Liu Chuanfeng returned home, saw his mother sitting in front of the coffee table in a daze, heard him come back, his mother turned around and secretly wiped her face, then turned around and said to him with a smile on her face: "Are you back?" Have you eaten it? ”

"I've eaten it, does mom eat fruit? I'll go wash. ”

"Okay."

When Liu Chuanfeng passed by his mother's side, he saw that her eyes were still red, and there was an ashtray on the table, and the cigarette butts in it were different from what his mother usually smoked.

Presumably, the creditor came to the door to ask for money.

Although the mother and son have been working hard every month in the past few years to earn some money, they can't fill the huge hole at all, they can only earn a little bit and pay a little back.

Liu Chuanfeng put the washed fruit on the coffee table and peeled the apple with a fruit knife. His mother smiled at him and said, "Xiao Feng, there is something I want to tell you. ”

"Huh?"

"Today, the hospital gave employees a physical examination, and we temporary workers also have a share, I checked it, and the doctor said that my condition was a little bad......"

Liu Chuanfeng's hand shook, the fruit knife fell on the coffee table, and the half-peeled apple was clenched tightly in his hand.

"Mom......"

"Don't worry too much, the doctor said that the final result has not come out yet, and it may be a misdiagnosis!"

Wang Juan touched Liu Chuanfeng's head lovingly, "I'm going to be hospitalized for observation in the past few days, so I can't go home to take care of you." In the future, you have to prepare breakfast and lunch by yourself, and then remember to take out the clothes to dry, and remember to close the window when it is windy and rainy......"

Wang Juan was babbling there, Liu Chuanfeng's head hung down, and his long hair covered his face.

Liu Chuanfeng didn't know how he fell asleep that night, and when he woke up the next day, he found that his mother was gone. There was a hot breakfast on the table, the lunch box was full, and there was a note pressed underneath, on which was written a line of small characters: "Mom went to the hospital, take good care of yourself these days, I will be back soon." ”

Liu Chuanfeng held the note, tears moistening his eyes.

After school at noon, Liu Chuanfeng borrowed a classmate's bicycle, ran to the hospital in a hurry, and quietly entered the room after asking his mother about the ward.

Wang Juan lives in a four-person ward, which exudes a unique smell of hospitals, there are quite a lot of people in it, and several other beds are also full of patients.

It was the time to eat at noon, and the taste of the big pot rice in the cafeteria was very ordinary, and many family members of patients brought their own meals from home.

Wang Juan's hospital bed was in the corner, and she wore a wide hospital gown, which made her body even thinner. Liu Chuanfeng looked at the lunch box in his mother's hand, which contained only half a package of mustard in addition to rice.

"Mom!" Liu Chuanfeng screamed and couldn't help choking.

When Wang Juan saw him, she was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Why is Xiao Feng here?" Just got out of class? ”

"Mom, why do you only eat this? I'll go to the cafeteria and get you some food! ”

Liu Chuanfeng stretched out his hand to grab her lunch box, Wang Juan shook her head lightly, smiled and said, "Mom is doing a test, you can't eat anything that is too greasy, and being light is good for your health." ”

At this time, a middle-aged nurse walked in with a cart and greeted Wang Juan while changing the dressings for other patients: "Xiao Wang, how do you feel?" ”

"Hello Sister Zhou, alas, I used to be a staff member, and I didn't feel anything when I went in and out of the hospital every day, but now I suddenly became a sick number, it's really a little awkward! Seeing that everyone is busy, I always want to help do something. ”

"Alas, you're a toiler, so let's rest for a few days—hey, who's this young man?"

"Sister Zhou, this is my son, Xiaofeng, called Auntie."

"Hello Aunt Zhou!"

"Okay, hey, such a handsome young man, how old is he? Do you have a girlfriend? ”

"Sister Zhou, he's only in his second year of high school."

"Tut-tut, such a big man! Why haven't you seen it before? ”

"He's afraid of the smell of the hospital, so he rarely comes."

In fact, this is just Liu Chuanfeng's excuse, he is reluctant to come to the hospital because he doesn't want to see his mother busy.

As a supernumerary nurse, Wang Juan takes care of some seriously ill patients every day, and has to take care of their eating, drinking, and Lazar, and some dirty work is tiring and tiring that even their families themselves are unwilling to do. Even so, they are often harassed by their families.

