Chapter 188 Grandma Fang
The incident that day made Fang Dihua feel that the third daughter-in-law was foresighted. She had long felt that the old Ding family was unreliable. She had to thank the eldest daughter-in-law for always giving her gifts when she brought back things, so that the old Ding family would not complain.
From now on, she must be more careful.
On the morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month, Brother Lu tried to test her when she would start work, and Fang Dihua sent him out. It was hard to have two days of leisure after a year, so why was she in such a hurry? The donkeys in the production team still had to rest.
Fang Dihua also rarely enjoyed the feeling of being alone at home.
In these two days, everyone in the village was busy visiting relatives, going back to their mother's family, visiting aunts and uncles, and visiting sisters, but Fang Dihua stayed at home without moving.
She didn't go anywhere, and didn't visit any relatives.
Anyway, now she has her children and grandchildren to help her visit relatives.
There are not many relatives she needs to visit now.
When the Lu family spent all their wealth in the early years, many relatives stopped visiting and stopped coming. Later, when they saw that the Lu family was fine and Lu Shaotang served in the army, they slowly started visiting again.
Fang Dihua was not dissatisfied with this. After all, every family has such relatives, such as her own eldest sister.
She has three brothers and one sister. Later, when the class status was determined, the Fang family was a rich peasant.
But their family did not suffer.
Although the family was classified as rich peasants, the amount of land was not large, and everyone saw that Grandma Fang earned it with blood and sweat, so everyone was more tolerant of him.
In addition, he reflected well and made positive progress by handing over all the land to the public. In addition, the second son had joined the army and joined the militia, and Fang Dihua was also a member of the Youth Women's Team, so the family did not suffer extra.
Aunt Fang married a landlord's son with good conditions, but unfortunately the son spent all his property on smoking. When the class was divided, it was a blessing in disguise that she changed from a landlord to a poor peasant, and she was still able to get land.
Aunt Fang saw a landlord and his wife in a neighboring village being shot, and a rich farmer in the village being persecuted. She was afraid that her natal family and sisters would be implicated, so she unilaterally broke off the relationship.
Later, when her natal family and the Lu family were fine, Aunt Fang started to visit again.
Fang Dihua did not refuse, but just scolded her elder sister and said that they would not be sisters next time.
After the scolding, the sisters were still sisters, especially after Lu Shaotang became successful, Aunt Fang became more attentive.
Fang Dihua did not want to see her often, so the children visited her for her. The sisters did not get angry when they did not meet, and there were fewer arguments when the gifts were given.
They have maintained such a measured relationship over the years.
She was sitting on the kang in a state of emptiness when she heard a loud voice coming from the door, "Hua'er, are you home? Mother is here to see you."
The accent was particularly obvious because of the lack of teeth.
Another loud voice: "Little sister, hurry up, our mother is here to see you."
Fang Dihua, who was originally in a state of emptiness and relaxation, sat up straight in an instant, her back tense, and her expression tense.
As if facing a powerful enemy.
Fang Dihua got up and walked out of the house quickly to the gate of the courtyard. She saw her eldest sister supporting her mother, followed by three young ladies, three of whom were carrying bags.
Grandma Fang was of medium height, with sparse silver-white hair tied into a small bun at the back of her head. The old
lady didn't have a hunchback, but her muscles had atrophied due to her age, and she looked like a bag of bones, skinny.
She had a pair of small feet, like three-inch golden lotuses, and she took small steps forward when she walked.
Before she even entered the door, she called out, "Hua'er, are you home? Mom is here to see you."
Aunt Fang was not as tall as Fang Dihua, but had a broad face and wore her hair in an old woman's bun. She smiled with wrinkles all over her face, "It's been a while since I came to my little sister's house."
The three girls who came with her, the oldest one was Fang Gaoliang, the granddaughter of Uncle Fang's second uncle, who was 18 years old this year and had the big frame, big hands and big feet of the Fang family.
The second girl was Fang Hongdou, the granddaughter of Uncle Fang's third uncle, who was 16 years old this year.
