Xu Xiaorou looked at me.

"If you are willing," I continued, "I can pay you as much as you do at the station, and you can do these things in addition to your studies." ”

"You're helping me in disguise."

I hurriedly said, "No, really not." We are mutually beneficial. You go back and think about it. By the way, you can write down my phone number, and give me a call if you want to or not, because if you don't, I'll have to ask someone to find you a job. ”

"Okay."

"Also, considering your special situation, you can have a meal." I further planned for Xu Xiaorou.

"Dinner?"

"Just eat with me. I'm alone anyway. However, you have to pay for the meal. One hundred a month. You can also stay at my house for fifty a month. It's all deducted from the wages I pay you. I added further.

"I'll think about it. Thank you. Xu Xiaorou's eyes were full of gratitude.

After talking to Xu Xiaorou about these topics, I offered to drive her back to her classmate, but she firmly disagreed, and I watched her walk into the crowd with a birdcage.

The next day I performed a nearly five-hour operation on a patient. I entered the operating room at 10 o'clock in the morning and finished at nearly 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

My phone showed several missed calls, one of which was a landline called three times in a row. I call back this number. But I called back twice and there was no answer, and I realized that it was most likely a public phone booth number. It should have been dialed by Xu Xiaorou.

When I got back to the office, my colleague told me that a little girl had come looking for me.

She didn't say anything. But the girl seemed to be a little familiar. Said a colleague.

I'm even more convinced of that.

An hour later, I walked outside the hospital with Director Jin Rusheng, Wang Hao, and anesthesiologist Wu Changshui. Also going with him were Dong Yunfen, the head nurse of the department, and a nurse named Jin Limei. The patient's family has booked a private room at the "Home Cooking" restaurant.

Out of the hospital gate, I saw Xu Xiaorou standing on the side of the road, with a big bag at her feet.

"I'm sorry, Director Jin and Dr. Wu, I'm going to be out of company." I say.

"What's wrong?" Jin Rusheng asked.

"Yes, why do you want to be out of company after saying it?" Jin Limei asked puzzled.

"I've got something to do temporarily."

"If there is anything to do, the food must be eaten. Besides, today you are the protagonist. If you don't go, how will the family agree? Jin Rusheng said.

"yes, you're not going, we're embarrassed to go?" Wu Changshui said.

"Teacher Zheng, that girl on the side of the road seems to be waving at you." Wang Hao reminded me.

"Yes, she was looking for me. I'm sorry, guys. I said.

"Wouldn't it? Xiao Zheng still has this hobby? Wu Changshui joked.

I laughed dryly, "Dr. Wu is really joking." I'll explain it to you later. I'm really going to be out of company today. ”

"Look at your urgency." Jin Limei seemed a little displeased.

"This girl seems to be the daughter of the person who suffers from esophageal cancer, called Xu Xiaorou." Wang Hao said.

"That's her."

"Why don't you come over for a drink when you're done?" Director Jin Rusheng took a step back.

"Okay. If you can make it over. I said.

"Yes, you have to come." Jin Limei emphasized.

Jin Rusheng and they went out. I walked towards Xu Xiaorou. I noticed that Jin Limei looked back at me twice, and the look was quite complicated.

I walked up to Xu Xiaorou and said, "I'm sorry, you must have waited a long time, right?" ”

"It's okay," Xu Xiaorou bent down and lifted the bag, "I know you're having surgery." ”

"Did you make that call?" I remembered the landline that I called three times.

"Yes. I called you a few times and you didn't answer, so I guessed that you were having surgery, so I came to the hospital to find you. You seem to have something else to do, right? Xu Xiaorou looked at me with her big eyes.

"Nothing. How do you decide? I asked.

"What do you say?"

"I can't see it." I said deliberately.

"Everyone has their bags with them." Xu Xiaorou pouted.

"That's all you have?"

Xu Xiaorou nodded.

"Let's go. Carry the bag for me. I said.

"No, you don't."

"Give it to me."

"Not really."

I didn't insist anymore. Looking at the degree of tilt of Xu Xiaorou's body when carrying the bag, I guess that the bag should be heavier, after all, the bag contains all the belongings.

We got into the car.

"I've already spoken to my homeroom teacher, and the homeroom teacher told me to go to class tomorrow." In the car, Xu Xiaorou said to me.

"Isn't the head teacher happy?"

Xu Xiaorou nodded, "Well, when I proposed not to study, the head teacher almost couldn't believe my words. ”

"Didn't they dissuade you?"

"Persuaded. The homeroom teacher told me to find a way to overcome the difficulties. He said he would do his best to apply for a grant for me, and he called the other teachers to persuade me. Xu Xiaorou said.

"It shows how good you are." I complimented.

"It's the teachers who are good to me."

"By the way, did you discuss it with your father?" I say.

"I called my dad. Dad was very happy and said Dr. Zheng, you are simply my lifesaver. Dad has a very good impression of you. ”

"What kind of lifesaver? I'm thinking about myself. ”

"I know you're helping me, Xiaorou isn't stupid."

