The Soviet-style tube building, 12 households live on the first floor, a family has two rooms, one facing the sun and one in the shade, the kitchen and toilet are at both ends of the corridor, and several families share them together.

The place is small, every house separates the room, the outside is a small living room, and then the bedroom is inside. A small table and a desk, the desk is full of textbooks, and a large photo frame hangs on the left wall, with the wedding photos of Xia Yao's father Xia Zhigao and mother Tian Qiuju, and there are photos of Xia Yao and her sister Xia Ning when they were children.

There were a bunch of all kinds of qigong propaganda materials on the small table, and I looked through them casually, and it actually said that after cultivation, I could float and pass through walls, not to mention curing diseases and strengthening my body.

"Come on, what else do you bring, at a glance, you can see that Lu Dao has spent a lot of money, it's too wasteful."

Tian Qiuju was very enthusiastic, as soon as she entered the door, she was busy moving stools and pouring sugar tea, at least four spoonfuls of sugar were put in, which was so sweet that she was greasy, and she insisted on drinking two sips, and asked about her condition.

"It's an old problem, I started to say that it was indigestion, and then I said it was gastritis, and then I said that it was a stomach ulcer, and at first it worked, and then I started to hang a bottle of saline when I took medicine, and now it doesn't work, it's better now, and it hurts badly in the morning."

Have you ever had a gastroscopy? "I haven't studied medicine before, but I still have a little bit of common sense.

"What kind of gastroscopy, it's scary to listen to," Tian Qiuju waved her hand, looking him up and down, and asked sideways: "Xiao Zhang, did you know my Xia Yao at Lujiawan Primary School?" ”

"Yes."

"What the conditions are like there, she never said in the letter."

The charter took out a group photo of the whole school teachers from his arms and introduced: "The geographical conditions are not good. The school conditions are not bad. You see. This is a first, second and third grade classroom, fourth, fifth and sixth grades are in the back, the corner is the canteen and dormitory, there is electricity, you can watch TV, the villagers are very simple, the children are very cute, and they all like your Xia Yao very much. ”

Tian Qiuju hurriedly put on her glasses. Looking at it very carefully, the charter pointed to the photo and continued to introduce: "In the middle is Principal Lu, this is the teaching director and fourth-grade homeroom teacher, Teacher Lu, next to him are Teacher Wang and Teacher Fei, this is Teacher Qian and Teacher Gu, Teacher Xia doesn't need to introduce you." ”

"What about you, why not you?"

"I'm taking pictures of them, and besides, this is a group photo of the whole school, and I'm not a teacher, so it's not appropriate to stand with them."

"You can take pictures?" Tian Qiuju was a little surprised.

"A little. Aunt Tian, when Xia Yao comes back, you will know. Now everyone in the school will not only shoot, but also wash and print. ”

Just after explaining the matter of taking photos and washing photos, Tian Qiuju asked again: "Xiaozhang, which school did you graduate from?" ”

Nowadays, college students are all state cadres, and it is not easy for an ordinary family to train a college student, if she is told that she is a dropout of Nanbin No. 2 Junior High School, things will definitely become very troublesome, and if she lies, it will be even more troublesome in the future.

"I studied at the Research Center for Physical Chemistry of the East German Academy of Sciences for several years, but I didn't continue to study until the reunification of Germany and the reorganization of the German education system and research institutes. In fact, whether you read or not, West Germany does not recognize East German qualifications. ”

Having studied in Germany and being a graduate student of the Academy of Sciences, Tian Qiuju was taken aback: "Public or self-funded?" ”

"It's not a public assignment or a self-fund, how can you say it...... It was supposed to belong to exchanges, the East German Academy of Sciences sent sixteen people over, and this side sent sixteen people over, but I was unlucky, and before I learned anything, East Germany collapsed. ”

"My Xia Yao is also unlucky."

Tian Qiuju sighed lightly and said helplessly: "If you graduated two years earlier, how could you be assigned to that barren mountain and wild mountain?" A good national cadre was ruined like this, and when he came back, he could only be a teacher like me, eating chalk ash. ”

"Auntie, don't say that, Xia Yao is very good and hardworking, I heard that she is preparing to take the undergraduate self-study exam, and she will definitely have a future in the future."

