"I'm still alive, are you just tired of my life?" the old woman said irritably.
“No, Mother, you’re getting old, this is all inevitable. Don’t you love your grandson? An Teng is getting married soon, but we don’t have a decent wedding house yet. The bride won’t marry him if the bride’s family is short of either the wedding house or the dowry. I’m not doing well, and I don’t have the money to buy a house in a big city, so we can only use this house as our wedding house.”
The old lady remained silent.
An Youhe walked over and said, "But Second Uncle, this is Grandpa and Grandma's house. It's full of their memories. We can't do this."
The second uncle glanced at An Youhe: "Adults are talking, how dare you, a child, interrupt? You can't even protect your own home, yet you've set your sights on your grandmother's house, haven't you?"
An Youhe's eyes were filled with tears. Her parents' business failed and they owed a lot of money. In the end, they used the money from selling their house as collateral, so she had no choice but to move in with her grandmother.
Grandma An smacked her second son's thigh hard with her cane. "How can you talk like that? You've been working away from home for so many years and you've ended up like this. Now you're still thinking about my little things. Don't worry about it. After I'm gone, I won't care about anything anymore. You have to worry about your own son. Your father and I have been worrying about you all this time. Do you expect us to worry about your son too? You are responsible for your own children."
"Isn't An Teng your grandson? How can you be so heartless? You value An Youhe so much just because she's the daughter of your favorite youngest son?"
The old lady got angry and tried to hit someone with her cane, but her second uncle dodged it.
"You've all been away working for so long, has anyone ever come to see me regularly? Ando has only visited me twice since he was born. You only come home a few days a year, have you ever come to see me even once? Now that it's time to fight for the inheritance, you're starting to ask for it, but no! No matter how many times I ask, there's no one! I won't give you a single penny! Get out of here!"
The old woman pounded the ground and shouted at the top of her lungs.
The neighbors all heard the shouts, and some people were already watching from outside their doors.
The dark-skinned migrant worker was verbally abused relentlessly by his own mother and had no choice but to leave.
Before leaving, he said, "Mother, think it over carefully. I am still your own son."
An Youhe came out of the house with water and medicine. "Grandma, drink these first."
The old lady drank the medicine and calmed down a bit.
The girl lowered her eyes. She knew that her grandmother was actually afraid that she would have nowhere to live after her second uncle got the house.
At that point, she really won't be able to go home.
While having lunch, Grandma An suddenly said to An Youhe, "In a little while, you push me in your wheelchair and we'll go to the cemetery."
An Youhe looked up and asked, "Grandma, what are we going there for?"
"It's been a long time since I've been there, let's go take a look."
The girl, her nose red, said, "Okay."
On the rough and uneven dirt road, it was very difficult for the wheelchair to move.
An Youhe pushed the wheelchair and led her grandmother to their destination.
Grandma An pointed to a hilltop and said, "This is your great-grandmother. When you were little and couldn't remember anything, she often held you. Later, she got sick and I took care of her. Your great-grandmother also said that I was her favorite daughter-in-law."
This cemetery is a family cemetery.
Dad, Mom, and Grandpa are all here.
Grandma An continued, "When I was young, I was very capable. I could climb trees to pick red dates. At that time, your father was the youngest. He would clap and cheer below, grabbing the sweet dates and eating them. When the locust flowers bloomed, we would also pick the locust flowers from the branches and make locust flower cakes. Once, your father was helping me pick the locust flowers when he was stung on the hand by a bee hiding inside. He cried for a whole day."
Is my dad really that naughty?
Grandma An laughed, "He was very mischievous. He was the naughtiest when he was little. Your father was the youngest, my youngest son. His two older brothers are more than ten years older than him. I usually pay the most attention to him. Sometimes when your grandfather wanted to discipline him, he would hide behind me and hold on to me tightly."
An Youhe smiled, tears welling up in her eyes.
Grandma An pointed to the location, "From now on, I'll be here. What a great place, close to your dad and grandpa."
"Grandma, I don't want you to leave."
"Silly child, are you being silly again? I don't want to become an old codger."
"Grandma is not like that. Grandma is the person who loves me the most in the world."
"What nonsense are you spouting now? Haven't I scolded you enough already?"
"I haven't heard enough."
Grandma An smiled helplessly, "Now that I see there's still someone who loves you, I'm relieved. My biggest worry was you; I was afraid you'd be deceived, and I was afraid you'd have no one to care for you. That young man seems to like you quite a bit, and he's reliable. I hope he can be your life partner."
But you also need to rely on yourself, not on others. People are unpredictable. You need to have a skill to rely on in the future, so you won't be afraid anywhere. Have you told your parents about getting into Tsinghua or Peking University?
An Youhe shook her head.
"This is such an important matter, you should tell them quickly."
"good."
The girl stepped forward and said, "Dad, Mom, I got into Tsinghua and Peking University, the best schools in the country. I've been studying hard, so you don't have to worry about me anymore. I'll be fine from now on, and I'll come to see you often."
As she spoke, tears began to flow uncontrollably again.
The old lady laughed instead. "Alright, silly child, let's go. They all heard it. Let's go home now."
...
The New Year is just around the corner. Ye Zhou arrived at the courtyard carrying two large red lanterns.
An Youhe greeted Ye Zhou with a smile and hugged him tightly.
Watching the young couple being so sweet together, the old lady couldn't help but say, "Young couples these days are really unrestrained."
Ye Zhou smiled and said to the old lady, "Grandma, Happy New Year."
The old lady nodded, "Happy New Year."
An Youhe snatched a red lantern from Ye Zhou's hand. "I'll go hang it up."
With that, she skipped and hopped to the door.
Grandma An: "This child is always so enthusiastic about everything he does."
As expected.
An Youhe stood on tiptoe, but couldn't reach it.
The girl pouted angrily, watching Ye Zhou casually hang up the other side.
The girl was about to go back and get a stool when Ye Zhou lifted her up, her feet dangling in the air.
Ye Zhou said with a smile, "Isn't that enough?"
An Youhe successfully hung the lantern and was very satisfied with her masterpiece. Then, Ye Zhou put the person down.
Grandma An saw everything and said with a smile, "Alright, alright, come in and sit down, it's cold outside."
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