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Chapter 25 - Sand in the Fist

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    Some people say that home is the last harbor of a person, and relatives and friends are the ever-bright lighthouses on the harbor.  However, in Ziqi's impression, these lighthouses seem to be full of guns, and they are always trying to capture the entire bay.

    At Ziqi's house, Ziqi's parents are busy cooking for the family.  Ziqi's uncle came to grandpa's house again.

    "Dad, I think the apples downstairs are pretty good. I'll bring you a bag of them, and I'll let Pei Zilin peel them for you." Then, her uncle walked into the kitchen carrying a big bag of apples.

    Pei Zilin is the name of Ziqi's father.  For this elder brother, Ziqi's uncle never called him a brother, and always called him by his first name.

    "Pei Zilin, I'll peel an apple for dad soon. Look at you, you only take care of the three of you at home every day, and you don't even get a piece of fruit for dad." Ziqi's uncle threw down the bag, and he didn't get angry with Ziqi.  Dad said.

    "I bought fruit for my dad, but he doesn't want it. I can't help it."

    "Then won't you peel it off and give it to Dad? Get out if you can't take care of it, and I'll take care of it."

    Ziqi was at the side, listening to everything his uncle said, feeling unbearable pain in his heart.  She didn't understand why the parents who had worked so hard for the whole family ended up like this, and she was also dissatisfied with the same family, why her uncle would press so hard step by step.

    "Why haven't you disposed of this radio, and this pile of broken tapes, put them here to collect dust!" Uncle Ziqi took out a few rolls of dusty tapes from under the coffee table in the living room, and threw them into the trash can.

    The radio Uncle Ziqi mentioned was the favorite item of Grandma Ziqi during her lifetime.  Every day as long as grandma gets sick and scolds others, Ziqi's mother will turn on the radio and put on the tapes that grandma has collected, and grandma will immediately calm down.

    "Those useless things, get rid of them as soon as possible, or they won't take up space!"

    After hearing what his uncle said, Ziqi only felt a tightness in his chest, as if someone kept hitting his chest with a hammer, the pain was unbearable.  The scenes I used to get along with my grandma seemed to have happened yesterday, and the scene before my grandma left also floated into my memory in an instant.

    "Son, are you tired from class today? Did your kindergarten friends bully you!" The grandma on the hospital bed held Ziqi's hand, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.  In grandma's mind, she has forgotten that Ziqi has grown up.  In her world, Ziqi is still a 5 or 6-year-old child, a child who needs her protection all the time.

    "Grandma, I'm not tired. My friends are very kind to me, and they all said they like playing with me." Ziqi held back his tears and squeezed out a big smile with all his strength.  But the smiles in his eyes couldn't conceal the despair and pleading in his eyes.

    It was Grandma's last night in this world.  The world seems to be extremely quiet, and there are few people walking around in the hospital.  It seemed that everything was silently guarding the old man who was about to leave.  The world seemed to be frozen at that moment.

    According to the uncle's wishes, the doctor has pulled out grandma's respirator, and all treatment has been stopped.  All relatives and friends are crowded in the small ward, eagerly counting the remaining time of grandma.

    Time passed by every minute and every second, accompanied by painful and unbearable heartbreak.  Grandma's life was also forced to come to an end.

    The most desperate thing in the world is that you know that things may have 0.00001% hope but you can only choose to give up.  The most helpless thing in the world is that you are powerless and can only watch death coming every minute.

    "I told your mother and father that when grandma recovers from illness, grandma will help you teach those children who bully you." Grandma's hand tightened more and more, as if she wanted to use her own strength to stay in this world.

    Ziqi clenched his fist tightly, and his fingertips were deeply dug into his palm.

    "Grandma, I told my friends that my grandma will come to teach them a lesson tomorrow. You can't let me break my promise!" Ziqi stroked his grandma's gray hair and said with a smile.

    "Don't worry, child. Grandma will definitely protect you!"

    "Well, you are my best grandma!" Ziqi didn't hold back, tears still flowed down the corners of his eyes.

    Everything in the past is still in front of me, but no one cares about the memories of the past.  The memories of the past were mixed with infinite sentimentality, and in an instant, it filled Ziqi's brain.

    All the sadness, perhaps, is the obsession with the past.

    "If I hadn't chosen to give up at that time, maybe grandma is still alive in this world now." Thinking about it, Ziqi stood up from his chair.

    Ziqi ran out of his room, picked up the discarded tapes from the trash can, and wiped them gently.

    With them, grandma would notfar.  At least, on every night of missing, only these objects can entrust the deepest thoughts in my heart.

