The trio hurriedly drove to the only hospital in town. The hospital is not big, and there are not many people hospitalized.

Li Qili inquired about the room where her mother was hospitalized after a while. When I walked into the ward, I saw that several beds were empty.

Li Qili ran to the only hospital bed where there was no one and recognized her mother at a glance. The moment she saw her mother, Li Qili was stunned.

Her mother, who was healthy when she left home, is now lying quietly on the hospital bed, her face pale, her expression dazed, and her breath like a gossamer. When I saw my daughter, two big tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Li Qili was heartbroken when she saw her mother like this, and she went to the bed and cried.

It took Zhu Yue a long time to persuade Li Qili and tell her not to cry.

"First of all, ask what kind of illness Auntie has." Zhu Yue reminded Li Qili.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Li Qili asked with a sob.

The mother's lips moved, and she didn't speak, but just stared at the door of the ward. Li Qili knew that this was her mother's desire to see her brother walk in.

Seeing that her mother couldn't speak, Li Qili was so anxious that she wanted to cry again.

Qian Yongqiang and Zhu Yue hurriedly called her outside the ward and said to her: "Auntie can't speak now, the more you cry, the more anxious she becomes, which is not good for her condition." Why don't you ask your doctor. ”

Li Qili glanced back at her mother on the hospital bed, and then went to the doctor with Qian Yongqiang and Zhu Yue to inquire about her mother's condition.

They were greeted by a middle-aged female doctor. She glanced at the three of them and asked with an indifferent expression, "Which of you is the patient's family?" ”

"I am!" Li Qili hurriedly replied, "I'm the patient's daughter!" ”

The female doctor glanced at Qian Yongqiang and Zhu Yue and asked, "You are also family members of patients?" ”

Qian Yongqiang and Zhu Yue glanced at Li Qili and nodded awkwardly to the female doctor.

"You guys get the sick home." The female doctor said coldly, "Just take the time to prepare for the future!" ”

"What?" Hearing that Li Qili was like five thunderbolts, her whole body trembled, her lips trembled and asked, "What's wrong with my mother, what kind of disease does she have?" ”

"Your mom drank pesticides, don't you know?" The female doctor asked in surprise.

"What?" This time it was Li Qili's turn to be taken aback.

"You're the patient's daughter?" The doctor stared at Li Qili in disbelief.

"I just came back from out of town!" Li Qili said.

"Your mother has been here for several days," the female doctor looked at Li Qili and frowned and said, "The stomach has also been washed, and the intestines have been filled - we have done our best!" ”

"Who sent my mom here?" Li Qili asked with red eyes.

"Said to be the patient's brother." The female doctor said.

"It should be my uncle." Li Qili said. "Why didn't I see him just now?"

"I sent people over on a cart, paid some medical bills and left," the female doctor thought for a moment and said, "He also came once or twice during this period, and the hospital urged him to pay the bill, and then he never came again." ”

"Then my mom is like this all the time?" Thinking of her mother's lonely and helpless appearance in the hospital, Li Qili felt that her blood was frozen and she didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"If you don't come as children, who do you want to count on to take care of your mother?" The female doctor scolded Li Qili and said, "You are in a hurry at this time, what did you do earlier?" In the field - I don't know if it's real or fake! The female doctor lowered her head and sorted out the cases on the table and said, "You go and pay the medical bills first, and then go through the discharge procedures." ”

Walking out of the doctor's office, Li Qili came to her mother's bed, lay on the bed and cried non-stop.

Qian Yongqiang helped her go through the discharge procedures and then carried her mother to the car.

At this time, Li Qili's mother closed her eyes tightly and was unconscious.

"Let's go to my uncle's house first!" Li Qili held her mother's body and cried mournfully.

"Good!" Following the direction of Li Qili's finger, the car drove slowly. When I arrived in a village, the car pulled up in front of a farmhouse.

Li Qili wiped away her tears, straightened her hair, straightened her clothes, and then went down and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and a thin man in a broken straw hat walked out.

"Uncle!" Li Qili cried and shouted.

"You're back, where is Qiming?" Uncle Li Qili asked.

"He's in trouble!"

"What's the matter, it's not coming back?" Uncle Li Qili said dissatisfied.

"What's going on with my mom?" Li Qili asked, "Why did you drink pesticides when you were so good?" ”

"Maybe it's a moment of confusion!" Uncle Li Qili said, "When I was notified, I left my geography work and went to your house. Your mom was lying in bed with foaming at the mouth – she had been drinking for a while! ”

"Then why didn't you call me then?"

"At that time, I was just going to take your mother to the hospital for rescue." Uncle Li Qili said:

"When I got to the hospital, your mother couldn't speak, I paid some money, and the doctor started to save me. Later, the doctor asked me to pay again, but I had no money, so I could only secretly send some food to your mother.

"Alas, in fact, she can't eat anything, so she lives by hanging water! Your mother can't speak, and I don't know the phone numbers of you and Mingming, so I can only look for them at your house.

"The first time I didn't find it, I didn't give up, the second time I found a string of numbers on the wall of your house, and if I looked closely, it was a phone number, and I called you right away。。。。。。"

"If you don't die to feed the pigs, what are you talking about there?" A woman's screaming voice was heard in the courtyard.

Hearing this voice, I saw that Li Qili's uncle was full of excitement, and his breath was uneven.

"Yo, who should I be, it's my niece!" A low, fat woman came out of the courtyard. I saw that she had short hair and eyebrows, a face like a silver basin, thick eyebrows and thin eyes, a flat nose and a wide mouth, and the flesh on her body swayed up and down when she walked, like a rolling ball of meat.

