The next morning, Grandpa's funeral was over, but a puzzle kept lingering in Zhang Yong's mind. Although grandpa has not been able to get out of bed for more than 20 years, his body is still quite tough, at least when he saw his grandfather half a month ago, his old man's body was still nothing, how could he leave so suddenly.

When he returned home and looked at the empty courtyard, Zhang Yong was a little lonely and a little strange, the original yard full of all kinds of vegetables and green has now turned into loess; Several of the vines that accompanied him have also been cut down. Grandpa liked to see his grandchildren sitting around him, eating grapes from his yard and listening to his old man's stories. And now that grandpa is gone, even the trees have been cut down......

The yard of Zhang Yong's house is relatively large, covering an area of about ten acres, the yard is surrounded by a house, in the middle is a vacant land, this vacant land is planted with all kinds of vegetables, there are a few grapevines scattered around the vegetable field, the distance between east and west is more than 100 meters, the north and south are also more than 50 meters, the easternmost row of houses in the middle of the middle is the grandfather's residence, the grandfather has three sons and a daughter, the three sons live together in this yard, and the daughter marries away from home. There is also a row of houses in the north, each of the three sons gets a third, the eldest son is closest to his grandfather, the second son is in the middle, and the third son is also Zhang Yong's father at the end.

Zhang Yong returned to his grandfather's house and saw his father, mother, uncle, second uncle, cousin, younger brothers and sisters, as well as aunts, uncles and cousins who had not seen him for a long time, as well as two aunts, all of whom looked unnatural. Due to the suddenness of the incident, Zhang Yong didn't have time to talk to them when he came back.

Seeing that the whole family gathered together and exchanged a few words, Zhang Yong was about to ask about the doubts in his heart, when he saw his grandmother sitting there motionless in despair, Zhang Yong swallowed back the words that had come to his mouth.

The family chatted for a few words, but they were all absent-minded, and then the aunt said goodbye to everyone with crying and swollen eyes, and walked towards the outside of the village, and everyone stood on the side of the road and watched the aunt's family disappear in silence.

When they could no longer see the back of their aunt's family, everyone returned to their homes.

When I returned home, my mother was making lunch, Zhang Yong was sitting there with my father's younger brothers and sisters, Zhang Yong couldn't hold back any longer, and asked eagerly: "Dad, what disease does grandpa have?" How did you go so fast? ”

Zhang Yong's father's name is Zhang Lai, he is an honest farmer, the deep ravines have left traces of time on his face, and most of his pale hair has fallen out, it is difficult to see that this is a middle-aged man in his forties.

Zhang Lai looked at Zhang Yong blankly and said: "You also know that your grandfather is sick, high blood pressure and diabetes have been for more than 20 years, but he has been kept very good, but half a month ago, his condition suddenly became serious and unconscious, we sent him to the hospital, but he was also ...... Failed to ...... him Save. In the end, Zhang Lai choked up a little.

Zhang Yong was even more puzzled when he heard the answer, and asked directly: "How could it suddenly be serious?" You're not going to send Grandpa to a small clinic nearby, are you? If you want to go to a larger hospital, you can't go to a small outpatient clinic at all. ”

Zhang Lai showed a hint of hesitation in his eyes, and then said, "It's not a small outpatient clinic, we sent your grandfather to the central hospital." ”

Zhang Yong was a little upset when he heard his father's words, the central hospital was near the school where he was now, Zhang Yong was really depressed, and asked a little excitedly: "Grandpa has become like that, and he was sent to the central hospital, why didn't anyone notify me?" ”

"After your grandfather was taken to the hospital, he also woke up for a moment, and when he was dying, he told us not to inform anyone, including you." Zhang Lai said helplessly.

Zhang Yong was a little helpless, then he thought about it and continued to ask: "Then why did grandpa suddenly fall ill?" Did something happen? ”

Zhang Lai didn't answer his question, and said to the others: "Xiaoyong, you are going back to school in the afternoon, your grandfather is gone, he is most worried about you, he hopes that you can have a good future, go to school to study hard, and strive to be admitted to a well-deserved university, in order to comfort your grandfather's spirit in the sky." ”

Zhang Yong heard that his father didn't plan to tell him the truth, and his mood, which had calmed down, became excited again, stared at his father and asked loudly, "What's going on?" Why can't you tell me? ”

Zhang Yong's roar frightened his younger siblings, but Zhang Lai was stared at by Zhang Yong's terrifying eyes and slowly lowered his head, but he didn't answer Zhang Yong's words, and the scene suddenly fell into a speechless silence.

Zhang Yong saw that his father didn't intend to answer his question at all, he turned his head to look at his thirteen-year-old brother, who was a little flustered by Zhang Yong's staring, and hurriedly stood up and ran out, and then his voice came from a distance: "You talk, I'll help my mother cook." ”

The five-year-old sister was also scared to cry at this time, Zhang Yong knew that he couldn't ask anything, strode to his sister's side, hugged her, and comforted his sister softly.

Grandpa died very strangely, his father's expression was very weird, the secrets that the whole family knew, only he didn't know, why did he hide it from him, Zhang Yong couldn't understand.

It was not easy to coax my sister to smile, and at this time, my mother came in with a fragrant meal, and my younger brother followed behind my mother, Zhang Yong sighed, knowing that he couldn't ask the result for the time being.

The whole family sat at the dinner table and ate, no one spoke, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and the mother saw this and asked, "What's wrong?" Why don't you speak? ”

Zhang Yong looked at the old father, he didn't want to continue to pursue it, people can't be resurrected after death, and those who are alive have to continue to live.

Zhang Yong took the lead in provoking the topic and talking about the funny things at school, and the whole family slowly became lively, no longer looking lifeless.

After eating, Zhang Yong was about to go to school, before leaving, Zhang Yong squatted down to say goodbye to his younger brothers and sisters, and then he stood up and looked at his parents, and said goodbye softly: "Dad, Mom, I'm leaving." ”

His parents looked at him with some red and swollen eyes, and his mother grabbed Zhang Yong's hand and whispered: "Xiaoyong, you have to pay more attention to your body, don't be too tired, eat well, call your mother if you don't have enough money, don't be reluctant to eat, eat some good ......" said for about ten minutes.

After listening to his mother's advice, Zhang Yong felt very warm, and he also felt his mother's worry about him.

At this time, his father also began to tell him: "Xiaoyong, study hard, let's go, give us a call when it's time." With that, his father waved at him.

Zhang Yong saw tears in his father's eyes, he knew that his father's words were few, it didn't mean that his father didn't love him, his father's love was even thicker, all of them were pressed in the bottom of his heart and never expressed.