He found a frozen hard steamed bun in the pot, chewed it dry, drank two sips of water, and swallowed the pill, even if it was dinner. She felt that she had eaten something and felt better, so she went back to the house to change her clothes and straighten her hair and face a little. The room looked a little messy, she cleaned up a little, suddenly frowned, pulled out the piggy bank from the depths of the closet, opened it, and saw that the money was still inside, so she breathed a sigh of relief, sealed the mouth of the jar and put it back away. She sat down on the edge of the bed and glanced at the clock, it was already half past nine in the evening, and Cheng Jiahua was still nowhere to be seen, so she didn't know where she had gone.

"If he still goes to gamble, then I will resolutely not let him enter this door." He thought through gritted teeth, clenching his fists. The night gradually grew deeper and deeper, and even the insects outside could not be heard, and suddenly the big iron door creaked, and someone creaked through the door on tiptoe.

He Tu sat in the darkness and waited quietly, she expected Cheng Jiahua to think that she had already fallen asleep. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, the door was gently pushed open, and when the curtain was lifted, a faint light came in from outside, and he saw a thin figure slowly moving in. She smelled a pungent and unpleasant smell of tobacco, and as soon as her heart sank, she knew that he had gambled again.

When the door was closed, and the man was struggling to take off his coat, Hetu asked coldly, "Where have you been?" ”

Cheng Jiahua was taken aback, he panicked and looked for a figure in the dark, but he couldn't see anything. He Tu stood up, turned on the lamp, and looked at him fixedly, with a sadness in his eyes that was more than death.

Cheng Jiahua avoided her gaze weakly, took off his coat slowly, and said perfunctorily: "No, I just got together with friends." ”

"You're telling the truth." He Tu said, his tone getting colder and colder.

"It's really just going to get together." Cheng Jiahua was anxious, "What am I lying to you for!" ”

"You didn't gamble?"

"Nope." Cheng Jiahua threw his coat on the sofa and sat down heavily, "How can I have the money to gamble, won't all the money be given to you?" ”

He Tu frowned, thought about it carefully, and sure enough. Her tense nerves relaxed, and she slumped back on the bed, raising her hand to hold her head. She had a splitting headache, and just now it was just a wave of anger supporting her, and as soon as the anger dissipated, her whole body was about to fall apart.

Cheng Jiahua saw that Hetu no longer asked, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said sullenly: "I'll wash my face first." He stood up, not even noticing that Hetu was uncomfortable now, maybe he saw it, but he just didn't pay attention to it.

By the time he came back from washing his face, he was already half-asleep on the bed. He walked up to her, nudged, and called softly, "Get up and sleep well." He didn't move, as if he hadn't heard. Cheng Jiahua frowned, bent down to lift her legs to the bed, and supported her upper body to let her sleep. When he let go, he accidentally touched her neck, and he only felt that his tentacles were hot, as if they were on fire. Cheng Jiahua was startled, and hurriedly touched her forehead, only to find that she had burned to this point, and quickly turned around and went out, banging on the door of the main room.

Cheng Tielong and his wife were already asleep, and they were awakened by the knock on the door, and they were a little unhappy. Mu Shi got out of bed, opened the door, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Mom, I took Hetu to the hospital, but the fever didn't work." Cheng Jiahua buttoned his coat and said in a panic.

"Didn't she take the medicine?" Mu Shi's brows furrowed even tighter, "Why are you still feverish?" ”

"I don't know, you give me some money, I'll take her to the hospital now." Cheng Jiahua stretched out a hand and looked at his mother anxiously. Mu Shi looked at him suspiciously, and refused to believe that he asked for money because of Hedi's illness, so he stepped out of the threshold and said as he walked: "I'll go and see if it's serious or not." ”

The two of them entered the door of Hetu's bedroom one after the other, and Hetu was still asleep with his eyes closed, breathing heavily, his face flushed, and his forehead was full of sweat. Mu Shi pushed her shoulders and screamed a few times, seeing that she didn't react, then he turned back to Cheng Jiahua and said, "Then you can send her there." ”

"Mom!" Cheng Jiahua hurriedly stopped Mu Shi, who was about to go outside, and raised his right hand in front of her, "I don't have any money." ”