The third one was Tao Lihua, the granddaughter of Aunt Fang, who was 17 years old this year.
Seeing Fang Dihua's serious expression, the three girls were a little nervous.
Aunt Fang quickly smiled and said, "Little sister, why are you so unhappy? Aren't you happy that our mother is here to see you? You said you haven't been back to your mother's home for many years, you are so careless."
She helped the old lady walk inside and said to Fang Dihua, "Don't be angry with a sad face. Our mother just walked a few steps. Gao Liang and I took turns carrying
her here." Aunt Fang laughed out loud, and because she was hard of hearing, her voice was particularly loud, "Yes, I didn't feel tired. They carried me here. Hua'er, come, let your mother take a good look at you. I haven't seen you for a while."
She reached out to hold Fang Dihua's hand, but Fang Dihua dodged.
Grandma Fang's hand was empty, so she grabbed it in the air and rubbed her rough bark-like hands. "My grandchildren often come to see me. I look at them the same way I look at you."
She looked into the yard and the house. "Where are the children? Where is Shaotang's wife? Where are Tiantian and Panpan?"
Fang Dihua: "Come in quickly."
Lu Xiuxiu had not gone out and was hiding in her room reading comic books. Fang Dihua asked her to call the family back. After
entering the yard, Aunt Fang said: "Wow, look at the big yard of your aunt's house. You can run horses there. But the old green bricks and big tiles..."
"Come on, what are you talking about?" Fang Dihua interrupted her and asked the girls to help the old lady into the house and get on the kang.
Granny Fang tried to climb up twice but failed, and she kept saying, "Hua'er, help me up."
Aunt Fang wanted to help her, but the old lady refused and insisted that Fang Dihua help her.
Fang Dihua didn't want to lend a hand, but the old lady's legs and thighs were not flexible due to her age. With her old arms and legs, she couldn't climb up the kang by herself, and her legs were tottering. Fang Dihua
had no choice but to reach out and help her up, "You should sit down and be quiet."
Granny Fang pulled her bag onto the kang, reached out and started to take things out, and took out a Huang Yuanshuai apple, "Hua'er, you eat it, it's chewy and easy to chew."
Fang Dihua said stubbornly, "I don't want to eat it, you can eat it yourself."
Why is Xiuxiu so slow to call someone? She was not energetic when she was talking to her own mother.
Of course Granny Fang could see it, but she pretended not to know and patted the edge of the kang, "Hua'er, sit down and let me take a good look at you. You haven't been back to your parents' home for a long time, and I miss you."
Fang Dihua's brows were wrinkled into a "川" shape, and she really didn't want to pay attention to the old lady.
"All of you get on the kang to warm up, I'll make you some water to drink."
She brought out the hawthorn and red date tea made by her third daughter-in-law, put a handful of it into the big teapot, poured in half a pot of boiling water that she had filled in the morning, and added a few spoons of brown sugar.
Aunt Fang shouted, "Lihua, you child, why don't you have good eyesight? Come and help your aunt. I say you, child, you need to be more thoughtful."
Fang Dihua always had a serious expression, unlike other old ladies who loved to laugh, and the girls were a little scared of her.
Fang Dihua brought a white porcelain tea tray, put the teapot and tea bowls on it, and let them drink.
After she put it down, she didn't say anything extra, nor did she greet or reminisce about the past, and she didn't even ask how her brother, sister-in-law, nephews, and nieces were. It was as if the visitor was not her relative, but an uninvited guest.
The three girls were all very embarrassed, but Grandma Fang and Aunt Fang were very warm.
Grandma Fang asked in a row: "Where is the son-in-law? Why doesn't he stay at home on the fifth day of the first lunar month? Is he out for a walk?"
Fang Dihua: "He is now a barefoot doctor, giving people injections."
Aunt Fang immediately said: "Our mother is not feeling well, so let my brother-in-law give her an injection."
Grandma Fang smiled and said: "No need, I am an old skeleton with half of my body buried in the ground, why should I give her an injection?"
After saying some meaningless words, Lu Xiuxiu finally called back Lu Dasao, Lu Dage and others.
