On the day my mother-in-law left, we were eating around the dining table in the new house, whispering about the old things in the family.
It was already getting dark, and in early spring, it was starting to get a little cold in the new house.
The women are putting vegetables for their children, and the men are discussing going to ** buy things tomorrow.
The father-in-law had no appetite, he returned to the back room uneasily, and the mother-in-law still had a trace of breath at this time, and he quietly guarded the mother-in-law who was lying flat on the bed alone.
After the husband finished eating, he also went in, and listened to their father and son talking. Within ten minutes, my husband's voice came from the house, "Mom....Mom....Mom....”
The mother-in-law, who was tormented by the illness to the point that only a skeleton remained, was finally relieved after a long breath.
In the last year of my mother-in-law's life, she lived with me, the eldest daughter-in-law.
At that time, it was a small two-bedroom apartment in a cramped high-rise.
Two kids and two of us young people stayed in one bedroom. The sick mother-in-law and father-in-law lived in another bedroom.
In the early stage when she was still able to go out, the course of the disease did not develop so quickly. We drove her and her father-in-law to the square near the new house to blow the cool evening breeze of midsummer. At that time, the two children ran in front, we walked in the middle, and my mother-in-law and father-in-law also talked and laughed in the back. I told her, "Mom! In the future, you will be cured! Come and live in this house! Look how good this is! Close to the Bahe River, there are few people, quiet! Her round face, full of anticipation for the future, looked at us with a smile. Keep talking, the glass curtain walls on both sides of the square are really beautiful!
After midsummer, she began to slowly start to take indigestion medications, and she couldn't eat normally.
What to eat every day has become the biggest problem at home.
In the end, my father-in-law cooked for my mother-in-law alone.
Because, children are growing their bodies, and we can't just drink porridge when we go to work all day.
At this time, the mother-in-law's body began to lose weight rapidly at a rate visible to the naked eye. His complexion began to turn whiter and whiter, and his lips were bloodless.
In the fall, our new house is finally on the beams! has always had a good face and loves to boast about her children's prowess in front of her neighbors. dragged his tired body back to the village.
The neighbors all heard that she was sick, but because her mother-in-law did not live in the village, they curiously gathered around her. She just looked at everyone with a smile in the crowd, and it was her social circle for the rest of her life.
Under the sound of firecrackers on the upper beam, there is a big red paper on the ground!
In early winter, my mother-in-law was already struggling to walk. The brother-in-law bought a trolley for her.
At this time, she began to be reluctant to go out! Unwilling to let others see their pathology.
The last time we took her out, we drove her and took her to the riverbank road.
Under the blue sky, on the wide river, there are unknown birds skimming the river, and on the clean embankment road, the father-in-law pushes the mother-in-law and walks slowly.
Two children are running on this embankment!
He and I walked quietly along the riverbank.
On that day, my mother-in-law and father-in-law were very happy.
Soon, the mother-in-law began to be reluctant to speak.
Every day after work, we ask her at the bedroom door how she feels today. She didn't have the strength to answer.
After the heating in the house started, one day, I suddenly wanted to make dumplings.
Mom, let's eat dumplings today, right? I asked her at the bedroom door.
At this time, she sat on a small sofa facing the door, resting on the sofa with her head tilted. Hearing me speak, she slowly turned her head and nodded softly and said, "Okay" Those eyes, no longer have the strength to open them completely, but she has the strength to open half of them with all her strength, and she has reached the point where she has to breathe. Because of the extreme deprivation of her body, she seems lifeless!
After preparing the ingredients, I was sitting at the table, intending to wrap it slowly by myself.
My father-in-law slowly carried my mother-in-law out of the bedroom, and I was a little puzzled, "Mom, I can pack it myself!" ”
The mother-in-law said softly: "Wrap together!" ”
I didn't refuse her again.
Since I, a southerner, married into this northern family, every time I make dumplings, my mother-in-law makes them herself. After all, her dumpling-making skills far surpass mine. The dumplings she wraps, each of which is the same size, and the shape is like a fat doll, which is the most proud thing in her life.
After she got sick, no one asked her to cook anymore, and making dumplings naturally became my job alone.
I held up the dumplings I had wrapped and asked her with a smile, "Mom!" You see! The dumplings I wrapped! Not as good looking as yours! ”
The mother-in-law also smiled and said, "Okay! ”
On that day, my father-in-law, who hadn't laughed for a long time, watched our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law make dumplings with great satisfaction, and the children were also laughing loudly happily...Those memories of the last time they made dumplings are full of blissful golden yellow.
Soon, she began to enter the countdown to life.
Hospitals are reluctant to accept them.
Her body was like a dry tree that had been blown down again and again by the bitter cold wind. I can't afford to continue the miracle of life, and I can't wait for the warm spring breeze!
After my mother-in-law left, I never felt like the sky was falling apart.
Because, she has experienced her own strong road to survival, and she has also experienced her children doing their best for her. Suffice it to say, I think it's unfortunate that she has cancer! However, she was blessed with the love of a family!
I often think of her after she is gone.
I hugged the baby and asked, "Do you remember grandma?" Know that grandma is now in ** no? ”
The kids will tell me it's on the hill!
I also often talk to my husband about my mother-in-law and what she would do with it if she was alive!
But I don't feel indebted to her! Every day of her life, I felt that I had worked hard to be a qualified daughter-in-law. I also told my children that if one day, I get sick, just do the same I did to my mother to your grandmother!
In my consciousness, my mother-in-law is also a contributor to our successful career!
The reason why we used to be able to keep our children at home, work overtime or even go on business trips. It's all because my mother-in-law solved all my worries for me!
A neighbor in the village once asked me, "Have you ever dreamed of your mother-in-law?" ”
I said no! She said, "I dreamed of her that day!" She's full of spring breeze! Just like when you were alive! Rejoice! ”
I nodded, "Hmm! ”
My mother-in-law and we are no longer in the same dimension. But, I believe, she must be alive and well!