Zhang Xiumei stood in the courtyard, with three thousand white hairs, flowing like a waterfall in the September breeze, Xiao Wu rubbed her eyes, feeling that this scene was like an illustration drawn in a textbook for Chinese language classes before.

Xiao Wu knew that from this moment on, the pillar of this family was him, and Zhang Xiumei's almost overnight speed not only scared him, but also scared herself.

Zhang Xiumei asked Xiao Wu why he was crying, Xiao Wu didn't make a sound, he took a scoop of water to wash the shampoo on his hand, and then walked out of the door with Zhang Xiumei in his arms.

Zhang Xiumei struggled and asked Xiao Wu to let him down, she said that she was too heavy and was afraid of tiring Xiao Wu.

"Mother, you are just a little lighter, I can hold it up with one hand." Xiao Wu choked up.

Xiao Wu felt that Zhang Xiumei was really light, maybe seventy pounds, or even lighter, he seemed to think that after Zhang Xiumei washed her hair, the whole person had no weight, and the mother in her arms was like an old cat, docile and tired.

Zhang Xiumei's expression was particularly tired, her hair was spread out, and her mouth kept coughing.

Xiao Wu fed Zhang Xiumei medicine, Zhang Xiumei wanted to lie on the bed to rest, but Xiao Wu insisted on carrying her to the town for a checkup.

Along the way, Xiao Wu's footsteps were very light, for fear of disturbing Zhang Xiumei's light sleep on her back, this woman has had a problem with light sleep since many years ago, and she will wake up at the slightest movement.

When she arrived at the health center in the town, Xiao Wu gently put Zhang Xiumei on the hospital bed, and when she woke up in a daze, it was already the middle of the night.

Zhang Xiumei called Jiang Sheng softly, she suddenly came back to her senses, and she didn't know why she called Jiang Sheng's name.

Zhang Xiumei looked at Xiao Wu who was lying next to him, he reached out to touch Xiao Wu's head, remembering that in the nightmare just now, Jiang Sheng died in front of him and she couldn't do anything, and his heart couldn't help but feel sad.

But now, the little five in front of him is his son.

What Zhang Xiumei didn't know was that before the test results came out, Xiao Wu's will almost collapsed, Zhang Xiumei's diagnosis was tuberculosis, in that era, having tuberculosis was equivalent to being sentenced to death, and he would not live long, and what was even more terrifying was that tuberculosis was contagious.

Zhang Xiumei carefully got up from the hospital bed, and she asked the nurse on duty at the health center, and the nurse's eyes showed fear and hatred, and told Zhang Xiumei the truth about tuberculosis.

Zhang Xiumei went back to the hospital bed quietly like a bystander, and went back to Sanlitun with Xiao Wu the next morning, she wore a mask along the way, and told Xiao Wu that she already knew the condition, and asked Xiao Wu to stay away from her in the future, and everything should be used separately, even if she eats.

Xiao Wuyi wiped his tears on the road and didn't know what to say, for so many years, Zhang Xiumei, who has always been brave and strong, suddenly fell ill, he didn't understand that others were so vulnerable, his father Ma Aiguo said that he would die, and his mother Niu Aihua also died in an unknown way, and even this aunt who raised herself for several years had an incurable terminal illness.

Only he has inexhaustible strength, and only he survives in the world.

Zhang Xiumei has not gone to the construction site since then, Xiao Wu did not go to the textile factory, where the salary is not enough to subsidize the family, now not only Jiangrong's tuition needs money, Zhang Xiumei's illness also needs money, he replaced Zhang Xiumei to work on the construction site, with his strength, he can earn more than anyone else.

Zhang Xiumei is recuperating at home and has to wash her hands clean every day before she dares to cook, she has been wearing a mask since that day, and she rarely even speaks, and when she eats, she carries a bowl to the side to eat, and the dishes and chopsticks are also separated from Xiao Wu, and they can't be washed together.

Once Xiao Wu forgot Zhang Xiumei's instructions, and was scolded by Zhang Xiumei when she put the two of them together, Zhang Xiumei broke the chopsticks and prepared new ones, she said: "My disease is easily contagious, the doctor said that it is a germ infection, the germ is invisible, 10,000 times smaller than ants!" You'd better go to the town and rent a house to live in, and don't come back in the future. ”

Zhang Xiumei's illness soon spread throughout Sanlitun, and the villagers of every household saw Zhang Xiumei as if they were seeing a plague god, especially not letting the children near her home.

A woman who was fine a few days ago became gray-haired in a blink of an eye, and she had this disgusting disease, and some rumors began to spread, saying that Zhang Xiumei's retribution was coming.

Sometimes Xiao Wu came back from work at the construction site, and saw Zhang Xiumei sitting in the yard basking in the sun, as peaceful as a seventy or eighty-year-old woman.

At that moment, Xiao Wu's heart was particularly lonely.

He is a reader, and the heart of a reader always yearns for a rich spiritual world, and the reality is diametrically opposite, which makes him feel a gap and even fear.

