The story of the formation of a dragon by the dark clouds spread in the village, and the more it spread, the more evil it became.

Some people say that the village is going to be destroyed, and that not a single one of the people in the village will survive, and those who believe in this statement even run away with their families to take refuge, of course, temporarily go to a relative's house for a few days, and when they see that nothing is wrong, they come back in disgrace.

Some say that the disaster will not appear until 2012, when flash floods will turn Donglongquan Village into a vast ocean.

Some people also say that the dragon symbolizes auspiciousness, the dragon formed by the dark clouds is a good omen, East Longquan Village wants to produce a powerful person, at that time the dragon head points to whoever this powerful person is out of whose house, there are several families in the west of the village seem to be within the range of the dragon head, these families all bought firecrackers, the village people see these families set off firecrackers, and they also follow the firecrackers to join in the fun, so that the neighboring villages also set off the cannons, just like the New Year.

The next few days were busy buying corn seeds, preparing the land, and sowing seeds, Han Tuo and Li Lanfang came to help, and after a few busy days, they finally replanted the corn, Zhao Yunfei just breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately came to another worrying thing - the money was gone.

If there was no hailstorm, the hundreds of yuan in his hand, life would have been completely possible, this unexpected hail completely disrupted Zhao Yunfei's rhythm, originally there was wheat at home and could still be sold for money, but now the market is too low, it is too cost-effective to sell, and he does not dare to sell more, and he is afraid that if he sells more, he is afraid that it will not be enough for a year's rations.

What he is most afraid of now is that his sister is sick, he can eat one less meal and not die of hunger, if he is sick, he will have to spend money to see a doctor, and if he doesn't see a doctor, he will really die!

Speaking of borrowing money, Zhao Yunfei had an experience of borrowing money.

When my mother just went to work in other provinces, she would send 200 yuan to their brothers and sisters on time every month, and suddenly there was a month, Zhao Yunfei did not receive the remittance slip, fortunately there was some money left last month, the brothers and sisters saved food and stayed up for a month, and still did not receive the remittance slip in the second month, at this time, Zhao Yunfei and his sister Xiaoji had already eaten the last meal without the next meal, the younger sister was too young, only two years old, and she knew how to cry when she was hungry, Zhao Yunfei was not very old at the time, and he was helpless in the face of this situation, and he didn't know what to do at all. Fortunately, Han Tuo brought a pancake over from time to time, and later Li Lanfang told his father about the situation of Zhao Yunfei's brothers and sisters, and Li Lanfang's father and mother discussed, after all, they had lived in the front and back yards for so many years, and they couldn't watch the two children starving, so they made more lunch and dinner every day, and asked Li Lanfang to send them over to their brothers and sisters, so they persisted for another month.

One day after the winter, Xiao Ji suddenly had a fever, Zhao Yunfei hurriedly carried Xiao Ji to the barefoot doctor's house in the village, the doctor took a rusty stethoscope and put it on Xiao Ji's stomach to listen, and looked at Xiao Ji's tongue, saying that it was a cold, and he didn't ask Zhao Yunfei for money after prescribing a few packs of medicine, but after Xiao Ji took the medicine for two days, the fever was even worse, and he was in a coma all day, and his hands were hot when he touched Xiao Ji's head, Zhao Yunfei didn't dare to delay any longer, and walked with Xiao Ji on his back for more than two hours to rush to the health center in the town, and when he arrived at the health center, The padded jacket on Zhao Yunfei's body has been soaked with sweat several times.

The doctors in the town health center are much more reliable than the barefoot doctors in the village, after all, they have studied medicine in a regular school, unlike the doctors in the village who mainly rely on self-taught, full-time to treat pigs, and part-time to show people.

The doctor who examined Xiao Ji looked like he was in his thirties, wearing a pair of myopia glasses, and after the examination, he said that he was pneumonia and must be hospitalized immediately, and asked Zhao Yunfei: "Why didn't your adults come?" ”

Zhao Yunfei: "They are far away, and they will come back in a few days!" ”

Doctor: "Pneumonia is a disease that waits for no one, you should hurry up to the inpatient department to pay the fee and go through the hospitalization procedures." ”

Zhao Yunfei: "Can you treat the disease first, and then I'll send the money when the disease is cured?" ”

When the doctor heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and his eyes looked up and down at this young man who was only about ten years old.

Zhao Yunfei wore a blue cloth cotton jacket on his upper body, no jacket, and a few black cloth patches at the lower corners of the placket, but it was quite clean, the lower half of the body was very thin, and there was already a pair of red autumn pants inside the pants, the legs of the red autumn pants were relatively long, and the long parts were piled up at the ankles, and at a glance, he knew that the autumn pants were not his own.

