splendid star

Chapter 120
At this moment, the high-speed train departing from BJ is speeding towards Jiangnan City.Xiaoju sat at the window seat and looked out the window quietly, letting her thoughts wander.Next to him, Jiang Qinghua was accompanying Niu Niu, reading extracurricular readings attentively, and the whole class had a laugh from time to time.
The past is not like smoke, the past experiences are like the scenery outside the window, and the scenes reappear in front of Xiaoju.She still vaguely remembered that many years ago, she was alone, pulling an old suitcase and carrying a few bags, sitting in a green leather car that kept stopping at one stop, and rocking to a BJ.In the past ten years, the entire country has undergone earth-shaking changes like this rapidly upgrading transportation, which makes people think of it as if they are in a dream.
In terms of personal circumstances, in the past ten years, from an ignorant young girl to a housewife who is about to enter middle age and an expert in agricultural entrepreneurship in the new era, the changes have been like a kaleidoscope, and the wonders of life are also incredible.
I remember that the last time I went back to my parents' home, I took Xiao Qiang back to recognize her. Xiao Ju had a vague impression of how many years had passed.But what she clearly remembers is that the following few years were the most gloomy and desperate period in her life. Fortunately, she still had a few good sisters who never left her, otherwise she would not have been able to endure it all by herself and reach this stage. today.
Since the last time she attempted suicide by jumping into a lake and was hospitalized, her parents thought it was an embarrassment to the family and threatened to cut off relations with her.What surprised Xiao Ju was that since then, her cruel parents had never asked her as their eldest daughter, and her younger brother Xiaohua had never taken the initiative to greet her as her eldest sister.Only during holidays, her sister Xiaoqian would greet her and tell her about the general situation at home.Of course, since then, the heartbroken Xiaoju has never come back.
Just yesterday morning, while she was busy working in the company, her sister Xiaoqian called.Her intuition told her that something might have happened at home. The moment she picked up the phone, Xiao Qian started crying before she could speak.It turned out that my father had been complaining of stomachache during this period, feeling weak, losing appetite, vomiting blood and having blood in his stool, and he also lost a lot of weight.She suspected that her father might have stomach cancer, and she asked him to go to the hospital for a check-up, but he refused to go and stayed paralyzed at home, relying on painkillers to survive.Xiao Qian panicked, but there was no one around her who could discuss the burden, so after much deliberation she had to call her sister.
From Xiaoqian’s phone call, I learned that her younger brother Xiaohua and his wife had been working outside for a long time since they got married. After learning that his father was sick, he not only did not come back, nor did he send any money to his family, and later he even stopped calling.Xiao Qian was so angry that she scolded Xiao Hua on the phone. Now he simply stopped answering the phone at home.While my mother was grieving, she also fell ill.
After Xiaoju heard about it, she immediately decided to abandon her previous suspicion and quickly returned to her hometown to visit her elders.After Jiang Qinghua heard about it, he also offered to accompany Xiao Ju back to his hometown to visit his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Although he and Xiao Ju had been married for several years, he had never met Xiao Ju's parents as a son-in-law.
After arranging the company's follow-up work, Xiaoju bought the tickets for her family of three to return to her hometown the next day.
After getting off the high-speed rail, we took a taxi and took the family of three directly to the entrance of the village.Looking at everything familiar and unfamiliar in front of her, Xiaoju burst into tears unknowingly.After so many years, she finally returned to her long-lost hometown.Although everything here has a completely new look, it still feels so familiar and cordial.With an overwhelming feeling of homesickness, Xiao Ju led Jiang Qinghua and Niu Niu to the door of her home along the originally narrow and muddy asphalt road that has now been widened and hardened.
She gently opened the door and saw her sister Xiaoqian busy doing housework in the yard.
"Xiao Qian!" Xiao Ju called out affectionately.
"Sister!" Xiaoqian raised her head and saw Xiaoju after a long absence. She immediately rushed forward, hugged Xiaoju tightly, and cried with tears in her eyes, "Sister! You are finally back! I finally see you, sister. !”
Xiaoju also hugged Xiaoqian tightly and responded with choked sobs: "Xiaoqian, I'm sorry! It's all my fault! I should have come back to visit you long ago!"
Jiang Qinghua stood nearby, holding his hand on Niu Niu's shoulder, watching with emotion the touching scene of the two sisters reunited after a long separation.
The two sisters were holding each other's arms and crying. Xiaoju's mother dragged her weak body and leaned on crutches, tremblingly walking out of the back room. She shouted loudly: "Xiaoju, you are back!"
Xiaoju quickly walked forward, grabbed her mother's withered hand, and supported her.I haven’t seen her for so many years, and my mother’s wrinkled face is obviously much older than the face in my memory.Xiaoju couldn't help but feel sad, and shouted distressedly: "Mom! I'm back to see you!"
Looking at the well-dressed and elegant eldest daughter in front of her, Xiaoju's mother shed tears of regret. She choked and whispered: "Xiaoju, it's all your parents' fault. They shouldn't have treated you like that. All these years, you Suffering outside!”
At this time, Jiang Qinghua led Niuniu forward and called out affectionately: "Mom! I am Xiaoju's lover Jiang Qinghua."
He quickly turned around and taught Niu Niu: "Niu Niu, this is your grandma, please call me grandma."
Niu Niu solemnly shouted: "Grandma——"
She had never seen this grandma since she could remember, so she seemed particularly strange.
"By the way, Mom, you see, I forgot to introduce you. This is my lover Jiang Qinghua." Xiaoju wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, pulled Jiang Qinghua to introduce her quickly, and then pointed at Niuniu and continued the introduction, " This is our daughter Niuniu."
Xiao Ju's mother looked at Xiao Ju's family of three with timidity and embarrassment, and said excitedly: "They are all back! It's good that they are all back!"
