When he first entered the isolation room, Qiao Nan didn't take it seriously at all, although he knew that SARS was very serious, but it was very far away from him, how could it spread to Hong Kong City, a small eighteenth-tier city?

But Xue Dongmei's state is very wrong, at the beginning, she could still hear her turning the book in the clinic, and when her mother came, she communicated quite normally, asking her mother to thank her roommate. But at night, I couldn't hear her at all.

"Xue Dongmei!" Qiao Nan called twice, and only then did a subtle "um" come from the bed next door. Qiao Nan didn't care about avoiding suspicion, and opened the curtain, only to see Xue Dongmei lying on the bed, looking painful and unconscious.

Qiao Nan was in a hurry all of a sudden, and called Teacher Zhou in loudly. It was dinner time, and Teacher Zhou was drinking rice porridge when he heard Qiao Nan's shout and immediately rushed in. He wiped Xue Dongmei's body temperature, good guy, it's really hot!

"Teacher Zhou, is Dongmei okay?"

"I'm not sure. Teacher Zhou saw that Qiao Nan was not wearing a mask, and immediately became anxious. He wanted to go out and get a mask for Qiao Nan, but Xue Dongmei was brewing a vomit, and the vomit splashed out, saying that it was too late and that it was fast, Teacher Zhou pushed Qiao Nan away and blocked the vomit for him.

"Teacher Zhou..."Qiao Nan has always been calm, but he is also a little stupid at this time.

"Get out there and put on your mask, there's my phone on the desk, call the principal. Teacher Zhou calmly commanded.

Qiao Nan nodded in a trance and made a call according to Teacher Zhou's instructions. It was long past the end of work, but Principal Xu stayed in the school all the time. In just five minutes, he came to the outside of the isolation room, along with Vice President Lu and Li Lanzhi.

Teacher Zhou was still accompanying Xue Dongmei inside, and Qiao Nan reported the situation to several school leaders. Vice Principal Lu subconsciously stayed away from Qiao Nan, and said anxiously: "What are you waiting for?

Principal Xu frowned and said, "No, you can't call 120." This is not certain that it is SARS, and when the ambulance comes, it will cause panic among the students. There are still two months to go before the college entrance examination, and we can't disturb the morale of the military. ”

Li Lanzhi rubbed her hands anxiously and said, "Then what should I do? Xue Dongmei is like this, it is even more dangerous to stay in school!"

Principal Xu said: "Carry her downstairs, my car will be parked at the back of the school, and I will take her to the hospital. Director Li, you stay in school and give all teachers vaccinations, but you must pay attention to controlling your emotions, especially not allowing panic to spread among students. ”

Everyone looked at each other and was noncommittal. Teacher Zhou listened to it clearly in it just now, he had already picked up Xue Dongmei, and said calmly: "You all stand back a little bit, don't contact her again." Principal Xu, you give me the car keys, and I'll send her to the hospital. ”

Principal Xu was very hesitant, but Teacher Zhou said: "This can't be a joke, anyway, I have already been in contact with her, and I don't miss going to the hospital for a while." You'd better keep your distance from others and stop infecting each other. ”

Li Lanzhi's eyes were clear: "Xiao Zhou..."

"Hey, don't worry, look at the symptoms shouldn't be SARS. Besides, I'm a doctor, and I need to raise soldiers for a thousand days, shouldn't I go out now?" Teacher Zhou tried to say more easily, and then said: "Don't be verbose, go to the hospital early, it's good for everyone." ”

"I'll go too. I've been with her all day today and I can't leave the hospital until she gets diagnosed. Qiao Nan said.

Li Lanzhi's expression was complicated, and she hurriedly turned around, as if she wanted to hide the tears in the corners of her eyes. She said: "I'll go and see if there are any students in the hallway, and if there are any, let them go back to the classroom, so that they don't have to talk nonsense when they see it." ”

Qiao Nan stared blankly, and her mother's steps seemed to be a little staggering. He suspected that he had seen it wrong, and he didn't chase after it.

Wei Chenglin hasn't been to school recently, and he has a way to skip class. For example, his basal body temperature is already high, and every morning he walks briskly to school, his body temperature can reach more than 37 degrees. He was red-faced, white and fat, and he didn't look like he was sick. However, the school has a rule that students with a body temperature of more than 37 degrees must go home for observation. So Cheng Lin twisted his chubby body and left in a dashing manner, sometimes going home to read comics, sometimes going to an Internet café to play games.

After doing this three or four times, Zhao Yanfen saw through her son's trick, so she pulled him back by the ear, closed the door and beat him hard. If it weren't for the old lady of the Wei family to stop her, it is estimated that she would have been beaten for several days and would not be able to get out of bed.

