Chapter 27: Life History (I)
I suddenly mentioned this, which made my grandfather stunned for a moment.
In my grandfather, there was originally a chic but domineering feeling, but I didn't want to, but after mentioning this topic, he suddenly became sad.
The whole person suddenly seemed to be ten years old, and his originally somewhat rickety figure also looked even more rickety.
The words about Mom and Dad were originally mentioned by my grandfather, and I thought I wouldn't mind too much in his heart, but I didn't expect that I would just ask like this, but it made my grandfather so sad.
Looking at his appearance, I couldn't help but feel distressed, and quickly stood up and pulled my grandfather and said, "Okay, okay, grandpa, I won't ask about this." The snow scene is so good today, do you want me to accompany you for a walk? ”
Grandpa looked at me, reached out and stroked my hair, and smiled reluctantly with a sad look: "That's it, I know you have wanted to know everything about your parents since you were a child." Do you remember? When you were a child, you had a lot of fun with your children, but after a while, you ran back crying and pestered me and your grandmother to ask for mom and dad. ”
I have long since blurred the memory of my childhood, where can I still remember this?
I shook my head, and my grandfather continued, "For a long time, you pestered your grandmother to tell her about your parents. Your grandmother and I can't bear to lie to you, and we don't want to tell you everything so early. So I have to be ruthless and tell you that my parents are gone. ”
When Grandpa said this, I was a little impressed. I knew since I was a child that my parents were gone, as if the source of memories was that time, right?
"Grandpa, I have accepted this fact, you and grandma have been very good to me since childhood. Although I didn't have a mom or dad, I lived a happy life as a child...... "I wanted to comfort my grandfather, but it was very difficult for me to say these words.
Since my grandfather left, my grandmother and I have not been very happy, but we just depend on each other.
Grandpa interrupted me with a wave of his hand, and said, "Xiaoshuang, I know you're suffering. But I also have to sharpen you, but none of this is important, the important thing is that I owe you an explanation, why am I leaving you and your grandmother? I also owe you an explanation, and that is about your mom and dad. ”
"Actually, I don't need to explain, I also believe that grandpa has a hard time. Last night I was emotional, I couldn't accept it for a while, and then I thought about it for a long time, and I always felt that my grandmother didn't complain about you in the end, why can't I, as a granddaughter, think about the reasons and understand you? As for Mom and Dad's affairs, although I care, if you don't want to talk about it, I don't necessarily need to know. Now that I have my grandfather here, I have relatives, and I am very satisfied. "I'm telling my grandfather these words from the bottom of my heart.
Looking at his emaciated appearance, I couldn't bear to poke his wounds with the past.
"Good boy." Grandpa touched my head and said, "So sensible, it seems that the years of suffering are not all about suffering, at least let my Xiaoshuang not only be sensible, but also strong." Presumably, if you become such a person, your parents will be very happy in the spirit of heaven. Actually, I've always been in some contact with your grandmother, but I've just kept it from you. I know from your grandmother that you are still filial, at a young age, you also know how to help your grandmother share a lot of household chores, and your grades are also very good. Really, you are a good boy, no matter how hard I am outside, as long as I think of you, my heart feels very comforted. ”
I leaned on my grandfather's shoulder and didn't speak, half-closed my eyes as I felt his big warm hands caress my hair.
When he praised me like this, I was not half proud, but I remembered those difficult years, and my heart was filled with a faint sadness. If grandpa was also here in these years, wouldn't it be happier for the three of us to stay together?
I didn't dare to say such thoughts, but I just quietly felt the hard-won warmth at the moment.
And my grandfather took my hand, sat down again, and after he had been in the mood for a long time, he took out his pipe, lit it slowly, and bit the pipe, and the unique smoke coming out of the pipe made me feel like I was back in my childhood.
