sinovels Chapter 17
Chapter 17
In the end Xiao Ning went to his great-grandmother by bus, it was still early, he guessed that his great-grandmother hadn't had breakfast yet, so he bought porridge and some light side dishes at the street corner, and his great-grandmother seemed to have been up for a while, her body was white In a satin training suit, she held a soft sword with a red tassel in her hand, slowly waving it around in the yard. Xiao Ning looked at her already old face in the morning light by the door, as if seeing the old face in her youth. Touching beautiful woman.
Everyone will grow old. I used to think that I would not be able to accept my old self. When the time finally came to that moment, I realized that there is nothing that I cannot accept.
Xiao Ning stood by the door for a long time before his great-grandmother saw him, immediately stopped the sword in her hand, and waved at him, "Xiao Ning, why are you here so early? Today is the weekend, so I don't know how to sleep a little longer .”
"Great-grandmother, I miss you, so I came to see you." Xiao Ning walked over, put breakfast on the clean square table in the yard, stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around the emaciated body of his great-grandmother, and spoke lazily like a real 14-year-old boy Lazy coquettish.
"Did Xiao Yu come with you?" Great-grandmother sat down and asked with a gentle smile.
Xiao Ning paused, then said with a smile: "He went shopping with a friend, next time I'll bring him along."
Great-grandmother nodded, glanced at the breakfast he just bought, and smiled again, "My Xiao Ning has grown up and knows to buy breakfast for my old lady."
Xiao Ning went to the kitchen to get a bowl and poured out the porridge, put side dishes and steamed buns into a clean plate, and passed the chopsticks to his great-grandmother, "Great-grandmother, eat while it's hot, it won't taste good when it's cold."
Great-grandmother must have been an elegant and generous woman when she was young. Even if the years are gone and the youth is gone, you can still see some shadows of her youth from her gestures and gestures. Even a simple thing like eating is enough to gain insight.
Great-grandmother saw her little great-grandson sitting next to her flipping through an old magazine, and asked him why he didn't eat, Xiao Ning hurriedly said: "I have eaten, great-grandmother, take your time."
After his great-grandmother had finished his breakfast, Xiao Ning took the dishes into the kitchen and washed them, and then came out to talk with his great-grandmother. The grandparent and grandson sat under the big locust tree, chatting around a short square table. The old lady who lived alone Usually, I don’t see anyone except the part-time worker who is invited to help with cooking and cleaning. She thinks it’s too noisy to meet people of the same age in the community, so she might as well sit in this small courtyard to feel more comfortable. So seeing this young but sensible great-grandson, there is always something to say.
Interesting stories from when I was young, my grandfather's occasional tantrums, and which family's children were so cute when they were born, but they didn't recognize their relatives when they grew up. , inserting a few sentences from time to time, the spring breeze blew gently, rustling the crisp green leaves of the locust tree, the air seemed to gradually flow slowly, Xiao Ning leaned on the thick trunk of the locust tree, smiling quietly and peacefully.
When it was almost noon, the part-time worker aunt who helped great-grandmother cook came in with vegetables. Seeing the grandparents and grandchildren getting along well in the yard, a sincere smile appeared on their dark faces: "Xiao Ning came to see great-grandmother again?"
Xiao Ning nodded at her, and the auntie said again: "Xiao Ning stay for lunch, I have to go back after cooking, my grandson has just learned to crawl, he grabs everything and sends it here, my wife is going up again I'm on the night shift, and I have to sleep during the day, so I'm really worried."
"Auntie, you can go back after cooking. I'll be here with great-grandmother today." When Xiao Ning saw this aunt in the past, he thought that her white teeth and face didn't match when she smiled. , but only feel kind.
The aunt brought the prepared meals to the table, and the old lady asked her to bring them to the square table in the yard, then smiled and let her go.
Although Xiao Ning liked this great-grandmother in the past, every time he came to see her, he ran away in a hurry. Children always feel that they don't have enough time to play, and wish to use 1 minute as 2 minutes. Xiao Ning is sitting on the small stool beside the square table, Grabbing the white and tender rice in the blue and white porcelain bowl, he suddenly felt choked up. The great-grandmother on the opposite side looked at him lovingly, her voice was old but clear: "Xiao Ning, Mom and Dad are gone, you have to take care of me. Smart, but still lacking in handling."
Xiao Ning quickly complied, picked up a chopstick of steamed meat and put it in the bowl of his great-grandmother, "Great-grandmother, why don't Xiao Yu and I move here to live with you."
Hearing this, great-grandmother paused, then laughed, "Good boy, great-grandmother is used to living alone. This place is not close to the school. You are too tired from running back and forth."
"It doesn't matter, Xiao Yu and I can ride bicycles, and there is also a bus when we go out, which is very convenient," Xiao Ning unexpectedly insisted on this matter, "Also, your place is quiet, much quieter than the garden area where we live now , easy to learn."
Seeing that he was determined to move here, great-grandmother waved her hands and agreed.
Xiao Ning smiled slightly, and continued to bury his head in his meal.
The uncle and the aunt have come here to fight a few times, he doesn't know it, but the great-grandmother is the uncle's grandmother after all, no matter how much the uncle goes too far, he doesn't dare to do anything to the old lady, but Xiao Ning is always worried, thinking of his past life When the great-grandmother learned that her uncle had swallowed up her parents' money and treated them badly, she went to her uncle's home to argue with her, but was provoked by a few words from her uncle and auntie to have a heart attack. By the time she was sent to the hospital, she was already There is no way to recover.
Things in this world are sometimes so helpless, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, even so, they still have to recite like this every day.
Life is never kind, it can always think of various ways to torture you.
Xiao Ning watched his great-grandmother eating slowly, her withered fingers intertwined like the roots of an old tree, and an old gold ring on her ring finger, which was the dowry given by her natal family when she married into the Xiao family. The price of gold is sky-high, and this ring has witnessed her transformation from a young lady who opened her mouth to an ordinary woman who has broken her heart for daily necessities.
After dinner, Xiao Ning washed the dishes, and when he came out, his great-grandmother was lying on the soft recliner under the tree, her eyes were slightly closed, and her face was kind.
The afternoon sun was not strong, and it fell from the lush leaves above the head, reflecting mottled light and shadows on the ground. The wrinkles on the great-grandmother's face became more and more obvious under the sun, just like the annual rings of the years, one year, decades After that, it was full of catkins.