This is a very serious political issue, what is the use of being excellent, and what is the use of hard work? Thinking of her daughter's future, Tian Qiuju was worried.

It's almost the New Year, and a young man comes to the house to give gifts.

This matter is too intriguing, Xia Zhigao hurriedly asked the workshop director for leave, thinking of many things that he was inconvenient to ask, and went to call his eldest daughter Xia Ning and son-in-law Su Xingyun, by the way, he cut two catties of meat on the street, bought a big carp, and came back with his daughter and son-in-law.

The young man is very energetic and polite, dressed like an overseas Chinese on TV, and his family background should be good, Xia Zhigao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said a few words of greeting without embarrassment, so he called his lover to cook in the kitchen together, and gave them the space for these young people.

is worthy of being sisters, Xia Ning and Xia Yao seem to be carved out of the same mold, they look very similar, even the tone of their voice is almost the same, they looked at him curiously, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Zhang, how long have you known my sister?" ”

"Three months."

Xia Ning felt incredible, and exclaimed, "So short? ”

"Hmm."

"And where do you work?"

"Conduct systems engineering research in the NB laboratory in the Xiangjiang Special Economic Zone."

"Isn't working in a lab a scientist?"

"It depends on how the scientist defines it," he said, smiling and patiently explaining, "If it means someone who specializes in scientific research and makes a living from it, then I count; If I mean researchers who have contributed a lot to science and have a lot of achievements, then I don't count. ”

Seeing that her husband was trying to give her eyes, Xia Ning put away her curiosity and asked straight to the point: "Xiao Zhang, tell me the truth, what is your relationship with my sister?" ”

Thinking of Tian Qiuju's illness and thinking that he still had a lot to do after the New Year, he didn't dare to delay any longer, and said with a serious face: "Sister Xia Ning, it doesn't matter what I have to do with Xia Yao, the important thing is that Aunt Tian's illness can't be delayed any longer." Just now you asked me if I am a scientist, and now I can tell you clearly with a scientific attitude that practicing qigong cannot cure diseases! If the county hospital can't find it, go to the city hospital, and if the city hospital can't find it, go to the provincial hospital. I really can't go to Guangdu with me. ”

Xia Ning was stunned. I didn't expect him to say this.

The mother-in-law's condition is quite serious. The past two days have been better, the pain was so bad a few days ago that I went to the hospital and it didn't work, Su Xingyun pondered for a moment, and then stopped talking: "Xiao Zhang, I also feel that practicing qigong to cure diseases is a bit mysterious, but ...... But...... But we had never been to a big city, and we didn't know anyone. Besides, the county hospitals are so expensive......"

"I'll arrange the hospital, don't worry about the cost, in short, if you have a doctor, take care of the disease first."

Xia Ning blurted out: "How can this work!" ”

The charter took a deep breath and said meaningfully: "Sister Xia Ning, aren't you asking about my relationship with Xia Yao, whether it's out of friends, colleagues, or the kind of relationship you imagined, I can't sit idly by." I'll be honest with you, I'm here because of Aunt Tian's illness. I got off the plane last night and arrived here at three o'clock in the morning. The person who sent me here is still sleeping at the Beilin Hotel. ”

Flying over to pick up his mother to see a doctor, the relationship between him and his sister is self-evident, Xia Yao has mixed feelings, and was silent for a while before saying softly: "Xiaozhang, my mother won't go with you, we have received your wishes, let's wait for my sister to come back." ”

"Illness comes like a mountain, illness goes like a thread, is this something that can wait?"

The name is not right, and for some reason she ran over to take her mother to the doctor, how do you think something is wrong, Xia Ning muttered: "Anyway, I can't convince her, and I can't convince my father." ”

Statute stared into her eyes and said earnestly, "You have to convince them because you are their daughter." If this disease drags on, there are really three longs and two shorts, you will regret it for a lifetime, and Xia Yao will hate you for a lifetime. ”

Thinking that the doctor said that her mother-in-law passed away because she didn't look at it, Xia Ning realized the seriousness of the problem, got up and said, "You wait, I'll go and find out my father's tone first." ”

After about ten minutes, Xia Zhigao walked in expressionlessly and asked bluntly: "Xiao Zhang, my family Xia Yao asked you to come?" ”

Facing the future father-in-law, the charter was really nervous, and said honestly: "It's my own coming, she doesn't know that I'm here." Some time ago, I have been on a business trip abroad, and I only returned to China at noon yesterday, and I heard from my colleagues in the company that Aunt Tian was sick and came over directly. ”

In any case, it is gratifying that people can have this heart.

