【205】Never Goodbye(1/2)
Standing in front of the cemetery, Old Ye took a cup and sprinkled a glass of wine in the sand in front of the cemetery. He drank a glass by himself, poured another glass for Grandma Chen.
Grandma Chen did not answer: "I won't drink."
"You have better alcohol tolerance than me, how dare you say you won't drink?" Old Man Ye put the mouth of the glass on her lips.
Grandma Chen frowned, her lips were covered with hot wine, and she poured it into her mouth, and she didn't know what it felt like.
Old Ye was very happy to see her drinking, and sat cross-legged on the sand in front of the curtain, narrowing his eyes and saying, "Brother, it's useless for you to blame me, who made me live longer than you?"
Hearing this, Grandma Chen raised her hand and shook Old Ye's shoulder and said, "Is there anyone who said this?"
Old Ye's iron-like body was also selfless: "What do you want me to say? I am a person who speaks readily and is a brother. Why should I say hypocritical words in a hypocritical way? Perhaps the people living in the world are willing to listen, and the people under the ground are not willing to listen to lies."
Grandma Chen didn't want to talk to him anymore, so she walked aside and looked for a stone to sit.
Mr. Ye said to the name engraved on the tombstone: "You took good care of her, so that she can raise her children and be respected by her children. So, now she has no you, but she is not afraid of loneliness at all. Speaking of which, I am really not as happy as you. You have at least loved ones by your side for so many years, and I have been lonely for many years. Brothers, they are all doing revolution. I have been doing revolution for more than you, and I have sacrificed everything for this. You can laugh at me as a pitiful ghost underground. I admit that I have never known how I survived it for so many years. Everyone blames me. Only my grandson and two young great-grandsons, who are a little pitiful. They are not biological. I have been doing this life. I have been doing cattle and horses for the country and others all my life."
After a few nagging words, it is filled with vicissitudes and sadness. This is the hero who talks about himself. No matter how big a hero is, he is lonely. He gives more money, but he gets less reward than the most ordinary happiness.
Grandma Chen kept her face away, her skin was tightly tight, as if she was wearing a mask.
At this moment, Mr. Ye didn't seem to care about how she looked at herself. He just talked to the people underground and poured wine glasses: "Brother, do you know that I haven't been able to say a close word for me for many years? Others think that I am a big man, a glamorous person, and a person who seems to be unable to get anything. In fact, I didn't get anything I want, really. If you want to know what I want, you can ask your wife, she knows."
"How can I know what you want?" Grandma Chen saw that she was pulling on her for no reason and shouted.
Old Ye ignored her and smiled and said to the brother on the tombstone: "Women are like this. They say they don't know, but they actually know it. It's like saying they don't want it. They just want it."
Grandma Shen pulled a shoe on her feet and threw it on his head.
Old Ye flashed and avoided it. Seeing that the shoes were thrown in great enthusiasm, Gulu stood up and said, "Forget it if you hate me, don't kill me."
This old man was obviously drunk.
Grandma Chen was so angry that she was not going to make a fuss. She miscalculated and brought him here to drink, so she shouted to someone below and asked someone to help him back.
Old Ye waved his hand: "I asked them to go far away, no one came over."
In love, she needs to help him down the mountain?
Grandma Chen immediately got up and said, "You are waiting here, I'll find someone to help you."
"Hey——" Old Ye shouted, "Be careful, you are old, no one can support you. Come on, I'll help you."
Stop telling jokes. Look at his crooked body, can he help her? It’s great not to pull her down.
Grandma Chen took his voice as wind in her ears and walked down the mountain as usual. As she walked, the footsteps following her behind were slightly tremendous, which made her step involuntarily and speed up her pace. The road on the mountain was still a little slippery, I don’t know if it was her dazzling or something. Suddenly, she accidentally stepped on something in the bottom of her feet and stepped on it straight into the air.
"Yuzhen!" Boss Ye shouted, stretched out his arm to pull her body that was pouring towards the hillside.
If it were usual, Mr. Ye was born as a soldier and would immediately pull Grandma Shen back without the power of ashes. But what happened today? When Mr. Ye went to pull people, he could not stand firm. The two of them fell down with one piece.
This rolled on the hillside for a while before stopping. Old Ye oh let out a roar and hugged his knees.
Grandma Chen saw that his forehead was broken and his feet were in trouble, so she didn't dare to move him. She looked over her head and saw a figure flashing across her face. She raised her throat and shouted: Is anyone?
