big city small home

Chapter 6

Lu Mei turned her face away.Looking at it from Lu Zhenzhong's angle, it happened to be invisible.

Mother Lu shouted something in the kitchen, Lu Mei took the opportunity to leave and went to the kitchen.

After Lu Mei left, Lu Zhenzhong wanted to persuade his father to treat his sister better, but he was afraid that his father's old habits would die hard, so he would yell, which would only increase her embarrassment.

At noon that day, Lu Zhenzhong invited his parents, sister, nephew Dayu, and niece Xiaoyu to have a sumptuous meal at one of the best restaurants in Yilin.My sister's in-laws refused to come.

Lu Zhenzhong didn't ask his family to order food, he has long experience in this.The menu falls into the hands of the family, and they will not be willing to order anything because the price of the dishes is much more expensive than the ingredients.

Lu's father's cough brought them a lot of glances, but luckily they had Daewoo and Xiaoyu.The two children were full of youth and vitality. They sat next to Lu's father and ate heartily, making those suspicious eyes unbreakable.

Lu Zhenzhong met his elder sister's eyes several times, but her elder sister looked away in a flash, making it impossible for Lu Zhenzhong to judge her sister's meaning clearly.

After the meal, Lu's father insisted on taking home the leftovers on the plate.

Walking out of the hotel, the sky is very bright.

In March in Yangchun, when the bright sun rises into the sky, everything is full of vitality.

The two children were laughing and arguing; Father Lu was coughing and cursing.A group of people walked along the street full of fireworks.

Lu Zhenzhong proposed to take a walk in Lubo Park, Lu's father agreed at first, but after walking, maybe he was tired and changed his mind.He raised his hand: "You guys go."

"Go, go, I'll accompany your dad home." Mother Lu answered with a smile.

Lu Mei wanted to go back with her, but suddenly thought that this was a good opportunity to discuss with her brother, she lowered her eyes, and stayed behind without saying that she wanted to accompany her father home.

"Take care of your children. Don't spend money on snacks when you're full."

Lu Mei lowered her head in embarrassment.

After Lu's father and Lu's mother left, Lu Zhenzhong, Lu Mei and her sister's two children entered the park.The children soon ran farther and farther, looking for their own fun.

Lu Zhenzhong and his sister walked to the gazebo beside the artificial lake.The sun was bright and bright, and the heat was not high, but there was no one in the pavilion.

"Father won't change places to see a doctor?" Lu Mei asked.

Lu Zhenzhong, who had been watching her secretly, replied: "You know about Dad's stubborn temper, and you won't be able to persuade him once or twice, or three or two sentences."

"That can't be done," Lu Mei said anxiously, "Illness waits for no one. What if the cancer has spread?"

"If it doesn't work, just tell him the results of the last physical examination."

"No, no, don't look at Dad who yells and drinks every day, in fact, he is not that powerful at all."

Lu Zhenzhong looked at his sister in embarrassment.

"Think about it again. You have read so many books. If you think about it again, you can always come up with a way to get the best of both worlds."

Lu Zhenzhong really didn't bother to think much, his mind was still lingering on "to cure or not to cure".Pinching his eyebrows with his fingers, and looking at the shimmering lake, Lu Zhenzhong was silent for a while.

Dayu and Xiaoyu ran into the pavilion one after the other, arguing that they wanted to take a boat tour of the lake.Lu Mei scolded them for fooling around, while Lu Zhenzhong silently handed Daewoo two hundred-yuan bills.The two and a half older children happily ran away together again.

"Waste of money." Lu Mei scolded.

"Dad also likes to say this mantra." Lu Zhenzhong smiled lightly. Instead of trying to persuade Dad to have another medical examination, he wanted to find out what his sister really thought, "What do you think of Dad?"

"What?" Lu Mei didn't respond.

"In your heart... What do you think, how does Dad treat you?"

Lu Mei brushed the hair that was blown to her face by the wind with her hand, pinned the messy hair behind her ears, and said awkwardly, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

Lu Zhenzhong replied in silence.

Lu Mei had no choice but to continue: "Dad is biased and treats you better than me. Grandma is a woman herself, but she is the most patriarchal in the family. Dad is a dutiful son.