It was in this atmosphere that my grandfather said to me: "Xiaoshuang, you have to remember that you have forgotten whose kindness you have in your life, and you can't forget the kindness of your parents to you." The reason why my grandmother and I didn't say a word in front of you was because of your mother's last wish, which she said wanted you to have a happy childhood, and wanted you to have a sound personality, not a personality distorted by hatred and sadness. ”
"Mom?" I muttered unconsciously, although I hadn't seen her, but my grandfather's words made me feel sad.
It was as if I remembered the illusion I had seen before, the warm embrace that held me, the soft lake-green satin, and I couldn't see her face clearly. But at this moment, I could feel her loving eyes looking at me.
My eyes became blurry, and just because of my grandfather's words, I couldn't help my emotions, because I knew too well how much maternal love was contained in these words. In order to make me happy, in order for me to grow up healthily......
At this moment, my grandfather held my hand in one hand and his pipe in the other, as if he wanted to continue the story, but I had a strong desire that I couldn't suppress.
I looked up at my grandfather and said with some eagerness, "Grandpa, do you have any pictures of your parents?" Now, do you have it on you? If so, let me see what Mom and Dad look like. I'd love to see what they look like. ”
Grandpa looked at me, groaned, and without saying a word, pulled out a polished brass-colored pocket watch from his trouser pocket.
Without saying a word, he opened the lid of the pocket watch, and handed it to me.
This pocket watch is huge, the size of my palm, and with my grandfather's body temperature, it looks like it's been around for a certain amount of time. But these are not the most important things, the important thing is that I was immediately attracted by the open lid of the pocket watch.
On the lid of the pocket watch, there is a black-and-white photograph of two people side by side, just like the popular wedding photo in the seventies and eighties.
In the group photo, the man is very handsome, and his facial features can be said to be that kind of delicate and handsome, but a pair of thick black sword eyebrows make him look a little unruly, which is very similar to his grandfather.
And next to him is a gentle woman, at first glance will not feel amazing, but if you look closely, you will be attracted by her quiet and indifferent temperament, and then look carefully, you will find that her facial features are exquisite, but not aggressive, so people will not feel amazing at first glance.
It's just such a quiet, introverted woman, with a tenacious brilliance between her eyebrows and eyes, as if she is the seaweed in the sea, no matter how strong the wind and waves are, she will not be broken by the waves.
My tears began to roll down my eyes, dripping in the palm of my hand, on my pocket watch, and on their pictures.
At the beginning of looking at the strangers, just one more glance, there was an inseparable blood connection in my heart, instinctively I felt close, and instinctively I felt sad.
In the photo, they are smiling so happily, and their eyes are warm, as if they are looking at me gently, as if they are smiling at me.
Such a vivid two, but I can only feel them in the photo, hearing grandpa say that they love me so much, how can I not feel sad?
The father in the photo has the shadow of his grandfather, but the curvature of the smile on the corner of his mouth is exactly the same as mine. And the mother in the photo, my eyebrows and eyes are full of her shadow, which is five or six points similar to her. But now, when I have grown up, she can no longer see this daughter who seems to be her shadow.
The more I thought about it, the more sad I became, and I started to cry low as I held the watch, and my grandfather took the watch from my hand and handed me a handkerchief.
I took the handkerchief, but the tears seemed to be wiped away, grandpa glanced at the photo on the pocket watch, sighed and said, "I have always stayed on this photo, and there is only this photo." That's the wedding photo taken by your father who insisted on being with your mother, so he ran out desperately and married your mother in this ordinary world. Later, your grandmother and I missed them, so we would quietly hide in the house and look at the picture. ”
"They have a lot of stories, right?" I looked at my grandfather with tears in my eyes.
"Yes, they have a lot of stories, including after you were born, and there are many stories that have happened, and grandpa can finally tell you 1510 today. And I left home when you were young, and I am inextricably linked to these things. Grandpa bit his pipe and said to me seriously.
And looking at his side face when talking about this, he is like a really dying old man.