After screaming for a while, the figure seemed to look at them, then quickly retracted and walked away.
Mr. Ye and Grandma Shen went up the mountain to visit the graves. It was not until the dinner was over when Brother Chen came to his mother's house to ask about dinner that he realized that the old mother had not come back yet.
Soon, everyone in the village knew that the two old people were missing. They usually had conflicts between the village and neighbors, and they threw them to the back of their heads. The men in the village spontaneously organized themselves, holding flashlights and ropes, and went up the mountain to find people.
Someone also called the police.
That night, Old Man Lu and his team in Beijing got first first news.
Mr. Jun and Mr. Yao took the car and rushed to his grandfather's house immediately.
Old Man Lu said: "Old Ye has injured his legs and head. He is now in the local hospital. I don't know the severity of the injury for the time being."
This news really made everyone panic. Although everyone has a lot of opinions about Mr. Ye, it is impossible to admit that some things are only effective if Mr. Ye speaks, and only Mr. Ye speaks.
What's even more terrifying is that neither the Yao family nor the Lu family think that Mr. Ye's accident was really just an accident.
Everything is so coincidental.
What happened one after another was concentrated on their family and their relatives.
"It was Jiayin's grandmother who almost fell down first. Old Ye pulled her, but somehow, he fell down himself." Old Man Yao said to his grandson, Mr. Yao.
"How is Jiayin's grandmother?" Mr. Yao has not received any messages directly from the Shen family for the time being.
"I didn't tell you, it might be her grandmother's idea. I don't want you to worry about it. Her grandmother should be fine. Only Mr. Ye was injured."
Anyway, her grandmother is fine, Shen Jiayin can at least rest assured first.
Later, Shen Jiayin received a call from You Erjie, saying that her grandmother accompanied a patient to treat her injuries in a local hospital.
There is no way, Mr. Ye was injured for her. Grandma Chen was reasonable and had to care for her and show her feelings.
Late at night, the ward was quiet. Sister You Erjie helped Grandma Chen get a basin of hot water and placed it on the patient's bedside. She whispered to the old man: "I'm afraid Jiayin will hear from the leader, but when the time comes, I will blame her and her second uncle. She called her first and told her that you are not seriously injured."
"Yeah." Grandma Chen responded steadily.
She had a few scratches on her body and applied some red medicinal wine, which was indeed not a serious problem. However, the one lying on the hospital bed had bandages and casts on her bones, saying that she would need to go back to the big city and see if she needed surgery. She was old, and most doctors did not recommend surgery, because she was worried about anesthesia. Maybe one leg was broken.
Grandma Chen felt worried when she saw it. Did she owe this man by nature? She has been irrelevant from her youth to now.
You Erjie saw that there were some people standing at the door, all of whom were around Mr. Ye. These people looked quite nervous because they followed Mr. Ye, but no one expected that Mr. Ye would have an accident in such a rural and miserable place.
Soon, another person came, claiming to be Mr. Ye’s old comrade-in-arms, and his surname was Zhang. It was the old soldier Zhang Chengjiang that Shen Jiayin and Mr. Yao had met before.
As soon as Zhang Chengjiang stepped into the ward, he saw Grandma Chen sitting beside the bed. He was stunned and called, "Sister-in-law."
Sister You and Grandma Shen both turned around. Sister You naturally did not recognize this person and was full of doubts.
Zhang Chengjiang walked over step by step, afraid of waking up the patient to rest, so he walked to Grandma Chen, looked at Grandma Shen carefully, and said, "It's really you, sister-in-law. Don't you remember me? I am his former guard, the surname is Zhang."
Grandma Chen thought about it for a long time and seemed to have vaguely remembered an impression. She shook her head and said, "I am old, older, and I don't remember it."
Zhang Chengjiang didn't mind and smiled, "This is normal. His temper, when I was his guard, I never dared to say loud words to him. I stayed in the corner, who didn't make a sound, sister-in-law, it's normal for me."
"But do you remember me?" Some obscenity flashed in Grandma Chen's eyes.
"Remember. How could you not remember? At that time, after you left, the chief's heart was like a heartbreak, and he wanted to die but couldn't die. His parents held him and didn't allow him to do whatever he wanted. I thought, why did he do this? Why didn't these old men think about how to force their son to do this? So, when the old chief encountered the same problem with his grandson, he said, "No way, I can let my grandson go my previous path." Zhang Chengjiang sighed as if he wiped the corner of his eyes with his cuffs.
