Chapter 10: My face turned white with fright
Grandpa Duoduo stood up and replied while looking at Grandma Archie: "He, he's having an awkward relationship with his wife, and an adult is going to run away from home." There was nowhere else to go, so I wanted to go back to my hometown to have a look.
His family's old house was washed away by the rain, and they were the only ones surnamed Cui in the village, so they were embarrassed to trouble the blind date, so they set up a tent on the big pebble. It's summer anyway, don't be afraid.
Grandma Archie, are you sick? ”
"It's an old problem." Grandma Archie was unimpressed.
"But this time it seems to be particularly ferocious. I'll tell you the truth, don't be angry, your face is yellow and gray, your lips are pale, go and show Dr. Wu, right? ”
Grandma Archie shook her head weakly. Grandpa Duoduo knew why she refused to go to the doctor, so he didn't persuade her more.
"I'll go to Houtan to find the children." Grandma Archie said goodbye and moved step by step to the forest path behind the stockade. She walked so slowly, it was hard to watch.
Grandpa Duoduo looked at Grandma Archie's back, and Grandma Archie's tall back was lying on her back at this time, which made people feel unspeakably sad.
Grandma Archie wanted to call out to her two children as usual, and she opened her mouth, but she made a sound, but it was so small that not even the birds in the trees could be alarmed.
Rao is like this, she still shouts habitually.
"Archie."
"Ah Qiao."
"Guoguo."
"Grandma's lifeblood."
……
On the cobblestones, Guoguo, who had been running forward and running, suddenly stopped, turned his head to the forest path, and listened quietly.
Seeing this, Archie looked at the sky again, and suddenly realized that he had forgotten the time while playing.
"Oh no, no, no." He panicked, "Grandma must be very worried." Grandma is still sick. ”
He ran to his sister Ah Qiao and shook her gently: "Wake up, wake up Ah Qiao, we're going home." ”
Ah Qiao slept in a daze, and was swayed by his brother so much that he just didn't open his eyes.
Archie split his legs, bent down, made a figure on his back, looked up and said to the magician beside him, "You put my sister on my back." I carried her home. ”
"She's too heavy for you. You're still a kid, too! The magician refused.
"Hurry up, put my sister on my back. I can carry it. She's my sister! ”
"No, I can't. You lead the way, and I'll send her back. "The magician was very serious when he refused, and he said nothing.
Archie's anger suddenly turned to gratitude, he blinked his eyes and rubbed his hands anxiously: "Then let's go quickly, grandma must be in a hurry." ”
The magician picked up Ah Qiao. Ah Qiao, who was already small, curled up in the arms of the tall magician, looked smaller and smaller.
The magician picked up Ah Qiao effortlessly.
Archie led the way, and the earth dog Guoguo ran in front, ran far away and then turned back. The magician followed Archie's pace closely, and while walking briskly, he comforted Archie: "Don't worry, be careful of wrestling." Didn't hear your grandma call you home. ”
"My grandmother was sick, and she was halfway through lunch and lay down in bed." Archie trotted in a hurry.
The magician no longer dissuaded, but quickened the pace to keep up.
Not long after, about 5 minutes later, two groups of people met on a forest path.
"Grandma!" Archie pounced in surprise.
knocked grandma to the ground, but Xuan didn't fall and squat.
"What's wrong with me?" Grandma's voice was full of panic.
"Ah Qiao just fell asleep. Nothing, grandma, she just fell asleep. ”
Grandma tried to throw away the bamboo cane and pick up her cute little granddaughter, but her physical strength did not allow it.
"I, I'm ......," Grandma was speechless.
The magician saw Grandma's weakness at a glance, and then remembered that Archie had just said that Grandma was sick, and hurriedly said, "I'll send Ah Qiao home!" Lead the way, old man. ”
Grandma nodded. She secretly wiped a handful of tears as she turned around.
Grandma walked very slowly and struggled, covering her stomach from time to time.
Archie saw everything in his eyes, and his heart, which was light just now, was extremely heavy at the moment.
"Old man, where are you not feeling well?" The magician asked.
"I'm fine." Grandma replied.
"Grandma is afraid of spending money to see a doctor." Archie picks up.
"Nonsense." Grandma denied it.
"That's right. Because Mom and Dad haven't sent money back for a long time, Grandma is reluctant to spend money. Archie said stubbornly. His voice sounded strong and fragile.
The night was hazy, and Archie walked in front again, making it difficult to see his expression.
"Nonsense!" Grandma raised her voice in denial.
"That's it!" Archie wiped the back of his hand against the corner of his eye.
When Grandma saw Archie crying, she stopped arguing, but sighed quietly, freed her hand, and touched Archie's head.
It's not a long road, and a few people have walked for a long time.
When Grandma, Archie, the magician, and Gogo finally walked to the door of Grandma's house, Grandpa Duoduo was still looking at the door. Seeing them come back, Grandpa Duoduo breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ah Qiao is asleep?"
"Yes, she's asleep."
"I'll just put her in bed."
"Thank you, Toothboy."
"We folks in the township, don't see outside."
The adults whispered greetings, and Archie helped her grandmother and went into the house to turn on the lights.
The magician placed Ah Qiao on her cot and helped her cover it. Ah Qiao was dazed, grabbed the magician's hand and didn't let go, and muttered something in his mouth.
Archie listens intently and realizes that her sister is calling her father. He was too embarrassed to tell his sister's whispers.
After the magician put his sister away, he talked to his grandmother and Grandpa Duoduo for a while. Because I was worried about the tent on the cobblestones, I went first.
"This kid is just like his father, a real person." Grandpa Duoduo commented.
Grandma Archie was too tired to speak.
Archie took the hard-boiled eggs out of the basket, silently peeled them, and handed them to Grandma.
Grandma shook her head. She had no appetite at all.
"Man is iron, rice is steel. How can you do it without eating! Grandpa Duoduo persuaded.
Grandma still shook her head: "I don't have an appetite at all." ”
Grandpa Duoduo looked at her silently for a moment, then turned to leave.
Archie was a little flustered, but he tried not to show it: "Grandma, I'll sleep with you tonight." My grandmother was thirsty in the middle of the night, so she called me to help her pour water. ”
Grandma put her arms around Archie, her chin resting on the top of Archie's head, and her tears couldn't help but clatter and clatter.
She wanted to ask whom, if she fell ill, what would happen to her two children!
But in this family, apart from her, there are two children.
Archie put his arm around his grandmother's waist, tears streaming down his face. He didn't want his grandmother to know that he was crying, so he desperately rubbed his face on his grandmother.
Grandma drank some water and was about to lie down when Grandpa Duoduo's call sounded outside the door.
"I'll take a look." Archie slid out of bed.
It turned out that Grandpa Duoduo called Dr. Wu.
Dr. Wu easily did not go to the clinic, and he didn't know how to be persuaded by Grandpa Duoduo to come to Archie's house in the night.
Archie was very surprised, and frequently looked at Grandpa Duoduo, his eyes full of gratitude.
"Grandpa understands what you mean. Good boy, this is what grandpa should do. Grandpa Duoduo touched Archie's head.
Dr. Wu pressed it back and forth on my grandmother's stomach, and sometimes she said it hurt, sometimes it hurt badly. Dr. Wu asked her grandmother about her diet for the past two days, and when she heard her say that she had been in pain all afternoon, her face became serious.
"You probably have appendicitis. If you delay like this, you will die! ”
Grandma Archie and Archie's faces turned white with fright.