jade carver

Until the new year's day holiday, the relationship between Li Rui's parents did not improve.One thing Li Rui's mother was right about was that most of the people Li Rui's father had befriended were "fellow friends". When Li Rui's father bought drinks out of his pocket, they kept coming and going in small groups.They were smiling and drinking, and they tried to persuade Li Rui's father one after another. Few of the words they said were really persuasive.

Li Rui has been to his grandfather's house several times, but he has never been able to see his mother.The family let him in indifferently, but didn't mention anything about Li Rui's mother.

Li Rui came here specially to deliver the report card this time. There was a preliminary test before New Year's Day, and he did well in the test. "Grandpa, please give this to my mother."

The old man accepted it and nodded in agreement.

The aunt next to me also saw that the results above are still in the middle and upper reaches, but they are not the best.There are quite a lot of well-educated children in their family, and Li Rui's scores are even worse when compared.She curled her lips, "This score is a little bit hanging in the college entrance examination."

The old man coughed and stopped her from talking, "Li Rui, your mother has gone to other provinces for a while, she went to study, and then went to work when she came back. You go back and tell your father, wait for Juanzi to go to work, but Don't go to the unit to pester...the matter between the two of them must be resolved as soon as possible, and delaying is not an option."

Li Rui felt bored and left without sitting for a while.He has no place to go alone, and his father must have invited someone to drink in the factory, drinking all day long, and the partners are not happy.Li Rui went around in a big circle, but still went to find Cheng Ye.

When he arrived at Cheng Ye's house, Cheng Ye was boiling traditional Chinese medicine for Grandma Cheng. The casserole had been used for too long, and the flames had licked the outside into tiny cracks.Cheng Ye sat there reading a book while taking care of the small stove in front of him.The natural gas stove they burn is extremely low at meal times, so they have to use a small air pump to use it. Cheng Ye's family doesn't have an air pump, so they have to make it in advance every time they boil medicine.

The movement of Li Rui closing the door became louder. Cheng Ye saw him come in and quickly gave up his seat. Seeing that Li Rui's expression was not very good, he guessed that Li's father and mother could not reconcile.Not long after Cheng Ye knew about this, Li Rui was so anxious that he couldn't sleep well, and he was also anxious. After holding back for a long time, he couldn't help asking Li Rui carefully, "...how is it? Auntie still refuses to see uncle? "

"Well, it's useless for me to go, and I haven't seen you once." Li Rui smiled wryly, and sat on the small bench with Cheng Ye. "My dad has such a temper. It's okay to go once or twice to be angry. Every time he goes, he doesn't look good, and he can't save face... Besides, he is going, and I can't get in the door of that house."

Cheng Ye squatted for a long time, then raised his head to comfort him, "Brother Rui, you will definitely get better."

Li Rui rubbed Cheng Ye's head, "Well, I hope it will be all right."

Grandma Cheng's health deteriorated again in winter, and she always coughed badly. She was afraid that Cheng Ye would be worried, so she refrained from telling him.But after the New Year's Day holiday, when Cheng Ye's winter vacation, he couldn't hide it.

When Cheng Ye was facing Grandma Cheng, he would always smile and persuade the old man to rest assured, "Grandma, I will build you a big house in the future, we have already made a promise, you have to take care of yourself and wait for me to make a lot of money." Honor you."

Grandma Cheng just smiled at this and agreed, but she was more of an exhortation to Cheng Ye, "Cheng Ye, when you grow up, you must take good care of yourself."

Cheng Ye forced a smile on his face, and couldn't bear it anymore, so he threw himself into Cheng Cheng's grandma's arms and refused to come out.He lost his parents when he was a few months old, and he was brought up by the old man. He has a deep affection for the old man, and he always feels sad when he hears the old man say these unlucky words.

Grandma Cheng knew her body well. She felt that since the guarantor signed to help Cheng Ye keep the old house, she was like a deflated balloon, and her bones were hollowed out.Even the old problems that fell down a long time ago were found one after another, and she knew that she would not last long.But thinking that Cheng Ye would have a place to live in the future, he felt more at ease.

The old man's rough hands patted Cheng Ye's back again and again, talking to him in a low voice, from what happened to Cheng Ye when he was a child to the first time he got paid when he grew up.The old man smiled contentedly and proudly, "Cheng Ye, our family, is a promising child who can feed himself!"

