bamboo drift beauty

Chapter 6 Walking Together: Holding an Umbrella in the Wind and Rain
Li Xiao returned to the homestay.

Chishui in July is the rainy season.On the way back, it was raining again.

Li Xiao had a fever, but the mosquitoes refused to let him go, buzzing in front of his eyes.

Liu Geling sent him a WeChat message, "Your mother has come to my house, and she has been talking to my mother about your wild and rebellious nature, and I don't know who will subdue you in the future. She also told my mother that if you don't go back, they will kill you." I went to find you."

Li Xiao thought of Zhu Sheng in his mind.Take some more videos of Zhu Shengzhu dance, and it will be enough to edit a micro-documentary.Netizens' live calls, forget it, let him go.He typed in the dialog box: "Hurry up, pick me up at the airport in two days."

Wechat beeps, and there is a new message, "By the way, can you give me the contact information of that bamboo drift beauty? I am very eager to have a cloud chat with her. I firmly believe that she will be my muse."

Li Xiao, who had already obtained Zhu Sheng's number, sent a WeChat message, "Can we shoot tomorrow? I watched you practice the one-character horse the other day, dance and stand alone. It was very amazing."

Zhu Sheng quickly replied to his message: "It won't work tomorrow, I have arrangements."

Since it couldn't be filmed, it's not bad for Li Xiao to think about it, just to give himself a vacation and cure this damn cold.

However, he didn't expect to run into Zhu Sheng again in the hospital.

**
In Chishui City No. [-] Hospital, in the neurology clinic, Zhu Sheng pinched his fingers nervously, his eyes drifted to the doctor's diagnosis sheet, but he didn't dare to look at it. "Doctor, how is my grandma?"

The doctor is in his 40s, wears glasses, and pushes on the bridge of his nose. "We suspect it's Alzheimer's disease. It's best to go to a big hospital for a follow-up visit, build a city or simply go to the imperial capital, where the hospital is more authoritative."

How difficult it is to register in a big hospital in a big city.Moreover, Zhu Sheng's current conditions were really beyond his capabilities. "Are there any taboos or things to watch out for?"

"The symptoms are mainly manifested as memory loss. For recent events, the amnesia is prominent, and it is difficult to cope with complicated things. In the future, there may be cognitive impairments in time and place. Fortunately, it was discovered earlier."

Zhu Sheng recalled that her grandma forgot to pick the bamboo fungus and forgot to put salt in the dishes. She had some bad premonitions at that time, but she still couldn't help the pain in her heart when she heard the doctor's verdict. "Doctor, my grandma is not yet 65 years old, she usually looks fine, how could..."

The doctor patiently explained: "Because the aging of our country is relatively serious, basically there will be one Alzheimer's disease patient in 25 families; in your grandma's case, it belongs to Alzheimer's disease. Generally speaking, treatment can be divided into drug treatment and psychiatric treatment. ..."

When she came out of the consultation room, grandma was still waiting at the door, and greeted her anxiously, "Shengsheng, how are you doing?"

Zhu Sheng squeezed out a forced smile, pretending to be relaxed, "Oh, it's nothing, the main reason is calcium deficiency. Grandma, wait here for a while, I'll prescribe some medicine, and we can go home."

Grandma is not very literate, Zhu Sheng hopes to get away with it.

Grandma finally showed a smile on her gloomy face, "I just said, I'm fine. If you want to buy calcium tablets, we can go to the clinic in the town. The big hospitals are expensive."

Zhu Sheng turned his head away, afraid that he would not be able to hold back, "It's too troublesome, Grandma, you are waiting for me here, I'm going."

The whimpering sound was swallowed, and Zhu Sheng disappeared like a wind at the end of the corridor.Instead of paying first, she found an ATM and inserted the Agricultural Bank of China card she got at school. The four-digit deposit made her even worse.

In the four years of college, she basically received a full scholarship, and she also worked part-time, without spending any money from her family.But after all, she studied in a music and art college, and the tuition fee is much higher than that of ordinary universities.Now that she has just graduated, it is normal for her bank card to be empty.

Taking out the card, pinching it in the palm of his hand, Zhu Sheng turned on the phone, flipped to the address book, the second name - "Papa A".

After hesitating for a while, taking a deep breath, she pressed the call button.

The beeping sounded for a long time, and when she wanted to give up, the phone was connected, and a tired voice came out of the microphone.

"You still know that there is a father like me? Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhu Sheng wanted to learn dancing when he was a child, but his father strongly opposed it.The father pointed at her nose and scolded, "The little girl doesn't learn well at home, what's the use of learning those head-scratching movements? You are good in culture, why do you want to learn dancing? Don't learn from your mother."

When Zhu Sheng was five years old, he already remembered things.Occasionally, I heard from neighbors and folks that my mother jumped into the Chishui River and was not found.

What kind of despair would make a person willing to leave such a small child to die alone?
Zhu Sheng knew that his mother liked dancing, and so did she.She hopes that one day, she can stand on a stage high enough for her mother to see, even if her mother is underground.

Tears rushed out of the eye sockets accompanied by the heart-wrenching past, just so chaotic, caught off guard.Zhu Sheng wiped it hard, not wanting his father to notice his choking. "Grandma, I'm sick."

