"Shhh

The word Wuhan suddenly appeared on the mobile phone screen, which made Zhao Xiaohe take a breath unconsciously, and then felt amused by his excessive nervousness, shaking his head secretly while answering the phone with suspicion.

"Hello, who?"

"Is it the village chief of Xiaohe?" a woman said in non-standard Mandarin.

"Yes, you are—" Zhao Xiaohe also replied in Mandarin.

He couldn't tell who the other party was at all.

"Hello, I'm Xiao Tao, the daughter-in-law of Zhao Laoer. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Xiaohe was a little surprised, Xiao Tao didn't report that she was Zhao Qinggang's wife, but said that she was Zhao Lao'er's daughter-in-law, but she didn't ask much, just said hello politely, and then asked, "What is the matter?"

"I'm sorry, it's like this," I don't know if it's because it's awkward to hear Zhao Xiaohe speak Mandarin, or because it's awkward to speak Mandarin myself, Xiaotao changed back to Qinglan's native accent, "My two cubs are used to eating snacks in Wuhan, and they went back to Qinglan late the day before yesterday, and they didn't go to the supermarket. You also know that our family is now quarantined and not allowed to go out, so ......"

Hearing Xiao Tao's apologetic laughter, Zhao Xiaohe immediately asked, "What does the cub want to eat?"

He had already guessed why Xiao Tao didn't say that she was Zhao Qinggang's wife.

"Do you have chips, cookies, sugar and milk?"

"Yes. Are there any specific requirements? such as what brand of potato chips, what flavor of biscuits, what kind of sugar, what kind of milk. ”

"As long as it's not a miscellaneous card, it's not overdue. I'm sorry to trouble you to send it over. "I feel that I can't help but let people send things in the middle of the night, so Xiao Tao is not embarrassed to ask for more, after all, she and Zhao Xiaohe have never had any dealings, not to mention that her husband has quarreled with people before.

"It's okay, I'll go prepare it now, and I'll send it to you later. ”

Zhao Xiaohe hung up the phone, looked up at home, and saw that there were no lights on the first and second floors of the house, knowing that his father had returned to the room, he was afraid that his father had fallen asleep, and it was cold, so it was difficult to wake him up, so he called his wife Chen Lanlan to explain the situation.

When he and Chen Lanlan first got married, they were a husband and wife who took care of the supermarket together, and his parents, like most villagers in Zhaojiazhou, were vegetable farmers, growing and selling vegetables as their main business. Three years ago, his father was in a car accident on the way to sell vegetables, and he was lame, he had already entered the village committee at that time, and began to take care of his family, Chen Lanlan, who was pregnant with a second child, was very difficult to take care of the supermarket alone, so he begged his parents not to grow vegetables anymore, let his mother help take care of the children, and his father helped take care of the supermarket.

Zhao Zhengjin and Wei Xianggui have always felt sorry for this capable and housekeeping daughter-in-law, and after discussion, they agreed to their son's request. After that, Wei Xianggui helped Chen Lanlan take care of the children, while taking care of the housework, and Zhao Zhengjin helped take care of the supermarket.

Since Xiaonan entered the first grade in September, Chen Lanlan has to accompany her daughter to do her homework at night, so Zhao Zhengjin watches the supermarket at night, if there is no entertainment in the chess and card rooms, he usually closes the supermarket at eight o'clock in the evening and goes upstairs to watch TV.

"Okay, you can get it later, and I'll go down. I heard that it was to get snacks for the children of Zhao Qinggang's family, although Chen Lanlan was a little unhappy in her heart, she still didn't say anything.

Although she usually complains, she is actually very supportive of her husband's work.

In her words, "You don't care about anything at home, can't you let me say a few words." Zhao Xiaohe has always laughed at her complaints, because he knows that his wife is really not easy.

and Zhao Fangrong and Zhao Huiwen explained the situation, seeing that the lights of his supermarket were on, he borrowed Zhao Fangrong's electric car and rode back to the house, and when he was about to arrive at the door of the supermarket, he pressed the horn in advance - he was afraid that if he honked the horn at the door of the supermarket, it would alarm his parents.

