As soon as she left the ward, she leaned against the wall. Her tears flowed down her cheeks like pearls. Only then did she realize that it was only at the last moment of life and death that she could realize that it was true kinship that came to visit.
Ever since she was young, she had countless grudges against her mother. Usually, they only treated each other with respect.
Now, all of a sudden, she felt that all the grievances she had suffered in the past were no longer important.
Someone noticed her and quickly wiped her tears with his sleeve.
He Zhou stood not far away. Seeing his mother force a smile and greet her, he slowly walked towards her.
"Mom, how's Grandma?" He pretended not to know that his mother had cried.
Zhao Di said, "You came just in time. Go down and buy some sugar cane for your grandmother. I won't be going down."
He Zhou said, "This is the food I bought for you. Eat some. I'll go and buy some sugar cane now."
He gave his mother the lunch box in his hand and turned to leave.
Zhao Di took a deep breath and returned to the ward.
Zhao Chunfang lay on the bed, still motionless.
Zhao Di turned off the air conditioner and opened the windows. She sat at the side and ate quietly. When He Zhou came in, she only raised her head and pointed to the table, indicating for him to put the sugar cane on it.
He Zhou said softly, "Why don't you go back and rest for a while? I can be alone."
"No need. I have a place to sleep if I want to. It's nothing tiring." Her son definitely couldn't take care of the Old Madam alone. She knew how difficult her mother was. "Just stay at home for a while longer. If there's anything outside, leave it to someone else."
"Got it." He Zhou nodded obediently. His mother had already appointed him as the deputy general manager of the express delivery department. As a new official, he was actually very busy.
To put it bluntly, his grandmother's situation couldn't be resolved so easily.
Zhao Di waved her hand and said, "Go back. There's nothing for you to do here. Also, give Second Aunt and Third Aunt a call. Tell them not to come if there's nothing important. It's useless to have so many people here every day. "
After her son left, she couldn't eat anymore. She put her chopsticks on the table and let out a long sigh.
She drank some water and lay down on the bed next to her. She didn't dare to fall asleep. She closed her eyes after a while.
At night, the wind came, and the rain came. The two windows banged loudly, and the wind that came in blew the trash cans on the ground far away, and the trash rolled all over the ground.
She hurriedly got up. The wind blew her hair and she felt a cool breeze. She closed the window and cleaned up her mother who was on the floor. She found that her mother was looking at her with two pale eyes.
After Zhao Di helped her to use the toilet, she fed her some water and asked with concern, "Are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat. "
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Zhao Chunfang stared at the sugarcane on the table and pointed at it. "I wonder if it's sweet."
Zhao Di shook her head and smiled. She bit a piece of sugarcane and tried to stuff it into her mouth, but she refused and put it into her hand.
She squeezed the nail-sized sugarcane in her hand and slowly sent it into her mouth. First, she used her tongue to test the sugarcane before sticking it between her upper and lower teeth.
Zhao Di clenched her fists and encouraged her. If she used a little more strength, juice would come out. Unfortunately, she was disappointed. The piece of sugar cane slipped from her lips to her stomach.
Zhao Di picked it up and comforted her, "It's okay. You can eat it when you're better."
Zhao Chunfang said, "You're still trying to fool me? Do you think I'm stupid? "
She turned her head.
She understood everything. Everyone had to experience this once in their lives. But the more she understood, the more afraid she was.
Since she was already here, why should she go back?
She wanted to shout, "I haven't lived enough yet!"
Zhao Di said, "Is there anything else you want to eat? I'll get you something soft to eat."
Zhao Chunfang said, "It feels like I'm eating my last meal. I don't want to eat anymore."
Zhao Di spat and said, "Speak nicely. You're making it sound so bad."
Zhao Chunfang said, "I was afraid at first, but when I thought that it was your father who came looking for me, I felt at ease. He hates me, so he can't watch me live here alone. "
"Dad isn't as bad as you say. When he left, he was worried about you. He even told us to take good care of you and not make you angry," Zhao Di said. "Don't you know how he's treated you all his life?"
"You make it sound like I've treated him badly. If I wasn't afraid of others scolding him for being heartless, why would I risk my life to give birth to your brother?" Zhao Chunfang sighed and said, "It takes half a life to give birth to a child."
Zhao Di didn't expect her mother to say this. She was stunned and said, "Our father never minded these things. Why do you have to force it?"
There was one thing that her mother was right about. Giving birth was too painful.
Sometimes, she admired her mother. If she wasn't resilient and lazy, how could she be pregnant for ten months and give birth to so many children in a row?
Zhao Chunfang said, "What do you know? He doesn't care, but I do. If he doesn't have any descendants, do you think he'll still want me? When that time comes, I'll be suffering because of you. Otherwise, you'll either have no father or no mother. "
"Huh?" Zhao Di thought she heard wrongly. Was she talking about her father? Everyone knew that her mother had a death grip on her father's life. She said softly, "How could he not want you? You're the only one who doesn't want him. No one would believe you if you told others."
"You can't believe a man's words." Zhao Chunfang leaned sideways and muttered softly, "Li Hui's father looks even more honest than your father. His family also started with four maidservants. Do you know what happened in the end?"
"Is there a story behind it?" Zhao Di asked indifferently. She couldn't think of any story behind an honest man like Li Hui's father, Li Jinguo.
Zhao Chunfang chuckled and said, "Li Jinguo was the son of a landlord. He was lucky. After he finished two years of private school, his father gambled and smoked, and he became a poor farmer.
After he married Liu Guangqin, he had four maidservants.
At that time, everyone didn't have much to eat. He was the team's accountant, so he was better off than most.
He didn't have a son, so he got anxious and got a son with half a bag of millet. "
"You can't say that blindly." Zhao Di was shocked. If word got out, it would be terrible. "The two of them look like they were made from the same mold."
"Who said that they weren't father and son?" Zhao Chunfang asked in surprise.
"Then what do you mean?" Zhao Di was even more confused.
"Liu Guangqin isn't Li Hui's biological mother." Seeing the expression on her daughter's face, Zhao Chunfang seemed to be very proud. Before her daughter asked, she continued, "Do you still remember Old Crutch?"
"How can I not remember?" Zhao Di used to be a veterinarian in the production team. Old Crutch and Liu Dazhuang's father were in charge of the livestock. The old man ate and lived in the livestock yard. He was a bachelor all his life and had no children. He passed away a few years ago.
Zhao Chunfeng said, "Old Crutch's wife is Li Hui's biological mother."
"No, isn't what you said a little unbelievable?" Zhao Di couldn't believe it was the truth.
Zhao Chunfang closed her eyes slightly. She was probably tired and didn't want to talk anymore. She had an expression that said "believe it or not".
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