From the beginning of the withdrawal of the Soviet Union, Zi Zhen worked late every day, often not returning in the middle of the night. Qin Ruizhen looked distressed, and often grumbled at Chen Qianli, saying that Zi Zhen was so thin that he couldn't stay up like this. After Shang Mei left, the couple even hoped every day that they would finish it quickly and let Zi Zhen rest.
At the end of May, the Withdrawal of soviet troops was completed. One night, Zi Zhen came in through the door, and Qin Ruizhen quickly walked out of the ear room, "Master Niang, you are not sleeping, don't wait for me in the future." "Zi Zhen, isn't the old Mao Zi all gone, you are still so busy, you have to rest!"
"Our navy has just arrived, there are many things, wait, in a few days the arrangements are in place, it will be easier." He smiled helplessly at Qin Ruizhen.
"Master, I went up."
"Go to bed early." Qin Ruizhen was secretly worried that Zi Zhen would be tired.
Qin Ruizhen was unfortunate to be in the middle. Two months later, he finally fainted in the car to a meeting. It was the end of July, Shang Hui was on summer vacation, and came back to live in her mother's house. A colleague in the office came to tell Qin Ruizhen that The mayor of He District was in the car and was living in the military hospital. Qin Ruizhen was a little flustered, and Shang Hui discussed it and decided to let Shang Hui watch the child at home, and she went to the hospital herself to take care of it. As soon as he entered the ward, Qin Ruizhen's tears fell, his eyes were deeply sunken, and his chin was hard and protruding.
Zi Zhen said in a weak voice, "Master Niang, are you here?" ”
Qin Ruizhen walked over, "You said you, this is tired!" ”
Zi Zhen did not refute it, he was like a car with enough oil, he had been driving at full horsepower and struggling to speed, and when he finally stopped, he was already scarred and full of holes. I can't run anymore, I can't fight.
"Master, I'm all right."
"And said it was okay. You say that you don't care for yourself, and others don't see that your body is not good, you people! ”
"Everybody's busy."
Qin Ruizhen began to get busy, turned on the water, washed Zi Yuan's face and washed his hands, Zi Zhen would not let her, Qin Ruizhen said, "You are hanging bottle!" You don't have to be embarrassed, you are a child, if it is not a child, can you not know how to take care of your own body? ”
"Master, you still take me as a child." Zi Zhen's face blushed. Since his mother left, for more than twenty years, he has not been accustomed to being taken care of, he has always taken care of himself, and one person decides all things, including life events. It seems that God gave birth to him to take care of others.
Qin Ruizhen wanted to say, "If I marry a daughter-in-law, I don't have to worry about it." The words came to her lips and swallowed back, thinking of her two daughters, she sighed.
Zi Zhen knew what Shi Niang was thinking in her heart, "Shi Jie is at home. ”
"In it, for the summer, she came back to stay for a few days. Students start school on September 1st, and teachers start school on August 15th. You can stay for half a month and let her take care of you in the afternoon. ”
"Brother-in-law came with me."
Qin Ruizhen sighed, "No, Shang Hui wants To Beg. I don't want to go to my mother-in-law's house, let Yiming take the child home to play for a few days, and Yiming send his son back and live at home for a few days. ”
Zi Zhen did not say that he did not agree to the sister's coming, and did not say not to bother. Qin Ruizhen had a feeling in her heart that Zi Zhen's illness was probably not very good, and there were some things to say to Shang Hui. It was as if there was a handle, dragging the heart socket fiercely, and Qin Ruizhen, who was in pain, was a little breathless.
Shang Hui went to the vegetable market to buy clams, made knotty soup, put them in a lunch box, and led Qingqing to the hospital. Instead of going directly to the ward, I went to the office of the section chief. The last time she saw the emaciated He Zigen, she was a little worried in her heart, and she wanted to ask the director how Ziyuan's condition was.
After knocking on the door and saying hello, Shang Hui explained the purpose. The director was a military doctor in his forties, and he asked Shang Hui, was he a relative of Zi Yuan? Shang Hui said yes. His biological parents are not here, and we have long been relatives. The medic nodded, "Even so, I'll tell you frankly." We suspect that He District is suffering from stomach cancer, a disease that is now difficult to cure. ”
"Diagnosed?"
"Not yet, next week, there is a professor from Shenyang Military Hospital to give a lecture, and we will turn in this case and let the professor help us diagnose it." I hope that the family will be mentally prepared. ”
Shang Hui nodded, "I see." ”
Walking out of the office, the tears couldn't stop flowing down, the last time I saw Zi Zhen's appearance, my heart was afraid, and there was a big problem. Qingqing looked up at her, "Mom, why are you crying, is it because of your uncle?" ”
Qingqing, who was already five and a half years old, was like a little elf, so young, you could see whether the adult's expression was happy or sad. "Mother is all right, Qingqing, in a moment we will go to see my uncle, and I am not allowed to say that my mother has cried." Remember. ”
"I don't say."