When I arrived at the complex, the gatekeeper opened the electric door for me. I drove straight to the parking space in front of Unit 1 in Building A. I took Xu Xiaorou's bag out of the trunk, and Xu Xiaorou came to pick it up, but I didn't give it to her. The bag is really heavy.

"Our house is on the fourth floor." I say.

"Give me the bag, I can carry it."

"Say what." I pulled out the key to open the security door in the hallway, "By the way, I need to remember to give you a key to this door." The security guard only gave me a handful. ”

"I'll match it myself tomorrow." Xu Xiaorou said.

"Okay."

Entering the house, I noticed that Xu Xiaorou was a little timid. She stood at the entrance and took a closer look at my house.

"How?" I asked.

"What a beautiful house."

"This will be your home from now on. Welcome home. I said.

"Thank you. I can't believe it. Can I really stay here in the future? ”

"Do you think you're dreaming?"

"I'm so scared I'll wake up from my dreams." Xu Xiaorou said.

"Class Zero people just talk." I complimented.

"That's how I'm feeling, Dr. Zheng."

"I understand. But please get used to it as soon as possible, I'm very hungry. ”

"I'm sorry. Do you have dishes in the kitchen? Xu Xiaorou looked into the kitchen.

"Dish? Where does the kitchen come from? ”

"Then I'll go to the vegetable market and buy it."

I laughed, "Are you going to cook?" ”

"yes. Let me tell you, Dr. Zheng, the food I cooked is quite good. Dad always complimented me. Xu Xiaorou seems to have found confidence.

"Oh. I'm blessed to say that. I'm planning that you'll study for a while, and you're going to be ready to work hard for a while. What are your specialties? I asked.

"I can cook chili peppers and stir-fry meat, boil boiled fish fillets, and especially steamed vegetables." Xu Xiaorou looked very innocent when she counted with her fingers.

"Wouldn't it? It's all big dishes. I'm drooling. However, let's forget it today, let's go out to eat together. ”

"Why? I've figured out what I'm going to show today. Xu Xiaorou looked a little disappointed.

"It's going to be too late today. You know, my kitchen has never been on fire, and there's nothing like oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. So the main task today is to shop and prepare for tomorrow. You plan your plans well. ”

"Okay. Leave it to me. ”

The weather in late April was still a little cool in Yangjiang County in the south. The flowers and trees in the community compete to show their vigorous vitality. The farmland at the entrance of the community is still barren. The hills not far away are lush and green.

The sun is about to set. The sunset drifts across the western sky.

We drove to a small shop nearby for dinner and then went to the supermarket to do some shopping. The supermarket was brightly lit. I pushed a Tui Lan to follow behind Xu Xiaorou. Xu Xiaorou is very assertive, and everything she sees and thinks she needs is put into Tuilan. Soy sauce, white vinegar, salt, sugar, rice wine, cleaning balls for brushing the pot, etc., etc., are all available.

"You seem to be missing something." I say.

"No, I've bought everything I should have bought. Smoke sauce vinegar, yes, I haven't bought the oil yet. ”

"What about oil? There's nothing at home. ”

"Don't have pots and pans?" Xu Xiaorou was very surprised.

"No, there is no kitchen knife cutting board, and we have to buy some chopsticks, otherwise, we will have to eat pilaf." I say.

"Dr. Cheng is like a bachelor." Xu Xiaorou smiled.

"I'm a bachelor myself."

We had a great time shopping the whole process. I didn't expect Xu Xiaorou to be a very extroverted girl, and I, who has never liked to talk, have a lot of topics with her.

We put everything in the trunk, and just as I was about to leave, Xu Xiaorou remembered that she had left out the dish soap and didn't buy it.

When we arrived at the "Splendid Future" community, we remembered that the most important rice had not been bought, so we had to drive back.

Back home, after Xu Xiaorou had put everything in order, including her bedroom, we sat down on the sofa in the living room to rest. A film of the Anti-Japanese War was playing on TV.

"What would Dr. Cheng want to eat tomorrow morning?" Xu Xiaorou asked.

"You don't have to prepare in the morning, we go to the breakfast shop separately. By the way, I have a troublesome thing in mind, what time do you spend shopping for groceries? "I started planning for Xu Xiaorou again.

"I've already figured it out, I'll go to the vegetable market early in the morning to buy vegetables, and then go to school after I buy the vegetables." Xu Xiaorou is quite planned. No wonder her grades are so good.

"Is it too late?"

"Just in time. I estimated that our home was at most 20 minutes away from school, and I would be able to get to school in time as long as I had groceries bought at 6:40. School doesn't start early until 7:10 a.m. "Xu Xiaorou seems to have planned everything, and I don't need to worry about her at all.

"That's good. I can't really help with that. I'll give you the money for this week's grocery shopping first, and also, this month's salary first. "I pulled a few pieces of money out of my wallet.

"How can I do it, I haven't done any work, how can I get paid first?"

"What are you polite to me? Taking it first and then taking it is not taking. I know you need money now. "I stuffed the money into Xu Xiaorou's hand.

"Doctor Zheng, you are so considerate, I really don't know what to say." Xu Xiaorou was very moved.

"Don't say that. I only hope that you will study hard and get into a better university in two months, so that I will treat you like this in vain. ”

"Don't worry, I will."