"Where's your money?" Mu Shi scolded, "Where did the money your father gave you every month, plus the money you earn every month, go?" ”

"Part of it is for the family, and part of it is for Hetu." Cheng Jiahua pretended to look around the house, "But I don't know where she put the money, maybe she saved it for her parents, she is sick like this, and when she finds the money, I'm afraid it's gone." ”

"People know that they keep money, but you don't!" Mu Shi looked at him with hatred, "A big man, he can't even control the money, and he let his daughter-in-law take it, how ugly and contemptuous it is!" She glared at Cheng Jiahua fiercely a few times, stomped her feet and walked out, and said angrily, "Remember to be there next month!" ”

"Hey, I know, I know." Cheng Jiahua smiled happily, hurriedly trotted to follow, and waited outside the door. He heard Cheng Tielong's sleepy voice coming from the room, asking what he was doing in the middle of the night. Mu Shi explained a little, and then came out with the money. It was a pile of scattered money, estimated to be dozens of yuan, she was distressed and stuffed into Cheng Jiahua's hand, and admonished: "Don't spend it indiscriminately, just take it to the doctor." Cheng Jiahua answered, took the money and turned around to leave, but was stopped by Mu Shi again, she said: "Your father said, this money will be the living expenses for you next month." ”

"Huh?" Cheng Jiahua was stunned, he turned his head to look at his mother blankly, but Mu Shi had already closed the door and entered, and the lights in the room disappeared, leaving only a thick darkness.

Cheng Jiahua stomped his feet, and said to himself with the mood of breaking the jar: "Forget it, let's go through the immediate first, and talk about the future later." He quickened his pace, hurried into the house, and took her by the arm to help her out of bed, holding her with one hand and putting on her coat with difficulty with the other. After such a toss, she had to wake up if she didn't wake up, she opened her eyes groggily, glanced at the person in front of her in confusion, and asked weakly: "Is this ...... Why? ”

"You're sick, I'll take you to the doctor." Cheng Jiahua said, finally put on one sleeve, and began to put on another sleeve.

"I'm fine." He struggled, but her struggle only moved slightly, and it was useless, "Don't spend that unjust money." ”

Cheng Jiahua finally put on her coat at this time, and when he heard Hedi's words, he didn't say a word, and he was about to go out with Hedi. He Tu didn't have the strength to walk at all, and after taking two steps, he was about to fall down. Cheng Jiahua hurriedly supported her and said embarrassedly: "What can I do?" Seeing that Hedi closed his eyes again, his face flushed and his lips were pale again, he sighed, crouched down in front of her, and lifted her on his back.

The cold air in the night was even thicker, and the cold wind blew on his body, but Hetu felt unusually comfortable. She fell asleep on Cheng Jiahua's back, barely knowing where she was. When she woke up the next day, she was already in the hospital, Hexin was next to her, holding the one-year-old Keyi in her arms, both of them were dozing, and behind them were nurses in white who kept walking around.

"Sister." He opened his mouth and screamed, but found that his voice was so hoarse and dry. She raised her hand to touch her throat, but found that there was a long transparent tube connected to the back of her hand, and there was liquid dripping in the tube. ”

"Huh?" Hearing the call, Hexin woke up from her sleep, and when she looked up, she was relieved to see that her sister had woken up, and asked, "Are you feeling better now?" ”

He Tu closed his eyes, felt that his head was indeed not so painful, and the burning feeling in his heart disappeared, so he nodded and asked, "Is this a hospital?" When did I come? ”

Hexin glanced down at Keyi in her arms, and saw that he hadn't woken up from sleep, so she whispered: "I sent you with your brother-in-law last night, and the doctor said that you already have a high fever, and if you burn it again, your head will be wrong, but you can make me anxious." ”

He Tu smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, I feel much better now." She looked around, but didn't see the figure of her mother-in-law's family, obviously she heard Cheng Jiahua say that she was going to send herself to the hospital in a daze last night, why is her sister by her side at this time? She frowned, and asked again, "Sister, why did you and your brother-in-law send me here?" What about Cheng Jiahua? What about my mother-in-law? ”

As soon as she said this, Hexin's face sank, and she said unhappily, "In the middle of the night last night, Cheng Jiahua suddenly knocked on the door of my house, I thought it was who, but it turned out to be that you were sick like that and sent you to my house, and before I could ask, he left in a hurry." ”

"What?" He Tu looked at his sister in surprise, "He sent me to your house, and then he left?" ”

"Hmm."

