At noon, Shi Gengtian touched Zhou Ronghua with his elbow, Zhou Ronghua understood, took out 50 yuan from his close-fitting pocket, and handed it to Sun Xiufang: "Brother and sister, I don't have much money, and I can't help much." This 50 yuan is a little bit of our heart, you take it. ”

"Big brother, what are you giving so much money for?" Sun Xiufang refused, where do you need so much money to come and go in the village, even between relatives, it is too much to give 50 yuan, and it is good to spend 5 yuan to see a patient.

"Big brother, I can't ask for it, Da Yongniang, return it quickly." Shi Youtian pushed Sun Xiufang's arm and motioned for her not to accept money from her eldest brother.

Shi Gengtian felt sad in his heart, but he still squeezed out a smile on his face: "Brother, don't be polite to the eldest brother, take it quickly, your brother and I have this little ability, I can't take it out if I have more, just don't be too little." ”

"This..."Sun Xiufang held 50 yuan and looked at Shi Youtian in embarrassment.

Seeing that the eldest brother really didn't want it, Shi Youtian said that he would find a chance to return it in the future, and he sighed lightly: "Alas! Big brother, then I'll take it first, and we'll make up for it later. ”

"Take it, Arita, it's not too early this day, we'll go home first, and we'll come back again when it's okay."

Hearing that the eldest brother was leaving, Shi Youtian got up and was about to get out of bed to send it, but Shi Gengtian hurriedly stopped: "Don't get out of bed, don't send it, we'll go back first." ”

The eldest brother didn't let him send it, Shi Youtian was still dizzy, and he really didn't have the energy to walk, he hurriedly looked at Sun Xiufang and his sons: "Da Yongniang, the second child, you hurry up and send it, eldest brother and sister-in-law, slow down on the road." ”

Shi Ruitao and Shi Ruiqiang said goodbye to Shi Youtian together: "Uncle, you take care of it, then we will leave first." ”

Sun Xiufang and Ercheng mother and son sent Shi Gengtian's family to the outside of the hospital, until they were far away from the ward, and after making sure that Shi Youtian couldn't hear their voices, Shi Gengtian found a secluded place and said: "Brother and sister, Youtian is sick, we can't believe what the doctor says, he said that choking is choking?" In case it was misdiagnosed, didn't the third child send a telegram to Dayong, and when Dayong came, let Dayong take him to another hospital to take a look, don't panic, relax ....... ”

Sun Xiufang suspected that she had misheard, her eyes widened, and she asked in disbelief, "Big brother, what are you talking about?" Who choked? ”

Ercheng hurriedly explained: "Uncle, my mother doesn't know yet." ”

Sun Xiufang turned her head to Ercheng, she had already guessed five points in her heart, but she forced herself not to believe it, her eyes were flustered, and she forced herself to be calm: "Second child, I don't know anything, you tell me." ”

"Mother, that's the case, the doctor came to me and told me that my father had esophageal cancer, that is, choking food disease, and he could live for about half a year at most."

Sun Xiufang's mind was blank, she was paralyzed and shook for a few moments, and when she saw that she was about to fall, Zhou Ronghua and Ercheng were closest to her, and hurriedly reached out to support her. Sun Xiufang steadied her mind, stared at Ercheng's face, and her gaze was momentary: "Second child, didn't you just say that you haven't been diagnosed yet, why did you choke in a blink of an eye?" Second, don't scare your mother, your mother is timid. ”

"Mother." Ercheng didn't dare to look at Sun Xiufang, he turned his gaze to Shi Gengtian and begged: "Uncle, say it." Ercheng didn't dare, and he couldn't bear to poke the last bit of hope in his mother's heart, but it would not work if he didn't say it now.

"Alas, brother and sister, come, you come up and sit here, let's sit down." Shi Gengtian sat on the edge of the flower pond and patted the steps next to him and said.

"Oh, okay, sit down and talk." Sun Xiufang agreed, but her legs were weak and she didn't have any strength, and at present, she was able to stand up and be strong, and she was afraid that she would fall down as soon as she raised her feet.

