Chapter Twelve Heartache
In a ward in the in-patient building of the Provincial City Hospital, Li Fengzheng was sitting by the bed, doing a simple massage on her grandfather Li Jianzhong's hands and feet while he was lying on the bed. Her father, Li Zhengguo, was sitting on the other side of the bed, feeding his grandfather with hot chicken soup.
The old man looked contented and smiling.
Aunt Yang, a full-time servant named Yang Jieli, who serves their family, is helping to clean up the debris in the ward. She entered the family's life many years ago and started working as an ordinary cleaner in the company.
Later, she was able to join the family as a full-time servant. Everything she did seriously, carefully and responsibly every day was recognized by everyone...
"Yang Jieli, are you tired? Please stop the cleaning work at hand and go to an open area outside the hospital to rest and relax. I have some private family matters to discuss here. Please stay away." The old man said to the busy Yang Jieli.
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"Okay." Yang Jieli responded, then put down the work at hand and walked out of the ward lightly and closed the door.
"Grandpa, Aunt Yang has been with us for so many years. She is not an outsider. What do you want to say? Do you need to tell her to leave?" Li Feng was deeply puzzled by her grandfather's behavior. Grandpa had never been like this.
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"Li Feng, you kid, grandpa knows what he wants to do, and I have my own way of doing things."
"Dad, you don't need to worry about your illness anymore, and you don't need to worry about things at home. You are already at your age. Just enjoy your happiness and spend your old age." Li Zhengguo comforted him.
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The old man looked at Li Zhengguo kindly, sighed softly, and said seriously: "I'm not worried about my illness. But the things in our family have never made me let go. Zhengguo, you are getting older year by year.
Okay, I guess your mentality has the same feeling as mine. There is a saying that 'filial piety comes first', I believe you all understand this sentence, and you have also done it. Now grandpa, I am enjoying the love you have for me.
As for filial piety and filial piety...but, ‘There are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest is not having children’. Do you think you have a deep understanding of this?”
When the old man said this, he raised his hands and softened his eyes, and then said: "Grandpa, why should I and Lu Rengui take a huge sum of money as land acquisition compensation to stimulate these older grandchildren to find a partner to get married as soon as possible?
I believe you all know why this is happening! Grandpa, I am getting older year by year, and I don’t have many days left, but when can I see and hold my great-grandson?"
Li Feng heard it. Grandpa was telling her what he was saying, and he was urging her to quickly find a partner, get married and have children! Li Feng seemed to be tired of hearing such talk... But
I had no choice but to listen patiently, so I said to my grandfather: "Grandpa, why do you feel so deeply every day? Well, I will find a boyfriend to get married some other day, and then I will have many great-grandchildren for you to hold.
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"Li Feng, please stop trying to comfort me like this. Grandpa, I always say it seriously, but you guys don't take it seriously every time!" Grandpa paused for a moment and looked at Li Feng.
Then he said with emotion: "Li Feng, you, Xiaoling, and Li Hu were all raised by me personally. Your appearance as children is still deeply in my mind. I remember all your cries and fights."
Yeah. I wonder if you still remember?"
"Of course I remember. Grandpa, you are the one who has made the most contributions in our family."
After the old man stared at Li Feng for a while, he sighed softly and said: "Li Feng, do you still remember that you once had a biological brother?"
"Dad, stop it now! Stop talking! Just say something else!" When he heard the old man mention this past incident, Li Zhengguo was so surprised that he quickly interrupted him. In the deepest part of his heart, Li Zhengguo was shocked.
, this is the most taboo thing!
The old man was interrupted by Li Zhengguo, so he turned to look at him, raised his hand to signal him to put down the bowl of chicken soup in his hand, and then said seriously: "We are the only three people here today, and Li Feng is here anyway.
When I grow up, I must talk about this matter today. Zhengguo, don’t you think our Li Yong’er is still alive in this world?”
