(forty-five)
Xie Fei opened the door, but there were Qin Qin's two sisters and brothers standing at the door, which made Xie Fei a little surprised. She thought: Why did the two of them come to me, although it has been so many years, since Qin Qin wrote that letter of repentance, I haven't cared about him. Over the years, we have often seen each other, and every time we meet, not only do we not have a sense of hatred, but gradually we have a little good feeling. Every time we met, we greeted each other with a smile, and there was no unpleasantness at all. As a courtesy, she still asked her two siblings to sit in the house.
When the two Qin Qin sisters and brothers entered the house, they (they) first went inside to visit and greet Liu Jiesheng and his father. After a long sigh and a sigh of warmth, they went back to the living room and sat down.
After sitting down, Qin Qin's sister spoke first, she said: "Our neighbors, for so many years, although we haven't been in contact, but we must know each other and be very familiar, today my brother asked me to come, so I came." What happened to my brother and you when he was young, we won't talk about it now, so good that he has changed now, and I, who is an older sister, can rest assured. The main reason why I came today is that my brother saw your current difficulties, and he asked me to help you, and I was very happy to see that he had changed so well, so I agreed to his request. She continued: "That is to say, I still know more about your economic problems, and I will definitely solve them for you, if you see how much money you lack now." She looked at Xie Fei with a sincere and friendly expression: "Our neighbors, not to mention my brother to repay you, this can't guarantee a family, there will never be such and such things in your life, so you must not carry it alone, here you let me help you." ”
Xie Fei heard what she said, she was very moved, but she really didn't accept it, because she was not close to her, she was not even a friend, and she really couldn't accept it if she lent her money so generously so suddenly. is to think about it from another perspective, even if the other party encounters this urgent problem at this time, he may still have nothing to do with himself. Therefore, she was just saying, "It's not good, it's not good, I, I don't know how much money I borrowed now, and I don't know when I ......can afford to pay it back." ”
Sister Qin Qin knew what she meant, one of her meanings was to be embarrassed, and the other was to worry about the hard repayment, so she said: "Don't worry about this, I have been in business for so many years, tens of thousands of yuan, I can still draw it, there is no problem." I lent it to you, and I didn't think about you paying me back for a long time, which means that you can pay me back for a long time, even if it's ten or eight years. What I want to remind you here is that you must not think about interest, for my brother's sake, I absolutely do not want interest. ”
Sheffie cried, she cried that she had encountered such a big disaster, although relatives and friends were all helping, but none of them had extra money to lend her. She cried that her fate was not good, how could such a big disaster befall her. She was moved to cry in this world, in the end, there is still a warm-hearted heart to repay kindness, and this warm-hearted is still ...... Her Adam's apple choked, her tears fell in strings, and she couldn't even speak.
Sister Qin Qin took out 30,000 yuan, she said: "Xie Fei, here is 30,000 yuan, do you see if it is enough, if it is not enough, I will give it to you at any time." Just take it, don't worry about anything, just have to look at some things, pay attention to everyone's body, things will pass slowly. Sheffie took her hand, unable to speak with tears in her eyes, and finally she only said: Thank you, thank you, and sent the two siblings out of the door. Qin Qin didn't say a word that night.
On the evening of October 17 of the old calendar, Liu Jiesheng, who was dying, was lying on the bed panting, and Xie Fei, who was thin and bloodless, sat next to him, and she said to him with tears: "I thought you were in good health and younger than me, but I always thought that you would lose a lot if you married me." Because I'm old, I'm going to go ahead of you in the future, and I used to worry that I would go first, how would you live. Therefore, I have been as good as I can for you for so many years and try to meet your needs. I just thought that I was old, and when I reached a certain age, when we came together, we didn't look like two people, and I was afraid that others would say that you would marry an old woman. Who knows that this is the case now, and what worries me most now is our child, who is only fourteen years old, and he will turn fourteen tomorrow. ”
She burst into tears. At this time, Liu Jiesheng not only couldn't cry, he couldn't even speak, he couldn't speak for a while, but there was a tear in the corner of his eye that couldn't fall. She added: "It's all like this now, there's no way to do it, don't worry about us, we'll be fine." ”
At this time, Liu Xunfei was also standing by the bed, he was just crying, his hand was holding his mother's shoulder, his eyes were looking at his father's face, and his father's face didn't even show much expression at this time. Then he only muttered a sentence, he said: "When I grow up, I must go to study medicine, why people's diseases are not good for medical treatment, I don't believe it." Xie Fei said: "Feifei, you have to be sensible now, so that your father can rest easy, and in the future, we two mothers will still have to live, don't let your father down." Liu Xunfei burst into tears and just nodded.
