Chapter 5 Friendship between grandparents and grandchildren
The old lady standing outside the window looked very old, with a hunched back, a crutch in her hand, and a dark black homespun cloth, she seemed to notice that I was looking at her, turned her head to me and smiled kindly, making me very puzzled, and secretly said in her heart: "Who is this person, why is he still outside the house so late, and he doesn't speak, don't they notice that there is someone outside the window, Dad, don't they notice that there is someone outside the window?" ”
Just as I was wondering there, my grandfather saw why I didn't eat and always looked out the window, thinking that I didn't like to eat the dishes on the table, so he couldn't help but ask me with a concerned face: "Hehe, is it that grandpa doesn't make these things that you like to eat?" If you don't like it, tell grandpa, I'll ask your grandma to make it for you now! As he spoke, he raised his hand and motioned for his grandmother to cook something else. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
I quickly shook my head after listening to my grandfather's words, because I found that my father was looking at me with a blushing face at the moment, and it was obvious that he was not happy anymore, so he hurriedly lowered his head to eat, but after a few bites, I heard my mother talking to me, and when I looked up at my mother, my eyes swept to see the old lady, who was still standing by the window and looking at us.
When my father saw that I was still not concentrating on eating, my grandfather on the side was about to get up and cook for me again, so he went out on the spot and yelled at me in fear: "What are you always looking around? Don't eat anymore and go back to the house! ”
I felt a little strange when I heard his reprimand, and I couldn't help but turn my head to him and ask, "Didn't you notice that there was an old woman in the window?" Let's eat in the house, how bad is she outside? Let her come in too! ”
When they heard me say this, they turned their heads to look out the window, but they looked at each other as if they hadn't seen anything.
I turned my head and saw that the old lady outside the window seemed to hear me, and when she saw that we were all looking at her, she smiled at us. Then he turned around on crutches and left slowly.
Just when I wanted to speak, I heard my mother say to me gently: "What a stupid child, where is there anyone outside, let's eat." ”
As soon as I heard it, I wanted to contradict her. But before I could speak, my father directly interrupted me and scolded: "Stop messing around, children, hurry up and eat!" ”
The grandparents also turned their heads and began to continue eating, and after a while the table began to talk and laugh again, as if nothing had happened just now.
It wasn't until later that I found out that my grandparents at that time also knew that I could sometimes see everything that ordinary people couldn't see, and they had heard my dad talk about what happened when I was born, so they really didn't see anything that day, and the old man I saw turned out to be my father's grandmother, that is, my grandmother, she had passed away three years ago, so what I saw that time was...
I think what she wanted to see most before her death was our family of three, but unfortunately my father couldn't come back because I was sick at the time, and this time we came back, she just came to see us, and since then, I haven't seen my grandmother show up.
During the banquet, when everyone was eating happily together, Grandpa didn't eat much, even if he ate a bite, he had to drink half a glass of water to swallow it, and Mom was the first to notice Grandpa's strangeness, she quietly poked Dad next to her with her finger and whispered a few words to him.
Dad seemed to have already seen some clues, but there were too many people present, so he didn't say anything directly.
I was a child at the time, and I must have paid no attention to anything, so I knew how to eat, and when everyone was full of wine and food, and when they were all finished, my second uncle sent her daughter, who was my cousin, with ulterior motives, to take me out to play.
After we left, he called my parents to another room and told them the truth alone: it turned out that my grandfather was already sick and was diagnosed with advanced esophageal cancer, and the medical conditions at that time were very limited, and the family had no money, and my grandfather was reluctant to spend money, so no matter how much my grandmother and uncle persuaded them, they didn't plan to treat it, and the old man wanted us to come back and accompany him on the last journey, after all, I was his only grandson, and I came to the end of my life and wanted to see me.
When my father heard what my uncle said, he was immediately anxious, and complained to the second and third uncles.
At that time, my father worked as a construction worker in the city for a few years, and usually took the extra money home to my mother, who was a woman who ran a house before the holiday, and went to the town to save the extra money, planning to build a house in the future, so that the family still had some savings after a few years.
Dad looked at his mother with a deliberative gaze, the two of them met each other, and his mother smiled softly at him: "It must be cured, and I have always carried the excerpt with me, so you can take the money and take our dad to see a doctor tomorrow." ”
I think, my mother must be the best wife in the world, and my father has suffered so much, hard work, usually reluctant to eat or wear, now grandpa is sick, the first time I saw grandpa, I didn't hesitate to take out all the family's savings.
Dad didn't say anything like thank you after listening to Mom's words, probably because they didn't have to say anything about it at all.
Dad went to the house to find his grandfather, and his grandfather was very resolute when he knew his intentions, and refused to be treated, and the two argued for a long time, but there was still no result.
In the end, the grandfather said earnestly to the father standing in front of the kang: "Yiping, you see that I am over seventy years old this year, and now that my grandson has seen it, I don't have any wishes." So there's no need to spend all the money for an old man, you keep the money for Xiaohe's schooling, and then save more and marry a daughter-in-law when he grows up, so that I can feel at ease when I go there. ”
As soon as my father heard my grandfather say this, he cried directly, and kept persuading my grandfather there, but my mother saw that my father couldn't persuade him, so she also went in to persuade my grandfather, but it was useless to persuade him.
My grandfather was a little tired from the trouble, and made an excuse that he was going to sleep, so he kicked my parents out of the house, and when my cousin took me home, he found my father waiting for me in the house.
There is a family of three in the house, to be honest, this is the first time I have grown up to see my father speak to me so softly, after he told me about his grandfather's illness, he said to me in a somewhat choked tone: "Hehe, Dad is sorry for your grandparents in this life, he went out at a young age, and he didn't catch filial piety to your grandfather, and let them think about me at home every day, now your grandfather is sick, if you don't treat it in time, he will really die, and you don't want to see grandpa in the future, right?" You're going to persuade your grandfather tomorrow to let him go for treatment, you know? ”
I'm only seven years old and not very sensible, I feel very sad to see my dad like that, I don't know why I cried too, and quickly nodded and agreed to my father's request.
The next day, my grandfather rode a tricycle to take me to the market, a village saw me and asked me who I was, grandpa would always smile and tell them that I was his grandson, came back from the northeast to see him, from his smile it can be seen that he is really satisfied, although he got along with him only for a day or two, but grandpa is really good to me, I want to buy me anything, I want to do whatever he wants he will take me to, on the way back from the market, I held a puppy that grandpa bought for me, and asked grandpa: "Grandpa, dad said you are sick." , you go and heal,"
Grandpa said, "It's okay, grandpa will be fine in a few days." ”
"You lie, my parents told me that you will die if you don't treat this disease!" As soon as I thought that my grandfather was likely to die, I felt very sad and cried on the tricycle, and my grandfather was very distressed when he saw me crying, so he quickly stopped the tricycle and turned around to coax me: "Grandpa promised you, grandpa will go for treatment." ”
After listening to my grandfather's assurance, I naively believed it.
When I got home, I was tired of playing for most of the day, so I fell asleep on the kang, and my grandfather saw that I was asleep and called my father to another room, and after closing the door, he changed his face on the spot, and raised his hand to hit my father, and he was too talkative, but my father begged my grandfather to treat the disease, it is said that they knelt down at the time, and my grandfather just refused, and at that time my father's stubborn temper also came up, and really asked my mother to clean up my things, and he was going to take us home that night. . .