Cheng Ye lay in the old man's arms and refused to look up, his eyes were red like a rabbit, he bit his lips and refused to make a sound.He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, he would cry.

The cold wind blew the windows, and the room was warm, but it only remained at the fingertips, and the warmth in my heart could not be kept.For the first time, Cheng Ye understood the feeling that no matter how tightly you hug someone, you can't keep them.

Throughout the winter, Grandma Cheng was sick. At first she was able to get up and eat by herself, but later she couldn't get up anymore.

Cheng Ye didn't go out all winter, and it was the first time that he abandoned his jade carving skills.He waited on Grandma Cheng by the bedside in his clothes. The old man was worried that he didn't have enough money and didn't want to go to the hospital, so he went to Lao Xia to sell his small copper coins.

Seeing that Cheng Ye had lost weight, Lao Xia felt distressed, "Master will put it on for you first, and if you don't have enough, you can get it later. You can take these copper coins back and save them for later use."

Cheng Ye insisted again and again, Lao Xia then took out half of the copper coins from the bottle and kept them, "Hey, you are really... Cheng Ye, don't worry about losing your skills, take care of your grandma first." Pick it up, people can't do it again.

The elder brother Xu Junjie was packing his things and preparing to go home. He saw it from the side, and hurriedly took out the little money left in his pocket, and gave it to Cheng Ye, "Come on, take it! Whose family has no illness or disaster?" Yes, Cheng Ye, put your heart in your stomach, now that medicine is advanced, it will definitely be cured!"

Cheng Ye pushed the remaining copper money in the bottle to Big Brother, but the man confiscated it, and just said with a smile, "In the future, if I have difficulties, you can just help me."

Cheng Ye bowed seriously to Lao Xia and the others, and thanked them with red eyes, "Thank you master, thank you big brother..." No matter how rare something is, it is not as important as life-saving money.

Lao Xia waved his hand to let Cheng Ye go back quickly, seeing the half-grown child stepping back step by step on the snow, he felt uncomfortable.The senior elder brother watched from the side, his nose was sore, and he sighed, "Hey, my little junior brother has suffered again."

Lao Xia was sorely hurt by what he said, so he drank angrily, "Get rid of you, hurry up!"

The senior elder brother got used to Lao Xia's temper and was no longer afraid of him. He bowed his head and responded, "Master, you forgot, you took the train with me to pack our luggage..."

Lao Xia snorted, flung his sleeves and left. He goes back every year to have a look, but it doesn't mean he wants to go back.

Grandma Cheng stayed in the hospital for a while, but she didn't get better. The old man stubbornly wanted to go home, but the effect of hospitalization in the hospital became worse.Cheng Ye had no choice but to pick her up and take care of Grandma Cheng at home.

Uncle Cheng Ye's family also came in a hurry. Mrs. Cheng's family is a daughter-in-law after all, and her mother-in-law is sick, so she still has to wait on her bedside for a while.

When Grandma Cheng was very ill, it happened to be the night when the snow was the heaviest.Cheng Ye fed her medicine, and soon coughed desperately, even coughing up the medicine.The family panicked and asked Boss Cheng to go out to find a doctor, but the car couldn't get out, so Boss Cheng walked to the town with a heavy foot and a shallow foot.

When the doctor arrived, Grandma Cheng was barely breathing.Boss Cheng's daughter-in-law was crying at the top of her throat, but Boss Cheng slapped her face with red eyes and cursed, "Cry! Why are you crying... Isn't this good!"

Cheng Yue and Cheng Jia also had red eye circles, and they dared not shed tears.

Cheng Ye watched the doctor give needles and oxygen, and only whispered to grandma, thinking about the little things the two of them knew. "...Grandma, don't you want to see the winter jasmine, we cut off the branches and planted them together, and they will bloom in spring. The two of us have agreed that we want to see them together, and we have to cut a branch and put it in a bottle to watch the spring. .”

Grandma Cheng didn't know if she heard it, she tossed until dawn, and opened her eyes.The old man is still sane, and the people around him can recognize him, but his voice is extremely weak and his speech is unsteady.After a while, he fell into a drowsy sleep again.

The doctor was also tired all night, and told the truth to the big family, "Grandma Cheng's heart and trachea are not good, and she has been tired all the time. This is a recurrence of an old disease, and she can only prescribe some medicine for the time being. Conditions, it is best to transfer to a big hospital to have a look."

