Mr. Bai was hospitalized some time ago, and recently returned to his old house to recuperate. Although he was taken care of by a family doctor, he still kept coughing, and the cough never got better. Sometimes he felt so stuffy that he had to sit all night to feel comfortable. Bai Luochuan was worried about him, so he heard a cough in the middle of the night and went downstairs to check. Seeing the old man sitting there with his coat on, he immediately went back upstairs to move his quilt over, and slept on the small sofa in the room, refusing to go anywhere.
Mr. Bai urged him upstairs: "Don't you have any room left at home? There are so many empty rooms, and you insist on staying here with me. Go away!"
Bai Luochuan refused, covered him with a blanket and said, "You are already in this state, where else do you want me to go? Is it because the previous hospital was not good enough? Grandpa, you should go to Shanghai or come with me to Beijing. There is no such thing as putting off treatment when you are sick."
Mr. Bai just hummed twice at first and pretended not to hear.
Bai Luochuan drew out his voice and squinted his eyes and called him: "Grandpa—"
After being urged by him several times, Mr. Bai glared and said, "Why go there? There is a doctor at home. You can take medicine and get injections at home. I don't want to squeeze into the crowded place."
If it were Bai Jingrong, he might not dare to say more, but Bai Luochuan was spoiled by him since he was a child, and he was not afraid of the old man's weak appearance, and insisted on letting him go to the hospital.
Old Bai refused, so Bai Luochuan looked at the family doctor beside him. The doctor had been with Old Bai for many years and said, "We've already been to a big hospital. In this case, we can only take medicine and get injections. As we get older, our bodies need repairs. There's nothing we can do about it."
Bai Luochuan asked: "Could it be some kind of inflammation? I heard him coughing all night."
The doctor said: "It is better to use Chinese medicine for gentle conditioning. As you are old, it is better to use less antibiotics."
Bai Luochuan nodded and insisted on staying to take care of the elderly.
Mr. Bai had no choice but to compromise, feeling angry and distressed. He had someone move a small bed in and put it in the small living room outside for his grandson to sleep there.
Bai Luochuan slept alertly, and would get up immediately to take care of the old man as soon as he made any noise. After a few days, he saw that Old Bai was able to sleep better, fall asleep at night, and feel much more energetic during the day.
During the day, the grandfather and grandson sometimes played together. This time, there were fewer chess pieces, so it was not easy for Old Bai to cheat. After finally getting a staff officer to enter the camp, Bai Luochuan said, "Grandpa, you're in the wrong place. The blue side is my position."
Bai Lao said vaguely: "Oh? Really? I'm old and my eyes can't see clearly."
Bai Luochuan pushed the crystal reading glasses next to him to him and said, "Here."
Bai Lao: “…”
Bai Lao was so angry that he overturned the chessboard and said, "You little bastard, you don't give in to me at all. I won't come again! I taught you how to play chess. You really taught the apprentice to forget the master. Go back to your home now!"
Bai Luochuan asked, "You don't want to play chess anymore?"
Bai Lao stood up angrily and said, "Yes, I won't play with you anymore. I'm going to go see Wu Le. You're not as obedient as Wu Le. It never makes me angry."
The old man went to the backyard with his cane. Bai Luochuan also laughed and followed him.
Wu Le was in the stable in the backyard, and was not very well behaved either. He was stretching his neck to bite the bridle hanging on the side. The wooden gate on his side of the stable was originally low, and he succeeded many times. The person who took care of him had picked it up twice. When Old Bai came, Wu Le had accurately bit the bridle for the third time. He raised his long neck and threw the bridle to the ground outside. He snorted and stepped back and forth with his hooves to get out.
The person who was taking care of it picked up the bridle and saw Mr. Bai coming over and complained, "Mr. Bai, look at Wu Le. He has done nothing else this morning. He has been biting and throwing it all the time."
Wu Le on the other side also saw the old man coming. His round and bright eyes were filled with eager anticipation, and his horse's hooves pedaled even faster.
Old Bai said with a smile, "It's okay. This time I was urged to take it out for a walk." He asked someone to let Wu Le out. When he ran out of energy, he told Bai Luochuan, "Luochuan, take Wu Le out for a run. I haven't been out for a while. It's been locked up and it's getting suffocated."
Bai Luochuan agreed. When he went over, Wule still recognized the young master, so he was relatively docile. However, when Bai Luochuan led it, its big eyes showed a puzzled expression, and it kept turning its head to look at Bai Lao. When Bai Luochuan rode on it and urged it to run, the black horse did run a few steps, but soon ignored Bai Luochuan's command, turned around and ran back to Bai Lao again, took small steps and circled around the old man twice, neighed softly, and opened its mouth to bite his clothes.
Bai Lao touched Wu Le's nose and said with a smile, "Grandpa is sick and can't ride. Wu Le, go and play by yourself."
The black horse refused. Although it had grown into a big horse and was strong enough with firm bones and muscles, it was still the same as when it was a child. It bit the hem of the old man's clothes and gently pulled forward once, again and again, and rubbed against the old man like a spoiled child.
Bai Lao touched it, but it wouldn't go away no matter how hard he tried. He took a piece of candy and gave it to it, and then he said in a gentle voice, "Eat it, and go for a run. If you keep staying in this house with me, you'll get sick... Just listen to me and go!"
Wu Le ate the candy and acted like a spoiled child, refusing to leave.
Bai Luochuan, who was riding on his horse, also said, "Grandpa, when I saw it, I wanted to stay and play with you."
Old Bai looked at him, then at Wu Le. It seemed to him that Wu Le was just like Bai Luochuan on his back, cheating for candy and being disobedient. They were simply two little bastards!
Bai Luochuan pulled the reins and shook his body twice to steady himself, then said with a smile: "Are you cursing us in your heart?"
Bai Lao: “…”
Bai Luochuan suggested again: "It's no use scolding me. This time it was Wule who was disobedient. You should only scold it."
Bai Lao hit him lightly with his walking stick and scolded him with a smile: "Go away and go back to your home!"
On the other hand, Mi Yang came back from vacation early, which surprised Mrs. Cheng.
She had heard Cheng Qing announce the good news before, but when she saw Mi Yang in front of her, she couldn't help but hug him, pinch his little face and praise him: "My little darling, you have really grown up and won the top prize. You really made grandma proud! Tell grandma what you want to eat, and I will make you whatever you want."
Mi Yang smiled and said, "Grandma, I want to eat the amber walnut kernels you made."
Old Mrs. Cheng is an expert at making all kinds of dim sum. Except that the edges are sometimes burnt easily due to her age, the taste is absolutely amazing. It's rare that her grandson wants to eat something, so the old lady immediately rolls up her sleeves to prepare it.
It was still early for dinner, so she fried sesame seeds first. Mi Yang took a small stool and sat beside her to crack walnuts for her. The walnuts were collected last year. The old lady disliked the bitterness of the inner skin, so she asked Mi Yang to carefully peel the skin. While watching the pot, she kept muttering to him: "In previous years, it was the right time to eat walnuts on Luochuan's birthday. They were newly harvested. At the end of July, I picked some green-skinned walnuts and brought them home. They were delicious no matter how they were. New walnuts were crisp, and the inner skin was shallow, so they didn't taste bitter. Not to mention making amber walnuts, just pick one and throw it into the fire to roast and it will be delicious!"
When Mi Yang heard this, he remembered the taste of roasted walnuts and he really wanted to eat some. He wondered if he could stay here until July. Maybe he could even pick some to eat for fun.
The author has something to say: Happy Halloween, secretly adding one more chapter~