That night, at the end of the orientation party, Ying Xiaochuan's performance program was unanimously praised by all teachers and won the first place.

Ying Xiaochuan made a big show in front of the whole school, and after he went back, the 606 dormitory held another low-key carnival.

After being full of wine and food, he fell asleep with the futon in his arms.

……

A few days later, early in the morning, as soon as Ying Xiaochuan woke up, he received a call from his mother, Fan Shulan.

"Chuan'er, how are you doing lately, is the food delicious?"

"It's delicious, what about you, did you take your medicine on time?"

"Eat, eat, mom is fine, don't worry about it. Fan Shulan smiled and said, "It's been cooling down recently, don't freeze yourself." ”

"I'm in good health, I can't freeze. ”

"Bed No. 6 Wang Fang, it's time to take your temperature......" At this time, a nurse's voice came from the other end of the phone, and Ying Xiaochuan immediately became nervous, "Mom, are you in the hospital?"

"No, no. Fan Shulan hurriedly said: "It's Aunt Zhao next door, I've been hospitalized these days, and no one brought her food, so I brought her food for two days." ”

"You didn't lie to me, did you?"

"How could I lie to you, you are my son, why should I lie to you. Okay, your Aunt Liu is going to the toilet, and my mother has to help her and not continue to talk to you. ”

"Hey, you're busy. ”

As soon as Ying Xiaochuan hung up the phone, the smile on his face was put away, and a faint worry appeared between his eyebrows.

He knows his fucking temperament too well, and the worst thing he's good at in this life is lying, and Ying Xiaochuan feels it as soon as she lies.

Because the family is not close to each other and the travel expenses are expensive, Ying Xiaochuan goes home during the winter and summer vacations and the National Day every year, and the phone calls with his mother are maintained at a frequency of three times a week.

He knows his mom well.

Fan Shulan has a gentle personality, but she is a very capable woman, although she has been alone at home for a long time, she can take care of herself in an orderly manner, Ying Xiaochuan is at ease with her, the only thing that is not at ease is her body.

Fan Shulan has always been frail and suffers from anemia, but it usually does not affect her life.

But this is Ying Xiaochuan's heart disease.

It just so happened that tomorrow was Saturday, so Ying Xiaochuan opened the peephole and called the head teacher Ye Qiangrose.

……

Ying Xiaochuan's family lives in an old neighborhood in the east of Seoul, and the entire building here is about 20 years old.

There is no elevator in the old-fashioned community, so Ying Xiaochuan climbed to the fifth floor in one breath, opened the door and walked in.

I haven't been back for nearly a month, and the house is still so clean and tidy.

Ying Xiaochuan put down his bag, rolled up his cuffs and washed his hands in the bathroom, and then walked out to call his mother.

"Mom, are you at work?"

"Ah, Chuan'er, Mom is stocking up at the supermarket, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm back. ”

"Where are you going?"

"School was off for three days, and I went home. ”

"Huh? Come back when you come back, and don't say hello in advance. Fan Shulan's tone changed suddenly.

Ying Xiaochuan said softly: "The holiday is a temporary notice from the school, what's the matter, are you busy now?"

"No, no, it's just a batch of goods from the supermarket, and there's a lot of work, otherwise you stay at home first, and then cook for you when your mother gets off work at night." ”

"Okay, then I'll go buy some food. ”

"Hey. After Fan Shulan finished speaking, she hung up the phone in a hurry.

Ying Xiaochuan looked at the dimmed screen, sighed, and walked out of the house with his wallet.

……

Coming back with two large bags of vegetables, Ying Xiaochuan had just climbed to the third floor when he saw Aunt Liu, who lived opposite their house, walking down with a bag of garbage.

"Isn't this Xiaochuan, when did you come back?" Aunt Liu was surprised when she saw Ying Xiaochuan.

"Just came back, Aunt Liu. Ying Xiaochuan replied politely.

Aunt Liu said, "You rushed back specifically for your mother's business, right?"

