After the Qingming Festival, the old man seemed to have fulfilled his last wish. His health deteriorated day by day and he declined rapidly.

He is now unable to get out of bed and can only eat simple liquid food while lying in bed.

He didn't cry out in pain, but they could see that he was enduring it.

They could only give him pain medicine.

No, Ye Xiaozhen went to the hospital to get one.

But because this is a controlled drug, it is very troublesome to prescribe it, and the amount prescribed at a time is not large, which causes her to go to the hospital frequently.

A few days later, Xie Linan called and said Ye Xiaozhen still refused to go back, and then she hesitantly made excuses.

Xie Linan finally realized something was wrong, "Are you guys hiding something from me?"

Ye Xiaozhen: “…”

When he didn't hear her voice, he asked again, "Xiaozhen, don't lie to me, is there something wrong?"

Ye Xiaozhen looked at Xie Li.

Hearing the old man's cough in the room, Xie Li nodded at her.

Ye Xiaozhen took a deep breath and then told him the truth.

"Yes, Grandpa is not in good health, he may not be able to go back."

Xie Linan's heavy voice came from the other side.

After a long while, he said, "What did I say at the beginning? He can't afford to go back at this age, but you didn't listen."

"This is what Grandpa meant. He knows that he doesn't have much time left and wants to come back home. You just want him to live a few more days, but do you know what he is thinking?

He was worried that he would die in Haicheng and not be able to find his way home. He was worried that his grandmother was waiting for him at home. He was afraid that if he died outside, he would never see his grandmother again. So he felt that he didn’t have much time left and had to come back. ”

Xie Linan on the opposite side closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time.

Many childhood scenes suddenly flashed through my mind.

Dad died, mom ran away, and my eldest sister got married.

He, his grandfather and two younger brothers were the only ones left at home.

They depend on each other for survival and have to pay a lot to support a family.

Coming and going in wind and rain, there is always the limping figure of grandpa.

I don't have many memories of my mother.

The elders in his memory are all grandfathers.

Now, he is leaving.

Although he knew the result two years ago, he still found it hard to accept when the day was approaching.

"I'll go there tomorrow."

"There's no need to be so anxious, you..." The person on the other end of the phone had already hung up.

Ye Xiaozhen looked at Xie Li.

Xie Li sighed and said, "Let him come if he wants to. Grandpa should live one day at a time."

Probably everyone in the village knew that Grandpa came back to die, and these days, there were always villagers coming to visit him.

Especially the older ones.

They had known each other for several years and had quarreled and fought over trivial matters when they were young, but now that they were both old and frail, they no longer had any grudges from the past.

In the face of life and death, nothing is a trivial matter.

It's funny to talk about the quarrels we had over trivial matters.

Today, an old man who was also in poor health came. The two chatted for a long time, and finally he sighed: "Lin Laoguai, look at me, I'm not much better than you, I'm almost there."

Lin Xinghua smiled bitterly and said, "Yeah, at this age, we are all about the same."

"You, go ahead and scout the way for us, then come back and wait for me to come down. I'm counting on you, so don't take the wrong road."

"Okay, I'll go downstairs and wait for you later."

The old man came to see him and said these things. They were unlucky words, but they were also the truth.

Grandpa’s condition really doesn’t last long.

Xie Linan brought several first-grade elementary school kids back home and asked for leave for them so that they would not go to school for the time being.

It's just the first grade of elementary school. It doesn't matter if you go to school for a few days.

Hongxia was directly entrusted to the care of Xie Linli and Xie Linqi, who were asked to come home after school every day.

It’s not far, but also not close. We arranged a driver to pick them up every day, and the one-way trip takes about half an hour to an hour.

See if it is peak period.

After he came back, he told Ye Xiaozhen and Xie Liru about the arrangements at Haicheng's home.

Sheri said, "Do you mean you're going to stay here forever?"

"Um."

"What about what you did?"

"You can't make enough money, so let it be. If I lose the order, I lose it. I can't leave myself with regrets."

"Oh! That's fine."

Xie Li asked the two kids to go out and play, leaving the room for Ye Xiaozhen and Xie Linan.

"Xiaozhen, how is grandpa?"

Ye Xiaozhen said: "He was able to eat liquid food two days ago, but now he has to vomit it out after eating it. He can only drink water."

"Can't you eat anything?"

Ye Xiaozhen nodded.

"How can I not eat? I'll starve to death."

"He can't eat it, and if he does he'll throw up."

"What should I do? What does the doctor say?"

"The doctor said I could get a nutritional injection, but he also said it was unnecessary. The longer it was delayed, the more pain Grandpa would suffer, and Grandpa didn't want to suffer any more."

The old man was still sleeping at this moment, and Xie Linan had not spoken to him since he came back.

Xie Linan lowered his head and held his face with his hands.

Ye Xiaozhen leaned against him, patted his shoulder and said, "This day will come, don't be too sad. Grandpa actually won't let us go, especially you. He's worried that you will make him unhappy, so he won't let us tell you."

"Why would I be so upset? This old man doesn't even think about it. If he doesn't let me die, I would be really upset."

Only after Lin Xinghua woke up did Xie Linan go to see him.

The old man's eyesight was probably failing him, as he stared at him for a long while.

He didn't recognize Xie Lin until she said goodbye.

"Lin An, why are you back?"

Xie Linan felt uncomfortable, thinking that I had been standing there for a long time and you didn't say anything, so you didn't recognize me?

She didn't squeeze him, but sat on the stool beside the bed and said, "I just came back today. I have a project to follow up on. I just finished my business and came back to see you."

"Oh, are you back from work?"

"Yes, Grandpa, what happened to you? You are so skinny, I wouldn't have known if I hadn't come back to see you, and you didn't tell me either."

"I just haven't had a good appetite recently. After a few days, my appetite will improve. If I eat more, I will gain weight."

His appetite would never improve, and he knew it.

"What do you want to eat? I'll get it for you."

Lin Xinghua shook his head, "No, what you made is almost like what you feed pigs, it tastes terrible."

"Then I'll let Xiaozhen cook for you. You said you like Xiaozhen's dishes the best."

"No, I just want to drink some water."

"Then I'll go get you some water."

This time Lin Xinghua did not refuse.

He filled the cup half full of water and inserted a hose, and Lin Xinghua drank from the hose.

I can't drink much water, just a small sip, which can only moisten my throat.

Every time Lin Xinghua said something, he had to gather his energy for half a day before he could say the second word.

Seeing that he was really tired, Xie Linan left without saying anything.

"Take a rest first, we'll talk later."

Lin Xinghua nodded slightly.

Ye Xiaozhen saw Xie Linan coming out of the house with red eyes.