After third grandpa was sent to the nursing ho, he visited a few tis, but each ti was turned away.
Su Jianhui was very wary of Uncle Chenggong, deeply afraid that Uncle Chenggong would whisper sothing into third grandpa’s ear.
From Su Family Village to the nursing ho in the city, a trip would take at least three hours, and visiting once would take up a whole day.
But Uncle Chenggong still often went to visit the elderly. The caregiver, following Su Jianhui’s instructions, wouldn’t let others into the room to visit, so Uncle Chenggong figured out the ti when the elderly would take a walk in the garden after als.
But that ti was often after six o’clock, and every ti Uncle Chenggong saw third grandpa, he couldn’t say more than two sentences before he had to leave. By the ti he returned to Su Family Village, it was already midnight.
Su’s father thought his big brother was working too hard, so every two weeks he bought a box of milk, so elderly nutritional supplents, and seasonal fruits, and delivered them to the nursing ho.
Although he didn’t see third grandpa, he instructed the caregiver repeatedly to make sure the elderly ate the nutritional supplents.
But despite this, due to ti and space constraints, it was impossible to care for the elderly as diligently as they would at ho.
The news of third grandpa’s death ca into the house, and at that mont, Uncle Chenggong cried like rain, lanting that even if he had to fight to the death with Su Jianhui, he should have kept third grandpa, instead of sending him to so broken nursing ho...
He was full of regret and couldn’t sleep all night.
"So now third grandpa is at... Jianhui uncle’s place?"
"The body is now in Su Family Village, the funeral is tomorrow. Your aunt said the house is small, it’s not suitable to set up a mourning hall, better to do it in the countryside."
"Why is it unsuitable now? When they took third grandpa they said the house was quite big!"
Su Xiaong was indignant.
Su’s mother stood up, took away the bowl in front of Xiao ng, "Okay, Su Jianhui’s family has been like this from the beginning, it’s late now, hurry up and wash up, sleep early, tomorrow you have to go to the countryside early."
Su Xiaong nodded, glanced at Su Chengji, reached out to wrap her arms around Su Chengji’s arm, leaning on him, "Dad, believe , when you and mom are old, I will never send you to a nursing ho even if I die!"
Su Chengji took a long breath and then looked towards Su’s mother, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, "Anyway, as long as I can be with my wife, the nursing ho won’t matter."
Su Xiaong scratched her head, looked at Su’s father, then at Su’s mother, wanting to say that in the future, one of them will inevitably leave the world first, if mom leaves first, then dad—
"If I go first it’s fine, but if your mom goes first, I tell you, don’t stop , I’ll have to go with your mom."
Su Chengji suddenly said, as if he had heard Su Xiaong’s thoughts.
He spoke lightly, as if it were a matter of course.
But Xiao ng listened, and her heart was imnsely stirred.
Su Chengji yawned, Su Xiaong stood up, patted dad’s back, "I won’t stop you then."
"Hey! You’re a little girl who doesn’t play by the rules, aren’t you supposed to stop your dad a little?"
"Aren’t you the one who told not to stop?"
"I told you not to stop, so you really didn’t? Now that you’re married, you don’t love as much as before..."
Saying this, Su Chengji beca emotional.
Su Xiaong held her forehead, what’s going on, feels like dad is really quite fragile now...
"Stop what?"
Su’s mother ca out of the kitchen, heard her husband wailing, and casually asked.
"I told ng ng, if you die first in the future, I’ll go with you, told her not to stop , and she really—ayyo!"
Before Su Chengji could finish, Su’s mother imdiately knocked her husband’s head, "What’s wrong with your brain! Talking nonsense!"
Su’s father was silenced by Su’s mother’s reprimand.
Xiao ng snickered as she went upstairs, entered the bedroom, and lay on the bed after washing up without packing her luggage.
She stared at the ceiling, her thoughts were complicated.
Sotis she felt this world was unbelievably beautiful, where people care for each other, trust, and support one another.
But sotis she felt the world was unbearably dark; friendship, family, love, all as thin as cicada wings, so easily crushed into powder, blown away by the wind, becoming nothing.
The ceiling seed to reflect third grandpa’s dark face, with wrinkled skin, smiling broadly, his eye sockets very deep, several wrinkles at the corners of his eyes lifting with his smile.
"Xiao ng ng is here, co to third grandpa’s house, third grandpa will give you sothing delicious, co quickly..."
"Ah! Third grandpa, I want so candy, the kind that’s a little sour and a little sweet!"
"Okay, okay, hey, slow down! Don’t fall!"
"Third grandpa, hug..."
That night, ng ng slept deeply, her dreams full of the elder who didn’t spend much ti with her but was kind and gentle.
With rough hands, he would rub against her face, which was a bit prickly.
Wearing old cloth clothes, sotis just returned from the fields, covered in dirt, and would specially bathe and change clothes to hug them...
The furniture in the room was old, but there was a box in the cabinet always filled with snacks...
At that ti, in the small shop at the entrance of the village, little candies were only one or two cents each, and those puffed snacks were just a few cents a small bag, the village kids would often hold tight to those few coins to buy, eating while playing.
