Shinming Nursing Home

Chapter 1 A Family of Three (for further reading)
"Cough, cough, cough..."

"Oh my god, it's always gray and the weather is getting colder."

In the early morning, at the entrance of the hall of a one-story farm house, the young man was boiling a pot of traditional Chinese medicine with a fan in his hand, and turned a deaf ear to the voice of the visitor.

He concentrates and masters the heat.

When he felt someone approaching from the corner of his eye, he saw someone walking tremblingly with a smile on his face. This was his grandma Li Xiuqin.

"You are nineteen years old this year. You can't tell or hear. How can you marry a wife in the future?"

"I'm too old at this age, and I can't save much money for you with this little pension."

"It's all my fault that I didn't take good care of you back then, which caused you to have such an accident."

Li Xiuqin knew that no matter what she said, the boy named Zhang Ji would not be able to hear her.

Carrying two white plastic bags in her hand, which contained two meat buns and a cup of soy milk, she walked into the living room and put them on the old Eight Immortals table. Due to the long-term use and the humid weather, there were some mildew spots on them, and they were wiped. Can't be wiped off.

She opened the plastic bag, and the hand holding the straw trembled slightly, and with a bang, the soy milk film cover was pierced.

"Ah, ah..." Zhang Ji picked up the medicine pot, as if to say, the medicine was boiled, and carefully poured it on the earthenware bowl on the Eight Immortals Table.

"Xiao Ji, hurry up and eat." Li Xiuqin opened the plastic bag of meat buns, and hot steam came out.

Zhang Ji sat down, took a bite of the steamed stuffed bun, sipped the soy milk, and smiled innocently.

Global climate change started 100 years ago when a small island country in the ocean sank due to an earthquake.

Eighty years ago, a small island country was engulfed by a tsunami and has since disappeared.

Sixty years ago, people in countries close to the north and south poles died inexplicably. All countries jointly investigated, but no reason was found, and nothing happened.

Following the frequent occurrence of extreme weather around the world, natural disasters continue.

Twenty or thirty years ago, volcanoes erupted all over the world, and the climate was suddenly cold. One country after another lost contact, lost global trade, food, and all aspects of the economy were severely damaged.

Evil haze, acid rain, frost and snow, and thunderstorms gradually engulfed the world.

Only Xia Kingdom, because of the natural barrier formed by the underground dragon veins, was not completely eroded by the harsh weather.

However, the living environment has deteriorated, and many born children have been abandoned.

Li Xiuqin is a retired teacher and should have lived her life.

It can be seen that there are some abandoned babies on the road, and they know that if they are not taken away, they will be eaten by wild cats, wild dogs and rats who are extremely hungry.

I couldn't bear it, and if I picked one up, there would be a second one.

If you pick a few more, someone will know her, and secretly put the child at the door of Li Xiuqin's house.

Therefore, the family strongly opposed it, but they did things from beginning to end. Li Xiuqin sold her house, and her children turned against her because of the house.

In order to save living costs, she went to the countryside outside Xiamen City Island and built such a small courtyard.

Year after year, some children's parents came to claim their children when they were old enough to work and earn money.

They are their own flesh and blood, even though Li Xiuqin has feelings, she also hopes that the child can be with her parents.

Some children grow up and go out to work, especially after marrying a wife and having children, and never come back.

Li Xiuqin exhausted her savings, was overworked all these years, fell ill, and her own children never came to see her.

"Of all the children, only you and Zhou Jun are the most filial."

"He's a soldier now, and his wife is married. He's busy."

"If you weren't deaf and dumb, this handsome appearance would have been missed by girls from good families."

Zhang Ji nodded and smiled silly.

"I know how to giggle every day, do you know if I'm praising you or scolding you?" Li Xiuqin held the earthenware bowl with both hands, took a sip of the medicine, and said with a smile.

"The medicine you boiled, I feel warm all over my body after drinking it, and I feel hot in my mouth. Every time I boil the medicine, I overcook it, and I don't want to drink after two sips. It's bitter."

She thought that her children would understand her when they grew up, but these years, she didn't even say a word of greeting, so the feeling in her heart can be imagined.

At this moment Zhang Ji took out a big white milk candy from his pocket and put it in front of her: "Ahh..."

"Little bastard, last time I ate this candy, my dentures were glued off and almost fell to the ground!" Li Xiuqin pointed at one of her own dentures and poked the candy back: "You still carry it with you. Give it to girls who don't like taking medicine when you're in the gym!"

"Maybe there is a girl who, after taking a bite of your candy, falls in love with you!"

Zhang Ji scratched his head in embarrassment, then put the big white rabbit in his pocket.

He can actually hear, but he can hear the truest emotional voice of others.

