When I was a child, my family was poor and I couldn't eat good things. My grandmother often gives me cookies to eat. Later, when she was old, I naturally paid more attention to her affairs.
Grandma's wife walked in front of grandma, leaving her alone in the old house. Most of the seven sons are full of children and grandchildren, and their lives are very thick, which ignores the old-age care of the grandmother.
When his wife was alive, she was still hale and hearty, boiling water to cook and serving her paralyzed wife on the kang. Grandma's legs failed after her wife left.
Village director scolded grandma's seven sons, you unfilial things, if something happened to your mother one day, see where your's face goes!
The seven sons soon got together to discuss how to arrange their grandmother. After two days and two nights of discussion, the result came out: the family lived for two months and took turns.
When grandma didn't take turns living, there were frequent wars between seven daughters-in-law. Take the eldest daughter-in-law, for example. In front of the second daughter-in-law, she often blames the third daughter-in-law, and in front of the third daughter-in-law, she also blames the fourth, fifth and sixth daughter-in-law. When this old woman comes, her daughter-in-law has the same topic, so she naturally gets along better than her own sisters. For example, the fourth daughter-in-law said that grandma had failed to drink a bowl of egg soup that day, which was well received by the other six daughters-in-law.
Some of my sons are considering buying a TV for my grandmother, which is not expensive these days, but considering that my grandmother only lives in her house for two months a year, not to mention that she is eighty-nine, I will buy it for nothing one day. Therefore, no matter which son's house, the table, chair and bedding at home have become the friends of the grandmother.
Grandma of Lao Liu's family is ill. That day, the old six daughter-in-law steamed a pot of white flour steamed bread for grandma and put it on the kang. Say, mom, there is boiling water in the thermos. When the steamed bread gets cold at noon, use boiling water. Grandma knows very well that whoever is not busy with the leadership of Daqiu is sad. She told me in secret that she was sorry for causing so much trouble to her sons.
That morning, I learned that grandma had an accident. When I arrived, my seven sons stood neatly beside my grandmother with a long "tail" behind them. They are distant relatives and grandchildren of grandma. My neighbor told me that my grandmother had saved quick-acting drugs for half a year and threw them away.
That morning, the memory of the 89-year-old grandmother was unprecedented. Not only did she name seven sons, sixteen grandchildren, twenty-eight great-grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, but even everyone's birthdays were exactly the same. Then, the grandmother waved her hand, and the sons gave way very obediently.
The door opened and grandma closed her eyes and said, you damn fool, I'm coming for you.
Children and grandchildren dare not breathe, and their faces are blue. So is grandma. Just as everyone was preparing for tears and snot, she burst into tears and grandma's eyes opened again. The eldest son stepped forward, grabbed the old woman's hand and said, Mom, what kind of trouble do you think you are in? Pepper is still in the ground, and corn has been confiscated ... When saying this, the third and fourth children left with their families.
At noon, grandma took a sip of milk and immediately vomited nothing left. Looks like she's really leaving. Her closed eyes were silent, as if she didn't want to see everything in reality, and as if everything in reality had nothing to do with her.
The old seven daughter-in-law greeted her little daughter and said, go and take off the earrings on your grandmother's ear. You can't wear anything when you die.
A white and bloodless face, the old lady shivered, and before she came to her, her legs began to shake.
The moment the earrings left the old woman, the old woman suddenly woke up, touched her ear and said, where are my earrings? The seventh daughter cried with a "wow".
That pair of earrings was bought by his wife when she was sixty-six. With them, she felt that her wife could still exist warmly, but the sleeping grandmother didn't wake up, which was strange.
Grandma walked quietly in the sound of her sons playing mahjong. When grandma didn't eat or drink, her sons simply stopped working in the fields. They settled down in Liu's barn to welcome her death.
Grandma left, and the 89-year-old grandmother lay quietly in the coffin, shaped like dry wood. The fruit bowls placed in front of the altar were robbed from time to time, and then new ones were added. This is a custom in the village. It is said that if you can grab a bowl and use it to hold vegetables, it will be very lucky.
The motorcade that saw me off was three miles long. Such a huge team made many people stop to watch. Children and grandchildren, dressed in linen and Dai Xiao, cried with untidy noses, nodded step by step, screamed and cried, and kissed their mothers and grandmothers. The onlookers were also moved, some crying, some crying, and more people were envious.
In a word, it was a grand and unforgettable funeral.
Busy for seven or eight days, finally put an end to grandma's affairs. Several sons took over some owners respectively. That day, my son came back from grandma's sixth son's house. He and his grandson are classmates. He told me that when he came back, he saw Lao Liu and his wife counting money.