As a doctor in a township health center, most of the patients I face are from rural areas, and I often meet villagers who have no money for treatment, and those villagers who have no money for treatment are dressed and looked very similar, and even the content of their speech is almost the same, nothing more than "see a doctor first, and send money in two days!" Or: "Can you prescribe some cheap medicine?" The family's money is not in hand now! ”

Based on past experience, the doctor immediately judged that the basic conditions of the two children in front of him were nothing more than these three:

First, the father is sick and cannot take care of himself, and the mother is out to work, or is divorced;

Second, the mother is sick and unable to take care of herself, and the father goes out to work, or is divorced;

Thirdly, both parents are sick and unable to take care of themselves, or one of them has passed away, or both are no longer alive

The doctor coughed twice, calmed down, and tried to slow down his speech: "We are all in the same town, what do you have to say, it's no problem if I don't charge you for my examination fee, don't pay the hospitalization deposit first, and arrange the ward for hospitalization first, but if you don't have cash, you can't buy medicine, you can't get an infusion without medicine, and no one can get medicine without cash in the pharmacy." ”

Although Zhao Yunfei is young, he also knows that what the doctor said is the truth, charging and taking medicine are two windows, and the window for taking medicine only recognizes the list stamped with the fee stamp, otherwise the medicine will not be released.

Zhao Yunfei lowered his head and thought for a while, and asked, "How much does it cost to cure my sister's illness?" ”

The doctor said, "Depending on your sister's condition, at least ten days of fluids will be infused, which will cost about 2,000 yuan." ”

Zhao Yunfei said: "Okay, let my sister live in the ward first, and I'll go home to get the money." ”

The doctor didn't say anything, and lowered his head to open the hospitalization order.

Zhao Yunfei took the hospitalization sheet and carried Xiao Ji into the ward, found the bed number, put Xiao Ji on the bed, there was a quilt and pillow at the head of the bed, Zhao Yunfei hugged Xiao Ji's head, put the pillow under her head, and pulled the quilt to cover her, and then whispered to Xiao Ji who was still asleep: "Xiao Ji, wait for my brother here, my brother will go home and get money for your treatment!" ”

Zhao Yunfei didn't dare to delay, ran out of the health center, and went straight to his uncle's village.

When I arrived at my uncle's house, my uncle asked me what I was going to do, and I was also very anxious, so I walked into the back room and was about to get the money, and my aunt followed in, Zhao Yunfei heard them arguing quietly, and then my aunt's voice became louder and said, "When will their family be able to repay the money?" Don't expect it in this life, your son still needs money to go to school outside, I see you give it to your fart! ”

After listening to what his aunt said, Zhao Yunfei didn't say anything, turned around and left.

The uncle caught up from behind, stuffed the twenty yuan into Zhao Yunfei's hand, and said with a sad face: "Your cousin is in a junior college in the province, and I am still worried about the tuition fee, you can take the twenty yuan to Xiaoji first."

Zhao Yunfei didn't take the money, and ran away.

While running, the tears on his face couldn't stop flowing, and he secretly swore in his heart: "Even if you die, you won't borrow money from anyone again!" ”

Zhao Yunfei ran back to the health center, found the doctor, stretched out his arm and said, "Can I sell my blood to the health center?" Sell blood for two thousand dollars. ”

The doctor had a stunned expression, and after a long time, he said: "Your sister's pneumonia is very serious, you can't wait, so let's do it, I'll give you the money for today's infusion first, and then you go home and think of other ways, to be honest, my monthly salary is not high, if I advance money like this every day, I can't afford it!" ”

At this point, there is no need to say more, Zhao Yunfei understands that the doctors have already helped a lot, and they can no longer make it difficult for the family.

When he came out of the health center, he was so sad that he felt that although the world was big, he didn't know where to find 2,000 yuan for his sister's treatment.

The sky was gray, as if it were going to snow, and he had run thirty or forty miles in the sky, but he did not feel hungry or tired—a deep helplessness and frustration that only made him feel that life was worse than death.

Diagonally opposite the health center is the only post office in the town, through which all the postal services of all the villages under the jurisdiction of Wulong Town are transferred.

"Post office!" Zhao Yunfei's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought to himself: "Since my mother didn't send money two months ago, I haven't gone to the village committee for many days to see if there is a remittance slip. Thinking of this, he had the strength in his body again, and spread his legs and ran in the direction of the village.

When I arrived at the village committee, I rummaged through the broken basket containing the letter and couldn't find the remittance slip, so I asked Accountant Wang, who was on duty, and said no.

This time he was completely desperate, two thousand yuan may not be a large amount for others, but for Zhao Yunfei, who is not yet an adult in a remote village, this amount is enough to kill him.

Back home, Zhao Yunfei looked at the only big wardrobe in the house, and a broken round table, these are all made of plywood, worthless, thieves are too lazy to steal, there is no decent furniture in the house, and there is only this yard left that can be sold for some money.

It was getting darker and darker, and night was approaching.