Chapter 19: Undercurrents
Yang Qiu made up his mind to follow Boss Ma's instructions and go to City B to find Da Mao.
A series of recent changes have made him fully aware of the importance of money.
He had never been so hungry to be rich.
After thinking about it, he came to the third floor, and the child had been carried into the ward by the nurse.
Dr. Liang was patiently answering Xiaofang's questions, and Yang Xia stood aside with a stack of documents.
"Doctor, this is for you, this is the front desk number, I live in room 6, you call, the front desk will come to inform me." ”
Yang Qiu said while handing the note in his hand to Dr. Liang.
"Okay, is there any more problem, if it's okay, I'll take care of the child. ”
Doctor Liang looked at Xiaofang with a smile and said.
"No, thank you, doctor. ”
Xiaofang replied with some embarrassment.
Dr. Liang didn't say anything more, nodded, and walked straight into the frosted glass door behind him.
"Let's go too, just go back and wait for the call. ”
Yang Xia said.
The three of them went downstairs, found a small noodle restaurant, and each ate something.
After a brief meal, the three of them walked towards the Happiness Hotel.
The inn is a large, unpleasant-looking bungalow, with a simple interior and a bar, where the proprietress is sitting on the bed behind the bar listening to the radio.
Behind the hostess is a straight hallway, and the rooms are on either side of the corridor, rooms 1 to 4 on the left and rooms 5 to 8 on the right.
Yang Qiu and his wife live in room 6, and Yang Xia lives in room 3 diagonally opposite.
After placing Xiaofang, Yang Qiu knocked on the door of Yang Xia's room.
"Second brother, have you slept?"
"Akiko, I didn't sleep, wait a minute. ”
There was a creak of broken wooden beds in the house, followed by footsteps, getting closer and closer......
"Come in"
Yang Xia opened the door shirtless and twisted his neck in the direction of the room.
Yang Qiu closed the door and followed Yang Xia into the room.
Yang Xia sat at the head of the bed, and Yang Qiu came to the wooden chair opposite and sat down.
"What's the matter with me, Akiko?"
Yang Xia asked.
"Second brother, thank you, thanks to your ......"
"Stop, stop, you, don't be polite to me. We are a family, I am your brother, you are doing business, I have to help you. ”
Yang Qiu was just about to open his mouth politely, but was stopped by Yang Xia.
"Hmmm......"
Yang Qiu nodded, lowered his head and fell silent again.
"If you have something, just say it, it's awkward. ”
Yang Xia saw Yang Qiu's thoughts and opened his mouth to say.
"Second brother, look at this ......"
Yang Qiu took out the Blood Eye Jade from his pocket and handed it to Yang Xia.
"What is this......
Where did Yang Xia know this thing, fiddled with it for a while, and then handed it back to Yang Qiu.
"This, this is what I picked up, I heard others say that this thing is worth some money, so I thought about selling it for some money......"
"Picked it up, where did you pick it up?"
Yang Xia stared at Yang Qiu and asked.
"On the mountain, on the day Hachiro was born, I picked it up on the mountain. ”
Yang Qiu didn't panic this time, maybe he had dealt with the police too much two days ago, and his mentality was better.
"Oh, and this good thing......"
Yang Xia muttered.
"I'm going to leave for City B early tomorrow morning to get someone knowledgeable to exchange some money. Yang Qiu said.
"Don't worry about the money or anything, I have it in my hand, don't think so much, I'd better wait here for now, and wait and see." Yang Xia said.
"Second brother, now that I also have Hachiro, I think I have to shoulder the burden of this family, and I can't rely on others to live anymore, I know you are kind, but this time, I have to go. ”
Yang Qiu didn't dare to look directly at the second brother's gaze, although the second brother was warm-hearted, but stubborn, Yang Qiu could hear the second brother's voice, and he never dared to disobey his wishes for more than 20 years.
Yang Xia Lao felt that this matter was a little strange, and he was worried that his younger brother had taken a crooked path and would not be able to maneuver, so he talked about him left and right and refused to agree to Yang Qiu's request.
Hearing Yang Qiu's resolute attitude, Yang Xia surprisingly did not get angry, only lowered his head and groaned, and no longer communicated with him.
"Second brother, my money has been robbed by Ji San'er, I need some money to go to City B, I have to ask you to borrow ......"
Yang Xia still didn't answer, turned around and lay down in the bed, and with a "snap", he pressed the bedside switch, and the room became pitch black.
Yang Qiu wanted to say something, but after all, he couldn't say anything, stood up, opened the door silently and left.
He walked slowly to the door of Room 6 and was about to reach out and knock on the door, when he suddenly heard the sound of a woman choking in the room......
I didn't feel it for a long time, but the child suddenly left him for so many days and suffered in the hospital, and I felt unspeakably uncomfortable.
After Yang Qiu coughed dryly, he knocked lightly on the door.
The sound of choking gradually disappeared in the house, and soon someone opened the door, Yang Qiu saw that Xiaofang's eyelids were swollen from crying, and he didn't make a sound, so he didn't see it, and walked straight to the house.
"What did you talk to the second brother about?"
Xiaofang asked.
"It's nothing, thank you to him for helping us so much. ”
"I really should thank people for helping us so much, and when our family Hachiro grows up and has the ability, we must repay others." ”
"If you want to repay me, I can repay it, what are you waiting for the child to repay, if you have children and daughters, will it be your turn to get our family Hachiro?"
