意外事件

外婆每次降临都是我家的意外事件。

外婆家到我家有八十多公里，路不算远，爸爸开车需一个多小时，但外婆来我家要换乘四次车：从村里到镇上，从镇上到隔壁小城，再从隔壁小城到我所在的小城，然后坐公交车到我家。她每次来都不事先告诉我们，担心爸爸妈妈要去车站接她而耽误了工作。她肩上背个包，手里拎几个大袋子——有时候是水桶，方便装鸡蛋。她总是这样毫无声息、风尘仆仆、笑眯眯地出现在我家里。这不就是降临吗？

上个星期三，我放学回家，外婆已经降临在我家了。

“这次来，给我外孙女杀了一只童子鸡和一只老母鸡，春天了，补补身子，学习那么辛苦。你们搬到了新房子，老房子乱得不像样子，我去收拾收拾……”外婆一边拖地板，一边说。

“妈，老房子又不住人，下次我请个钟点工会去收拾的。你好好休息几天吧！”妈妈在厨房里说。

外婆哪里会听妈妈的，第二天一大早，她就出发去老房子了。她总是说对老房子有感情，就是在老房子里，她抱着刚出生的我，一抱就是三年整，把我从四斤重的早产儿养成了健康的小姑娘。妈妈说那三年里，外婆的白头发突然就多起来了。

白天，爸爸妈妈上班，我上学，外婆一个人用两天时间把老房子整理干净了。她把所有的鞋盒整理好，送给楼下捡垃圾的老大爷；把厨房擦得亮晶晶，把所有要洗的床上用品都洗晒干净，把地板拖得一尘不染。听外婆的描述，我想像老房子此时干净得简直要闪闪发光！

收拾好老房子后，外婆到处观察新房子，看有哪里需要清洗。外婆说要擦门和柜子，妈妈说上个星期刚刚和爸爸一起擦过；外婆说要不把窗帘都洗一洗，妈妈说窗帘下个月由店家免费清洗；外婆说晚饭我来做吧，妈妈说：“我的亲娘，你就好好休息几天，我来做饭给你吃。”

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去年外婆学会了使用微信。她平時通过微信与我们视频聊天。每次视频里看见我们的时候，外婆的脸都笑成了一朵花。没事情做的时候，她就坐在阳台上喝茶，与村里的老朋友微信聊天。

外婆在的几天里，家里的桌面更加干净锃亮了，门口零乱的鞋子都被放回了鞋架，花草都湿润润的，被子散发着阳光的味道……更重要的是，冰箱里塞满了土鸡蛋，还有剖洗干净的鸡肉，无比新鲜的青菜……

昨天我回到家，妈妈告诉我，外婆回去了。

“可是，外婆昨天并没有说今天要回去呀！”我很惊讶。

“是啊，我也不知道她今天要回去。”妈妈失落地说，然后指了指餐桌。餐桌上放着一张纸条，是外婆写的，字写得歪歪扭扭，说事情做完了，不打扰我们了；说春茶可以采摘了，外婆要给两个女儿女婿准备一些春茶。叫我们都注意身体。

我想像外婆回去的样子：背着一个包，拎着两个空空的水桶，安心地关上门。

外婆只有初中毕业。妈妈说当时初中毕业已经很了不起了。但是，如果要跟外婆说“守望”或“誓言”，她估计不太懂。但我知道，外婆的誓言在心里，我们永远在外婆守望的目光里。

英语翻译：

Every time my grandma comes, it is an accident in my house.

It’s more than 80 kilometers from my grandmother’s house to my home. It’s not too far. Dad needs more than an hour to drive. But my grandmother has to change cars four times to come to my house: from the village to the town, from the town to the next town, and then from the next town. Go to my small town, and then take a bus to my house. Every time she came, she didn't tell us in advance, worrying that her parents would have to go to the station to pick her up and delay work. She carried a bag on her shoulder, and carried a few large bags in her hand—sometimes a bucket, which was convenient for holding eggs. She always appeared in my house like this, silent, dusty, and smiling. Isn't this coming?

Last Wednesday, when I went home from school, my grandmother had already arrived at my house.

"This time, I killed a boy chicken and an old hen for my granddaughter. Spring is coming. It's so hard to replenish the body and study so hard. You moved to a new house, and the old house is not like a mess. I will go to clean up... "Grandma said as she mopped the floor.

"Mom, the old house doesn't live in people. Next time, I will ask an hourly union to clean it up. You can rest for a few days!" Mom said in the kitchen.

No matter how grandma would listen to her mother, she set off to the old house early the next morning. She always said that she had feelings for the old house, that is, in the old house, she held me for three years when she was just born, and raised me from a premature baby weighing four kilograms to a healthy little girl. Mom said that in those three years, grandma's white hair suddenly increased.

During the day, Mom and Dad go to work, I go to school, and my grandmother cleans up the old house in two days alone. She organized all the shoe boxes and gave them to the old man who picked up the trash downstairs; she polished the kitchen brightly, washed and dried all the beddings to be washed, and mopped the floor spotlessly. Listening to my grandmother's description, I imagined the old house was so clean at this time that it was sparkling!

After tidying up the old house, my grandma looked around the new house to see where it needed to be cleaned. Grandma said to clean the doors and cabinets. Mom said that she had just wiped it with her father last week. Grandma said that she should wash all the curtains. Mom said that the curtains would be cleaned by the store for free next month. Grandma said that I would do it for dinner. Mom said: "My mother, you can rest for a few days, and I will cook for you."

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Last year, my grandmother learned to use WeChat. She usually video chats with us via WeChat. Every time I saw us in the video, my grandma's face turned into a flower. When she has nothing to do, she sits on the balcony drinking tea and chatting with old friends in the village on WeChat.

In the few days that grandma was here, the tabletop at home was cleaner and brighter, the messy shoes at the door were put back into the shoe rack, the flowers and plants were moist, the quilt exuded the smell of sunlight...More importantly, the refrigerator was full There are soil eggs, clean chicken, very fresh vegetables...

When I got home yesterday, my mother told me that grandma had gone back.

"But, my grandmother didn't say yesterday that I would go back today!" I was surprised.

"Yeah, I don't know that she is going back today." Mom said in a disappointed voice, and then pointed to the dining table. There was a note on the dining table, written by grandma. The writing was crooked, saying that we are finished and don't bother us; saying that spring tea is ready to be picked, grandma is going to prepare some spring tea for the two daughters and son-in-law. Tell us to pay attention to the body.

I imagine the grandmother going back: ca