Chapter 55 New Year's Arrangements
Home is the most secure place and the best place to escape.
Many oranges who returned home, like a really innocent daughter, pulled their parents to tell a lot of interesting stories in the countryside, and showed off how good the Jiang family was to her, and then happily prepared for the New Year.
From the morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve, many oranges are cooking fragrant New Year's dishes at home, waiting for their cousins and uncles to come to the door.
However, what she was waiting for was a phone call that made her chills, and her aunt said with a crying voice on the other end: "Orange Orange, your sister Tingting is in the hospital now, you have a good New Year, don't wait for us, ah~"
"Sister Tingting, she ...... What's wrong? ”
"I don't know how to do it, I suddenly couldn't speak at home, she bit her tongue urgently, her mouth was full of blood, scared me and your uncle hugged her and ran straight to the hospital, just to the emergency doctor, said that the wound was not deep, to stop the bleeding, now transferred to the specialty, still waiting in line for the number, we won't go, that's it, ah~"
Listening to the "beep" sound of hanging up the phone, Duo Cheng quickly called her mother again to tell her about it and told her that she wanted to go to the hospital.
After listening to this, Xu's mother said: "You cook at home, and when your father comes back, my unit just gets off work, so go directly." ”
Whether it is to contribute or to contribute, it is more effective for her mother to go, so many oranges have to be obediently at home, while paying attention to the movement over there, and when it is dark, Xu's mother returned home tired and told her the result:
"The tongue is not a big problem. It's that your sister's illness has worsened again, and she can no longer speak, and her life may be more inconvenient, and she must pay attention to whether her swallowing function is sound at any time in the future, and she can't choke on food, otherwise her life will be in danger, and the doctor also said that the problem of respiratory failure will follow, and you must be mentally prepared. ”
Many oranges didn't know what to say, and Dad Xu said dryly, "It's good that people are okay for the time being." provoked Xu's mother to roll her eyes. "Forget it, don't talk about this, let's have a good Chinese New Year's Eve dinner as a family, and I'll go over tomorrow to take a look." ”
"Tomorrow you go. The trustee trusts the person. It's time to give money to money. Get things done, don't delay returning to your hometown in the second year of junior high school. "Going home every year to pay New Year's greetings to his parents is one of the few principles that Xu's father rarely adheres to.
Although Xu's mother has been in charge of the family for many years. But she never loses her husband's face in front of people, let alone such a major event as going back to her hometown to see her in-laws, she said angrily: "I still need you to teach, don't I have this point?" ”
Father Xu happily took a sip of red wine and began to lobby his daughter again: "Why don't you go back to your hometown this year to greet your grandparents?" ”
"No, I'm going to attend a class reunion on the third day of the Lunar New Year this year, and I said it early in the morning!" Many oranges pouted and protested to her father, "In order to go back to my grandparents to pay New Year's greetings, I am absent every year, and many high school classmates have threatened me to break off my friendship, why don't you let me go, I am going to graduate from college!" ”
Father Xu nodded, but after drinking a glass of wine, he was unwilling: "Why don't I delay your mother and I for a day, and wait for you to attend the class reunion?" ”
Many oranges froze for a moment, and immediately said: "Then you didn't say it earlier, I thought you were all gone, I was idle at home, and when Jiang Nan returned to Shanghai on the fifth day of the first month, I said that I was going to follow him to run the trip." ”
"Okay, don't keep pestering Orange Orange to say this, don't regret it, do you understand?" Mother Xu took care of her husband, "Besides, in the future, when my daughter gets married and has her own life, I can't tell if I will live with us in the thirties of the Chinese New Year's Eve, you should adapt first!" ”
"Hey, that's not good," Xu's father put up his father-in-law's genealogy, "Whoever wants to marry my daughter must have three chapters of the law, and this first one is to go back to our house for the New Year!" ”
"Look at what you said, what is this," Xu's mother pursed her lips and expressed disgust, "The marriage of a daughter is of course the most important thing for their young couple to live well, what are you dragging back, eat vegetables!" ”
Dad Xu felt so wronged: "Am I asking too much?" Daughter, am I asking too much, huh? ”
Thinking of her own plan, such a question, she just wanted to cry, but her mouth grinned, and she smiled.
Her father was punched by her mother again.
After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, as usual, it was a lively Spring Festival Gala, and Father Xu called his old family while watching the show, first shouting a string of auspicious words to greet the New Year, and then chattering about everyone to come out to drink and eat in the first month.
Many oranges washed the dishes, entered their room with their front feet, and Xu's mother followed up with a box in her hand, and brought it to the door casually: "Daughter, you are not in the right mood today, tell your mother, what's the matter?" ”
Many oranges held the mouse's hand tightly: "What can it be, it's not that I'm worried about my sister, uncle, they're still in the hospital, right?" ”
Mother Xu sighed: "Yes, your sister's condition is so serious, she will definitely have to be hospitalized for a few days of observation." ”
“…… I also boiled her favorite crab roe lion head. ”
"Don't worry, tomorrow Mom will bring it to her early in the morning," Mother Xu stretched out her hand to grab her daughter, put down the box in her hand, and said, "Come, look at this, the old jewelry that your grandmother left me at the beginning, which one do you like?" ”
This luodian craft jewelry box, many oranges have naturally been seen, it should be said, it is her mother's most precious thing, her mother once said that until the moment she closes her eyes, it will never be passed on to her daughter, what's wrong?
