Chapter II

Scene: Dad's house is in a room north of the house.

There is a refrigerator at the door of the room, and opposite the refrigerator, there is the garbage left by the parents:

apples and oranges; expired rice that has been caked;

The blind old mother got up and stuck to the garbage bag of vegetable leaves;

On the small square table next to the window on the north side, a table of biscuits was scattered in bulk...

I tiptoed around with the garbage to be taken out, afraid that my parents would come and snatch it from me, so I didn't dare to alarm them.

I went up and down the stairs again and again, and I threw a total of 12 large bags of garbage, and the garbage bin of the house next door downstairs had been filled by me. Grandma, who usually picks up garbage, began to look through garbage bags excitedly.

"12 bags in total, Dad"

"How many gangs?"

Dad sat on the sofa with his forehead on his bow and didn't move. This year's garbage is just thrown away, and he doesn't want to take care of it anymore.

There are three math tutorial books downstairs at the door, and I am not willing to throw them away. This is the testimony of my father's previous math class, and I was reluctant to throw it.

There is also an acupuncture point book, which I bought for my dad to massage acupoints for health.

Other black magazines、Apples and oranges.。。 I threw them all in the trash can downstairs.

Raised his hand to the bathroom and washed his hands carefully, and sat down next to my father, who still held his head and frowned: "I can't turn over at night because of the pain in my back" My dad sniffed and complained to me in a long voice.

"I was on your dad's waist and turned over," my mom added.

"Blind people can also come in handy", I'm still joking with my mother, who has been half-blind for many years and is used to self-deprecation + being ridiculed. She was blind and didn't understand what was going on with her father's illness.

In fact, not only did my half-blind mother not know, but I also didn't understand the professional description of my father's condition on the physical examination report.

"Dad, I'll give me the inspection report later, and I'll ask my classmates in Shanghai."

There is a classmate who is already an expert in Shanghai Cancer Hospital, and the county hospital here often asks him to come over for surgery.

I called Mr. Wu and sent him the physical examination indicators.

After reading the report, he called me and said that he had contacted a specialist who treated the disease.

This expert is a local and will be back for the Chinese New Year.

I made an appointment to go to a nearby café in the afternoon, and I went with my husband at that time.

"Do what you should do and do your best to do it, and do it carefully to reduce anxiety" Which psychologist said?

Scene: Clearing.

The food sacrifice to the ancestors has been completed, and as usual, I carry a bucket of water, and my dad carries a bag of ancestral banknotes to burn.

"Dad, you wear a mask, I choked on my cigarette and coughed" My dad was hospitalized for a month with lung discomfort two years ago, and he quit smoking after listening to the doctor.

"What kind of mask are you wearing?" Dad was angry and scolded me loudly,

I was too scared to reply.

"You don't know anything" The father who was burning paper money was facing the pot that was on fire. Dad turned his head to lecture me.

"I can't do anything" Dad burned paper, his eyes fixed on the fire, and threw paper money into the fire. and reprimanded me.

Since I was a child, my father would lecture me every time I met, and I never got tired of it.

The paper-burning cigarettes soared high, but I didn't dare to ask my dad to wear a mask anymore. He hesitated and stood back and forth for a moment beside the smoky basin.

Holding back the smell of smoke for a few minutes, he fled back into the house without saying hello to his father.

I was angry in my heart and scolded me for nothing.

I won't be anywhere, except to burn paper.

I have severe rhinitis and can't smell smoke.

I was holding my breath in my heart.

Scene: Inside the house.

After the family finished eating, I asked to wash the dishes and pots and clean the kitchen.

Every time I have a meal, I ask to wash the dishes myself.

The pots and pans are washed and flattened, and the pillars next to the sink do not stick to the oil.

Wash and dry the stove and sink with dish soap.

The floor of the kitchen room is wiped clean and dried with hot water.

When everything is washed and ready to be put in the bowl, a bowl is "snapped" into two pieces.

