Chapter 2 There is no idleness in seeking up and down
When he finally came to his senses, Gong Mengshu rushed out like a lost soul, and the tailor hurriedly followed, saying: "Miss, slow down, things have already happened anyway, you have to be steady, you are now the backbone of the family, and your father and your mother will point to you to comfort them!" But Gong Mengshu didn't seem to hear it, so he ran forward, forgetting to go back to the house and inform Huang's mother.
Through the tailor's guidance, Gong Mengshu hurried to the church hospital in Mingcheng, walked through the long and dim corridor, and really saw his mother Wu Peisi sitting at the door of the rescue room sobbing, Gong Hongwen had a stroke and did not come out of the rescue room. Gong Mengshu rushed up, grabbed his mother's hand, and asked anxiously, "Mother, how is my father?"
"I don't know how your father is now—" Wu Peisi wiped tears with a handkerchief, his eyes worried and his face haggard.
"What's going on?" Gong Mengshu asked his mother busily.
"It's not that your second mother took your brother away, everything was swept away, but there was not a word left, your father couldn't think about it for a while, and he was angry, so he fainted, fortunately, a neighbor helped to send him to the church hospital, and now I don't know if I am dead or alive in the emergency room......" Mrs. Gong's eyes were red and swollen, and her spirits were sluggish.
Gong Meng slowly squatted down in front of his mother's knees, and comforted softly: "Mother, since this is the case, you can look away, maybe in a few days Erniang will be tired outside, and she will come back with her little brother——"
Mrs. Gong raised her eyes and looked at Gong Mengshu, there was a strange smile on the corner of her mouth, she said: "I'm afraid she won't come back, your father only learned from the neighbor's mouth today that your little brother is probably not his species, but no one usually says it——"
"Huh?" Gong Mengshu's eyes widened in surprise, and he couldn't speak for a long time.
"Alas, your father's greatest wish in this life is to hope that his son will become a Chan, and now I don't know if he can survive this blow......" Mrs. Gong said, tears couldn't help falling again, "At the moment, our family has nothing, all the gold and silver have been swept away by your second mother, even if your father gets better, how will he live this life in the future——"
"Mother, don't worry, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the most important thing now is that my father is fine-" Gong Mengshu hurriedly comforted her mother, although she was also at a loss in her heart, she didn't let her mother see the slightest hesitation. Anyway, now that she is the backbone of her mother, she must not watch this family collapse.
The door of the rescue room opened, and Gong Hongwen was carried out by the nurse while lying on a stretcher. Mrs. Gong and Gong Mengshu hurriedly greeted them, the doctor in charge was a doctor of the church, and in the face of the anxious inquiry of the mother and daughter of the Gong family, they just shook their heads and said: "Mrs., Miss, the patient has a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, although you have been rescued, but you must be psychologically prepared, it is very likely that you will be paralyzed in bed for a long time, this depends on the patient's recovery." In addition, the patient is not over the danger period now, so you should take good care of it-"
Mrs. Gong burst into tears and could barely stand, Gong Mengshu hurriedly nodded to the doctor, supported her mother and went to the ward with the stretcher, and placed Gong Hongwen on the hospital bed. The mother and daughter surrounded the unconscious Gong Hongwen, both with sad faces and hazy tears. Mrs. Gong stared at Gong Hongwen, whose eyes were closed, for a long time, and suddenly said to Gong Mengshu: "Mengshu, in fact, I still hope that your father will not wake up, if he wakes up, I am worried that he will not be able to bear this blow and will completely collapse." You say, how will our family live in the future-"
"Mother, haven't you always warned me to be strong no matter what happens?" Gong Mengshu saw that his mother was sad, so he hugged his mother's shoulders and tried his best to enlighten her: "No matter what, you and your father still have me, with me, you don't have to be afraid-"
Mrs. Gong reluctantly put away her tears, patted Gong Mengshu's arm with her backhand, and said, "What you said is that fortunately my mother still has your ......" said that she felt a sour nose when she touched the scene, and her voice choked again.
Gong Mengshu hugged her mother and didn't speak, her mother's slender body looked very thin in the crook of her arms, and the gray hair on the top of her head was extremely dazzling. She turned her head to look at the thin and pale face of her father Gong Hongwen who was unconscious on the hospital bed, and she couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in her heart, and felt that the burden on her shoulders was heavy. From now on, she will be the pillar of the family, and she will have to stand up for her parents when the sky falls.
Gong Hongwen was treated in a church hospital, and although the church gave poor families a certain amount of fee reduction, the family had to pay a certain amount of treatment fees before they could be hospitalized. For the Gong family, who had nothing on the four walls, it was even worse.
Gong Mengshu saw that her mother was at a loss, and thought for a while: "Mother, don't worry about Dad's treatment costs, I'll go back and talk to Qilun and my mother-in-law to see if I can raise as much as possible-"
Mrs. Gong Wu Peisi said worriedly: "It's not good to trouble people, right?"
"It's all come to this point, what are you still worried about so much? Besides, Qilun is also his own family, I think he should try his best to help. Gong Mengshu tried her best to comfort her mother. Mrs. Gong saw that there was really no way, so she had to nod.
