Volume 1 Chapter 431, Companion Friend
The atmosphere of the hospital always seems solemn and deep, like a silent harp, playing a symphony of life and death. This atmosphere is pervasive, infiltrating every corner, and making people's hearts heavy
I stared blankly at the blue door of the ICU, and my heart was tormented by a large hand, and I was exhausted.
My father and I are separated by a door, but between life and death.
The thought of my father lying there, covered in tubes, made me feel like something was choking, and I had nowhere to vent.
In addition to me, there were several family members in the corridor, all of whom were laying bunks in the corners of the corridor, everyone was depressed, and the whole corridor seemed to be covered with gloom.
My back stiffened against the wall, when a chubby aunt came up and patted me on the shoulder.
"Young man, it's cold on the ground, you come and sit on Auntie's mat for a while."
I rolled my dry eyeballs, licked my chapped lips and said, "Thank you, Auntie, I'm fine, I'll just sit here."
"Are you escorting you tonight?" Auntie asked.
I nodded, "Yes, I'll escort you."
As we spoke, the others joined in, and the eldest brother who was sitting next to me moved to the side, looked at me with red eyes, and said, "You don't have a futon, come and sit with me for a while, if you can't let your family come and bring you a set, it's hard to get on the floor at night without a futon."
"No one is allowed on this floor at night, so we'll have to find a place in the lobby on the first floor." The aunt said again just now.
I nodded, smiling reluctantly, "Okay, I see, thank you."
Auntie smiled, "We are all companions, if you don't know where to lay the floor at night, or if you need any help, just ask anyone and they will tell you."
"Yes, young man, drink some water first, see your mouth is dry."
After speaking, the eldest brother sitting next to me stuffed a bottle of mineral water into my hand.
He patted me on the shoulder and said earnestly, "We have to take care of our bodies, we're going to fall, what about the people inside?" The family has to spare someone to take care of us."
My heart moved, and I had to take care of myself for the sake of the people lying inside.
So I didn't pretend anymore, unscrewed the cap, and drank the whole bottle of water in one go.
Maybe it's a similar experience; Narrowing the distance between us, I began to feel a little lonely in the hospital alone, but as soon as I got along with them, my heart soaked in tears suddenly became hot.
The aunt who took the initiative to talk to me just now, I called her Aunt Xu, her wife has been in the ICU for three days, and she has a daughter, and she and her daughter work shifts to take care. The eldest brother who gave me water, I called him Brother Lei, his father has also been in for a few days, and he still has a younger brother, but he is abroad, and he is the only one by his side.
This floor is not allowed to stay overnight, the first day I came, I was like a headless fly, fortunately with Brother Lei and Aunt Xu, I didn't run around like a fool.
I followed the army to the first floor, some of whom lay down on chairs, and some of whom simply lay on the floor.
Brother Lei spread the futon on the ground and left half of it for me, "Brother, you can't stay with me tonight, and let your family come and bring you something tomorrow."
I looked at the small mattress and shook my head, he slept alone just right, even half of me, he could only curl up and sleep.
"No, I have a mat in my car." I remembered that there was a yoga mat in the trunk.
"That's fine! There is a need to speak."
"Who has a power bank, borrow it from me, the phone is out of battery." Someone next to me asked.
"I have! I'll give it to you." A middle-aged woman said.
I watched them borrow and borrow each other, and Aunt Xu smiled, "That's how we are companions, whoever is in trouble will speak up, and everyone will help if there is difficulty."
I was suddenly deeply moved, I used to crawl around in the workplace, and what I saw was the complex side of human nature, too kind and emotional, likely to be used by others, everything was linked to interests, and I was hurt a lot, and slowly learned to live with a mask, and I was careful against everyone.
But the life in front of you
Hundreds of states let me see the brilliance of human nature.
I used to just think about making money to buy a car and a house, but I never thought that I could do something for others besides making money.
Life is like a mirror, but the workplace reflects the greed and madness of human nature, while the front of you reflects life and death, and human feelings are warm and cold.
I was lying on the yoga mat, my head was groggy, but I couldn't sleep, and to be honest, I couldn't accept it now, but I had to accept it.
When I was half asleep, my mobile phone suddenly rang, and when I picked it up, I saw that it was Lin Feifei who made a video call to me.
I hurriedly got up and walked out of the hall to connect.
"Hey, husband, why did you take so long to pick it up? Ay...... Why are you still outside at this late hour?" Lin Feifei climbed on the bed with her plush in her arms, looking at me with a smile.
"I'm in the hospital! My dad was hospitalized......
I sighed and told her everything that had happened that afternoon.
Lin Feifei immediately sat up, "Oh my God! Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?"
I smiled wryly, "I didn't mean to hide it from you, there are too many main things."
"You give me the address of the hospital, and I'll go there tomorrow."
"Don't say goodbye, you just took two weeks off, and now you're asking again, it's not appropriate."
Lin Feifei almost got anxious with me on the phone, "What's inappropriate! If there is such a big thing at home, of course I have to go over, it's okay to ask for leave, who has nothing to do at home, you send me the address of the hospital quickly, and I will buy the earliest high-speed rail tomorrow."
When she could say that, I was already moved in my heart.
I sent her the address and she comforted me a few words, it was the first time I experienced this kind of thing, but life will never prepare you, I can only tell myself repeatedly in my heart that everything will be fine.
When I got back, I lay down for a while, and was just about to fall asleep, when I was suddenly woken up by a cry.
"What's wrong?" I sat up and turned my head to look for the cry.
Brother Lei turned over and said to me without opening his eyes, "The family members are crying, it should be the patient. Go to sleep! This happens several times a night."
"Sleep! Conserve your strength."
He was unfazed, and his tone was a little numb, obviously used to it.
Sure enough, there were several cries in the night, and I began to feel a little uncomfortable, but I fell asleep in a daze.
I slept for about three or four hours that night, and when I woke up, I found a woman's coat over me.
I turned my head to look, and Aunt Xu smiled at me, "I built it for you, it's cold in the hospital at night, don't catch a cold."
"Thank you...... Thank you......" I tried to say thank you, but my throat choked.
Although this world is full of holes, there are always people who mend them.
Everyone here has their own story, and I realized during the chat that I was actually very happy.