Xie Fei said: "It is said that people's fate is determined, I didn't believe it before, and now I can only believe it." Fortunately, we have lived a good life for more than ten years, and it is still worth it. There's no way, now it's the only way to think about it, you can rest easy, don't worry about us, I will definitely take care of my son and let him grow up to be promising. ”
This tired and sad Xie Fei, she said a lot afterwards, she said everything she could think of, and then she went to take care of the old man for a while, and finally she fell asleep next to Liu Jiesheng.
Before dawn the next day, she found that Liu Jiesheng had no breath. Her cry alarmed her neighbors, and the news spread to friends and family.
Xiaoxian and her mother's family soon came, and then Xie Fei's mother's siblings came. They all helped Xie Fei handle all the matters of the funeral and burial, and at this time, Xie Fei really had no idea, and he was in a trance.
However, she still did not forget to take care of the old man from time to time. She knew in her heart that this old man was not in good health, but she had seen a good family situation and a harmonious family over the years, so she was so tough. From the day he knew that his son had this terminal illness, he could not bear the blow and fell ill. Now that his sons are gone, it's as if he's lost his soul and has no will to live. Now he can only rely on his daughter-in-law to take care of him, and Xie Fei also hopes that this old man can survive this blow.
Xie Fei thought of his son's birthday over the years, although he didn't have a treat, but he bought a birthday cake for his son every year, and the family celebrated his son's birthday happily. Today's son's fourteenth birthday has become like this, thinking of this, her tears that had been dry shed shed again flowed out. Thanks to Xiaoxian being by her side at all times, giving her comforting words and making her think about it. She said: Those who want to leave cannot be kept, and since they are gone, they will be buried in peace. As people who are alive, we must look at the point and protect our bodies, and if we vomit badly, we will not suffer ourselves.
Three days later, she died shortly after turning forty-one, and Liu Jiesheng's funeral was stopped, but Xiaoxian saw that her aunt Xie Fei was so disgusted and listless, and there was an old man around her who wanted someone to take care of her, so she took the initiative to take a month off to help her. She helped her look at the store, and by the way, she also accompanied her, so that she could calm down as soon as possible and recover her body. Xie Fei expressed his gratitude.
More than two months later, when Sheffee's spirits were just getting better, it was approaching the Spring Festival. Approaching the Spring Festival is the best time for business, and it is also the busiest time for her, because there is still a patient to take care of at home. It's good that her son Liu Xunfei can barely watch the store during this holiday, so she can have some intermittent delays.
On the morning of the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, Xie Fei brought breakfast to the old man and walked to his bedside, and she saw him struggling to breathe. She put down the bowl and called out to Dad, but he folded his hand and couldn't speak. She thought he wanted to sit up, so she went to pull him by the shoulder, but he fell on the edge of the bed and coughed and tried to spit, but he couldn't. She gave him water to drink, and he choked on it again, and now he coughed even harder. But he held her hand and couldn't say anything he wanted to say, and finally he still said a few words. He said, "Thank you...... Phenanthrene...... Thank...... Thank you...... ...... to me My son...... Son and I...... It's mine...... Shine...... Ying ......" and then let go of his hand, and fell down and died. Sheffield cried again.
On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, the old father was just buried, and the next night was the night of Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve, this rainy Chinese New Year's Eve night was the most memorable New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve night of Xie Fei's mother and son. Every house is full of lights and beams, but the poor mother and son are looking at the sketches of a father and son on the wall. The mother and son burst into tears and were in a daze.
The father and son first let the son go through the torture of illness and left in tears, and then the father was white-haired and sent the black-haired man to die in a sad heart. In the end, their father and son went to the other side of the world.
After more than a year of reversal of fortune, all the hard work of many years has been exhausted, and a large amount of foreign debt is still owed. This made Xie Fei feel hopeless and lost.
When she slowly came to her senses afterwards, she further realized that only by being strong, she believed that being strong could change her fate. For the sake of their sons, for the sake of Liu Jiesheng's blood and bones, she must be strong.
Four years later, in 2007, Sheffield finally paid off all his debts. Since her son's father left, her son is also very sensible, not only does he help with things when he comes home, but his academic performance is also very good, at this time, her son is in high school. Xie Fei's biggest wish now is to hope that his son will have a good future in the future.
By the spring of 2008, when the light rain gathered, Xie Fei's life was just beginning to stabilize. When she heard that she was about to see her old friend who had been separated for 20 years, she was really excited and couldn't sleep all night.