nucmednet Chapter 588 Extra - Li Yulan
Chapter 588 Extra - Li Yulan
1995, Fuqing Street.
After Su Ping got home from get off work, he carried a portion of soft pastries and ran to his uncle's house to visit his grandmother.
He broke the pastry into pieces bit by bit and put them on a plate, then placed it in front of Li Yulan, muttering to himself all the time.
"Grandma, this is called cake. It's very precious. Try it and see if you like it. If it tastes good, eat more. I'll bring you more in the future."
Li Yulan sat and looked at Su Ping quietly, her eyes still as kind as ever.
"Grandma, An An married so far away. She spent so much time studying and working away. Now she hasn't been back for a long time. Why did Xiao Zuo move so far away?
You said it would be great if they lived in Fuqing Street. I don't like Xiao Zuo anymore. He took An An so far away. We are not with An An. What if he bullies An An like Zhao Daxing did? "
"Grandma, Master Cheng gave me a raise again. I'm now the head chef of the main store. I make over 160 a month. Have you spent the money I gave you? If you want to eat something, just tell your aunt and ask her to buy it for you."
At this point, Su Ping paused, his tone lowered, "Oh, I forgot, you haven't been able to speak for almost six years."
"Grandma, I still like you talking. I want to talk to you. An'an is married and has moved to someone else's home. Mom and aunt said that Shanshan will also get married in the future. Will she also move to someone else's home then? Isn't that like An'an? I won't see her for a long time?"
"Grandma, if Shanshan gets married, will I be alone? Grandma, I don't want Shanshan to get married. Mom said that marriage is a good thing. I don't want Shanshan to get married. Am I a bad person?"
"Grandma, I wish I were smarter. Sometimes I feel unhappy when I think about something, but I don't know what to do. I don't dare to tell Shanshan because I'm afraid she will hate me. Grandma, what do you think I should do?"
"Grandma, if only you could speak..."
After Su Ping finished speaking, he fell into deep thought. He did not expect Li Yulan to answer him. He had not heard Li Yulan speak for many years, and even her voice was a little vague to him.
After a long, long time, just when Su Ping almost forgot what question he asked.
"Grandma...will talk to you...."
The voice was clearly right next to Su Ping's ears, but it suddenly seemed to come from very far away.
Su Ping was stunned for a long time and had no time to react. After a while, he turned his head to look at his grandmother. Li Yulan was still looking at him quietly as before. There was a small person in her turbid pupils. That was Su Ping.
"Grandma, were you the one speaking just now? Can you say it again? Can you speak now?"
Su Ping looked at his grandmother in disbelief.
Unfortunately, no matter how he asked, Li Yulan did not speak again. She just looked at Su Ping quietly, her eyes full of love.
Su Ping didn't know how much strength his grandmother had used to say that. He told his mother, uncle, and aunt. Everyone was skeptical, suspecting that he missed his grandmother's words too much and must have heard them wrongly.
Li Yulan has been like this for many years, how could she suddenly be able to speak again?
Ever since the fall, Li Yulan would sit on a small chair at the door, quietly looking in the direction of the entrance to Fuqing Street. That was the direction her children would go home, the direction her grandchildren would come home from school, and the direction Su Ping would go to and from get off work.
Suddenly one day, she turned her head and looked towards the southeast.
Su Ping looked towards the southeast and asked, "Grandma, do you want to go back to Ninety-three?"
Li Yulan turned around and looked at him quietly, her eyes full of reluctance.
Her energy and spirit were getting worse and worse, and her appetite was getting worse and worse. She wanted to go back to Ninety-Three, but the old man was there.
Wang Yongzheng filled the big card with a lot of soft cushions and put a Simmons mattress in it. The siblings sent Li Yulan back to Ninety-three.
After returning to the familiar village of Jiusan, Li Yulan felt better. Familiar friends and fellow villagers came to visit her, and she was very happy to hear the familiar local accent.
Seeing that their mother was in much better spirits, Wang Yongzheng and his three siblings were also happy. They stayed with Li Yulan for half a month and then went out again one after another. Wang Yongzheng had business to do and had to deliver goods promised to others. Su Ping had to go to work, Liu Xiaomei also had to look after the store, and Zhang Shuangshuang had several children to look after.
Wang Xiaocui and Wang Yongshun stayed in Jiusan. Wang Yongshun was not very useful in the store, and Wang Xiaocui did not need to look after the restaurant all the time. She just needed Ren Shan to take time out every day to go over and take a look. Wang Xiaofen also came back often to accompany her mother.
After another month, Li Yulan's health began to deteriorate. She could hardly eat anything and spent a lot of time sleeping every day.
She signaled to Wang Xiaofen to ask everyone to come back.
Wang Xiaofen burst into tears on the spot and began to notify people outside and prepare for the funeral.
The family members came back one after another, even Su An, who was pregnant, came and was led by Zuo Zuying to stand behind the crowd.
Li Yulan weakly opened her cloudy eyes and slowly glanced at her children and grandchildren in front of the bed, as if she wanted to imprint them all in her heart. It was great that everyone was here.
She was born into a life of luxury, and although she endured several years of turmoil, she was fortunate enough to marry Wang Kaifu, who had retired from the battlefield.
Wang Kaifu was ten years older than her and was very kind to her. She had never been bullied by her parents-in-law, nor had any man ever touched her. She raised two sons and two daughters in her lifetime, and they all grew up and were filial to her.
Her children are all living well. Even her eldest son, who worried her the most, is now doing well. Xuanying and her husband are living in harmony. Jianyong has graduated from university and has been assigned a job. Wang Yongzheng's eldest son, Wang Jianbing, is not good at studying, but has traveled around with his father. He is smooth and shrewd at a young age, and his two younger ones are also obedient and sensible.
An An got married, and Zuo Zuying, who was taking care of her, knew that she was living a good life. According to the rules of Jiushisan, pregnant women could not come to her place, but she came anyway. Li Yulan did not dare to keep her eyes on her for too long, as she was afraid that Su An would come over, which would be bad for her as she was pregnant.
Xiaofen was also doing well. She was now in control of her family. The only thing that worried her was Su Ping.
She had only one regret in her life, which was that she did not favor her Pingping at the banquet that year, and let Chen Jiahua force him to drink two cups of Shaodaoli. If she had not gossiped with others, if she had favored Pingping, would her Pingping be a father now?
Her Pingping is so smart. He said that he is best friends with grandma. He always gives grandma a bite of anything he eats. When he goes to visit other people's homes, he always knows to leave two peanuts for grandma. What a good child he is. If she had believed in him...
Li Yulan slowly stretched out her hand towards Su Ping, who was already crying. "Grandma~"
Li Yulan struggled to grope around on the bed, took out a small, old passbook, and stuffed it into Su Ping's hand. This was the money Su Ping had given her over the years, which she had not spent, but had asked Yongzheng to save it all, and also added the money from her filial children into the account.
She has been impartial to her children all her life, but she just likes Su Ping. She told everyone earlier that she would give all her things to Pingping. She is not afraid that people will accuse her of being partial, because she is partial.
Li Yulan opened her mouth but still couldn't say anything. She looked at Ren Shan beside her with difficulty.
Ren Shan walked over and held Li Yulan's other hand. She knew what Li Yulan wanted to say. Li Yulan's heart and eyes were full of Su Ping, so how could she not notice her thoughts?
"Grandma, I will take good care of Brother Su Ping for the rest of my life."
Li Yulan looked at the girl in front of her with a determined face, and her heart relaxed. A look of relief appeared on the corners of her mouth, and her thoughts fell into darkness.