Song Qinghan lowered his head, and a mist appeared in front of his eyes.
Aunt Lin spoke softly: "Second Grandma was the most anxious after you disappeared. She kept posting missing persons notices around here. She also learned how to surf the Internet and posted them online every day."
"Five or six years have passed, and everyone knows that there is little hope, but your second grandma has always believed that you can come back, and she has been insisting on asking for news about you everywhere."
"As time passed, she became depressed, and her lung disease worsened. Finally one day, she coughed up a mouthful of blood and immediately passed out."
"We were all frightened and rushed her to the hospital, but it didn't help. She died not long after."
Aunt Lin gently stroked Song Qinghan's head and whispered: "The thing that Second Grandma couldn't let go of the most before she left was you, and the thing that she wanted to see the most was you."
"She knew she couldn't wait until the day you came back, so she told us that when you come back, we must tell her and take good care of you."
After listening to her words, Song Qinghan finally couldn't help it.
She bit her lip, her body kept shaking, and a tear overflowed from her eyes.
"I'm sorry for her..."
After a long time, Song Qinghan said with a low voice and full of regret.
"Then it's not your fault. Your second grandma is getting older, and her lung disease is also an old problem. It's just that she hasn't let anyone tell you."
"Now that you are back safely, she will be very happy to know."
Aunt Lin held Song Qinghan's hand distressedly.
The atmosphere is somewhat heavy and sad.
After everyone comforted Song Qinghan for a while, Aunt Lin suggested: "Let's go to the second grandma's old house. She lives in a relatively remote place. We can persuade the government not to demolish it."
Song Qinghan wiped away her tears and nodded gently.
The second grandmother's home is a small courtyard, with two rooms side by side.
There is a golden "House of Glory" inlaid high on the door frame.
A house has a fire for cooking, and there are some simple kitchen utensils in it.
The other room has a low kang, the bottom of which is connected to the coal stove in the adjacent room.
There is not a trace of dust on this place. Everyone takes turns cleaning it every day. Sometimes they even gather here to have a meal to increase its popularity.
Originally these two parts were one.
The second mistress heard that a child had fallen into a pot of boiling water while playing on the kang and was scalded to death, so she insisted on building a wall between the kang head and the coal stove.
She was worried that Song Qinghan would accidentally fall into the pot when she was on the kang.
Since then, this big house has been divided into two small houses.
After listening to Aunt Lin's introduction, I saw the black and white photo of the Second Mistress and Song Qinghan on the wall, and my nose felt sour.
Song Qinghan had not known this since she was a child. This was the first time she heard Aunt Lin talk about it, and her eyes became red again.
"Your second grandma loves you the most. She couldn't bear to eat the delicious food herself, so she gave it all to you."
"She can't spend all the money she saved. It's all prepared for you, but we, Xiaohan, are the most sensible and will not use the money to buy random things."
As she said that, Aunt Lin suddenly remembered something.
She walked to a large mahogany cabinet, took out a gray wooden box, and said, "Your second grandmother saved 20,000 yuan. Her son died in the line of duty and she has no grandchildren, so she asked us to leave the money to you."