"Dad, is your brain really burned out? How can you bring up such an old thing again?" Li Zhengguo was very unhappy and interrupted the old man again. This most painful past event never left him in his heart.
Extremely painful? It is the biggest pain for the whole family! He has always hoped that he can use time to wear away this pain, and use a lifetime of repentance to seek peace for his family...
"Zhengguo, why do you always interrupt me so rudely?" The old man became angry and agitated, "I know what I'm talking about, can you please listen to what I have to say first?"
"Dad, don't interrupt grandpa, let him speak out." Upon seeing this, Li Feng quickly persuaded his father.
"Look, you're not as sensible as Li Feng! Then I won't mince words, I'll tell the truth now." The old man said, still stopping and looking at Li Zhengguo, "Why did I say what I said before? That's because
I seemed to have seen this child in the hospital yesterday!"
Listening to the old man's serious and affirmative words, Li Zhengguo was stunned for a moment, but he still couldn't hold back his anger. He smiled sarcastically and said, "Dad, are you dreaming? Don't you think this is ridiculous?"
"Zhengguo, don't think that your father and I are old and confused. My eyes are still bright now, and my heart is clearer than all of you! Do you still remember the birthmark on our Li Long? I have always remembered it clearly.
, and I saw this birthmark on a person yesterday, I am very sure that that person must be our Long'er!"
Li Zhengguo was speechless after hearing the old man's words! Memories from those years began to swirl in his mind...
In the deepest memory of Li Feng, she always remembers that she had a brother who was born a few minutes earlier than her, named Li Long. When they were young, they slept together every night, played together all day long, and were inseparable. If anything else
When her friends bully her, he always bravely stands up to protect her...
But one day, in a remote small county town, she got lost in a storm... From then on, during that time, she often cried and yelled, asking her parents to find her brother... Later, she was taken away by her parents.
After being beaten so many times, she no longer dared to cry for her brother. After that, it slowly became the most painful memory in her heart...
"Dad, I know you have never forgotten this matter in your heart. But it has been so many years, so you can just let it go. I really don't want everyone to feel heartbroken when thinking about this matter. I
I don’t want you to always be brooding over this matter. I know that you may have a good idea, maybe this child is really still alive in the world... But things are always unpredictable and people always change.
So what if one day he really grows up and can come back to us, but 'he' is no longer the 'him' that Li Long was back then!" Li Zhengguo comforted the old man with emotion.
"Zhengguo, actually I have always suspected that you did not carefully check and find out when you went to search for the child and dispose of the child's body. I suspect that you did not pay attention to many details... First of all, the child's body
The birthmark, followed by the clothes the child was wearing, and the relics on the body, especially the 'dragon-shaped jade pendant' hanging around the neck... Tell me now, what did you see at that time?
of?"
"...At that time, it was all highly rotten...Dad, please don't force me to think about this past event again, I won't talk about it anymore!"
As Li Zhengguo spoke, his face suddenly turned pale. He got up so uncomfortable that he quickly walked into the bathroom in the ward and vomited! It was too painful, which is why he didn't dare to think about that past event again! He still couldn't face it.
right!
Seeing this, Li Feng hurriedly got up and followed him to the bathroom, patting his back: "Dad, are you okay? Why did you suddenly vomit? Are you sick too? Do you want to get checked too?"
"I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me." Li Zhengguo answered her, turned on the faucet, washed his hands and face, and then said to Li Feng, "You stay here with grandpa, I want to go out for a walk and breathe some fresh air."
"Okay, then go ahead."
Walking out of the bathroom, Li Feng watched her father walk out of the ward, then closed the door again and returned to her grandfather's bedside.
"Li Feng, have you seen that your father's resistance is far worse than mine and yours! Come, grandpa and you will reminisce about the past together... I ask you, do you still have any memories in your memory?
Do you remember what your brother looks like?"
