Chapter 515: 515 Touching 2
Su Qingyue looked at him with suspicion, “Fourth brother, I didn’t expect you to be so patient.”
Xiao Qinghe’s handsome face flushed with embarrassment. He might be impatient with other matters, but with this matter, every time he repeated ‘she is his wife,’ he felt relaxed and happy.
“Your face is red now.” she snorted, “Such a big lie and you don’t look embarrassed.”
She was referring to him fooling people that she was his wife.
However, he thought it was about the wheelchair costing more than five taels, as there was an additional purchase fee of two hundred cents.
Just then, the old granny asked again, as if she had just met him and didn’t know anything, “Young man, your wheelchair is excellent, so delicate! How much did you buy it for?”
He busily told the old granny, “Five taels of silver and an additional two hundred cents for the purchase fee.” He sneaked a glance at his wife, noticed she didn’t show any reaction, and thought he had been right. She wouldn’t think that he was lying, would she?
Su Qingyue sighed, “Fourth brother, the old granny has dementia. No matter how many times you tell her, she won’t remember. Let’s go.”
In a burst of sympathy, she picked up a tree leaf and wrapped half a jin of braised pig’s large intestines for the old granny, “Granny, this is for you, it’s free of charge.”
The other woman took it, “Is it for free?”
“My, my… little wife, you’re such a good person…”
Xiao Qinghe also bid farewell to the old granny, “Granny, I have to go. Take care.”
“Take care, young man!” The old granny, clutching the packet of braised pig’s large intestine and bending due to her weak knees, stood in place, waving at them.
A trembling old grandpa walked over to her and said to the old granny, “Old woman, I’ve become foolish in my old age. What if I get lost while out?”
“You’re the one who’s foolish!” The old granny retorted stubbornly with dissatisfaction, “I’m wise.”
“Fair enough, you’re wise. Let’s go home.”
“What’s this in my hand?” The old granny looked at the stir-fried pork intestine wrapped in a tree leaf in her hand with surprise.
“It’s from a little wife…”
“Why did she give it to me?”
“Because she is kind-hearted…”
“I should thank her…”
As Su Qingyue and Xiao Qinghe looked back, they saw the two old figures supporting each other and shaking with unsteady steps as they walked into a residence.
The hunched figures leaning on each other, aged and no longer spry, were deeply moving.
Xiao Qinghe took a sideways glance at Su Qingyue, thinking that if they could be like those two when they got old, how wonderful it would be.
He looked down at his legs.
He couldn’t even stand, let alone think about aging. Even giving mutual support in the present was a far-fetched dream.
Seeing his regretful and melancholic expression, Su Qingyue thought he was worried about the old granny, so she said, “The old granny’s situation isn’t too bad. Those who are worse often get lost and can’t find their way home. The old grandpa has actually been watching her from a corner for a long time. Seeing that she was tired, he went to accompany her home. In old age, when we can’t even keep our wits about us, if we still have someone by our side who cares for us, just like the granny does, we should consider ourselves lucky.”
He nodded, “Will all people turn out this way when they get old?”
She said, “Not necessarily, only some people would, but not most people.”
“If you should grow old and become , I will always be there for you just like the grandpa is for his wife.” he said in a low voice.
The street was crowded and noisy, and a carriage happened to pass by, making his voice unintelligible. Su Qingyue missed his words, “What?”
He blushed and said, “No… nothing.”