Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes? Chapter 29 Grandma

"Siyuan, are you here by yourself? I haven’t seen you for quite so ti."

Grandma held Shen Siyuan’s hand, inspecting him carefully, a light seed to sparkle in her eyes. Her hands were very thin, almost skin and bones, with bulging veins clearly visible.

"Sorry, Grandma, I’ll... I’ll visit you more often from now on," Shen Siyuan said.

But as soon as he said it, he realized how familiar it sounded; this wasn’t the first ti he had made such a promise.

"What are you apologizing to Grandma for?"

Grandma feigned anger, pulling him towards the house.

"Grandma has so treats for you." She said.

She entered the house cheerily, then pulled out a bag of small buns from sowhere.

Shen Siyuan took it and said, "Grandma, they’re expired."

"Expired?"

Grandma looked at the remaining large bag in her hand and sighed deeply.

"I kept them for too long, sorry."

She apologized to Shen Siyuan, full of remorse.

Shen Siyuan suddenly felt moist at the corner of his eyes, holding back he said, "Grandma, there’s no need to apologize, it’s not your fault. I haven’t co back for a long ti. I’m the one who should be sorry."

"Our Si Yuan has grown up, learned to speak properly," Grandma said with a chuckle.

"Right, Grandma, Mom and Dad also brought so things for you." Shen Siyuan hurriedly said.

Then he took everything off the back seat of his motorcycle.

"These are two old hens, already cleaned and cut into pieces, I will put them in the fridge for you. Rember to take them out to make soup, don’t just leave them there for a long ti..."

"The sa goes for these eggs, you should cook and eat them, don’t hesitate, they’ll spoil if left out too long in this hot weather..."

"Here is a pair of shoes, Mom bought them for you..."

"There’s also this box of electric mosquito coils, I’ll show you how to use them later..."

"And this blood pressure dication, make sure to take it every day, don’t throw it away. Take care of yourself. If I find out, I’ll get angry, okay?"

...

"Good grandson."

"What’s up?"

"You’re such a hassle, just like your parents, always rambling on and on," Grandma chuckled.

"You said I’ve grown up, well, people get talkative when they grow up," Shen Siyuan replied.

"Then you might as well stay young, Grandma likes it when you don’t grow up," Grandma said.

"No matter how old I get, I’m still your grandson."

Shen Siyuan carried the items, intending to put them into the fridge, but then he found out that it wasn’t even plugged in; she was using the fridge as a storage cabinet.

"Electricity is expensive, you know, and I don’t really need it, no point wasting that money," Grandma said with conviction.

"How much could it possibly waste, it’s not that much money," Shen Siyuan said, rather helplessly.

"But it’s still a waste to spend it carelessly. I need to save up, you haven’t even found a wife yet. Speaking of which, your mom has set you up with so many girls, haven’t you taken a fancy to any?"

"Grandma, can we not talk about this?"

"I don’t want to bring it up either, but I’m anxious, don’t be too picky. Tell Grandma, what kind of girl are you looking for?"

Grandma held on to Shen Siyuan’s hand, as if letting go would an he would fly away.

"Grandma, I’m really not being picky, I just want soone I find agreeable," Shen Siyuan said.

"Isn’t that picky? Those are the hardest to find."

"Heh heh, Grandma, you really know a lot."

"I won’t press you, but I’m getting old and don’t know if I’ll live to see the day you marry. Thinking about it makes restless in anticipation of death..."

Is this what you call not pressing? This pressure is a bit too heavy.

"Grandma, you’re in good health, you will definitely be there that day."

"I know my own body, can you know better than ?"

"I get it, I’ll find a girlfriend as soon as I can, and I’ll bring her back for you to et," Shen Siyuan reluctantly promised, patting his chest.

"Good grandson, don’t lie to Grandma, okay?"

"What are you talking about? When have I ever lied to you?"

"Um, Grandma believes you."

...

"Good grandson, how many days will you stay at ho this ti around?"

"I’m going back tomorrow afternoon."

"Are you in such a hurry?"

"I can’t help it, I still have to go to work on Monday."

"Then stay here with tonight, and you can go back tomorrow afternoon."

"I can’t, my mom has set up with a date. She wants to et them tomorrow morning."

"Ah, right, right..." When it ca to dates, Grandma imdiately perked up.

"Then I won’t keep you tonight. It’s hot in the sumr, and it’s not as convenient here as at your ho. You go back and freshen up, change into a new set of clothes..."

"I look fine in what I’m wearing now."

Shen Siyuan chatted with Grandma a lot and also taught her how to use her mobile phone.

The phone his dad bought for her was a senior-friendly model, loud and with long battery life, easy to operate. He said Grandma was unwilling to learn, and couldn’t master it, but that wasn’t true at all.

While Shen Siyuan was teaching her, she was all smiles, so happy, fiddling with it over and over, asking questions again and again...

"Press this to answer the phone, and I’ll call you when I have ti..."

"This battery icon at the top, when it’s empty, you have to rember to charge it..."

"Did you morize my number? If you miss , give a call. I have plenty of ti, anyti will do..."

"Wouldn’t that disturb your work?"

"Not at all. One call won’t hold up."

"That’s good. But how can I see you through the phone?"

"Huh, Grandma, you know about video calling." Shen Siyuan was sowhat surprised.

"I heard it from Gui Zhi; she often video calls her grandson Taotao."

The Gui Zhi Grandma ntioned was from the sa village. Her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson worked in the city and often video-called her. Her age was only a bit older than Shen Siyuan’s mom.

"This phone of yours won’t work for that, you need to buy one that can make video calls."

"Then why didn’t your dad buy one?" Grandma sounded a bit annoyed.

Uh~, Shen Siyuan didn’t know how to explain. She could barely use the senior-friendly phone, let alone a smartphone.

"Is that phone very expensive?" Grandma asked again.

"It’s alright."

"Look how stingy your dad is. He just doesn’t want to spend the money on . I don’t know what he does with all the money he earns? You have to spend where it’s necessary." Grandma said discontentedly.

That’s not what you just said.

"Grandma, next ti I co back I’ll buy you one."

"Why waste the money? Let your dad buy it for . Keep your own money to spend."

"Alright, when I go ho tonight, I’ll talk to him."

Shen Siyuan stayed at Grandma’s house until the evening before riding his motorbike away.

It wasn’t that Shen Siyuan wanted to leave, but Grandma urged him to go.

Though she was reluctant to see him leave, she was also worried about his safety on the road at night.

When leaving, she even forcibly stuffed a hundred yuan in Shen Siyuan’s pocket, insisting he take it.

Shen Siyuan couldn’t argue with her and had to accept it for now, planning to let his dad return it the next ti he visited.

"Tomorrow, when you et the girl, take her to town and buy sothing tasty." She said.

"I got it, I’m leaving now."

Shen Siyuan revved the accelerator and headed back the way he ca.

After riding out a bit, he stopped the motorbike and looked back, only to see Grandma following him from far behind, already out of the village gate.

Her eyesight was not good, and she couldn’t see clearly from this distance, but she was still raising her arm, waving.