The accident that year made Zhang Ji suddenly deaf and dumb, and then he kept having a recurring dream every day. In the dream, there was a dark building, and the door could not be opened.

Pushing and pushing, he found that he could hear the voices of others.

Five years ago, he was 13 years old.

That year Li Xiuqin took Zhang Ji to borrow money from one family to another.

It's Chinese New Year, but the family can't open the pot, Zhou Jun still has to study, and there are expenses everywhere.

He could clearly remember Li Xiuqin's helpless and desperate appearance back then. If Mr. Cheng Mingtang Lin hadn't paid a sum of money, the whole family might not have survived that winter.

Zhang Ji wanted to repay, so he helped out with odd jobs in Chengming Hall, made medicine, and provided food and accommodation at the same time, which was also considered to lighten Li Xiuqin's burden.

For Zhang Ji, the greatest wish in this life is to give her grandma good living conditions so that she can rely on her old age.

At this time, the iron door outside the bungalow was ajar and was pushed open.

The young man in military uniform is heroic, tall and straight, with a slim woman beside him.

"Oh, Zhou Jun, you're back!" Li Xiuqin stood up with some difficulty, and didn't even bother to finish the medicine. She smiled at the woman next to him and said, "Yang Li is here too, sit down quickly, and I'll soak you up." Tea!"

"Grandma, what are you doing? I have hands and feet, and I'm not an outsider. Just come by yourself!" Zhou Jun held a bag of oranges in one hand, put it on the table, and put the pork belly in the other hand in the kitchen, ready to make tea and chat, Full of joy.

The woman named Yang Li smiled a little far-fetched. Seeing that the long bench was pitch-black and shiny, and she couldn't have such a patina after decades of use, she couldn't help frowning, with disgust on her face.

Li Xiuqin quickly picked up the rag and wanted to wipe the chair, but suddenly found that the rag was a bit worn out, so she replaced it with the towel she used to wash her face, and took out a relatively new plastic chair, wiped it clean, and said with a smile: "Yang Li, sit down quickly."

Only then did Yang Li sit down with some reluctance, put a handbag containing clothes on the ground, holding her brand new bag in both hands, and pulled a short distance away from the old Eight Immortals table.

"Why did you come to such a ghostly place?" Yang Li felt disgusted in her heart.

When Zhang Ji heard all this, his face froze, and when he saw grandma still looking happy, he pretended not to know.

Yang Li looked at the bowl of medicine on the table, frowned, and lightly covered her nose with her fingers.

When Li Xiuqin saw it, she hurriedly took away her medicine bowl.

Zhang Ji knew that she was inconvenient to move, so he quickly put the medicine pot away in the kitchen.

At this time, Zhou Jun walked into the hall with a hot water bottle and an iron tea tray, and while ironing the tea set, he smiled and said, "Grandma, don't worry about it, I will do it myself."

"The weather has been cold recently. Yang Li has been talking about coming to see you, so she even bought you a dress. She has been choosing it for a long time."

Zhou Jun winked at Yang Li, and she hooked the handbag with one finger, put it on the table, and said with a smile, "Grandma, this is for you."

"Yang Li, I'm very happy that you can come to grandma, how can I make you spend money." Li Xiuqin was a little at a loss because she didn't prepare anything.

"It's okay, grandma, if you don't accept it, Yang Li won't dare to come next time." Zhou Jun picked up the handbag, put it in Li Xiuqin's hand, and said, "Hurry up and put it in the room."

"Okay, okay!" Li Xiuqin's eyes were a little wet, and she went back to her room with her handbag in her arms.

Feeling in her pocket, she walked to a drawer.

Seeing Li Xiuqin returning to the room, Zhou Jun looked at Zhang Ji, pointed at Li Xiuqin, patted his chest, and gave a thumbs up.

Zhang Ji nodded repeatedly and gave a thumbs up, indicating that Li Xiuqin is in good health recently.

Zhou Jun picked up a stack of banknotes, put them in Zhang Ji's hands, and gestured with a few gestures: "Buy more nutritious food for grandma, and save some money yourself so that you can marry a wife in the future."

Zhang Ji took the money and put it in his pocket.

Seeing this scene, Yang Li stood up, her face turned cold, and she cursed in her heart: "I know how to send money outside every day, an old man, a fool, what can I do with money!"

Zhang Jijiang stood there, wanting to take out the money and return it to Zhou Jun. Even if he couldn't hear his heart, he knew that the other party was unhappy.

But at this time Li Xiuqin had already come out, holding a brand new red envelope in her hand, and seeing her get up, she hurriedly said: "Yang Li, sit down quickly, don't make trouble."

"Grandma, we won't sit down anymore. It's the end of the year, and Zhou Jun has a lot of work to do." Yang Li just wanted to leave immediately.

