The van was driving on the highway late at night.

In the car, Bai Hongshan was unconscious, humming faintly from time to time, it seemed to be quite painful, his expression was a little distorted, and it seemed to be difficult to breathe.

Bai Dongsheng didn't say a word since he got into the car, just sat next to him and kept supporting Bai Hongshan, looking at his father all the time.

Zhang Dongming's words, not a doctor, don't know what Bai Hongshan's situation is, but it's really scary to watch.

"What's going on?" Zhang Dongming asked.

There were servants from the six families, in addition to the village chief Li and Accountant Yang, there was also a young man driving.

Village Chief Li sighed, with a helpless face: " At half past eleven, I came back from playing mahjong at the house of the three donkeys, especially just on the kang, Wang Dazhuzi ran to say that he and this guy were drinking, this guy didn't know what's wrong, he couldn't get up on the kang, he didn't invite me to go over to see, I saw that this guy seemed to be choking enough, I don't know what the situation was, the daughter-in-law drank the medicine and died, relatives and relatives no one cared about, no friends and friends, and the girl was not at home, you said, how did I say that the village chief didn't care, I knew that this kid was staying at your house, and I came over after inquiring, regardless of whether he was dead or alive, there had to be a family next to him, you said yes。 ”

Zhang Dongming nodded and didn't ask much, no matter what he said, this village chief is interesting enough: "Have you contacted him?"

"That's all it, where to get in touch, or I still want to ask. Saying that, Village Chief Li looked at Bai Dongsheng: "Hey, do you know how to contact your sister?"

Bai Dongsheng didn't squeak or turn his head, just looked at his father silently.

Zhang Dongming patted him lightly on the shoulder: "Dongsheng, do you know how to contact your sister?"

“139……”

Bai Dongsheng said a mobile phone number, and Zhang Dongming called it.

The first three times didn't sound a few times and the other party hung up directly, the fourth and fifth times didn't hang up but no one answered, and when I hit the sixth time, the other party finally picked up, it was a girl, and she was breathing heavily: "Hey." ”

Zhang Dongming: "Hello, excuse me, I'm looking for Bai Yan." ”

The girl on the phone was still breathing heavily, and then she spoke intermittently, and her tone was a little weird: "White ...... Bai Yan...... I...... We...... We didn't live together!"

Zhang Dongming probably guessed what the other party was doing, but he couldn't care so much at this time: "You listen to me carefully, Bai Yan said that if there is something, let me call her to find her, the current situation is that Bai Yan and her father are seriously ill, and we are now on the way to the county people's hospital, if you can contact her, tell her about it quickly, or give me other ways to contact her, I am very anxious." ”

On the other side of the phone: "Know...... Got it...... I...... I'm ...... Yes...... I'm going to find her!"

Zhang Dongming just wanted to remind him that he was in a hurry, but the phone hung up on the other end.

Ten minutes later, Zhang Dongming dialed the phone again, but as soon as it rang, the phone hung up.

Zhang Dongming hit again, and the other party turned off the phone.

Zhang Dongming scratched his head a little and asked Bai Dongsheng if there was any other way to contact his sister, Bai Dongsheng shook his head.

The car was quiet.

The young man drove in front, Village Chief Li and Accountant Yang leaned on the seat and squinted, Zhang Dongming and Bai Dongsheng sat at the back and helped Bai Hongshan.

Then the van was still too slow, and from time to time cars and trucks whizzed by, their vans like snails, moving on the road under the stars.

Suddenly, because his body was next to him, Zhang Dongming felt Bai Dongsheng's body tremble.

Zhang Dongming looked up and saw that Bai Hongshan's eyes narrowed a slit, and his hand, which had been paralyzed, did not know when it was on Bai Dongsheng's hand.

"Son......

Bai Hongshan's voice was very weak, and Zhang Dongming barely heard it clearly.

Bai Dongsheng's tears swirled in his eyes, he didn't squeak, and his hands grabbed his father's hand hard.

