Chapter 42: Difficult Decisions
The moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time.
The lover complains about the night, and he is lovesick at night.
The candles are extinguished, and the light is full, and the clothes are dewed.
It's unbearable to give away, and it's a good time to sleep.
"Chenchen, you're here." Seeing her old friend, Sister Xu Yang was a little excited, moved her body, and actually wanted to sit up, but she struggled for a while, and lay down weakly, and a wry smile appeared on her face.
Qi Chen walked quickly to the bed and covered Xu Yang with a towel quilt: "Yangyang, don't move, lie down quickly." Before he finished speaking, tears had already flowed.
Seeing that Xu Yang, who was jumping around, became what he is now, Sister Chen's sadness in her heart can be imagined.
Sister Chen sat down on the edge of the bed, and I sat next to her. Xu Yang smiled hard, and his puffy eyes turned red, "Chenchen, be good, don't cry." I just didn't expect us to meet like this this time. Fortunately, I was honest and obedient, and I didn't call you earlier, or I didn't know how sad I should have when I saw me at the beginning. ”
"Don't think so much about it at this time, and treat me as an outsider, don't tell me earlier. When I came, Xiaowen also clamored to come with me, and I saw that she was about to start school, so I didn't agree to her. Fortunately, you're okay now, and I'm relieved. ”
Sister Chen gently held one of Xu Yang's hands, rubbed it gently, and looked at her shaved head, and tears kept dripping: "Look, how haggard you are." ”
The two of them were very touching, and I sat on the sidelines and looked at the two sisters, and my heart was very touched.
This is the true feeling in the world, and this kind of feeling is the most valuable. Although they can't be together all the time, they always care about each other in their hearts.
Seeing Sister Chen crying, then seeing Sister Yang's sad appearance, and thinking of her injured leg, I was also secretly sad. followed and knelt down, looked at Sister Xu Yang from Sister Chen's shoulder, and naturally put one hand on Sister Chen's waist.
"I'm almost ready, Chenchen, don't look like this." Xu Yang comforted Qi Chen loudly.
Seeing Sister Chen casually, letting my hand on her waist, I also wanted to dilute the sadness in the room, and smiled slightly, "After I heard Chengcheng say it last time, I guessed that the two of you are not very authentic, but now I look at it, and it is really so, I am afraid that it is especially great, and I don't know how to avoid people, so you are not afraid that I will be shy?" ”
Sister Chen was a little embarrassed by what she said, and slapped my hand on her waist sideways, meaning that she wanted me to take it away, but she turned around to face Xu Yang. That is, now, if it were to be placed in normal times, the two would have made a mess a long time ago.
So far, Sister Chen has no choice but to make any moves towards Sister Xu Yang, so she can only say, "If you want to, wait for your injury to heal, let Xiao Cheng carry you around, no matter where you go, I will not object, so you should be satisfied!" Speaking of this, her thoughts naturally returned to Xu Yang's injured leg, and her expression was gloomy again.
The sisters spoke casually, but it embarrassed me, as if I had become their private property, and they could only do whatever they wanted. But looking at Sister Yang's appearance, it was hard to say anything, so she only silently kept silent, as if she agreed.
However, if Sister Yang can stand up well and let me do anything, I am willing, not to mention holding such a fragrant beauty, it is naturally a beautiful errand.
Sister Xu Yang also heard the same meaning from her words, I found that her thinking did not regress a little because of traumatic brain injury, and after such a serious injury, it can be regarded as an anomaly to recover so quickly. "Dead Chenchen, is Chengcheng now completely under your jurisdiction, is it willing to give it so generously?" With a smile, I don't know where the wound is involved, and I let out an "ouch".
Sister Chen's face flushed: "What am I embarrassed about, as long as you are willing, you can do anything." Okay, lie down for me obediently, don't make a fuss, I can't forget to talk nonsense at any time. ”
Due to Sister Chen's arrival, Xu Yang was extremely excited and said a lot of words, and after a while, he felt very tired, and his eyes couldn't open involuntarily, and he closed weakly.
"Okay, Yangyang, you can rest for a while, and when you are well, we will have a good talk."
Sister Yang also has no choice, although she still wants to say a few more words. I had to nod and close my eyes seriously, and after a while, I seemed to be confused again.
Sister Chen and I sat on the edge of the bed and stared at her for a while, until we saw that she had really fallen asleep. The two looked at each other and sighed at the same time.