Later, when grandma died, I thought, Dad would treat me better by not performing for grandma. "

Lu Zhenzhong's eyes widened in surprise: Dad treats sister badly, so it's a show for grandma?
However, before this idea had time to take root, my sister Lu Mei continued: "Not really. I was thinking too much. He is more patriarchal than ever. Do you know what I envied you most when I was young?"

Lu Mei suddenly turned to look at Lu Zhenzhong.

Lu Zhenzhong shook his head.He really doesn't know.

"It's not the candy that Dad bought for you when he came back from his trip, it's not the new clothes for you during the Spring Festival, or it's not that you can study and I can't, but," Lu Mei's voice trembled, "Dad will hug you. Sometimes he lifts you up and hugs you, and sometimes he lifts you up and sits on his lap. In winter, he goes out in a cotton coat and puts you in his arms. It makes me so envious."

Lu Zhenzhong's heart skipped a beat.He never remembered what his sister said.

"In my memory, my dad never hugged me, and he didn't even look at me when he talked. One year, I remember that I was in the fourth grade and you were in the first grade. That winter, there was a lot of snow in northern Jiangsu.

Dad opened the door and looked at the snow on the road. He was worried and wanted to send us to school.I am overjoyed.Even if Dad is carrying you and I am carrying you and my schoolbag, I am happy in my heart.

I was walking, because the snow was too thick, and my mother bought me a pair of large-size cotton boots in order to save money.The cotton boots fell off one after another, and gradually, I fell behind.

At the beginning, I was three or five steps behind, then seven or eight steps behind, and then there were always about ten meters behind.Dad never looked back at me.He just holds you and strides forward.

When I experienced that scene, I just felt anxious; later it grew in my heart, and every time I think about it, I feel very sad. "

Lu Mei turned her face away, wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, and sighed slightly self-deprecating.

"You ask how my dad treats me? How can I answer? No matter how bad he is to me, he has raised me; if he doesn't treat me again, he is still my dad."

Lu Zhen's heart was quite shaken, and he could no longer say the words of instigating rebellion.

Daewoo and Xiaoyu were rowing, happily calling "Mom" and "Uncle", and playing around the pavilion.Infected by the children's innocence and carefree happiness, Lu Zhenzhong temporarily put aside his worries.

What should be faced, still cannot be bypassed.

In the afternoon, Lu Mei took the two children home, and Lu Zhenzhong returned to his parents' house alone.

Lu's father was taking a nap in the afternoon, and he just came home. Lu's father woke up as if he had a heartbeat.

"Cough, Zhenzhong? Are those two little brats from your sister's family pestering you to spend money again?"

Lu Zhenzhong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's a big deal, but it's worth your peace of mind. Dad, while I'm free this weekend, I'll take you to the hospital to check your cough."

"Need not."

"Listen to me! If you smoke a pack of cigarettes a day for decades, your lungs are prone to damage. In addition, you have been coughing for so long. Let's go to Yancheng Hospital for a CT scan, so we can rest assured."

"Salt City?"

"Yes, Yancheng. I asked my classmates to borrow a car, and we set off when the car was ready. Let's take a trip. Stay in a hotel at night, have breakfast in Yancheng the next day, take a CT scan in the morning, and go shopping in Yancheng. Come back after lunch."

The stubbornness in Lu's father's eyes gradually succumbed under Lu Zhenzhong's coercion.His eyes softened.

"That `s a deal!"

Lu Zhenzhong called his high school classmates who were developing in Yilin, and easily borrowed a "small noodle", that is, a minivan.

This kind of model, which was in the limelight in China in the 90s, has been improved and belongs to the range of passenger cars. The overall quality, configuration, comfort and power performance are close to the level of MPV.

When the car drove downstairs, Father Lu put his hands in his hands and looked down from the balcony.A gust of cold wind blew, and he couldn't help shivering, followed by coughing, feeling timid for no reason.

When Lu Zhenzhong came upstairs, picked up the luggage that Lu's mother had prepared, and was about to help his father down the stairs, Lu's father refused to leave the house no matter what he said.

(End of this chapter)