Ding moved to this community eight years ago, most of the people living here are elderly, the young people in the family generally buy houses and move out, only those who have no elderly people in the family will rent the house to some people who come to work from other places, Ding is the young man who rents a house. Opposite her house lives is Grandma Li, who is in her seventies, Grandma Li is a lonely old man, she has only one daughter, married far away, her body is not very good, lingering on the sickbed, she is only in her fifties, and Grandpa Li died in the second year in the worry of the white-haired person sending the black-haired person, and Grandma Li looks very energetic. Grandma Li didn't agree with her daughter's marriage at the beginning, so she blocked her more, and the mother and daughter fell out. Before the daughter died, the mother and daughter had not seen each other for a long time, so long that Grandma Li seemed to have forgotten the appearance of her daughter when she left, and the family affection seemed to have been exhausted by time.
Ding is a restrained and well-behaved girl, and Grandma Li is a warm person, when Ding moved to Grandma Li next door for less than a month, he was attacked by Grandma Li's enthusiasm, this is the eighth year that they have taken care of each other, Grandma Li has been treated as Ding is granddaughter, Ding also let Grandma Li have no lonely old man and lonely and lonely, Ding and Grandma Li are very fond of Lamei, in fact, at that time, Grandma Li entangled Ding, but also because she saw Ding's windowsill planted with excellent plum, it is winter, Lamei is full of branches, The pale yellow flowers stand out against the snow. They seem to be telling people that even in the coldest season, life can still bloom into beautiful flowers.
This year's cold winter is coming as scheduled, Xu is getting older and older, Grandma Li's health is not very good, there was a heavy snowfall, Grandma Li's condition is more serious, she is lying on the bed, looking at the pot outside the window that she has raised but has been in Lamei, she said: "The old people can't help the cold, you see, every cold winter season, the square of the community can often see the tarpaulin and the white sail hanging, that is someone who died in the funeral, I should be fast, good, a pot of flowers can not raise a person can live long enough." Grandma Li said lightly, and seemed to see life and death very openly, Ding, but from her faint tone, she heard a strong longing and deep guilt, the guilt came from somewhere, maybe she missed Grandpa Li, afraid that he would be lonely.
Grandma Li once said that she likes Lamei, not only because of its beauty, but also because of its perseverance. In the cold winter, the other flowers have withered, only the plum still sticks to the branches, adding vitality and vitality to the world with its beauty and fragrance. Ding moved all the plums on his windowsill to Grandma Li's windowsill, hoping to bring her some vitality and hope. Grandma Li held Ding's hand, she said, although the winter is very cold, but her heart is very warm, she is not alone, she is accompanied by Ding and Lamei, thank you Ding for not disliking her long-winded old lady all these years.
Grandma Li still couldn't survive this winter, and the neighborhood committee arranged for the staff to hold a funeral for Grandma Li, and Ding took himself as a junior to wear linen and filial piety to send Grandma Li on her last trip. After the funeral, the neighborhood committee told Ding that Grandma Li had made a will to give her house to Ding, and gave Ding a letter, which said a lot, but Ding could never forget that Grandma Li's daughter was named "Lamei".
For many, many years to come, Ding would go to the cemetery every year to pay respects to Grandma Li and place a pot of plum in front of her grave. She hopes that these plums can accompany Grandma Li, and that she can meet her "little plums" in another world, and that mothers and daughters are filial like sisters, and can feel warmth and love.