The Story of Qingfeng Village

Chapter 22 The Death of Li Ying
Since then, Li Ying has had ups and downs until her condition worsened, and Liu Jianguo took her to a big hospital in the provincial capital.
After returning from the provincial capital, Li Ying could no longer go to work. First she asked for sick leave, and later she had to stay on without pay.

Liu Jianguo had to take care of his wife and children at the same time, so he was too busy to divide himself.

The child is ready for kindergarten

He prepares breakfast for his wife and children to eat, leaves his wife at home, and sends the children to the kindergarten before going to work. The children eat in the kindergarten, and he prepares meals from the canteen at noon for his wife to eat, and leaves his wife in the afternoon. At home, I go to work by myself, and my wife can sit still at home for a day.After get off work, Liu Jianguo went to the kindergarten to pick up the children, and then cooked, washed, and put the children to sleep... he became both a father and a mother.

The wife would recognize him and his son when she was awake, but this was rare, and more often she turned a blind eye to the father and son and was completely immersed in her own world.

Sometimes I have to rely on Liu Jianguo to feed me.

The son sometimes asks, "Dad, does mom not like me? I told her to ignore me..."

"No. Mom has important things to think about, we can't disturb her, you know?"

"Oh……"

The son agreed half-understood, and walked slowly, for fear of affecting his mother.

It made Liu Jianguo feel sour.

After my dad came a few times, I couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so I had a talk with him
: "It can't go on like this. You have to go to work and take care of the big and small. If things go on like this, it's not a solution."

Liu Jianguo also knew that this was not the solution, but what could he do?

Colleagues in the unit know the situation at home, and try to help as much as they can. The leader also takes care of him and does not arrange him to go out when he is on a business trip.

Liu Jianguo felt very sorry, and tried to do more work.

He didn't want his wife to have such a disease, so didn't he care?

Dad: "I'm not saying I don't care, I'm thinking of a different way, such as sending him to a mental hospital, where there are special doctors and nurses to take care of him..."

"Dad, I said that Li Ying is not a mental patient. The doctor said that what she needs is the love and care of her family. Let her come out of that world and return to the present world. Sending her to a mental hospital will only aggravate her condition... "

Dad was very angry: "I don't understand the world you are talking about. I only know that if this continues, you will be dragged down, and my grandson will also be ruined."

The old man pointed to his grandson Liu Li who was huddled at the door.

Liu Jianguo looked at his son's timid eyes, and his heart tightened all of a sudden.

Every time I go to pick up my son, I am the last one.

The son is alone on the playground on the slide, or staring at the ground and counting ants.

The old man who guards the gate of the kindergarten said more than once: "Can't you come to pick up the children earlier?"

Liu Jianguo thought too, but...

Life is the same, except that Li Ying can't go to work, and there is nothing wrong with staying at home. She is neither manic nor hitting anyone, but just stays quietly in her own world.

There's nothing wrong with that.

This habit has been used for ten years.

During this period, Li Ying's illness went from good to bad.

Liu Jianguo only hopes that medicine can be more developed and Li Ying's illness can be completely cured. Only then will the family live a truly happy life.

but……

That day, there were no signs.

Liu Jianguo came back from get off work, prepared meals in the kitchen, and talked while working. Whether Li Ying could listen or not, he was used to talking to her like this.

Talk about the unit, talk about the son, talk about the father, talk about the things in the yard.

Liu Jianguo sometimes felt that he was better at gossiping than a housewife.

No way, get used to it.

Li Ying usually just stays there thinking about her own affairs and never speaks to her.

Liu Jianguo didn't care either.He talks about himself, and the work at hand doesn't stop.

When Liu Jianguo came out with the food, he found that there was no one in the small living room, so he hurried to the bedroom to see that there was no one.

Li Ying usually stays in the living room or bedroom thinking about her own affairs, and never goes out.

Liu Jianguo glanced at the open door, his heart skipped a beat, and Li Ying went out.

Liu Jianguo hurried out to look for it.

He lived on the first floor, and he came out to the yard.The first floor was chosen for convenience.

When he walked into the yard, he didn't see Li Ying's shadow.

This is the family courtyard of the unit, and there are guards.Liu Jianguo thought that Li Ying must not have gone far, and asked the gatekeeper which direction she was going so that she could still catch up.

He quickened his pace and ran towards the door. Suddenly, a person in the yard pointed to the upstairs and said, "Look, what is that person doing, is he going to jump off the building?"

Liu Jianguo followed the direction of his finger and turned his head to look.

There is a person standing on the roof of the eighth floor, isn't it Li Ying or who?

Liu Jianguo's heart beat faster.

He desperately waved upwards, trying to get Li Ying's attention.

However, it doesn't seem to work.

It was time to get off work, and almost all the people in the dormitory came back. Hearing the shouts, more and more people gathered downstairs, talking a lot.

Someone shouted: "Oh, Teacher Liu, isn't that your Teacher Li? Go up and pull it down..."

"Oh…"

Liu Jianguo mechanically agreed to run upstairs, but his legs were weak and he couldn't walk.

Two colleagues, one on each side, picked up Liu Jianguo and ran upstairs.

The aunts and uncles downstairs were not idle either. Some enthusiastic people came out from the house carrying the quilt, and everyone held the quilt together. If they jumped off, they could continue below.

Liu Jianguo was half-dragged and half-dragged to the top of the building, and Li Ying was already standing on the wall of the top of the building, looking precarious.

Liu Jianguo: "Li Ying, what are you doing, don't climb so high... come down quickly, the meal is ready, let's go home and eat."

The two people next to him chimed in: "Mr. Li, come down quickly. You see, Mr. Liu is very anxious."

But Li Ying didn't look back, as if she didn't hear what they said, she only saw the sky in the distance, and then she spread her arms and flew up...

Finished!

Liu Jianguo heard the person next to him say two words.

Then there was an exclamation downstairs.

Liu Jianguo threw himself against the low wall, his vision blurred, he couldn't see anything...

He didn't know how he got down the stairs.

Downstairs, Li Ying was lying on the quilt with her head touching the concrete floor. There were several warm-hearted people lying around, and they were also injured to varying degrees.

Just kidding, if you jump down so high, can the quilt catch it?But people in that era were still simple, they only thought about saving people, and didn't think much about other things.

If it was now, I would definitely take out my mobile phone to shoot a video and send it to Moments. Some Internet celebrities also joined in the fun, and some even urged me to jump faster and wait for the filming.

Someone has called an ambulance.

The ambulance took Li Ying and several other injured people to the hospital.

Li Ying is hopeless, but fortunately, the others are not too serious.

(End of this chapter)