Zhao Yanfen was tired and sat on the sofa crying helplessly. Although the old lady of the Wei family felt sorry for her daughter-in-law who had collapsed, she was more worried about her grandson who was beaten, and she cried and said: "Cheng Lin is the only root of the old Wei family, doesn't he just skip a few classes? If you break him, my wife will be the first to disobey!"

Zhao Yanfen became angry all of a sudden: "Just skip a few classes? What was I doing when he skipped class? I drove a van to the factory to pull masks, and I pulled back 20 boxes of masks by myself! Does anyone feel sorry for me?"

The more Zhao Yanfen talked, the more aggrieved she became, and finally burst into tears. Mrs. Wei couldn't help wiping away her tears and said, "Don't be so tired! My wife still has money, just enough for our family to eat." The old Wei family is just this one boy, will his aunts ignore him? Aren't all our money his? Cheng Lin can grow up healthy and healthy, and don't ask for so much else. ”

Zhao Yanfen cried angrily: "Mom, you are... This is raising a loser!"

Mrs. Wei snorted: "Then it's right for you to beat him? As soon as you hit him, he will get angry, people are easy to get sick when they are angry, my big precious grandson, I would rather not do anything than let him get sick." ”

Zhao Yanfen laughed angrily: "Then I'm still angry, aren't you afraid that I'll get sick?"

Mrs. Wei knew that she was at a loss, so she just caressed Cheng Lin and muttered in a low voice: "Where is there anything to compare with your own son?"

Zhao Yanfen was so angry that she had nothing to say, and she tore off her coat and wanted to go to the store to have a look. As a result, as soon as I opened the door, I saw Jolene standing there, as if she had been standing for a long time. The moment she opened the door, she was visibly startled and took several steps back.

"Linlin, why are you here?"

"I came to find Cheng Lin, and my dad said that Cheng Lin skipped class again today, so I asked him to take him to the wonton restaurant to do his homework. Jolene said with a straight look.

"......" Zhao Yanfen was speechless again, although Cheng Lin's failure was well known in the family home, but whenever others mentioned it, her face was still burned badly. She turned her head and shouted into the room: "Wei Chenglin, come out and do your homework!"

Cheng Lin was originally nothing serious, but as soon as he heard his mother's words, he immediately lay on his grandmother's lap and hummed loudly, and the exaggerated "oops, oops" sound made Qiao Lin laugh. Zhao Yanfen couldn't hold back her face, and shouted again: "Your sister Linlin has been waiting for you for a while!"

Sister Linlin?

Wei Chenglin sat up with a carp, picked up his schoolbag and rushed out, moving quickly, like a well-trained special soldier.

"Go to my store and do your homework, my dad said, there haven't been any customers lately!" said Jolene.

Wei Chenglin agreed unconditionally, and the three of them walked down the long alley towards the wonton restaurant together. Passing by Chenglin's supermarket, Zhao Yanfen asked Qiao Lin to go first, and Wei Chenglin will go later.

Wei Chenglin thought that his mother was going to be executed publicly, and then beat himself up at the door of his supermarket, so he immediately howled at the top of his throat, but was dragged into the store by his mother. Zhao Yanfen picked out a few snacks, stuffed them into her son's schoolbag, and told her with a dark face: "When I see Qiao Lin later, I must say it repeatedly, this is her favorite snack, which you carefully selected and brought to her." ”

Wei Chenglin asked puzzledly: "This is obviously what you gave her!"

Zhao Yanfen poked her son's head again and scolded: "Why did I give birth to such an elm pimple as you! Just do as I say, and tell Qiao Lin word for word, did you hear that?"

Wei Chenglin nodded, shaking his chubby body and walking towards the wonton restaurant. Recently, due to the epidemic, the wonton restaurant has been deserted. Qiao Jianjun was catching up on sleep in the back room, and Qiao Lin was writing her homework very well-behaved.

Wei Chenglin mechanically recited the matters explained by his mother, but Qiao Lin kept looking at him with a smile, as if she saw the flaw in his words, but she didn't break it, and said with a sweet smile: "Thank you Aunt Zhao on my behalf." ”

Cheng Lin smiled innocently, and Qiao Lin leaned closer and said, "Cheng Lin, have you heard? My brother is quarantined!"

"Huh?

"Yes, no one thought that maybe SARS is around us!" Qiao Lin rolled her eyes and said: "I heard that the girl who was quarantined with him was in a terrible state, and I can't tell you that the second middle school is really going to be under martial law." You don't know what those teachers are worried about, but my mom hasn't come back and is on call 24 hours a day. As long as one student has a fever, the hearts of all the teachers and students in the school will be tugged, and only by being sure that everything is okay can they be relieved. ”

Wei Chenglin's face changed in fright, and he muttered, "No..."

Jolene asked solemnly, "Then you say, is it really good to pretend to be sick?"