Seeing Grandma Fang sitting on the kang with her gap teeth showing, Big Brother Lu was startled, "Grandma, why are you here? The third son said he came back to see you."
Grandma Fang was old, and her teeth had fallen out a long time ago due to years of malnutrition, and the few remaining teeth were broken and torn.
But she loved to laugh, and was not afraid of showing her gap teeth, "I came to see you, I haven't been here for years, I almost didn't recognize you, your family has changed a lot."
Big Brother Lu told her what happened at home in the past two years in a hoarse voice, "It's all thanks to the third son and his wife."
Grandma Fang listened with relish.
She was still thinking about Lin Shu and the two children, "Did you go back to your mother's home? Yes, it's good to go back to your mother's home. All the girls miss their mothers and love to go back to their mother's home."
As she said this, she stole a glance at Fang Dihua. Seeing that Fang Dihua didn't stole a glance at her, her back was straight, and she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Fang Dihua asked them to chat with her while she went to prepare lunch.
When Mrs. Fang heard that her daughter went downstairs to cook, she stretched her neck and shouted, "Hua'er, you can just make a pot of coarse grain porridge, don't make thin noodles."
Lu Xiuxiu also went to help Fang Dihua. .
Fang Dihua: "No need for you, go and talk to your sisters."
Lu Xiuxiu whispered: "Grandma, my great-grandmother and great-aunt are carrying their bags, do they want to stay?"
Fang Dihua: "If you want to stay, stay."
In the past, when the family didn't have enough food, they wouldn't let anyone stay. In the past two years, the family conditions have improved and the food is sufficient. Anyway, she won't let them eat fine grains, so they can eat coarse grains like at home.
Coarse grains, corn flour, sorghum flour, sweet potato flour, millet flour, must be enough.
Thinking of this, she still made an extra small bowl of fine noodle dumplings, just like she made for Panpan and Tiantian.
On the kang, Grandma Fang lifted up her jacket, cotton-padded jacket, the torn jacket and sweatshirt inside, and took out an old handkerchief that was almost like a gauze net from her pocket. She unfolded a stack of change inside, one cent, two cents, five cents and one dimes, almost three yuan, and a stack of grain coupons, about ten kilograms.
She stuffed it into the hands of Big Brother Lu, "Big brother, give it to your mother. Everyone's family is not well-fed, and we can't eat and drink for free."
Big Brother Lu said, "Grandma, you and your aunt are not outsiders, so what's the big deal about eating two meals?" Grandma Fang
asked Xiuxiu to come over, took Xiuxiu's hand and rubbed it vigorously, her eyes full of joy, "Good child, you are handsome, just like your parents, you are really a good child, can you make clothes?"
Lu Xiuxiu Xiu herself was a bit socially anxious. Being pulled and caressed by a toothless old lady who looked a bit scary, she resisted and was a bit scared, but she forced a smile, "Grandma, I can do it. I learned some from the teacher in the commune, and learned the rest from my third aunt."
Grandma Fang started to rummage through her bag again, took out two pieces of candy and stuffed them into her hands, "Good child, eat a piece of candy to sweeten your mouth."
Lu Xiuxiu had no choice but to accept it.
Brother Lu talked to the old lady again and rescued the girl.
Lu Xiuxiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, smiled at her sisters, and invited them to visit her room.
Grandma Fang shouted, "Xiu'er, don't lead them to play with the sewing machine. It's not the second day of the second month yet, so don't poke the eyes of the Dragon King."
Soon everyone in the family came back, and Father Lu was holding a few eggs.
Hearing that his mother-in-law was coming with her eldest sister-in-law and a few girls, Father Lu hurried home. He refused the family's invitation to have dinner.
He was not in a hurry to see his mother-in-law, but was worried about Fang Dihua.
The children didn't know, but he knew clearly that Fang Dihua had a bad relationship with her mother and had been hiding.
Grandma Fang didn't like this little girl who was born when she was 30 years old for various reasons, and often took her anger out on her little daughter.
When Fang Dihua was seven years old, her third brother was playing with her. The boy was too naughty and poked Fang Dihua's eyes with a branch.