    "Pei Zilin, does your family Ziqi know Zheng Shao? I'm waiting for you to ask Ziqi to ask Zheng Shao to arrange a job for her brother." Ziqi's uncle went to the kitchen and said to Ziqi's father.

    "She should just be acquainted, not very familiar!"

    "As long as you know each other, it's fine. As long as you can enter the Zheng Group, you will be prosperous in this life." Hearing this, Ziqi had the urge to slam the door and leave.

    "Ziqi, this is a bowl of Cordyceps and black-bone chicken soup left by your mother. Your uncle and the others brought it back last time to replenish your grandfather's health. There is still some left over. Drink it while it is hot." Ziqi's mother opened the door of Ziqi's room.  Close it and signal her to drink it quickly.

    "Mom, you are reluctant to drink every time you make it, so give it to me."

    "You are growing, you should drink more of these."

    Ziqi looked at this bowl of hot chicken soup and her mother's eagerness for her to drink it, her heart was as sour as if it had been pickled with vinegar.  When the tears were about to flow, she controlled them, and she told herself that she could not shed tears until she could give mom and dad a good life.

    There are countless desolations and sufferings in this world. Those indescribable pains and untouchable expectations will eventually dissipate in this bleakness.

    After finishing dinner, the whole family sat at the dinner table.  Ziqi and his parents ate quietly, while Ziqi's uncle drank a large bottle of beer.

    "You drink less bars, the ventilation is already there, if you don't control it, the ventilation will get worse!" Ziqi's grandfather persuaded earnestly, but he also knew that what he said was useless.

    "Dad, I'm good at this. Quitting alcohol is as difficult as quitting smoking." Ziqi's uncle asked Ziqi with a mouth full of alcohol, "Ziqi, do you know Young Master Zheng?"

    "I don't know you." Ziqi didn't look up, but ate the rice in the bowl with his head down.

    "Isn't that the one who came to our house last time? How familiar are you with him? Is he pursuing you?" Ziqi's uncle asked persistently, eager to hear from Ziqi.  Any answer in the affirmative.

    "Our house is in such a mess, that's why he doesn't like me!" Ziqi only cared about picking up vegetables, and didn't look at his uncle.

    "See if you can talk to him. Your brother hasn't found a job after graduating for two years. Lin Hao and Zheng Jiaxun's conditions are so good. You can say something nice for your brother. If you can find a job for your brother  work, then uncle treats you to dinner."

    "I don't know where I will go after graduation. I don't have time to care about my brother. Besides, my brother's failure to find a job only shows that he doesn't have that ability. You can't let your family's ugliness out, haven't you heard of it!" After finishing speaking, Ziqi  Quickly finish the rice in the bowl and put the bowl on the table.

    "Talk about you guys, how do you educate your children with such no tutoring!" Seeing Ziqi's attitude so extreme, Ziqi's uncle hurriedly shouted to Ziqi's father, Pei Zilin.

    "When you are a child, don't talk too much." Ziqi's father, Pei Zilin, put down his chopsticks, looked at Ziqi's uncle, and said viciously.

    "What's wrong with being in front of the children? You said that you spend every day with dad and don't leave. You are all gnawing on the old. What kind of things have your children learned. Now it's cheaper to rent a house outside. It's okay for the three of you to move out to live.  If you can rest, I will take care of Dad."

    "When we took care of our parents, why didn't you tell us to go out? How did you beg us to stay and take care of my mother when my mother was paralyzed at home. Now that my mother is gone and my father doesn't need us to serve, you come to chase us away  Let's go. Why are we leaving!" Ziqi's father said angrily.

    "Didn't dad give you living expenses every month? Don't you enjoy yourself here? Food and drink are free, and dad will give you 600 living expenses every month." Ziqi's uncle received it.

    "Have you ever calculated how much we have paid for this family in the past few years? Since childhood, in order to let you study hard, I gave up the opportunity to go to school and devoted myself to taking care of you. Mom has dementia and is paralyzed in bed. In the past ten years  , You came here a few times. Where were you every time Mom couldn¡¯t recognize someone beating and swearing. Do you know that you hid in the closet and studied in the middle of the night during the junior high school entrance examination? It¡¯s all right now, Mom didn¡¯t  You should find a way to drive us away." Ziqi's father, Pei Zilin, became more and more excited as he spoke, all the blood vessels in his body seemed to be burning, and his face turned red.

    "Brother, that's not the case. We also have to survive, okay? I'll take care of my mother, who will take care of my son, earn money for my son to buy a house, and marry a wife."

    "There are a lot of women next to my brother, just wait to save money to see a doctor for him!" After speaking, Ziqi slammed the door of his room hard.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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