Ercheng also found that something was wrong with his mother, he half-hugged and half-shelf, and helped Sun Xiufang sit down with Zhou Ronghua.

"Brother and sister." Shi Gengtian frowned and said: "Things are in this situation, you have to be mentally prepared, Arita is not a minor illness, I don't know that you didn't know about this before, and I thought you were hiding it from Arita ......alone, alas, Ercheng just told me that my brother was choking and eating disease, and I was also shocked when I first heard it." ”

"Big brother, woo woo woo ......." Finally, finally hearing the news she didn't want to hear, Sun Xiufang collapsed, she couldn't control herself and whimpered: "Why is this happening, the days are just getting better, and his father hasn't enjoyed the blessings of the day yet, woo woo woo ......." ”

Zhou Ronghua hugged Sun Xiufang's shoulder, and tears couldn't help but slide down: "Brother and sister, don't cry, what if the doctor is wrong." She lifted her shirt and wiped her eyes, but she didn't know what kind of language to use to persuade her brother and daughter-in-law, no one could stand this big event.

"Sister-in-law, woo woo woo, what kind of disaster god did you offend, Mai Qian Dayong wrote a letter saying that Coco was lost, and his father had this fatal disease again, isn't this a house leak that is even rainy, how do you live your life, woo woo woo ......."

Shi Ruiqiang has been standing behind Zhou Ronghua, when his mother and aunt hugged their heads and cried together, he wanted to persuade a few words, but before he could speak, he heard his aunt say that Coco was lost, and he was a little surprised, and then he spoke: "What, aunt, what are you talking about, my brother Dayong's Coco is lost, what happened before, why haven't I heard you talk about it." ”

"I'll tell you." Ercheng Xiangxiang carefully repeated Shi Dayong's letter, and said at the end: "Mai Qian, my brothers and I went to the city to look for it, but there was no shadow at all, and it was not possible for Coco to return to his hometown by himself, and then we didn't look for it again, alas, what is the matter!" ”

After crying well, Sun Xiufang reluctantly accepted the reality, she bet the last bit of hope on Shi Dayong, hoping that Dayong would take his father to other hospitals to see, if it was really a misdiagnosis.

Seeing off Shi Gengtian's family, Ercheng helped Sun Xiufang to walk back slowly: "Mother." Ercheng frowned.

"What's the matter?"

"You don't have much money for me, this money is definitely not enough for my father to see a doctor, mother, what do you say?"

"Out of money? That's no money! That money is still the money that your father and I have saved for several years, why are you talking quickly? ”

"You have to spend it if you spend it fast, that's to save my father's life, but what if I don't have any money?"

"How do I know what to do when my eldest brother's family comes, wait for your eldest brother's family to ask your eldest brother." Sun Xiufang sniffed, and tears couldn't stop falling.

Ercheng paused: "Mother, don't cry, what do you want my father to say, if my father knows about his disease, what if he can't hold on?" ”

"Yes, yes, look at me, I'm confused." Sun Xiufang hurriedly lifted her clothes to wipe her tears, but she wiped it quickly, and the tears gushed out quickly, the sad and desperate expression on her face still remained, her eyes and nose were red, her mouth was dry and peeling because of anxiety and crying, just like this, she rubbed her face miserably, and her wrinkled face looked at least five or six years older than usual.

"Ercheng, my mother can't help it, my mother can't pretend, woo woo, Ercheng ......." Sun Xiufang cried again.

"Mother." Ercheng hugged his mother into his arms: "Mother, you can cry for a while, you can't cry later." ”

"Hmm." Sun Xiufang cried for a while, and suddenly remembered something, she raised her head: "Ercheng, last night, your father said that the food at home will set aside the rations, and the rest will be sold in the air, and the money will be used to build a few houses for your brother, and now you don't need to build a house, you go back and sell the grain with the third child, first bring the money to your father to see a doctor, your eldest brother doesn't know when it will arrive." ”

"Okay, I'll go tomorrow." Ercheng agreed.

