Zhang Ling felt a little angry when she saw Li Xiang's retreating figure.
How big of a deal can it be that you can't just explain it to the mother and daughter and then run away?
Xiaodouzi seemed to have seen a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He still pulled Zhang Ling's hand and said:
"Mom, don't worry about Dad. Let's go to the pavilion first and look at the rabbit lanterns, okay?"
"But..." She hesitated.
Zhang Ling felt confused as she listened to the siren of the fire truck.
I always feel like the voice is like a loved one calling.
Xiaodouzi looked at Zhang Ling and called "Mom" again while hesitating.
Zhang Ling's heart felt as if someone had pinched her and hurt.
Obviously it wasn't Xiaodouzi's tone that worried her, it was just like when she learned from her father that her mother had already passed away.
She seemed to be enveloped in a depressing environment at this time.
Obviously it cannot be caused by the pleasant environment with mountains, rivers, corridors and pavilions.
Why do you feel this way?
She kept thinking about the reasons in her mind.
Xiaodouzi felt that her mother's call finally worked. She grabbed her mother's hand and walked towards the pavilion with the rabbit lantern.
She looked a little dazed, looking at the scene of mother and daughter from a distance, a bit like Xiaodouzi dragging a giant puppet while walking.
The scene before she left her grandma flashed through her mind.
Li Xiang was being pestered by Xiaodouzi to play origami.
Paper planes can fly in the air, paper boats can drift in the water, paper tigers are full of kingly aura, etc. In Xiaodouzi's eyes, everything is so vivid and novel.
The little girl just wants to learn all these skills. She wants to have the opportunity to show her skills in front of the children.
The nurse helped clear away the dishes. Zhang Ling planned to help, but her grandma mysteriously called her into a bedroom.
There were only two of them in the bedroom.
Grandma directed her to pull out a large suitcase from under the bed.
When I opened the box, I saw at first glance some old clothes from a previous era.
Grandma pointed to a corner of the box and said:
"Lingling, where is it? Touch and see if there is a round thing wrapped in red cloth? Take it out."
Following her grandma's guidance, she took out a mysterious thing.
Zhang Ling was just about to hold it in her hands and bring it to her grandma, but her grandma smiled and said, "Open it and take a look!"
The feeling of unwrapping the layers of red cloth is like that of an untouched young man, hiding in a corner and peeking, while a girl he has had a crush on for a long time is about to take a bath.
With excitement, she finally opened the last layer of red cloth.
A pair of jadeite bracelets with delicate and transparent germplasm, bright and pure color, faint clear water bottom and pink-purple bottom, and no cracks.
It is said that in the weddings of dignitaries in the Qing Dynasty, mothers usually gave their daughters to be married a pair of jade bracelets.
Its purpose is to wish the daughter a happy marriage, a happy couple, and lasting harmony. It also means that the husband the daughter marries is a gentle, gentle and elegant gentleman.
She said to her grandma with eyes full of love:
"Grandma, these jade bracelets are so beautiful!"
Grandma smiled again and said:
"It's beautiful. Put it on and let me see."
Perhaps because she liked it so much, she didn't consider her grandma's intentions and directly followed her instructions to put the bracelets on her wrist.
She was like a bracelet model whose grandma held her hand and admired it for a long time.
Grandma nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Well, it looks good. This pair of bracelets was a dowry given to me by my mother when I was young."
Zhang Ling was a little frightened when she heard this. She wanted to shrink her hand, take off the bracelet and give it to her grandma, saying, "Ah, such a precious thing. Grandma, I still..."
But grandma held her hand firmly and said:
"Don't move! This was originally prepared for you. When you put it on, you will be the legitimate granddaughter-in-law of my Li family."
There was a time when she was tired of watching movies and TV dramas that often had scenes similar to giving heirloom jade bracelets as gifts.
In the middle of the scene, the heroines will often die for the hero because of this gift.
Every time she sees such a scene, she feels disgusted and criticized.
Unexpectedly, today she, Zhang Ling, would be lucky enough to become the heroine of a similar scene.
She feels that she is not the women portrayed in movies and TV dramas.
But from the moment the bracelet was put on her wrist, her soul seemed to be in shackles.
She had a strong desire in her heart to urge herself to take it off quickly. However, her limbs were very honest and unwilling to move at all.
With her grandmother's intervention, she had a convincing reason to convince herself to accept this gift.
The elders gave it to me, but I dare not refuse it.
"Okay! Grandma, I'll accept it then." Zhang Ling said with a smile.
She secretly said to herself that her grandma was old and had been seriously ill all the time, so it was the wrong time to make her angry.
It will be the same when I return the bracelet to Li Xiang in the future.
Grandma looked at Zhang Ling and nodded with joy.
Thinking of this, the happy face of grandma in my memory suddenly turned into a look of pain.