Sister Chen took my hand, went to the bed next to me, and stared at me carefully, I couldn't help but look down at myself: "What's wrong, Sister Chen, is there something wrong with me?" ”
"It's still pretending." I actually got a hit on the head. The impression of Sister Chen is not so violent. "What did you say to Yangyang? Let her say that about me. ”
What she said was actually this, I really didn't expect it, it seems that girls are very sensitive to this issue no matter when.
"I didn't say anything." I muttered, "But we have a good relationship." ”
"Did you say?" Speaking of this, Sister Chen looked at me angrily.
"Of course not, it's just that we've hugged before, and that's true." I whispered, but I remember that I seemed to have told Sister Yang that we had kissed, of course I didn't dare to say it.
"Stinky guy. That's not enough, what more do you have to say? "I was hit on the head again, I wonder if Sister Chen has been violent recently, but you have to be careful.
"Listen, don't talk nonsense without my permission in the future, otherwise I won't spare you, don't want to get close to me again."
No, men and women love, what can't be said, I want to refute it.
Who knew that before I could speak, Sister Chen saw what I meant, and said, "You can't get a discount at all, you can remember it clearly for me." ”
I had no choice but to swallow back what I didn't say. Put her hands on her shoulders, "Sister Chen, but I want people to know how blessed I am to have you." ”
"Dead. When the time comes, you understand, do you? What an elm pimple. ”
Sister Chen rarely used such words to praise me, I was speechless, let out a "hmm" sound, and hugged her in my arms. Looking back at Sister Yang, who was still sleeping, leaning on my arms, she sighed softly, "I really hope Yangyang will get up soon." ”
"I think so too, what a good person, I don't want her to have any shortcomings."
"Hey!" I'm still worried that Xu Yang will suddenly see that she left my arms, "But if you want to save this leg, I'm afraid there is no way to avoid surgery, and now medicine has only reached this level." It's just that the reality is too cruel, and I really don't know what to say to Yangyang. ”
"So do other hospitals have better technology, can we transfer to another hospital?"
"The treatment of trauma here is already the best in the country." Sister Chen stood up, "Okay, you sit down for a while, and I'll go to the doctor to see what Yangyang's bones have become." ”
After a while, Sister Chen came back and shook her head at me gently, "The situation is very bad, there are many broken bone fragments in the middle and lower fractures of the femur of Yangyang's thigh, the patella has also been completely broken, and the knee joint is also seriously damaged. Because it is impossible to completely connect the broken bones without damage by relying on external objects in the case of bone discontinuity, there is no better way to go abroad. Sister Chen was very helpless, "No matter how delicate the treatment is, it is difficult not to see it when you walk in the future." ”
"Wouldn't that be noticeable?" I still don't understand these medical terms.
"Xiao Cheng, in fact, the current minimally invasive surgery generally chooses the incision in a relatively hidden part, and the scar will not be obvious, but the key to the problem is not here, the doctor said that when it was sent, the laceration on her leg was already very serious, so it was inevitable to leave an obvious scar."
"Then Sister Yang can't wear a skirt in the future?" I'm very concerned about this issue, girls generally love beauty, and if you can only wear long pants in the hot summer, what a blow to your confidence.
Sister Chen shook her head and didn't answer my question, in fact, even so, I already know the answer, but I was lucky, hoping that Sister Chen could deny it.
"I think I should think of other ways, I don't want Sister Yang to become a cripple." But the doctors have said so, is there any other chance?
"Shhhh Sister Chen covered my mouth with her hand, and looked back at Xu Yang who was lying down, "Don't let her hear it." "Turning her head to look at me, I could see in her eyes that my idea was good, but it was not easy to actually do it.
Her little hands were delicate and smooth, and my heart fluttered. Thinking of Sister Xu Yang again, if it weren't for the injury, her hands would have felt like this.
In this way, Sister Chen and I stayed in the ward all day, and when Sister Yang woke up, I would say a few words to her to make her happy. fell asleep, just the two of us talked, but due to Xu Yang's condition, we didn't have the heart to say anything else.
When it was time for dinner, Jiang Tingting came.
Seeing Sister Chen, she was obviously taken aback, although I had already told her about the relationship between Qi Chen and Xu Yang. "Sister Qi, why are you here?"
After eating the dinner brought by Jiang Tingting, everyone sat and talked, to see if it was too early, Sister Chen said to me and Jiang Tingting, "You two go back, I'll accompany Yangyang tonight, and you will come back tomorrow." ”
"Sister Qi, you are tired all the way, you should go back to rest, I will accompany Sister Xu Yang here, and I will change you when you rest." Tingting is very understanding.
