"Mr. Lu, although you took the initiative to call first, I must be the first to pay New Year's greetings!" Yan Lixu hurriedly said, "Mr. Lu, happy new year!" I wish the little pink book a prosperous one, and I wish you a great new year! ”

Lu Youxi: "......"

"Accept your auspicious words......" Lu Youxi was stunned, and hurriedly said a few auspicious words to Yan Lixu.

Finally hung up the phone, Lu Youxi sighed, "Why didn't I find it so tiring to greet others before?" ”

I just gave Professor Zhang a New Year's greeting, and I wasn't so tired.

Lu Youxi took a breath, and then called Grandma Xu again to greet the New Year.

But listening to the other end of the phone, Grandma Xu's house was quiet and a little wrong.

There is no sound of anyone else chatting or talking.

It stands to reason that early in the morning, if everyone in the family is there, and there are children making noise in the house, it shouldn't be so quiet.

Lu Youxi asked, "Grandma Xu, are you at home, or are you going to your children's place for the New Year?" ”

"I'm at home." Grandma Xu's tone remained unchanged, "I'm all fine here, don't worry about it." ”

"Then your children are still working well, right? How are your grandchildren's studies? ”

"It's good, it's all good." Grandma Xu said with a smile.

"How was your meal last night?" Lu Youxi asked again.

"It's good to eat, and I've made a big table of dishes." Grandma Xu laughed.

"That's right." Lu Youxi smiled and said, "That's good." ”

Grandma Xu asked Lu Youxi about the situation again, and Lu Youxi picked up and told her.

After hanging up the phone, Grandma Xu turned her head to look at the table full of leftovers, almost all of which did not move.

Hexing Village is cold in winter, and there is no heating, and the family relies on burning coal for heating.

Because the temperature is cold enough at night, these dishes don't have to be put in the refrigerator.

Grandma Xu sighed, looked at the empty house, and looked at the phone again.

Except for Lu Youxi's call, her children haven't even called yet.

Lu Youxi hung up the phone and called Aunt Lin.

After greeting Aunt Lin for the New Year, Lu Youxi asked, "Aunt Lin, is Grandma Xu okay lately?" I just called her, and it was so quiet on the other side of the phone, it didn't look like the New Year. When her children go back and take their children with them, they should be lively. ”

"Hey!" Aunt Lin sighed deeply, "Don't say it, Grandma Xu's children didn't come back for the New Year at all!" ”

Speaking of this, Aunt Lin got angry and couldn't help but complain to Lu Youxi, "And even if you don't come back, you should have said it earlier." Grandma Xu doesn't have to be so old and has been busy for so long. Yesterday, Grandma Xu had a busy day! ”

"Usually, Grandma Xu is reluctant to eat and drink, so she saves all the money she earns. Thinking that it is not easy for my children to live in the city, I can't help much, but I can always help them a little bit from time to time, no matter how much. I usually don't want to eat anything good, but yesterday I thought about the New Year, let my children and grandchildren eat better, killed chickens, killed geese, and went to the town to buy fish and ribs, and made a big table of dishes. ”

As a result, her children didn't go back for the New Year, and the sun was about to go down that afternoon, so she called and said that she wouldn't go back. But Grandma Xu's dishes are ready, and most of them have already been cooked, so she thinks that they can eat as soon as they enter the door, without going hungry. ”

"We outsiders are all angry when we hear it, let alone Grandma Xu." The more Aunt Lin spoke, the more angry she became, "Grandma Xu's two children used to be better, but after they got married, they only cared about their own small family, and they had already left their old mother behind. ”

"Even if I go home, I ask Grandma Xu for money." Aunt Lin sneered, "Those two things, if you don't go back to ask for money, you won't see anyone at all." ”

"Tell me, how nice and kind Grandma Xu is, how can she ...... Just gave birth to two things without conscience! Grandma Xu has worked hard for others all her life, and she has never thought about herself, and when she is old, she will be hurt by the children she worked so hard to raise. Aunt Lin sighed, "I was thinking about going to see Grandma Xu today, talking to her, telling her something interesting, and making Grandma Xu happy." ”

After Aunt Lin finished speaking, she paused and said, "By the way, there is something I haven't told you all along. ”

"What's the matter?" Lu Youxi listened to Aunt Lin's tone, as if it was a very serious matter.

"Your milk is paralyzed, too." Aunt Lin said.

Lu Youxi was surprised, "When did it happen?" ”

"It was when you went back that time, you gave your grandmother a bank card, saying that it was money for your father's treatment." Aunt Lin told Lu Youxi what happened later, "At the beginning, Ge Guifen said that Mrs. Lu fell and was recuperating in bed. ”

"Who knows that if you keep it, you won't be able to get out of bed at all." Aunt Lin said, "When we were recuperating from our injuries before, we didn't pay attention to it, so we thought that it was a fall, and it was not a big deal. Do you usually work in the fields, and there are fewer bumps? The people in our village have lived rough and strong since childhood, and no one takes daily bumps seriously. ”

"But who knew that after more than a month, Mrs. Lu couldn't get out of bed at all." Aunt Lin said, "Ge Guifen didn't take her to the hospital to see her, I guess I just didn't want to spend that money." I even doubt ......"

Aunt Lin lowered her voice and said, "I suspect that Ge Guifen did it on purpose." At the beginning, Mrs. Lu fell and injured herself, and if she had sought medical attention in time, it should not be a big deal. Take a picture and take a look, where it hurts, take care of it. As a result, Ge Guifen deliberately didn't take your milk to the hospital, and as a result, the injury became more and more serious, and she was directly paralyzed in the back and couldn't get on and off the ground. ”

"Although the fall happened the day after you left, you really couldn't get out of bed, in fact, it was not long before the year." Aunt Lin said, "I originally thought that I would tell you again after the New Year, but I said that I would let your father know that I have to come back for the New Year." After a good year, they destroyed it again. ”

Lu Youxi sighed and said, "If it's just my milk's business, I definitely won't go back." But you said that Grandma Xu's children didn't go back, so I have to go back. ”

"The last time we went back, Zhou Shuyan proposed that he wanted to take Grandma Xu to live with us in the imperial capital. He was worried that Grandma Xu was old and lived alone in the village, and if something happened, everyone would be alone and would not be able to find out in time. But Grandma Xu said that her children would go back for the Chinese New Year. said that she was there, their home was there, and their retreat was there. ”

Lu Youxi pursed his lips, "But what about the result?" Her children did not go back for the Chinese New Year. This time, I want to take Grandma Xu over if I say anything. ”

(End of chapter)