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Chapter 33 Chapter Fourteen Family Portrait

The Oriole 苏童 1669Words 2018-03-19
Grandpa didn't know Baorun anymore. Grandfather asked Liusheng, who is Baorun? Liu Sheng said, Baorun is Baorun, you don’t even know Baorun?It's your grandson.A son's son is a grandson, you are the only grandson, remember? Grandpa said, I am a widowed old man, where are the children and grandchildren of the widowed old man? You are not a lonely old man, you have children and grandchildren.Liu Sheng said, do you remember Dekang?His father is Dekang, Dekang is your son, and Baorun is Dekang's son. Think about it carefully, and you will remember it after thinking about it. Grandfather chanted the names of Dekang and Baorun. After a while, he shook his head resolutely. What Dekang and Baorun?I can't remember anything.The grandfather showed a painful and irritable expression on his face, he massaged his forehead with both hands, don't make me think about things, my head hurts when I think about things, and my head is about to explode again.

I can't help him either.Liu Sheng turned to Baorun helplessly, spread his hands and said, your grandfather is in good health, but his mind is getting more and more confused. Last year he talked about you, but this year no one remembers him. Now, he only recognizes me. Bao Run stood beside his grandfather's bed, his eyes flicked back and forth between Liu Sheng and his grandfather, a little anxious and a little disappointed, gradually, a sneering smile appeared on his lips, as if his grandfather and Liu Sheng were performing a poor performance together. For the double reed, he had to cheer, and some strange applause came out of his mouth, good, good.very good.For a moment, Baorun seemed to give up on this confused relative. He walked out of the ward, walked a few steps, and then came back.Liu Sheng didn't expect that Baorun would suddenly pounce on his grandfather. He clamped his grandfather's head with both hands and shook it like crazy, making me think, who am I?Think about it, think about it, who is Dekang?Who is Borun?Who is your grandson?Your head hurts?Think about it even if it hurts to death, think about it for me!

The grandfather let out a scream, and Liu Sheng finally pulled Baorun away, and found that the grandfather's trousers were warm, the bed was wet, and the grandfather peed his trousers.Liu Sheng said to Bao Run, look, you scared your grandpa so much that he peed his pants.He didn't forget you on purpose, it's called amnesia, do you understand?How can you treat him like this? This old thing pissed me off.Baorun walked to the window, covered his face with his hands and said, what amnesia?How can I not lose my memory?Fuck it, it pissed me off. Liu Sheng dug out a set of hospital gowns from the cabinet and changed his grandfather's trousers.He would do this kind of thing without Baorun, but with Baorun beside him, he would do it more actively.Grandfather was naked, sitting shyly on the edge of the bed, obeying his command.Grandfather's snow-white head shrank year by year, and he looked like a baby.Grandfather's body was in its dying years, and all the organs were drooping, the eyelids drooped, the eyebrows drooped, the breasts drooped, the testicles drooped.The grandfather in his dying years is a bit smelly.His hair stinks, his buttocks stink, and his breath not only stinks, but also smells like rotten salted fish.In the past, Yagyu always sniffed when serving his grandfather, but this time he didn't. He put on the trousers for his grandfather, with a kind of joy of liberation, well, this time I will change your trousers, next time it will be your grandson who will do it for you .You are over the top, I am over the top, and everyone is over the top.

He glanced at Baorun, who was standing by the window with a dull expression, neither grateful nor jealous.He greeted Baorun, you come over and put on socks for him, normal people's feelings have to be cultivated slowly, let alone your grandfather?Start with wearing socks, take your time, everything is difficult at the beginning.Baorun moved two steps and stopped again. He looked at an enamel cup on the table.The cup was filled with grandfather's dentures. A fly flew from the window and got into the enamel cup looking for something. Baorun picked up the cup and shook it. The dentures jingled and the fly flew away.Baorun said, I don't care if you wear it for him, even if I lose my memory too.What fucking feelings?Am I still indifferent?It's not rare anymore.

Liu Sheng didn't know what to say, so he put on the socks for his grandfather himself. He saw Bao Run digging through the drawers of the bedside table, looking for something. He asked Bao Run, what are you looking for?Baorun said, photos, family portraits taken when I was young, let’s see what our family looked like before.Sure enough, there was a photo under the paper in the drawer. Baorun held the photo, looked at it under the light from the window, and suddenly laughed, "Damn it, I'm gone, I'm gone."Liu Sheng said, isn't it a family portrait? Why are you gone?Baorun said, my face is gone, my mother's body is gone, my father is gone, he is the only one who is fine, he is there!

Liu Sheng leaned over in bewilderment, and found that the family photo had been soaked in water, and the erosion effect on the image was bizarre, resulting in a mysterious choice.The red scarf on Baorun's chest is still there, but it is corroded from the neck up. Baorun's mother has only half of her body left, and she can be vaguely seen wearing a white shirt and black skirt. Baorun's father has almost completely disappeared, and the only thing left is a Only leather shoes.In the family portrait photos, only the grandfather survived. The grandfather survived the erosion of time and water droplets. The old grandfather always exists, the grandfather always exists, and the grandfather always remains cowardly.Grandfather is wearing a dark Chinese tunic suit, a pair of Jiefang shoes on his feet, and his hair is neatly combed and shiny.The grandfather was healthy at the time, and his reserved eyes revealed a narrow light of the soul. He stared at the photographer's lens with evasive eyes, as if expressing some kind of profound apology to the future.I'm sorry, you will all disappear, only I will live forever.

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