Dongzi's high school entrance examination came as scheduled, and he did not let himself down and was admitted to the city No. 1 middle school with a high score. By September of this year, Dongzi could pack up his things and go to the city No. 1 middle school to report, he was the only student in the school who was admitted to the city No. 1 middle school, and his high school life must be very lonely. Of course, the conditions of the city No. 1 middle school are much better than those of the county No. 1 middle school, everything is ready for Dongzi, and he only needs to go to school with his tuition fees.

This is a big event in the hearts of Yan Yuxiang and his wife, although this matter is not satisfactory, but looking at the envious eyes of others, Yan Xiuping is still very happy in her heart.

What makes Yan Yuxiang even happier is that the business of the pig farm has been getting better and better in recent years, and he has hired more people to help run the work in the factory, and even the breeding equipment has been updated for the third generation.

But some unexpected things happened to the family one after another, making Yan Yuxiang, the head of the family, unbearable.

This afternoon, Yan Yuxiang was busy in the factory, and suddenly received a phone call, Yan Yuxiang flipped out his mobile phone, and saw that it was his nephew Yan Bosheng calling, he picked it up, since the last time he saw Yan Yuming overturn on the mountain road, Yan Bosheng has changed a lot of jobs in recent years, but in the end, it was gone, and under the persuasion of Yan Yuxiang's eldest brother, that is, his father, he didn't want to toss anymore, and lived the life of an ordinary rural person.

I only heard the other end of the phone shouting: "Uncle Yuxiang, my grandmother is seriously ill, come quickly." After speaking, he hung up the phone in a hurry, Yan Yuxiang knew that Yan Bosheng's grandmother had passed away many years ago, and the grandmother he was talking about was Dongzi's grandmother, that is, Yan Yuxiang's mother.

Although Yan Yuxiang's relationship with his family is not very good, since his small family became wealthy, he has to send some things to his family every once in a while, but he often sends them away, and a large part of them is done without his wife. He knew that although the two old people in the family were not worried about food and clothing, their bodies were becoming more and more worried.

Dongzi's grandfather participated in the People's Liberation Army, injured his eye in the Huaihai Campaign, and later lost his sight after barely repairing a few caves for Yan Yuxiang's generation, and he didn't even know what his eldest grandson Dongzi looked like. In the past few years, it has been taken care of by Grandma Dongzi, and the old couple is not financially struggling at all, because of the grandfather's participation in the army, the government will give a large pension every quarter, and not only can not be spent endlessly, but also saved a lot of money in recent years.

Yan Yuxiang's elder brother Yan Yufu used to do small work for other people's families, but the people in the village have renovated the house in the past few years, and there are no major projects, so in recent years, it has mainly been farming, although his younger brother Yan Yuming loves to toss, but he is not a reliable person, since his wife is sick, he has not slowed down for several years, and he has never spent much, so he has to rely on Dongzi's grandparents to help.

It is said that after Yan Yuxiang answered the call, he panicked all of a sudden, although Grandma Dongzi was not in very good health, there was nothing wrong with her body, and she didn't know what the emergency was this time. After all, it's an old person, so it's definitely not okay to toss like this!

I saw him returning home in a hurry, his wife Yan Xiuping was making an appointment with a few friends to play mahjong at home, and when she saw Yan Yuxiang's nervous expression, she asked, "What's the matter?"

Yan Yuxiang told Yan Xiuping about Yan Bosheng's call to him, and now that there are so many people around, Yan Xiuping is embarrassed to say anything, so she has to say: "Then you go and take a look." After saying that, he rubbed the mahjong again.

Yan Yuxiang didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he hurried to Grandma Dongzi's house, which was actually their own old house, and Yan Xiuping had never gone back since it was occupied by Grandma Dongzi.

As soon as Yan Yuxiang entered the courtyard, he saw that there was already a room full of people in the room, even Dongzi's aunt, who had not shown up for a long time, had returned, it turned out that Yan Yuming didn't plan to tell him about it, but under the opposition of his nephew Yan Bosheng and others, he asked Tiger to call him, so he was almost the last person to know about it.

Yan Yuxiang just cared about his mother, he didn't think of it so much, and he didn't understand why his younger brother hated him so much, only to see him push the door, everyone looked back, and saw that it was Yan Yuxiang who came, and some distant relatives took the initiative to get out of the way, only Yan Yuming and his son Yan Cheng were lying in front of their mother.

