In grandma's eyes, she is a "rich man" because she has many "babies".
Grandma likes to live alone, she likes big space. A large bed, she worked hard to shrink it, and her increasingly thin body only occupied one-third, leaving two-thirds to her "babys". She and her "babys" looked at each other silently, staying with each other warmly, and never leaving.
Last summer, your second aunt who lives in the country invited grandma to stay for a while. Grandma looked at the treasures with her eyes and hesitated. Everyone knew that she was reluctant to part with those treasures, so she had to agree that she could take some of them with her.
The village where my second aunt lives is my grandma’s birthplace. In my eyes, every plant and tree there is so kind, every path and lane is so familiar, and every old person there is my childhood friend.
When he was at his second aunt's house, except for the old people who came to reminisce, the rest of the time was spent playing with his treasures. So the second aunt, in addition to serving grandma to eat and drink every day, also carried the two big bags full of treasures from the warehouse in the courtyard to the kang. Grandma opened the chain and looked through them one by one. She couldn't touch and see enough. After a few hours, she reluctantly packed them and asked the second aunt to move them back. The next day, the cycle starts again, sometimes several times a day.
"Er Mao, bring me those bags, Mom, let's take a look!"
This sentence made the second aunt very annoyed, but the second aunt would fulfill grandma's wish every time. In those days, the second aunt was very puzzled: What was the value of those broken things, and why she couldn't get enough of them.
Every winter, Aunt Jiu felt sorry for her grandmother’s loneliness, and the cold weather made it inconvenient to serve her, so she took her to live with her. Because grandma and Aunt Jiu live in the same community, Aunt Jiu said that there is no need to bring a lot of things, and that if you need anything, you can come and get it. Grandma was very unhappy, but she obeyed.
At Jiuyi's house, grandma lived in a one-meter-two-meter bed, which seemed to us to be very spacious. However, grandma was very unhappy and always said that the bed was too small. Everyone knew that she was thinking about her treasures. Every time my mother goes to see her, she always lowers her voice and asks her, "You said you can't throw away the things from your mother's house, right?" Mom solemnly and firmly says, "Don't worry! You can't throw them away!" Your grandma is a little relieved.
But I couldn’t stay there for long, so I made various excuses and shouted to go back. Your aunt, Jiu, turned to the sisters for help and tried to persuade her to live peacefully for a few days. In the end, everyone was tired, and persuasion became more and more ineffective. Grandma's appeal to go home became stronger and stronger. Aunt Jiu had no choice but to send her back. When she returned to her home, she was filled with indescribable excitement and joy. The first thing she did was to dig through her treasures...
In our eyes, grandma was a "pauper" because those "babies" were worthless.
Grandma has a lot of treasures, packed in schoolbags, in bags, scattered. From a close look, they look like small hills; from a distance, they look like a small and large mountain.
Grandma has a wide variety of treasures.
First, there are clothes, including N pairs of cotton trousers and M cotton jackets that were very practical when my grandma was young but have been eliminated for a long time now. There are also new clothes that the sisters have bought for many years that they cannot bear to wear and are not the right size...
The second is daily necessities, including toothpaste, which are both used and new ones, put in a red handbag and tied with plastic rope. Every morning, I untie the rope, take out the toothpaste and squeeze out a little bit, then immediately tighten the lid and put it in my schoolbag before tying it up. It’s not too troublesome at all. Every move is so serious.
There are also a few brand-new towels. The old towel has been used by grandma for many years. When it was put in the water, it became so old that it shrank into a ball, as if it was embarrassed to see others. After being exposed in the sun for a while, it became dry and hard, as if it wanted to stand up and break away from this world that did not belong to it, but grandma was reluctant to throw it away. Aunt Jiu bought her a new towel, which was fresh in color, soft and comfortable, but grandma was reluctant to use it, but she would take it out and look at it several times every day.There are also soaps, washing powder, spindles, scissors...
The third is medicines, including cold medicine, licorice tablets, metamizole , eye drops, dermatitis pills, sleeping pills, etc. There are bottles, boxes, and bags. In addition to the ones that are placed next to the pillow for daily use, the rest are packed in a whole large school bag. I am afraid that they will slip out because of their fun, and the school bag straps have three big knots.
Medicine is grandma’s first treasure and favorite. The older I get, the more I love it. Every time before her mother visits her, she asks grandma what she wants to eat. Grandma always answered questions incorrectly. She wanted various medicines and asked Wan Qian to buy them. Every time we meet, grandma is much more happy to see the medicine than the delicious ones.
The fourth is items that can be classified as "garbage", such as a large pack of plastic bags, a large bundle of plastic ropes, a stack of packaging bags, a pile of rags, a pile of needles and threads that have long been eliminated...
These things have their own origins. Some children and relatives brought them to her to buy food, so she saved them. get up; some of them are asked for from the children, especially when I go to your second aunt's house. Sometimes the things they want to throw away are a piece of thin hemp rope, sometimes a plastic bag. Your grandma always regards it as a treasure and hurriedly says: "It's a pity, don't throw it away, give it to mother."
... We always regard it as rubbish and sneer at it, but grandma regards it as a treasure.
Grandma has so many "treasures". Grandma says that they are all useful, but she is reluctant to use them and will use them later. But time stopped abruptly on December 22, 2022, and grandma did not wait for the "later". From that moment on, those "babies" lost their loving owners and became completely trash.
Things that are treasures in the eyes of grandma are worthless in the eyes of others.
When grandma was alive, she would never leave her, guarding her with all her might, and would try her best to snatch it back from anyone who wanted to throw it away.
Now, grandma is gone, no matter what, let go, compromise, and let those treasures be dealt with as they please.
wishes that grandma will have a new baby in heaven, and that they will love each other and never be separated from now on.
Children, carrots and cabbage, each have their own love. When grandma was alive, we regretted not giving the elderly more respect and understanding.
Nowadays, we also have our own treasures. They may be things in front of us, people around us, or things in our pockets. All we can do is: understand each other, respect each other, try our best to protect each other, and cherish each other with our hearts.
You regard it as dross, but I regard it as a treasure - Postscript.
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