Chapter 81 The Origin of Frostbite Cream
Soon, Xu Hongping brought two more plates of dumplings and fried eggs, enough for the whole family.
"Come on, eat more!" Xu Hongping picked up two eggs and handed them to Jiang Xiangbei. "How long can you stay this time?"
Jiang Xiangbei put one of the eggs back into her bowl and said, "I can stay longer this time. I've taken a week off."
"That's good, that's good." Perhaps because she was getting older, Xu Hongping was looking forward to the family being together. "Your third brother is in the army and can't come back. Now the only one missing is your second brother."
Jiang Dongfang took a sip of wine. "Wasn't my second brother's wife's father diagnosed with advanced lung cancer last year? He'll probably die this year. It's only right that my second brother spend more time with his father-in-law."
"Oh!" Xu Hongping couldn't help but sigh when she mentioned this. Last year, she and her husband went to the provincial capital to visit him. The old man was lying on the hospital bed. Because of water accumulation in his lungs, he even had difficulty breathing.
The second child's family only has a daughter named Jiang Wanting, who is in junior high school this year. The first thing she does after school every day is to go to the hospital to see her grandfather. She is very filial.
She had lived in the provincial capital since she was a child, and her grandfather always picked her up and dropped her off at school. The two had a very good relationship. The old man didn't know how serious his illness was at first, and the second brother and his family initially hid it from him, fearing that the old man couldn't bear the blow. They went to several hospitals and finally diagnosed him with advanced lung cancer.
The doctor said that the old man didn't have much time left, at most a month, at most three months. The old man actually felt it himself, after all, his condition was getting worse. Later, the second son and his family wanted the old man to die without regrets, so they told him about his condition.
Xu Hongping remembered that day very clearly. The old man was lying in bed, his whole body was emaciated. He grabbed Jiang Wanting's hand, his voice hoarse and choked with sobs, "Tingting, grandpa can no longer send you to school, nor can he watch you get married and start a family... You won't blame grandpa, right?"
Jiang Wanting cried out: "Grandpa, please don't leave me, I can't bear to leave you!"
"Grandpa can't bear to leave you either... Grandpa will be watching over you and guarding you from heaven. Don't be afraid, Grandpa is always here..."
Several family members in the ward at the time couldn't stop crying when they saw this scene.
The old man was kind all his life, but he still suffered from illness in his old age.
Jiang Wanying was not aware of these things, and the original plot did not mention the people from her second aunt's family.
But seeing her great aunt's sad look, she comforted her, "Aunt, don't be sad. Grandpa has just gone to another world to enjoy happiness."
Xu Hongping's eyes suddenly turned red, but on this festive day, she suppressed her negative emotions and said, "Okay, okay, let's not think about these negative things during the New Year."
"Mmm! Aunt, eat more!"
Jiang Wanying looked very understanding and considerate, which surprised Jiang Xiangbei.
After dinner, Jiang Dongfang was called out by the villagers. Jiang Huaichuan didn't want to stay under the same roof with his uncle, so he ran away decisively after finishing his meal.
Only Jiang Wanying and the others stayed to help clean up.
Xu Hongping smiled and said, "Put them on the stove and I'll wash them. Don't get your clothes dirty."
As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something and praised, "Xiangbei, that new chilblain cream your hospital has released is really useful. I just used one bottle and the chilblains on my hands are almost gone. But it must be very expensive, right? Yingying brought me several bottles. Take a look at the price and I'll give it to you later."
"Chilblain cream?"
Jiang Xiangbei frowned. This was the first time he heard of this thing.
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