After that, her eyes were always painful and she couldn't stop crying. She cried out in pain and wanted to see a doctor, but Fang's mother said that she was fine and told her not to pretend and not to disturb her father from making money. At that time, Fang's grandmother had just met Lu Laoyezi and a few other people. They made money by helping people run goods with their strength. They wanted to make more money to buy land so that the family would not have to go hungry.
Because children have strong recovery ability, Fang Dihua's eyes recovered in a short time. Fang's mother said that she was pretending and wanted to blame her third brother. She scolded her for trying to imitate her grandmother's mischief.
But in fact, the broken thorns remained in her eyes, causing her eyes to fester and sometimes get better and sometimes worse.
When Fang Dihua's eyes hurt so much, she couldn't sleep all night and wanted to dig her eyes out with a knife, but the most painful period passed and then it started to not hurt so much.
It happened over and over again.
Later, Grandma Fang finally had time to go home with her eldest son. Knowing that her daughter's eyes were not good, she took her to see a doctor. She saw both Chinese and Western doctors, took medicine, applied medicine, and put on eye ointment, but none of them could cure the root cause. Seeing
that so much money was spent, Grandma Fang yelled that she would go hungry if she didn't spend money on the family, and she refused to let her see a doctor again. At
that time, the medical level was limited, and the doctor really couldn't cure it. Fang Dihua was sensible and didn't want to spend any more money.
Because of this, her eyes hurt for decades, sometimes the pain came and sometimes it stopped, over and over again.
Because of those things that happened when she was a child, Fang Dihua could not be warm to her mother. Although she would not say bad things to her, she was not very close to her. Even though Fang's mother's temper improved after her grandmother passed away and she was no longer so irritable to her, she could not get close to her mother. Especially
after Fang's mother passed away, she no longer went back to her mother's house, but only sent her husband and children to go back for her.
At first she was looking for excuses, but later she was too lazy to find excuses.
After all this, Fang's mother naturally knew that the daughter resented her in her heart. The old lady pulled her son-in-law and cried and confessed, hoping that he would help persuade the daughter.
But Fang Dihua refused any communication, and Father Lu naturally did not force her.
Later, Father Lu was afraid of his mother-in-law and stopped visiting. He just sent his sons to visit grandmother and uncles in turn and give them gifts. Fang
Dihua never explained to the children why, nor did she show her dissatisfaction with her mother in front of others, and Father Lu naturally did not say anything.
The children naturally felt strange. When the eldest brother Lu was a child, he asked why she didn't like her grandmother when she was so good.
Fang Dihua used excuses such as "Mom is busy and there is a lot of work at home, so you should go and see her for her. "
Second brother Lu and Lu Shaotang did not ask, and easily accepted the reasons given by their mother.
Alas, Father Lu sighed, every family has its own problems, and it is difficult for an incorruptible official to judge family affairs.
Although the mother-in-law was not good to his daughter-in-law, she was very good to her grandchildren.
When his daughter-in-law gave birth to San'er, his blind mother was completely unable to take care of her during the confinement period. His mother-in-law was not in good health herself, but she came to take care of the concubine during the confinement period.
She was particularly fond of San'er, saying that San'er looked exactly like Fang Dihua when she was a child.
In fact, that was her excuse. When Lu Shaotang was a child, he was clearly a replica of Lu Lao's father. After he grew up, he incorporated some of Fang Dihua's characteristics.
The old lady tried to please the concubine everywhere and wanted to repair the relationship with her, but Fang Dihua was always cold. She gave money and gifts when she should, but she just refused to get close to her.
How can a cold heart be warmed up again?
Lu Lao's father knew his wife's thoughts, so he naturally did not interfere in the conflict between his wife and mother-in-law.
Of course, he also knew that Fang Dihua's feelings towards her mother were very complicated. Not only resentment, but also helplessness and heartache, otherwise she would not send her children to deliver good things, and never said bad things about her mother in front of her or behind her back, and she did not prevent the children from getting close to their grandmother.
