Chapter 8: The Old Man and the Child

The new wards are ordinary shared rooms.

Three beds, two roommates.

Bai An's bed was next to the door, and next to it was an old man in his early sixties, surnamed Zhang.

The old man has a ruddy complexion, a hard body, and a strong spirit, except for a hospital gown, but he can't look sick at all.

The position by the window is a little girl who moved in on the same day as Bai An.

A child of five or six years old, with delicate facial features, soft hair, and a pale and immature little face lined with black and white, pure and innocent eyes, is extremely pitiful.

For example, the old man surnamed Zhang, who is said to have enlisted in the army and served as a soldier, showed extraordinarily sincere enthusiasm at the first sight of this child.

The old man's name is a soldier's cannon, with a smell of gunpowder smoke peculiar to the loess earth. He settled in Jiangnan with his children, but he couldn't forget his roots in the north, and his northeastern accent melted into his instincts, even if it was no longer the original northeast of China, it still made Bai An feel pleasantly surprised.

This can be regarded as half of the old acquaintance in a foreign land, and for Bai An, it is already a particularly luxurious comfort.

He had moved here for a long time, and he was indeed very familiar with the old man.

The old men of the Northeast who were born and raised on the soil kang, both old and young, have a roasted hot heart. They don't have so many detours, and the establishment of trust between men in the Northeast often only takes a word and a bowl of wine.

The old man Zhang Bingpao was wearing a military coat, and in the steel thermos cup in his hand, he was steaming: "You said that this female doll is as old as my old pimple girl, why did she get this hearing disease." ”

His throat was like scrub, but his voice was loud: "And her parents too, such a small doll is here, don't worry!"

The old man poured a sip of boiling tea to moisten his throat, and the smell of herbs volatilized, a little pungent: "If you want to go to my house, I don't know how rare it should be." ”

Bai An pressed the urge to play jokes with him, nodded vigorously, and stared at this man seriously with a pair of blue eyes.

Zhang Bingcang laughed, he was very proud that someone could listen to his sermon carefully, and his spirit was two points better.

The little girl on the bed by the window sat obediently on the bed, lowered her head, silently playing with her fingers alone, and was not afraid when she heard the old man's loud voice, but she raised her eyes curiously, her eyes were pure and shy.

Apparently a recognized child.

When the old man Zhang saw her coming, he beckoned excitedly: "Daughter, come to grandpa!" He hurriedly touched around himself, and finally pinched a yellow orange, and shook the orange with a gray beard, and grinned at the little girl: "Grandpa has delicious food here!"

Bai An smiled dumbly.

He also likes this little girl very much, and when he moved to the ward before, he ran into their family, and it happened that the couple was holding a lot of things empty, and dragged him to hold the child for a while.

Although the little girl recognized her life, she was very well-behaved, when Bai An hugged her before, the child stayed quietly in his arms, not struggling, only holding the clothes on his chest shallowly, burying his head and not speaking.

Tossing back and forth in the crowded and unfamiliar environment, the little girl didn't cry at all, and she didn't cause trouble.

The sensible one is distressing.

Thinking of this, Bai An also smiled at the little girl, he hadn't had an injection yet, he took a few steps forward with his mobility, and opened his arms slightly: "Xiao Yueyue, is it okay for my brother to hug you?"

The little girl looked at the old man with big eyes, and stared at the orange with a little blankness, and her expressionless little face remained unchanged.

Then, she looked at Bai An again, blinked with empty eyes, and turned back to look at Grandpa Zhang.

And so on and forth a few times.

Xiao Yueyue stared at his smiling face, nodded lightly, and stretched out her little arm slowly and tentatively in the direction of Bai An with an expressionless face.

Bai An and Old Man Zhang were stunned at the same time.

After a few steps of surprise, Bai An subconsciously glanced back at the old man and happily hugged the little girl.

Zhang Laohan was provoked by this kid and looked down angrily, blowing his beard and glaring at him.

Xiao Yueyue grabbed Bai An's clothes, stared at his blue eyes with some curiosity, couldn't help but tentatively, raised her little hand and touched it.

Bai An lowered her head slightly, her thick and slender eyelashes gently brushed her tender palm, and the startled little girl withdrew her hand, looking at the person in front of her vigilantly with big eyes. Bai An smiled and winked at her, his eyes filled with azure kindness.

Maybe it's been a long time since I've seen such a color in the sky, Xiao Yueyue's immature face rarely showed a little emotion, and she looked a little reluctant.

She looked straight for a while, then carefully stretched out her hand again, and gently and softly touched Bai An's eyes.

Bai An patiently lowered his head, and gently let the little girl touch it until she was happy.

Xiao Yueyue played for a while before quietly withdrawing her hand. She seemed to realize that she had been curious for too long, and at this time she grabbed Bai An's clothes slightly apprehensively and secretly looked at his face.

Bai An smiled at her soothingly, a good-looking face, when outlining a gentle expression, it can always easily arouse people's affection.

The little girl seemed a little shy, and although she still had no expression, her pale little face showed a faint flush.

Just this bit of color also adds a bit of immature vitality to this long-sick child.

She leaned gently towards Bai An and rubbed the young man's cheek with her little face.

Then, while Bai An was still stunned by this sudden closeness, he blinked his soft eyelashes and stared at him closely.

Bai An lowered his head and looked into the child's beautiful eyes, and the nervousness in them extinguished his surging joy.

He only felt a fine sourness emanating from his heart.

Such a young child instinctively pays attention to the faces of others, what is it that has gone through to make the sense of security so bad?

Xiao Yueyue's closeness to Bai An made Old Man Zhang very blushing.

He looked at the other party's face, which was more beautiful than the little girl, and felt frustrated and sad.

Are you even looking at your child's face these days?

The old man flattened his mouth aggrievedly, withdrew his eyes to look at Bai An in disgust, and muttered indignantly: "The toad has pimples, and you still think that you are full of flowers?"

Bai An could only cry and laugh when he heard this.

Is this to his detriment or to his praise?

At this moment, the door of the ward opened, and before the heat could pour in from outside, it was carefully closed by the people who entered.

Old Man Zhang glanced around, and immediately shouted at Bai An, who was holding the little girl by the window: "Bai Xiaosmash, I'm here!"

He waved the arm that didn't hit the hanging bottle, and urged excitedly: "Come, give me a hug, you hurry up and entertain people!"

Bai An was speechless for a while, and when he looked back, it was Ye Wanran who came.

Carefully sending Xiao Yueyue to Old Man Zhang's arms, he nodded at Ye Wanran, who was fiddling with the thermos box: "Aunt Ye, I'm sorry for you." ”

People who are not relatives and relatives take care of him so attentively, Bai An is really very sincerely grateful.

Ye Wanran glanced at him with disgust, and when her eyes touched the smile on Bai An's face that had not yet been retracted, she was a little relieved: "Are you still polite to your Aunt Ye?"

The reason why a beauty is a beauty is because of that smile and smile, all of which are natural styles, even if it is just a flying eye, there are sparkling water, and the autumn colors are thousands of acres.

This inadvertent and charming smoke wave, the electric Bai An was a little stunned.

Seeing this Aunt Ye gently and kindly adding food and vegetables for herself, Bai An considered the deep friendship between the two families living next to each other, and suddenly had the urge to change his surname to Wang.