33, grandma's secret
My dad was also blinded by my aunt's and grandmother's training, and then I heard my grandfather calling my father's name, but he was so weak that my father didn't hear it at all, so I called my dad and signaled that his grandfather was calling him.
My dad crouched down and brought people closer to my grandfather, and I heard him say to my dad, "Don't prepare the materials, you already have them at home, and your mother knows where they are." ”
My dad was puzzled, but he replied, "I know." ”
My grandfather was afraid that my father didn't understand, so he specially repeated: "Go and ask your mother if she knows?" ”
My dad responded again, and while he was talking, my grandmother suddenly came in, and she said: "Your dad's materials are upstairs in the wing, and when the time comes, just find someone to carry them down, don't mess with yourself for such a trivial matter, it's not the time to worry about this, it's only serious to take good care of your dad first." ”
My grandmother's words are obviously towards my aunt and grandmother, and my aunt and grandmother didn't speak on the side, and my grandfather didn't say anything else when he heard it, nor did he call my grandma, I think it's very strange, they don't seem to have a conflict between them, but as if they have some kind of tacit understanding, they do their own things, it seems that grandpa's funeral, grandma has already arranged.
After saying that, grandma went out again, and she didn't come to see grandpa from beginning to end. After that, my aunt and grandmother and two cousins were leaving, and my dad left them here, and they said that they would not be there at all, saying that they would come over seriously when my grandfather came out of the funeral, and now they will not bother here.
I estimated that my grandfather had been at my aunt's house for so many days, and even if there should be anything, it had already been arranged, and it was reasonable for them to leave after sending them over. It wasn't until after the aunt and grandmother had gone that the grandmother came into the house to see her grandfather, and she sat down beside her bedside and said, "Old man, I will naturally help you arrange what you have to do, and what do you say you are going to do at her house." ”
Grandpa didn't know if he heard or not, he just kept his eyes closed, as if he had entered a state of confusion, and as if he was awake, we couldn't be sure, and we didn't dare to say anything on the side, and finally my grandma sighed, and didn't say anything, and said to my dad: "Look at your father's appearance is no longer done, you and Mu are staying in front of the bed tonight to catch him up." ”
My dad and I agreed, and then my grandmother took out grandpa's shroud and other things, let me and my dad help his body with warm water carefully wiped over, and then took the shroud for him to wear, when I wiped my grandfather's body, I felt that his body was already cold, it seemed that his body temperature was losing, I didn't experience this, just tell my dad, my dad was also surprised, let me hurry up, if the shroud is not put on, it will be bad.
After that, we scrubbed quickly, put on the shroud for Grandpa, and let him lie on the bed, and I was right next to him, and I couldn't even feel Grandpa's breath alive.
During the period, I was not worried, will grandpa have lost his breath We don't know if he is still here to guard, so I went to explore grandpa's snort, and found that the person has already been cold, and the snort is not at all, after discovering this, I was frightened, I was afraid that I would make a mistake and let my dad try it again, my dad was also shocked when he tried it, and said, "When did this run out of gas?" ”
After that, I hurriedly went to find my grandmother and my mother, who were busy with work, and told them that my grandfather had lost his breath, and my grandmother listened to me and asked me, "Did he say anything in the end?" ”
I told my grandmother the truth, but she didn't say anything, she said, "Let's go, take care of the aftermath is the most important thing." ”
Then I went to invite my relatives, my cousins and cousins came to the house, and then my grandmother led those uncles and uncles to carry the coffin upstairs in the north wing, but my grandmother insisted that I go too, and I didn't know where to go, so I went with me.
As a result, it was just me and my grandmother, and I didn't know what my grandmother was going to do, and my grandmother said, "You come with me first, I have something to say to you." ”
So my grandmother and I went upstairs to the north wing, I didn't go upstairs in the north wing, I only remember that there were stairs, but it was sealed, that is to say, since I can remember, this upstairs is sealed and not used again, and I have never gone up, this is the first time I have gone up.
There were two doors upstairs, one at the top of the stairs, and another upstairs, which I had never seen open, and over time I felt that the upstairs was abandoned.
I originally thought that there should be a lot of dust inside the door that has not been opened, but after the door was opened, it was very clean inside, and it seemed that someone was cleaning it every day.
But I didn't dare to ask, but went upstairs with my grandmother, and when I came upstairs, I said that I was shocked rather than frightened, and I saw that the upstairs was a big open room, but there were a lot of coffins, I roughly counted, there were five or six so many, I finally couldn't smell it this time and asked: "These coffins?" ”
Grandma said: "My grandfather opened a coffin shop when he was young, and in his later years, he found some good materials and made some coffins for my father, and my father left them for me, which is what you see." ”
I couldn't figure out the relationship for a while, so I asked, "Grandma, what should I call your grandfather?" ”
Who knew that after I asked this question, my grandmother looked at me, and I felt that her eyes suddenly became very sharp, not at all like the grandmother I knew, and she said, "This is what I want to tell you, and even your father doesn't know about it, but I want to tell you, and this is why I brought you here, because your grandfather died, and I don't know when the deadline will come, and I don't plan to pass these things on to your father, but directly to you." ”
I was confused when I heard this, and repeated the phrase: "Pass it to me?" ”
Grandma then said, "You just asked my grandfather what your name is, and you listen now, what I say to you is very important, but you can't tell anyone, you know?" ”
When I saw that my grandmother was so serious, I nodded and said, "Got it." ”
Grandma then said: "My grandfather is your grandfather, that is, your grandfather's father, and the houses we live in now are built by him, and later when your grandfather's generation made improvements and renovations, but the general pattern has not changed." ”
When I heard this, I was even more confused, so I said, "Grandma, how can I call your grandfather grandpa, shouldn't I call him grandpa, or ......?"
I was also a little confused for a while, and I couldn't figure out what to call it because it was too complicated.
Grandma said, "I'm right to let you shout like that, wood, let me ask you, what's your last name?" ”
I said, "The surname is Xiao?" ”
Grandma said, "But your grandfather's surname is not Xiao, her surname is Wei." ”
I was completely confused, so I said, "Grandma, I'm completely confused, grandpa's name is not ......"
Grandma said: "Your grandfather's name was chosen after I married her, I used her surname, he used mine, I am the second person in the Xiao family, and your grandfather can be said to be a door-to-door son-in-law." When your grandmother gave birth to me, I was originally a pair of twins, but my brother died when he was born, and I was the only one who survived, so the family felt that it was not a good thing, so they threw me out, and I happened to be picked up by the family who rushed the goods, so they adopted me, and then your grandmother gave birth to a daughter, which is your third aunt and grandmother who have passed away, and then they adopted a two-year-old boy, and this boy is your grandfather. ”
I didn't dare to listen out of the air, I didn't dare to interject at all, my grandmother paused for a moment and continued: "When I was fourteen years old, your grandmother heard that I had been adopted, so she found the family that adopted me, and your grandmother didn't say that she wanted to take me back, but she often came to see me, and I often came to this house later, and finally your grandmother wanted to keep me by her side, and didn't want me to go back, especially for fear that I would marry far away, so in the end, let your grandfather marry me." ”
There is such a thing in my family, if my grandmother doesn't say it, I'm afraid no one in the family will know about it.