She just couldn't get over that hurdle. She
hated, but couldn't hate completely, and she couldn't let go.
In order not to feel bad, she simply didn't see her.
Originally, Fang Dihua didn't go back to her parents' home, her sons went to her grandmother's home on her behalf, and several nephews went to her aunt's home on behalf of their father. Everyone was comfortable with this situation.
It's just that the old mother-in-law would break this tacit understanding from time to time.
When Lu Shaotang got married, she came to the wedding without saying hello, trembling on her bound feet and carrying half a bag of cornmeal on her back, which made Fang Dihua very angry. The next day, she asked Lu Shaotang to send it back to the old lady.
But Lu's father knew that she was even more angry about the old lady going out by herself. What if she fell down when walking such a long distance on her bound feet? You carried half a bag of corn on your back, and our family was short of your food or something? Didn't your sisters-in-law have any opinions about you?
But she didn't say anything about her concern or resentment. She kept everything in her heart and treated her mother as an ordinary old lady on the surface.
When San'er "sacrificed", the eldest nephew came and said that grandma was crying so hard that he was afraid she would not survive, so he wanted to prepare clothes and asked his aunt to come over to see her.
Fang Dihua refused to go and only gave him a new dress that she wore during the Chinese New Year to take back to pack.
As a result, the old lady survived the illness. When Lu Shaotang came back to see her, she was full of energy again, holding Lu Shaotang's hand and drinking a big bowl of sticky cornmeal porridge.
San'er had just visited her before and after the Chinese New Year, and there was nothing special at home. Why did the old lady come suddenly? She
also brought the eldest daughter and three girls.
Old man Lu was a little uneasy.
He was not afraid of his mother-in-law coming to live with him, nor was he afraid of them coming to eat and drink, but he was afraid that his mother-in-law would have some tricks up her sleeve, and she must not hurt his old woman.
Outsiders said Fang Dihua was fierce and fierce, but only he knew that his wife was very soft-hearted.
Her heart was full of wounds and could not bear any more hurt.
He chatted with the old lady for a few words and asked if everything was fine at home.
Granny Fang laughed and said, "Everything is fine, but I can't find my old friends to talk to when I go out."
Old Man Lu: "What's wrong?"
Granny Fang: "They are all dead. Hey, I'm 87 years old, it's time."
Old Man Lu: "No, you are in good health."
Granny Fang moved closer to Old Man Lu and whispered, "My son-in-law, are you in good health?"
She was a little hard of hearing and thought she was lowering her voice, but in fact everyone could hear it clearly.
Old Man Lu said it was good.
Grandma Fang asked again: "Hua'er is fine too. She works hard all day long. Does her arms and legs hurt? Now that the children are grown up and can work, you should let her take it easy. Don't work so hard as if she is young. She didn't feel it when she was young, but when she got older, her waist and legs hurt. It hurts."
Old Man Lu agreed.
Grandma Fang asked again: "Hua'er..." She pointed to her eyes, "Does it still hurt?"
Old Man Lu looked at the old lady like this. He was a kind person who didn't hold grudges easily. Even if he was wronged and hurt by others, he didn't hold grudges. But he always felt resentful about Fang Dihua's eyes.
If she had seen a doctor in time, she might not have suffered these decades.
From the age of seven to fifty-five, she had endured so many years.
And it was clearly her third brother who stabbed her, but they seemed to have lost their memory and said that she was naughty as a child and stabbed herself.
But what could he say to an old lady who was almost 90 years old, an old lady who was full of regret and wanted to apologize to the lady before she died?
Old Man Lu was speechless.
During the meal, Granny Fang saw that Old Man Lu and Fang Dihua were sitting at one end of the table, so she sat at the corner next to the lady and smiled at Fang Dihua in a flattering way.
Fang Dihua pretended not to see it.
Aunt Fang asked eagerly: "Little sister, when will Shaotang and his wife come back?"
Fang Dihua: "Why, do you have a baby for them or are you leaving after dinner?"
Aunt Fang: "My mother is missing her child." Grandma
Fang glared at the eldest daughter, "It's not dark after dinner, if you are in a hurry, take Lihua back first."
