The flame of desire that had just been lit by the stars was extinguished in an instant, and Wu Xiaojun was full of helplessness and confusion, which once again made him hesitate and wander. For a few days, depressed, unable to sleep and eat, facing everyone's eyes with the mentality of an evasor, others asked about the scars on his face, he could only prevaricate with an accidental fall, and the bitterness and pain in his heart could not be expressed to outsiders, so he could only be stuffy in his heart.

The night market ignited his desire to study on his own, and he couldn't sleep at night and was very excited. The night market made him taste the ups and downs, physically and mentally exhausted, and it was unbearable. The night market made him know the complexity of society, the sinister rivers and lakes, and the dark hearts of the people. This is the reality, a reality that can only be adapted but cannot be changed, a reality that a struggling pioneer must face, and it takes courage and wisdom to realize his dreams. Wu Xiaojun strongly restrained himself, tried to adjust his feelings, forgot his feelings, walked out of the shadows, and restored his former peaceful life.

But things are always unpredictable, and creation is always playing tricks on people, and if people are unlucky, they will stuff their teeth when they drink cold water. During recess, Wu Xiaojun was called to the office by counselor Qiao Yulin. Xiaojun doesn't know what's going on, I haven't done anything bad in school and class during this period of time, and I haven't done anything, is it possible that the school knows about the beating I was beaten that day, Teacher Qiao is talking to me, it's impossible, only me and Wang Ping know about this, he can't say it to the outside world, so why? Honest and fearful, and uneasy in my heart. Teacher Qiao asked Xiaojun to sit down, poured a glass of water and put it in front of Xiaojun, looked at Xiaojun's forehead, smiled and revealed a trace of solemnity, "Xiaojun, what's the matter with the scar on your head, obviously, it's been about a week, it's already scabbed, you should pay more attention in the future." ”

Qiao Yulin's attitude was gentle, and there was no domineering questioning tone, not like she was here for that, Wu Xiaojun stretched a lot in his heart, and said with a little nervousness, "Teacher Qiao, I was walking on the road some time ago, and I hit a tree on the side of the road when I was dodging a car. You are looking for me, is there something you want me to do? ”

Qiao Yulin didn't answer Xiaojun directly, gently opened the drawer, took out a piece of paper, and said embarrassedly, "Xiaojun, please don't be nervous, take a look at this first, stay calm in case of trouble, don't be too excited." After speaking, he gently put it in front of Xiaojun.

Wu Xiaojun felt that the shape was a little bad, and the mood that had just been a little relieved suddenly became nervous again, and he eagerly took the paper in his hand, and stared at it with wide eyes, it was really a thunderbolt on a sunny day, like five thunderbolts, not anything else, but an urgent telegram, which was sent by the third brother Xiaosen fifty minutes ago, which read:

Family affairs are urgent, return quickly, Wu Xiaosen.

Wu Xiaojun knew that even if there was something unpleasant at home, it was not a matter of the house collapsing and people's lives being at stake, and generally his father would survive and bear it by himself, and he would not sue himself, so as not to be distracted and saddened and delay his studies. This urgent telegram, which explains the problem, must be related to the parents, what happened to the parents? Wu Xiaojun was difficult to guess for a while, his intuition turned his head dizzy, he couldn't distinguish between east and west, north and south, cold sweat instantly spread all over his forehead, and he sat motionless for a long time.

Qiao Yulin encountered similar scenes, and when she saw Wu Xiaojun's stunned state, she was also deeply distressed, so she comforted Haosheng, "Xiaojun, don't be too nervous and uncomfortable, as for what happens at home, you hurry up and go back to see what is going on, maybe it's not as strict as you imagined." You have to take a good grasp of yourself, be calm, don't mess up, and be extra careful on the road, so as not to have accidents due to your mood confusion, and it is imperative to get home safely. ”

The soldiers will block, and the water will come to the earth. Escape is not the way, the matter has come to this point, only to face it head-on. Wu Xiaojun slowly calmed down, "Thank you, Mr. Qiao, don't worry, I'll take care of myself." ”

Wu Xiaojun held a telegram in his hand, and somehow he got out of Mr. Qiao's office, walked back to the dormitory with heavy steps, simply packed his luggage, and had no intention of eating and drinking, then boarded the train and embarked on the way home.

