In the ward of the central hospital in the city, two middle-aged men were looking at the old man on the hospital bed, with a helpless and irritable expression.

The ventilator next to him showed that his vital signs were still quite complete, but both brothers knew that this was only complete now.

The old man was on the hospital bed, wearing reading glasses and reading the newspaper, listening to the radio next to him, and did not pay attention to the infusion tube inserted in his hand at all, enjoying himself and entertaining himself.

His own father, he is too old...

I was so old that I couldn't walk, so I could only read the newspaper and listen to the radio in bed.

"Brother, what do you say, it's not a matter of consuming it like this. Yan Hu looked at his father with a very complicated mood.

"I don't know, just hang your life like this, it's better to die than to live, this dad is at least alive, maybe just wait a minute, don't worry, Jiren has his own natural appearance..."Yan Xiao wanted to habitually light a cigarette to relieve his emotions, but after seeing the doctor passing by, he realized that this was a hospital, put away his cigarettes, and looked calm.

But Yan Hu knew that his brother was not ordinary irritable now, and even more irritable than himself.

"But you know, dad, he's... His current condition is not a disease, he has not eaten anything for three days, and can only live by intubation of nutrient solution, the doctors say... This is the law of nature, and there is no way around it. Yan Hu sighed and said, "Anyway, why didn't my niece come?

Yan Xiao shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"She has no time to take the college entrance examination recently, besides... With Dad's temper, I definitely don't want to be seen like this... I think it's better to forget it, what about your family?"

"It's exactly the same as I thought, Dad's temperament is too stubborn, and he doesn't listen to persuasion, and I didn't tell my child, I guess my dad will be angry with us when he comes, and he definitely doesn't want his grandchildren to see him like this. ”

Yan Hu and Yan Xiao didn't have any opinion of their father, so they could only sigh on the side, and went to the doctor to see what was going on with their father.

The attending doctor in charge looked at Yan Hu and Yan Xiao, pushed his glasses and said, "You are Yan Zhengnan's family, right... How to say it, his condition is very common physical aging, it is not something that can be regulated by some medicine, and now all we can do is to infuse him with nutrient solution to maintain his life... If you have any questions, you can ask me, including hospice care and stuff..."

The meaning of the attending doctor's words is very obvious, that is, there is no help-

Facing the attending doctor's report, Yan Hu and Yan Xiao felt that it was expected, but when they really heard it, they were still panicked, and their hearts were not ordinarily uncomfortable.

"In short, if the old man has any wishes that have not been fulfilled, try to satisfy him. ”

After saying that, the attending doctor left, went to another ward, read another person's report...

For doctors, this Yan Zhengnan is just one of many patients.

Yan Hu sighed silently.

"I'm out for a cigarette..."

...

Yan Xiao came to the ward, looking at his father's complacent appearance, the situation did not seem to be as unbearable as the doctor said, but Yan Xiao also knew that these were just superficial.

"Dad, do you want some fruit?"

"Yo, you kid still get fruit for Dad?" Yan Zhengnan looked up at his youngest son and said with a smile: "No need, I don't have an appetite." ”

"Hmm..."

Yan Xiao didn't say anything, just sat silently in front of the hospital bed, didn't play with his mobile phone, didn't read the newspaper, and was purely taking care of him.

Yan Zhengnan glanced at Yan Xiao and said, "What, sullen, this is not like you, it's your daughter who is skinny, so I provoked you." ”

That kid was referring to Yan Xiao's son, Yan Xiao shook his head and smiled.

"Get used to it, the little girl will be skinned a little bit, just don't make mistakes of principle, I will teach her well. ”

Yan Zhengnan also nodded, and continued to look at the newspaper and listen to the radio.

"That's right... Dad, do you really have nothing to eat? Brother just went out, I can let him buy some..."Yan Xiao couldn't help but say again.

"I've said that I have no appetite. Yan Zhengnan confessed his son and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Dad didn't die so early, my body is strong... It's an old dog, he may not last long, tsk, I don't know if that thing died at home. ”

Yan Zhengnan looked as if he wanted the old dog to die at home, Yan Xiao didn't know what kind of mentality it was, but he also knew that the old dog was a dog who had followed him for 20 years, and he had followed his father for 20 years from before to now...

At this time, Yan Xiao choked on a word.

He couldn't speak, and he couldn't bear to say the fact that the old dog was lost.

I can't say it...

......

Yan Hu came back from smoking, saw his brother standing at the door with a worried face, and couldn't help asking.

"What's wrong with you, isn't it the stubborn old man who said something. ”

Yan Xiao shook his head and asked Yan Hudao.

"Tiger, how did the old dog get lost, did you see..."

"How do I know how the old dog got lost, maybe he didn't close the door and got lost, who knows, my dad was like this at the time, who would care about a dog. Yan Hu said disapprehantly: "Maybe it's really dead on the side of the road, after all, that dog is so old, to be honest, it's really hard for me to believe that a dog can live for twenty years, is that a dog spirit." ”

"Twenty years of life, a dog... It's been a long time, and in the past 20 years, the old dog has been by his side instead of us..."

Yan Xiao thought about it and blamed himself, he hadn't spent more time with his father for so many years, and now maybe the old dog had been with him for more time than himself.

"What are you blaming yourself, isn't it just a dog, Dad wants a dog, let's find the same one, fifty yuan can buy a few small earth dogs." Yan Hu said with a frown.

"It's different, the old dog has been with my dad for so long, his friends, our mom, our uncle, our uncle, they are all gone, and my dad and the old dog are left... This is spiritual sustenance. Yan Xiao shook his head and said.

Yan Hu put down his cigarette and felt that what his brother said was still very reasonable, a pet that had been with him for twenty years was the existence of a real relative.

"Then let's go look for it, near Dad's house, I don't believe this old dog can go far. ”

At this time, Yan Xiao organized the language, and planned to go into the house and talk to his father to bring the old dog immediately...

As soon as he entered the door, he was interrupted by Yan Zhengnan.

"If I really have a wish, I want the old dog to be him... I wish he was dead..."