Once saw Wang Juan kneeling on the ground to help a paralyzed patient change the bedpan, Liu Chuanfeng was so sad that he almost cried, but he couldn't do anything in the face of these.

"Mom, don't eat the food in the cafeteria, I'll bring you food later. I'll go back and do it myself. ”

Sister Zhou said exaggeratedly: "Oh, Xiao Wang, your son is so filial, can he cook?" The girl in our family is in her twenties, and she still wears clothes all day long to reach out for food and open her mouth......"

Wang Juan looked at Liu Chuanfeng with a smile: "If you are not afraid of trouble, then you can come, but you are not allowed to delay your studies." ”

"Well, I see, I'll go back to school first, and I'll come to see you at night."

Liu Chuanfeng left the hospital in a hurry, and called Brother Hai at the door to ask for leave, saying that he couldn't go because of something in the past few days.

When I went back to school, I didn't pay attention to the afternoon classes at all, and my mind was always thinking about what my mother liked to eat. As soon as I got out of school, I went to the vegetable market to buy materials, and after returning home for a busy time, I rushed to the hospital with my lunch box.

The family members of the patients next to them watched the mother and son sitting opposite each other, eating with relish, and couldn't help but praise: The young man is really sensible and filial!

When Liu Chuanfeng delivered food at noon the next day, he found that his mother was not on the bed, and the patient in the room told him that he might have gone for a laboratory test. Liu Chuanfeng sat on his mother's bed, stunned.

At this time, a little nurse came in with a stack of sheets in her hand, stood at the door and asked, "Is Wang Juan here?" Who are Wang Juan's family? ”

Liu Chuanfeng hurriedly stood up, "I am, Wang Juan is my mother." ”

"Oh, here is the fee sheet, and there are some test sheets to be done next, which need to be paid in advance. Remember to pay the money, otherwise it will affect the subsequent treatment. ”

Liu Chuanfeng looked at the thick stack of lists in his hand, the amount on which ranged from a few hundred yuan to thousands of yuan, adding up to five or six thousand.

Liu Chuanfeng knew that the family did not have this money at all, and most of the money they earned every month was used to pay off debts, and the remaining little was used as the living expenses of the mother and son, to pay for water, electricity, gas and other daily expenses, and the family had no savings at all.

My mother is not a regular worker, and there is no medical insurance reimbursement, so they have to pay for it themselves.

At this time, Wang Juan came back, saw the bill in Liu Chuanfeng's hand, grabbed it and put it in his pocket, and asked with a smile: "Hey, I only brought a lunch box today, have you already eaten it?" ”

Liu Chuanfeng nodded: "Mom, this medical fee ......"

"You don't have to worry about it, mom has a way, it's not early, let's go to school quickly." I'll wash the lunch box after eating, and you'll take it back in the evening. ”

Liu Chuanfeng lowered his head and walked out, and Wang Juan shouted uncomfortably from behind: "Don't keep hanging your head, be careful on the road." ”

"Well, good!"

Liu Chuanfeng raised his head and walked out of the hospital with his head held high.

……

"Brother Hai, I want to advance some wages." Liu Chuanfeng stood at the door of the hospital and made a phone call.

"Huh? What kind of money ......" Father-in-law Hai on the other end of the phone yawned, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

"I'll advance a few months' wages."

"What are you doing these two days? Why don't you come to work yet? How much do you have to pay? ”

“…… Five thousand. ”

"How much? Five thousand? Damn, what trouble are you getting into when you step on a horse? ”

"No, my mom...... She was hospitalized ......"

"O'...... I know! After Hai Gonggong finished speaking, he hung up the phone, and Liu Chuanfeng stood there stunned for a long time.

After hesitating for a while, I wanted to call the fat sister, dialed a few numbers and gave up.

The fat sister is a very frugal person, and she is reluctant to buy a mask for dozens of yuan, so she usually takes a few old cucumbers and cuts them into slices to apply the face, so that she can take out thousands of dollars at once...... Forget it, don't embarrass people.

Liu Chuanfeng was absent-minded all afternoon, sitting in the classroom, his soul was gone, and he was thinking about how to raise money.

After school, Liu Chuanfeng went home to prepare dinner and came to the hospital with a heavy heart. Pushing open the door of the ward, he found that his mother had fallen asleep on the hospital bed, Liu Chuanfeng carefully put the lunch box next to the bed, looked at his mother's pale and emaciated face, and tears came out of his eyes.