Boss Cheng responded and sent the doctor out.The eldest daughter-in-law Cheng waited for a while, and she was really sleepy, so she went back with her two children.

Cheng Ye was by the bedside with Grandma Cheng, holding her hand reluctantly to let go, so tired that she lay down on the bedside and fell asleep.In his dream, he saw a large field of winter jasmine flowers, which were bright yellow.There are no young leaves, but the golden flowers on the trees and branches are blown by the wind and spread all over the ground.He sat in his yard and watched with Grandma Cheng arm in arm. Grandma Cheng was still patting his back as before, which was warm and reassuring.

He saw Grandma Cheng talking, but he couldn't hear clearly. He vaguely wanted to take a step forward, but someone grabbed his shoulder and shook him awake, and ear-piercing cries followed.

"...My dear mother, just leave as soon as you say! How can we live without our big family!!"

Cheng Ye sat on the side blankly, still a little confused, until he was covered with sackcloth filial piety clothes, then grabbed the plain white clothes and rushed towards the bed! "No, grandma!! Don't go, grandma...don't go, grandma!"

There were ups and downs of crying in the room, louder and louder, and finally even Cheng Yue and Cheng Jia cried "Grandma" and cried bitterly.

Grandma Cheng's funeral is a big deal.

The people on the farm were very dissatisfied with Mr. Cheng's family, but because of their dedication to the old man's funeral, they didn't say anything more.Grandma Cheng was very popular, and everyone she knew came and followed her, and they set up a running table for three days one after another.

Cheng Ye's voice became hoarse from crying, and in the end, he just knelt next to Grandma Cheng's portrait, and couldn't even shed tears.

When Li Rui heard about Grandma Cheng and rushed back, Cheng Ye was still kneeling there in that filial piety. It was cold, and except for the red eye circles and nose, there was no trace of blood on his face.

There are sheds with white curtains everywhere, and the noise of white things can't hide the grief in people's hearts.Li Rui felt as if he saw Cheng Ye 15 years ago. At that time, Cheng Ye was still a little thing with no teeth.Such a small ball was wrapped in a thick padded jacket by Grandma Cheng and held in her arms. The old man walked back and forth with his little feet bumping his feet to coax him not to cry.

Now that the child has grown up, he has lost the closest and most trusted support.Seeing Cheng Ye's absent-minded appearance, Li Rui felt uncomfortable, so he went to kneel there with him, put his arm around his shoulder and said some comforting words.Cheng Ye grabbed Li Rui's sleeve with his fingers, and tears flowed again, "Brother Rui, grandma... she... is gone..."

"I know. I'm sorry, I'm late." Li Rui's eyes were sour, and he almost burst into tears. He didn't care about others seeing him, and hugged Cheng Ye tightly in his arms. "People say that what is good is rewarded with good, Cheng Ye, do you believe it? Grandma suffers here, but she won't suffer when she goes there..."

Li Rui's throat was congested, his eyes were not closed, and he was also crying.He didn't expect that a good person like Grandma Cheng would disappear in one winter.Thinking of Cheng Ye kneeling here in hemp, his body frozen like an ice bump, Li Rui was anxious and distressed, and Cheng Ye was not in good health, so he really couldn't imagine Cheng Ye being sick.

Probably exhausted his last bit of energy, Cheng Ye cried for a while, then passed out in Li Rui's arms.Li Rui carried him out of the coffin shed, and sent him directly to the clinic, where he was seen by the doctor.As expected, Cheng Ye had a low-grade fever and drowsily called some people's names.

The one Cheng Ye yelled the most was Grandma Cheng, she even called out the name of her little aunt Xu Ying, and even yelled out her parents whom she had never met before...

Li Rui held Cheng Ye's hand, no matter who Cheng Ye called, he would agree.

The doctor in the infirmary is a new female doctor. She heard about Cheng Ye, and seeing her now, her eyes are even more red.She drew the curtain for Li Rui and Cheng Ye, and let Cheng Ye take advantage of the medicine to have a good rest.

Sitting on the side, Li Rui saw that there were still tears in the corners of Cheng Ye's eyes, and bent down to wipe them for him. He couldn't help but kiss Cheng Ye to warm his pale lips. "Okay, it's okay, it's okay again. Cheng Ye is not afraid... I'm here with you."