"Of course I remember. His face is as round as mine, and his nose always runs when the weather gets cold..."
"You two were born from the same mother, so of course you look alike. Haha, let me assume that if you met him now, do you think you would still recognize him?" Grandpa joked.
ask her.
"Grandpa, you are so funny. If he really lived and grew up in this world, he should be as tall as me. No, he should be taller than me, because he is a man. But
It’s impossible for his face to look like mine. If he looks very similar to me, of course I will recognize him at a glance.”
Haha, what a beautiful hypothesis and fantasy this is. I know it is impossible, but I can’t stop thinking about it!
"Li Feng, do you still remember the birthmark on your brother?"
"Of course I remember it. On his right lower back, there are three black moles in the shape of a square!"
"Yes, three black moles, shaped like a "pin"! Yesterday afternoon, I was in the bathroom of this hospital and saw someone with three black moles on his right back and waist. They were shaped like a "pin", which is the same as yours.
My brother was exactly the same when he was a child! At that time, he was changing clothes in the bathroom with his back to me, and I saw those three moles. I really couldn’t believe that such a coincidence could happen in the world. I was afraid it was fake, so I still
I couldn't help but poke it a few times with my fingers, and it turned out that it was a real fetal mole, not fake!"
"When I was a kid, I remember asking him what the three black birthmarks represented. My brother naively told me that it meant there were three brothers and sisters in our family... Then I teased him and said that I hoped there would be four, so one day I took advantage of the opportunity.
He accidentally scratched the middle of three moles with a knife. Blood immediately flowed out. He cried out in pain and raised his hand to hit me, but in the end he still couldn't bear to hit me..."
"I remember this about you, and I also noticed this detail yesterday. There is indeed a scar in the center of the three moles... That's why I am so convinced that your brother is still alive, and I believe that person must be your brother!
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"Then grandpa, why didn't you see clearly what he looked like yesterday?"
"So now I regret it so much! Yesterday when you and Aunt Yang came with me from the emergency department, I went into the bathroom halfway. Later, it was your Aunt Yang who shouted at me outside... and I poked hard a few times.
When someone came home, he immediately reached out and closed the door quickly, so he didn't see it!"
The memories with grandpa made Li Feng's long-lasting memories in the deepest heart of his heart roll back into his mind. Even though it has been so many years, when he thinks of it now, it feels like it happened yesterday. Now that grandpa's affirmative statement makes him
The best wishes in her heart were ignited...
When Li Fengzheng and her grandfather were reminiscing about their childhood memories, the door was suddenly pushed open. Li Xiaoling burst in with a bag of supplements, which frightened the grandfather and granddaughter and made them look at each other and quickly shut up and stopped talking.
Like a child, Li Xiaoling greeted her grandfather loudly as soon as she came in. She put down her belongings and sat beside the hospital bed. She used her innocent and humorous skills to coax her grandfather into laughing...
In the evening, Aunt Yang was left to take care of the old man. Li Feng and her sister Xiaoling planned to drive together to send their father Li Zhengguo back in person.
After walking not far from the ward, Li Xiaoling approached her sister and asked her in a low and mysterious voice: "Sister, were you and grandpa just talking about something important and special? Why did you stop talking when I walked in together?"
"Nothing? Just a casual chat. Why are you asking so curiously?"
"It's not that I'm curious, but someone is more curious than me! You know, when I was approaching the ward, I saw Aunt Yang standing at the door and listening from a distance. I stood at a distance and observed
I followed her for more than a minute, and she stood motionless outside the door, listening...until she discovered me later, and then hurriedly left in panic..."
Li Feng was puzzled by what her sister Xiaoling said, but she quickly interrupted her:
"Xiaoling, what are you talking about? Why did Aunt Yang eavesdrop on us? She is no longer an outsider in our family, and we didn't talk about anything secret..."
"Forget it, believe it or not, just pretend I didn't say anything!"
Chapter completed!