Ying Xiaochuan's heart chuckled, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with my mother?"

"Don't you know?" Aunt Liu said in surprise: "Your mother has been hospitalized for a heart attack, and it has been several days." ”

"What! How could my mom have a heart attack?"

Aunt Liu was stunned again, and then she understood, and sighed: "It turns out that Shulan didn't tell you, she didn't know about her illness at first, and she talked to me for the past two years that she would have heart palpitations when she sleeps at night, but no one thought about it in that way, this time she fell from such a high shelf and pressed her heart, so it broke out all of a sudden." ”

"She's really, how can she hide such a big thing from her own son when she is sick, Xiaochuan, it's not that your aunt is talkative, you have to tell her well when your mother comes back, you, as a son, usually care more about her. ”

Ying Xiaochuan's brain was buzzing, and he didn't hear most of the words that Aunt Liu said clearly, and his mind was full of the words heart disease.

It's good, why did my mother have a heart attack?

Ying Xiaochuan took a deep breath, "Aunt Liu, what happened to my mother?"

"Your mom accidentally fell off a ladder when she was loading goods at the supermarket. Speaking of this, it makes people angry, that supermarket owner Xie Deyun, it's really not a thing, your mother has spent 10,000 yuan in the past few days in the hospital, and he refuses to take out a penny, showing that he doesn't want to be responsible, how can you make sense of this? I think he just wants to bully you orphans and widows. ”

"Aunt Liu, thank you for telling me this. After hearing this, Ying Xiaochuan nodded solemnly, and then went upstairs with the dishes.

……

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Ying Xiaochuan sat on the sofa and watched TV without a pair, and it didn't take long for him to hear the sound of the keyhole outside the door.

Fan Shulan came in with a bag of wind and dust, she was wearing a black tweed coat and black pants, she was dressed very plainly, she was in her early forties, because she had a baby face, so she didn't look old.

"Mom, you're back. Ying Xiaochuan hurriedly stood up, carried the bag for Fan Shulan, and hung it on the back of the door.

"Hey. Fan Shulan smiled and responded, looking in the direction of the kitchen, "Wait until you're hungry, Chuan'er, where is the food that your mother asked you to buy?"

"Don't be busy, I'm ready to put it on the table. Ying Xiaochuan took Fan Shulan and sat down at the table.

On the table, there are four dishes and one soup, fried pumpkin with salted duck eggs, stir-fried meat with small green vegetables, braised pork, stir-fried lotus root slices, and tofu crucian carp soup, all of which are the dishes that the mother and wife usually love to eat.

"You know how to cook. Fan Shulan glanced at Ying Xiaochuan in surprise, "I have done so much." ”

"How about you taste it, can you eat it? ”

Fan Shulan picked up a piece of pumpkin and tasted it, and said with a smile: "It's not salty or light, it's delicious." ”

Ying Xiaochuan smiled when he heard this, and asked, "Mom, why did you go in the morning?"

"Go to work, what else can my mother do, there is a lot of work in the supermarket, and you can't do without your mother. ”

"I met Aunt Liu in the corridor just now. Ying Xiaochuan said lightly, took a pair of chopsticks and put the small green vegetables into Fan Shulan's bowl.

Fan Shulan paused for a moment and looked at Ying Xiaochuan.

Ying Xiaochuan looked at her worriedly, "I know about your heart attack and hospitalization." ”

Fan Shulan's chopsticks trembled, she buckled the chopsticks on the table, and sighed softly, "Chuan'er, Mom didn't mean to hide it from you, Mom was afraid that you would worry about my business." ”

"I know. Ying Xiaochuan said: "But if you don't tell me, I know, I will only be more worried." ”

Fan Shulan was silent.

"Over the years, your body has been in good shape, how could you suddenly have this disease?"

Fan Shulan still didn't speak.

Ying Xiaochuan said simply: "It's okay if you don't want to say it, I'll ask Aunt Liu tomorrow, Aunt Liu has always been straightforward, I think she shouldn't hide it from me." ”