Xiao Wu didn't know whether he should tell Jiang Rong about his mother's illness, and he was afraid that Jiang Rong would not feel at ease in the Shanghai Study Club and affect her studies.

Xiao Wu hesitated until late at night, and finally didn't talk about Zhang Xiumei's illness, but Jiang Rong, who was far away in Shanghai, must be able to feel Xiao Wu's loneliness, loss, fear, and even a trace of despair between the lines.

At the end of the letter, Velvet, I miss you so much.

In the winter of that year, the snow fell very heavily, and the people said that the snow was a good year, a new atmosphere in China, and everyone was willing to come, and a good day was coming.

When Xiao Wu was working on the construction site, he heard the workers talk about the most solemn wedding in Beiping City, Qin Sanye married a wife, the woman was the daughter of a wealthy local family, she looked like a flower and jade, and she was also a scholar.

The streets and alleys of Beiping City seem to be celebrating Qin Sanye's big day, and they believe that the lucky lady will live a happy life after marrying Qin Sanye.

Only a very few people know that Qin Sanye could give up all his identities for love when he was a teenager, but he still couldn't help himself.

Today's Qin Sanye covers the sky with one hand, calling for wind and rain, but for the sake of face, he marries a wife and has children.

Tangkou knew the inside story a few years ago and felt that Qin Sanye had finally met a woman he could see, those handsome and weak men were just playthings like playthings after all, just like Xi'er, even if he became a big man in Liyuan, he was just a scratch under Qin Sanye's crotch.

The famous character of the capital, Xi'er, has to greet him wherever he goes, his eyebrows are like willow leaves, his lips are painted with red fat, and he is extremely coquettish wherever he walks, and his orchid fingers are more feminine than women.

At that time, the rich young people in Beiping spent money like dirt holding Xi'er, and some people who knew that Xi'er was Qin Sanye naturally didn't dare to move, and those who didn't know boldly chartered Xi'er Lou to taste what it was like to have this legendary Xi'er who was more amorous than a woman.

At that time, there was a saying in Beiping that if you marry, you should marry the third master, and if you marry a wife, you should marry Xi'er.

After marriage, Qin Sanye seemed to be even more unscrupulous, he knew that Xi'er and the rich and young people in the capital were not too tired, and asked his subordinates to look for some young people with smart eyebrows and good skin in Beiping City, and bring them into his bedroom in the middle of the night.

A handsome young man laughed, his eyes were bent into a crescent moon, and he was lingered by Qin Sanye for many days, and he was rewarded with gold and silver before he was released home.

And the lady who married Qin Sanye was pregnant, she knew Qin Sanye's hobbies and didn't dare to say anything, let alone complain to her mother's family, she only hoped that she could be favored by her husband again after her pregnancy.

A few days before the year, Jiang Rong finally returned from Shanghai, and the end of the semester was nearly a month off, Xiao Wu learned that Jiang Rong was coming back and couldn't sleep excitedly, so he got up early in the morning and ran to the East Railway Station to wait for Jiang Rong.

Xiao Wu saw Jiang Rong get off the train from a distance, he rushed over and hugged Jiang Rong, kissed and kissed, he held Jiang Rong's face and said, "Rong Rong, you have lost weight." ”

Jiang Rong's face was embarrassed, and he said, "You have also lost weight." ”

The two of them were at the station, Xiao Wu didn't care, he thought about Jiang Rong very much, for fear that Jiang Rong would lose it, his eyes did not leave half a step, he carried Jiang Rong's luggage and rented a rickshaw before returning to Sanlitun.

After Jiang Rong went home, she naturally knew about Zhang Xiumei's illness, her eyes were red, and when she was eating with Xiao Wu, she saw Zhang Xiumei squatting at the door alone with a bowl to eat, and at that moment a certain bottom line in her heart seemed to suddenly collapse.

Xiao Wu asked Jiang Rong how his life was in Shanghai school, what subject Jiang Rong had studied, what major he had applied for, whether the people in the school were all literary and youthful, and whether they all studied with enthusiasm for serving the country.

Xiao Wu wrapped around Jiang Rong like a child, Jiang Rong was impatient on his face, but he was very happy in his heart.

But when Xiao Wu mentioned the marriage between the two, Jiang Rong hesitated, saying that she would talk about marriage when she graduated, Xiao Wu didn't take it to heart, Jiang Rong was still in school, and it was indeed a little early to talk about marriage now.

A few days later, Jiang Rong took advantage of the sunny day after the snow to go to the town, found Qin Sanye in Guanghe Building, and talked to him for a long time, no one knew what they said, but Qin Sanye was very excited, after Jiang Rong left, he went to the barracks to find the cadres who participated in the Volunteer War of Resistance.

Jiang Rong didn't tell Xiao Wu that she was studying Japanese in college, she wanted to study in Japan, Jiang Rong told Qin Sanye that Jiang Sheng was coming back.