Chapter 419 Chapter 26 Hogwash Rose

Seeing that grandma hadn't moved for a long time, grandpa tiptoed over, stretched out his hand cautiously like a grave robber stealing treasure from the tomb, and gently touched grandma's shoulder. "Huh?" Grandma finally turned her head and looked at Grandpa sleepily. My grandfather and I both let out a sigh of relief.Unexpectedly, what Grandma said next surprised us. Grandma murmured: "My wife, I'm afraid I can't do it anymore." Hold your breath and speak slowly. My heart skipped a beat. Grandpa was naturally taken aback by her words, but then he stabilized his mood and comforted grandma, saying: "Look at what you said! Go to sleep, go to sleep."

Grandma let out a long sigh, and walked to the bed with the support of Grandpa.Grandpa turned his head and gave me a wink, so I took a wet towel and wiped it on my face indiscriminately before going to sleep. The next day, the sixth day of the first lunar month, my parents and younger brother came.Grandpa would pick up our family of four on the second day or the sixth day.During the Chinese New Year, the daughter-in-law who married out will choose a day to go back to her mother's house, give some New Year gifts, and have a meal together. At first, I was a little worried that my grandma would not be able to cook meals for so many people the next day, but when I woke up in the morning and saw that my grandma was radiant and full of energy, which was completely different from the state of last night, my heart sank.But the inexplicable words she said last night still made me faintly worried.I took a peek at Grandpa's expression, every wrinkle of his was stretched.There should be nothing wrong, I thought to myself.

It was only later that I found out that my grandfather was really too tired and busy during that time, and his spare time was borrowed by others, and he had no time to take care of the people around him. Until we finished the reunion dinner together at noon, grandma was still smiling as always. On the day when the married daughter-in-law returns to her natal home, she will go to the cemetery to pay homage to her ancestors according to the etiquette.Three sticks of incense are placed in front of each ancestor's grave, and a cannon is set off.Then the daughter-in-law who married out brought her grandson to salute and kowtow in front of the tombstone, seeking the blessing and protection of the ancestors.

The weather that day was not bad, the sun was not too strong, and it made people warm.Because it had rained a few days ago, the road surface was still a bit slippery, and people coming and going stepped on the middle of the road. After eating and drinking tea, we walked to the grave with a bag of firecrackers. Along the way, grandma and grandpa told us some stories about the ancestors, saying that when the Japanese devils were stationed on Changshan, grandpa was caught digging for gold, and later he escaped in the middle of the night with a pole.He also said that my grandfather's original partner died very early, and my brother and I knew that my grandmother was the successor.

Going out of the village, climbing up a small slope with steep cliffs on both sides, and entering a trail full of weeds and thorns on both sides, we were hanged by unknown thorns several times, and finally we came to the grave of our ancestors forward.The weeds and small trees on the grave were obviously tidied up by grandpa long ago. The weeds were pulled out, the small trees were cut into short pieces, and the branches were still lying not far away. Grandpa said: "This is your grandma's grave." Then pointing to another hill, he said: "Your grandma's grave is over there."

Since the step-grandmother was much younger than the grandfather, the time interval between their deaths was very long.After burying my grandfather, half of the original "Double Gold Cave" was stepped on, and it was no longer usable when my step-grandmother passed away.So the tombs of grandpa and grandma are not put together. Grandpa smiled and said, "Your grandpa must blame me for not burying them together, and I will explain to him when I go there." My mother said displeasedly: "It's the New Year's Eve, let's see what you said!" Grandpa laughed, spread out the firecrackers on the grave, and lit the fuse with smoke.The sound of crackling firecrackers resounded through the valley, echoing and shaking.Then grandpa said loudly: "Look, great grandsons have come to pay you New Year's greetings. Your spirit in heaven blesses them a lot." After finishing speaking, grandpa respectfully put three sticks of incense on the grave.

After paying homage to grandma's grave, go to grandma's grave next.The procedure is almost the same, so I won't go into details. The problem is on the way back. On the way back we took a detour that was easier to walk.When she reached the foot of the mountain, grandma's body suddenly stopped, and then she fell to the ground as if her bones had been pulled out.The mother closest to her wanted to help her, but it was too late.Grandma collapsed on the ground, eyes rolled, foaming at the mouth, convulsing. This scene came so suddenly, we were all taken aback, and immediately carried grandma to a nearby hospital.

The hospital diagnosed it as high blood pressure. From then on, grandma's hands and feet didn't work very well, and she had to lean on the chair to move little by little when walking.Grandma passed away soon after her illness dragged on. After grandma's accident, his in-laws, grandpa pan, began to laugh at grandpa, saying that his calculations were useless, and in the end he hadn't prevented accidents with the closest people.Grandpa retorted: "Even if it was Zhuge Liang, it was only by chance that he saw the astrology to know that his life expectancy was not long. Even if he put up the seven-star lamp, it didn't count that Wei Yan would step on and extinguish the natal lamp."

Later, when grandma was dying, Grandpa Pan and Grandpa calculated the day when the lights would go out, and Grandpa Pan believed in Grandpa's calculation. But after grandma left, grandpa often sighed when he was alone.I heard my grandfather sigh in the next room, and I also felt uncomfortable, but there were no suitable words of comfort to say. For a long time after that, Grandpa didn't do calculations or do things for others.Others came to him for business, but he just sat there blankly.When the other person finished speaking, he replied blankly: "Oh", and then stopped talking.At this time, he still doesn't know how to reject others.But when people saw him like this, they could only do nothing.

During this period of time, grandpa aged rapidly, with many more wrinkles than before, and white hair began to appear on a large scale.The mood of that rose seemed to be influenced by my grandfather. Every time she came to my dream, she didn't say a word, but just looked at me blankly, which made me feel scared. Every time I wake up after dreaming about the rose, I approach the rose quietly, touch its branches and leaves, and feel that its branches and leaves are soft, like they are made of plasticine.So I couldn't sleep well, worried that it would break or die, and in the middle of the night I took my slippers and scooped some water into the water tank to pour it on.