Gong Mengshu returned to Huang's house full of hope, and as soon as she entered the door, she was greeted by Huang's mother's unkind face: "I only asked you to send a tuition fee to school, but you couldn't see anyone all day! What did you do?"
"Mother, I'm sorry, something happened at home, and I rushed back in a hurry, so I didn't have time to say a word to you, I'm really sorry......" Gong Mengshu lowered his head and apologized to Huang's mother again and again. Huang Mu glanced at Gong Mengshu and said, "Next time you have something to say in advance, don't always be elusive!"
Gong Mengshu's face flushed, but he still lowered his head and kept silent. After hesitating for a while, she mustered up the courage to say to Huang Mu, "Mother, can I discuss something with you?"
Huang Mu raised her eyes vigilantly and said, "What's the matter?"
"My family has suffered an accident...... Gong Mengshu hesitated for a long time before revealing the truth: "My second mother ran away from home and took away all the family's savings. My dad was hospitalized with a stroke, and now he still has some medical bills, so I'd like to ask you—"
"What, do you want to borrow money from me?" Huang Mu said: "Something happened to your family, it is indeed a little pitiful, but you have also seen the current situation of our family, even Qilun's tuition is borrowed, where did you get the money to lend you?"
"I know that our family is not rich," Gong Mengshu lowered his eyes, and plucked up his courage again: "I won't move Qilun's tuition, I remember that when I got married, my mother married me some gold and silver jewelry, and at that time you said that you were afraid of thieves in the family, so you put it with you for me first." I thought, I thought, can you give me those jewels first, and I can use them as some money, and then redeem them as soon as the situation eases in the future, do you think?"
"Speaking of which, you are thinking about your jewelry in your heart, why, are you afraid that I will swallow it privately?
"Mother, I didn't mean that, I-" Gong Mengshu still wanted to explain, but Huang Mu said again: "I knew that you were so stingy, and you were unlucky, I should have insisted that Qilun not marry you!
Gong Mengshu heard Huang Mu scold Huai like this, and his pink face was red to the root of his ears, but then he turned pale again. She stared at Huang Mu for a long time, her eyes were clear, and she had nothing to say. Huang Mu said vigorously, and came into contact with Gong Mengshu's cold eyes, and she didn't know why she was a little weak, so she continued: "You don't have to look at me, no matter how you look at it, you won't be able to make money! If you really want to ask for it back, tell Qilun to go yourself!"
Gong Mengshu was stunned for a moment and said, "Then I'll discuss it with Qilun." ”
"He hasn't come back yet!" Huang Mu couldn't help but say stupidly when she saw that Gong Mengshu didn't eat her delaying tactics.
"Didn't you say that after paying the tuition, you can come back early if you have nothing to do?" Gong Mengshu was a little puzzled, "Did he go out to climb the mountain with his classmates again?"
"He is your father-in-law, you don't know his whereabouts, do I know?" Huang Mu snorted, turned around and went to the kitchen, ignoring Gong Mengshu no more.
Gong Mengshu stood in place, and it took a long time to exhale a breath from his chest. On weekdays, Huang's mother always likes to blame Gong Mengshu for not taking good care of Huang Qilun, but when Gong Mengshu interferes in Huang Qilun's daily life, Huang's mother will immediately come out and reprimand her for taking too much care of her. Is there a rule for being a daughter-in-law that she can abide by without having to be scolded every day? Gong Mengshu sighed helplessly, but she faintly felt that this kind of married life seemed to be contrary to her longing a long time ago, and happiness was gradually drifting away.
waited until midnight before Huang Qilun drunkenly pushed the door into the house. Gong Mengshu waited for him until the middle of the night, a pair of bright eyes were already full of bloodshots, and when he saw him swaying into the door, he hurriedly stepped forward to help, but was hugged by Huang Qilun, and kissed him with a smile! Gong Mengshu hurriedly dodged his avoidance, trying his best to make him wake up, so he laboriously helped him to the side of the bed, let him lean on the head of the bed, and then bent down to unbutton the stand-up collar of the student's tunic, so that he could breathe a sigh of relief.
When her hand touched Huang Qilun's neckline, Gong Mengshu's movements paused! She saw two red marks on the skin of Huang Qilun's neckline, she thought he was injured, and hurriedly got closer, but she smelled a strange perfume smell on Huang Qilun's body!
Gong Mengshu's heart trembled suddenly, she stared at the red mark and stretched out her hand to wipe it, and found that it was a woman's lipstick or something like that!
Gong Mengshu lost her mind for a moment, and after a while, she tried to calm her breathing, and then said to Huang Qilun as calmly as possible: "Have you drunk? What did you do at school today?"
Although Huang Qilun was drunk, his mind was still clear. Hearing Gong Mengshu's question, he was stunned, and then hugged Gong Mengshu to his chest with a smile, and said, "What else can I do besides studying?" After school, I had a meal with a few classmates, and then rushed back to see my wife!"
Gong Mengshu broke away from Huang Qilun's embrace, stared at him and said, "Are your female classmates also drunk?