"Ahh

"The bowl is going to be broken," my father bluffed at the sound, and a table of people looked at me in unison.

"Slipped, with gloves on," I comforted my dad in embarrassment.

"Break the bowl during the Chinese New Year," my dad said to himself, with a stern tone of reprimand.

Today's Dad, everything is endless.

I shut up and stopped talking.

Scene: A café near the garden community.

The place to make an appointment to meet the expert is a café next to his residential complex.

"Husband, I didn't buy any clothes for the New Year this year, I'll go shopping and buy something after asking the doctor."

"You said oh, go see the house next year"

Chatting with my husband who was driving along the way, it was a twenty-minute journey, and I arrived before I knew it.

The west and north gates of the café are woods, and the most green urban area is the residential area in front of the café.

"This community is still good" looked around, envious, "there are still a lot of parking spaces in front of the café"

"Well, but I don't like the community that is too green, there are many mosquitoes," my husband replied to me easily.

The two of them entered the tea house and wore masks. The café is a wide corridor type, and when I looked west, the waiter in the black dress walked over: "What do you two drink?" She asked with a smile.

"There are still people coming to drink tea on Chinese New Year's Eve, how reluctant to stay at home"

"It should be the one," I said, gesturing to a man in a mask leaning on the couch by the land window to the north.

"Hello, is this Dr. Zhang?"

The man in the mask didn't answer, only to see him raise his hand and point to the seat opposite.

It should be, it is an expert introduced by Wu, and it should be that the expert shelf is large.

"Thank you, I'm going to trouble you for the New Year," I tried to say a few words.

"Hmm" Expert Zhang waved his hand slightly,

Then he held out his hand.

My husband quickly took out my dad's piece from his bag and handed it over.

There are a total of 9 films, and Expert Zhang picked up the films and looked at the window one by one.

"Shanghai people know about prevention and control, and wear masks", I chatted with my husband while Expert Zhang was watching the film.

I don't think there's anything wrong with the film, at most there will be gallstones, and it would be good to go to the hospital for a minor operation after the New Year!

The diagnosis certificate did not clearly state what the disease was, and Wu just said that a certain item was exceeded, so I ignored him.

After about 7-8 minutes, Expert Zhang put down a stack of films: "Whose film is it?" ”

He looked down at my husband and I in the seats opposite.

"My Dad"

"It's my dad"

"My father-in-law"

My husband and I rushed to answer.

"Oh"

"Surgery as soon as possible"

Director Zhang said.

I carefully identified his tone and looked at his eyes (he was wearing a mask) to see how quickly he spoke.

"Do I need to go to Shanghai for surgery?"

My husband made a gesture with his left hand, signaling me to slow down and let him ask.

"Now that there is an epidemic outside, can I make an appointment for surgery?" the husband tried his best to ask the doctor sitting opposite with reason.

"There happens to be an operation here on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, you don't have to go there, you can make an appointment at the People's Hospital here," Dr. Zhang, an expert in the Lunar New Year, replied with a normal face. No frowning, no nervousness, no worried expression.

"Can I have another operation after the New Year?" The old-fashioned dad was certainly reluctant to have any surgery on the New Year, and convincing him would be a task.

"As soon as possible," Dr. Zhang said.

"Before the operation, you need to take injections in the hospital for a week until the indicators are met before the operation"

"I'll say hello to the director of the People's Hospital later, and I'll go to the hospital tomorrow."

Dr. Zhang explained in detail the preparation arrangements for the next surgery.

"Dr. Zhang, are there many surgeries similar to patients?" I want to know the level of proficiency.

"What happens if I don't have surgery?" I asked tentatively.

"It's quick without surgery"

"......." my face sank.

"How fast is it to not have surgery?" I leaned forward and asked urgently.

"How long will it be? Is there a few years? ”

"Generally 3-5 months," Dr. Zhang replied.

"Not necessarily, some will be longer, generally from March to May"

Dr Teo added.

I grimaced and stopped talking.