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Mi Yang stopped there for a while, and then slowly walked back along the path.

Yone Zehai and Cheng Qing were not in the room, probably they went out to discuss the items that Mi Hong gave.Mi Yang lay back and thought for a while. His attitude towards this grandfather was not surprising. In the past so many years, his personality was more eccentric than now, but Mi Hong gave everything to Mi Ze. Hai, this made Mi Yang very uneasy.

Like a traveler who has packed his luggage and explained everything to prepare for a long journey, and has no intention of returning.

Mi Yang thought for a while, and was tired from the bumpy train journey all the way, so he fell asleep without knowing it.

Mi Yang stayed with his parents in Shanhai Town for the time being. Cheng Qing only had time to take him to meet Mrs. Cheng in a hurry. Before he had time to say a few words, he was going back: "Mom, I'll go there first. My father-in-law will take care of me alone. There's no one cooking at home."

Mrs. Cheng brought her a bag with fresh vegetables, and brought her two pigeons, and asked in a low voice, "Are you sick again?"

Cheng Qing frowned, and said: "It's not getting better all the time, but this time it looks worse. I haven't been able to get out of bed and take a step in the past two days since I came back."

The old lady Cheng sighed, and said: "I went to see her a few days ago, and your father-in-law helped her walk in the yard for a while. This elderly person, once he lies down, it is difficult to think of it again." gone."

Cheng Qing took the things and was about to go back. Mi Yang suddenly stopped in his tracks, raised his head and asked, "Grandma, can I make long distance calls on my home phone? I want to make a call."

Mrs. Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, just add a 0 in front. Come here, little boy, grandma will take you there. Who do you want to call?"

Mi Yang followed and said, "Give me a friend, that is Bai Luochuan who came to our house last time and ate half a pot of fried cakes."

Old Madam Cheng laughed and said, "Oh, it's him, I remember him!"

Cheng Qing was in a hurry to leave, glanced at the time, and said to Mi Yang: "Yangyang, then mother is leaving first, you can go back to grandma's house by yourself after calling, if you don't remember the way, let grandma take you Come here, you know?"

Mi Yang nodded and said: "I remember the road, follow the gravel road in front of the door and turn right at the end."

Cheng Qing said: "Yes, don't play too late."

Mi Yang responded, sent Cheng Qing away, and went back to Cheng's living room to make a phone call.

Mrs. Cheng tidies up the boards of the house carefully, cherishes everything, and likes to cover them with something, not to mention the sofa is covered with a layer of gauze, the TV, the lampshade, and even the phone. Wipe it clean, and put a plain and beautiful handkerchief on the desk phone.

She lifted the handkerchief, pushed the phone to Mi Yang, and said, "Can you dial? Grandma will help you."

Mi Yang said: "Yes."

He had already memorized the number of Bai Luochuan's family by heart, but he needed to transfer a line to the army. When he asked, he gave his serial number and gave Bai Luochuan's internal number.This time, I dialed quickly, and was picked up after two rings. There was just a "Hello" over there, and when I heard Mi Yang's voice, I immediately said: "Ouch! Yangyang, you can call It's coming, you wait, don't hang up, wait..."

Mi Yang recognized the voice of Aunt Wu, the nanny of the Bai family, and heard her calling for someone to come down. After a while, he heard footsteps and a panting child's voice: "Hello, Mi Yang?"

Mi Yang rubbed the tip of his nose, smiled and said, "It's me."

The voice over there quickly rose, with a proud tone: "I knew you would definitely call me! Are you here? How is grandma? When are you coming back?"

Mi Yang patiently answered the other party's barrage of questions, but hesitated a bit when he waited for the last question, and said, "It may take a while."

Bai Luochuan asked: "How long will that take?"

Mi Yang hesitated for a while, and said to him: "I may not be able to go back for a long time, my grandma is very ill, and my mother said today that she will take a long leave of absence for me."

Bai Luochuan said: "School, aren't you coming?"

Mi Yang didn't say anything.

Bai Luochuan was also silent for a while, but he still tried to use a more gentle tone and said: "It's okay, I'll wait for you, as long as you want."

The two chatted for a while. Although Mrs. Cheng doted on him, Mi Yang also remembered that the long-distance phone bill was very expensive at this time, and he had to hang up after talking briefly.

Bai Luochuan said: "Wait a minute! This number belongs to yours, right? I can find you by calling this number?"

Mi Yang said: "This is my grandma's house, you can remember it, but I am usually at my grandma's house, there is no phone there, so I will come every Wednesday, and I will call you when you are back from school." Is the phone okay?"

Bai Luochuan was always depressed, until he heard him say this, he became a little happier, and said, "Okay, then let's make an agreement, you must come on Wednesday."

Mi Yang originally thought it would be enough to live in Shanhai Town for a short period of time, but grandma's condition fluctuated from time to time. At the worst, Cheng Qing secretly prepared clothes for her funeral. The young couple with Cheng Qing also wiped away their tears twice in fright. Mi Zehai couldn't leave while serving at the bedside, and Cheng Qing refused to leave even if he had to take care of her husband and in-laws. Don't worry, she had no choice but to take a long vacation for Mi Yang and take care of her by her side.

The news of Mi Yang's leave was quickly known to Bai Luochuan.

At that time, they had called several times in a row on Wednesdays. Although Bai Luochuan didn't say anything, he could feel that he was counting the days with his fingers and waiting for him to come back.As a result, I never expected that it would be another long vacation, even until the summer vacation, and I would not come back to school for more than half a year.

When they called on another Wednesday, Bai Luochuan was in a bad mood.

He lowered his voice and said to Mi Yang: "I'm sick."

