Chapter 64: Good intentions
"A-Niang, don't worry! In these ten miles and eight villages, there are many elderly bachelors, three-legged toads are rare, and these two-legged bachelors are not easy to find? Just with my three-inch tongue, I will definitely find them one by one, one does not match, just change the other, besides, Shumei's conditions are not bad, and the problem is not big. It's just that when I go to someone's house, my empty hands seem to be too unruly in our family. ”
After pulling and talking, Zhang Xiaoqin finally led the topic to money, made a gesture of counting banknotes in her hand, and gave Wu Ju a look, signaling Wu Ju to see the money in her hand.
Wu Ju lowered his head and saw the money he was holding in his hand, and suddenly realized. divided the money in his hand and stuffed 30 yuan into Zhang Xiaoqin's hand.
"Don't worry, as long as this matter is handled well, A-Niang will not treat you badly."
Although Zhang Xiaoqin didn't laugh out loud, she could also see the pride on her face, and she deliberately pretended to be filial.
"Auntie, you give me the living expenses to do things, so how do you live?"
Wu Ju glanced at Zhang Binglin, who was sitting there silently, leaned over to Zhang Xiaoqin's ear, and whispered: "Don't worry, A-Niang is rich, and she doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, but she doesn't want to be cheap to outsiders. ”
I usually really underestimate A-Niang, but I didn't expect her to be an invisible rich person! In the future, I will come back to accompany her and do my filial piety.
At this time, the clothes were also changed, and the two stopped whispering as they walked towards the hall. Wu Ju also looked a little like a thief, and her expression was particularly unnatural.
As soon as Shumei walked into the door, she saw Wen Cai fainting next to the cabinet. She hurriedly ran over to help Wen Cai up, Wen Cai's whole body was hot, and his cold clothes were not so cold because of his high body temperature.
"Wencai, Wencai, what's wrong with you? Wake up, wake up! ”
Shumei called out to Wencai loudly while touching his forehead with her hand. His forehead was hot, and his cheeks flushed from the heat.
Shumei's scream was too loud, and Wu Ju and the others also ran into the house when they heard it. As soon as Zhang Binglin entered the door, he went to help Shumei help Wencai. Wu Ju and Zhang Xiaoqin glanced at each other with disdain, and continued to go back to the hall to whisper and discuss their good plans.
The two helped Wencai to lie down on the bed, Shumei touched her forehead, and then touched Wencai's forehead to confirm again whether Wencai had a fever.
"What? Does he have a fever? ”
"Yes! Daddy, you help take off his wet clothes and put his dry clothes on. ”
"Okay!"
Zhang Binglin acted without hesitation, and Shumei hurriedly found a piece of her cotton clothes in the wardrobe and put it on the bedside.
This cotton coat is still brand new, it was made for her by Jizong when Shumei and Jizong got married, and Shumei has never been willing to wear it, but she just took it out and wore it during the New Year's holidays. The cotton coat is bright red, with some unknown flowers on it, and the eye color looks quite bright.
"Daddy, put this on for him later, I'll go out and prepare to set up a car, he burns so badly, I have to send him to the hospital quickly."
After Shumei finished speaking, she hurriedly walked towards the courtyard and repaired the dilapidated frame car a little.
……
"Daddy, have you changed it?"
Shumei pressed the cart hard, pushed it back and forth twice, and made sure it worked, before shouting into the house.
"Alright, I'll help him out."
Zhang Binglin said, helping Wencai out with difficulty, Shumei hurriedly came to help, and the two helped Wencai to lie down on the carriage in the courtyard.
This time was too rushed, Shumei didn't even have time to hug the child, so she had to rush to the town.
In order to relieve the pain of missing, she still took time out of the cracks, ran back to Wu Ju's house, and looked at Xiao Shuangning, who had grown a lot in the cradle. Leaned down and gently kissed the child's face.
"Baby, I'm sorry, Mom can't be by your side, watching you grow up day by day, Mom is not a good mother. You are good, your mother will save enough money as soon as possible, and then stay by your side and watch you grow up. ”
After speaking, Shumei stroked the child's face again, relentlessly, and returned to the courtyard without looking back.
"Shumei, I'll pull it, and you will push it."
Zhang Binglin had already put the rope on his body and wanted to help Shumei send Wencai to the town.
Shumei nodded vigorously and held the cart, which began to slowly drive towards the outside of the courtyard.
"Really, a big man, so delicate, isn't it just a cold? I had to be sent to the hospital with a lot of people. Shumei, don't forget to send your living expenses back on time. ”
Wu Ju walked to the door and complained to herself. But this time she was quite merciful and did not stop Zhang Binglin's unauthorized actions.
