128. Chapter 18: No Money Makes a Man Short of Breath

As sons and daughters, all four of us have returned home. My dad was so sick that we couldn't do anything to get him to the hospital. According to my mother, in order to save money for my sister to go to college in the future, my father was reluctant to use the family's 5,000 yuan for treatment. Stomach cancer was very painful, and my dad gritted his teeth to survive the pain.

My mom couldn't bear to see my dad straining his whole body to resist the pain, so she walked out of the room alone to wipe her tears. The disease is very tormenting, and the pain can make my father's already yellowed face slightly red, and beads of sweat the size of beans seep out of his face and body. Many times, my dad had to have spasms all over his body.

After listening to my mother's crying, I decided that even if I sold my house and land, I would send my father to the county hospital. I took my eldest sister and second sister to the hall to discuss taking my father to the hospital. My eldest sister shuddered and took out a thousand yuan from her inner bag, and said timidly, That's it. It's been two years.

I knew that my eldest sister was not virtuous, and then I couldn't get along, so I divorced. She took her son to stay in her husband's house, planting one or two points of land in her son's name, and she also lived a miserable life. And the second sister is even more embarrassed, with two daughters, waiting for her husband in prison to come out, the same stretched.

"Your dad is because of this, why do you want to provide for the fourth sister to go to college." My mom said, lifting her bamboo pole and smoking indifferently on a dry tobacco. The heavy smell of smoke made her cough. However, none of our four siblings persuaded her not to smoke. knows that she is using this to relieve the bitterness in her heart.

The fourth sister has always been very competitive, and now she is studying in the top class of the first high school in the county. Although the Education Bureau has repeatedly ordered that it is not allowed to run top classes. But everyone knows that if you want to enter the first class of the county's first high school, your grades are not ranked in the top 50 of the same grade in the county, do you want to enter the first class? There are no doors.

What is worthy of our family's pride is that the fourth sister's grades also entered the top ten in the first class. This means that the fourth sister is likely to be a top student in a national key university a year later! has such a competitive fourth sister, and my father has always been proud! But at this time, she actually pursed her mouth and said stubbornly: "I don't want to go to college, I want to go to Guangdong to work, and the money will be kept for my father's medical treatment!" ”

I felt that my shame was getting heavier and heavier, so I immediately straightened my face, glared at the fourth sister fiercely, and then said to her in an adult tone: "You don't interfere in the affairs of adults!" You dare to think nonsense, you dare to drop out of school halfway, in addition to not having me as a brother, you have to be careful that I break your legs! ”

I stood up and paced back and forth in the hall as I spoke. Everyone in my family knows my temper. Otherwise, how could the people in the village call me a cow? Although after a few years of college immersion, I am no longer the same person I used to be, especially when I am surrounded by several women, I have become more rigid and soft.

However, they didn't know, as soon as they saw me wandering around the hall in a hurry, and thought that the stubborn cow had lost his temper again, the eldest sister and the second sister hurriedly persuaded that the fourth sister was kind-hearted and wanted to reduce the burden on the family, so she said it casually, and she didn't plan to really stop studying.

As soon as I saw my two hard-working elder sisters, I understood better why my father was reluctant to spend money on medical treatment. He doesn't want the fourth sister to repeat the mistakes of the two of them! In fact, I understand better that even the 3,000 yuan in my pocket, our family can only take out a total of 9,000 yuan. The 9,000 yuan is only a drop in the bucket for a stomach cancer patient.

When the fourth sister saw that I was going to pace around, she hurriedly turned around and wanted to go out of the house, for fear that I would start a bullish temper and beat her up. I grabbed her arm at once and said to her warmly: "Don't give up your studies, you are the most promising in our family, don't give up." As for my dad's illness, I'll figure it out. Hear me? ”

The fourth sister has never seen me so good-tempered to people, but she is a little overwhelmed. She stared at me and pulled her arm out of my hand, her heart beating wildly. "I don't want to drag down the family, I want my dad to go to the hospital! What's wrong with me going to work? ”

"You're still young, listen to me. The outside world isn't as easy to make money as you think. I said, I'll take care of the money, you have to trust me! "I'm done, tell everyone to rest early. I've been serving my dad for a day, and I'm tired. I'll take care of my dad tonight. With that, I walked into my dad's room.

My dad had a whole day of pain today, and he was exhausted, so he slept quietly. I put the mosquito net down and let him sleep well. I was tired from a long day of traveling today, in fact, I was also very tired, and I wanted to sleep on the edge of my dad's bed for a while. But my heart is bitter and worried, where can I sleep? Just now, I boasted in front of my mother and sisters, saying that I would take the money to send my father to the hospital for treatment. Where am I going to figure it out?

When I was so depressed and guilty, I was suddenly confused. Actually, I am also very vulnerable, but in front of my family, I pretend to be very strong, so that my family can feel at ease for a while.