Aunt Fang: "... Mother."
Grandma Fang picked up her bowl of dumpling soup. She had a little cataract in her eyes, so she couldn't see clearly. She just thought that there were white spots in the golden corn porridge. Was
it the sticky cornmeal porridge with fine noodles?
She took a bite and it was indeed fine noodles. She poked her head to peek at Fang Dihua's bowl, and then at the eldest daughter's bowl next to her. Others' bowls were all yellow and there seemed to be no white.
Aunt Fang: "Little sister, you guys are only eating porridge on New Year's Day?"
Fang Dihua: "If you like to eat big cakes and coarse grain pancakes, I'll get them for you."
Lu An: "Aunt, we ate too much during the New Year. Now I like to drink something thin, which is easier to digest."
Although Aunt Fang was a little unhappy that her little sister treated her to coarse grain porridge, she didn't care much about it when she thought that people didn't do manual labor in winter and early spring, and they ate two meals of porridge to save food.
There was also egg stew.
While they were eating, Granny Fang suddenly turned around with her bowl and poured some into Fang Dihua's bowl, "Hua'er, I can't eat so much, I'll give you some."
Fang Dihua subconsciously dodged the bowl, "I don't want it..."
The boiling porridge in Granny Fang's bowl fell onto the table, and a little bit fell on Fang Dihua's left hand holding the bowl.
The porridge had just come out of the pot and there were still lumps of noodles in it. Although it had been a while, it was still very hot, and Fang Dihua groaned on the spot.
Father Lu acted quickly, immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks, snatched the bowl from Fang Dihua's hand, put it on the table, and pulled her to the water tank to scoop water for her to wash the back of her burned hands and wrists. Everyone
at the table was shocked, it was too sudden.
Who would have thought that the old lady would suddenly stand up while eating to pour for her daughter?
Many old people have this habit. When they have a good meal or don’t have enough food, they like to share their food with their children. If Fang Dihua didn’t hide, it would be fine.
If someone else poured for Fang Dihua, she wouldn’t hide either. But when Granny Fang poured for her, she would subconsciously dodge.
Aunt Fang quickly stood up to see, and then turned back to Granny Fang and said, “Mom, what are you doing? Now is not the time to be hungry.”
Granny Fang was already very anxious, yelling for soy sauce, sugar, and basil, “Hurry up and apply it to the flowers, it will be fine.”
As she spoke, she wiped her tears, “It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault.”
She said while hitting her hand.
Lu Ping quickly stepped forward to support her, "Grandma, it's okay, my grandfather has a burn ointment, if you treat it in time, there won't be a scar."
Grandma Fang seemed to be stabbed in the foot, "Oh, you can't leave a scar, it's all my fault. But even if there is no scar, it will still hurt, right? I know how painful it is to be burned. Back then, your grandma was old and confused, she smeared her shit on the wall and on the quilt. I put down the porridge I had cooked to grab her, and she fought back. "I was hurt when you poured the bowl of porridge on me. It was really painful."
She cried and said, "Hua'er, I'm sorry. I burned you. Does it hurt? Let me blow it for you."
Aunt Fang quickly helped her to the kang, "Mom, don't make a fuss. Sit quietly. I'll serve you another meal."
She had neatly collected the dough that had just been scattered on the table. It was all fine flour and could not be wasted.
Father Lu helped Fang Dihua deal with it in time. He rinsed it with cold water, and then applied a thick layer of the burn ointment he made, and then simply wrapped it with a layer of dry gauze to prevent the ointment from being rubbed off.
Burns are afraid of covering up in summer and freezing in winter, so Father Lu asked her to get on the kang, not in the main room to avoid the cold wind.
Fang Dihua refused to get on the kang and went to Lin Shu's room.
Granny Fang poked her head out from the kang in the east room, "Hua'er, where's Hua'er?"
Brother Lu didn't want her to shout anymore. Although he was on good terms with Granny, he felt sorry for his mother's burns and couldn't help but blame the old lady for being too nosy.