Shi Youtian was hospitalized, the five brothers of Ercheng lined up for a shift, and his mother Sun Xiufang accompanied the bed in the hospital every day, and several of them took turns to send one person to deliver food every day.

Shi Youtian still knew what disease he had after all, he had not been hospitalized for a week, and the money paid by the family had been spent completely, this day Sun Xiufang had just gone to the water room to fetch water, and the nurse came to collect the money: "702 beds, there is no money, hurry up and hand over the money, otherwise the medicine will be stopped tomorrow." ”

Didn't you say that it wasn't a serious illness, why did you spend money like water, the money was spent like running water, Shi Youtian was distressed, and said to the nurse bitterly: "Doctor, I don't feel uncomfortable, will I be discharged from the hospital tomorrow?" ”

"Discharged? You can't be discharged from the hospital for a while when you're so sick. "Nurses are used to seeing life and death, and their tone of voice does not carry much warmth.

"How sick is it, doesn't it mean it's not a big deal?"

"Oh, is your illness still a big deal? What kind of illness can be called a big thing? ”

Hearing what the nurse said, Shi Youtian was a little suspicious of what kind of terrible illness he had? He asked, "Comrade, what is my disease?" ”

"Didn't I tell you earlier? Esophageal cancer, you think about handing over the money in a while. The nurse turned and walked away.

It's really a hundred secrets, Ercheng asked the doctor and nurse early on not to mention that he has esophageal cancer in front of his father, and even the patients quietly explained to them not to say it in front of Shi Youtian, he only didn't know that nurses were in shifts, she was on the day shift this week, and she would change to someone in another shift next week, and the nurses on the new shift didn't know Ercheng's thoughts at all.

Esophageal cancer? Shi Youtian thought to himself: Why doesn't it sound like a good disease, as if I've heard of it, someone in the village has had this disease, who is it? He thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered, choking! This disease is obviously what people in the village often call choking!

Airplanes! Shi Youtian felt that his head was buzzing, and the whole person was stunned, he was lying on the bed, his eyes would not move, his original sallow face was full of ashes, and tears flowed down from the corners of his eyes unconsciously: choking! It's choking! He had a deathly disease!

Sun Xiufang came back from fetching water, and saw Shi Youtian lying motionless on the bed, thinking that he was asleep again, she lightly put down the kettle, poured a glass of water to dry, and prepared to wait for a while Shi Youtian woke up to take medicine.

"Da Yong Niang."

A hoarse voice sounded in his ears, and when the head of the house woke up, Sun Xiufang hurriedly leaned over: "Old man, you are awake, I will help you up and sit down, right?" ”

Shi Youtian turned his gaze with difficulty and looked at Sun Xiufang directly: "Old woman, you tell me the truth, is my disease already diagnosed." Shi Youtian's Adam's apple slid up and down: "Yes...... Choking. ”

"Who told you you choked? The doctor said... It's not decided yet. Sun Xiufang's flickering gaze didn't dare to meet Shi Youtian's gaze at all.

Confirmed. Many years of husband and wife, he can guess the other party's every move, Shi Youtian closed his eyes, and two lines of hot tears flowed down the corners of his eyes.

"Old man, his father ......." Sun Xiufang was a little flustered, she stretched out her hand and attempted

Wipe away the tears from Ishi's face.

Shi Youtian grabbed Sun Xiufang's hand, his lips trembled, and his eyes were filled with guilt: "Old woman, I don't have a few days to live, and I'm afraid that I will suffer you in the future." ”

"Old man...... Woo woo woo ......, God, we have never done anything evil in our lives, why did this disease come to me! Sun Xiufang's psychological pressure has been very great these days, usually for fear that Shi Youtian will see the clues, she has been forced to calm down, not daring to reveal a little bit in front of Shi Youtian, today finally couldn't hold it back, she buried her face in Shi Youtian's big hands, and cried happily.

"Old woman, old woman, don't cry, woo woo woo ......." Shi Youtian grabbed Sun Xiufang's head with his other arm, and the old couple who were over half a hundred years old hugged their heads and cried.