He parked his car two meters away from the supermarket entrance.

After a while, at the door of the supermarket, Chen Lanlan, who was wearing a padded jacket and pajamas, bent down and came out with a whole bag of snacks.

"You put it at the door, don't come out, I'll go and get it." "On duty outside, the clothes on his body are not disinfected, and Zhao Xiaohe is still quite vigilant.

Chen Lanlan understood what he meant, and didn't say anything, and after putting down the snack bag, she carried two cartons of milk and put them on the side of the bag.

"Well, here's the list. A total of one hundred and sixty-eight pieces of eight, zero to erase, you let him give one hundred and sixty-eight. I'll put it in. She stuffed the printed bill into a snack bag.

"Okay, my wife has worked hard. ”

"Bitter or not, think of the Red Army twenty-five thousand. Chen Lanlan learned his tone and retreated to the door, "You send it over, I have to go upstairs, you are on an all-night shift tonight, I asked Xiao Nan to come and sleep with me." ”

"I'm coming back in the middle of the night!"

"Oh, changed shifts?" Seeing him nod, she said hello, "Xiao Nan is still watching TV, and I'll coax her to sleep with her mother in a while." ”

When she was about to close the door, she looked at him and said as if she was muttering to herself, "I originally wanted my daughter to warm the quilt for me, but I didn't expect to have to warm the quilt for you in the end." ”

Because Chen Lanlan didn't wear a mask, Zhao Xiaohe didn't get too close, but just lowered his voice and smiled: "Wife, you warm the quilt in the first half of the night, and I warm you in the second half of the night, ensuring that it is warm all over your body." ”

Hearing her husband's banter, Chen Lanlan smiled and spat: "Go, go, if I fall asleep, you still touch me, be careful that I kick you under the bed." ”

"Wife, are you thinking a little too much?"

"!"

"Bang!"

Chen Lanlan smiled and scolded, and closed the door.

Zhao Xiaohe laughed, and after Chen Lanlan closed the door, he stepped forward, put the milk on the foot of the electric car, then put the snack bag on the milk crate, took out the bill inside, tied the mouth of the bag, and then grabbed the handlebar with one hand, and walked to the east road of the village with the snack bag with the other. When he walked to the garbage house not far away, he threw the crumpled bill into it, and then accelerated and drove towards Zhao Qinggang's house.

When he arrived at the gate of Zhao Qinggang's house, he put his things down next to the iron gate, and then called back Xiao Tao's phone and asked her to come down and get it. After the lights were turned on downstairs at Zhao Qinggang's house, he rode away on an electric car.

"Eh, how much does it cost? I'll add you WeChat to send you a red envelope. Xiao Tao stood at the iron gate and shouted at his back.

Zhao Xiaohe, who drove five or six meters, parked, turned around and waved his hand: "This time, it should be considered as a gift from me to the two cubs to eat, and I will collect the money next time." ”

"That's not good! I'm very embarrassed that you sent it here on this cold night, where can I not give money? How much? I'll add you to WeChat now!"

"I'll talk about it next time. Get on in. The cubs are waiting. Zhao Xiaohe said, didn't wait for her to say anything more, rode the electric car and left.

When he returned to the village east card point to continue to participate in the discussion of the patrol propaganda team, Xiao Tao's phone called again.

Knowing what she was going to say, he smiled and spoke out first when he connected: "Gangzi and I grew up together, and it's nothing to buy some snacks for my nephews and nieces, so don't ......."

"Creek. ”

"Gangzi?" I didn't expect it to be Zhao Qinggang who called, Zhao Xiaohe was a little surprised, "Is there any other need at home?"

