Chapter 131: The Great Mother
Standing on the overpass, under him is the endless flow of the road, Cao Ping feels a little confused, but also a little funny, people often seek collective shelter, after all, the tree is good to enjoy the shade, but the reality is often more cruel than anything, in the end, we still have to succumb to this society. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Of course, he can borrow from Zhang Zhen, Sister Zhang, or even from the road guide, but that can only solve a temporary emergency, not a long-term solution. It is not ironic that he should really do his part for him, but he didn't even say a sincere greeting, but he ran before and after running for him.
I made a few phone calls to Jackie Chan, but no one answered, so I still had to rely on myself! Cheering up, Cao Ping dialed Zhang Yishan's phone, and he had not replied abroad, and asked him about a few better brain hospitals in Beijing, and Cao Ping began to run one by one.
In the end, Professor Zhang Junting of Beijing Tiantan Hospital told him that there is no way to treat vegetative people with medical technology at present, and according to precedent, what the injured need is the courage to survive and some luck, and the only thing the family can do is wait.
Wait, a word of waiting, almost shows the second half of Xiao Fang's life, does he have to sleep like this in his life?
Returning to Chengde, it was already late at night, looking through the window, Xiao Fang was still asleep, Cao Ping rubbed his temples tiredly, and sat silently on the chair. There was no one in the hospital corridor late at night, only the cold energy-saving lamps casting a miserable white light.
There was only a little nurse on duty at the end of the corridor, although he hadn't eaten for a day, but Cao Ping had no appetite at all, he curled up in his chair, without a trace of sleep, his brain was clear and terrible, the stabbing knife was replayed in his mind like a movie, stabbing into Xiao Fang's chest again and again, and he desperately wanted to catch it, but it was all the same, and the strong frustration made him tremble.
The ringing of the phone rang very suddenly, and it took a while for Cao Ping, who was stunned, to react that it was Xiao Fang's mobile phone ringing, and took out the mobile phone to see, the word "mother" on the screen made Cao Ping want to hang up the phone, and silently waited for the phone to hang up, but it didn't take long for the phone to ring stubbornly again, and at the last moment of hanging up, Cao Ping pressed the connection.
Before Cao Ping could speak, an old female voice came from the phone: "Hey, hello, I'm Mingming's mother, which hospital is my son in?"
Opening his mouth, Cao Ping asked, "Auntie, how do you know ......?"
"It was the boss of the company who told me, you told me which hospital he was in, and I had already arrived in Chengde. Auntie's voice was only trembling a little, but it was not out of shape.
Cao Ping scolded in his heart, but still whispered the address, and then ran downstairs to the hospital gate to wait, and soon after, a taxi stopped on the side of the road, and an old woman with gray hair got out of the car. Cao Ping was stunned, Xiao Fang is only in his twenties this year, and his mother will not be more than fifty years old, right? The old woman who got out of the car looked to be sixty or seventy years old.
After hesitating for a moment, Cao Ping greeted him and asked, "Yes...... Auntie?"
Fang's mother raised her eyes to see him, nodded and asked, "Where is my son?" Cao Ping stepped forward to help him and said, "He is in the ICU ward, I will help you over." Mother Fang broke free gently, although she was old and thin, her back was straight. She walked quickly to the hospital, and Cao Ping had to rush forward to help open the elevator.
Standing outside the ward, Fang's mother quietly looked at her son on the hospital bed, there is a rule in the ICU that family members are not allowed to enter for 24 hours, so she can only stand outside the door.
After a long time, Fang's mother turned around and asked, "You, is that Cao Ping, right?"
Cao Ping looked at the ground and nodded, in front of Fang's mother, he was very weak and didn't dare to look at her eyes.
Pulling Cao Ping to sit on the chair, Fang's mother said, "Tell me, why did it become like this?"
Cao Ping slowly told everything that had happened, and Fang's mother listened quietly, but her clenched fists showed that she was not as calm as she appeared.
"I'm sorry, Auntie, I didn't save him......" Cao Ping hung his head reproachfully.
After listening to Cao Ping's narration, Fang's mother looked back at the ward, turned her face, but comforted Cao Ping with a smile and said: "Silly boy, I don't blame you, it's because that Japanese person obviously became like this, you can always be by his side, I'm happy to have a friend like you." Cao Ping was stunned, but Fang's mother's smile was kind but with a hint of sadness, and the tip of her nose couldn't help but be sour, and she spoke incoherently: "No...... I could have blocked that stab...... As long as I grab his blade...... Even if my hand is cut off, I won't let go...... But...... I can't catch ...... I'm really useless......" Cao Ping's throat froze, he gritted his teeth, and his breathing trembled a little.