Mother must have avoided because she didn't want to face her face, and she was still shouting like that, wouldn't that make her even more unhappy?
He advised, "Grandma, eat something."
Granny Fang wiped her tears, "I can't eat, oh, it's all my fault. My mother's eyes are sore, she can't see clearly."
Seeing her sad look, Brother Lu softened his heart again and felt that he shouldn't blame Granny.
The eldest brother Lu and his friends were all loved by Grandma Fang.
At that time, the family conditions were good. She was reluctant to eat something and always hid it for the children.
There were many children in the family, including a bunch of grandchildren and several grandchildren. She gave each child a share, fearing that one would eat and the other would not.
The eldest brother Lu was greedy when he was young, and Grandma Fang would secretly give him more food every time he went to his grandmother's house.
The second brother Lu was a man of few words and dull and stupid since he was a child. Grandma Fang said that this child was not talkative and would not speak when he was wronged, so he would definitely be bullied, so she would secretly give him some food and asked the eldest brother Lu to protect his younger brother and not let others bully him. As
a result, the eldest brother Lu ate the food given to his younger brother on the way.
Later, the conditions of each family became worse, and they could not even eat enough. She did not have any good things left, so she saved some dried sweet potatoes and black glutinous rice balls from her teeth and stuffed some into the mouths of this child and that child whenever she had time. She also ran a long way to Lujiazhuang to feed the Lu brothers.
The Lu brothers were also filial to her. Although their mother and grandmother did not seem to be close, their mother did not hinder their grandmother, so they did not have any burden when they were young.
They caught a fish, a few frogs, etc., and also thought of giving their grandmother some meat to eat.
Grandma Fang always reminded them, "Be filial to your mother. She has suffered a lot since she was a child and has suffered a lot of grievances."
After the Lu brothers got married, Grandma Fang urged them to "be filial to your parents after you have a wife and children, take good care of yourself, be good to your wife, and love your children..."
In fact, Lu had known about his mother and grandmother for a long time. After all, it was not a big shocking secret. Although his parents never told him, didn't he still have his uncle and aunt? Even
if his uncle kept his mouth shut, didn't he still have his aunt?
There would always be an uncle who couldn't persuade his wife to tell the truth, and Lu could naturally get the truth out of him if he wanted to.
When he learned the truth, Brother Lu was in a very heavy mood. He felt very uncomfortable. He felt sorry for his mother and grandmother, and inevitably got angry with his uncles.
In the early years, the Fang family was very poor. Grandma Fang went out to sell her labor and do odd jobs, and transport goods. Grandma Fang worked day and night at home. Not only did she have to raise four children, but she also had to serve the old lady.
If the grandmother was in good health, she could help her take care of the children, or if the eldest son was a daughter, she could help her raise her younger brothers and sisters. But her luck was really bad. The first child was a son, who was careless and didn't know how to help his mother. The mother-in-law's temperament became more and more weird and she was a demon all day long. Not only could she not help, but she also made things more troublesome for her.
She waited on the young and the old by herself, and the man came and went in the wind and rain. When she came back, she wanted to complain and ask him to help, but it was so difficult for poor people to make money in those days. Every time he was covered in bruises, the skin on his shoulders was always rotten, he was so tired that he fell asleep when he came home, and he couldn't wake up even after eating.
How could she have the heart to bother him with family matters?
She managed to drag her first few children all over the place, and finally gave birth to a little girl when she was nearly thirty.
At that time, her old lady entered a stage where she was old, comatose and unreasonable. When she was awake, she would cry and tell her that she was sorry for them and that she could not harm them. She wanted to hang herself and jump into the river. When she was confused, she started acting like a monster and even hit people. Her strength was surprisingly stronger than when she was awake.
Grandma Fang was so tired that she was dizzy and tense all day long, fearing that her grandmother would suddenly have a seizure and poop all over the kang, walls and the house.
Even though she was tense all the time, the grandmother still had seizures a few times. She pooped all over the house, which was the least of it. She even wanted to set the house on fire and spread the flour bags at home!
