317. A Decent Farewell (4/4)
At night, Baijia Village, located in the valley, fell into tranquility. Occasionally, the barking of dogs sounded, and the sound echoed in the valley, as if from a distant place.
After dinner, the idiot Dunzi walked around the house, restlessly pestered his mother to Xiaobai's house next door, but saw the door closed, and the cold wind blew behind the house, making a rustling sound, and nothing else was left.
In the village, Bai Jianping's family was sitting together. Yang Yi looked at Bai Zhiqiang quietly with her big belly. Seeing that he looked serious, she swallowed the words brewing in her stomach and kept silent.
The atmosphere at home was a bit depressing. The charcoal fire was burning in the brazier, and the door was not closed, leaving a gap. The night wind blew in, and the charcoal sparks were blowing everywhere.
Bai Jianping blocked the Mars with a big hand, and said in a low voice: "I agree with your mother's opinion."
Bai Zhiqiang's face changed. He didn't know what he was thinking, and neither agreed nor disagree.
But since he did not agree, it can be understood as a silent rejection. He greeted his parents last year. After Yang Yi became big, he asked Ma Lanhua to help take care of him in Dacheng, but now, his mother decided to stay and take care of Teacher Jiang.
He stood up in silence, went back to the room, and closed the door.
In the county hospital, Xiaobai sat by the bed, talking to his grandmother, and singing songs from time to time.
Boss Zhang said that she sings well, and her confidence is getting stronger and more and more likes singing.
Zhang Tan was peeling an apple. Grandma turned her head and looked at him, and suddenly asked, "Boss Zhang, how did you know Xiaobai?"
Zhang Tan said: "My family opened a late-night academy and took in children who were not taken care of by adults at night. Xiaobai was in this academy."
Xiaobai laughed and said that the little red horse is so fun, there are so many melons, there are Xiaomi lost by the cute mother, Cheng Cheng who is confused and very good at telling stories, Xier who likes to silly, Luliu, who is naughty and trouble-provoking, and he hates Gui Luo Zikang...
She counted the children at Little Red Horse Academy and said relish that everyone could tell you one or two interesting places.
Grandma asked a few more questions and finally said, "Thank you."
Zhang Tan cut the peeled apple into six pieces, placed it on a plate, and handed it to grandma, "No need to thank you, everything I do is within my ability."
"It's hard for you these days. You and your girlfriend are good people."
Grandma gave Xiaobai the cut apples. Xiaobai and Zhang Tan were about to leave the peeled apple skin, marveling at the fact that the apple skin could actually be connected into a string, and their eyes couldn't help but shine.
She looked at Xiaobai and said lovingly: "My Xiaobai is a good baby. She is fierce because of her lack of security..."
Zhang Tan listened carefully. After grandma finished speaking, she was silent for a moment and asked, "Can you help me call the nurse in?"
"good."
Zhang Tan stood up and called the nurse, and grandma wanted to wipe her body.
The nurse prepared hot water and towels. Zhang Tan closed the door, came to the corridor, answered a call from Su Lan, and talked about the latest situation.
After the call was finished, the nurses came out with buckets and towels.
Grandma's voice came out, "Zhang Tan, come in."
The room seemed empty, grandma sat up slightly, put two pillows on her head, and Xiaobai was combing her silver hair.
"Gegeese, goose, look, uncle, Xiaobai is combing his grandma's hair."
The little guy was very happy. In the past, grandma would comb her hair, but now she can comb her hair.
"Grandma, do you want watermelon? Watermelon is so rich and loves~~"
She wanted to comb a watermelon for her grandma, and she smiled and said yes.
Xiaobai laughed loudly and became even more excited. He treated his grandmother's silver hair as plasticine and dressed up casually.
She tossed her grandmother's silver hair for a long time, and she couldn't comb her head because she could only talk, so she simply tied it behind her head and sighed that she wanted to learn this strength.
"It's true of the claws, so many hairs are slim."
Xiaobai found that many hairs fell off the bed sheets, all of which fell off when he just combed his hair.
When people get older, their hair begins to fall off, which is a natural phenomenon.
Grandma smiled and said it was okay, she asked Xiaobai to tell her a story.
These days, Xiaobai volunteers to tell stories to his grandma every night, no matter whether it is good or not, she enjoys it anyway.
"Grandma, what do you want to hear?"
In a moment, more than a dozen stories came out of Xiaobai's head, and she wanted to tell her grandma. A small mouth was not enough, so it would be great if there were two.
My grandma can do anything, as long as it is said by Xiaobai.
Xiaobai decided to talk about "I Want the Moon". While listening, grandma tried to embroider the clothes that Xiaobai was two years older.
