good old days

Hearing Wang Sumei's call, Chen Yi handed the child to Jiang Xinyu and hurried into the house.

Jiang Xinyu followed closely behind.

The three of them shouted for a long time, but Old Man Luo didn't respond at all.

Chen Yi checked Mr. Luo's breathing, which was so weak that it was almost imperceptible. He touched his neck to make sure he was still alive.

It was difficult for such a big person to use a bicycle, so Widow Wang went to borrow a flatbed unicycle and came back.

Chen Yi pushed people out. Widow Wang picked up her coat and followed her. She turned around and told Jiang Xinyu: "You take the children at home to eat first. If we come back late, just go to bed and close the door."

Duoduo was at a loss as she watched her grandfather being pushed away. She wanted to follow but was dragged off by Jiang Xinyu.

I couldn't help him even if I went there, and I was too distracted to look after her, so of course I couldn't let her follow.

Duoduo was in tears. Jiang Xinyu held the baby and comforted her for a long time. There was a question she had wanted to ask for a long time. She brought her a piece of pastry and asked: "Where is your dad?"

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, I only saw Liu Wen and her mother's family coming back, but not the little girl's parents.Since moving in, she has not seen Mr. Luo's other children.

The child didn't want to cry but said: "Dad works in Xinjiang Province and will be back during the Chinese New Year."

Jiang Xinyu coaxed her to sleep, and her child had already fallen asleep.

Before he came back, she ate something by herself, washed and tidied up, and waited for more than two hours before Chen Yi came back.

"Where's Mom?"

"Stay there while I go find Liu Wen's mother. You can go to sleep first."

"How is Uncle Luo?"

"The person is awake, but half of his body cannot move. It is said to be a cerebral hemorrhage caused by high blood pressure."

Although Uncle Luo couldn't move half of his body and couldn't speak clearly, he stuttered and handed over the address of his daughter's home.

Chen Yi rode his bicycle around the capital for nearly an hour and a half before finding Liu Wen's house.

Liu Wen's mother did not expect that her biological father, whom she had only met at noon, would suffer from cerebral hemorrhage and be unable to get up at night.

She said regretfully: "If I had known, I wouldn't have let him drink at noon."

Her father drank half a bottle of white wine at noon. Thinking about it now, he really regrets it.

"How is he doing now?"

Chen Yi: "I woke up, and the doctor said it's quite dangerous."

Almost all of Liu Wen's parents worked in hospitals. Liu Wen's mother was afraid that the hospital would delay her father's treatment, so she simply transferred him to the hospital where her father-in-law was.

Chen Yi and Widow Wang ran back and forth and were busy working until late at night.

Neither of them had eaten at night, so they ate something casually and went to sleep.

Several dishes prepared last night were saved until noon the next day.

Grandma Zhang, who went to her daughter's house for the holidays, came back today. She heard that Uncle Luo was ill and was extremely worried. When Liu Wen's mother came to pack her things, she asked what was going on.

Liu Wen's mother was in a bad mood and said a little irritably: "Just take care of yourself."

When people left, they took Grandma Zhang’s soul with them.

Widow Wang is in the courtyard every day. She knows that she has a good relationship with Old Man Luo. They are both very old. Even if they spend time together, no one will say anything, right?She wanted to say something, but she felt it was inappropriate and simply stopped.They were silent, but Grandma Zhang wiped away tears.

Widow Wang: "Why are you crying? If you are worried, go to the hospital."

Grandma Zhang wiped her tears and said, "They won't let me go."

"The same goes for Duoduo's father. He comes back once a year, sometimes every two years. If something happens to his own father, he won't be able to come back..."

After the old lady's nagging complaints, Jiang Xinyu learned that Uncle Luo had two sons and one daughter. The daughter was Liu Wen's mother. One of the two sons was working in Xinjiang Province, one was overseas, one came back more than once a year, and the other came back every few years. Can't even see each other.

After all, Widow Wang couldn't hold back the doubts in her heart, "You and Uncle Luo are both grown up, so you haven't thought about becoming a family? You can also have someone to take care of you."

Unsurprisingly, Grandma Zhang did not answer, but got up and went back to the next door.

Widow Wang asked for trouble, and turned to Chen Yi and said: "Next time you carry the cigarettes to Zhou Qi's house, and I will carry the cans to Huang's house next time. You can take this bag of apples to the dormitory, and you can give me the biscuits." You four aunts can bring it over."

This fourth aunt naturally refers to Chen Qiuhua. Although Widow Wang doesn't want to mention her, she has to be called this because of the blood relationship.

She suspected that the burglary at home had something to do with her, but people came to give gifts and had to return what was due. She also got close to Chen Qiuhua and revealed information so that she could catch the next opportunity.

I received a lot of gifts yesterday, and I can return them by exchanging gifts from several companies.

Jiang Xinyu was not sure whether Chen Qiuhua was on duty today. Sometimes the dormitory manager of another dormitory building would take care of both buildings during school holidays.

When she returned to the dormitory with her things, she divided the apples and mooncakes with her roommates. When she came in, she saw someone in the duty room, so Jiang Xinyu simply poked her head at the window with the biscuits.

This time, I happened to see the gray-haired old lady of the Chen family sitting on the bed in the duty room.

Chen Qiuhua called her in, but Jiang Xinyu couldn't even turn around and leave.

The old lady of the Chen family was not in a good mood. The news from Chunlin said that she had rummaged through and couldn't find the bankbook, so her trip was completely in vain.

Jiang Xinyu came over unexpectedly, and she felt a little guilty, wondering whether the fact that someone had entered the house had been exposed. Although Chunlin had promised that nothing would happen, how could this be absolute?
Jiang Xinyu went in carrying biscuits, and Chen Qiuhua said, "Why are you still carrying things? It's so inconvenient for you now. You keep everything for yourself."

Jiang Xinyu was polite to her, and then said, "I wonder if Fourth Aunt is free tomorrow?"

She felt a little uncomfortable when she called this "fourth aunt".

"What's wrong? What's the matter?"

Jiang Xinyu ignored the old lady's scorching gaze and continued: "Tomorrow my mother-in-law and the other aunts in the alley will go to the woods outside the city to pick apples. Chen Yi and I also have something to do, so I was thinking, if you are also on duty tomorrow If so, can you help us look after the child for a while? I will bring the child to the dormitory."

Chen Qiuhua was not very happy. Why should she babysit her child?But there was no refusal for a moment.

Jiang Xinyu also mentioned by the way that Uncle Luo was hospitalized due to a sudden cerebral hemorrhage.

The old lady interjected with bright eyes: "So you are the only ones in the courtyard now? You have to lock the door at night."

Jiang Xinyu smiled: "It's not a problem. That alley is very safe. Nothing has happened for so many years."

The old lady was relieved upon hearing this.But the 1 yuan was like meat hanging in someone else's house, which made her feel uncomfortable.

Chen Qiuhua sighed and said, "As people get older, their bodies are prone to problems."

Jiang Xinyu nodded, said sorry to her brother-in-law Zhang Hua in her heart, and then said nonsense: "What the fourth aunt said is that my brother-in-law's mother often has headaches, and now the pain is so bad that she can't sleep at night. Our hospital can't treat it well." , she was going to come to a big hospital in the capital for a visit. Unfortunately, her family didn’t have much money, so she asked my mother-in-law. Otherwise, she wouldn’t even be able to afford the travel expenses. When they came after a while, my mother-in-law would still have to be busy. Money and effort are required, and Chen Yi’s father had to give in to the subsidy last time, otherwise my mother wouldn’t have the money to lend them.”

(End of this chapter)