Xia Zhigao sighed secretly and asked, "Who are some people in your family, what do your parents do?" ”

"My dad was gone, he died in Vietnam, and I was only 10 years old at the time. I have two older sisters, one is married, the other is studying in Germany, and my mom is at home to take care of my grandmother. My grandfather was also a martyr, who died to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and my father was a widow and had never seen him, so he was named Zhang Yuanchao. ”

A double martyr, with an innocent family background, can go to the poor mountains and remote places to be a volunteer, which shows that he is kind-hearted. also has a good job and a sister who is also capable, Xia Zhigao really can't find a reason to object. can think that the two of them have only known each other for three months, one is teaching in a poor ravine, and the other is running around in the world, and he is a little uneasy.

He was no longer silent, and he was anxious: "Uncle Xia, I am happy that I agree with Xia Yao about it, and I can understand if you disagree, but now is really not the time to say this, it is important to see a doctor for Auntie, and you can't practice qigong anymore." ”

The young man is good, but what about the daughter, is the daughter willing?

It was about his daughter's happiness in her life, Xia Zhigao didn't dare to agree easily, and raised his head and asked, "Xiao Zhang, if my Xia Yao is here, what will she say?" ”

"She'll tell you to come with me, really, trust me."

"Do you have acquaintances in a big hospital?"

"One of my father's comrades-in-arms transferred to the Haibin City Foreign Economic and Economic Cooperation Commission, and his son sent me here at night, and it was no problem to go to the city hospital, even if there is a problem, you can go to the special zone, because our company is a major taxpayer and foreign exchange earner in the special zone, and the city and district leaders attach great importance to it."

Xia Zhigao hesitated and put forward the same opinion as his eldest daughter: "Xiao Zhang, I believe you really want to send Xia Yao's mother to see a doctor, but Xia Yao hasn't come back yet, or let's wait for her to come back." ”

The charter shook his head and said eagerly: "Uncle Xia, you can wait for other things, but you can't wait for medical treatment." The car is at the Beilin Hotel and we can leave at any time. ”

Wait a few days for the New Year, when the doctor can't see it on vacation, it will drag on for another month, thinking that her mother was vomiting just now, Xia Ning didn't dare to delay any longer: "Dad, you and Mom go with Xiaozhang, I'm waiting for Xia Yao at home, you know the phone number of the factory communication room, and contact me in time if there is anything." Xingyun, what are you still doing, go back and take out the two thousand yuan and bring it to Dad. ”

"Wait," seeing that the future brother-in-law turned his head and was about to go back to get the money, the charter hurriedly grabbed him: "Brother Xingyun, money is not a problem, there is no need to be so troublesome." ”

Maybe stimulated by the sentence just now, "You will regret it for a lifetime", "You will be hated by Xia Yao for a lifetime", or maybe it is really strong, Xia Ning said without hesitation: "My mother sees a doctor, how can I let you spend money?" ”

Su Xingyun was wearing an old cotton jacket, his palms were full of calluses, and he knew that he was engaged in manual labor without asking. She is also very ordinary, although she is not old, but at a glance, she knows that she did it herself, and the economic conditions can be imagined, and two thousand yuan may be all their savings for them.

The charter didn't want to let them spend more money because of himself, and the ghost made a strange sentence: "Your mother is also my mother!" Even if you don't agree, she's my friend's mom! ”

Who doesn't want to have a good relative at home, who doesn't want his sister to have a good home, looking at his troubled look, Xia Ning smiled: "My dad and my mom haven't nodded yet, my mom has called." Well, those who can work harder, since you have this heart, then give you a chance to perform. ”

The daughter didn't arrive home, and she didn't know what the relationship between the two was, her mother called it, Xia Zhigao was made laughable, and shook his head again and again: "This thing is troublesome, this thing is troublesome, what is this." (To be continued......)