In the southwestern mountainous area, Dafu Village, it is ten o'clock at night on the seventeenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
The cold wind came in through the crack of the open door, and I shivered. When I opened my eyes, I just fell asleep sitting in the woodshed!
There was a faint sound of water outside the house, and I rubbed my eyes and walked outside.
Under the dim light, I saw a familiar figure sitting by the well, rubbing the clothes in the basin.
"Grandma--" I called softly and breathed a sigh of relief.
Grandma didn't look back and said softly: "Xiaocao, you've left your school uniform for several days and you don't know how to wash it..."
I have been diligent since I was a child, but the clothes in the basin have not been washed for many days. After a little calculation, it has been seven days, right?
I felt strange, how could I let it sit for those seven days?
This is not my style!
I walked closer. I hadn't seen my grandma for a long time since I was admitted to a key high school in the county. She seemed to be older, and her hair had turned white. Even though she was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, her thin body could still be seen.
My parents died young, and my grandma suffered a lot in raising me over the years.
The corners of my eyes were a little sore, so I rolled up my sleeves and prepared to help.
Grandma stretched out her hand and pushed me away, "The water is cold!"
I sat on a bench next to my grandma and watched her wash the clothes neatly. Together with her, I wrung out the clothes and cooled them in the yard.
After doing this, grandma looked back at me and said with emotion: "Seventeen years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the grass has grown up..."
There was a very complicated emotion in grandma's eyes.
Tears burst out of my eyes instantly. I reached out and hugged my grandma, and promised: "When I go to college and get a scholarship, I will definitely buy a washing machine, so that grandma no longer has to wash clothes by hand in the winter!"
Grandma's hand moved for a moment, as if she remembered something.
She called me again: "Xiaocao..."
"Grandma?" I looked up, but except for the sadness in my grandma's eyes, I didn't hear her say anything else.
At this time, my hand touched my grandma's hand. She had just used ice water to wash my clothes. Her calloused hand was very cold.
I hurriedly covered it with my hands.
Grandma didn't move and let me cover her for a while. Then she said, "Stop working, Xiaocao!"
I frowned, my hands were obviously very warm, why couldn’t I cover grandma’s hands?
"Little grass!" Grandma suddenly lowered her voice and said, "Your uncle stole the things I hid in the vegetable jar in the kitchen. You have to find them back!"
My expression changed, "Grandma, that bitch You Xiangui is here to steal things again? Why didn't you tell me earlier and I'll go find him!"
You Xiangui is my uncle's son, so I have to call him uncle.
But this guy is a bastard who is involved in everything from eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling. He usually doesn't do his job and goes around stealing. In recent years, because of this kinship relationship, he has bullied us orphans and widows a lot, so he always mentions this Damn it, I hate this so much.
"Xiaocao-" Grandma grabbed my hand hard to prevent me from going. She said anxiously: "You shouldn't come back this time!"
"This is my home, you are still here, why shouldn't I come back?" I blurted out.
Grandma's face became even more sad, and she lamented: "My poor little grass, this one is so noble, he didn't have good intentions this time."
"When did he ever show kindness?" I replied.
Grandma glanced outside the door and said with a sad face: "It's been seventeen years, I'm afraid she's coming back..."
"Who is coming back?" I asked doubtfully.
Grandma was shivering and staring in the direction of the door. The cold wind was blowing at night, so I hurried into the house to get her a coat.
When I came out again, the yard was empty, and the grandma who was standing there just now was gone!
"Grandma? Grandma?" I looked around, but I couldn't see her.
When I was wondering, I suddenly heard someone talking on the other side of the wall, a familiar male voice.
"Have you put all those things away?"
A woman replied in a low voice: "Put it away and hide it under my bed."
"That's good, now I can only send that old thing away, and let's just wait and count the money!"
"But that girl is so old, can she listen to you?"
"Now I am her parent, so of course she has to listen to me!"
"This girl has been wild since she was a child. Please look carefully..." Following the voice, I miraculously discovered that my body was floating in mid-air. At this angle, I could clearly see You Xiangui and Widow Wang heading towards my house. Go.
You Xiangui said: "Don't worry, can it be as difficult as me to deal with this girl? Just watch and don't let her run away!"
After saying that, they opened the door of my house.
I just felt my body tremble, and when I opened my eyes again, I saw a vast amount of white.
White clothes, white water chestnuts, and before the paper money was burned in the brazier in front of me, a black coffin suddenly appeared in front of me where I was sitting on my knees!
Behind the coffin, there is a photo of the deceased.
My heart throbbed and tears flowed down. It turned out that I just had a dream. In the dream, I didn't remember that my grandma had passed away. Today is the seventh day of her first birthday. I am keeping vigil for her... …