"You...... You should first think about how to weigh the rent for the next few days, counting on you, I don't know what year and month it will be!"
Xiaofang shook her head, collapsed on the bed, and turned off the light casually.
The two didn't talk again.
The night was getting deeper, and everything was silent, but Yang Qiu couldn't sleep, his eyes widened, listening to the ghostly whistling sound formed by the north wind blowing through the cracks in the window, and the desolation in his heart increased a little bit.
Without Yang Xia's support, he wouldn't have been able to go anywhere......
After a night of silence, the sky gradually brightened, Yang Qiu got up and went to the toilet, returned to the window, opened the curtains, and saw the thick snow outside the window, only to know that the snow last night was not small.
In front of the hospital across the road, there are many people in uniform clearing the snow, and the fat old lady pushing a tricycle to sell tea eggs and roasted sweet potatoes has already curled up in front of the door and started a day's "cultivation".
Next to the hospital, the small breakfast shop is thriving, and the people are constantly coming in and out, and this small shop that looks like only about 50 square meters is like the door to another world, and as many people can fit it......
was watching, Yang Qiu saw a person carrying a few fritters and two cups of soy milk out, looking at the side of the road, and wanted to cross the road.
This person is none other than Yang Xia.
Yang Qiu hurriedly beckoned Xiaofang to get up, and as soon as the two of them got dressed, they heard a knock on the door......
"Are you up, Akiko......"
Yang Xia outside the door asked.
Yang Qiu hurriedly ran to open the door, and saw Yang Xia carrying breakfast in his left hand, and raised his right hand to knock on the door.
"Come in, second brother. ”
"Oh...... Oh...... You're up early. ”
"That's not as early as you, breakfast is all here!"
Yang Qiu said with a smile.
"Let's eat, let's go back to the village after eating, just got married, let's go back to help out!"
Yang Xia said.
Gangzi is a friend of the two from childhood to adulthood, he is married, and the two should have gone to help in advance, but now that the child is hospitalized and the condition is not clear, where is Yang Qiu in the mood to go.
But the second brother said that it was not easy for him to refuse.
"Then what should my daughter-in-law do, I'm not at ease here. ”
Yang Qiu frowned and said.
"It's okay, I've already retired my room, let's go back to the village, and let your second sister-in-law take the car at three o'clock in the afternoon to accompany your brother and sister, isn't it okay, so that you can save the cost of a room, isn't it good! ”
Yang Xia's tone was resolute and couldn't help but say.
Yang Qiu knew in his heart that Yang Xia insisted on taking him back because he was afraid that he would secretly run to City B, so he had to smile bitterly, he was already penniless, where did he have the money to go......
"Okay, listen to the second brother's ......"
Yang Qiu lowered his head and ate breakfast......
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After eating, Yang Xia forced Xiaofang to give 1,000 yuan, saying that before the second sister-in-law came, she was worried about what calls would come from the hospital, so she left money to deal with emergencies.
The gratitude of Yang Qiu and his wife was beyond words, and the two said goodbye to Xiaofang, hailed a car on the side of the road, and drove towards the passenger station.
After a while, the two brothers came to the front of the station......
"You go, don't send me, I'll go back to the village ......"
Yang Xia said suddenly.
"I ...... Where am I going?"
Yang Qiu was a little foggy.
"Do what you want to do......" After speaking, Yang Xia stretched out his right hand into his pocket and took out a narrow hard card, as well as a gray hundred-yuan bill.
"I'll only give you these, and you can figure out the rest by yourself, whether you can get it back or not, it's up to you!"
Yang Qiu's eyes suddenly turned red, and he took the card and the hundred-yuan bill tremblingly......
If you look closely, this card is a one-way train ticket from the provincial capital to City B.
"You're right, you've grown up, after your father passed away, I only treat you and Dongzi as children who don't grow up, and control you everywhere, I thought about it for a long time last night, from now on, your way, you can go by yourself......"
After speaking, Yang Xia turned around and walked towards the passenger station.
"Let's go, I'm checking the ticket right away, I hope you don't have to go and have no return, be a person who stands up to the sky, and become an example for Hachiro!"
Yang Xia waved his hand without looking back and disappeared into the crowd of people in the ticket hall.
Yang Qiu seemed to be a primary school student who had scored a perfect score, held the ticket in his hand, beckoned a taxi parked near him, and drove towards the train station.
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The time was just right, and when Yang Qiu walked into the waiting room, he was just in time for a long queue at the entrance of the station.
Checking the ticket, getting on the bus, all in one go, Yang Qiu sat on the window seat, looking out the window, excited, he couldn't stop guessing how much money the jade in his pocket could be exchanged.
In fact, he couldn't guess the price of this piece of jade......
"Boss, this stupid boy is on the train, what are we going to do?"
After Yang Qiu got out of the taxi, the skinny driver with sunglasses did not leave, but quietly got out of the car and followed Yang Qiu.
Seeing Yang Qiu entering the station, he hurriedly found the words near the station and made a phone call......
"It's too late, the ticket gates are closed......"
"To City B, the train at half past seven. ”
"Okay, Boss!"
The man in sunglasses, after hanging up the phone, showed a grim smile on the corner of his mouth.
The train roared away from the provincial capital, and Yang Qiu, who was dreaming of making a fortune, could have thought that an undercurrent had already quietly surged towards him......