Grandpa Su initially bought just these.
But later, for so reason, Grandpa Su never went to the village’s small store to buy them snacks anymore. He would either ask soone to go out of the village to the town to buy them or dress up neatly himself, tying the money to his waistband, and go to the town supermarket to buy them.
When Xiao ng was sixteen or seventeen, she accidentally overheard Mom and Dad ntioning this.
Mom said at the ti she saw Xiao ng holding snacks without any trademark or quality inspection and eating them, and she told Xiao ng, "These snacks are not proper. Your third grandpa likes you, but he doesn’t understand this. When he gives you things, don’t refuse him, but also don’t put them in your mouth."
Unexpectedly, this was overheard by Grandpa Su.
Grandpa Su didn’t get angry. He even privately asked Su’s mother, wanting to know where to buy snacks for children that he could feel assured about. He also apologized to Su’s mother for previously giving ng ng bad things.
At the ti, Su’s mother felt a pang of guilt.
She didn’t want Grandpa Su to spend much, but Grandpa Su kept asking and said rather pitifully...
Hao Hao only cos back once a year, and even when he cos back, he rarely gets close to this grandpa...
He can only compete with his brother for the grandchildren.
Grandpa Su was teasing with a smile, but it made Su’s mother feel a pang of heartache.
The next day, Xiao ng woke up early, wearing a black suit she had prepared earlier.
Actually, people in the countryside are not so particular about the attire of funeral attendees. Roughly speaking, as long as you don’t wear sothing too bright, it’s fine.
But Xiao ng’s family dressed relatively formally.
Arriving at Su Family Village.
Su Family Village had a relocation plan early in the year, and the families on the west side of the village had already been surveyed, and recently the east side has been surveyed.
The ancestral house of the Su Family is located on the east side.
The funeral hall is set up in the hall of Grandpa Su’s two-story old house.
Xiao ng hadn’t shed any tears yet, but she was following behind her parents, watching that black and white portrait, with Grandpa Su’s honest smile right before her eyes, her eyes turned red, and she couldn’t hold back her tears when bowing to Grandpa Su.
Su Jianhui, wearing mourning clothes, and Zhou Wenxiu knelt beside, where Zhou Wenxiu was wailing, yet not a single tear ca out.
That Su Li Hao acted more like a wooden stump sitting beside, and Su Xiaong saw the impatience in his eyes...
Su Li Hao’s pretty girlfriend also ca; Xiao ng had already forgotten her na.
But she saw her sitting aside, head down playing with her phone.
For a mont, Su Xiaong really felt it wasn’t worth it for Grandpa Su.
In the afternoon, the sky turned gray, drizzling gentle rain accompanied by funeral music and wailing, sending Grandpa Su onto the car to the crematorium.
Su Xiaong didn’t go to the crematorium; she felt she might not be able to handle that scene.
So she stayed and chatted with her grandparents for a while.
Xiao ng’s grandmother is super cute. Just the last ti when she and Yin Shixiu held their wedding in Bali Island, she ca back afterward and was particularly proud.
Whenever she t soone, she would say how the scenery on that island was exceptionally beautiful!
She said the wedding was particularly important, saying the granddaughter and grandson-in-law especially took care of the two of them, took them to see the sea, even found soone to serve them from behind, treating them like a queen.
She also talked about people on the island, saying stuff she didn’t understand, no idea what kind of bird language it was, not a single word did they comprehend, but the teeth of people over there were very white.
She said the grandson-in-law even ca to their room specially at night to ask if they were comfortable, if the bed board was too soft, if they needed a change...
Also said the granddaughter and grandson-in-law dressed very well! A perfect couple.
Thus, regarding the wedding picture of Xiao ng and Yin Shixiu, she took it out to show everyone she t.
Actually, Xiao ng and Yin Shixiu didn’t do anything special for the two old folks. In those days, they were busy being the main focus among the guests, hardly having ti.
So taking care of the two old folks, that was left for the steward to handle.
But in the eyes of the grandparents, the granddaughter and grandson-in-law seed to be the most filial children in the whole world.
Just a few more reminders from Shixiu at night were enough to satisfy the two elders.
Xiao ng knows that grandparents want very little, compared to the love and care they’ve given her since her birth.
Even a word, a greeting, a concern can make them feel satisfied, feel happy...
But for a third grandpa, a heartfelt concern from his children and grandchildren is so hard.
"By the way, ng ng, why didn’t Xiao Yin co?"
Grandmother held Su Xiaong’s hand and asked.
Su Xiaong quickly explained, "He wanted to co, but I didn’t let him. He’s been busy these days. He said once he’s done with this period, he will definitely co to see you two."
"Oh! You tell Xiao Yin that health is more important than anything, don’t work too hard. This is the countryside; it’s not easy to co here. Having this thought is enough, it’s enough!"
Su Xiaong sat on a small stool, leaning against grandmother, "Grandmother must take care of your health. When Shuangshuang and Huanghuang grow a little older, I want to bring them over to recognize great-grandmother and great-grandfather!"
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