She endured it and tried to speak in a normal and smooth tone.

After a few seconds of silence, there seemed to be a faint sigh from the father's side, "Got it, I'll call you."

The palm of the hand holding the phone is full of sweat.She was afraid that if she said one more word, she would reveal her emotions.Zhu Sheng put the phone into the bag stiffly.

Fortunately, her father didn't doubt it, and it's also fortunate that he didn't continue to ask, otherwise she really wasn't sure whether her poor acting skills would let her father notice the clues.

**
In the dormitory of the workers, Zhu Chunhe moved his casted leg.

He found a job repairing the subway in the imperial capital. He was accidentally injured a few days ago, and the engineering team gave him a subsidy. He spent almost all of his injuries on treatment.

Just when his fellow came in, "Brother Li, can you lend me..." His eyes flickered, and he gestured with five fingers slowly, "This money?"

These days, it is not easy to be a worker.

"So many, what happened?"

Zhu Chunjiang drooped his shoulders, lowered his head, and told his daughter about the call. "Shengsheng, this child, hasn't asked me for tuition fees for four years in college. In their school, the annual tuition fee is [-] yuan. Today she told me that she really encountered difficulties. My mother's illness , may be heavier than imagined."

The fellow and worker was a little moved, and thought for a long time, "I can only lend you two thousand."

I can borrow some.Zhu Chunhe thanked him again and again.

**
Soon, Zhu Sheng received a transfer from an unfamiliar number and a WeChat message from his father.

After wiping away his tears, Zhu Sheng cheered up and bought some medicine first.

People came and went in the hospital, but no one noticed the helplessness of this ordinary girl, and the sorrows and joys of human beings are not interlinked.However, what she didn't know was that her performance was all seen by one person.

Li Xiao.

Wearing a mask and pulling a huge trolley case, Li Xiao followed Zhu Sheng over despite the discomfort of a bad cold.

He saw her prescribing medicine, seeing her smile brightly at her grandma, and the two walked out of the hospital gate with their arms.

It was raining again in Chishui, from heavy rain to drizzling, and there was still some water on the road.

He saw Zhu Sheng holding up an umbrella, carrying a big exaggerated backpack, and helping grandma into the rain.

Li Xiao's heart fluctuated with the girl's stubborn back.Suddenly, she slipped and fell into a small puddle, half of her knees were covered with mud, and she dropped her umbrella. She called out "Grandma".

Li Xiao rushed over with the speed of a cheetah, and covered the big black umbrella on top of grandma's head.With arms as long as his, he stretched out his hand towards Zhu Sheng.

In the drizzle, a thin mist rose in front of Zhu Sheng's eyes, facing him who was wearing a mask and only showed a pair of beautiful hyacinth eyes.She also had mud on her hands, and she shook it off, trying to stand up by herself.Li Xiao had already grabbed her arm, placed her under grandma's umbrella, and handed her the umbrella handle.

This one is big enough for the two of them.

Then he quickly picked up Zhu Sheng's umbrella and took back his luggage.

"Shengsheng, are you friends?" Grandma asked, her smile full of comfort.

For a while, Zhu Sheng didn't know how to answer, so he just responded with a faint "Yes."

"Where are you going? I'll give you a ride." Li Xiao walked back, pulled off half of his mask, and asked in a peaceful voice.

Zhu Sheng instinctively refused, "No need, let's call a car..."

Unexpectedly, Li Xiao has already taken the initiative to say hello to grandma, "Grandma, hello, my name is Li Xiao, and I'm Zhu Sheng's... friend. What a coincidence, I'm going to Honghe too."

He said it by accident, as if he had practiced it many times.

As for Zhu Sheng, he had just acquiesced that he was a friend, so it was not easy to deny it.

Grandma immediately made a decision, "Young man, let's go together."

In this way, Li Xiao was like a flower guardian, protecting Zhu Sheng and grandma, took a taxi, rushed to the passenger station, and got on the bus back to Honghe Town.He has a quick eye, and the driver also tacitly accepts that he pays the bill and buys the ticket, and the fare is borne by him.

When we arrived at the mouth of the town, the rain became heavier and flowed into a small river.It is inconvenient for the elderly to walk.

Li Xiao simply squatted down, "Grandma, let me carry you."

Zhu Sheng was embarrassed to bother him, and was about to refuse, but he heard him say: "Zhu Sheng, help me carry my suitcase, it's very heavy."

That way, she doesn't have to worry about being in debt.Zhu Sheng sighed quietly.

So this scene happened.

Li Xiao was carrying his grandma on his back, and Zhu Sheng was holding an umbrella with big bags and small bags. They looked like three wandering refugees.

After delivering it to the door of the house, Li Xiao took back his umbrella and luggage, "I'm staying at Hemeiju B&B, please call me if you need anything."

Zhu Sheng noticed that Li Xiao's face was astonishingly red.She didn't think it was because he was tired just now, he had caught a cold before. "Wait for me," he said and ran into the house.

Grandma took Li Xiao's hand, "Young man, let's go in and have a meal, this weather is most suitable for bamboo fungus hot pot."

(End of this chapter)