"Son, Dad may be dying, Dad is sorry for your mother in this life, I'm sorry for you and your sister......"

Bai Hongshan only said half a sentence, and his eyes slowly closed.

Zhang Dongming was startled, and hurriedly put his finger under Bai Hongshan's nose: not dead, angry.

"Dad......"

Before Zhang Dongming could explain, Bai Dongsheng muttered in his mouth, and tears flowed down.

Village Chief Li and Accountant Yang, who had been squinting on their seats, also noticed the movement here, and Village Chief Li turned around and said, "Dead?"

"No, hurry up again!" After speaking, Zhang Dongming turned his head and gently patted Bai Dongsheng's faintly twitching shoulder: "It's okay, trust the teacher!"

Bai Dongsheng didn't squeak or look at Zhang Dongming, he kept holding Bai Hongshan's hand tightly, and tears kept flowing.

After more than two hours, the van finally arrived in the county.

Village Chief Li said that he and Accountant Yang had a combined sum of about 400 yuan, and they could go to the second courtyard to see if it was cheap.

Zhang Dongming said no, and then got off at the South Gate Square and said that he was going to get the money, and asked Village Chief Li and them to quickly take Bai Hongshan to the People's Hospital first.

Zhang Dongming is not particularly familiar with the county, only knows that the ICBC near the passenger station has an ATM, originally wanted to get off the car to take a taxi to withdraw money, but in the middle of the night did not see a taxi, so he could only trot all the way to the passenger station.

Seeing that he had arrived at the passenger station, Zhang Dongming finally came across a taxi.

When I got on the bus and arrived at the place, the ATM was deactivated.

Under Zhang Dongming's inquiry, the rental guy said a few places where he could withdraw money, and Zhang Dongming finally chose the farthest ICBC at the north gate of the county.

Along the way, it was confirmed that the taxi guy did not take a detour, and seeing that he was in a hurry and overtook the shortcut, Zhang Dongming got out of the car and took 5,000 yuan, and then got in the car and went to the People's Hospital.

In the middle of the night, the road was unimpeded, and I arrived at the hospital in five or six minutes.

The People's Hospital is the largest and best hospital in the county, and when the entire county is already in the dead of night, there are still people at the entrance of the hospital.

Maybe it's the experience of his previous life, Zhang Dongming has a strong resistance to places like hospitals, and when he smells that smell when he enters the hospital, he feels uncomfortable all over his body.

I didn't see Bai Dongsheng and them after going around the front hall, and there was no one at the front desk, Zhang Dongming went to the registration desk to ask, but the little nurse didn't pay attention to him at all.

Just as he was about to look for it by himself, Zhang Dongming saw Village Chief Li and Accountant Yang chatting down the stairs on the west side.

"What about people?"

"On the second floor, the cardiovascular department, the doctor is showing it. ”

Zhang Dongming didn't say much and went upstairs, and Village Chief Li and Accountant Yang went out.

Upstairs to the left is the cardiovascular department, after two departments, Zhang Dongming saw a young doctor on duty in his thirties examining Bai Hongshan, who was confused and lying on the hospital bed.

Standing next to the bed was Bai Dongsheng and a girl who looked embarrassed, it seemed that the girl on the phone had notified her, Bai Yan was here.

Bai Yan glanced at Zhang Dongming and didn't squeak, Bai Dongsheng didn't cry for a long time, and the servants stood by the bed, quietly waiting for the doctor's examination.

After a while, the young doctor finished the examination and wrote a long list: "Go and check them one by one." ”

Zhang Dongming glanced at the list, what electrocardiogram, cardiac ultrasound, brain CT, cerebral artery ultrasound, blood pressure, blood lipids, blood sugar and so on.

"Doctor, how is my dad?" asked Bai Yan.

"It's not clear yet, I'll see after the check. Said the young doctor.

"Is there any danger?"