I saw that my father had slept peacefully, and in order to relieve my troubles, I quietly went to the courtyard, took out a cigarette from my body, lit it and smoked it. Then I went out into the courtyard and looked at the village I knew again in the moonlight. That picture seems to have stayed in my childhood impression with time. Although the outside world changes a lot, the outside world is also wonderful.

However, the spring breeze is really not enough to pass the jade gate! Sometimes, I really admire the greatness and precision of the poet, how can I summarize the characteristics and style of things in just a few words? It's so catchy and easy to remember! I walked along the village road.

A village dog that was born and raised in recent years smelled an unfamiliar smell of me, so he barked. But it doesn't seem to get a response from the dogs, and the barking gradually dies down. I walked around in distraught, and the thought of not knowing how to finance my dad's hospitalization made me want to go back to my dad's bedside without tears and without saying why.

My dad woke up from the pain again, stuffed a towel I had placed next to his pillow in his mouth, and bit desperately to relieve the pain in his body. I'm afraid of moaning and waking up my family. I was in a hurry and asked him softly, "What's wrong with you, where does it hurt?" Shall I give you a massage? ”

My question was quite nonsense, at this time, what can he answer me? He only closed his eyes and shook his head, and continued to bite the towel in his mouth until it was about to pierce. I looked at my dad's painful appearance, and my heart tightened as if it ached. Anyway, I'm going to find a way to get my dad to the hospital tomorrow.

I know that when my dad was in such pain, if he was in the hospital, he would be given an injection of duroldin, not to mention that it would cure him, but at least it would relieve his pain. Is my 3,000 yuan enough to pay his hospitalization fee? As long as I am admitted to the hospital, I will go to sell blood, and I can solve some problems one after another.

I think this idea is the most practical way at the moment. I'm afraid that 3,000 yuan is not enough to pay the first hospitalization fee. When the time comes, I will use the family's 5,000 yuan, and I am really afraid that my fourth sister's college dream will be broken! Alas, I'm a big man, and I'm really short of breath at this time. "What the fuck, how the hell have I been in the city all these years? When I was in a hurry to use the money, I found out that I was a complete poor bastard! Shortness of breath, shortness of breath! ”

Since my dad woke up in pain twice in the middle of the night, I helped him wipe his sweat, massage, turn over, and help him sit up and drink water, which made me really exhausted. At seven o'clock in the morning, my second sister woke up and took care of my dad for me.

I didn't know how deep I was sleeping, and in a trance I heard someone say to my mother, "Auntie, this matter can't be delayed any longer." String Yi's business is my business! I'll call an ambulance tomorrow to come to town. When Xianyi wakes up, discuss how to send his uncle to the city hospital! ”

My mother didn't have a word for it, she half-bent over, raised her wrinkled forehead, and whispered: "Sister-in-law, let's wait for Niu Gu to wake up, my team leader is your kindness." It's just, it's just ......"

"Hey, trust me, that's right. I'll pay for the qiē fee. As long as Dad can get better, let alone spending 180,000, it doesn't matter if he spends 1 million. Eldest sister, second sister, what do you say? ”

My eldest sister and second sister were so frightened by this speech that my mother called "sister-in-law" that they couldn't stand steadily, and when they spoke, they looked at the "sister-in-law" timidly like an ant-like voice and said, "You are determined, my team listens to you." As long as Brother Niu agrees, my team has no opinion. ”

"Okay, I'll take care of this matter!" "Sister-in-law" said in a non-negotiable tone.

I wondered in my heart, when did my team know such a rich "sister-in-law"? I really want to get to know this "sister-in-law". However, I was so tired that I had to take a full day's drive back to the village yesterday, and last night I stayed at my father's hospital bed for another night. Fatigue overcame curiosity, and after lying on my side, I fell back to sleep.

It was nearly late evening when I finally woke up, and when I sat up from my bed, I still felt groggy. It took me a few times to find the slippers in front of the bed. When I walked out of the room, I was amazed! The hall was full of dishes. In addition to the chickens raised by our team, there are also many sausages, roast ducks, as well as squid, shiitake mushrooms, beef tendon, and fish maw that are common in the dry goods market. Hey, it's time for a big food party.

I screamed out, because I couldn't imagine that our family would still be able to make such a sumptuous meal at this time! It's been a long time since I've paid for such a sumptuous dish, and I'm already penniless, how can I conjure up such a table of dishes in the blink of an eye?

It's incredible, it's incredible! I still ate pickles last night, and tonight I saw big fish and meat. I couldn't help it, so I reached over and picked up one and put it in my mouth. At this time, the fourth sister came in from the kitchen with vegetables, and when she saw that I was stealing food, she put down the food plate, picked up the chopsticks, and came over to me to hit my hand.

"Brother, it's really you, such a big thing is still hidden from my team."

The fourth sister said, snickering and winking at me.

What does that mean?