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Chapter 238 Hometown
He has to work at Misia during the day and go to Sansha to stare at him at night. For more than two months, Zhuang Ziqiang has been very exhausted both physically and mentally.

When I got home at night, I only had time to remove my makeup, and then I lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Sleeping until early in the morning, the mobile phone rang, and Zhuang Ziqiang answered the phone with his eyelids open.

"Hey, Dad!"

"Hey, Manni! If your grandpa is dying, please take a leave of absence to accompany me and your mother back to my hometown!"

grandfather?

Wang Manni's memories emerged. Her real hometown was in Suqian. When her father was assigned to Quzhou because of work when she was young, she married her mother. Since then, she has taken root in Quzhou. Now there are grandfather and uncle's family in Suqian's hometown.

In Wang Manni's memory, the impression of her grandfather and her uncle's family is very vague. She didn't meet her grandfather and her uncle's family very often since she was a child, and she only met once in two or three years.

This is not because Wang Manni's father is not filial, but because of the patriarchal custom in his hometown.

As the eldest, the father had only one daughter.My uncle's family had two sons. Grandpa said long ago that the old man must be raised by my uncle's family. After his death, everything in the family must be left to my uncle's family.

"Dad, I see. I'll book tickets right away. Let's meet up in Suqian!"

"Okay, that's it, let's call."

After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Ziqiang took a sip of water, took a rest for a while, packed up and went straight to the station.

After boarding the first high-speed train in the morning, Zhuang Ziqiang returned to his hometown in Suqian.

Wang Manni's memory of the hometown mentioned by her father is completely unfamiliar. She was born in Quzhou, grew up in Quzhou, and worked in Shanghai. She has no affection for Suqian, her hometown.

After leaving the station, Zhuang Ziqiang dialed his father's phone number. His father had just arrived at the station not long ago. After the family of three reunited, they took a taxi to his uncle's house.

After leaving the SQ city center and then the suburbs, the car drove further and further away.

My uncle's home, which is also my father's hometown, is in the countryside of Suqian. When my grandfather grows old, my uncle will take care of me. Half of my father's monthly salary will be paid to my uncle as the maintenance fee for my grandfather.

The distance from his hometown was getting closer and closer, and his father's expression became more and more nervous. He didn't even dare to call his uncle for fear of hearing bad news.

The taxi stopped in front of a small two-story building, and Zhuang Ziqiang and his father got off.

When I entered the yard, I found that my uncle’s house was having breakfast. My uncle had two sons. The eldest son had separated and built a two-story building in the village. Now the youngest son was not married and lived with the uncle and his wife. .

"Brother and sister-in-law, are you back?" Seeing their family, the uncle's family got up.

The father frowned when he saw the family eating breakfast unhurriedly. He was worried about his grandfather's condition and asked anxiously, "Where is Dad? How is Dad?"

"Dad is in the cabin!"

The uncle led his parents to see his grandfather, while the aunt looked at Zhuang Ziqiang, "Are you Manni? Are you this old?"

Zhuang Ziqiang smiled at her and stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling face.

She caught up with her parents and came to the small room next to the kitchen on the first floor. It was two or three meters square, and there was nothing else in the room except the bed and the bedside table.

Grandpa was lying on the bed at this time, his cheeks were thin, his face was withered and yellow, his eyes were closed, his mouth was opening and closing, and he was in a drowsy state.

When the father saw the situation in the house, a trace of anger flashed between his brows, but now that grandpa's condition is the top priority, he could only suppress the anger in his heart and ask, "How is Dad doing now? Have you been to the hospital?"

The uncle said vaguely: "It's useless to go, the oil is exhausted and the lamp is dry, and it's just a day."

"What do you mean it's useless? You don't even know what your condition is. Didn't you call to say that your condition is serious and ask me to prepare the funeral expenses?"

"Yeah, it's really serious. Brother, take a look, Dad is unconscious now."

The father ignored the uncle, lay down beside the grandfather's bed and called him softly.

After a while, grandpa opened his eyes and saw his father. Excitement flashed in his eyes, and he slowly raised his arms, skinny as a stick.

"Brother, look at Dad's thinness. It's all caused by illness. I also called you to come back because I saw that Dad's condition is not good. I even bought the coffin and old clothes."

The uncle was chattering beside him, and his father couldn't help crying when he heard about the arrangements for his grandfather's death. He didn't notice the pain and disgust in his grandfather's eyes. It was not for the father lying on the bed, but for the standing uncle. .

Zhuang Ziqiang knew all about the urination of his uncle's family. In fact, his grandfather was starved to the brink of death by this family of beasts.

He walked to the bed, grabbed Grandpa's hand, and said, "Grandpa, I'm Manni, do you have anything to say to me?"

Grandpa opened his mouth with great effort, but couldn't speak.

"Grandpa, don't worry, you can write me what you want to say." Zhuang Ziqiang stretched out his hand.

Seeing this, the aunt became anxious, and came to hold Zhuang Ziqiang, "Oh, Manni. Your grandpa is dying, so don't bother him."

"That's right, let your grandfather rest and let your father look at your grandfather more." The uncle also echoed.

Zhuang Ziqiang didn't move, but pushed his aunt away, insisting: "Grandpa, it's okay, you can write it for me."

Seeing that he didn't listen to dissuasion, the aunt said angrily: "Why are you so ignorant, your grandpa is sick like this, and you still torment him, do you still have any filial piety?"

Seeing that the little aunt's words were harsh, the father said in a deep voice, "Isn't it okay for Manni to say a few words to his grandpa?"

"Brother, we didn't mean that." The uncle argued.

The father was a little puzzled by Zhuang Ziqiang's stubbornness, but he believed that his daughter was not an unreasonable person. "Dad is dying soon. Manni hasn't seen her grandfather much since she was a child. Is it okay to say a few words at this time?"

The father expressed the righteousness of family affection, and the uncle and his wife did not dare to stop them, they could only watch helplessly as grandpa slowly gestured in the palm of Zhuang Ziqiang.

"Food?" Grandpa's hands were weak, and it took him a long time to write a word, and Zhuang Ziqiang immediately recognized what it was.

"Grandpa, do you want to eat? Are you hungry?"

When Zhuang Ziqiang asked, the uncle couldn't help but said: "Manni, his grandfather is seriously ill now, and he can't eat anything at all."

Zhuang Ziqiang ignored his uncle, and continued to ask, "Grandpa, are you hungry and want to eat? If you want to eat, just blink twice."

Grandpa finally moved quickly this time, blinking his eyelids twice.

At this time, the father also saw the trickiness, and he asked angrily, "How long has it been since Dad has eaten?"

"Brother, did I stop talking? Dad is so sick that he can't eat at all." The uncle argued to himself.

Zhuang Ziqiang pulled his father back, "Dad, first feed Grandpa something to eat."

Only then did my father realize that the most urgent task was to feed grandpa. He walked to the dining room and brought over the porridge that my uncle and his family were drinking.

"Dad, I'll feed you."

(End of this chapter)