Sweetness

Tian Tian has lived with her grandma since she was a child, and her life is stable and happy. The only accident changed her life completely.

It was an ordinary morning.

Tian Tian got up early, took a simple wash, and went to the yard, spread out the undried vegetables on the stone bed one by one, went to the vegetable garden, picked a few fresh vegetable leaves that were bitten by insects, and fed them to the chickens in the backyard. The chicken laid eggs, cleaned the chicken coop, went back to the yard to clean up, and finally prepared breakfast in the kitchen.

After breakfast, the time pointed to 07:30. Tian Tian came to the main room, looked at the clock on the wall and wondered: Why hasn't grandma woke up yet.

Wiping off the water stains on her hands on the apron, Tian Tian took off the apron and walked towards grandma's room. Just outside the door, she heard a bang inside the room. She panicked and hurriedly opened the door and broke in.

Grandma Meng fell to the ground firmly, with half of the thin quilt hanging on the edge of the bed and half under her body. She pushed her hands back to get up, saw Tian Tian at the door, and smiled softly: "Tian'er , help me up."

She spoke calmly and calmly, as if a fall at the old man's age is not a big deal, Tian Tianxin calmed down a little, walked quickly to grandma, and squatted down to help her up.

I don't know if grandma is supporting her with strength or what, Tian Tian felt that the grandma she lifted was as light as a bundle of firewood, and her limbs and torso were as thin as wood. Tian Tian felt a little strange in her heart, and helped her back to the bed, half Lying on the head of the bed, he asked nervously, "Did you fall?"

Grandma Meng shook her head and smiled: "Don't worry, it's okay, it's just that I can't get up in the morning, and I'll get out of bed as soon as I wake up."

"If you can't get up, don't get up, don't worry, what if you fall down," Tian Tian helped tuck the quilt up, and said, "I'll call Dr. Li to come and have a look later."

"It's okay, I'll be fine after a while." Grandma Meng comforted her.

Tian Tian still couldn't let go of her heart. After serving her grandma for breakfast, she called the doctor, checked her, took a few prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine, and Grandma Meng officially entered the day of recuperating her body.

Tian Tian didn't know at that time that it is a characteristic of getting old when a person can't eat much food or drink much water. She always felt that grandma was eating less and less, her body was getting thinner and thinner, and she stayed in bed for a long time , the waking time is very short.

Until one day, as usual, she wanted to help her grandma to go for a walk in the yard. Grandma grabbed her hand and said softly: "I'm not leaving today, Tian'er read to me, I want to hear Tian'er's voice .”

Tian Tian read Shi Tiesheng's "I and the Temple of Earth" according to her grandmother's instructions. When she read, "Death is something you don't have to rush for, and death is a festival that will inevitably come", Grandma Meng held it tightly. Holding her hand, the strength was negligible, but it couldn't be ignored. She calmly said: "Grandma's time is coming, and I may not be able to accompany you anymore. You have to learn to be strong by yourself."

The tears in Tian Tian's eyes fell down with a bang, and the worry for many days finally became a reality. Tian Tian closed her eyes in silence, feeling that grandma was holding her hand tightly, and finally nodded.

She continued to read, feeling that grandma's head was slowly resting on her shoulder, as silent as if she had died, and gave her generous compliments after she finished reading.

Award: "Sweetie is great."

Reading to grandma has become a must-do for Tian Tian every day. She has dabbled in a variety of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign countries.

Occasionally, grandma would let her help her to bask in the sun in the inner courtyard. Grandma was lying on the rocking chair, and she moved a small bench to sit beside her, helping her adjust the angle from time to time to avoid the glare of the sun.

The grandma who has been exposed to the sun is always in good spirits, and she will imagine her future life with her. After her description, the future is always beautiful and peaceful.

One day, grandma asked her to take out an old envelope from the wooden box in the room.

According to grandma's instructions, Tian Tian opened the envelope, took out the wedding post and jade pendant inside, and heard grandma say: "This is the baby kiss that grandma ordered for you 18 years ago. The child is from the Xu family. The name is Xu Qingning. "Grandma smiled weakly, and said weakly, "What will the Xu family call her? Ningning?"

"Grandma is gone, you have to live with Ningning." She held the hand holding the wedding post, as if entrusting her to her for life.

Tian Tian suddenly felt that the wedding post in her hand was hot, she hesitated: "Grandma, I..."

