Chapter 13: The Strangeness of Illness
After listening to Dao Fan's words, a trace of tenderness flashed on the senior brother's face, as if he saw someone who had the same experience as himself. Then he glared at me, patted Dao Fan on the shoulder again, and said that it was no problem at all.
I was a little embarrassed, I felt that after selling the gold bars, my mind was all about the money, and I got carried away with other things, just like Fan Jinzhongju.
But I'm still very happy, from the first time I saw Dao Fan, I had a good impression of this thick-eyed young man, and now he wants to follow me and my senior brother, of course I can't ask for it.
If Daofan wants to follow me and my senior brother, he naturally wants to clean up and bring his belongings.
The three of us took a taxi, and in less than an hour, we arrived at the place that Dao Fan told the driver, which was in the most remote place in the provincial capital, and we were basically out of the city.
After getting off the bus, I saw an abandoned factory, scattered with a few dilapidated bungalows, and the word "demolition" was printed on the wall one by one.
Senior brother and I followed Dao Fan into one of the bungalows.
Although the room is dilapidated and the space is small, it is well organized and clean.
Two small wooden beds were separated from each other on either side of the room, except that one of them was only a bare plank, and instead of a bedding, there was an urn on it.
My brother and I sat down on a bed with a futon, glanced at the urn on the bedboard, and then remained silent, quietly waiting for Daofan to pack up his things.
Dao Fan cleaned up very slowly, and every thing, whether he took it away or not, he had to go through it in his hands again, and then pack it or put it back in its place.
Dao Fan began to tell his story while cleaning up.
Daofan's home is also in the countryside, although he is in the same province as me, but it is very close to the Sichuan Basin, the climate is very different, the rain is abundant, and the climate is humid.
For as long as he can remember, he has not seen his parents and grandfather, and the only relative of him and his sister is his grandmother.
Two years ago, his grandmother also left the country, leaving him and his 10-year-old sister to live together.
Fortunately, his family is in the countryside, although Daofan is underage, he has the strength to rely on the two acres of paddy fields at home to bear the burden of raising his sister alone.
But God seems to be blind, and he has done some things that make things worse and fall into the well. At the beginning of this year, Dao Fan's sister actually got another strange disease.
At first, he was just more sleepy during the day, but he was energetic at night, but as the condition worsened, the day and night were reversed.
Dao Fan has to go to work in the fields every day, and he is naturally tired at night, but every time night falls, his sister is very active, singing and dancing, and reciting some strange words in her mouth, Dao Fan naturally does not rest well.
Seeing that the brother and sister were getting thinner and thinner, the kind-hearted village doctor in the village also gave Daofan's sister a few free diagnoses, but he couldn't see why.
Barely half a year later, just this month, Dao Fan's sister became ill and couldn't wake up, which is undoubtedly God depriving him of his only spiritual sustenance for the underage Dao Fan, although he is very tired every day, he has to endure the hard work that his peers have never experienced, and he has to bear the responsibility of being a brother, but he at least has a goal and motivation.
My sister is the only relative in this world, and it is impossible for Dao Fan to ignore it, with the fare kindly given by the neighbors, Dao Fan took his sister to the provincial capital, ready to find a big hospital for his sister.
Dao Fan has no relatives and no reason in the provincial capital, so naturally he has no place to stay, but every inch of land in the provincial city is expensive, and he can't afford to live in the cheapest guest house.
Fortunately, there is no endless road, and the place where Dao Fan got off is near this abandoned factory, and it just so happens that the old man who guards here is gone, so he is cheaper than Dao Fan, not only has a place to stay, but also can get 200 yuan a month.
After living here, Dao Fan began to wander around the provincial capital, he had never been to the provincial capital, and could only find the big hospital in the mouth of the villagers through his mouth and legs.
In this provincial city, all the large and small hospitals, Daofan basically ran all over the place, and he also chose a hospital that he thought could be.
As for the money needed for medical treatment, Dao Fan had thought about it before coming to the provincial capital, that is, to sell the ancestral short knife remnants.
Although his grandmother told him before she died that he should save the remnants no matter what, for the sake of his only relatives in the world, he couldn't care so much.