Raising his hand and touching the top of Cao Ping's head, Fang's mother said, "Do you want to hear the story of me and Mingming?" Cao Ping raised his head, but Fang's mother had already fallen into memory: "When the three-year natural disaster began, I was four years old, and when I fled, my parents exchanged me for a basket of steamed buns and sold them to a family surnamed Dong as a child daughter-in-law. When I was sixteen years old, I was pregnant, but I had a miscarriage while doing farm work, and the next year, I had another miscarriage, and my mother-in-law thought I was useless and kicked me out, and I asked for food for two years, and I robbed the dog of food, and a kind grandmother saw that I was pitiful, and invited me to work, gave me a chance to be a decent person, and introduced me to his father. ”
Fang's mother looked back at the ward and continued: "His father is a farmer, and he is also a small person, although he is wooden, but he knows that it hurts, I may have had two miscarriages, and I have never had children, and his father doesn't blame me." In 87, I was pregnant with Mingming, I was 32 years old that year, his father was three years older than me, he was an old man, we were both very happy, his father didn't let me do any work, he raised himself at home, and he did all the work in the field. A smile appeared on Fang's mother's face, and Cao Ping listened quietly on the side, maybe she only needed a listener now.
"That winter, the vegetable growers rushed together, the price of winter vegetables was particularly low, Chinese cabbage was only two cents a pound, his father in order to rush to the front to sell, it was dark to drive into the city, but fell off the bridge and left, I had a big belly, buried his father, and as a result, he suffered from the wind cold and was born prematurely. Obviously when he was born, he was skinny and skinny, like a little old man, at that time there was no money at home, and his father was gone, and he couldn't open the pot, and often couldn't eat a meal a day, I was so hungry that I couldn't get milk, and I didn't have milk for half a day, and I was so hungry that I cried, and I cried until I was tired, and I fell asleep. Later, in order to give milk to my children, I sold meat several times. ”
Cao Ping raised his head in shock, and turned his head in embarrassment, Fang's mother didn't care, and said: "That's right, it's what you think, but I don't think I've done anything wrong, I'm just an ordinary woman, when I'm desperate, I only have this way, I believe that even if his father has a spirit in the sky, he won't blame me, as long as the child can grow up healthy, I don't care." ”
"That'...... Mingyuan, does he know?" Cao Pingchi asked.
"He knows. Fang's mother said: "I told him that he didn't look down on me, on the contrary, he was very competitive, he studied very well since he was a child, although he didn't enter the top three, but he has been in the middle and upper, if he didn't often go home at night to help me collect vegetables, and get up early in the morning to help me load vegetables and sell vegetables, I believe he will be able to take the first exam!" Fang's mother's eyes were full of pride, which made Cao Ping a little ashamed of the thoughts that flashed in his heart just now.
Fang's mother continued: "However, what makes me happiest is that he has always been healthy and has not had any serious illnesses. With that, she looked back at the ward, and a trace of pain flashed in her eyes.
After being silent for a long time, Fang's mother said: "Obviously, it is our first child to go to Beijing to go to university, and after graduation, he stayed in Beijing to work, and dealing with stars like you is one of our most promising." ”
For some reason, hearing what Fang's mother said about the star, Cao Ping felt a little harsh, and he couldn't wait to get into the cracks in the ground.
Fang's mother looked at Cao Ping and said, "Child, do you know why I am telling you this?"
Cao Ping shook his head, and Fang's mother said: "I have experienced a lot of things in my life, and these things have taught me a truth, that is, to accept my fate!
Turning around and smiling apologetically at Cao Ping, Fang's mother said, "I'm sorry! Child, I may not be able to pay back the medical expenses you paid in the short term, but don't worry, as long as I wake up, I will pay you back by smashing the pot and selling iron." ”
"No! you don't have to pay it back!" Cao Ping waved his hand desperately, but at some point, tears had already burst out of his eyes, Fang's mother patted Cao Ping's hand and asked, "Child, how much does it cost to live for a month?"
"Three thousand ...... a day" As soon as the words came out, Cao Ping couldn't wait to slap himself twice.
"Oh......" Fang's mother's voice was a little low, and she silently opened a cloth bag, which contained a red passbook and a stack of neatly stacked banknotes of various colors, she handed it to Cao Ping and said: "This is the seventy-three thousand four hundred and fifty-one that I made up overnight, you go to the hospital first, and I will find a way to do the rest, I will go back tomorrow, and I can borrow some more." ”
Cao Ping choked up a little and said, "Auntie, I definitely can't ask for this money! Don't be afraid, I'll find a way!"
Stuffing the money in Cao Ping's hand, and then raising her eyes, Fang's mother was full of confidence, and said: "Auntie is rich, I have always been in good health, I can still sell a kidney and some blood, Auntie has never been afraid of things!"