Chapter 7 Far away in Lischenbour
"Wen Li...... It's time for lunch...... Alas~ this kid ......"
At noon, seeing that her daughter had not gotten up until now, Lisa's mother went to her daughter's house and found that there was no one on the bed at all.
"Haven't you gotten up yet?"
Softly, she pushed open the door of the workshop, and in the dimly lit room, on the workbench full of various mechanical armor parts that she couldn't name, Wen Li, who was very thin, was still lying on the table with the thin blanket she had put on when she went to the clinic in the morning.
Next to him was the mechanical armor that needed to be handed over to the guest today, which had already been repaired.
Watching her daughter sleeping quietly on the table, Lisa's mother felt as if she had returned to the scene she often saw when she was a child and came to play with her childhood sweetheart.
"I remember that Pinako's mother was like this before......"
It's still the same studio, it's still the tired body, the only difference is that the workbench has been replaced with a new one, and Wen Li is still much younger than the Pinak's mother in her memory......
"Isn't this a matter of course~Wen Li is only fourteen years old~"
Thinking of her daughter's age, the mother was amused by her own thoughts.
"Really...... What kind of nonsense was I thinking about in the middle of the day......"
She patted her face with her hands to clear herself, she knew that she was almost going to the clinic and needed to stay in her spirits.
"Sure enough, it's a bit reluctant to go to the clinic for two consecutive nights...... Coffee must be drunk a little more today......"
In Lischenbour, there is a family of people who work tirelessly and helpfully.
It's called Rockbell.
Her grandmother and granddaughter repair mechanical armor, and her mother is the best surgeon in town.
"Eat Lisa......"
In the restaurant, Grandma Pinak's grandmother had already prepared the meal and asked her daughter-in-law and granddaughter to come out for dinner.
This is the norm in their family.
The granddaughter Wen Li followed her old woman to work on mechanical armor, while her daughter-in-law Lisa spent most of her time going to the town clinic to see patients.
Noon or evening is a rare time for the family to get together for dinner, because the morning is too early, and it is difficult for Lisa to have a meal with Wen Li.
"Huh? …… Mom? Why are you here......"
In a daze, hearing her mother's voice, Wen Li wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth and got up from the table leisurely.
"It's not good to stay up late and not sleep, Wen Li~"
Taking out a very clean handkerchief and carefully wiping the saliva standing on the corner of her daughter's mouth, Lisa said softly
"You're going to become an old woman~"
"My mother, who stays up three nights a week on average, is not qualified to talk about me, right?"
Wen Li still remembers her mother's most exaggerated time, when she came home from a consultation in the middle of the night and fell asleep.
"But what's the solution? There are not enough doctors in the town, so many patients need to be treated, so you can't help but see them, right? ”
Wen Li, the young mechanic repairman, was a good person, a good person, and everyone in Lysables knew this
"Am I not?"
Seeing her mother's gentle and serious expression, Wen Li also pinched her waist and raised her head with a serious face, pouting and half-earnestly
"There are so many patients in town who need to replace their mechanical armor and repair their prosthetic limbs, I can't let them wait for them to sleep with their heads covered, right?"
Lisa's daughter, the best surgeon in town, is a good person, as everyone in Lysables knows.
One of them, mother and daughter, treats the sick, so that the patients who are suffering from the disease can get rid of the pain as soon as possible, and the other helps them to get through the difficulties, so that those who cannot work can work again, and those who cannot stand can stand up.
They are angels...... With a pair of angelic saving hands......
That's what everyone in town who sees them has given them.
This is Rockbell, Wen Li's home.
A family that lacks a father, but is still strong and persistent. Each member of the family does his or her best to fulfill his obligations and carry out his own attachments. I strive to do what I can for my beloved town and lovely hometown with my own actions and hands.
"Okay...... Wen Li,"
Looking at her daughter's persistent eyes, how could Lisa, who had the same look, say anything?
"Try to go to bed on time and eat on time, is that okay?"
The daughter has grown up, although she is only fourteen years old, but she has grown up and has her own persistence and beliefs. has his own ideals and work, and is willing to give his youth and sweat for these.
What more can I say? As a mother, I ......
All she could do was go to her daughter's house to see if she was asleep before she went to the doctor's office, tuck the quilt corner for Wen Li, who likes to kick the quilt, while she was sleeping in bed, and cover her back with a blanket when she stayed up late and fell asleep on the table.
This is what she can do as a mother.
"I'd like to say the same thing to my mother."
Because my daughter has grown up, she is sensible and has her own ideas.
"Lisa, is Wen Li awake? Tell her to get up and eat. ”
Seeing that Lisa had been in for so long and had not moved, Pina knew that Wen Li had woken up.
Unlike Lisa, who often visits the clinic, Wen Li has been seen by her since she was a child, and she knows Wen Li's biological clock very well, simply put, she doesn't need someone to wake up at lunch and dinner.
