"Grandma, is it okay not to sell it? Can you leave the rhubarb?" 7-year-old Rongrong (pseudonym) limped and cried, chasing her grandmother Lao Ying (pseudonym). It turned out that Dahuang was an old ox at home. The cattle dealer I contacted a few days ago and came to Lao Ying's home today. Seeing Dahuang being pushed to the firewood cart and pulled away, Rongrong grabbed her grandmother's sleeve tightly and begged over and over again, hoping that her grandmother could change her mind. Lao Ying's eyes were red, and if it were not for the last resort, she would not be willing to bear the "main laborer" of the arable land.
Laoying's family lives in a remote mountain village in Yunnan Province. There is only a dilapidated old house at home, the walls are not even painted with cement, the ground is bumpy, and there is no decent piece of furniture in the house. The dilapidated sofa he picked up becomes a place for children to learn. Lao Ying is a real farmer. He has never been to school and has struggled to raise his son by relying on a few acres of thin land. Because of the difficulties in life, my son went out to work to help his family share the burden after high school. After saving some money, he brought his daughter-in-law back. Seeing the happy couple, Lao Ying felt that half of his life was worth it.
The son and daughter-in-law gave birth to a daughter after marriage, and after two years, they had twin sisters. Seeing three beautiful granddaughters, Lao Ying couldn't stop smiling. Everyone in the village praised Lao Ying for having three golden flowers at home, which is a blessing. However, with happiness, bad luck also quietly came. When the twins' sister Rong Rong was born, she caused hip dislocation due to external force. At that time, the family did not find that it was a deformity, so she missed the best treatment time.
As the twin sisters grew up, Lao Ying found that her sister Rongrong was a little lame when walking. Lao Ying had to farm and was busy taking care of three children every day, and she had no time and energy to take care of these things. But when Rongrong was 4 years old, her feet were in severe pain, and she took painkillers at the village clinic but it didn't work. Lao Ying was very worried that she would take Rongrong to the hospital. After a doctor's examination, she was diagnosed with severe hip dislocation. "If the surgery is not done, the child's legs cannot stand, and the legs will shrink over time, and it may be difficult to walk in the future." The doctor's words were like a basin of cold water. Lao Ying was in pain and blamed herself, regretting that she was too careless and did not take her child to the hospital for examination earlier. She made up her mind to cure her granddaughter no matter what, and not let her child’s legs be ruined.
Lao Ying spent all his money and went to all his relatives' houses to collect enough of the high surgical fee and completed the operation for Rongrong. Seeing his granddaughter who had successfully undergone surgery on the hospital bed, Lao Ying thought that the family had finally survived, but he didn't expect that this was just the beginning of suffering. The
operation caused the family to bear a lot of debt, and coupled with three hungry mouths, the life of not being rich was even more miserable. The son and daughter-in-law began to blame each other, but later they kept quarreling, and finally they divorced. After packing up the things and leaving, my daughter-in-law never came back. She didn't even know where to go to work, and the phone could not be reached. Lao Ying wiped her tears and said, "Rongrong's legs are not yet ready. Her son and daughter-in-law said they would throw them down. The two granddaughters hugged their legs and refused to let them go. They didn't even look at them. They were so cruel. How could they just care about their childbirth and care about their upbringing?"
The son and daughter-in-law "left away", and all the burden fell on Lao Ying. Lao Ying had severe migraine , and she was never willing to go to the hospital, and always went to the village pharmacy to buy a box of headache medicine to support her. In order to support the three granddaughters to go to school, Lao Ying gritted his teeth and bought a few sheep, planting a few acres of potatoes on the mountain, while raising a few sheep. 3 The sisters know that the family is not in good condition and never ask for things from grandma. The clothes they wear are all old clothes given by others. Even the schoolbags are picked up old schoolbags that others don’t want. As long as they are on holiday, they will sweep the floor and cook, mow grass and feed sheep, hoping to make grandma easier.
The sensible three granddaughters finally made Lao Ying feel a little more relieved. Lao Ying said, "God sees it's not easy for me as an old woman, so I give me three precious granddaughters." The three little sisters surrounded my grandmother like three flowers. When grandma went to buy vegetables, they followed her, thanked her uncles and aunts sweetly, and they could bargain. Every time they made others laugh. Everyone praised her for being sensible and well-behaved when they saw her.But when I saw other children with my parents, the three sisters could only walk away silently with their heads down. The three sisters had hooked each other, and no one was allowed to worry grandma. They never mentioned to grandma that they missed their parents.
Lao Ying thought that she could pull her three granddaughters by farming, but things didn't go as they wished. A few months ago, Rongrong's feet relapsed and were deformed and swollen. Because she had poor recovery after the operation before, the second attack was more serious than before. Now Rongrong can no longer stand for a long time, can't run or jump, and she limped when walking. It hurts even more severely on the cloudy and rainy days. The two sisters who love her took turns rubbing her legs and covering her feet.
The doctor said that Rongrong would be disabled for life without surgery. Lao Ying was stunned when she heard this and was extremely anxious. The money she borrowed for the surgery a few years ago had not been paid back. Now she lives with her three granddaughters alone, and it is not easy to eat enough. She doesn’t know where to go to find a way for the cost of the surgery. The sensible Rongrong didn't know how terrible the disability was. She only knew that her feet made her grandmother always sigh, so she told her grandmother not to have surgery. Lao Ying even more blamed herself. Lao Ying said, "I thought about finding a son, but my son couldn't contact him at all. If he had no money to delay surgery and delayed his granddaughter, I would be sorry for her for the rest of my life, but I, an old woman, wouldn't have money..."