If it weren't for knowing that this person had never been there before, Grandma Chen would have thought that this was a scene arranged by Mr. Ye and asked Zhang Chengjiang to sing a sympathetic scene.
Zhang Chengjiang said: "Sister-in-law, you don't know how bad his parents are, right? I am different from him. That's his parents, not my parents, so I can judge right and wrong as a bystander. According to me, if his parents weren't doing bad things, how could he be forced to marry that woman? I don't want you, sister-in-law."
"His parents?" You Erjie looked at Old Ye's sleeping face suspiciously.
I remember that time, when Mr. Ye spoke to them and confessed, he did not mention his parents in a single sentence, but only took all the mistakes on him.
Grandma Chen sneered: "He wants to be a filial son."
"This is not the way filial son is a law. To be honest, if I were to go far away," only Zhang Chengjiang dared to discuss Mr. Ye behind his back like this.
"Everyone has different ideas and different ways of taking it." Grandma Chen said. In fact, to this day, she doesn't blame Ye for being old, because she has done many mistakes. No one can do anything wrong. However, there is no need to continue the fate that has been cut off. She always has to think about the person who helped her in the most difficult and helpless time.
"After all the time, the worst is that woman." Zhang Chengjiang didn't stop. Hearing Grandma Chen's words, he knew that Grandma Chen's grudge against Old Ye had not melted. "Do you know what she is doing? He threatened him when he was dying!"
"Threat?" Grandma Chen felt even more amused after hearing this, "Can the dying person threaten the living person?"
"I said that if he dared to come back to find you, my sister-in-law, he would drag him into hell together. I said that there is no saying in China, only the underworld."
Although You Erjie was confused when Zhang Chengjiang said this, she couldn't help but be happy.
The person lying on the hospital bed coughed a few times.
Several people hurriedly looked back on the bed.
Zhang Chengjiang approached and looked at him with concern: "Old leader, how do you feel? I heard from the doctor that your leg was broken and your brain was a little concussion. If you lie down, it would be best if you lie down."
Old Ye’s head hurts a little, his ears buzz, his eyes swept him, his mouth is a little confused: “Are you here?”
"Yes, I'm here. I live here. I'm close and I rushed over immediately after getting the news. As a result, I met my sister-in-law. I haven't seen her for many years, but her sister-in-law hasn't changed much. It's all that charm. I thought, at the train station that day, did you meet your sister-in-law first?"
Mr. Ye felt his head swelling when he realized his thoughts: "What are you doing now?"
Zhang Chengjiang looked at his empty hands and said, "It's too late to buy apples. I thought the old leader fell and lay down on the bed and needed someone to take care of him. If I had known that my sister-in-law was here, I wouldn't have come."
When Mr. Ye heard what he said, he was a little anxious, afraid that Grandma Chen would run away when she heard the excuse.
The anxious eyes turned, but saw Grandma Chen sitting by the bed without moving, tucking the corner of his quilt with his quilt, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not dazzled. If I leave, you may have published a newspaper and criticized me for not repaying my kindness and being bitten by a dog. I am always old, but there are many children and grandchildren, so I can't set a bad example for my children and grandchildren."
After these words, the few people were smiling.
Zhang Chengjiang waved to You Erjie, and found an opportunity to go out first and give them space to talk.
When Mr. Ye saw that everyone had gone out, he grinded his mouth.
Grandma Chen thought he was thirsty, so she took a cotton swab and dipped it in some water to wipe his cracked mouth. He saw his mouth open and close, as if he was saying something carefully. Grandma Chen leaned closer to listen in confusion.
"Do you know? I said in front of his grave, saying that I must live longer than you to take care of you. It seems that I am a little useful today."
Grandma Chen heard such slanderous words and glared at him: "What kind of hero do you think you are? How old do you think you are?! You really died for me, why don't you think you are so many times more resentful to your son and grandson."
Old Ye was sprayed with her saliva, and his eyes were filled with stars: "Why is your temper like before? Besides, am I dead? My sword is not old."
"Come on, I just drank wine, I just stepped on the wrong place and stepped on the empty space, but you took it downhill together."
"What do you step on an empty place? You are pushed down by someone!"
Grandma Chen was surprised: "What did you say? Why didn't I know if I was pushed down?!"
To be continued...