The Chu family took over and wanted to take good care of the old lady. They didn't want to send her to Moon Bay anymore, which meant that Bi Yue and Liu Yafang wouldn't be bothered for the time being.
Chu Hongtian even made a special phone call to the Bi family, as if to explain, but more to express his gratitude, and said to Bi Tiegang:
"Thank you, my dear mother-in-law. You have been taking care of me for the past two years."
Bi Tiegang didn't think it was necessary to make a special call:
"In-laws, we are closer than any other relatives. What is our relationship? Right? We are one family and we don't have different opinions."
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However, the Chu family had good intentions and wanted to take the time to accompany the old Buddha, but the old Buddha refused to cooperate.
Old Mrs. Chu took the medicine for her forgetfulness obediently for two days, and then she started to make a fuss, insisting on going to Moon Bay to find Bi Yue, saying that she couldn't play with Liang Yinqiu. She was angry about Liu Yafang's temper with her, and she kept saying that she would be heartbroken if she couldn't see the little dragon.
Liang Yinqiu said helplessly: "Mom." What else can she do? Cook differently, take her out for a stroll in a different way.
"What do you mean by mother? You're upset when you look at me, and I'm upset when I look at you. Oh, just let me go, and you can relax a little."
"Yueyue is very busy. The children are all taken care of by my in-laws. I'm already embarrassed. Can we just not go?"
Old Mrs. Chu twisted her body and sulked, meaning: No.
The next day, Liang Yinqiu wanted to bring back several elderly women. She thought that if they were of the same age and lived in the same courtyard, it would be convenient for her to play cards with her mother-in-law.
She would rather serve tea and water than let the mother-in-law give her daughter-in-law more money. Bi Yue has such a heavy burden to take care of the child and the old lady. What if she goes somewhere and is not watched and gets lost again?
In this way, Mrs. Chu, with so many playmates, felt relieved for a few days. Every day she would brag about how great her son Datian was, talk about planting rice in Northeast China, and drink sugar water with a few people and play cards. For a while, she really calmed down.
But after a week, when the novelty wore off, she called Bi Yue:
"Girl Yue, grandma is suffocating to death. Come and pick me up quickly. Your mother has a bad heart. She won't let me go out when it's so warm."
Bi Yue was speechless, how crooked her grandma must be.
She knew all her mother-in-law's concerns. If her mother-in-law knew she was being scolded again, she would die unjustly:
"Okay, wait, I'll be there soon."
After hanging up the phone, Bi Yue looked up at Liu Yafang embarrassedly: "Mom."
"What? You have nothing to be embarrassed about. That old lady has been hanging around me for years, I'm used to it. Besides, she can still live a few more years, so I'll take over."
Just when Liu Yafang was mentally prepared to play poker with the old lady every day, the old lady really didn't bother her this time.
She came here on her own and brought a bunch of playmates with her. We can't just abandon her after she's done with her work, right?
She took care of all the old sisters, some tall and some short, some walking with crutches, some hunched over and some smiling with wrinkles on their faces, and all kinds of appearances.
So at the elevator entrance of the magnificent Moon Bay Hotel, you can often see a group of old ladies.
Chu Yiqing drives from 9 am to 4 pm, picking up cars from each other and taking care of the transportation problems of all the grandmothers.
As for Bi Yue, she was responsible for security issues and took over at the door.
Liu Yafang is responsible for snacks and refreshments for these elderly people.
Xiaoxi and Xiaolongren were also quite busy. They were responsible for being cute, performing shows, singing, and dancing for the old ladies after they finished playing cards or woke up from their nap.
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One afternoon, in the pavilion in the courtyard of the Moon Bay Hotel, Liu Yafang led a team with several waiters, bringing tea, vegetables and fruits, and placed them one by one on the round table in the pavilion.
She saw that Old Mrs. Chu was no longer satisfied with winning matchsticks and started playing with dimes.
The most important thing is that if the old lady wins, she will put the money in her pocket.
If the old lady loses, these old ladies will go to her daughter to claim reimbursement, and get it reimbursed once a week.
Liu Yafang's thoughts:
This wasn't just an old Buddha, this was a Cixi-level old Buddha. The Chu family's ancestral graves must be filled with smoke, having to deal with a grandson like her daughter, and not just her.
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The two babies also know that in addition to eating and playing, they have to study and learn various skills.
But when she got to Old Lady Chu, she only had two tasks left: eat and play.
There are three meals a day, and the two babies can wait for a while when they are hungry. But when they come to their grandmother, she is always very angry and will get very upset if anyone dares to delay her meal time. When they wake up from a nap, they ask, "When is dinner?"
The most important thing is that the old lady thinks that she is so old and she knows everything. Compared with the two babies, she is still disobedient.
So, while taking care of the elderly is troublesome, everyone in the Chu family, including Bi Yue and Liu Yafang, is happy with it. No matter how tiring it is, they all hope to live a few more years.
Just when everyone thought that life would continue to progress with the old lady eating and playing in a repetitive cycle...
The ball of yarn in Liang Yinqiu's hand fell to the ground.
She widened her eyes in panic, unable to believe how her mother-in-law could have inexplicably fainted and fallen beside the bed in the bedroom.
"Mother? Mother?"
Old Mrs. Chu was lying on the ground unconscious.
Liang Yinqiu climbed down the stairs, her legs weak as she held onto the handrail. Her mind was so dazed by the shock of the scene that she didn't even know whether she was calling the police or an ambulance. She shouted angrily at Chu Hongtian's confidential secretary:
"You can never point your finger at him, ever!"
Liang Yinqiu hung up the phone and wiped her nose with her palm. She didn't realize that her face was already covered in tears, and she was crying as soon as she spoke:
"Jian'an."
"mom?"
"Come home quickly. Your grandma has fainted and doesn't know anything. She's too fat, I can't hold her. Come quickly!"
Bi Yue squatted down with a serious face and told the two treasures: "Listen to grandma, mommy has something to do."
Bi Tiegang was also putting on his shoes: "I'll go with you."
Chu Yiqing was feeling dizzy after working the night shift in a meeting. As soon as she came out of the meeting room, her secretary Xiao Zhang whispered something to her.
She turned around and ran with the folder still in her hand. The sound of her high heels clattered throughout the office building. She was still talking on the phone with shaking hands.
So it wasn't Bi Yue who notified Chu Yifeng, but Chu Yiqing:
"Xiao Feng, grandma is in a coma. I'm afraid she won't make it at her age. She scared me last time when she was confused... Hurry up. Xiao Ci is not here, you have to go home and let her see her."
Before dawn, the dark green jeep had already reached Shandong Province.
At the temporary rest stop, Chu Yifeng turned on the faucet, washed his face to wake himself up, and drank water from the faucet. At this time, Old Mrs. Chu was in the intensive care unit.
The doctor said a lot, and Bi Yue called her parents' home and told Liu Yafang: "It's just that he's old, and his functions in all aspects are not working anymore."
The director of the military hospital also said to Chu Hongtian and Liang Yinqiu: "At such an old age, we also need to be prepared."
Liang Yinqiu immediately covered her mouth and cried, "Blame me. How could I give Aunt Liu a holiday? What was I doing at that time?" Chu Hongtian patted her shoulder.
Zhang Jingan also sat on a bench in the hospital corridor and cried, "Let Xiaoci wait another year. It's so far away, can mother still see Xiaoci?"
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