According to the genealogy of the Yan family, Yan Yuxiang's generation is the "Yu" generation, and Dongzi and the tiger's generation are the "Bo" generation, so Dongzi's household registration book and ID card have always been written on his big name - Yan Bozhi (zhi), the name Hua Dong is because he is used to being called in the village, if he is called Yan Bozhi, no one knows who it is. But Yan Yuming did not name his son like this, but took a single word, called Yan Cheng. Because of this matter, the elders in the family were very dissatisfied with him, and it was Yan Yuxiang who stood up to speak for him.

Yan Yuming's son has become an out-and-out gangster because of his lack of discipline since he was a child, not to mention his own uncle, he doesn't look at the grandparents of his family. All this made Dongzi, who was an elder brother, unaccustomed to it, but after all, it was a matter of two families, so when Dongzi was still in junior high school, the two rarely talked when they met.

Yan Yuxiang poked into the head of the bed and saw his mother lying on the bed, but her eyes were closed, and the village doctor was pricking her mother with needles, all of which made Yan Yuxiang very distressed. He shouted: "Mom!" Tears flowed out, and at this time he wanted to get closer to the head of the bed, but Yan Yuming and his son surrounded Grandma Dongzi alone, and when they saw Yan Yuxiang coming, they didn't mean to get up, he was powerless and didn't know what to do.

Yan Yuxiang didn't want to have any conflict with them, so he asked the doctor eagerly, "How is my mother?"

The doctor raised his head to look at Yan Yuxiang, shook his head gently, and did not speak.

Yan Yuxiang understood what this move meant, on weekdays, the old couple never took the initiative to ask for anything with their children, and they made the longevity materials for themselves when they were healthy, and even the filial piety clothes of the filial sons in the family after their death were properly prepared, which was particularly praised by the villagers.

Yan Yuxiang finally waited until the doctor finished the needle before he said, "Doctor, take a step to speak." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the courtyard.

The two of them arrived in the courtyard one after the other, only to hear Yan Yuxiang ask eagerly: "Doctor, what's wrong with my mother?"

This doctor is still the one who treated Dongzi, and his seniority in the village is much higher than Yan Yuxiang, so he said: "Yuxiang, everyone has a time when they get old, so don't be too sad about this." ”

Yan Yuxiang said: "I came to see my mother two days ago, and he is still in good health, how can I say that I am sick now?"

The doctor said: "I just came here this morning, it was Yuming who called me, saying that your mother is sick, and this is the situation when I came, and now the old man is no longer awake, and it is useless to go to the hospital, my opinion is to infuse a few more bottles of better liquid, and it can last for a few days." ”

Yan Yuxiang hurriedly said: "Lose, lose, definitely lose, doctor, is there no good way?" said this, tears fell from his eyes again.

Seeing that Yan Yuxiang, who has always been famous in the village, was also crying, the doctor was unwilling, and hesitated for a moment and said: "Yuxiang, I'll talk to you again, this is your family matter, I didn't want to get involved, but before you came, I told Yuming and Yufu that I suggested giving your mother a few more days of fluid, maybe there will be a turnaround, but Yuming doesn't agree!"

Yan Yuxiang was puzzled and said, "Don't agree? What does he mean by not agreeing? This is not his mother?"

The doctor said: "I don't know why Yuming disagrees, it stands to reason that the infusion doesn't cost much, and now this condition, if you can survive this winter, you can get through it, and if you can't, you can ...... Alas......"

Yan Yuxiang said sincerely: "Doctor, do you mean that there is still hope for my mother's infusion?"

The doctor said: "If you go to the hospital, the old people will not be able to stand the bumps of this journey, and now there is only this way, but there are not a few old people in the village who have survived this way! As he spoke, he spread his hands.

Yan Yuxiang hurriedly said: "Doctor, you don't have to worry about him, you just give my mother an infusion, do your best, money is not a problem, I'll give it to you when I'm done." ”

The doctor was puzzled: "Yuxiang, I know that you are not short of money, but you don't know who your younger brother is, he is the one who wants to use the knife, who in the whole village dares to provoke him, I think it is better to wait for your sons to discuss it before telling me." I'll go back first. With that, he picked up his medicine box and walked to the door.