She was dragged by Xiaodouzi, who stepped on her feet, and climbed onto the steps of the pavilion. The bracelet on her wrist instantly made her arm weigh a hundred kilograms, causing her body to fall suddenly.
It felt like someone was deliberately preventing her from climbing onto the pavilion.
She had no choice but to take back her stepped foot.
Very strange!
The cold and sudden feeling of falling down disappeared immediately.
Xiaodouzi saw that Zhang Ling couldn't be pulled anymore, so he turned around and urged:
"Mom, it's all here, come up quickly."
Zhang Ling looked at Xiaodouzi and wanted to reply "Okay", but as soon as she made the mouth shape, she felt that her vocal cords could not make any sound.
It sounded like her grandma was calling "Lingling" constantly in her ears.
Grandma is here?
Zhang Ling quickly turned around and looked behind her, only to see two half-sized children chasing her.
She temporarily felt that all this was just an illusion.
Just as she was about to lift her feet and move forward again, the feeling of her body falling appeared again, and this pressure made her almost lose her balance and fall.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Xiaodouzi shouted nervously.
Zhang Ling gritted her teeth and stood up again, looked at Xiaodouzi and said:
"Mom, I suddenly feel unwell. Let's say goodbye to grandma and go home."
Xiaodouzi looked at Zhang Ling's pale face and looked back at the rabbit lantern that was close at hand and said:
"Okay, then just listen to mom and go home."
The moment she decided to turn around and go home, the inexplicable sense of depression in her heart disappeared and was replaced by a sense of urgency to chase time.
"Mom, please slow down a little, Xiaodouzi can hardly keep up with you."
Xiaodouzi kept calling from behind. Zhang Ling looked back at her daughter with an indifferent expression and said, "Hurry up!"
Even though Xiaodouzi fell down, she remained expressionless as she picked her daughter up again and continued to rush to her grandma's house.
Xiaodouzi is very tenacious.
I don’t remember how many times I fell. I even lost a pair of shoes under my feet. My toes were scratched by something and were bleeding. However, I still followed Zhang Ling without crying or fussing, as if I felt the same pain as Zhang Ling.
Good things happened.
When he came to the entrance of the alley, he saw the busy figures of firefighters and emergency personnel. Li Xiang even wanted to rush into the alley like crazy, but was forcibly stopped by the firefighters and failed.
The nurse collapsed on the ground and kept blaming herself:
"It's my fault, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have listened to her and left her at home alone to go out and buy some brown sugar..."
Xiaodouzi endured the pain of his foot injury and was a little scared when he saw the crazy Li Xiang. He shook Zhang Ling's arm and said:
"Mom, do you know what happened to dad?"
When Zhang Ling heard Xiaodouzi's question, she just lowered her head and glanced without saying a word.
She secretly prayed that what happened was not the unfortunate thing in her mind.
Xiaodouzi was very well-behaved at this time, standing beside him and watching silently without saying a word.
Trying to find out what happened from the words and actions of the people you saw?
Firefighters rushed out of the alley carrying a person on a stretcher. Doctors waiting for first aid rushed over to greet him.
"Empress!" A heartbreaking voice pierced the sky.
Zhang Ling's brain immediately buzzed.
It’s hard to believe that something happened to grandma in just this moment?
She suspected that all this was not true, so she quickly took a few steps forward. When she saw clearly that the person on the stretcher was grandma, her feet were like lead and it was difficult to lift them up.
At this moment, Xiaodouzi finally understood why "Mom and Dad" were so eager to come back?
The little girl recalled in her mind that her grandma fed her meat and taught her how to tie flowers.
(Note: Maliu embroidery, commonly known as "tiehua", is a folk embroidery art popular in Chaotian District, GY City, SC Province.)
Because grandma always used to wipe her mouth with a handkerchief when eating. The attentive Xiaodouzi saw that the flower and bird patterns on grandma's handkerchief were beautiful, but they looked a little old and worn.
As soon as she had an idea, she asked her grandma to teach her how to embroider beautiful patterns on handkerchiefs.
Grandma saw that she was quite talented in this area, and she could embroider a complete pattern on a piece of white cloth for the first time.
Therefore, I also specially presented Xiaodouzi, some embroidery needles with tie-up materials, embroidery base fabric, embroidery thread, and auxiliary tools such as thimble, iron scissors, flower stretcher, embroidery blue, etc.
Xiaodouzi looked at the special gift her grandma gave her, and happily assured her:
"Great-grandmother, the next time I see you, I will embroider a beautiful handkerchief for you."
Zhang Ling was worried and reminded:
"Xiaodouzi, I won't interfere with your embroidery of handkerchiefs, but you have to remember not to waste your studies, do you hear me?"
"I know." Xiaodouzi curled his lips and said.