Shang Hui touched Qingqing's brain melon, what should girls do to be so smart, stupid, in fact, it is very good. I have less trouble. They came to the ward, knocked on the door and went in. Seeing Shang Hui, Zi Zhen's eyes lit up, "Sister Shi is here." ”
Shang Hui walked over, "Make you a knotty soup, drink a little." The doctor says you should eat liquid food. ”
Zi Zhen's eyes closed for a moment, he knew that Shang Hui must have asked the doctor about his condition.
Seeing her daughter coming, Qin Ruizhen explained some things to her daughter, saying that when the district leaders came in the morning, they were going to arrange for someone to take care of Zi Yuan, and I said no, our family would take care of it. The leader agreed, and we will change shifts in the future. When you return to Dalian, I will come by myself.
Shang Hui nodded, "You take Qingqing home, and I'm here to take care of Zi Zhen." Qin Ruizhen walked out of the ward with Qingqing.
Shang Hui turned to open the lunch box and slowly filled the rice, she turned her back on Zi Zhen and did not look at him. The tears were still pouring out, and she tried to hold them back. Turning around and pretending to smile, "Eat, I'll feed you." ”
"When the bottle is finished, I'll eat it myself."
"All right." Shang Hui was not reluctant, but placed it on the small cabinet next to the bed, took out a small spoon, and handed it to Zi Yuan. He turned sideways and slowly drank the knotty soup. They didn't speak, and Zi Zhen drank slowly, which was the first time That Shang Hui had cooked for him alone. When he was in Harbin, in the deep mountains and old forests, in the Soviet Union, he thought about the ordinary life of his monk Hui countless times, cooking, eating, and working like ordinary men and women. Unexpectedly, I was lying on my hospital bed for the first meal.
I don't know how long it takes to drink this bowl of knotty soup, ten minutes, twenty minutes, or half an hour, or just a few minutes at all. They silently enjoyed the moment when the two were alone.
Zi Zhen said, "It's delicious." ”
Shang Hui cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, then went to the water room to wash them, and came back to sit on the chair. They didn't speak, for a long time, Shang Hui suppressed her emotions, didn't let her voice tremble, "Why is it so bad for your body." ”
Zi Zhen smiled, "I told you that the root of the disease has long been planted." It is already a fate to live to this day, Jiang Hong's eldest brother, and many other brothers are gone, but I am still alive, alive to return to Dalian, alive to see the master, the master, and you. ”
Shang Hui covered her face with her hands, her shoulders trembling... The nurse came in to deliver the afternoon medicine, and Shang Hui stood up, turned her back on the nurse, and dried her tears, and she told herself that she could not cry, she must not cry.
Watching the nurse walk out of the ward, she sat down, "The director said, next week the professor of Shenyang Military Hospital will come to them, and when the time comes, he will give you a consultation, you don't get discouraged, you will be cured." ”
"I'm not discouraged, I'm not afraid. Shang Hui, it is rare that the two of us have the opportunity to be alone together like this, and I have a few things to tell you. ”
"When you're well, do it yourself." Don't let me do it for you. ”
"My illness is not good, my illness will not get better."
Shang Hui's voice rose up, "You can't lose confidence yourself first, you shouldn't be such a person, you said, such a difficult environment has come, what else can't you get over!" ”
Zi Zhen smiled bitterly, "This time it is really impossible to get by, King Yan will let you go three times more, and four more will not work." It's not that faith, will, and strength can solve problems, in fact, you understand, don't you? ”
Shang Hui collapsed again, "Zi Zhen, what can I do, you say, what can I do?" ”
"Listen to me."
"You say, I listen."
Zi Zhen was a little tired and gasped for breath. Shang Hui came over to help him lie down and lie down on the pillow. "You're not in a hurry, there's time to say, I'm here every day to take care of you these days.
"I'm afraid God won't give me time, so I'll be relieved when I'm done." The first thing is that my blood relatives in this world have only one old aunt. After liberation, I went to my house in Shandong to see them and gave them some money. The old district of Shandong is still very poor, I am alone, there is no place to spend money, except for filial piety to the master and the teacher, after the liberation of the past few years to save a few hundred yuan. I was not there, and the money was sent to my aunt for my grandchildren to read, and told them that they must read. He took out an aluminum key chain from the pocket of his fitted clothes, one large and one small, two keys, "This small one is my desk key, and there is a passbook inside." ”
Shang Hui was puzzled, "I don't have to do these things now, wait until the experts read it." ”
He looked at Shang Hui with pleading eyes, "Sister Master, get ready in advance." If I get better, the keys are returned to me. ”
Shang Hui had to take over. Zi Zhen seemed to say to himself, "The life in the old district is still very difficult, many children do not read, but they still have to read, you say, sister." ”
Shang Hui cried so hard that she couldn't speak, just nodded.