"Don't rush to refuse, grandma knows what you are afraid of." Grandma Meng held her hand, her fingers were almost weak, but she still held her hand tightly, "Grandma trusts the Xu family, so I am very relieved to entrust you to their family. Ning Ning is not bad, she will treat you very well, even better than grandma

it is good. "

Two people are always better than one, and Grandma Meng is still persuading her: "Grandma knows that you have lived in the mountains since childhood, if Tian'er doesn't want to leave here, you can let Ningning come to accompany you, and you have the right to be selfish as a grandma." Back, relying on the little sesame kindness in the past, I forced Lao Xu to let him go."

In the future, Tian Tian could always hear her grandma urging her when she was free to study: "Ning Ning will accompany you, grow vegetables together, cook together, and do a lot of things together.

No matter, grandma can only accompany you here, but Ningning can accompany you for a long time. You are the ones who will live together for the rest of your life. "

Grandma also gave her two rings: "After grandma leaves, you take these two rings to her to find her, treat them as gifts from grandma to you, one for each of you, and accompany you till old age."

On the day of the inevitable festival, Tian Tian went to wash her grandma as usual. Before she woke up, Tian Tian picked up a book beside the bed, turned to the place where she left off last time, and read to her carefully.

Grandma said that waking up to her voice was a very happy thing.

Been thinking about it for a long time.

Her mouth was dry, her hands and feet felt weak and her heart was flustered, Tian Tian stood up abruptly, the book on her lap fell to the ground, trembling all over, she stretched her hand close to grandma's nasal cavity, stood still for a long time, her heart pounded The ground froze, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Tian Tian touched her whole body with trembling hands. The stiff touch made her tremble unconsciously. It was so cold, as if she was in an ice cellar. Her eyes darkened and she fell to the ground.

At that moment, she seemed to be deaf and blind, Tian Tian couldn't see anything, couldn't hear anything, her ears were buzzing like a swarm of bees.By the time she regained consciousness and was able to see and hear, it was already unknown how long it had passed.

The chirping of the birds outside the window was clear and pleasant to the ear. Tian Tian sat up with her arms propped up, stood up again, and calmly fetched water for grandma to wash and change into new clothes.

When everything was settled, Tian Tian quietly closed the door so as not to disturb her, walked out of the courtyard door with her heavy legs that seemed to be filled with lead, and walked into Aunt Mai's house.

The funeral was simple, and most of the people who came to express their condolences were familiar faces, and everyone looked sad. Tian Tian spent three difficult days with Sister Mai and Aunt Mai.

Tian Tian has heard the most "sorrow and change" for three days in history.

She calmly accepted these four words, and calmly responded to everyone who showed sympathy, compassion, or any other emotion to her. She calmly completed the funeral with the help of Aunt Mai, tall and straight like a pine, and her blood was pale.

Into the ground is safe.

Burial is the end of a person's life. That day passed, people who came and went at home also dispersed, and there was a lot of noise outside. Tian Tian sat in the room without saying a word, and Maisui was stroking her back to comfort her; "Don't bear it." Come on, cry if you want to."

"It's okay." Tian Tian smiled, and asked about the situation outside, "Is there anything else to do? Why is there still sound outside?"

"I'm cleaning." Mai Sui replied.

Tian Tian understood.

Tear off the sympathy clauses pasted on the door and the wall, sweep away the wax drops on the table and the firecrackers on the ground, put away the sackcloth on your body and the white cloth around you, erase all traces of this funeral, and die There is no trace of the person at all.

Probably because she was afraid that she would be sad after seeing such a scene, Sister Mai led her into the room early in the morning.

Tian Tiandian nodded and remained silent, Maisui sat quietly with her, and after a long time, Aunt Mai came into the room and called them to have dinner.

Walking out of the room, the outside was restored as before. The inside and outside of the house were no different from the past, but there was a huge difference. Tian Tian finished dinner with Aunt Mai and Maisui, and swallowed hard under their worried eyes. Finally, he said gently: "You guys go back too, I can do it myself."

"I'll stay with you these few days." Aunt Mai said, "There are things inside and outside the house, and my aunt is here to help you."

Mai Sui also said, "I'll stay too."

"Sister Mai is about to take the college entrance examination, and time is precious. It's really unreasonable to delay these few days for me. How can I continue to trouble you. I'm fine." Tian Tian finally reiterated, her gaze firm.

After finally persuading Aunt Mai and Maisui to leave, Tian Tian got up to clean up the house. She took the broom and walked around every corner of the house, feeling that there was silence everywhere in the house, a deep silence.

As she walked, she squatted down, buried her head in her arms and began to cry silently.The cry resounded throughout the room and echoed in my ears again.

In the days when Grandma Meng passed away, many people always came to visit Tian Tian. During the day, Tian Tian was always calm and gentle, and the room was full of voices.

Son, dispelled the last bit of silence.

Only at night, when only Tian Tian is left alone, can she bury herself in the quilt and cry loudly.