After selling the remnants of the antique shop, Dao Fan took the bank card with 800,000 yuan and returned to this room full of joy, but his sister was no longer alive.
After being sad, knowing that this provincial city must not be able to be buried, Dao Fan had no choice but to find the only person he knew in the provincial capital, the person in charge of the abandoned factory, after the people helped send his sister's body to be cremated, he also gave Dao Fan a box of ashes, which can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness.
Naturally, the money that Dao Fan gave to his sister for medical treatment did not come in handy, thinking of his grandmother's last words, Dao Fan went to return the money and ask for a knife on the day of his sister's cremation, which is the scene that my senior brother and I watched today.
Dao Fan said that when he got here, his belongings had been packed up, in fact, there were only a few changes of clothes and toiletries.
"Your sister must be sick and there must be something strange, we will go to your house tomorrow."
After hearing what Dao Fan said, the senior brother stared at the urn on the bed board and said.
After listening to my senior brother's words, Dao Fan and I were a little surprised, Dao Fan's sister's illness was indeed a little strange, but now that there are no people, it will not help to go to his house.
Senior brother said this, naturally he has a reason, and I am also an unemployed vagrant now, so naturally I have no opinion.
Although Dao Fan was puzzled, he also wanted to go home and take a look, and he was full of promises.
The afternoon passed in a hurry, and it was time for dinner again. At the suggestion of me, a foodie, we went to dinner again.
After eating, Dao Fan used my mobile phone to call the person in charge of the abandoned factory, saying that he was going back to his hometown and could no longer be a caretaker. Although there is some retention, he is helpless.
When I went to bed at night, Dao Fan moved my sister's urn to another place, and found a few of my old clothes to spread on the bed, and my brother and I fell asleep, but fortunately, my brother and I were not hypocritical.
In the middle of the night, I felt something rubbing against my face in a daze, and when I opened my eyes and looked through the moonlight, it was actually the willow leaf containing the ghost baby, rubbing on my face.
Thinking that it was a ghost baby, I immediately lost my sleepiness and sat up at once, but the leaves were like magnets sucking on my face, and they didn't fall down.
I was a little scared, and I didn't dare to take it with my hands, so I could only ask my brother for help, but when I looked down at my brother, there was nothing next to me.
I was a little overwhelmed, and hurriedly looked around the room, but saw that my senior brother was actually sitting on a broken stool next to the bed, facing the window next to Daofan, motionless.
I tiptoed out of bed, slowly moved to my brother's side, and whispered to my brother, but when I didn't see my brother respond, I turned around and prepared to shout again in front of him.
When I saw my brother's appearance, I almost cried out. I saw my brother staring at the window with his eyes open, muttering something in his mouth, ignoring my shouting.
Seeing that my senior brother seemed to have fallen into an evil spirit, I was very scared in my heart, and I had the courage to shake my brother's shoulder, and my senior brother was clever and returned to normal.
At this moment, a mineral water bottle placed on the windowsill outside suddenly fell down, making a "dang dang" sound outside, which scared me almost to jump.
Seeing this, my brother pulled my arm and made a booing motion. Turning his head to look at Dao Fan, who was still asleep, he took off the willow leaves on my face, and whispered:
"Why are you awake?"
"This willow leaf is moving around on my face, I can't wake up, what were you doing just now, senior brother? It's like you've fallen into an evil spirit. ”
After listening to me, the senior brother stared at the willow leaf in his hand, and the willow leaf actually trembled by himself, and I was amazed to see it.
Senior brother handed the willow leaf into my hand, and said as if he had suddenly realized:
"This little guy is quite clever, and he can sense it through the seal."
After listening to my brother's words, I stuffed the willow leaves heavily into my pocket and said very unhappily:
"yes, I knew it must have been this little ghost, and I couldn't sleep well in the middle of the night."
After saying that, I think this sentence is weird, what is "the ghost of the ghost"? I was heartless, amused by my own jokes.
"What's your silly fun in the middle of the night? Hurry up and go to bed, there's a lot to figure out tomorrow. ”
I indulged in my own bad jokes, and I didn't listen carefully to my brother's words, and yawned and fell asleep again.