"No need." Sister Chen smiled gently, "I definitely won't be able to sleep when I go back, you all go back, I'll look at Yangyang here at night." ”
After all, they have slept in the same room for several years, and they have always been friends, and their relationship is very deep, and Sister Chen refuses to leave.
In the end, Jiang Tingting said again: "Otherwise, I'll be here with you, it's quite boring to be alone in bed." I haven't seen my sister for a long time, so if you don't see me, let's talk together. ”
Jiang Tingting's words moved me a lot, she and Sister Xu Yang are not familiar with each other, but she is willing to stay alone here at night, Sister Xu Yang can't say a few words, it's really not easy, I can't help but look at her a few more times.
Sister Chen saw that Tingting was also quite resolute, so she said to me: "Okay, let Tingting and I be here, you can go back early, I have breakfast tomorrow, it's best to bring some cooked porridge, I can feed Yangyang and drink some rice soup." ”
I nodded, "Then I'll go back, how hard you guys work." ”
Sister Chen and Tingting both waved at me, no one had the intention of sending me, and when they arrived at the door, Sister Chen said to me again: "Xiaocheng, call home when you have time, as soon as you go out, you forget everything, Xiaowen is talking to me all day long." ”
"Okay, I know, Sister Chen." agreed, walked outside, and thought about Sister Chen's words, although she said this as if she was presiding over justice, it was actually mixed with her own meaning. I'm away from home, and I really don't have a lot of phone calls, and I don't have time to think about it that much.
In fact, my mother often said this about me, thinking that I was heartless, but I have heard her say it for more than ten years, and although I agree every time, I always can't remember it. Now that Sister Chen is talking about me, it seems that she really has to change it. She already blamed me a little in her words, and Xiaowen, every time she called, she said that I didn't care about her, and she didn't go back for so long after this vacation, and she was going to start school again.
I'm a little rougher, and I know it myself, but it's often hard to change my habits, and when I think about it, I feel a little sorry for the people around me. Mom is not like that, sometimes she really misses her son, so she calls me. Although it was basically just a few words back and forth, I couldn't get enough of it. When you can't see each other, listening to the nagging of your relatives and savoring the feeling of being cared for is really a kind of happiness.
***
When I returned to the café, Cao Yu still hadn't rested, and was sitting in front of the computer and working hard.
Since he came back, except for saying a few words the night before, entrusting him to do some unfinished finishing work on the software platform, I really haven't had a good chat with him, and basically after coming back, I also think about things alone. Cao Yu also saw that I was in a bad mood and didn't bother me.
As soon as Sister Chen came, she seemed to have something to rely on, she felt that she had a bottom in her heart, and her mood had greatly improved, so she gently sat down on the stool next to Cao Yu, planning to have a good chat with him.
Cao Yu was happy to see me, and asked all the problems encountered in the process of processing the software platform, after all, he still can't fully understand my thinking, and he still has a lot of ambiguities about the work he has to explain.
After explaining in detail and telling him how to do it, when he was generally clear, I pulled him off the computer, made coffee, and talked casually. I asked them about the situation when they came, and I don't know if Cao Yu came back in such a hurry, and the family would have any opinions.
However, he said that the family was just worried about me, and forced him not to delay, to come back early, to see how my sister's condition was, to see if there was anything that could help, and that when someone was sick, he needed people the most.
The simplicity of the mountain people can be seen from this, although they are not wealthy, and the labor at home is not enough, they are always thinking about others.
Cao Yu also told me that since I left, Jiang Tingting has been chattering, and she is very worried about me when I leave. He kept complimenting me again, saying that Tingting is a really good girl.
I didn't respond to what he said, but I felt that I owed Jiang Tingting more and more things. For a moment, there was silence.
"By the way, Cao Yu, has the phone at home been installed?" I had to restart the topic.
"It's loaded, I also called home yesterday, they heard that it's okay here, they are very happy, especially Ruobing, you are the happiest. My dad also said, let you say anything you need, you're welcome, now it's convenient to have a phone. By the way, the herbs I brought you are still in my bag, and my father brought me all the freshly baked medicines, and told you not to forget to take them. ”
Hearing him talk about this cute little sister, I couldn't help but smile, what a lovely girl, Cao Yu also said that she wanted to come with her this time, but fortunately Uncle Cao said that there was something important, so she didn't insist.
Cao Yu's call home was probably the first electronic message their family received from the outside world. I really hope that the mountains will develop quickly and that the simple people will become prosperous as soon as possible.
