Chapter 216: No Filial Son Beside a Long-term Sick Bed
When Xiao Peng arrived at Shaojiapu, Pascal and his friends became the focus of the residents' attention.
Although Liu Baorong said that there are more foreign tourists here, few of them come to the village. This is a rare thing.
Xiao Peng didn't even need to ask where his uncle's house was. As soon as he arrived at Shaojiapu, he saw several men sitting on the roadside smoking and chatting. The man smoking was none other than Wei Jingxun, Xiao Peng's cousin and the child of his second uncle.
"Ah? Xiao Peng, you're back?" Wei Jingxun recognized Xiao Peng, but his face didn't show much joy. "Why didn't you tell me you were back?"
Xiao Peng frowned: "Do I need to tell you in advance that I'm going home? How long have we been moving here? Why didn't anyone tell me?"
"Why should I tell you this when I'm abroad?" Wei Jingxun asked.
Xiao Peng said nothing after hearing this: "Where's my grandpa?"
Wei Jingxun's expression changed drastically. "Hey, Xiao Peng, it's not easy for you to come back from so far away. Go home and rest first." He stood up and tried to pull Xiao Peng with him. "Hey, you brought your foreign friends with you? Let's go home and sit for a while!"
Xiao Peng frowned and repeated himself: "Where is my grandpa?"
Wei Jingxun couldn't pull Xiao Peng away, and said unhappily, "How come you don't listen to good or bad advice after going abroad? You've come all the way back, why don't you go home and rest first?"
Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "I came back to see my grandpa. Where is he staying? My uncle's or yours?"
Wei Jingxun did not answer his question, but looked embarrassed.
Xiao Peng was shocked: "What happened to my grandpa?"
"It's okay, it's okay!" Wei Jingxun said.
Xiao Peng frowned: "Since you are alright, tell me where the master is and I will go find him!"
Wei Jingxun murmured, "That...that..."
Xiao Peng was about to ask more when he suddenly saw an old man carrying a small stool and walking out to sit in the corner to bask in the sun. Xiao Peng's eyes lit up when he saw him: "Grandpa Feng!"
That person was a long-time friend of Xiao Peng's grandfather. They would play chess and drink together whenever they had nothing to do.
Grandpa Feng heard the voice and asked, "Who is it? Who is calling me?"
Xiao Peng knew that he had cataracts and couldn't see clearly, so he quickly introduced himself: "It's me, Xiao Peng!"
"Boy! Didn't you go abroad?" Grandpa Feng said, "I haven't heard from you in the past few years! Did you go to see your grandfather?"
After hearing what Grandpa Feng said, Xiao Peng felt relieved. He was just imagining things, and his grandpa was fine. Xiao Peng took out a cigarette and handed it to Grandpa Feng, lighting it for him: "I just came back and haven't seen my grandpa yet!"
Grandpa Feng asked, "Since you didn't see your grandfather, what are you doing here?"
"Ah?" Xiao Peng was stunned: "Where is my grandpa?"
Grandpa Feng said, "Your two uncles didn't come over from Chushantun...ah."
Xiao Peng frowned: "Isn't Chushantun deserted?"
Grandpa Feng said, "I won't talk about this anymore. You'll know when you go and see for yourself."
After hearing this, Xiao Peng hurriedly said, "Grandpa Feng, I'm going to see my grandpa first, and I'll come back to see you!"
"Go ahead!" Grandpa Feng waved his hand.
When Xiao Peng stood up, he found that Wei Jingxun was gone.
"Rongrong, take me to Chushantun quickly!" Xiao Peng said.
Liu Baorong said "hmm" and drove Xiao Peng to Chushantun, a small mountain village. When Xiao Peng was here, although it was not big, it was lively with a lot of noise. Now, there was almost no one.
But as Liu Baorong said, there were still a few families living here, and Xiao Peng heard dogs barking when he arrived here.
Grandpa Xiao Peng’s house is on the hillside at the end of the village, and you need to climb a flight of stone stairs to get up.
After getting out of the car, they walked up the stone steps. As they watched Grandpa's house getting closer, Xiao Peng suddenly felt uneasy: Grandpa's house looked like it had been in disrepair for a long time. How could people still live in a house like this?
As soon as he reached the gate, he saw a strange woman in her forties or fifties coming out of the yard, holding a bowl and chopsticks in her hands. She was startled when she saw Xiao Peng and the others: "Who are you looking for?"
Xiao Peng frowned slightly: "Who are you? This is my grandfather's house!"
The woman laughed when she heard it. "You are Xiao Peng, right? Come in quickly, come in quickly, Uncle Wei, your grandson is back!"
When Xiao Peng walked into his grandfather's hut, a strange smell wafted into his nose.
"Your grandfather has had a stroke and has difficulty walking. He has to do everything in the house. I've cleaned it on time, but there's still a smell." The woman explained, "He's recovered well in the past two years and can sometimes even come down and walk a few steps."
How could Xiao Peng listen to these words? He pushed open his grandfather's door and walked in.
When he entered the room, he saw his grandfather lying on the bed. Seeing Xiao Peng coming in, he said vaguely: "Peng...Peng, you...are back...!"
"Grandpa!" Xiao Peng burst into tears. "What's going on? Why are you living here alone?"
After hearing what Xiao Peng said, grandpa closed his eyes and said nothing, but tears flowed down the corners of his eyes.
The woman who brought him in said from behind him, "Xiao Peng, your grandfather always talks about you. Don't bring this up and make him sad. You shouldn't even ask about this. What else could it be? There's no filial son for a long-term sickbed."
Xiao Peng sat down beside the bed and looked at his grandfather distressedly. He looked at the woman and said, "Auntie, who are you? Can you tell me what's going on?"
The woman thought for a moment and said, "Just call me Aunt Li. In terms of seniority, you should really call me Aunt. I'm Wei Jianlin's wife. In terms of seniority, you should call him Uncle Seven."
Xiao Peng actually didn't know who Wei Jianlin was, but he could confirm the relationship by hearing the name: his grandfather's generation order was 'Jun, Wu, Jian, Jing', and Wei Jianlin should be a relative of the same generation as his mother.
But here women are not judged by their generation.
Aunt Li continued, "Well, I live here too, don't I? Your two uncles give me a thousand yuan a month to take care of your grandpa's three meals a day!"
Xiao Peng frowned and said, "Only one thousand a month?"
Aunt Li said, "It's a lot. Your cousin has a lot of tuition fees now, and this thousand yuan can help a lot! Besides, for me, it's just a matter of buying an extra pair of chopsticks. Helping to wash and rinse is also a small matter. But I'm not saying that your two uncles used to come to visit, but later stopped coming and just transferred the money online! It's been two or three months in a row without giving me money. I can't let the old man starve, right? Xiao Peng, I'm glad you're back. This way, your grandpa won't have to suffer and I can relax a little bit."
Xiao Peng nodded: "Aunt Li, how long have you been taking care of my grandpa?"
"Oh, if you calculate it this way, it's three years younger!" said Aunt Li.
Xiao Peng's face was terribly gloomy, and Aunt Li was a little frightened. "Well, Xiao Peng, I'm glad you're back. Your grandpa just finished his meal. I'll go back first."
"Aunt Li, please stay!"
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