Chapter 202: Fanwai - Moon Falling and Fish Sinking (3)
I heard Yuexi crying loudly from inside, and all the uncles and aunts in Baicao Valley were coming to our yard.
I stood in the courtyard for a long time, still not daring to go in and see my grandma.
They said that grandma suffered a heart attack and passed away in the afternoon while lying in her favorite rocking chair outside the hospital, leaning on her father's arms.
Aunt Xinrou hugged me and comforted me softly. I couldn't hear anything. I just knew that I would not have a grandma in the future, the best grandma in the world.
The master said that it was not easy for my mother to survive until now. No one with a weak body like her could live to this age.
But Aniang was only twenty-nine years old.
The youngest sister Yue'an, who was only five years old, looked at the chaotic scene at home. She sat on the ground and hugged my legs and was at a loss as to what was going on.
It wasn't until she saw that her mother-in-law couldn't wake up anymore that Yue'an burst into tears.
My mind was buzzing because of Yue Xi and Yue An's crying. I stepped forward and hugged my father. My father, who usually has a hot body, now had extremely cold hands.
Daddy didn't say anything. He hugged me tightly. A drop of hot tears fell on my neck. Daddy cried.
I have never seen so many people come to Baicao Valley in the days after my mother died.
Everyone in the Xiao family in Yunzhou, as well as Aniang’s friends in Beiyuan.
I met Aunt Ayao, Aunt Yanxi and several cousins. They all looked sad.
"Jiao Jiao, my Jiao Jiao!"
My cousin held her grandmother who was almost fainting from crying and comforted her there.
I sat on the wooden pier outside the yard in a daze. Yuexi held my arms and kept sobbing. Why did she have so many tears and she couldn't stop crying?
Yue'an has been sitting on the ground holding my legs, sobbing and looking at the people in the yard with curiosity.
Along with the elders, their children, most of whom were about the same age as me, were always there to comfort me.
I haven't shed a tear all day long. I can't cry. I am the eldest sister. Yuexi and Yue'an will have to rely on me to take care of them in the future.
Dad has been guarding my mother's grave, and he didn't respond to anyone who spoke to him.
Until night, the courtyard became quiet. Yuexi was tired from crying all day and slept with Yue'an.
I still sat outside until my second cousin Xiao Xuanan squatted in front of me, and he reached out and touched my head.
He said: "Yanyan, there is no one else, so you can cry if you want."
I finally couldn't help crying after holding in my emotions for a day. My second cousin took me over and hugged me gently to comfort me. I hugged his neck and cried until I sobbed.
"Grandma, I don't have a grandma anymore..."
The second cousin patted my back and said in a hoarse voice, "I don't have a moon either."
Yue'er...
This was the first time I heard my mother-in-law being called other than Jiaojiao and Xiaoyue, and it was also the first time I heard my second cousin call her mother-in-law.
My second cousin was sitting next to me, holding a small wooden wolf in his hand and looking at it.
I recognized that this was my grandma’s wood carving skills. My grandma was very good at carving and she had carved many exquisite gadgets for me since I was a child.
The second cousin looked at it for a while and then stuffed the little wolf into his arms with great treasure.
On the day my grandma was buried, my father stood in front of her grave for a long time. The tombstone said: My wife is bright and beautiful.
Grandma held the crying Yuexi and Yue'an in her arms, and the three of them cried loudly.
I stood with my father for a long time until Aunt Xinrou took me away: "Let your father and mother-in-law be alone for a while."
For a long time after my mother passed away, my father stayed in Baicao Valley. He no longer loved to laugh and make us happy as he used to.
I know that when grandma passes away, dad will be the saddest.
It was the first time I saw my father with stubble on his face, and the first time I saw my father without pigtails. He looked very haggard.
In the past, my father was always more refined than my mother-in-law, because my mother-in-law liked his refined and good-looking appearance.
Later, my second cousin couldn't stand it any longer, so he had a fight with my father and pushed me in front of him.
"Have you forgotten that you have three daughters?"
In the past six months, my second cousin was stationed in the southwest and often took me to border towns. He taught me horse riding and martial arts, which he had wanted to teach my mother-in-law.
Yuexi lived with her grandmother and grandfather in a border town, while Yue'an was brought back to Yunzhou to be taken care of by her cousin Changfeng and Yuqing.
Everyone knows that Daddy is not in the right state and cannot take care of us.
Only I still live with my father in the Baicao Valley, and we are the only ones who can't get out, as if my mother-in-law is still alive.
Even my cousin came over and beat my father. Seeing my father being injured, I hid aside and secretly wiped my tears. I knew that my father was feeling very bitter.
It wasn't until my cousin told me to take me away that my father's expression became slightly moved.
He said: "Don't take away my Yanyan, she is my and Little Moon's first child."
I hugged my father and cried so hard: "Dad, my mother-in-law is gone, you have to take good care of me. Yuexi and Yue'an need you, and Yanyan needs you too."
Dad also hugged me and cried. After half a year, he finally cried.
Half a year later, in winter, my father locked the small courtyard where we lived. This small courtyard had carried the fifteen years of his and my mother's life here, and now it has finally come to an end.
After bidding farewell to all the teachers and friends in Baicao Valley, my father is preparing to take me back to Salo.
My father and I walked to the entrance of Baicao Valley and looked back at the same time, as if my mother was still standing there, calling us with a gentle voice.
For a long time, my father squatted in front of me, patted his back and said with a smile: "Come Yanyan, my father will carry you on my back."
Seeing my father's smile, I let out a breath and threw myself on his back with a smile.
Auntie, Yanyan and dad are gone. Don't worry, we will grow up well, and I will also take good care of dad.