Chapter 3 2. The first day (noon)

After Doudou took a shower, Ji Ning took him upstairs. Ji Ning's home is half-floor, with a total of 180 square meters upstairs and downstairs, which is considered a big house.Ji Ning lives downstairs, and the two bedrooms on the second floor are parents' room and grandma's room.Grandma is 70 years old. Two years ago, she suffered from mild hemiplegia. One leg of her lower body cannot move, and she almost always lies in bed.When you want to go out, you can only use crutches or a wheelchair.Ji Ning has a very good relationship with his grandmother. In his memory, his grandmother has always loved him since he was a child—of course, he also loves Doudou, a clever little grandson.

"Grandma, grandma!" Doudou yelled all the way and ran to grandma's bed, like a puppy who has withdrawn from love. "Hey, isn't this Doudou? When did you come here?" Grandma smiled happily, and Ji Ning helped her get up straight from the bed. "Just arrived." Doudou said, "I even took a shower!" "Well, no wonder it smells so good." Grandma squeezed Doudou's chubby little arm, "Where's your mother? Why doesn't she come to see me?" "My mother didn't come, I came alone!" Doudou said proudly. "What, your mother didn't send you here?" Obviously, grandma's reaction was the same as her mother's.Ji Ning explained to her grandmother that my aunt wanted to exercise Doudou's independence.

"Your little aunt, you really feel relieved..." Grandma said dissatisfiedly, "Isn't she afraid that my little grandson will be abducted?" "Grandma!" Doudou pouted. "I'm not a child anymore, I'm almost 8 years old!" "Yes, yes, Doudou has grown up and is a little man!" Grandma laughed again, caressing Doudou's immature cheeks with her withered hands, and sighed, "It's a pity, grandma is old now, I can't take you out to play." As she said that, the grandmother reached under the pillow and took out a small bag, took out a few hundred yuan from it, and handed it to the little grandson. "Here, Doudou, let your cousin Ji Ning take you to play in the afternoon."

If it was before, Doudou would have readily followed up, and then shouted "Thank you grandma!" But this time, like a sensible adult, he waved his hands and said, "No grandma, I have pocket money." "Hey, my little grandson can say polite words." Grandma smiled and handed the money to Doudou, "Take it, why are you being polite to grandma? How much pocket money do you have?" Doudou seemed to be underestimated, blushing and said: "I really have it! If you don't believe me, I'll show it to you!" As she said that, Doudou took out a stack of money from a hidden pocket inside the trouser bag and waved it around. "Well, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Ji Ning and grandma looked at the money in Doudou's hands in surprise. "Show it to my cousin." Ji Ning took the stack of money and counted it, and there were more than 1,000 yuan. The grandmother looked at the little grandson in astonishment. "Doudou, tell grandma, where did you get so much money?" "My mother gave me pocket money." Doudou said proudly. "Your mother... gave you so much pocket money?" Ji Ning opened his mouth wide.He knew that my aunt grew vegetables in her hometown and sold them to dealers in the city at a low price. Her monthly income was sometimes only two or three hundred yuan.From time to time, my mother always sends some money to support her—the more than one thousand yuan in Doudou's hand now is a huge sum of money for my aunt's family.

Grandma stared at Doudou, her expression gradually became serious, she murmured: "Your mother, she..." She didn't go any further. Just then, my mother's voice came from downstairs. "Jining, Doudou, it's time to eat!" Ji Ning put the money away for Doudou, and said, "Take it well, don't lose it." Then he said to his grandmother, "We're going down to eat, grandma, I'll bring it to you later." "Well, good..." Grandma replied nah-na, with a dazed look on her face, seeming to be thinking. After going downstairs, Ji Ning saw that his father had come back from get off work, and Doudou called uncle lively.The family sits at the dinner table.

During the meal, Ji Ning's mother kept adding vegetables to Doudou. It could be seen that Doudou hadn't eaten such a rich and delicious meal for a long time, and she devoured it hungrily.Ji Ning's mother was watching, her nose was a little sore again.At this time, she saw that the vest worn by Doudou had been rotten with several small holes, and the shorts had been washed and worn out long ago, and the original color could hardly be seen—suddenly her eyes turned red, and Helping Doudou with food, he said, "Auntie will buy some new clothes for you in the afternoon, and then I will ask my cousin to take you to the playground."

"Thank you, Auntie!" Doudou raised her head and muttered, her mouth full. "Doudou, tell your aunt what else you want, and my aunt will buy it from you." Doudou chewed the food and thought about it. "Auntie, I want to draw, please help me buy some drawing paper and paints." "No problem." Ji Ning's mother took another big chopsticks with Doudou. After dinner, Doudou went to Ji Ning's room to play computer games.Mom pulled Ji Ning to the kitchen and gave him 600 yuan: "You can take this money and take Doudou to play in the afternoon."

Ji Ning said in a low voice: "I was just about to tell you that just now grandma also gave money to Doudou, but Doudou said he was rich, so she took more than a thousand yuan out of her trouser pocket." "What, more than a thousand?" Mom's eyes widened in surprise, "How could he have so much money?" "It's my aunt who gave him pocket money." "Impossible." Mom flatly vetoed, "I know your aunt's financial situation very well. Let alone pocket money, her family may have a total of more than 1,000 yuan. How is it possible to give so much to the child?"

"My aunt won't get some windfall, right? Winning the lottery or something." Ji Ning guessed. Mom shook her head again and again. "The small village where they live doesn't even have a lottery station. Why buy lottery tickets? Besides, your aunt is not someone who has spare money to buy lottery tickets." "What's going on?" Ji Ning wondered. Mom frowned. "Doudou's visit this time is indeed a bit strange." At this time, Doudou shouted in the room: "Cousin, how do you play this game?" "Go and play with Doudou." Mom said, "Let me think about it."