Premonitions are always wonderful, inexplicable, and very relevant to reality, which is easy to achieve and happen. Six years ago, the eldest brother and the eldest sister were building a road in Beiyi, and the eldest sister was inexplicably restless, very irritable, and saw that nothing was going well, so she said, "Something happened to me at home, I have to go back quickly." The eldest brother and eldest brother-in-law couldn't persuade them no matter what, so they returned home alone. The parents were very surprised when they saw it, "Why did you come back in less than a month after you just went, and you are still on the road without earning any money." The eldest sister said the reason, and the mother also felt strange, "There is something at home and no one has written to you, how can it be such a coincidence, a few days ago, your father, Xiaomei and Xiaojun repaired the house, and when it was almost over, the shelf wood broke, and your father fell from the eaves and fell into the mud that was not used up for reconciliation, but fortunately there was no board to the ground, if you want to do that, you will definitely break your ribs." Is it such a coincidence, or superstition, and it is impossible to verify the exact answer, perhaps it can only be explained by the mother-son connection and the nature of father and son.

Along the way, Wu Xiaojun had a lot of thoughts, which reminded him of the famous Mo Fei's law, as long as there is this possibility, things tend to go in the bad direction you think. For many days, the nightmares have been repeated, and they have been non-stop, which is a bad omen, hoping that it will not happen and appear, but what should come is finally in front of me, and the brain keeps spinning, imagining all kinds of possibilities and countermeasures. What makes him even more confused and helpless is that once his father has an accident, there is no support, no care, how to complete his future studies and how to go in the future.

Wu Xiaojun is like an arrow, anxious, like sitting on pins and needles, his soul is not guarded, as if he is hesitating, the car is going very slowly, time seems to be deliberately against him, like a leg and foot drill, it is difficult to move an inch, anxious, irritable, and depressed together, he keeps looking at his watch, staring at the slowly moving second hand.

After several tosses and turns, at 11 o'clock in the evening, I finally came to the third brother Xiaosen's house in the family home of Yuanzhen County Hospital. Seeing that the light was still on, Xiaojun knocked lightly on the door a few times, and it was his sister-in-law Chunyan's mother who opened the door, "Xiaojun, you're back, hurry up and enter the house, you came back so late, you haven't eaten yet, right?" Wait a minute, I'll give you a hot meal. Your father had a stomach ulcer, suddenly perforated and hemorrhaged, and entered the operating room from half past eleven in the morning, and has not yet come out, your brother and your sister-in-law are both outside the operating room, and I have just come back to put your little nephew to sleep. ”

Xiaojun learned about the preliminary situation, where can he still feel what hunger is, what is hunger, at this time he was thinking about his father, and he was eager to see his father, "Auntie, I'm not hungry, don't be busy, I'll go to the hospital now." With that, he turned around and went out the door, striding out of the operating room. Relatives and other siblings were there, all dejected, sad, anxiously waiting. As soon as the eldest sister and the second sister saw Xiaojun, they immediately got up from the corner of the aisle and greeted them, tears welled up, and grabbed Xiaojun's hand, "Xiaojun, you can count it back, if our father has three long and two short, you haven't even seen the last one, but what should you do." ”

Seeing the two sisters crying like tears, Xiaojun's eyes were sour, hot tears flowed out, and he choked up and said, "Sister, I'm late, I'm late." Our father is soft-hearted, he will not leave us alone, he will definitely turn the corner and come out of the operating table safely" Xiaojun held back his grief, turned around and said hello to his relatives, his legs were weak, and he sat next to his two sisters.