Mother Xu saw that her daughter didn't move, so she simply picked it up in the jewelry box: "Let me see, this white jade bracelet is a pair, your grandmother said that she would keep it for you as a dowry, you have to keep it, this silver collar is also kept, it's worthless, and you have worn it for 100 days, this gold hairpin...... It's a good thing, but I guess you won't need it, so just take it and take it away, and ......"
Wait, what did she just hear: "Dang, why take it away?" ”
"Your dad was here just now, I didn't say it," Xu's mother smiled bitterly, "Your aunt asked me to borrow money again, and it's quite a lot." ”
"Then borrow it, didn't Dad just say that you should give the money?"
Mother Xu saw that her daughter really didn't understand, and felt that she had come over to talk about it today, and she was right: "There are some things that my mother will definitely not say two years ago, but you are now at the age of the person to talk to, Jiang Nan's conditions are good, and there are some truths that my mother will tell you."
Although I can call the shots in this family, the money in the family is not only mine, but also you and your father, your father trusts me, of course I have to be considerate of him, so even if I want to make up for my mother's family, I have to have a degree, and I must be close to myself first.
Besides, these jewelry, which was left to me by your grandmother, is now taking it out and making money for her granddaughter's treatment, and she won't blame me. ”
How could such a thoughtful person as her mother give birth to such an unconscious daughter as her, many oranges sniffed and deliberately interrupted: "Mom, I told you, I haven't promised Jiang Nan yet!" ”
In this regard, Xu's mother didn't take it to heart at all: "My parents have met, sooner or later, but it's okay for you to pinch him, anyway, you're only twenty-one after the New Year, don't worry." Okay, moving on to jewelry, which more do you want, daughter? ”
"Mom, you look at it, I can do it, Sister Tingting is still waiting for the money in the hospital, or sell all the expensive ones."
"Good daughter," Mother Xu scratched her hair and put the box away, "Don't tell your dad about this, huh?" ”
Many oranges squinted and nodded, "Got it." ”
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xu's mother ran around for a day, and Xu's father rushed to pack his things and rushed to his hometown on the second day of the new year.
Many oranges put their parents in the car and went to the hospital where Song Xiaoting lived, and her aunt outside the ward was wiping her tears, quietly listening to the doctor's words, occasionally nodding her head, weak, old, and helpless.
She didn't notice many oranges until the doctor left, and just sat there with empty eyes. Many oranges walked up to her and sat down, and called softly, "Auntie." ”
She seemed to be frightened, her shoulders trembled a little, and then she turned her head, her mouth opened, and tears fell: "Orange Orange, your sister Tingting is ...... Oh no......"
Many oranges stretched out their hands to hug her, not knowing how to comfort her, and looked down to see the basin at her feet, which was full of dirty clothes: "Auntie, sit down for a while, I'll help you wash your clothes." ”
"No, no, where can I help my aunt wash her clothes," my aunt quickly refused, reached out to pick up the basin, raised her arm and wiped her tears, "You go in with your sister, you have been good since you were a child, she will definitely listen to what you say, let her ...... Eat more, ah~" After speaking, regardless of the reaction of many oranges, he walked away trembling under his feet.
Many oranges looked at their aunt's staggering back, remembering that when they parted just now, their mother walked like a fly, and the hem of her pretty pink coat floated in the wind, as if butterflies were dancing, so young and full of vitality.
So, she made the right decision, right? She made the right decision, right?
Pushing open the door of the ward, many oranges wanted to ask their cousin impulsively, she gritted her teeth and said that she would live no matter what, but now, does she regret it?
However, in the ward, Song Xiaoting was lying there motionless with her eyes closed, her thin body was pierced with needles and instruments tied, lifeless.
Many oranges opened their mouths, but they didn't dare to speak, and reached out and slowly touched Song Xiaoting's face, touching the warm snort, before gasping for breath.
Song Xiaoting felt that there was someone beside her, slowly opened her eyes, and saw that it was her who came, pulled the corners of her mouth, and wanted to pull out a smile, but accidentally pulled the wound on her tongue, and shed tears in pain: "Ah, ah, wow-"
Many oranges couldn't hold back anymore, and lay on her bed and cried: "Sister, sister, sister......"
Sister, even if you are so strong and live so hard, what and what?
The pain is still so unforgiving;
Loved ones are still so sad;
Life is still so unsatisfactory;
We still can't get out of this puzzle and desperate situation.
So, it's better to leave it like this, so be it, just be neat, let your parents live, and give yourself a happy ending...... (To be continued.) )