Wei Chenglin shook his head decisively.

"Then why are you lying and saying you are sick with a fever?"

Wei Chenglin's face turned red all of a sudden, and he lowered his head and was embarrassed.

Qiao Lin continued: "When I got out of school this afternoon, I happened to see Aunt Zhao coming back from the factory. There were ten boxes of masks on your small van, all of which were moved down by Aunt Zhao alone, and I wanted to help her, but she said that my strength was too small to move. What are you doing when Aunt Zhao is sweating like rain?"

Guilt suddenly surged into Wei Chenglin's heart, and he picked the pencil hard and didn't say a word.

"Cheng Lin, you are in good health now, and your family is not bad, I don't know how many people envy you! If you don't cherish the current conditions, then I will really be angry!"

"Don't don't, Sister Linlin, don't be angry! I'll change it, I won't pretend to be sick and skip class in the future!" Wei Chenglin said eagerly.

"Then let's pull the hook!"

"Pull the hook!"

In fact, Qiao Lin also knew that the effect of this hook might only last for a while, and after ten days and half a month, Wei Chenglin would skip class and go to an Internet café again. But if you can manage him for a while, who will let them grow up together?

Wei Chenglin finally finished his homework quietly, and it was almost ten o'clock before he went home. Qiao Jianjun woke up and turned on the TV. Today's death data was being reported on the evening news, Qiao Lin turned pale with fright, and Qiao Jianjun hurriedly turned off the TV.

"You see, now it's only in big cities, and it's such a small place in Hong Kong City, it can't be passed on, ah!" Qiao Jianjun comforted, in fact, he didn't know how convincing this sentence was.

Jolene blinked and asked, "My brother went to the hospital, and my mother refused to come back, is something really wrong?"

Qiao Jianjun couldn't say why, he habitually touched his pocket, but he still didn't touch a cigarette.

Qiao Lin lowered her eyes and said worriedly: "I heard from my mother, that girl hasn't been home for half a year, and today her father came to see her and brought her some delicious food." It was nothing, but it is said that her father worked in Shanghai and did not know when he came back. ”

"The situation in Shanghai is not serious, and besides, maybe his father came back a long time ago. Qiao Jianjun could only comfort himself like this.

Jolene's big eyes blinked a few more times, she shook her pen and whispered, "I hope my brother is okay, he will be admitted to college soon." ”

Xue Dongmei is the first suspected case received by the First Hospital of Hong Kong City, and the medical staff are busy in an orderly manner, with a hint of unknown nervousness. Qiao Nan and Teacher Zhou were waiting outside, and sweat broke out on Teacher Zhou's forehead, and the test results had not yet come out. It took a while for the doctor in the emergency room to show up with a serious face.

Teacher Zhou's face turned pale with fright, and he stammered and asked, "Senior brother, what's the matter?"

The doctor suddenly laughed and said, "Look at you, you're nervous! She's obviously having a stomach cold! But the symptoms are quite serious, and you sent them in time." ”

Teacher Zhou sat on the bench with his butt in his mouth, chanting "Amitabha", and Qiao Nan also wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. The doctor added: "Although she can basically be diagnosed with a gastrointestinal cold, she has some symptoms of fever and cough, so it is safer to observe her for another day." ”

Teacher Zhou hurriedly agreed, "That's that." Ouch, it scared the hell out of me!"

The structure of the isolation ward is similar to that of No. 2 Middle School, but it is obviously much more professional. Qiao Nan didn't have any symptoms of fever, but he also stayed in the quarantine area, a door away from Xue Dongmei. He was lying on the hospital bed outside, and then he realized that his heart was beating violently. For this boy who was only eighteen years old, the impact of what happened today was undoubtedly huge, and he felt like he had walked through the ghost gate.

"Qiao Nan!"

"Huh?" Qiao Nan rolled out of bed and leaned on the door to listen carefully.

Xue Dongmei sat against the door and said softly, "You haven't fallen asleep yet, have you?"

"Hmm... Are you feeling unwell somewhere? Do you want me to call a doctor?"

"No, I'm better, I just can't sleep. Xue Dongmei bit her lip and said, "Thank you." ”

Qiao Nan smiled: "Thank you, everyone is in the same class." ”

"There are still two months to go before the college entrance examination, but today I delayed you by a day, don't you hate me?"

Qiao Nan leaned against the door and said softly: "Doesn't the teacher often say, the college entrance examination relies on the usual accumulation, it doesn't matter if it's a day or two." Your grades are usually so good, so you don't have to worry too much, just think of it as a good recharge before the college entrance examination. ”

Xue Dongmei actually smiled and said, "You are really comforting, no wonder girls like to talk to you." ”

"Huh?" Qiao Nan suddenly became shy.