At this time, I thought of what Sister Chen said when I left the hospital just now, since I can talk on the phone, I still contact Cao Yu's family, I have caused them a lot of trouble in the past few days, and I should thank them.
As soon as the phone was connected, the first person to grab the hand to speak was of course Ruobing. She must be the freshest, excited to talk endlessly, time passed minute by minute, I really wish I had started with a landline.
Uncle Cao, who finally talked to me, as an old Chinese medicine doctor, was naturally most concerned about the patient's condition, and carefully inquired about Sister Yang's injury, I chatted with him, and unconsciously told him all my worries. Talking to this wise and witty old man can really relieve your troubles.
Gradually, we talked more and more, and when I put down the phone and looked at the talk time displayed on my phone, it was actually more than half an hour, and I grinned secretly, this month's cost plus the roaming fee in the mountains is bound to reach an unprecedented height.
But it is this call that has also brought a new opportunity, maybe a new opportunity will come, I have to discuss it with Sister Chen. With this thought, I didn't sleep well all night in excitement, and the next day before dawn, I got up early, squatted in front of the stove to cook porridge, and in the pot was the millet I had just bought from the supermarket last night.
Looking at the churning millet porridge, my heart is very happy, maybe Sister Chen will feed them spoonful by spoonful into Sister Yang's belly, and she will be able to recover faster. A burst of aroma came out, but Cao Yu, who slept late last night, didn't say anything at all, he still slept like a dead pig, he felt that he was really a failure, it was rare to make breakfast so hard, but no one was willing to appreciate it, so he vowed to boil the porridge until it could be served in one pot, and he couldn't leave it for this tasteless guy at all.
Fortunately, after arriving at the hospital, Sister Chen and Tingting praised me for my efforts in boiling millet porridge. I think that's what I deserve, and more than an hour of work is not in vain. In order to enliven the atmosphere, Jiang Tingting also praised me for saying that she had the potential to be a "housewife", which made Sister Chen purse her lips and smile.
"Housewife", this title really fell in love with me. It's called "boiled man", it's about the same, at my current level, I've been mixing outside for more than a year, and if you want to say that boiling noodles and frying eggs is not a problem, the others don't dare to boast.
When the two of them finished eating, before they could put away their things, Sister Yang also opened her eyes, and Tingting obediently rushed to feed her rice soup. Taking advantage of this, I told Sister Chen about the thoughts I gained after talking with Uncle Cao last night.
After listening to this, Sister Chen felt that my idea was too bold, and she hesitated, and after thinking for a long time, she said to me: "It's better to tell Yangyang the truth first, anyway, it's a matter of time or time, listen to her own thoughts." ”
"Then you tell her, I don't think I can open this mouth." This hot potato, I think it's better to throw it to Sister Chen.
"Xiaocheng, I think you are too worried, Yangyang herself is a medical student, don't look at her and don't say it, in fact, her physical condition should be clear, I think she is also afraid that we will be worried if she says it."
"Really, I didn't think of that."
"Okay, let's do this first, Tingting and I will go back first, let her rest at home at night, and then we will discuss and discuss together, and then tell Yangyang everything, and then make the final decision."
There is no other way but to do it.
***
In the evening, when she was in good spirits, we told her about the need for surgery. Unexpectedly, Sister Xu Yang was rarely calm, it seems that Sister Chen is right, she has a number in her own heart.
"Chenchen, there is no other way but to do this. You two don't have to worry about me, I'm fine, I can stand it. Xu Yang's weak body comforted us in turn.
"There's another way, but I'm not sure, I'm just telling you to hear it, and you can decide for yourself." I put my thoughts out there.
"Is that okay?" Sister Yang turned her face to Sister Chen with questions, "Chenchen, what do you think?" ”
"It's hard to say, Xiao Cheng told me first, it sounds pretty good, but I don't know what will happen. However, if the expected effect is not achieved, and the treatment is delayed because of this, I am afraid that it will be even more troublesome, so let's sum it up and make a decision. ”
For the next three or four days, the three of us were thinking about it and discussing it. The doctor in charge also asked twice and asked how we decided, and Sister Chen and I just said that we would think about it again.
In the end, the desire for beauty prevailed, and Sister Xu Yang agreed to try what I said, whether she would agree or not, I had been preparing, and now that she agreed, her heart was even more nervous, as if she was waiting for the verdict to be announced.
***
Four days later, Cao Yu and Xue Yuping appeared in the hospital together.
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