Chapter 302 The Painful Past (9)
Father Lin was dealing with Tang Biqin’s funeral while taking care of the three children. Because he was so exhausted, even his movements became much slower.
His body sank deeply into the sofa, his eyes were covered with red bloodshot eyes, his hands and feet were as heavy as lead weights and he couldn't move. He looked at the two brothers building blocks next to him in a trance.
"Grandpa, grandpa..." Two soft and soft voices sounded in his ears.
Father Lin recovered after a while and asked, "What's wrong, are you hungry?"
"No." Ji Tingyang glanced at him and said hesitantly, "I miss my grandma. When will grandma come back?"
"She..." Father Lin paused, with a forced expression on his face. Raising a smile, "Grandma, she said she would like to play at a friend's house for a few more days."
"Am I too noisy, so grandma doesn't want me anymore?" Ji Zeqiu lowered his head, his eyes slightly red, and whispered. Said, "Just like mom and dad don't want me anymore..."
Father Lin's chest felt sour. He went over and touched Ji Zeqiu's head, "Mom and dad like you, how could they not want you?" As for you. It’s just that they have gone to heaven first and are protecting you in heaven. Grandma is the same.”
The child was simple-minded and didn’t notice the loopholes in Father Lin’s words. He heard that Grandma didn’t want to. Their smiling faces soon returned.
Father Lin also breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
Father Lin went over to open the door and saw two women with red eyes standing outside the door.
"Who are you?" Father Lin was confused.
"We are Biqin's friends. We just came back from traveling and heard about Biqin's death. We also missed the funeral. I'm really sorry..." Their voices choked up.
"This is a little bit of our kindness, please accept it." After saying that, they stuffed a thick red envelope into Father Lin's hand.
Before Father Lin could say anything, he heard a confused voice in the room, "Brother, what does death mean?"
"Just like mom and dad, never see you again. They are gone." Ji Tingyang said.
Ji Zeqiu was stunned for a moment, and tears rushed out, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... itself......, didn't grandma go to a friend's house to play, why can't you see grandma again?"
As if he couldn't believe it, he ran over and hugged Father Lin's thigh, raised his tear-stained face and looked at him, "I'm going to find grandma, wuwuwu... I'm going to find grandma..."
Ji Tingyang also cried, but he was not the crying character of Ji Zeqiu. He asked quietly: "Has grandma really passed away?"
Father Lin tried to find an excuse several times to make this The matter was covered up, but every time it came to my lips, I couldn't say it, and I hesitated to speak.
When the two friends outside the door saw this, they immediately knew that they had gotten into trouble, and a trace of apology appeared on their faces.
"I'm sorry, we didn't know that you haven't told the children at home yet." The two apologized in a panic, leaving a last word of condolences and leaving in a hurry.
Inside the house.
Ji Tingyang and Ji Zeqiu even convulsed and choked because they cried so sadly.
Father Lin's expression was a little complicated. After a moment of inner tangle, he decided to take this opportunity to confess to them, "I'm sorry, grandpa never told you."
"Even if grandma is gone, she will I will always protect you in heaven." Father Lin wiped the tears from their eyes, "Can I take you to see grandma tomorrow?"
"Okay." Ji Tingyang and Ji Zeqiu said in unison.
Early the next morning.
Father Lin took them to Nanshan Cemetery again. Tang Biqin's tombstone was not far from Lin Xu and the others.
"Grandma is here, protecting you with your parents." Father Lin put his hand on the tombstone, looking at the face in the photo, the tip of his nose suddenly became sour. After saying that, he took out two tissues and handed them to the two children, "Okay, let's wipe away our tears and give grandma some incense."
They nodded and awkwardly took the bags out of the bag. He took out a few sticks of incense, lit them, and asked them to put them on the small incense burner in front of them.
"Grandma, we also brought a lot of fruit, remember to eat it." Ji Tingyang put out all the apples again.
After staying here for a while, Father Lin took them to the tombstones of Lin Xu and Ji Yanli.
Offer and burn incense.
The two children told the tombstone interesting things that happened in school. Ji Tingyang also said that he got first place in the school exam.
Not to be outdone, Ji Zeqiu said, "I also got first place in the exam!"
Although it was a kindergarten test of writing Arabic numerals.
Ji Tingyang: "I also have a certificate of merit for three good students praised by the teacher."
Ji Zeqiu: "I also have a little red flower given to me by the teacher."
Ji Tingyang: "I still have..."< br>
Looking at the two children chattering, a chuckle escaped Father Lin's throat, and a faint smile finally appeared on his face that had been worried for several days.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Father Lin took Ji Tingyang and Ji Zeqiu home, "Mom, dad, and grandma are going to have a rest. Let's come over to see them next time."
"Okay." Two young voices responded at the same time.
Although the two children behaved calmly at the end of the day, at night before going to bed, Ji Zeqiu still choked up again, "Grandpa, I think mom and dad still have grandma..."
Father Lin was silent for a moment, pointed to the stars outside the window and said, "Have you ever heard of a story? Anyone who goes to the sky will turn into a star and watch you from above."
< br>"When you miss them, besides going to the cemetery to see them, you can also look up at the stars outside. They are watching you from above."
Ji Zeqiu blinked his wet eyes and tried his best Looking up at the sky, "There are so many stars, which one is mom, dad and grandma?"
"Of course they are the brightest ones." Father Lin said.
Ji Zeqiu searched for a long time in the night sky, and suddenly became excited, "I saw it!"
"They also saw you. Remember to do your homework carefully in class in the future, so that they can I will be happy." Father Lin said.
Ji Zeqiu nodded, "Yeah."
"Okay, let's go to bed now." Father Lin gently patted Ji Zeqiu's body to coax him to sleep.
It wasn't until Ji Zeqiu's breathing became calmer and he fell asleep that Father Lin lowered his head and kissed him gently on the cheek. Then he walked to Ji Tingyang's bedside and kissed him who was already asleep before leaving the bedroom.
In the dark and quiet bedroom, Ji Tingyang quietly opened his eyes, turned over and looked out the window.
His eyes turned and turned, as if he was looking for something, and when he found the three brightest stars, his eyebrows instantly curved.
"Mom, Dad, grandma, good night." Ji Tingyang said silently in his heart, closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
Just when Lin's father thought he would always take care of the three children's growth, Ji Yiyun seemed to finally remember these children and came to his door.
(End of this chapter)