316: Chapter 316: Ti’s up, it’s ti to go 316: Chapter 316: Ti’s up, it’s ti to go Tang Yuxin’s grandmother did not live with Tang Dingyuan and Tang’s mother.
Although she was aged, the old woman had a deep attachnt to her old house.
It was the place where she and Tang Yuxin’s grandfather had spent most of their lives.
After Tang Yuxin’s grandfather passed away, the old woman had refused to move.
She always felt that in that old house, Tang Yuxin’s grandfather would always be with her.
Finally, the ti ca for the old woman to leave this world.
On the way to the hospital.
Xiao Jun drove the car, Wang Fang sat in the passenger seat, while Xiao Fei and Tang Yuxin held the babies in the back.
Perhaps sensing the heavy atmosphere among the adults, the children remained silent.
“Daddy, where are we going?”
The oldest child, sitting in Xiao Fei’s lap, looked up and asked quietly.
His little face showed a hint of worry, appearing timid.
The little one was a bit scared.
Xiao Fei patted the oldest child’s head, then comforting a glance at the second and third children before whispering, “We’re going to the hospital to see your great-grandmother.”
In Sichuan Province, whether it’s great-grandfather, great-grandmother, or great-granduncle or great-grand-aunt, they are all commonly referred to as “great-grandmother” in the local dialect.
“Who is great-grandmother?”
The children were too young, and it was natural for them not to rember the elderly woman they rarely t.
“Great-grandmother is mommy’s grandma.”
“Mommy’s grandma?”
The second child nestled closer against Tang Yuxin, laying his head on her chest, and softly asked, “Is great-grandmother sick?”
Tang Yuxin held back her sadness, trying her best to smile.
“Yes, great-grandmother is sick.
Shall we go see her?”
“Okay~”
The children obediently nodded.
Soon, the car arrived at the city hospital.
The family quickly followed Tang Dingyuan’s directions to reach the ward.
At this mont.
Inside the ward, only Tang Dingyuan and Tang’s mother were present.
The old woman’s condition had deteriorated so rapidly that although she was fine two or three days ago, suddenly she was so gravely ill.
Even though Tang Dingyuan inford other relatives, none could arrive in ti.
“You’re here…”
Seeing Xiao Fei and the others enter, Tang’s mother wiped her eyes and got up to speak.
Tang Dingyuan sat beside the bed, nodding at Xiao Fei and the others.
“Dad, Mom.”
Xiao Fei greeted quietly, and Tang Yuxin quickly rushed to the bedside, looking down at the elderly woman lying there.
Compared to her previous mories, the elderly woman on the bed now looked like a flickering candle fla, so thin that only skin and bones remained.
“She was fine just a couple of days ago, suddenly things went downhill, and she lost weight quickly, this…”
Tang Dingyuan said painfully.
He was no longer young and had long been ntally prepared for his mother’s possible departure at any ti.
Yet when the ti truly ca, he still found it hard to accept.
“Co on, children, go see great-grandmother.”
Xiao Fei led the children toward the ward.
Tang Dingyuan suddenly gestured with his hand.
“No, let them look from afar, getting too close isn’t good for little kids.”
“Dad, that’s superstitious nonsense.”
Xiao Fei didn’t care about such things.
Even if those sayings had so basis, with the Peace Talisman once given by the system, nothing could possibly happen to the children.
The little ones timidly ca to the bedside, placing their hands on the edge, tiptoeing to see the elderly woman on the bed.
They had no mories…
Even if they had t before.
But the inherent connection of bloodline brought a sense of affinity, making them feel sad seeing the elderly woman on the bed.
“Great-grandmother, I’m the oldest, here to see you.”
“Is great-grandmother asleep?”
“Great-grandmother, get better soon, and the third child will give you candies.”
Perhaps she really heard the children’s voices; the elderly woman, on the verge of life, suddenly opened her eyes like a brief return to lucidity.
Her eyes cloudy, she slowly turned her head.
Seeing this, Xiao Fei, Tang Yuxin, and Tang Dingyuan quickly lifted the three children a little to let the elderly woman see them better.
“…”
The elderly woman parted her lips, trying to say sothing, but seed unable to make a sound.
“Great-grandmother is awake~”
“Great-grandmother should take dicine on ti, then the sickness will go away.”
The children’s innocent and hopeful words made the adults feel even more sorrowful.
“Mom, your little ones are here to see you.”
Tang Dingyuan hurried to her ear to say.
The elderly woman slowly nodded and faintly smiled.
At last, she made a sound:
“Good children…”
“Great-grandmother, don’t be afraid.”
The oldest lightly grasped the elderly woman’s wrinkled hand.
The child’s smooth, fair hand contrasted starkly with the elderly woman’s wrinkled, bony hand.
“dicine tastes bitter, but you’ll get better soon~”
“Great-grandmother won’t get better…”
“Why?
Great-grandmother didn’t take dicine?”
The oldest tilted his head.
The elderly woman barely managed a smile.
“Great-grandmother is going to die.”
She spoke with calm acceptance, showing no fear of facing death.
Neither Tang Yuxin, nor Tang Dingyuan nor Tang’s mother could bring themselves to say she would definitely recover, knowing it was a lie nobody would believe.
“Die?”
The children were a bit confused.
They couldn’t quite understand.
“When people grow old, they die, and great-grandmother’s ti has co to leave.”
“Why?
Great-grandmother, please don’t die, okay?
The oldest can play with you.”
“No way, good children…
good children…”
Perhaps exhausted, the elderly woman closed her eyes again.
Xiao Fei and Tang Yuxin quickly took the children aside.
After a while, Xiao Fei took the three children to the corridor outside the ward.
“Daddy, what does dying an?”
The third child asked.
Xiao Fei curled his lips, squatting down before the children, patting their heads.
“It ans going very, very far away and never returning.”
“Then, can’t you not go?
Why does great-grandmother have to go?”
“Everyone has to go.
As they age, eventually everyone leaves.”
The children suddenly felt scared and rushed into Xiao Fei’s arms.
“Will daddy die too?”
The oldest asked.
Xiao Fei pressed his lips.
Despite the harshness of the question, he nodded truthfully.
“Yes, soday daddy will leave, and mommy too.”
“No…
no…”
The children began to wail.
The third’s eyes welled with tears, clutching Xiao Fei’s clothing.
“Don’t let daddy go, mommy shouldn’t go either, don’t go, okay?
Baby will be good.”
“Babies, everyone dies.”
“But rest assured, even if daddy and mommy soday leave, they will beco stars in the sky, twinkling and always watching over you.”
“Will daddy beco a star?”
“He will.”
The oldest bit his lip and suddenly said:
“Then, I’ll take a big plane and fly really high up to find daddy, okay?”
Xiao Fei pinched the oldest’s cheek.
After a mont, he nodded.
“Okay, daddy will surely wait for you in the sky.”
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