Chapter 34 Section Eleven

After my aunt and aunt lived in our house, she still lit candles every night. She said that she was not used to electric lights, the lights were too dazzling, and she always saw colorful rainbows in the lights, which were not as soft as candlelight.We didn't know it was a symptom of glaucoma, and thought she was talking about it casually. Later, her eyesight deteriorated day by day, so that she couldn't see clearly at a distance of one meter.We just found out that the disease has reached an advanced stage.After several treatments, the doctor said that there is little hope. As long as there is no acute attack, the status quo can only be maintained. The key is for the patient to maintain a comfortable mood and avoid worry and stimulation.These.We can try our best to do it, but my aunt and wife can't.My aunt and aunt always feel like a guest in our house. She doesn't want to bother her mother, and tries her best to take care of herself, and even helps her mother with some housework.No one can count on the ability of a ninety-year-old man. We advised her to just stay in the room and the tea and food would be delivered to her. She was still uneasy, and when she heard footsteps, her face immediately showed Laughing so that we can see her satisfaction and gratitude, that scene is poignant.

My aunt and wife never asked about Baolige again. One morning, when I went to deliver the washed underwear to her, my aunt and wife were lying on the table, writing something with difficulty with their weak eyesight. She was so absorbed that she didn't notice my arrival.Through the thin shoulders of the old man, I saw that she used a pencil to draw Manchu lines line by line on the back of the exercise book used by the children. A lot of it had been written before, and only half of the small book was left.I coughed, my aunt and wife hurriedly closed the book, and asked in horror, is it Yaya?Looking at the expression of my aunt and wife, she looked like a child who had done something wrong and was caught. She was so embarrassed that she was at a loss. I regretted that my behavior made the old man so embarrassed, so I held her shoulder and said, I saw you wrote It's Manchu, that's great, you can teach me.My uncle and wife said, I am old, my memory is not good, and my eyes are no longer able to see. If you really want to learn, let Baolige teach you in the future.I said, I really regret that I didn't learn from you when I was young, and missed all the great opportunities.My uncle and wife said that everything has a fate. At that time, your fate with Manwen has not yet arrived, so it is not surprising that you don’t learn.As she spoke, she tucked the little book under the mattress, stretched the book out, and sat on it by herself.I think there must be something very important recorded on it, related to her experience, related to history, and also related to her son Baolige.I directed the words to Baolige, saying that the fourth child had been out of the cowshed for a while, and he had visited Baolige several times.No one was seen.The fourth child said it.Will go again in a few days.There were tears in the eyes of my aunt and auntie, she said, there is no need to look for it, I know that Baolige is also in trouble now, who can escape such a big movement, let alone he is a cadre?I said, don't worry, your mother and son will meet one day sooner or later.

My aunt and wife shook their heads and said, I'm afraid it will be difficult. The aunt and aunt finally survived until the end of the "Cultural Revolution", and she will spend her centenary birthday in bed.The blind aunt and wife were in a state of confusion two days before her birthday. For three days in a row, she only drank a few sips of sugar water and did nothing else. Get ready to send the old lady on the road. While the mother and her daughters-in-law were busy sewing old clothes for their aunts and wives, the fourth child held a remittance slip and shouted all the way into the backyard, stumbling into the house.He rushed to the bed of his aunt and wife and said loudly, old lady, your son Baolige has sent you money!

The aunt and wife immediately opened their eyes. The fourth child handed the remittance slip to the old lady, and the old lady shivered and held the slip in front of her eyes, but unfortunately, she couldn't see anything.The aunt and wife turned to the fourth child, and the fourth child said, "Listen, I'll read it to you: Mr. Lang Yiyan, No. 3 Jing'er Hutong, Beijing. The next payment is from Baolige, Fengqin Right Banner, Kela, Inner Mongolia."No more, no less, a full five hundred yuan!Everyone was surprised and felt that the money came so suddenly, but it was inconvenient to say anything in front of the uncles and wives.The aunt and wife held the remittance slip tightly in their hands and never let go.

I pulled the fourth child outside the door and asked in a low voice, is this another trick of yours?The fourth child stomped his feet and said, "Heavenly conscience, I can't pay five hundred yuan even if I am killed. This list was transferred from the publishing house. Can I send it to the publishing house if I want to send it?" Five hundred yuan was indeed not a small number at the time, let alone the fourth child.Even I can't take it out. However, the ghost believed that the money was sent by Baolige. My aunt and wife believe it. The old lady who hadn't touched her teeth for three days drank a few sips of rice soup. She seemed to be no longer confused.I sat on her bedside, and she intermittently said that since Baolige sent the money, she would come back to see her in a few days, and that there were not many lucky old ladies like her in China. Very contented.I said, you should go to sleep.My aunt and wife said, is it dark?I said, it was almost twelve o'clock, and everyone in the family was asleep.The aunt and wife said, it's so late, I can't see with my eyes, and I don't know the day and night, which has delayed you a lot of time, so you should go to sleep too.I tucked the old lady's quilt, stood up and said, you rest, I'm leaving, and I'll see you tomorrow morning.The aunt and wife said, remember to take the lamp away, it is useless for my eyes to ask for the lamp.

My aunt and wife died, very happily, at the age of one hundred. The five hundred dollars just happened to be sent to the old lady.