspiciously and worriedly, the lips that were once full and shiny, but now crawled with cracks and bloodshot from thirst and exertion. After a long time, my mother opened her mouth, "Your aunt and grandmother, yesterday, left in the middle of the night......"
Lan Eucalyptus's eyes widened in shock, "Huh? How so? Hey......"
There was a tear in the corner of my mother's eye, "yes, how come?" Where has all the time gone? I always feel that my aunt and grandmother went back to the mainland to visit relatives, just like what happened yesterday! ”
Mom rubbed on the phone, because of sadness and amazement, the sweat in the palm of her hand rubbed against the phone. "Look, this is what your aunt looked like when she was young......"
Lan Eucalyptus leaned over and took a look, "It's so pretty!" My aunt and grandmother are such a beauty! Just as temperamental as a movie star! ”
"When I went to Taiwan to see her that year, your aunt and grandmother still talked to me about her long-cherished wish - when Taiwan is reunified, she will go back to her hometown to see us, talk to your grandfather about family life, and talk about things when she was a child!" Mom's cheeks trembled, and tears rolled down the corners of her eyes, "It's too late!" It's too late! ”
Lan Eucalyptus also cried sadly, "Mom, you mourn!" Your aunt lived to be in her nineties before she died, and with such a long life, her funeral was not a funeral, but a happy event! ”
Mom wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "You're right! I just remembered that among the elders when I was a child, apart from my parents, my aunt was the closest to me! Now that she's gone, I haven't even seen her for the last time. The two sides of the strait have not yet been reunified, and she left with regret! ”
Lan Yu was about to continue to comfort her mother, but she didn't expect her grandmother to come over tremblingly on crutches, "Why did you run downstairs?" It's easy to find me! Go check it out! The old man doesn't seem to be able to do it anymore! ”
Lan Yu and her mother widened their eyes in surprise, and rushed to the ward in a panic, and grandma shouted hard behind her, "Not in the ward, I have already called the doctor, rescue in the emergency room!" ”
Looking at the lights on outside the rescue room, Lan Eucalyptus felt that her brain was blank! How so? Grandpa was still talking to her just now! The world is really impermanent! The three of them sat on the cold plastic chairs outside the rescue room, and every second was as difficult as a whole year.
Finally, the lights outside the rescue room dimmed. A doctor with glasses walked out, "Who are the patient's family?" Lan Eucalyptus, her grandmother, and her mother hurriedly surrounded her, "I, we are all together!" ”
The doctor reluctantly took off the mask, "We have tried our best to save the patient, but the patient is gone!" Mourn your day! ”
The three of them were stunned for a long time, and my mother burst into a cry, "Dad, why did you abandon us?" ”
Lan Yu panicked and didn't know whether to help her mother or grandmother, and tears came out of her eyes. Grandma, on the other hand, seemed to be trying her best to restrain herself. When people reach the greatest sorrow, they don't even know how to cry.
Grandpa and aunt - this pair of sisters and brothers, although separated by a shallow strait, in the end blood is thicker than water, the time of death is not more than 24 hours! That's about electrocardiogram!
Grandma looked at the ceiling and muttered, "Just let the old man go with dignity!" The two siblings can finally be together! Death is the beginning of the next leg of the journey! Your grandfather loves to play everywhere, and he's on a trip! "The tears of the blue eucalyptus flowed down like a flood that burst the embankment......