Li Xiuqin was startled, paused, and said with a smile: "Yes, as a soldier, you are a member of the public family, and you don't have your own time."

"Grandma's kindness, Chinese New Year is coming soon, I wish you an early birth and a safe life." Li Xiuqin put the red envelope in Yang Li's hand.

Yang Li smiled, took the thin red envelope, said without saying a word, "With this little money, I can really do business."

Zhang Ji's face became more gloomy, and he lowered his head silently.

Zhou Jun had no choice but to get up and smooth things over: "Grandma, it is indeed the end of the year, and the task is tight."

He patted Zhang Ji on the shoulder, pointed to the oranges on the table, and said, "It's okay, peel some oranges for grandma, it will reduce phlegm and relieve cough."

Zhang Ji nodded, reassuring him.

"Grandma, let's go." Seeing that Yang Li had already reached the door, Zhou Jun could only leave.

Zhang Ji supported Li Xiuqin and sent them to the door.

Zhou Jun turned his head three times a step, and said, "Zhang Ji, take grandma home, it's windy at the door."

Seeing Zhou Jun and his wife got into the jeep, grandma looked a little sad, and sighed: "I'm busy, I came here to see me, I really trouble them."

Zhang Ji supported grandma, went back to the living room, sat on a chair, and brought out the medicine she had just finished drinking, which was still hot, and the tea set on the table had just been hot, and the tea was not even brewed.

He smiled and peeled the orange for grandma, tasted it himself first, gave a thumbs up, then broke off a piece, and put it in Li Xiuqin's mouth.

"This orange is quite sweet, you should eat more."

"But our chair is a bit dirty." Li Xiuqin picked up her face towel, lowered her head and kept wiping it on the chair: "Yang Li is a child of a rich family, so it's normal if she doesn't get used to us."

As Li Xiuqin talked, she lowered her head and shed tears. She has lived a long time, her heart is like a bright mirror, how can she not feel it?

Zhang Ji stuffed the remaining oranges into his mouth, packed the tea set, and prepared to cook for grandma, pretending not to see her crying.

In the jeep.

Zhou Jun's tone was a little displeased, and he said, "Are you in such a hurry? Sit down and have a few sips of tea?"

"You still have the face to criticize me? Like the God of Wealth, you keep sending money out. How much money can you make as a broken soldier? After a few days of good life, you don't know what your last name is?" Yang Li retorted.

"Without grandma, I might not be able to live."

"If I hadn't dragged Zhang Ji to roast sweet potatoes back then, he wouldn't have suddenly become deaf and dumb."

"Happily chatting with grandma, is it difficult to have a meal?" Zhou Jun suppressed his emotions. Since the two got married, their relationship has undergone earth-shaking changes, and Yang Li has never been willing to come back with him. No, every time he came back alone, he was afraid that grandma would think about it.

"I have heard about your old sesame seeds and rotten millet eight hundred times. I will never enter your house in the future. Don't forget, who asked you to join the army! The car you drive now, the house you live in Whose room is it?" Yang Li spoke harshly, and her eyes showed a mocking look.

"Every time the task is over, I run to this poor place. Where is your home?"

Zhou Jun clenched his fists, his eyes were red, and said, "Okay, I'll apply to guard the spirit later."

"You are really ordinary and confident. You can go to the guards if you want?" Yang Li sneered, "Don't you understand what my dad means? Let you be a soldier. You have a decent job, and then Be honest, be safe and sound, listen to me, don't you understand?"

Zhou Jun didn't say any more, even if he would die, he would go to guard the spirit guard, and he didn't want to live such a miserable life.

He is very talented, he is the king of soldiers in the entire Xiacheng military region, and he has long been qualified to enter the outer guard of the spirit guard.

I just heard from my father-in-law that the guardians of the spirit will face monsters other than the evil haze, and ordinary people know nothing about the front line.

Powerful monsters can smash ships with one foot, tear tanks with bare hands, and take rockets head-on.

The spirit guard is the place with the highest death rate, and it is also the strongest unit in Xiamen City.

If you perform outstandingly, you will even be selected into the Bingxian reserve and focus on training.

The reason why I didn't go is that my grandma has been in poor health and Zhang Ji is deaf-mute.

I am afraid that something will happen to me, and the survival of the two close relatives will become more difficult.

Zhou Jun knew that there was no way out, and if he didn't break out into a world, waiting for his grandma and Zhang Ji would only be humiliated and despised.

Family is family, whether they are good or bad.

They are the closest people in their own world.

Instead of letting your family members live without dignity, it is better to let yourself fight a vast world for them.

　Looking for new books to follow up, to collect, to recommend.

　　Originally, I planned to test the water with a vest, but I thought that people should have the courage to face their own failures.

　　I want to keep fighting and failing, never give up.

　　


(End of this chapter)