"A-Niang, I know, Xiao Shuangning will bother A-Niang to take good care of it." Shumei turned back and responded to Wu Ju.
Zhang Xiaoqin grabbed a handful of peanuts on the table, peeled the peanuts, and walked towards Wu Ju.
"This is a rich man!"
"That's not right...... Xiaoqin, this blind date, you should talk about it first, and wait for your brother to talk about it after a year of mourning. But A-Niang, you usually have to ring the alarm bell for her, she is not as good as you, and she may not think about her brother. ”
There is a custom in their village that one is not allowed to choose another partner during the one-year mourning period of the spouse. Otherwise, it is disrespectful to the deceased, so that the deceased will not be blinded.
Of course, this person who "sees things differently" will also be infamy. This is also where Boyi takes care of it, so Boyi has been reluctant to confide in Shumei, most of the reason is because of this.
Seeing Shumei and them disappear at the gate of the courtyard, Wu Ju seemed to think of something again, and suddenly said this to Zhang Xiaoqin.
"A-Niang, are you worried...... Okay, I know how to do it, I won't let my brother die blindly, and after a year of mourning, I will bring someone over. ”
Zhang Binglin and Shumei pushed Wencai with difficulty, and walked in the direction of the town step by step.
On the way, I met Bo Yi who came back from work, Bo Yi didn't ask anything, and without saying a word, he took Zhang Binglin's rope and helped them pull Wencai to the town. It took them more than four hours to get to the town's hospital.
Fortunately, Shumei has the remaining 50 yuan of wages, otherwise she wouldn't know where to get the registration fee and medical expenses.
Upstairs and downstairs, at the registration desk and the medicine pick-up office, she ran back and forth non-stop.
Wen Cai hung water, and after physical cooling, he finally got the fever down, but he was still unconscious.
It is also this Wencai who is usually too lazy and tired of work, too lacking in exercise, and his physical foundation is weak, and a little cold and flu is like a serious illness.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Shumei thought of the old woman. Wen Cai is sick like this, she should inform the old aunt as soon as possible.
"Daddy, you help me watch him, I'll go and inform his mother."
Shumei was busy running back and forth, and Zhang Binglin stayed behind to help take care of Wencai.
Bo Yi also followed Shumei out of the house, followed Shumei all the time, and waited until he arrived at the hospital's payphone, he stood quietly next to him, listening to her call the old woman. The call was quickly connected, and Shumei was nervous and guilty.
"Hey! Auntie, Wencai has a cold and is in the town hospital. He's ......"
"What? I'll be there right away. ”
"Doodoo ......"
As soon as she heard that Wen Cai was sick, the old lady didn't care about listening to Shumei's explanation, so she said something anxiously and hung up the phone. All that was left on the phone was the beeping sound, and Shumei had no choice but to hang up the microphone.
This old woman! Usually seems to be very harsh to Wencai, and he beats and scolds him at every turn, but when he hears that Wencai is sick, he is anxious, and he remembers it like an ant on a hot pot. It's really a knife-mouthed tofu heart, which is probably the common nature of most mothers in the world.
"O old man! Wencai is sick, you take care of Xiaoshi, I'm going to the hospital. ”
The old woman hurriedly packed up and explained the matter of the little stone to Li Yushu.
"Sick? Didn't Wencai send Shumei back to the village? How did you get sick and end up in the hospital? ”
"Oops! I was in a hurry, so I forgot to ask, let's go over and talk about it first! ”
"You, you! It's just hard-mouthed and soft-hearted! As soon as I heard that the children had something, I was so anxious that I was confused, was Wen Cai seriously ill? ”
The old aunt thought that Wen Cai would have to spend money to stay in the hospital, so she specially prepared a little cash, and she listened to Li Yushu while counting the money.
"Oops! It's not serious, I forgot to ask, where did you get so many questions, just take good care of the little stone, remember! When Xiaoshi woke up, he fed him 120ml of milk, and I left. ”
The old woman said as she ran out of the house in a hurry.
In the town hospital, outside Wencai's ward, Shumei and Bo Yi sat on long wooden chairs outside the door.
Bo Yi held the food he had just bought out of the hospital, and he handed it to Shumei.
"Shumei, you can eat something!"
"Bo Yi, I'm not hungry, you and Daddy eat!"