"I'm not lying, they don't talk to me, but I hear what they say. A lot of girls in our class like you. ”

Qiao Nan scratched his ears and cheeks, and felt uncomfortable: "No, my sister says that I am a piece of wood every day, and no one will like me." ”

"It's true. Xue Dongmei's voice was very soft, but it sounded very heavy, as if there was a mind in it.

As if sensing Qiao Nan's discomfort, Xue Dongmei smiled and diverted the topic: "Qiao Nan, I've always wondered, what do you say is the reason why we are working so hard?"

"High school students... Why else? Of course, it's a good university!"

Xue Dongmei was slightly disappointed: "The Chinese teacher said that your reading volume ranked first in our class, I thought you could say something, but that's all there is to it." ”

Qiao Nan said unconvinced: "Do you know that my sister did not perform well in the college entrance examination back then? This is the regret of her life." But why didn't she repeat her studies for a year and realize her dream of Tsinghua University? It was because she knew that her family conditions were not good, and she owed a lot of debts in the past few years, and if she went to college a year later, her parents would have to work for another year, so she went to Fudan. I am the only boy in our family, and I should have carried this family, but I am only a high school student, and the most certain thing is to get into a good university, change my destiny, and make my family's life better. So, why do I study so hard? Is it to 'read 10,000 books and travel 10,000 miles'? Or is it to think about life and find myself? I'm sorry, I don't have any money or time right now. There is no choice but to bury your head in reading. ”

Xue Dongmei was silent for a long time before she said, "You don't look like an arbor at all!"

"Huh?"

"It's nothing, you all study to make your family live a good life, unlike me, I study just to get rid of my family. Xue Dongmei clenched her fists: "I know, I look very embarrassed and unbearable like me who wants to get into college, and I look like a villain who is eager for quick success." But if I can't get into a good university, I have to go back to that small village, get married in a year or two, and chew my tongue in the village with my child in a few years... Unkempt and stained... I hate being like that. ”

“......”

"And my family, my mother is so lazy to eat and lie at home all day, and she won't tidy up the house, let alone go to the fields. Before I had my brother, she didn't cook at all, and I ate instant noodles every day. If it weren't for my good grades and being able to study in the second middle school, I would have been beaten to death by her. Why don't I want to go back? Because as soon as I get home I have to clean up the garbage for months, work in the fields, and work as a nanny for my brother... I don't want to go back, I might as well stay in school and study on my own. ”

Qiao Nan originally thought that his family background was hard enough, but he didn't expect Xue Dongmei to grow up in such a harsh environment. He asked, "What about your father? He sends you money from time to time, and he is good to you, right?"

A trace of warmth flashed in Xue Dongmei's indifferent eyes, and she said: "If I still think about my family, it must be my father." It was he who always supported me in my studies, secretly sent me money, and came to see me without telling my mother. During the day, when I had a fever, I heard my classmates talking about him, saying that he had come back from Shanghai, could he have brought the virus to Hong Kong City? At that moment, I complained about him, but then I was relieved. It's spring and it's time to plant, so he went home half a month ago. He probably didn't even know what SARS was, but he hadn't seen me for a long time, and yesterday we were there for a market, and he bought some of my favorite snacks and rode his bicycle for more than 30 miles, just to bring them to me...... What's wrong with him?" and before he knew it, warm tears had dripped on the back of his hand.

Qiao Nan's mouth became stupid again, and he snorted: "It's okay, you study so well, your father will definitely be proud of you." ”

Xue Dongmei wiped away her tears and changed her words: "Let me ask you, do you believe all the gossip they say about me?"

Qiao Nan was stunned: "What gossip?"

"It's just, I just don't wash my hair or something..."

Qiao Nan is very innocent, and said in his heart, I am not interested at all!

He didn't speak, Xue Dongmei was a little anxious: "What they said is not true, I haven't taken a bath with them, but in the middle of the night, I secretly went to the bathroom to wash myself..."

Qiao Nan was dizzy, and she didn't understand why she was telling herself this, as if she cared about her own opinion. He had no choice but to comfort: "I didn't believe those words, don't think too much about it." ”

Xue Dongmei was relieved and showed a tired smile: "Qiao Nan, let me ask you one last question." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to ask. ”

"Where do you want to go?"

"Military school, I've wanted to be a soldier since I was a child. Qiao Nan said firmly, without a trace of hesitation, and finally asked, "What about you?"

Xue Dongmei wanted to take the Tsinghua exam, but she was silent, thinking to herself, wouldn't it be a shame if she didn't pass the exam by then? ”

"Oh, that, come on!"

The east side was exposed to the white of the fish's belly, and the two of them looked up at the sky outside together through the door panel. Qiao Nan yawned tiredly, and a thick tiredness came up. Xue Dongmei was still leaning against the door, and when she saw that the sky was getting brighter, her smile gradually brightened.