Tasting (mini-fiction)

Xiuhe Guo has been in the city for almost a year, every morning at four o'clock the country gets up to go to the wholesale market to buy vegetables, early in the morning can sell a third, Beijing people get up early, especially the retired elderly, love to buy vegetables in the morning. At noon, the two eyelids old fight, sleepy almost can't stand the strength, then xiu will appear in front of the stall in time, she holds the child in her arms, waiting for the country to receive the customers in front of the stall, come up and grab the son's small hand, tease the son, she will go to the back of the stall. The country gave xiu the change and went back to dinner.

They rented a small bungalow in a small alley not far from the market. The small bungalow was originally used by the landlord to put coal, and when they came to find the house, the landlord looked at them pitifully, picked up a little and rented it to them, and only charged two hundred yuan a month for rent.

When Guo returned home, he opened the pot, and on top of it were three steamed buns, and underneath were potatoes and beans fried in one piece. This vegetable seller is not his own home, and he eats whatever vegetables are not good to sell, especially when he catches up with rainy days in the summer.

After eating, the country lay on the bed to make up for a while.

After lying in bed, Guo couldn't sleep again. He looked at the roof and remembered his heart, their hometown was in a small ravine in southwest Lu, and most of the time they still relied on the sky to eat. When the wind and rain are smooth, as long as you are willing to suffer hardships, food and clothing are still no problem. However, last year's severe drought, summer and autumn did not lay much grain, this year's spring is somewhat insufficient. The roof leaked in the rain, and at this time, the one-year-old son was sick again, like having hypochondriasis, not loving to eat or drink, and having a weak appearance every day. They took the child to the county hospital twice, and the doctor said, your child is sick, we can't see it here, you have to go to the big hospital to see. I heard that Zhou Rui from a neighboring village came back from Beijing and said that he could earn 20,000 or 30,000 yuan a year selling vegetables in Beijing. It just so happened that Guo and his family were a little old relatives, and Guo bought a piece of meat to go to Zhou Rui's house to string the door once. Zhou Rui was really good, there were several young people in their village who wanted to go to the city with him to do something, he did not agree, seeing that the country was really pitiful, he nodded and brought them to Beijing.

Guoxin calculated that he had saved more than 10,000 yuan in half a year, and when he worked for another year, he would be able to send his son to the hospital.

After coming to the city, they took their son to the children's hospital, and the results of the examination almost knocked them down, and the child had leukemia. Hospitalization requires a hospitalization fee of 20,000 yuan. They used a little money borrowed from home plus a few hundred yuan lent by Zhou Rui to buy a tricycle, went through the formalities, and sold vegetables in the vegetable market. The child's illness can only take medicine first, and then go to the hospital after saving enough money.

That night, Zhou Rui came. After smoking two cigarettes, Zhou Rui took a look at the sick child lying in Xiu's arms and said, "I don't know if it is appropriate to tell you, I have a friend, his relatives work in a psychiatric hospital, saying that he has researched a new drug, find someone to try it, see what the reaction is, one course of treatment in ten days, one course of treatment to give three hundred yuan."

At night, when the child falls asleep, Guohexiu can't sleep. Xiu pushed guo and said, "The family has to count on you to earn money, so I'll try that medicine." Guo said, "No, in case you fall, what will happen to the child?" I'm in good shape, or I'm going to try it. "The wife did not fight for her husband, or the husband took the time to get back three courses of medicine, and people said that they would come to do a regular examination every ten days.

After eating three courses of treatment, Guo felt that there was no abnormal reaction at all, and he felt much more at ease. When he asked for three more courses of medicine, they didn't give it. People say that although you take three courses of medicine, it is fine, but this medicine has side effects. We have strict rules that a trial participant can only eat a maximum of three courses. The country said, I have written a letter of guarantee for you, and I am responsible for the accident. If he wears his lips, people just won't agree.

After a while, One Day Xiu smiled and took out a handful of money from his pocket and handed it to Guo, and Guo was embarrassed. He stared at his wife's face, trying to read something out of it. Xiu blushed and smiled, "Rest assured, this money is clean, you still don't believe your wife?" Guo still looked puzzled and asked anxiously, "Where did this money come from?" You picked it up?" Xiu smiled again and said, "If there is such a good thing, besides, we can't really ask for money." I stole it to find Zhou Rui, and I also went to ask for three courses of medicine. "The country counted, no, there was more money. He shifted his gaze to his wife's face again. Xiu bowed her head and said, "I also went to sell blood twice."

With tears in his eyes, he suddenly hugged his wife in his arms and said, "In the future, you will no longer be allowed to make your own claims, I am a man, and the sky will fall down and I will stand on top of it."

Xiu choked up and said, "I see that it is too difficult to see you, and besides, this family also has my share."

Guohexiu calculated in his heart the money he had saved, and it was not far from the day when he could send his son to hospitalization.

Author: Wang Peijing