No one can talk to her anymore.

When these uncles and aunts stop coming, there will be no more voices in this room.

The room was huge and eerily quiet.

Tian Tian thought of what her grandma did the most before she died, reading. She held the book and did not let go, letting the sound of reading fill every corner of the room, the more complete and empty it was.

Tian Tian thought of Xu Qingning again, the girl grandma said would be good to her, the girl who would be with her for the rest of her life.

After struggling again and again, Tian Tian came all the way to Xu's house with the wedding post and token, as well as the gift from her grandma.

Grandpa Xu was very enthusiastic. His enthusiasm dispelled Tian Tian's embarrassment and timidity as a strange visitor. She began to feel that grandma's proposal was right. Maybe she could really bring the girl named Xu Qingning back to the mountain.

But the first time they met, the aggressive girl told her to retreat with just a few simple words.

She thought, it turned out that this man called Suan Shui was unwilling.

She is not the gentle and pleasant Ningning that grandma described. She has her own life and her own pride. It is impossible for her to accompany her back to the mountain.

At that time, Tian Tian looked at the small red cloth bag with two rings on the bedside table, and felt that she might have failed grandma's expectations, and she planned to go home as soon as possible.

Even though Grandpa Xu is very firm, Tian Tian still feels that it is better for her to live alone than to force the two of them to be together. Her idea of ​​going home as soon as possible has not changed.

Grandpa Xu's birthday kept her here, and Tian Tian's heart was shaken again when she talked with Grandpa Xu in the open space in the backyard.She has soft ears, and under Grandpa Xu's insistence, she unexpectedly came up with the idea that she and that girl are very suitable.

Tian Tian began to treat her as a fiancee.

As grandma said, after getting in touch with her, the girl named Sour is not bad, even very good, except for one thing, she doesn't want to marry her.

The stubbornness in Xu Qingning's bones is something that Tian Tian doesn't have. She is not able to defy everyone's orders and insist on her own ideas.

At that time, Tian Tian was very conflicted. She hoped that Xu Qingning would stick to her point of view and the marriage contract would be over, but she also hoped that Xu Qingning would nod as soon as possible, so that the marriage would end sooner.

Perhaps Grandpa Xu was also aware of Xu Qingning's stubbornness, and discussed with her that the second sister of the Xu family, that is, Xu Qingai, should replace Xu Qingning, Tian Tian shook her head.

To Grandpa Xu, it didn't matter who she married, and to her, it didn't matter.

If the marriage is doomed, there's no need to involve anyone else.She shook her head, and started a disguised forced marriage.

Grandpa Xu's special method of forcing marriage made Xu Qingning furious.

She still remembered that afternoon, when she walked out of the room just as she helped her lay the bed sheets, Xu Qingning pushed the door in with a dark face.

She could feel that she was angry, but she didn't know why, she didn't understand, she asked, but Xu Qingning said lightly: "It's fun, isn't it?"

Xu Qingning begged her to let her go.

She is a victim of this marriage game, and she doesn't want to linger under the pressure of this engagement any longer.

At that moment, Tian Tian's heart was also firm.

If Xu Qingning would be hurt by her reluctant persistence, then there would be no point in continuing the engagement. She and Grandpa Xu proposed to dissolve the engagement.

All problems were solved.

There is no coercion, no reluctance, and no one is hurt, as long as the marriage contract does not exist, Tian Tian feels more relaxed than ever.

She even thought that she had come here by mistake, she shouldn't have come, she shouldn't have disturbed their peaceful life with a little desire in her heart.

I thought that the matter would come to an end, but I didn’t expect Xu Qingning to come to her again on the night she left. She looked very guilty, Tian Tian apologized to her warmly, but in exchange for Xu Qingning’s surprised gaze, Xu Qingning said that she should apologize , She misunderstood her and said that, she is very sorry.

No matter how much Xu Qingning apologized, Tian Tian still felt that it was her fault and she shouldn't have come.

Since it was wrong to come, it should be right for her to leave.

But Xu Qingning left her a mobile phone.

At that time, Tian Tian didn't expect that such a small act of accepting the mobile phone would bring about such a big change.

The mobile phone has become a tool for two people to communicate, and even relying on this slight connection, the two get back together and fall in love together.

If she had known that accepting the phone back then would have such an astonishing impact, would she still accept it?Tian Tian thought for a while, and the answer was yes.

Even, if she had known that she would eventually be with Xu Qingning, she would not have left at that time. She would have worked harder to make Xu Qingning like her and Xu Qingning to agree to the marriage contract.I will also try to be sincere and treat her with my heart instead of just treating her as a fiancee.

Fortunately, everything has the best arrangements.