Chapter 12: The Second Entry into the Eastern Capital
Night falls quietly, and for the hard-working people, the arrival of night is the happiest time.
On this day, the Li family had just had dinner, and every household seemed to have made a convention, and after dinner, they came to the street for a walk to eat.
It was getting late, and there were more and more people walking on the street to eat, and everyone was in groups of threes and twos, telling each other about the strange and funny things that happened to them today.
Under a big locust tree, Aunt Wang and a few neighbors were sitting in front of their homes chatting.
Aunt Wang: "I've heard that the eldest girl of the old Li family ran away with others, and I haven't seen the eldest girl of the Li family go to work for several days." ”
Another aunt in a plaid vest leaned up curiously: "It's really fake, how did I hear that I was beaten away by Lao Li Tou?" ”
Aunt Wang was a little unconvinced when she saw someone refuting her: "You heard the news wrong, what was beaten away, my relatives who live in a neighboring village told me a few days ago that she saw the eldest girl of the old Li family holding hands with a small group ......of people to drill into the bud rice field."
Aunt Wang was talking energetically, when she felt that someone was tugging at the corner of her clothes, and looked at the corner of her clothes that was being pulled, and it was the aunt who was trying to refute her just now who was looking at her with a strange expression.
"Don't say it......" she squeezed a few words out between her teeth in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them.
Not far away, it was Li Qingyue who was holding Father Li and walking from Aunt Wang, Aunt Wang looked up and met Li Qingyue's eyes with cold light.
Aunt Wang involuntarily snorted, as if she had done something wrong, and ran home.
From far away, she heard Aunt Wang gossiping on the street.
She naturally doesn't care what Li Ailian's reputation is, but Li Ailian's reputation is not married yet, she is still a member of the Li family, and her face is also linked to the Li family, and she must maintain what should be maintained.
In order not to let Dad Li hear their words and be distracted, Li Qingyue had to mention something else to divert his attention.
"Dad, the wound on my head has healed, and now I'm idle at home every day, so why don't I go to work too, so I can make more money."
This is Li Qingyue's true words, she still doesn't know how to ask her father for one hundred and fifty yuan for tuition, one hundred and fifty yuan is considered all the family wealth for a family like theirs.
"What nonsense are you talking about, you can't study well, what kind of work do you do, is there not enough food for you at home or not enough for you to wear?"
Father Li comforted like a child who had lost his way back: "You, you were born weak, not better than your brothers, sisters and brothers, and Dad doesn't expect you to have much success, just take good care of your body and live a good life." ”
"In the future, if Dad is blessed, you will take Dad and let Dad enjoy a few days of blessings, and we will be content as Dad and Mom."
Father Li talked to himself, while taking Li Qingyue's hand and walking home.
What he didn't notice was that Li Qingyue's face was already full of tears.
What a simple and extravagant idea this is, in the previous life, my father didn't enjoy it, in this life, do you still have to follow the old path before......
This night, Li Qingyue lay on the kang and couldn't sleep.
At night, there was a rustling sound in a quilt on the kang, someone was getting up, Li Qingyue heard it clearly, it was her father's voice.
After a while, the sound of the door opening the door sounded in the outhouse. I thought my father was up at night, but I didn't expect my father to go out secretly.
Puzzled, Li Qingyue also quietly got off the kang and kept a distance not far from her father.
The courtyard was pitch black, the crickets were chirping one after another, and the moon seemed to be in a temper, hiding in the deep clouds and refusing to show its face.
Father Li groped his way to the fence at the gate of the courtyard, he stood for a long time, so long that Li Qingyue's legs were a little numb.
There was a sound of unlocking, and it was Daddy Li who was opening the lock on the fence.
What is this going to do, Dad? Her eyes widened, trying to see what was going on in her father's hands.
Daddy Li took the key, opened the lock on the fence, and threw the lock to the ground, and Daddy Li also sat down on the ground.
Li Qingyue felt a chuckle in her heart, and she instantly understood the meaning of Daddy Li's seemingly unusual actions.
Dad Li is waiting for Li Ailian to come home, but tonight, Aunt Wang's words were listened to by Daddy.
After a long time, Dad Li patted the dust on his pants, got up and walked into the house little by little.
As he walked, he stopped suddenly, and then there was a loud cough that seemed to be holding back from making a loud noise.
Daddy Li covered his mouth with his hand, and a fishy sweet liquid was spit out, and the taste of blood fermented wildly in his mouth, wantonly preying on his mouth.
It's blood.
Although Li Qingyue was farther away, she clearly saw that her father's hands were already full of blood.
No, the blood had merged with the night, and had turned black.
She was about to rush out, but her foot paused in the air for two seconds before retracting.
Dad never wanted everyone to worry about him, and he didn't mention it to his mother at all when Mr. Leng told him, if she went out now, wouldn't it be a waste of Dad's hard work.
Daddy Li didn't seem to vomit blood for the first time, he looked calm, put his hand into the pool to wash away some of the blackened blood on his hands, rinsed his mouth and washed the corners of his mouth before he was done, and his movements were so skillful that it was distressing.
Li Qingyue got into the quilt one step ahead of him, she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
Father Li entered the house, he did not go directly back to his quilt, but folded the quilts for the people on the bed in turn before returning to the kang.
Tonight is destined to be sleepless.
A rooster crow pierced the night sky, Li Qingyue poked her head out of the quilt, everyone was asleep, and it was time to act.
She quietly changed her clothes and climbed down from the kang, her father's illness can't be consumed all the time, Mr. Leng also said that she should hurry up and go to the hospital to see a doctor, she must do her best to find life for her father.
With the help of the fence gate that Dad opened in the morning, it was just right for her to move.
If she goes to Dongdu County in the dark, she will be the first in line at that time, so that she will definitely be able to come back before lunch.
She tiptoed out of the house and trotted all the way in the direction of the eastern capital county.
When the sky was bright, Li Qingyue also successfully arrived at the door of the county hospital in Dongdu County.
Li Qingyue took out a nest head and two green onions from the canvas bag she was carrying, and ate them as she walked.
These dry foods were brought with her when she came out of the house, and if her small body did not replenish her energy in time, it would definitely delay her feet on the road.
Li Qingyue was a little anxious to eat, and her head just choked in her throat.
She touched the canvas bag and tried to take out the water bottle to drink some water, but she didn't touch it.
"What's going on?" She took everything in her mouth, took the canvas bag off her shoulder and began rummaging.
After rummaging through it for a long time and not finding it, she remembered that she had forgotten to put a water cup when she went out.
"Hiccup...... Belch...... Hiccup......" The hiccup sounded earth-shattering, and it was so sour that I couldn't stop.