Chapter 12: Eccentric Grandfather
"Grandpa, Mom, Dad!" Tianyuan walked into the ward and shouted, deliberately ignoring Second Uncle, and walked in, looking at her father who was frowning in pain, and felt very heartbroken. "Dad, is it very painful?"
"Yuan Yuan, how did you come? Didn't I tell you to stay at home and take care of your younger brother and sister? Who did you come with? You didn't come alone, did you?" Li Shufen was startled when she saw Tianyuan walk in by herself.
"Mom, I'm sorry. I didn't listen to you and came here by myself. I was worried about Dad, so I took someone else's tractor from the village entrance to the county town." Tian Yuan walked towards Tian Mao Chun, intentionally hiding her scalded hand behind her back.
However, Tian Mu Chun was sharp-eyed and saw that Tian Yuan looked like she had been crying. He originally thought his granddaughter was worried about her father and cried, but when he saw Tian Yuan hiding her left hand behind her back, he hastily said, "Yuan Yuan, what's wrong with your hand? Let Grandpa take a look?"
Tian Biao is Tian Maocun's first son and the only child of his original marriage. Originally, he doted on Tian Biao even more, and Tian Yu was also his first grandson. Among many grandsons and granddaughters, he favored Tian Yu the most.
It's strange to say, but Old Tian really dotes on Tian Yuan more than his grandson. In this household, if there's anything delicious, Old Tian will always save it for Tian Yuan. When he visits others' homes and gets a piece of rock sugar, he'll secretly keep it for Tian Yuan as a snack, yet he doesn't treat his grandson the same way like other old people do.
"Grandpa, it's okay, I accidentally scalded myself, but the nurse just put some medicine on it for me."
"How did you get scalded?" Li Shufen's heart ached at the sight. "Where did it happen? At home?"
"No, at the hospital, I arrived early, but couldn't find the ward. I rushed in a hurry and didn't see anyone, so I bumped into someone else. That person was holding a cup of hot water, and accidentally scalded me." Tianyuan shook her head, pouting with a smile, "Grandpa, Mom, Dad, it doesn't hurt! Don't worry!"
"You, usually you're so obedient, how come today you're being so naughty and dare to run into the county town alone? What if you get lost? Tian Ma Chun scolded, "Look, running out, got burned, huh, these few days won't be easy for you."
"Yuan Yuan, take a closer look at who scalded you? This can't be settled with just one tube of ointment, they should at least compensate you some money!" Tian Gui suddenly chimed in.
"No, I was also wrong. It's my own fault for being too hasty and not noticing people, bumping into someone else. That person is a doctor and got scalded on the hand. I even made it so that they can't do their surgery this afternoon!" Tianyuan shook her head with an innocent expression, "Grandpa said before, as a person you must have a conscience, you can't be greedy for other people's money!"
"Even a child knows better than you." Tian Ma Chun threw a sentence at Tian Gui.
"Dad, are you still in pain?" Tian Yuan ran over to the bedside and lay down on the bed, looking at Tian Biao with big, bright eyes like black grapes. "Dad, I was so worried about you this morning! Dad, can you not go to work in the coal mine from now on? Can't we just not make that money?"
"Yuan Yuan, Dad is fine now. Dad's life is more precious than others, many people were crushed to death inside, but Dad just broke a bone and will be okay after some rest, don't worry. However, you're not young anymore, you must listen to your mom from now on. She told you to wait at home, but you ran to the county town alone, this is not good behavior." Tian Biao smiled with a painful face while stroking Tian Yuan's hair, but didn't mention whether he would go back to work in the coal mine or not.