Yan Yuxiang looked at the doctor's back, and he couldn't say what he felt in his heart. No matter what, he has to save the old man, that's his own mother, he really can't understand, how can Yuming bear it!

I saw him standing in the courtyard in a daze, and only then did he come back to his senses when he heard his nephew Yan Bosheng calling him.

I heard Yan Bosheng light a cigarette and said, "Uncle, what did the doctor say?"

Yan Yuxiang said: "The doctor said that if your grandmother's disease is infused with all her strength for a few days, she may be able to get better!"

Yan Bosheng said: "Then don't hurry up and lose, what are you waiting for!"

Yan Yuxiang didn't want him to know that Yuming was unwilling to save his mother, so he didn't speak, but shook his head helplessly, and went back to the house.

As soon as he entered the house, he happened to see Yan Yuming turning over his mother, I don't know what he was flipping, Dongzi's aunt saw Yan Yuxiang coming in, and coughed heavily, Yan Yuming retracted his hand from Dongzi's grandmother's pocket as if he heard some code. But unfortunately, a large bag of red things fell on the bed with Yan Yuming's hand, and the tiger followed behind Yan Yuxiang, and also saw this scene, and said, "What is that?"

I saw Yan Yuming quickly stuff this bag of things into his son's pocket, and said casually: "Cheng'er, go home and see your mother." ”

Yan Cheng jumped out of bed with the bag of red things in his arms, and walked towards his house, and when he passed by Yan Yuxiang's side, he deliberately walked a few steps quickly, for fear that he would stop him. And although Yan Yuxiang also saw this scene, his attention was all on Grandma Dongzi, so he didn't care about Yan Cheng.

But Yan Bosheng couldn't stand it anymore, as the eldest brother of their generation, he was about the same age as his uncle Yan Yuming, so he also had some weight in his words in the family, so he only listened to him: "Yan Cheng, what are you holding in your hand?"

Yan Cheng walked past him before turning his head and saying, "You can take care of what I do, you still take care of your family's affairs!" After speaking, he turned his head and left.

This sentence made the people around him sigh, thinking that a child who had not finished junior high school dared to talk to an adult like this, naturally it was taught by Yan Yuming, and it was indeed the case, Yan Yuming not only did not discipline his son, but also defined this behavior as promising!

But Yan Bosheng obviously couldn't bear it, he saw that he was about to chase him out, a hand next to him reached over and grabbed him, he looked back, it turned out to be his father, Yan Bosheng's father, as the eldest brother of Yan Yuxiang's generation, naturally has a very big voice in the family, but at this time, he did not let his son chase out, but chose to calm down. Maybe if he had presided over this matter at that time, he wouldn't have been out of control in the end!

Yan Yuxiang saw that after Yan Cheng left, there was a vacant place next to his mother, so he rushed over, and at this time, he saw Yan Yuming, who was lying on the other side, also stood up and hid in the yard to smoke.

Yan Yuxiang held his mother's cold hand, his eyes were full of tears, and he shouted softly: "Mom, Mom, wake up!"

But Grandma Dongzi's eyes were closed and she didn't move, Yan Yuxiang looked at her with such a kind expression, but she saw that there seemed to be two tears flowing down the corners of her eyes, Yan Yuxiang knew that her mother could hear it, so she hurriedly shouted: "Mom! Mom! ”

"Hmph! Such a toss, even if it's okay, I'm afraid I'm going to die!" Everyone heard someone on the side talking coldly, Yan Yuxiang raised his head, and saw that it was his own sister, Dongzi's two aunts have always stood on Yan Yuming's side, and they have always sneered at Yan Yuxiang. So Yan Yuxiang didn't pay attention to her, but after she said this, she saw the strange eyes of the people around her looking at her, and suddenly felt speechless, and pushed the door out embarrassed.

Yan Yuxiang held his mother's hand and thought: It seems that the infusion is urgent, but Yuming and they don't agree, if they come hard, this matter will be even more difficult to handle, and now the family is scattered, each family is in charge of its own family, and other families only watch jokes, and the elders have no intention of interfering, so they can't help even if they are hopeful. After thinking about it, he had to discuss this matter with his eldest brother Yan Yufu first.