"Achu, are you here? But you little children, stay away and speak quietly, and your grandfather has just fallen asleep. ”

Mother Ning saw the four children crowded in a small position at the door of the bathroom, raised her eyebrows, and quickly asked the group of children to close their chattering mouths, so that the ward would not be filled with noisy and impetuous atmosphere.

After listening to their mother/aunt's words, the four children also stood silently and stood together. Ning Zhichu looked at the opposite hospital bed, and found that his grandfather Ning Wendong's face was much thinner and haggard than during the Spring Festival this year, and his face was also darkened, no longer a healthy red, but covered with gray waxy yellow.

His left hand, exposed because the quilt was not covered, rested on the edge of the bed, and his originally strong and powerful arm was now only skinny and bony. I heard Ning's mother say that when my grandfather was sick, he couldn't swallow a grain of rice at all, and he could only rely on infusions to maintain his life. As the saying goes, it takes 100 days to break your muscles and bones, not to mention that the most important digestive system of the human body is injured and infected.

Briefly glanced at grandpa a few times, because it was not the right time to come, when the four of them arrived at the hospital, grandpa Ning Wendong happened to be sleepless all night because of the invasion of germs last night, and he fell asleep exhausted at this time, so Ning Zhichu and the four children of the Ning family failed to communicate with grandpa/grandfather.

It may be that the elders are worried that the child will be infected with germs if he stays in the ward for too long, or something bad will happen, and after a while, Ning's mother drove Ning Zhichu and the other four children out of the vicinity of the hospital bed and asked them to sit and rest in the lounge in front of the ward. In a word, the elders do not let the younger generations get close to the sneaky and filthy place out of superstitious attitude.

Although the lounge is said to be a lounge, it is only a couch, and in front of the sofa, a glass table is placed. On the wall facing the glass table, a thousand-dollar TV hangs so that the patient's family can watch a TV show to pass the time when they are bored.

On the table, there is a tea set and a fruit bowl. These two things are estimated to be necessary in every household in Xinyang City, whether poor or rich. After all, according to the customs of Xinyang, Xinyang people like to drink tea, especially the elderly, who love to carry a pot of tea, sip kung fu tea slowly with three or five friends at the stone table on the street, and enjoy a leisurely time in the afternoon. As for the fruit bowl equipped, it is the hospitality of Xinyang people.

Ning's father and sister-in-law Zhang Rongsheng sat on the sofa, waiting for the hot water to boil. Ning Zhichu walked over, hesitated for a while, and asked Ning to take Huang Fang and Zhang Aihui to find her sister-in-law Ning Xi. The second aunt Huang Zhongsheng has something at home today, or in other words, the second aunt's relatives have a happy event, so it is inconvenient to come to the hospital, so he will not come today.

When the water boiled, Ning Zhichu snatched the kettle with one hand and poured it into the teapot. After filtering out the hot water for the first time, the slag taste of the newly opened tea leaves was removed, and Ning Zhichu poured the hot water into the teapot for the second time. After 8 minutes, Ning Zhichu picked up the teapot and shook it, letting the tea leaves stretch out in the boiling water. About 5 minutes or so, Ning Zhichu estimated that the fragrance of the tea leaves had melted into the water, so he poured 8 points full of tea for the teacup in front of Ning Guhou and Zhang Rongsheng, and then poured two-thirds of the tea for himself.

"Dad, grandpa's illness, did the doctor say anything?" Holding the teacup carefully and taking a sip slowly, Ning Zhichu asked Ning Guhou curiously. Originally, in the past, Ning Wendong only dragged on for about two months before he died, but now he has been hanging for 10 months due to the hanging of drugs.

Ning Guhou shook his head, behind the thick glasses lenses, there were a pair of bloodshot and tired eyes, "It's very likely, I won't be able to survive this winter." ”

While speaking, Ning Guhou also raised his head and sighed deeply at the drip that had been silently dripping down the pipe into the patient's veins, and the figure of his father who was lying on the hospital bed and was not even at peace in his sleep.

Zhang Rongsheng, who was sitting next to Ning Guhou, heard Ning Guhou's sigh and drank the tea, "Lao Ning, don't sigh." Our dad has been able to live until now, which is already a blessing. You see who has the same disease as our dad who can survive until now. ”

"It's me who is obsessed," Ning Guhou took another sip of tea, and suddenly said indignantly, "I just can't get used to it, I can't bear it, Ning Gudening loves these two turtle grandsons, and when our father is sick, he doesn't come to take a look, so forget it, he is still talking nonsense in the village." If I had known the current situation, I should have told my grandfather that you were deceived! ”

"Heh, this can't be helped, who made them be too good at disguising themselves in front of their grandfather, otherwise, Ning Gude's X-day position, where he is sitting now, is your eldest brother." Zhang Rongsheng also looked helpless, and seemed to have a little complaint about Ning Zhichu's great-grandfather, "However, fortunately, Ning Laomin is still nostalgic, and he came a few times, and it was not in vain that when our father retreated, he pushed him." ”

It's just that no matter how much the two old men comfort themselves, they can't change one thing, that is, Ning Gude and Ning Guai, who had originally received the grace of Ning Zhichu's great-grandfather, have gradually gone against their family, and they are still malicious.

This cannot fail to mention the history of the Ning clan. Ning Zhichu's great-grandfather was originally a member of the Ning family in Wenzhou, but he was just a concubine who was separated from his family by a few generations. Previously, in the turbulent years of the last century, he once took Ningwen southeast to Dong'an (now Dong'an County), transferred to Yuanjiang City (now Yuanjiang District), and finally settled in Xinnan Town, Xinpu County.

After more than ten years of hard work, Ning Zhichu's great-grandfather finally had a place in Xinnan Town, and let his son ascend to the position of deputy mayor of Xinnan Town, and then thought of his own family in Wenzhou, so he went back to visit relatives with great difficulty, and when he came back again, he was accompanied by three young men, and Ning Zhichu's father Ning Guhou is the same generation. These three people are Ning Gude, Ning Gumin, and Ning Guai, all of whom are behind the Ning family in Wenzhou.

This is why Ning Wendong let the three sons of his own family get on the stage they deserve - Ning Gude became the director of the Xinnan Town Water Conservancy Institute, Ning Gumin replaced Ning Wendong to enter the Xinnan Town Government Office, and Ning Guai entered the Nongai Company as a sales manager - and then his own son went to farming, and in the end he lost his official position. Now that Ning Wendong has entered the end of his life, in addition to Ning Gumin, he has also taken the time to visit Ning Wendong a few times in his busy schedule of government affairs.

This is why Ning Zhichu knew why in his previous life, Ning Wendong had only passed two months from the time he was diagnosed with illness to his death. The impact of the deterioration of cancer cells cannot be ruled out, and the biggest factor is that Ning Zhichu thinks that it should be more mourning than death. What's even more suspicious is that Ning Wendong died after Ning Gude and Ning Guai visited him alone.

Therefore, although Ning Zhichu was now listening to Ning Guhou and Zhang Rongsheng's nagging with a harmless face, he was more and more anxious to consider what to do in his heart, so that those who should be punished for their crimes could get the pain of life that they should bear.

However, the heart of harming people is indispensable, and the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, just when Ning Zhichu had already used his brain to think about how to avoid being persecuted by others like in his previous life, in the corner of a cold drink bar on the other side of the city, Ning Zhijin and Ning Zhichang were also secretly thinking about how to make Ning Zhichu make a big fool.