"Nope. Zhao Qinggang smiled, with a hint of apology in his tone, "I've been quite impulsive in the past two days since I came back, don't worry." ”

"No, it won't. Zhao Xiaohe expressed his understanding, "You don't know much about the seriousness of Wuhan pneumonia, and it is reasonable that you are unwilling to cooperate with the quarantine." ”

"I understand," Zhao Qinggang's tone was a little low, "I said don't be angry, in fact, I know very well about the pneumonia business situation in Wuhan." I bought a house in Wuhan this year, and I only moved in on New Year's Day, and I was going to spend the New Year in Wuhan as a family, but after hearing that pneumonia killed people, and it was very contagious, Xiao Tao and I were very scared, and immediately packed up our things and drove back to Qinglan. Because I came back in a hurry, I didn't even prepare snacks for the children, and the special products I gave to my father-in-law and mother-in-law that day were actually the wine and tea that I had honored my father earlier. ”

Zhao Xiaohe was still a little guilty about isolating Zhao Qinggang's family, but when he heard him say this, he immediately became angry, but thinking that his family had been isolated, he didn't want to cause any more conflicts, so he endured the anger.

"I know you want to scold me. Zhao Qinggang did not say this with emotion, but was very sincere, "From last night to today, my dad has been scolding me." I've figured it out a lot over the day. In this life, no one knows who will come first tomorrow and accidents. I said before that you were afraid of death, but in fact, I am the one who is really afraid of death. I won't hide it from you, my former landlord's father died of pneumonia, and his wife was also infected and sent to the intensive care unit. I called the landlord this afternoon to ask about his wife's condition, and he said that his wife was also gone, and he himself was infected, and he also said that many hospitals in Wuhan are full now, and he doesn't know if he can be admitted to the hospital, and he has already written a suicide note to his son who is abroad. ”

Zhao Qinggang's voice suddenly choked up, "He said that his wife was admitted to the hospital and left, and if he couldn't be admitted to the hospital, he wouldn't have thought about it." He told me to cherish my life in the moment. Xiaohe, do you know why I resist when I hear you mention pneumonia? Because I'm afraid, I know how bad pneumonia is, and I want to take my wife, children, and parents to live in a place where pneumonia is free. If you don't mention pneumonia, I feel like I've arrived in such a place, and when you mention pneumonia, you break my self-deception. Don't call me selfish, I'm really afraid of death! I grew up poor, and I finally made some money, but I haven't started to enjoy life, I haven't started to be filial to my parents, I haven't watched my children grow up, I don't want to die!"

"It's not going to die, don't think about it, although pneumonia is highly contagious, as long as the protective measures are in place, it will be fine. Zhao Xiaohe comforted repeatedly.

He is the same age as Zhao Qinggang, he never fought less when he was in school, and he has seen the ruffian Zhao Qinggang who refuses to admit defeat, but he has never seen him so sentimental, and he repeatedly mentions life and death, which also makes Zhao Xiaohe's heart soft.

Zhao Qinggang took a deep breath and paused for a few seconds before sighing: "Xiaohe, I heard that you are guarding the card at the east entrance, you must pay attention to it yourself! You must also remind everyone to pay attention! This pneumonia is not a joke! You should also publicize it and make the villagers pay attention to it." It's useless to make a fool of yourself like me!"

"Yes. Thank you for talking to me so much. ”

Zhao Qinggang sighed: "Actually, I wanted to call you during the day, and after making this call, I feel much more comfortable." Xiaohe, take care of yourself. ”

With that, he hung up.

Zhao Xiaohe looked at the phone with the screen slowly dimming and was a little stunned.

It seems that the situation in Wuhan is far more serious than reported online.

Maybe......

A cold wind blew, blowing away his thoughts, and he subconsciously rubbed his hands.

At this moment, a wooden board leaning on the bus stop was suddenly blown down by the wind, and it was about to smash into Zhao Huiwen, who was squatting on the side and smoking, Zhao Xiaohe shouted "Be careful" and flew over at the same time.