She could only lie flat, raise her head slightly, and embroider hard. In order not to make any mistakes, the speed was very slow, but fortunately there was not much left.
She spent the whole night embroidering a cute tiger on Xiaobai's clothes, and asked Xiaobai to put it on and try it.
Just two years older.
Xiaobai can fit sooner or later, just wait.
It was late at night, and it started to rain lightly at night, and the temperature suddenly dropped a lot and became colder.
The nurse on duty came over to check on grandma's condition and turned the air conditioner up a little.
Zhang Tan looked at his watch and wanted to take Xiaobai back to the hotel.
Xiaobai didn't want to leave and wanted to stay here, but was persuaded by his grandmother to leave.
"Grandma, beg~~~~"
"Goodbye Xiaobai."
There was no vigil in the ward tonight, only the nurses on duty in the building.
The lights in the long and old corridor were dim. In the ward, the lights on the ceiling were turned off. Only a night light was on at the bathroom door, and two night lights were on under the bed and on the wall close to the floor.
The lights were faint, and grandma was lying quietly on the hospital bed, her eyes were not closed. She had no sleepiness at this moment, her heart was surging, and the scenes of life appeared one after another.
The rain outside the window first made a small noise, then became violent, and became angry, wrapped in strong winds, blowing the glass window, and then gradually became drizzling, vague, and calming. Finally, it looked like it was when it came. The sound of wind and rain were gone, and the night was quiet.
It's so much like life.
After a night of rain, it should have been early in the morning. There was no sound of footsteps in the corridor for a long time. Everyone was asleep.
Grandma stretched out her hand from the quilt, and there was an object in her hand. She pressed it and the object lit up. It was a mobile phone.
The elderly mobile phone that Xiaobai bought for her.
She trembled her hands, but she didn't hold her phone firmly and fell on the bed.
When she picked it up again, her withered right hand was already stable, as if the time Xiaobai taught her to use her phone a few days ago.
She turned on the recording function of her phone, paused for a moment, and tried to organize her language.
When something big happens to the common people's homes, it is like a hole leaking in the sky, rainstorms pouring down, and people and ships are covered.
Grandma, she fell down and never thought it would trigger so many difficult choices and affect the lives of so many people.
Everyone is making a choice because of her wrestling. She sees it and is anxious in her heart. After so many days, she finally thought it through and made her own choice.
Her choice is not to bother others.
She is a kind and quiet person. She never wants to bother others. She persists all her life and doesn't want to be in the moment of life, but she has caused such great trouble to the people around her.
Since the moment she fell, she suddenly realized that she was no longer an independent person. She still stubbornly sticks to her personality, but in terms of action and physicality, she has lost the qualification to be independent. She had to use the money earned by her granddaughter to treat her illness, and could not even take care of herself in food or toilet. How could she be called a human being?
She realized that she had become a trouble, and she was most reluctant to bother others.
From this moment on, a terrible thought emerged in my heart.
She thought of death.
The old man who died a few days ago allowed her to see her future. She was in pain, and the people around her were in pain.
According to the natural law of life, old age, sickness and death, she still has some time, but she is unwilling to lie on the hospital bed and survive. She wants to say goodbye to the world with dignity.
Thinking of this, that terrible thought is not terrible. It is no longer hideous, desperate, and crazy. It actually exudes hope, like the breath blowing from the forest in spring, with the revival of plants and the fragrance of soil.
For most of her life, she always faced the sun and felt warmth. Even if her husband passed away, her son passed away, and her daughter-in-law passed away... Life gave her one malicious joke after another, she could persevere, still smiling, still with hope, and still looking forward to tomorrow.
She has experienced many battles and is full of holes, and she is fighting against old bones gently and stubbornly, without fear of any storm.
Now, fate has lost patience with her and wants to knock her down with malice.
She wanted to live a decent life, but it didn't give it to her.
But she didn't resent and even wanted to thank it for giving her the malicious joke, not Xiaobai.
She took it all.
Destiny is destined to be disappointed.
Because she was not in despair and seeking death, she decided to go to death with hope, just like welcoming another huge victory.
She gave herself to fate, not being robbed.
She never lost in her life, and in the end she couldn't lose decently.
No one can knock her down unless she removes her arms, takes off her helmet, puts down her weapons, and releases her armor and returns to heaven.
Her life was mostly driven by fate. In the last journey of her life, she had to make decisions for herself, choose a path, and go all the way.
In the quiet ward, grandma held the phone in one hand, raised it to her lips, and said in a clear voice: "I left last night, and I felt calm when I left... The only thing I didn't feel at ease is Xiaobai... But Xiaobai has you, I have nothing to worry about..."
Chapter completed!