Seventy-nine, a penny forced down the hero

"Are we still qualified to talk about old men? Now it's important to fill your stomach first and save your life! The proprietress takes you in, and you will be content! If you don't do it, I'll do it! Lao Bai looked at Lao Tan's hesitant appearance and was a little anxious, he knew Lao Tan's burden, the family relied on the dozens of yuan he earned every day to survive, and he dared to pick and choose?

Lao Tan lowered his head, he thought about it: 500 yuan a month, you can take it home, and the family will be much more relaxed if you have 500 yuan a month!

Lao Tan looked up at Lao Bai, his eyes were full of sadness and unwillingness, but in the face of reality, what qualifications do he have to choose life? Now that I am still young, I have a lot of strength, and there are still people who are willing to take care of their own work, how can I live when I am old?

The proprietress looked at Lao Tan's pitiful appearance and said, "Oops! You come to work and rely on your strength to eat, and you don't ask you to sell yourself, you are wronged! The old lady sees that you are quite a big man and has a difficult situation, so I happen to be short of manpower, so I will give you a job to do. Really! It's a big man, chirp crookedly! I don't want to do it! 500 yuan and still worried that the old lady can't find anyone? ”

As soon as he heard the words of the proprietress, Lao Bai was anxious: "Don't! Other! This brother of mine was frightened by one thing, he came! He'll do it! He's going to do it, you don't want to hire anyone else. ”

The proprietress asked, "Such a big man, scared?" **！ Cowardly! ”

"You? You old! You want to see a living person swallow in front of your eyes all at once, aren't you afraid? Lao Tan was very unhappy in the face of this rude woman.

"Huh? Dead? What's going on? "The proprietress obviously didn't expect things to be so strict.

Lao Bai briefly said what happened.

"Alas! The rhubarb that has been missing for eight lifetimes! Dad is dead, don't treat the baby? I'll inquire about you and find the turtle grandson!" Ask him to pay for the doll's medical treatment. The proprietress said indignantly.

"I can't see that the eldest sister is still a warm-hearted person, so I said this to you, I did it here for you." Lao Tan was moved by the boss's wife's words, which was the first heart-warming sentence he heard when he went out.

He thought of how many times he was driven away like a dog, and even standing at the head of the bridge was often disgusted and driven away by the chengguan like a stray dog. How many times have I watched those poor people freeze to death on the streets, and no one cares. How many times have they been bullied, and the passers-by have turned a blind eye, and the passers-by have seen the peasant workers standing at the head of the bridge walking around, and their disgusted eyes have not even wanted to look at them more, as if looking at them can make the eyes of these noble city people sore. He has long had no hope for this society, he thinks that now people's hearts are hard and cold, and they only pretend to be themselves in their hearts, and the lives of others are none of their business.

Today, in this small restaurant full of old oil and hara flavor, I heard the words of a seemingly rude woman but full of justice and humanity, just because she could have this sentence, he Lao Tan did not hesitate to go to the soup for her.

The two drank wine and walked out of the small restaurant, and Lao Bai remembered that he hadn't been home for three days, and Erhua might be in a hurry.

Quickly touched his forehead, shook off his steps and hurried home.

Lao Tan went back to the rental house to pack up his things and moved to work in a small restaurant.

Later, Rhubarb was really arrested by the police, and honestly went to the hospital to pay the medical expenses and compensated Lao Lei's funeral expenses. In this way, the conscience can finally be at peace, and the money can be earned again.

It is said that when Lao Bai arrived home, he saw Erhua lying motionless on the bed, and his soul flew away with fright.

Hurriedly went up and touched Erhua's forehead, his forehead was hot, and the whole person was like a fire.

Lao Bai shook Erhua awake and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Sick? Why didn't you go to the hospital? ”

"You're back? Anyway, I'm dead too? Where did we meet? In the underworld? Do we have any children? Erhua raised her eyes with difficulty and asked in a daze.

"What nonsense? What Hades? I'm standing in front of you, you're just in a high fever, where is it so easy to die? I'll take you to the hospital. Lao Bai said.

Erhua threw herself into Lao Bai's arms and cried loudly! "You're a thousand-cutter! Don't go home for a few days! Where have you been? I went to Qiaotou to look for you on the first day before you came back, and people said that you went to work with Lao Tan. But you haven't come back the next day, and even Lao Tan is gone. I looked for you all over the street, and I didn't go home until I couldn't walk anymore because my legs didn't have the strength to walk, I don't even know how I came back, how many days have I been? Where have you been? Why not go home? ”

"Alas, a lot of things have happened in the past few days, I'll take you to the hospital first, and I'll talk about the rest later." Lao Bai picked up the second flower and rushed to the First Affiliated Hospital of the nearby Medical College.

The old white-collar Erhua went to see a Chinese medicine doctor, and he heard that he couldn't take Western medicine when he was pregnant. A kind-eyed old Chinese medicine doctor took the pulse and asked, "Pregnant?" ”

"Yes, yes! What do you think happened to her? Lao Bai hurriedly asked.

"Rush to the heart, plus tiredness, I'll prescribe some medicine to adjust it, remember to keep your feelings stable during pregnancy, and don't get tired." The doctor said.

"Okay! Good! Thank you! Be sure to listen to you! Lao Bai responded in a loud voice.

Erhua got better the next day under Lao Bai's careful care, and when she heard what happened to Lao Bai, she was so frightened that she almost fainted.

Lao Bai regretted that he shouldn't have told a pregnant woman about these things, and Bai told her to worry.

The two people stared at each other blankly, and for themselves, how would they live in the future? Seeing that the child was about to be born, in this dilapidated gatehouse, the walls were as gray and black as a charcoal kiln, and the rafters on the roof gave birth to countless rafters (an insect that eats dead wood). As soon as it gets dark, the nest will go out, and the sound of gnawing on the rafters is like the rhubarb wind blowing in spring, and the sound of "rustling" is endless. The crumbs of dead wood fell like snow, and they slept on their backs, and the powder accidentally sucked into their throats. The two of them hung a cloth on the bed so that they would not be squinted by the falling powder again.

In addition, he has no savings at all, and he doesn't even have money to go to the hospital to give birth, so Erhua plans to return to the countryside to find a midwife when he is a month old, and he doesn't have to be hospitalized to spend this unaffordable money. But she was very afraid, the abnormality of the first child when she was pregnant made her very worried, if she did not give birth in the hospital, in case of abnormality, she would have to take her life.

But what if you don't have money? Lao Bai has been working hard to make money, but that meager income is a drop in the bucket.

The two of them frowned.