"Then the money I paid for this medical treatment was all from my sister?"

Hexin glanced up at her, didn't say anything, and lowered her head again.

He was so angry that he almost fainted. She desperately took deep breaths to calm herself down, but she still felt as if someone had poured buckets of cold water on her heart. How ruthless they are, they don't even care about their own illness, and they have to send them to their sister's house. She couldn't even think of a reason for them, she couldn't understand that no matter what she was, it was a human life, if she wasn't in the same city as her sister, wouldn't they have to throw herself on the road and let herself die? If it's because she's afraid of spending money, then she's really disappointed, in the eyes of people who get along day and night, she is not as important as paper money, what's the point of living like this?

She closed her eyes and bit her lip tightly, the mixed emotions spreading through her heart, almost piercing a hole in her heart. Tears rolled down the corners of her eyes, quickly wetting the pillow towel.

"Hedi, what's wrong with you?" Seeing her crying, Hexin hurriedly asked, reaching out and touching her forehead, afraid that her body temperature would rise again.

"It's fine." He Di desperately suppressed his sobs and said with difficulty.

Hexin looked at her distressed and sympathetic, and didn't know what to say for a while. After a while, she slowly asked, "Hedi, are you having a bad time in that house?" ”

He closed his eyes and did not move.

"Alas, at this point, you can only endure it, otherwise what will you do?" Hexin sighed, and at this time, Ke Yimeng in her arms snorted, as if she was about to wake up, so she hurriedly said, "I'll go out to feed the child, you fall asleep first, and I'll go to the cafeteria to get some food for you later." ”

Waiting for her sister's footsteps to disappear outside the door, Hetu opened her eyes, she raised her hand to wipe away the tears in her hazy eyes, and muttered to herself, "Patience? I don't want to endure it at all, who can endure this kind of life? "But what my sister said is right, otherwise what should I do? When she never got married, her mother always said to herself, if she suffered any grievances in her in-law's family, she had to endure it, she had always received such an education, and at this moment when she encountered such a situation, what could she do if she couldn't bear it?

She was thinking wildly, her mind cluttered, as if she were in a fog. Suddenly thinking of Xiuhan, her heart moved, imagining what she would say to herself at this time if Xiuhan was by her side. Her thoughts must be different from her sister's, and she may be able to give her some pointers. He Tu turned over, but suddenly felt powerless, even if Xiuhan gave him some good ideas, what could he do? Could it be that what Xiuhan says, can he really do it?

I thought about it for a long time, but my mind was still like a mess, and I gave up in the end, and decided not to think about it anymore, let's take one step at a time.

Because he was thinking about Cheng Yan at home, he was about to struggle to go home in the afternoon. The nurse took her temperature and saw that it had returned to its normal temperature, so she agreed. He Xin insisted on sending her back, but He Tu saw that she was still holding the child and it was inconvenient to send herself, so she refused. Walking alone on the way home, although she was not very familiar with the distance, and felt a little far, Hetu was reluctant to spend a penny to call a taxi, she dragged the newly healed body, walked slowly, and occasionally asked passers-by how to walk in front, her expression was sluggish and numb, as if it was burned out.

I don't know how long I walked, my legs were already tired and didn't belong to me, and the familiar alley finally appeared in front of me. He Tu stood still and straightened her clothes and hair, she didn't want her in-laws to see her embarrassed side. Walking to the gate, the gate is open, but there is no one in the yard, it is already more than three o'clock in the afternoon, everyone who takes a nap should get up, Cheng Jiahua and Cheng Jiaji are not at home as usual, they have gone out to work, my father-in-law should be busy in the garden at this time, he can't be idle, even if there is nothing to do in the winter, he has to go around in his baby garden to find something to do. She sighed and felt that when she was back at home, she could finally wash up and rest.