Mi Yang was very guilty, but he could only whisper: "I'm sorry."

Bai Luochuan originally wanted to treat Mi Yang a little bit better, so that he would come back soon and not leave.

But he found that his wishful thinking was of no use.

He also knew in his heart that Mi Yang would definitely take a long vacation this time and stay in Shanhai Town.

Mi Yang coaxed him and said, "You can come with Grandpa Bai, doesn't Grandpa Bai come to visit his hometown every year, you can follow when you come this year, I'll just stay here and not go anywhere, waiting for you Let me pick you up at the station, okay?"

Bai Luochuan was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "You don't want to come back at all."

He hung up after finishing speaking.

Mi Yang didn't answer the call again, and he was angry when he saw it.

Mi Yang called several times, but seeing no hope, he could only put down the phone and sighed, and went back to grandma's house.

Mi Yang is a child now, and he has no choice but to decide whether to stay or not. The only thing he can do is to bring some laughter to the family as much as possible.He found that as long as he pleases grandma, grandpa's expression will immediately relax, and occasionally he will laugh a few times. After discovering this, Mi Yang spent more time in the main room.

The old lady has been very worried about Mi Yang's health, for fear that she will give him a sickness, but seeing her little grandson in good health and alive and kicking, she feels relieved and at the same time likes it a little more, the pain is no worse than that of Cheng Lao Wife is young, she is really regarded as the jewel in the eye, the treasure in the palm.

In comparison, Yonezawa is more concerned.

His body was originally wounded, although Cheng Qing found out and took care of it in time, but for the first time he found that he could no longer be the same as before, not only the waist and abdomen injuries, but also his hearing was good and bad It also caused him some trouble.

Sometimes he also thinks that when he returns to work from his hometown, he may not be able to go to the front line again.

Although Yone Zehai was smiling, he always frowned when he turned his head. He put his hands on his waist and abdomen, and unconsciously pressed hard, as if he was making an important decision, with struggle.

When Cheng Qing saw it, she pretended not to see it, and tried not to mention it. If her husband refused to talk about it, she would wait and listen when he was willing to talk.Occasionally seeing Mi Yang's eyes follow Yone Zehai, she just touched Mi Yang's little head with concern, and comforted him with a few words: "It's all right", "Of course my mother knows as a nurse", "It's okay, it's all over"... ...The son would nod sensiblely every time, and Cheng Qing looked at the child with eyes full of pity.

Yone Zehai thought about it for a while, and finally talked with Cheng Qing about the transfer one night, and wanted to change jobs and return to the place instead of staying in the army.

"My body is indeed not as good as before, and I may not be able to be as good as before if I stay. And my parents are like this, I can't worry about it. If I transfer back, I can spend more time with my parents, even if my mother is gone. I can also take care of Dad, so I really don’t feel relieved at home..." Yone Zehai said so, but said that when he left the army, his brows were still tightly furrowed, and he could see his reluctance.

Cheng Qing didn't think too much, and immediately nodded in agreement after hearing what he said, "Okay, I'll be with you. Anyway, there are hospitals everywhere, and it's easier to settle down at work than you."

Mi Zehai was worried about his wife's objection at first, but Cheng Qing supported him very much, and in turn persuaded him: "It happens that Yangyang's household registration is still with me, and they are all in the original household registration. It doesn't matter if you come back, and you have to come back to study for the junior high school exam. Sooner or later thing."

Yone Zehai was particularly moved, he gave up a lot, why not his wife.

Yone Zehai held her hand, sighed and said, "After I come back, I may have to start all over again, thank you for your hard work."

Cheng Qing laughed and said angrily, "If I'm afraid of suffering, I won't find a soldier."

Yone Zehai said again: "Being able to marry you is the greatest blessing in my life."

He spoke seriously, but Cheng Qing felt embarrassed, pushed him and smiled.

Mi Yang stayed at his grandma's house and had a lot of contact with the old people, and he gradually improved.

The grandfather in his memory had a strange temperament, but now it seems that he is still the old man with a strange temper, but every time he is in front of his grandmother, he becomes like an old child, he will defend himself in a low voice, and he will defend himself for his own sake. Coaxing his wife to eat more food and drink more medicine to make her happy in different ways, Mi Yang has never seen such a side.

Mi Yang would visit his grandma's house when he was free. After the call was cut off on Wednesday, he didn't call again for more than a month. Mi Yang would wait for a while every time he went, and it was the first time he heard the phone ring. pick them up.

Mi Yang was not discouraged when he couldn't wait for Bai Luochuan's call. His whole mind is now occupied by his family, and he occasionally relaxes and leaves such a small space to wait for this call.

Sometimes Mi Yang saw the figure of his former friends, a group of children ran away laughing and playing, he stood at the entrance of the old alley and watched, suddenly felt a little strange again.

Like the previous self, and like something in memory, it is completely different from now.

He chose another path, not the childhood where he played, ran, and spent carefree.

Mi Yang once waited for a call from his grandma's house for a long time, and he didn't get it until dark. He was afraid that Cheng Qing would be worried, so he hurried to his grandma's house.There are many ways to go home. Mi Yang has become familiar with the detours these days, so he picked a small road and wanted to take a shortcut to go back. It sounded like footsteps behind him.

When he was approaching grandma's house, he didn't know if it was a stray cat on the side of the road or something. Mi Yang was startled, and took two steps away, almost knocking over an old flower pot next to him, and made a "bang dang" sound. ring.

The light at grandma's house was on, and Mi Hong walked out with his clothes on. When he saw Mi Yang standing on the path and running home, he immediately reprimanded him with a dark face: "Stand there and don't move! You came this way!"