As day by day passed, the mental state of the two old men gradually recovered.
It is also because they find that they have a spiritual sustenance.
It was the plum tree that they and Lele took care of together.
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Taking care of plum trees has become an indispensable part of the lives of the two elderly people.
Looking at the plum trees and thinking about Lele's voice and smile, they will still feel distressed, but smiles will appear on their faces.
Because, in the memory of Lele and this plum tree, Lele is always smiling.
Lele likes to grin the most.
The chubby smile is so cute.
His big eyes were dark and sparkling like stars.
Lele would occasionally purse her lips and chuckle.
It seems like he is having some unknown "bad idea".
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But one day, the two old men discovered that the plum tree was sick.
They panicked for a moment.
OK...
How could you be sick?
Moreover, the illness didn't look like it just happened...but it seemed like it had been for some time.
Because if the symptoms just appeared, they wouldn't be so serious.
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They obviously take good care of the plum trees.
The two old men were anxious and confused.
But this moment is not the time to investigate the reasons.
They hurriedly found someone to look at the plum tree.
This plum tree is very important to them.
They will never allow this plum tree to miss a beat.
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As a result, they got a heavy blow.
The plum tree...is hopeless.
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They don't believe it.
Only then did they discover that the plum tree was sick.
Why can't it be saved?
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Memories that had been deliberately suppressed resurfaced in my mind.
They remembered what happened to their grandson...
It was the same then...
They saw their grandson fly away.
They staggered and rushed to their grandson.
The blood all over the ground made them helpless.
The child lay on the ground like a broken doll.
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The shrill siren of the ambulance woke them up.
Don't wait for them to be happy.
They were told...
Lele...gone.
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too fast.
Why does everything happen so fast?
Not even giving them a chance to save themselves?
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Lele and the others are helpless.
But this time, the plum tree was just sick, but the disease was more serious...
They don't want to give up just like that.
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"ah."
The old lady suddenly let out a low cry.
He seemed to have remembered something.
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"What's wrong?"
The old man looked startled.
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"I remembered something..."
The old lady's eyes were a little dazed.
But soon, her eyes focused on the old man's face.
"Old man, do you remember that day we went out to buy groceries and met Ajuan on the way..."
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The old man rubbed his forehead.
After a while, he nodded.
"There seems to be such a thing..."
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"do you remember?"
The old lady said slowly, "Ajuan looked surprised."
"She said...why are we so haggard?"
"I thought at the time that we were worried about the plum tree, had trouble sleeping and eating, and were exhausted from thinking, so our condition was not good..."
This is also natural.
They were just about to get over Lele's death, but the incident with Mei Shu suddenly brought them back to the time when Lele had just left, giving them another heavy blow.
How can they look good under such circumstances?
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But now it seems...
Their appearance is more than just bad.
It's simply extremely bad.
Even she herself couldn't recognize them.
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what happened?
The old lady felt a little confused and uneasy.
Did she really spend so much effort and energy that she and the old man have aged so powerfully?
They were not in this situation when Lele left before.
She suddenly remembered her son's obvious concern for them.
I have to take them to the hospital several times for check-ups.
But they were all rejected.
You know your own body.
Apart from feeling tired all the time, they don't feel there is anything wrong with their bodies.
The hospital is not a good place.
It also costs money.
It's better to go less often if it's not necessary.
...
"...Ajuan really said it tactfully."
The old lady smiled bitterly.
Or were they not as bad as they are now?
she does not know.
She wondered if her soul had left her body during this period?
How come it happened to her and she didn't notice the changes that happened to the old man?
What on earth is she doing?
...
This sentence......
The old lady was slightly startled.
Then the wry smile in his eyes became a little stronger.
She really asked herself this question many times during this period.
What on earth is she doing?
Why didn't she hold Lele's hand?
Why didn't she keep looking at Lele?
Why didn't she immediately discover that Lele was in danger and go to save the child?
...
Why didn't she find out that the plum tree was sick at the first time?
She... why didn't she notice the old man's abnormal aging?
Why......
Why exactly?
...
She admitted that she had reflected a lot on herself.
But I still fall in the same place every time.
Every time...it's too late.
...
"Old lady."
The old man's voice restored the old lady's consciousness.
She looked sideways.
...
The old man shook the old lady's hand.
"Don't pinch yourself."
...
The old man's words stunned the old lady.
Then she looked down.
Only then did I realize that there were several deep red marks on the back of my hand.
Only then did she feel a little pain.
.......
"......oh."
The old lady responded in a low voice.
He looked a little dazed and confused.
"Old man..."
The old lady murmured.
...
"Um?"
The old man rubbed the back of the old lady's hand.
It seemed like he wanted to erase the few traces that made him uncomfortable.
...
"Why are you so old..."
The old lady suddenly felt the horror of time.
She thought they still had a long time to get along...
Same with Lele.
But Lele left.
The baby fat on my face didn’t even fade away...it just left...
...
She was also thinking about where to go with the old man or Lele and the three of them.
She has a good body.
The old man's body and bones are better than hers.
They can go to many places.
...
She wasn't afraid of getting old before.
Growing old is just a necessary process in life.
She grew up slowly from a child who was learning to talk, and became older...
This is how it should be.
However, she discovered that there was nothing wrong with this process, but it was much faster than she thought...
She was confused.
She felt caught off guard, flustered, at a loss and... scared.
...
"I'm so old too."
The old lady touched her face.
The time she thought was abundant suddenly became urgent.
Her breathing couldn't help but speed up a little.
...
"you are young."
The old man's words were precise.
"Where have you aged?"
"Speaking of..."
The old man looked like he was thinking of something, "Should we go for a physical examination?"