At that time, she had just given birth to a little daughter. She was really upset and couldn't help but hate this child.
Especially the child was ignorant and always went to the grandmother. When she was hurt or something, she got even angrier and thought the child was so stupid!
She couldn't abandon her grandmother, but she suffered a lot and didn't know how to relieve it. The other children could run around, so she took out her anger on the little girl who couldn't resist.
First she scolded, then she started beating.
A child that young could not understand the helplessness and collapse of adults, how could she not be afraid and hate being scolded and beaten?
She was in pain, she was hungry.
With those emotions flashing through his mind, Brother Lu's complaints about his grandmother retreated.
Alas, she is almost ninety years old, what's the point of blaming her?
Those are the past that cannot be changed.
After a while, Grandma Fang poked her head out to ask how Hua'er was, or to ask if Shaotang and the others had returned? Brother
Lu was also worried, so he asked Lu Ping to ride a bike to call Lu Shaotang's family back.
Soon Lu Shaotang drove back with Lin Shu and the two children.
As soon as they arrived at the door, the two children jumped out of the car and ran home impatiently.
"Grandma, what happened to you?"
"Grandma, are you in pain?"
The two children rushed into the east room first and saw an old lady sitting on the kang. She was older than Grandma Jie, with gray hair and a mouth without a single straight tooth. She looked like an old witch in a comic book. They were so scared that they froze.
The old lady was old, her face was like tree bark, full of wrinkles, no eyebrows, droopy eyelids, and only broken tooth roots were left of her teeth, which were even black due to tooth decay.
Isn't this grin scary?
Brother Lu and others who had a relationship with her only felt sorry for her aging. Thinking about how much she loved them when they were little, they naturally didn't think she was scary. But Tiantian and Panpan had no feelings for her. In addition, the room was dark and the vision was unclear. Wouldn't it be scary if she saw them?
Grandma Fang saw the two children rushing over, wiped her tears and smiled to greet them. As a result, the two children turned around and ran to the west room in fear. "Grandma, grandma!"
The two children went to the west room and saw Fang Dihua sitting on a stool in front of the kang, with her hands wrapped in white gauze, her eyes were red, and her eye bags were bulging.
The two children immediately felt distressed and hugged Fang Dihua and cried.
"Grandma, grandma."
No matter how sensible they were, they were still children. They cried when they saw adults crying.
Fang Dihua was still immersed in her own sorrow. She was stunned for a moment when she heard the two children crying, "Oh, why are you two back?"
She hurriedly looked for a handkerchief to wipe the tears of the two children, but she felt her pocket and didn't know where she had lost it.
Tiantian took out her handkerchief and handed it to her, asking her to wipe herself first, and then give the wet handkerchief to Panpan.
Panpan thought there was snot on it, so she pulled Lu Shaotang's pillowcase from the kang cabinet to wipe it.
Lin Shu, who came into the room, was still in a daze.
Yesterday, they went to the Xie family official manor on behalf of Lin's mother, visited the old lady Xie who was still lying on the kang, and chatted with the second uncle Xie.
Today, Lin Aidi and a few childhood playmates came to talk to her, so they stayed for a while.
I originally planned to go home in the evening, but I didn't know that Lu Ping would ride over to look for me in the afternoon, saying that my great-grandmother was here and missed my third uncle.
Lin Shu thought that since the old lady had come from a long way, she and the children should go back to say hello.
Lu Shaotang was very perceptive and immediately realized that something had happened at home, so he asked Lu Ping.
Lu Ping could not stand Lu Shaotang's questioning, so he naturally told him everything.
When they heard that the milk had burned their hands, the two children were very anxious, so they hurried back.
Usually, the two children asked their father to drive slowly, so that they could experience the feeling of shaking, but today they urged him to drive faster, wishing that he could fly back immediately by stepping on the accelerator.
Lin Shu went into the house to care about Fang Dihua.
Fang Dihua forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, "It's okay, I just got burned accidentally."
The two children held her big hands and blew on her hands.
Fang Dihua smiled, "My skin is thick, it doesn't hurt at all."
Seeing her like that, the two children started crying again.