Grandma looked at Xiaodouzi's reluctant look, stroked her little head with her hand, looked at Zhang Ling happily and said:
"Looking at Xiaodouzi's clever appearance, he will definitely not miss his studies."
"That's right!" Xiaodouzi said proudly, as if he had found a backer to fight against Zhang Ling.
For Xiaodouzi, when her great-grandmother stroked her little head, the residual warmth of her palm stained on her hair had not completely dissipated.
And my great-grandmother never used the handkerchiefs she embroidered herself.
It was also difficult for Xiaodouzi to accept this reality. He took the initiative to let go of his mother's hand and walked toward his grandma on the stretcher alone.
At the same time, Li Xiang also ran towards the stretcher. Before he could get close, he saw the emergency doctors. They shook their heads and waved their hands to indicate that the person on the stretcher could not be saved.
"Impossible! Doctor, doctor, how could you turn around and leave without helping? Come back, please..." Li Xiang pulled the doctor who wanted to leave like a shrew fighting in the street.
Everyone watching the excitement choked up and felt uncomfortable because of Li Xiang's words and deeds.
This is far more profound than watching a painful drama on the screen.
"Sun, Sun Wazi, don't..."
Suddenly, grandma's voice rang in Li Xiang's ears. He immediately turned around and rushed to the stretcher and said:
"Here, I'm here, my dear, I'm here. What do you want to say?"
Grandma's cheeks were blackened by smoke, the skin was cracked, and a trace of blood oozed out. Her chapped lips wriggled and made a weak sound:
"Don't embarrass the doctor. Grandma knows her body best."
"No, my dear, don't say that. Didn't you say you still want to wait to hug your great-grandson? You haven't even hugged your great-grandson, so why do you always..."
Li wanted to say this, but he broke down in tears and couldn't speak any more.
By chance, Xiaodouzi also appeared next to her grandma. She gently touched her split face with her little hands and said with tears in her eyes:
"Great-grandmother, it must be very painful. No, Xiaodouzi will call a doctor for you..."
"No need." Grandma grabbed her wrist with difficulty, then pulled it gently, hugged the little girl to her side, and said with loving eyes, "Grandson, who said I didn't hug my great-grandson? Look, grandma is like this
I’m not still holding Xiaodouzi.”
"Great-grandmother!" Xiaodouzi shouted at the right time.
Zhang Ling had already calmed down and was standing next to Xiaodouzi, stroking her little head with one hand in an attempt to comfort her.
At the same time, she looked at her grandma and called her "grandma".
Grandma looked at Zhang Ling, grabbed Zhang Ling's hand with one hand, and Li Xiang's hand with the other. She used her last breath of strength to put their hands together, and she closed her eyes with a happy smile.
eyes.
It was as if grandma had already seen Zhang Ling and Li Xiang, holding hands and holding a grand wedding in front of her.
…
A preliminary investigation by firefighters found that the fire was caused by a gas leak.
The nurse on the side shouted very confidently:
"Impossible. I saw that the valve of the gas tank was closed when the cook left. And none of us have ever used the gas since."
Hearing these words, Li Xiang lost control. He stepped forward and grabbed the caregiver's shoulders tightly, and asked with a ferocious face: "Are you sure?"
"OK!" the nurse said firmly.
"Murder, this must be murder." Li Xiang glanced at the surrounding crowd with scarlet eyes and shouted.
What a coincidence!
Zhang Ling also discovered a suspicious figure. When she heard Li Xiang's shouting, she quickly turned around and disappeared into the crowd with a nervous expression. Even though Li Xiang chased after him, he still couldn't see clearly who the figure was.
She felt a little familiar with that figure.
But she couldn't remember where she had seen this figure?
The fire fighters and ambulance personnel left one after another. Zhang Ling really wanted to stay and help Li Xiang organize her grandma's funeral.
But because Xiaodouzi can't stay out overnight, she still needs to go to school as usual tomorrow.
Li Xiang probably didn't want people to know about his grandmother's death, so he also tried to persuade Zhang Ling and her daughter to leave first.
Although she couldn't bear it, she decided to take Xiaodouzi back to the orphanage first.
"Mom, my feet hurt!"
Xiaodouzi finally couldn't bear the pain in his feet, so he pulled Zhang Ling's hand and shouted.
Zhang Ling looked at Xiaodouzi's pair of gray-white babies that were badly damaged, and the remaining cloth strips were stained with some mud and blood stains.
"Xiaodouzi, why are you running around without wearing shoes?" Zhang Ling asked distressedly.
Xiaodouzi said with an aggrieved look: "It was lost when I ran back from the park with my mother."
"What?" She thought with a stern expression.
She slowly squatted down and looked at Xiaodouzi's feet, and her heart suddenly began to sting again.
Before, she had not shed any tears when she saw her grandma passing away, but she suddenly burst into tears.