Suddenly, the door of the operating room opened, and a doctor about fifty years old came out, although his expression was stern, but he looked a little relaxed, and everyone immediately gathered around him and asked eagerly, "Doctor, how is the situation?" ”

"Don't worry, the operation went quite smoothly. It's just that the patient's perforation surface is large and he has lost too much blood, and the next 72 hours is the most critical period, and it is also a dangerous period, and you need to monitor and observe at all times, so you must be psychologically prepared. ”

"Thank you, doctor, thank you."

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Sen and several young nurses pushed Wu Pingshun, who was lying quietly on the bed, out. The crowd followed closely and was taken to the intensive care unit. After a qiē arrangement stopped, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

According to the regulations of the hospital, the patient's family members are generally not allowed to enter the operating room, but in view of the fact that Xiao Sen is a doctor in this hospital, he has worked in the surgery department for two years, and the department director and experts are relatively familiar, so he made an exception, so that Xiao Sen can observe the whole process of the operation from beginning to end and have a full grasp of his father's condition. Xiaosen introduced his father's illness and the process of the operation to everyone, "Now that the operation has ended, the overall situation is much better than expected, the main thing is to observe the treatment and recovery, and there is nothing special, please rest assured, it is already very deep, auntie, sister-in-law, cousin and cousin will go back first, and you will be notified in time if there is something." After speaking, Xiao Sen took the doctors and nurses to the restaurant that had been booked for dinner, except for the five Xiao Jun brothers and sisters, everyone else left one after another.

Xiaojun and the eldest brother and the second brother have a hard knot, not for a day, naturally there are not many words, only a few more words with the two sisters. In the corridor of the hospital ward in the dead of night, the lights are dim, and from time to time there are patients walking back and forth, giving people an eerie feeling. The eldest sister Xiaoyun took two packs of instant noodles and a few ham sausages from the ward, handed them to Xiaojun and said, "Xiaojun, you haven't eaten yet, the matter has come to this, it's useless to be sad, fortunately, our father came down from the operating table smoothly, it will take a while to be hospitalized, there are instant noodles and ham sausages here, you should eat a little." ”

It has been a day without a drop of water, the grains of rice have not entered, plus the bumps and fatigue along the way, worried, worried, and highly nervous, suddenly a suspense fell, the eldest sister reminded Wu Xiaojun to feel that the whole body was soft, weak, dry mouth, and hungry. Wu Xiaojun took the things in the eldest sister's hand, but he couldn't eat anything, he only ate a few bites, and involuntarily looked at his father, who was unconscious and lying quietly in the intensive care unit. The second sister Xiaomei said, "You have been in the car for a day, go to the ward and squint for a while, a few of us are staring here." ”

Xiaojun said, "Don't worry, I'm upset, I can't sleep at all, I won't sleep, wait for our father to wake up and then sleep." Our mother didn't know that our father had surgery, and she had already sued her for not. ”

Xiaomei said, "Yesterday morning, my father went to the county to catch the market, bought a chicken to take home, and ate it with our mother, not long after, suddenly had unbearable abdominal pain, pale, cold sweat, and vomited vigorously." Our mother was frightened, ran to the door to call people, neighbor Wu Peng sent to the hospital with a tricycle, our third brother was afraid that our mother was uncomfortable here, so let people send her home, and wait for our father to wake up, and then let her come over, besides, there are livestock and pigs and sheep at home, and they can't do without people. ”

Wu Xiaojun said, "When is the time, can't the children take care of the children at home, our mother is alone at home, can you not worry and be afraid, can you not be in a hurry, can you be practical." ”

Xiaomei turned her face to look at the ceiling, sighed, tears fell from her eyes, and she choked up and said, "Xiaojun, we are all small, no one, and no ability, there are some things you don't know better, don't mention it, don't say anything." ”