Shumei really hasn't seen it, a person with a cold can sleep for so long. She was a little worried about Wencai, this Wencai was originally kindly called by her aunt to send her, but now she has made it like this, all the mistakes are her own fault, she really doesn't know how to explain to her aunt.
"We've all eaten, you can eat some!"
Shumei looked at Bo Yi with pleading eyes in her eyes, then looked at the things in his hand, and reluctantly took it.
Seeing that Shumei was finally willing to eat, Bo Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Who is this man? Looks like you care about him. ”
Seeing Shumei so worried about the man in the ward, and seeing Shumei taking care of him meticulously, Bo Yi felt a little pantothenic acid in his heart, and couldn't help but ask Shumei.
"He is the youngest son of the family where I worked as a nanny, and he was supposed to send me back to the village today, but I didn't expect the motorcycle to accidentally fall into the river and make him like this."
A nanny, he was able to send Shumei home so kindly, and Bo Yi felt a sense of threat that he had never felt before.
It's only been a month, shouldn't it? It must not be what I thought, Shumei is just guilty, as for that man, he is so young and in such good conditions, he will not have a good impression of Shumei so quickly. Can...... But Shumei is so good, and it is not impossible for him to get the moon first near the water. No, it's not like that, it's my crankiness.
Bo Yi kept denying his inner thoughts, and looked at Shumei with helpless eyes.
"Bo Yi, you see it's been dark for a long time, you still have to go to work tomorrow, you can go back first! By the way, help me send Daddy back. ”
"It's better to wait for someone from his house to come, you are alone, and you can't find someone to help you."
"It's okay, I'm fine alone."
Shumei looked relaxed and wanted to prove to Bo Yi that she had no problem by herself. Seeing that Boyi wanted to persuade her again, she immediately diverted the topic.
"Oh, by the way, there's something else I want to ask you?"
"Say it! What's up? ”
"There is a motorcycle in my yard, it is estimated that it has entered the water, and it can't catch fire, please take the time to help me take a look, I really don't understand this motorcycle, I'm really sorry, I have to trouble you every time."
Shumei looked embarrassed and asked Bo Yi to help repair Wencai's motorcycle.
"What are you polite to me? If you ask for anything or not, don't worry, it's on me...... Well, that's just for me to stay......" Bo Yi readily agreed to Shumei's request.
"Daddy, you go back with Bo Yi first!"
Without waiting for Bo Yi to finish speaking, she got up and walked to the door and called Zhang Binglin out.
"That Shumei, be careful alone, I'll go back with Boyi first."
Zhang Binglin said this, and it was even more difficult for Boyi to speak. had to do as Shumei wanted, and helped Zhang Binglin to walk outside the hospital.
After Bo Yi and the others left, Shumei returned to the ward, stayed in front of Wencai's bed, and took his temperature from time to time, for fear that he would have another fever.
Not long after, the old lady rushed to the hospital, anxiously asked the nurse which ward Wen Cai was staying in, and trotted to find the ward.
"Shumei, how is Wencai?"
As soon as the old woman entered the door, she asked Shumei while walking towards Wencai's hospital bed.
"Auntie, are you coming? Wencai hasn't woken up yet, but the doctor has seen it and said that it is a cold wind, nothing serious, and after finishing this bottle of hanging water, when he wakes up, he can go home. ”
Shumei said as she helped the old woman to the stool she was sitting on.
The old woman frowned, took Wencai's hand, and looked at the sleeping Wencai intently.
The old woman didn't ask Shumei why Wencai did this, but told Shumei about Wencai.
"Wencai I fell and was born prematurely for more than seven months, and he was born so big, everyone said at that time that he couldn't raise it. But as a mother, how could I bear to give up on him, so I took care of him carefully, and in the first two months, I almost didn't dare to close my eyes, and I kept taking care of him every step of the way. He didn't disappoint me and survived safely. I only learned to walk at the age of two, and my body was very weak, and when I encountered a little headache and brain fever, I couldn't get better for half a month. Therefore, I have been very doting on him since he was a child, and he is reluctant to scold or scold him, he was such a smart and sensible child when he was a child, and I used him like this with my own hands. Ay! It's all my fault, and now I understand that the indulgence in food and clothing is to harm the child, and I hope that it is not too late to find out, and my literary talent can still cheer up and be a normal person who feeds himself with his hands, rather than a moth that gnaws at the old. ”
The old lady shed tears and told Shumei a lot, so that Shumei also had a new understanding of Wencai.
No wonder Wen Cai suffered a little bit of wind and cold, so he was in a coma for so long and didn't wake up.
Shumei squatted down and pulled the old woman's arm, her expression was also a little heavy.