"Uncle, Mom!" Li Qili shouted reluctantly.

Since her uncle got married, Li Qili's family and her uncle's family have always been very nervous. This aunt is fierce and spicy, bitter and mean, so that Li Qili's mother did not dare to enter her mother's door for several years. Li Qili's family called her a fat woman behind her back.

"Your nieces are in the RV!" The fat woman shouted to Uncle Li Qili who was standing aside, "You are poor, why can you go to pay for medical expenses in advance?" - Did she give you all the money you advanced? ”

"Wasn't she at home then?" Uncle Li Qili muttered in a low voice.

"She's not at home, but you're at home? You're a coward! Hearing that the man dared to talk back, the fat woman glared at him viciously, hating to eat him, "You threw away all the work in the house and ran there every day." If you don't want this home, get out of here immediately, the farther you go, the better, so as not to hinder the eyes of the old lady! ”

"I didn't miss any work." Uncle Li Qili lowered his head and muttered.

"Dare to talk back!" The fat woman grabbed one of her uncle's ears and pulled it hard, and kept cursing and swearing in her mouth.

Li Qili was not surprised, and seemed to be used to this scene.

"Uncle, this is the medical expenses you paid in advance!" Li Qili took out a turn of money, counted some and handed it to her uncle, then clicked a few more and said, "This is your lost work fee!" ”

Seeing Li Qili counting the money, the fat woman let go of the man, squinted at the colorful banknotes in Li Qili's hand with a pair of small eyes, and couldn't stop swallowing saliva.

"You girl, what else do you say to your uncle about lost work expenses!" Uncle Li Qili said, "I will accept the medical expenses, and forget the lost work expenses!" ”

"Give it all to me!" The fat woman grabbed the banknote in Li Qili's hand and yelled at Li Qili's uncle, "What kind of big tail donkey?" We deserve this money, so we should take it with a clear conscience! ”

Uncle Li Qili looked at Li Qili and smiled bitterly, and then asked, "Is your mother better?" ”

"In the car, see for yourself!" Zhu Yue was very angry when she saw Li Qili's uncle being so wretched. Hearing him inquire about his sister's situation, he said angrily.

The tears in Li Qili's eyes flowed down again. "Uncle, I'm leaving!"

Uncle Li Qili saw his wife take the money and walked into the yard happily, so he secretly climbed into the car from the other side, glanced at his sister, and said to Qian Yongqiang: "Drive quickly!" ”

Back at home, several people settled Li Qili's mother.

Li Qili asked her uncle: "Why does my mother drink pesticides, have you heard anything?" ”

"Some time ago, because of the water to water the ground, your mother had a quarrel with Mr. Li's crooked family." Uncle Li Qili said, "This shouldn't cause her to drink medicine—don't you two often quarrel?" ”

"Was it just a quarrel, no hands?" Li Qili asked.

"I haven't heard of hands-on fights!" Uncle Li Qili said, "There must be some ugly things to scold each other, and to say some cruel things that go too far." But it's been a while, and if you want to say that it's because of this, I don't believe it! ”

"Is there anything else you've heard?"

"The person named Wang Si under the mountain often comes to your house to find trouble!" Uncle Li Qili said, "I heard that this person is talking to you?" ”

"At first, it was a while, and then it was gone." Li Qili said, "I didn't expect this person to be a scoundrel, like a dog skin plaster, and he can't get rid of it!" It was because of him that my mother forced me to go out to work! ”

"Did he force my mother to drink pesticides?"

"It's hard to say!" Uncle Li Qili frowned and said, "I haven't heard of him making trouble recently!" ”

"What the hell is going on?"

"Alas, it may be that your mother has gone through so many bad things, and her heart is haggard, and she didn't want to open it for a while, so she took this road!" Uncle Li Qili sighed and said, "There is no direct evidence to prove that your mother's drinking of medicine has anything to do with others, even if you go to sue the official, no one cares!" ”

Then Li Qili discussed with her uncle whether to notify Li Qiming to come back, because Li Qiming is her mother's only son after all.

Li Qili's uncle has no opinions, and everything is arranged by Li Qili.

"Let's not tell him!" "He'll be out in a few months." If he knows about this, my brother has a bad temper and stiffens, I'm afraid it will not be good for him to serve his sentence with peace of mind! ”

Li Qili arranged for her uncle and Qian Yongqiang to rest. Zhu Yue sat with Li Qili for a while, and Li Qili persuaded her to rest when she saw that there was nothing abnormal.

Li Qili was worried about her mother, so she didn't go back to the house to sleep, she pulled a stool and lay on her stomach in front of the bed.

Early the next morning, Li Qili woke up and saw that her mother's demeanor was wrong, and after a closer look, she found that her mother was no longer breathing. She panicked and burst into tears.

Qian Yongqiang and Zhu Yue, who heard the crying, as well as Li Qili's uncle, all sank in their hearts, knowing that the person had left.

"Don't cry, Qili. Birth, old age, sickness and death, human nature! Zhu Yue comforted the sad Li Qili vigorously, "Now you are alone at home, and you have to make up your mind about everything!" ”

With the help of her uncle and some villagers, Li Qili sent her mother to the field.

During this period, some people also asked why Li Qiming did not come back. all made Li Qili perfunctory.

After taking care of her mother's funeral, Li Qili returned to Nanjing with Qian Yongqiang and Zhu Yue.