【I felt something was not quite right a long time ago.】
[Since the Chinese New Year, has your memory gotten worse and worse? 】
[What I just said to you will be completely forgotten after a while. Isn’t it Alzheimer’s disease? 】
The speaker has no intention of listening, but the listener has the intention. Zhang Cuilan heard what her friend from the same hometown said when they were leaving, and it was at this moment that she suddenly realized that this was happening.
In the recent period, she had indeed often forgotten certain things. She even said she wanted to take the key with her before going out, but in the blink of an eye, when she came home, she realized that she did not have the key to open the door with her.
At first glance, this doesn't seem to be a big problem, but the problem lies in the fact that she has never made a mistake in such a small matter over the years.
It has never happened before that I didn't have my keys with me.
Could it be...that I really have Alzheimer's disease?
Such doubts inevitably flashed through her mind. Zhang Cuilan stood alone at the door of her house in a daze. Perhaps she was too absorbed in thinking that for a moment she even forgot to knock on the door.
She stood at the door for who knows how long. It wasn't until the security door in front of her was pushed open, almost knocking her down, that she finally woke up from her reverie.
Staring at a pair of eyes that had become cloudy, he stared at the figure that appeared in front of him after opening the door.
Looking at the precious granddaughter in front of me who has been with him for many years...
"grandmother?"
Zhao Xuanying was obviously surprised to see her grandma standing outside her door, holding a bag full of domestic garbage in her hand. She slowly opened the door and walked out, standing in front of Zhang Cuilan.
He looked at the other person with a dull expression on his face and said nothing.
He frowned in confusion.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you standing outside alone?"
"..."
"grandmother?"
Another call brought Zhang Cuilan, who was in a dazed state, back to reality. She looked at the girl in front of her blankly, and after four or five seconds, she stammered and responded.
"Key, I forgot my key."
"Didn't you bring the key again?"
It is not difficult to see from Zhao Xuanying's answer that Zhang Cuilan forgot to bring her keys very frequently during this period. Sometimes she would take her keys properly before going out, but sometimes she would forget them again.
It was okay when Zhao Xuanying was at home on Saturdays and Sundays, because she stayed at home all the time, so even if grandma went to the senior citizen activity center to play late and came back, someone would open the door for her.
But once she went to school, she would be the only one left at home. Zhao Xuanying would not be home until the evening self-study time, let alone open the door for her who forgot her key.
Starting last week, in the past five days, Zhao Xuanying, who came home from late study, encountered Zhang Cuilan who forgot to bring her keys at least three times.
Whenever she returns home after studying in the evening, there is a high probability that she will see her grandma waiting at the door, waiting for her to return home.
"Go inside first, I'll throw out the trash and come back."
When she met her grandma again and forgot to bring her keys, Zhao Xuanying felt that it was not okay to continue like this.
After all, she always forgets to bring her keys, which means that her grandma cannot enter the house during the time she is at school.
Stepping down the stairs, before leaving, she kept mumbling about whether to hide a spare key in an inconspicuous place. Until Zhao Xuanying disappeared completely, Zhang Cuilan, who was standing at the door, had no intention of opening the door and going in.
.
Just watching her granddaughter leave, it took nearly a minute before she returned to the house.
After replacing the shoes she had worn all day, she stumbled to the living room and sat down. Feeling tired all over, she was sitting in the deserted living room, feeling a little inexplicably sad.
She didn't know why she suddenly felt like this.
She looked around blankly, just as she had when she was at the door. She didn't know how long it lasted, until she heard the sound of the door closing, which brought her back to reality from her daze.
Turning back, he looked at Zhao Xuanying who had returned from throwing away the garbage.
Before Zhang Cuilan could speak, her granddaughter took the lead and spoke.
"Did you have fun today? It seems that grandma, you have become completely obsessed with dancing recently. Is square dancing interesting?"
"Square dance?"
"Don't you go dancing every day lately?"
"Dancing...oh, yes, dancing."
This was mentioned so suddenly that Zhang Cuilan almost didn't react. After realizing it, she nodded hurriedly in response.
"It's quite interesting, a bunch of old men and women gathered together..."
"Then I'll go take a look another day and get to know the other grandparents."
"No, no need, don't you still have to go to school?"
"Just go over and have a look during the holidays. It won't waste time anyway."
During the conversation, Zhao Xuanying had already come to sit down next to her grandma. She bent down and took out the storage box from the bottom of the old coffee table. After opening it, she found the travel pass she had kept in middle school.
When I was in junior high school, I had to show the so-called travel permit to the guard when entering and exiting the school. Because the strap of the travel permit was very useful, I didn't choose to throw it away when I graduated.
The two grandsons, who have been living a hard life since childhood, have developed a good habit of thrifting. Everything that may be needed in the future will be saved for emergencies.
Look at it...this student ID card that has been with me for three years is now put to use.
Zhao Xuanying started to unfasten the buckle connected to the travel pass, and after taking off the travel pass, Zhao Xuanying took out the key she just picked up on the shoe cabinet.
While mumbling this, he did not forget to put the keys on the string.
"Are you too anxious to attend activities every day? You have forgotten your keys several times during this period."
"We have to meet in the morning, I can't be late."
"Then don't just throw the key on the shoe rack in a hurry. If I hadn't found the key in your shoe when I was cleaning up the shoe rack just now, I might not have been able to find it no matter how hard I looked for it."
While mumbling, Zhao Xuanying also said "kacha" and successfully connected the buckle and strap of the key chain together.
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I picked up the strap and shook it casually twice to make sure it was firm enough, then stretched it out and pulled it on the grandma next to me.
"Just hang it around your neck so that you don't forget to touch your pocket when you go out."
"Such a bunch of keys must be very uncomfortable around your neck."
"No, just put it outside your clothes."
With such words in her mouth, Zhao Xuanying did not give her grandmother a chance to refuse, and just put the string of keys around her neck.
After fiddling with it for a while, he asked with a smile.
"How's it going? You don't feel anything at all?"
"It's okay... I'm glad you came up with this solution."
"Your granddaughter is very smart~"
She replied playfully, Zhao Xuanying would not have behaved like this toward her grandma in the past.
Compared with usual times, Zhao Xuanying seemed to be extra happy today. Even Zhang Cuilan noticed this. Just when she was about to ask questions, her granddaughter's questioning voice came to her ears again.