Chapter 22: You Pity's Gentle Gaze
I finally understood why Luke and Cher had returned to their hometown, and why Dr. Lowe would rather be blamed than looked up to. In the vast sea, there may be many storms, and on that poor island, there may not be a lot of vegetables to eat. But you don't have to be constrained and blamed. I understand that those who quit prosperity do not only hope for a beautiful environment, but perhaps also hope that their hearts can be clean and flawless.
Qingya frowned, pulled the corner of my clothes and whispered, "Otherwise, don't see a doctor again, anyway, the doctor in the city will come in two days." ”
I nodded, still reeling from what had just happened, after all, it had never happened anywhere else. The old captain saw that I was still a little scared, came over and patted me on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, don't worry about the children, they don't dare to find me, I'm here." ”
After saying this, I felt much more comfortable, and Aunt Jinfang also came over and said: "Yes, it's okay child, don't see a doctor these days, play with Qingya for a few more days, and enjoy life." I nodded, and she smiled sweetly at me.
The next few days did not go as we would have liked, and there was still a steady stream of people going to see a doctor. There are many households in the village, and new and old diseases need to be treated. People didn't care about my "cure", and almost all of them thought they were doing nothing, and they all wanted me to continue to help them until the city doctor arrived.
But the good times didn't last long, and the family came to the door again, this time as if confident, took out a series of papers, slapped them on the table, and said a lot of things that I didn't understand. Roughly speaking, this island is very close to China, but it is under the jurisdiction of Japan, and it is purchased by individuals in the form of auctions. They happened to know this person, so they used these as capital to order the Qingya family to compensate the sick, otherwise all the villagers here would be driven out of the island.
Uncle Su Qi sighed, although the people on this island are all wealthy, they are helpless against the law. Although it is not unavoidable for them to move to towns or find other places to live, many of the island's inhabitants have become a family, and he can't bear to see this long-built family fall apart.
"We don't need your money," said the woman who took the lead, "who doesn't have the money, you can help the old man until he leaves." ”
"That's fine." Uncle Su Qi put down the file, raised his head and said, "I'll hire someone to serve." ”
"You don't understand, do you? Who can't afford to hire someone? I just want whoever heals the bad is responsible. After saying that, she glanced at me, and her eyes were as sharp as poisonous snakes.
The old captain came over and said, "This child belongs to my family, and since something has gone wrong, then I will be responsible." ”
"Yo, weren't you quite horizontal last time? How? Confessed so quickly? The woman looked at the old captain and rolled her eyes.
"You want us to be responsible, we are responsible to the end, but you have to deceive people too much, and the dog will jump off the wall in a hurry." The old captain's voice was steady and firm, and the woman knew in her heart that it would not benefit anyone to provoke him, and those who were adrift at sea had long since put life and death out of the way.
"Well, whoever you are, I'll take care of him." After saying that, he slapped the table, took the papers, and went out with the others.
"You don't have to worry about it, I'll take care of it." The old captain said in a deep voice. The old captain who lives on the ocean seems to have forgotten his former beliefs and is willing to abandon his lifelong companionship.
I've always dreamed of living together, but I didn't expect it to become a reality in this way. I sighed, no matter what, I couldn't let the old captain stay on this isolated island because of me. In the evening, I was alone again with my guitar and looking at the moon, but this time I couldn't open my mouth to sing for a long time, and after a while, Qingya sat next to me with a bowl of soup and medicine in her hand. Just the taste, I immediately knew it was Dr. Luo's herbal soup. I told him the story of me and Dr. Luo, including this herbal soup, but she secretly memorized the recipe and made it for me to drink.
I whispered "thank you" and brought it over.
Qingya smiled and said to me: "Don't worry, we have all discussed, we will not let the captain's uncle take care of him alone, our family will take turns to take care of him." ”
I looked into his eyes and sighed softly: "I didn't expect to affect you too." ”
Still smiling, she touched my head with her left hand and said softly, "It's not your fault in the first place. ”
The evening breeze brought the intoxicating flower fragrance to us again, but I could not enjoy such a beautiful and beautiful day, I gently hugged her, leaned on her head and said, "I will find a way to cure him, if not, I will have to take care of him until death." The captain belongs to the ocean, and he would have to go there without me, and I can't let him stay here. ”
Qingya sighed, shrunk into my arms, I don't know what the reason, I was suddenly so sleepy that I couldn't open my eyes, and I seemed to see the old captain also coming, and then I fell asleep. A few loud noises accompanied by a cold wind made me slowly open my eyes, my head was still dizzy, and I saw Qingya standing on the shore, and the old captain was rowing in the distance. I woke up and quickly climbed to the stern of the boat, and saw Qingya standing in the cold wind, tears scattered in the cold night sky.
"I'll take care of him! You take care of yourself! She shouted at me. I grabbed the old captain like crazy and asked him why he did this, but the old captain let me drag him, and only sighed: "If Qingya hadn't forced her to die, I wouldn't have taken you away from her." ”
Tears moistened my cheeks, and I stood up and looked at Qingya on the shore, she pointed to her coat pocket, and I pulled out the letter she had left for me.
"Even if I don't want you to sail away, I have to send you to the ship with tears. Camellia waves, never have time to ask you which floral fragrance you prefer. If the liquor is also refreshing, you will be able to remember your slightly drunk face. If you forget to breathe, you can retain the lingering fragrance.
I understand your melancholy, like the moonlight, and like the vast sea. I understand your hesitation, I want to stay, and I want to live up to the captain. Let the past become your new song, the song has the long landscape, the fragrance of camellias, you touch my shoulders with your fingertips, and I put vegetables next to your mouth...
If you don't want to be frivolous, I am willing to take risks and wander with you. If I don't say goodbye, I will be healthy, and the hand of the son will look all over the mountains and rivers. The mood is depressed, and the sycamore is cool. The letter was torn one after another, and tears dripped line after line. May you become a masterpiece and return home; If you don't forget, there will be an echo. ”