At the end of July, Ning Qiushui graduated and was assigned to teach in the Wolong Township Center. Ning Qiushui started working and had a salary income, and the living conditions of the family gradually improved, and the monthly living expenses for Ning Zhiyuan also rose to 120 yuan. Ning Zhiyuan will enter the graduation semester immediately, and he will come out to work in another year, and the family will be able to see happy days in the distance.

There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good fortunes and misfortunes. One morning after the National Day, the math teacher suddenly stopped lecturing, walked out of the classroom and said a few words to people, and came back and shouted, Ning Zhiyuan, someone is looking for him. Ning Zhiyuan got up and walked out, the sun shining obliquely in was a little dazzling, and he didn't see who it was. Third, hurry up, something happened to your dad. Ning Zhiyuan saw Ning Yuanshu, who was dressed in shabby clothes, and hurriedly asked, What's wrong? Ning Yuanshu stretched out his hand and pulled him outside, saying, Your father is hospitalized in the county hospital. Ning Zhiyuan asked in a hurry, Uncle Cousin, what's wrong, you say it quickly. Uncle Yuanshu said, yesterday afternoon, your father was digging sweet potatoes on the slope, and suddenly had a stomach attack, and rolled in pain in the sweet potato ditch, and your brother and I sent him over, and he asked me to call you. Ning Zhiyuan immediately imagined the picture of his father's pain in his mind, and tears came out at once, and he staggered and followed his cousin to the hospital.

rushed to the hospital, Ning Zhiyuan shouted as soon as he entered the ward, Dad, are you better. Seeing Ning Zhiyuan, Ning Jiaxun smiled with difficulty and whispered, I'm fine, ** sick. Ning Zhiyuan took his father's hand and felt a little cold.

In the middle of the night, Ning Qiushui patted Ning Zhiyuan's shoulder and motioned for him to come to the ward. Ning Qiushui was silent for a long time, and said, third, I asked the doctor, our dad is not a stomach problem. Ning Zhiyuan replied urgently, hasn't it always been a stomach problem. Ning Qiushui said, no, I misdiagnosed it before, our dad has pain on the right side, stomach disease is pain on the left, and the doctor said it should be liver disease. Ning Zhiyuan said, the stomach is wrong on the left and right, what kind of doctors are these, it's just a matter of carelessness, how serious is our dad now? Ning Qiushui said that the initial diagnosis was advanced liver cancer.

Ning Zhiyuan's eyes widened, his mouth opened wide and he didn't say anything for a long time, and tears immediately welled up in his eyes. Ning Zhiyuan muttered repeatedly, how could this be, our dad doesn't drink or smoke, how could he get this disease? The picture of his father rolling in the sweet potato ditch came to mind again, and he quickly covered his mouth, afraid that he would cry and be heard by his father. The two brothers stood in the hospital, crying silently

This time Yang He was still more open-minded and agreed to grant leave, but he still had to deduct attendance points, Ning Zhiyuan glanced at the head teacher twice, and turned around to go to the hospital. He can't and can't care, as long as he can take care of his father, nothing else matters.

Zhiyuan's mother asked Tongwan's aunt to take care of the family, hurried to the hospital, listened to Ning Qiushui's condition, didn't say anything, her expression darkened, she tucked the quilt silently, stood up and walked out of the ward, Ning Zhiyuan saw that her mother was much older in an instant, and followed out of the ward. Zhiyuan's mother waved her hand and said that I would be quiet. Lying on the railing in the hallway, the mother in cotton clothes looked thin and haggard, her scattered black and white hair fluttering in the wind.

Tranquility also rushed to the county hospital as soon as possible, and cried sadly when she entered the ward.

In the early morning of the fourth day, Zhiyuan's mother walked out of the ward, woke up the two brothers sleeping on chairs in the corridor, and said, your father let you go in separately, and he has something to say to you. Ning Qiushui went in first, and when Ning Zhiyuan saw him come out, his steps were heavy, his face was melancholy, and he didn't know what his father said.

When Ning Zhiyuan walked in, he saw his father raise his hand towards him, and took a step forward to hold it quickly. The father said in a weak voice, San'er, you have a hard personality and always have to suffer, so you must learn to be soft. Our family is poor, so we must have backbone and have a reason for everything, which is the first point. gasped, and said, second, you have to be filial to your mother, I also told your brother just now, your mother came to our house to suffer all her life, and she didn't enjoy any blessings, I'm sorry for her. Third, you are the youngest in the family, I think you are the most promising, as long as you have a bite to eat, you can't let your brothers and sisters go hungry.

Ning Zhiyuan held his father's hand tightly and said in a trembling voice, Dad, you will get better, you will definitely get better. Ning Jiaxun raised his hand and continued to whisper, I left some money for your three brothers and sisters, and I kept it at Uncle Yuanguo, and I will be gone in the future, the three brothers and sisters will be 10,000 yuan each, and the rest will be left to your mother. Seeing Ning Zhiyuan nodding again and again, Ning Jiaxun let out a sigh of relief and said, I'm tired, I want to take a break, let your mother in.

In the corridor, the two brothers looked sad. Ning Zhiyuan hugged his head and bent down. Ning Qiushui patted his brother's shoulder and said, don't worry, I'll read to you. Ning Zhiyuan said, brother, is Dad really hopeless. Ning Qiushui snorted and didn't speak again.