Of course, whether she will go back to sleep after dinner depends on whether she is tired from staying up all night.
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"Due to the continuous conflicts in the border area, Prince Philips of the Ayerug Kingdom, who originally planned to pay a friendly visit to our country on the 13th of this month, announced that the plan has been postponed, and the war mediation meeting between the two countries, which was originally scheduled for the 14th of this month, will also be postponed indefinitely........."
"It's still the same after all these years...... Capital News Broadcasting ......"
Pinako, who was sitting at the dinner table with his granddaughter and daughter-in-law, listened to the national news on the radio, which had nothing to do with him, and spat out his
"All day is wars and wars...... It seems that the country has nothing to do but go to war...... It's really ......."
'Took away my old man...... I'm going to go my son again...... Looking at it, do you want to take your great-grandson with you next time...... Nasty War ......'
"Wen Li, go change the channel."
Seeing Pinako's mother's expression when she heard the news, Lisa still didn't understand the old man's thoughts, and quickly asked Wen Li, who was sitting next to the radio, to change to another FM.
In fact, not only Pinak, but also her, as well as Wen Li, did not like to hear this kind of news about the war.
Pinaco's husband, Lisa's husband, Wen Li's father, were all killed by these wars.
In the past, Lishampur was very prosperous and the wool textile industry was very developed, but since the Ishbal riots, a large number of factories have been burned down by mobs, and the towns have been greatly damaged, even after the end of the war, the security in the Lischenpur area is very insecure.
It's only been a little better in recent years.
The people of the Rockbell family all have a pair of hands to save people, and it is because of this that they hate war and hate war.
Not only because they lost loved ones in the war, but also because the war has caused more people to lose their loved ones.
Because of that nasty war.
"Now...... Our interview team was right in front of the Eastern Command, and General Estes, who was rumored to have been placed under house arrest by the military for mishandling the Leol issue, was now in the junta office building behind me...... According to legal professionals who did not want to be named...... If convicted of indiscriminate killing, Estes could be sentenced to life imprisonment or even death......"
Wen Li tuned the channel to the Eastern Regional Channel, and very accidentally heard the news about Estes
"Estes...... Is it Aisha? ”
Hearing this name, which had not been heard for a long time, the appearance of Ishbal, Rockbell Clinic, that lively little girl who had been smuggling all day long resurfaced in Lisa's mother's mind.
"Was she arrested? Why? ”
"Wen Li, turn up your voice louder."
Seeing that Lisa's hand, which was still eating, completely stopped, looking incredulous, Pinako realized that the daughter named Aisha also seemed to have an unusual meaning to Lisa.
Following the vague memory, Pinaco also remembered the blue-haired girl who came to see her granddaughter with a lot of gifts and food in the middle of the fierce battle in Ishbal.
'By the way, that's the girl......
Pinak remembered the little girl named 'Aisha'......
"Why was Sister Aisha arrested? Isn't she a hero of the nation? ”
Wen Li, who came back to her senses, was also shocked by the news, to be honest, in Wen Li's eyes, the army and soldiers are synonymous with hate.
The soldiers took her parents and killed her father. made her family shattered, and she lost her father when she was a child.
The military is very annoying, very cold-blooded, and very impersonal.
But Sister Aisha doesn't seem to be like that to Wen Li.
When I was a child, I will never forget it, and when the war was raging, a letter from my parents was precious. A box of chocolate chip cookies is a scarcity of grinding.
In the days when most of Lisenbull was burned by the mob and food was often scarce, when there was no sugar in the whole of Lisenbour, the sister named Aisha brought Edward and Al, brought her several boxes of cakes and snacks, and told her that her parents had bought them for her.
It was the first time she was so happy in the days when she was most distant from her parents.
Not only because she can eat cakes and snacks, but most importantly, those cake boxes and snacks make her feel that her parents are still in love with her, not only love her but also think about her, they live there very well and richly, their shop there is not burned down by the mob like here in Lischenbour, there are plenty of supplies and food, there are a variety of dim sum shops, there are all kinds of cakes and pastries lying on the shelves waiting for people to buy them.
My parents were doing well over there, eating well and being safe.
This is the most important thing for Wen Li.
At last...... And the last ......
She fulfilled her promise to help herself save her mother in that hell of nine deaths......
"Grandma...... That one...... That ......"
"Mom...... That one...... That ......"
For a while, Wen Li and Lisa's mother began to stutter.
With his head down, he didn't know what to say
"I remember that at three o'clock this afternoon, there was a train to the eastern city."
Lighting a bag of cigarettes, Pinako said slowly
"If it's smooth enough, I can catch the eight o'clock train tomorrow morning and come back by noon...... Remember you said in the town that the last patient waiting for surgery in the town clinic had been discharged from the hospital after surgery, didn't you? If anyone needs mechanical armor, I have no problem dealing with it. ”
"Mommy......" "Grandma......"
"Hurry up, or you won't be able to catch the train."