"It shouldn't be dangerous, but it's hard to say, so let's go check it out quickly. ”

The attitude of this young doctor is okay, but obviously he is not at any level, he just doesn't see anything at all, and there is no way, it is good to have a doctor at this time.

The servants struggled to lift Bai Hongshan from the hospital bed to the pusher, and then Bai Hongshan was a little more conscious at this time, very weak and said: "Girl, don't check, let's go home......"

Bai Yan looked at Bai Hongshan and didn't speak, and went downstairs to pay the money.

Zhang Dongming asked Bai Dongsheng to wait here and followed downstairs.

When she arrived at the toll office, Bai Yan took out a stack of money from her down jacket, some of which were one hundred and some were fifty, and there were about eight or nine hundred yuan.

After paying a total of more than 400 yuan, Bai Yan put the rest of the money back in her down jacket pocket and went upstairs with Zhang Dongming.

At this time, there are not many people in the hospital, and there is no need to queue up for examination.

1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor......

3rd floor, 2nd floor, 1st floor......

Village Chief Li and Accountant Yang have not come back since they went out, and Zhang Dongming and the sister and brother pushed and carried Bai Hongshan to check one by one.

During the process, Bai Hongshan was sometimes sober, and every time he said that he would not check and went home, Bai Yan and Bai Dongsheng never said anything, and then continued to check one by one.

At six o'clock, the sky was already dark, and the inspection was finally finished.

When I came back with the test results, I don't know if it was a shift, and the young doctor was replaced by a doctor in his forties who was very bald.

The bald doctor said a lot about the examination results, but they didn't understand it too much, which probably meant that Bai Hongshan was not too dangerous, but the situation was not very good, and he needed to be hospitalized for observation and treatment.

Bai Hongshan was very weak and said that he would not be hospitalized, but Bai Yan said no.

Then when she went to the toll office, Bai Yan paid all the remaining 400 yuan for medical expenses and hospitalization.

Nine a.m.

In the ward, Bai Hongshan was infused with fluids, and he closed his eyes very weakly and didn't know whether he was asleep or didn't have the strength to open them, Bai Dongsheng sat next to the hospital bed and looked at his father blankly.

Outside the ward, a haggard Bai Yan squatted on the ground, her slender body leaning against the wall, her head bowed deeply, her arms hugging her knees, and her long hair covering her face tightly.

Zhang Dongming looked at Bai Yan, then at Bai Dongsheng in the ward, turned around and left the hospital.

More than 40 minutes later, Zhang Dongming came back with a plastic bag containing a mobile phone case.

At this time, the price of mobile phones is generally relatively high, not too cheap, this is Zhang Dongming looked for a circle, spent 700 yuan to buy an Ericsson mobile phone, he has also given a calling card.

When he came to the ward, Bai Dongsheng was still sitting beside the bed, staring blankly at Bai Hongshan, who seemed to have fallen asleep, and Bai Yan was gently tidying up the quilt beside the bed.

Before Zhang Dongming could speak, Bai Yan called Bai Dongsheng out: "Go back with Teacher Zhang!"

Bai Dongsheng looked at his sister, and then lowered his head.

Bai Yan looked at Zhang Dongming: "Teacher Zhang, thank you, there are still classes in school, take my brother back, my dad and I can just watch it." ”

Zhang Dongming nodded, took out four thousand yuan from his jacket pocket and handed it to Bai Yan: "Use it first, you're welcome." ”

Bai Yan looked at the money in front of her, looked up at Zhang Dongming again, and took the money after a while.

Zhang Dongming handed the plastic bag in his hand to Bai Yan again: "The phone card has been installed, and my number has been saved, so what is there to call." ”

Bai Yan just wanted to speak, Zhang Dongming continued: "It is convenient to have a mobile phone, and Dongsheng can also know his father's situation at any time." ”

Bai Yan finally took the plastic bag, just like the 4,000 yuan, without saying a word.

Subsequently, Zhang Dongming led Bai Dongsheng away.

Bai Yan went back to the ward.