Afraid that the other people in the ward would see him crying, Liu Chuanfeng walked out of the room with his head down. I happened to meet the little nurse who gave him the list during the day, and Liu Chuanfeng stopped her: "Hello, I am Wang Juan's family member, I want to ask, can our medical expenses be ...... Can you pay two days later, I will definitely make up the money, please don't delay my mother's treatment. ”

The little nurse looked at him strangely: "Wang Juan's family? Her fees have been paid today! ”

"What? Who paid it? ”

The nurse shook her head, "I don't know, the system shows that the payment has been made, why don't you go to the payment office and ask?" ”

At this time, Sister Zhou came from a distance, "Hey, Xiaofeng is here!" ”

Liu Chuanfeng hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Aunt Zhou, that nurse said that my mother's hospitalization expenses have been settled?" ”

"Yes, someone came in the afternoon, paid all the money, and charged 5,000 yuan to the card for backup."

"Do you know who it is? What does he look like? ”

Sister Zhou tilted her head and recalled: "It was a young man in his thirties, with long hair, a white face, a pair of black-framed glasses, and a fashionable little suit......"

Liu Chuanfeng already knew who it was in his heart.

Hai Gonggong.

When he returned to the room and saw that his mother had woken up, Liu Chuanfeng hurriedly took out the food, "Mom, eat it while it's hot." ”

Wang Juan looked at him and showed a tired smile: "Have you waited for a long time?" ”

"No, it's not long since I arrived...... Mom, has Brother Hai been here in the afternoon? ”

"Well, Gong Hai said that you called him to ask for a large sum of money, and he didn't worry about handing over so much money to you, so he came to the hospital with the money himself, and after seeing me, he realized that you didn't lie."

Wang Juan said calmly, taking a small bite of rice into her mouth and chewing it slowly.

As soon as her son opened his mouth, he asked someone to borrow such a large sum of money, and she didn't blame or praise it, but she just throbbed silently in her heart.

"Xiao Feng, you have taken care of all the accounts on Gonghai's side, including this favor, we have to pay it back."

Liu Chuanfeng nodded and looked at his mother distressedly.

Although she is not yet forty years old, Wang Juan's sideburns already have gray hair, and she is pale and haggard after being tortured by illness. Even so, from her appearance, you can still vaguely see the splendor of the year.

The whole course of laboratory treatment lasted for more than ten days in total, and the money from Grandpa Hai helped them a lot, and they just spent the whole course of treatment.

Two weeks later, Wang Juan was finally able to be discharged from the hospital.

It was a weekend, and Liu Chuanfeng came to the hospital early in the morning and happily took his mother home. Wang Juan has taken off her hospital gown and changed into civilian clothes, and she looks much more refreshed.

"Mom, what the hell did the doctor say? Are the test results out? Liu Chuanfeng asked while helping his mother pack her things.

"Well, it's out, there's nothing wrong with it, just go home and take some medicine to recuperate slowly." Wang Juan pinned a strand of hair from her sideburns behind her ear and watched her son make the bed with a smile.

"Wow, what a false alarm, it scares me!" Liu Chuanfeng said with relief.

"Hehe, you've been working hard these past few days, you have to go to class every day, and you have to take time to take care of me. Mom is holding you back! ”

Liu Chuanfeng smiled and didn't speak.

At this time, Sister Zhou came in, "Hey, Xiao Wang was discharged from the hospital so soon?" ”

"Well, I'm bothering Sister Zhou these days."

"Where to say! Remember to rest well when you go home, don't be so tired all day, money can't be earned, the body is everything! Look at your eldest son, how sensible! Xiao Feng, remember to take good care of your mother when you go home and let her do less work, you know? ”

"Well, I understand, thank you Aunt Zhou."

Liu Chuanfeng carried his mother's luggage, and the two walked to the entrance of the hospital and called a taxi.

As soon as she entered the house, Wang Juan breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's better to have your own home!" ”

"Mom, you rest first, I'm going to prepare lunch, let's have four dishes and one soup at noon today!" In the past two days, I have learned a new dish called 'maple pine nut', and you will give me a review later! ”

"Okay, okay." Wang Juan smiled and watched Liu Chuanfeng busy at home, her fingers gently slid over the tables, chairs, coffee tables, and wardrobes, and she looked around reluctantly, her eyes slowly moistened.

After not seeing each other for more than ten days, this home has become a strange familiarity.