"Sister, brother-in-law, Niuniu, come on! Sit in the room." Xiao Qian greeted her hurriedly.
"Xiaoju——" As soon as Xiaoju entered the inner room, she heard a weak call from the dark bedside.
"Dad!" Xiaoju quickly walked to the bed and looked at her frail father lying on the bed. She couldn't help but feel a heart-wrenching pain. She asked with a choked voice: "Dad, why are you so thin?"
"Alas..." Xiaoju's dad let out a long sigh, "I'm afraid dad's time is running out."
"Dad, Mom, let's go to the hospital." Xiao Ju stood up and said immediately, "Xiao Qian, pack your things quickly, we will go to the hospital together later."
"Xiao Ju, don't bother! I know my own body. My disease cannot be cured. Your mother's body can still hold on. How about you take her to the hospital? Don't delay." Xiao Ju's father said weakly requested.
"Dad, please stop insisting!" Xiao Ju and Jiang Qinghua persuaded while supporting their father lying on the bed, "Let's go to the hospital now and listen to what the doctor says."
"Xiao Ju, I'd better not go to the hospital. If your mother and I both go to the hospital for treatment, how much will it cost? This may be a bottomless pit. How can we have so much money here!" Xiao Ju's father collapsed on the bed, still insisting. Don't want to go to the hospital.
"Dad! If you are worried about money, just rest assured. We have money now. Tsinghua and I have opened a company in BJ and have our own industry. We are willing to spend any amount of money as long as we can take care of your and mom's illness." Xiaoju continued to persuade.
"Yes, Dad, money is not a problem, just don't worry. You may not know yet, but Xiaoju is now our famous farmer entrepreneur and an entrepreneurial pacesetter and labor model in BJ City. We will never be short of money from now on. Yes! Just be at ease." Jiang Qinghua also comforted him.
"Xiao Ju is so powerful now!" Xiao Ju's mother couldn't help but light up after hearing Jiang Qinghua's words, and she seemed to be much more energetic.
After Xiaoqian heard this, she couldn't help but be happy. It seemed that her parents were saved.
But at this time, the always stubborn old man Xu suddenly started to cry like a child. While crying, he blamed himself and said: "My daughter, it's because dad can't help you, dad is stupid!"
"Dad, let's not talk about this for now. It's important to go to the hospital quickly." Xiaoju and Qinghua helped Dad stand up slowly.
"Okay! Sister, I have packed my things. Let's go together." Xiao Qian quickly replied.
Xiaoqian called two special taxis in the village, and the whole family went straight to the provincial hospital.
After the tedious examination was completed, the doctor quietly called out Xiaoju and Xiaoqian and told them: "The patient has been diagnosed with gastric cancer. It has developed to an advanced stage, and the patient's cancer cells have metastasized to the abdomen."
"What should I do? Can it be treated with surgery?" Xiaoju asked anxiously.
The doctor shook his head: "Based on the patient's current condition, there is no need for further surgery. As children, you should take advantage of this time to stay with him and see if he has any unfulfilled wishes."
After hearing the confirmed news, although Xiaoju and Xiaoqian were mentally prepared, they were still heartbroken.
"What about my mother?" Xiao Qian raised her head and asked the doctor.
"Your mother has a heart disease due to long-term depression, and she doesn't have much physical problems. Please give her some guidance, and keep up with her nutrition." The doctor warned.
Xiaoju and Xiaoqian walked to the end of the hospital corridor, and the two stood there quietly, shedding tears silently.After a while, Xiao Ju remembered something and picked up her mobile phone to call Xiao Hua: "Xiao Hua, the doctor said that dad has gastric cancer and it is in the advanced stage. When will you come back?"
"Are you the eldest sister?" Xiaohua hesitated for a while and then guessed timidly.
"It's me. I heard from Xiao Qian that since you found out that dad was sick, not only have you not come back, nor have you sent money to your family, but now you don't even answer the phone. Is that so?" Xiao Ju asked angrily, "Why are you You want to do this? Do you know how much it hurts your parents if you do this? Mom is already mentally depressed because of you!"
Xiaohua replied angrily: "Sister, you don't know that since I got married, my family has been extremely poor. I want to ask them what they have done in their lives! They haven't earned any family fortune for me! You Look at the peers around me, they are all happier than me! They can live a good life without working so hard, but as for me, I have to work hard to support myself!"
Xiaoju asked angrily: "Xiaohua, you are so old, why don't you understand! If you want to live a good life, you can only rely on your own hands to fight for it, instead of blaming your parents here!"
"Sister, you really can stand up and talk without pain. With my conditions, firstly, no diploma, secondly, no capital, thirdly, no family fortune, what can I do to fight for it?!" Xiaohua choked back.
"Xiaohua, let me ask you again, will you come back? The doctor just said that dad's time is running out." Xiaoju asked forcefully.
"Sister, I also have children now, and I also want to make a living! I can't go back, and I don't have money to give them. By the way, don't call me again in the future!"
After Xiaohua finished speaking, he hung up the phone with a bang.
Xiao Qian quietly came to Xiao Ju and asked softly, "Sister, what did Xiao Hua say? Is he coming back?"
Xiaoju shook her head weakly.
After the family returned from the hospital, Xiaoju and Jiang Qinghua discussed it. After attending Yuqing and Siyi's wedding in a few days, Jiang Qinghua took Niuniu back to BJ. She planned to stay and take care of her parents for a while.
Soon it was time for Yu Qing and Meng Chenyu, Siyi and An Chen to get married. After discussion, the two decided to hold a grand wedding on the same day.
Seeing the happy smiling faces of Yuqing and Siyi on the stage, listening to An Chen and Meng Chenyu's solemn vows promising lifelong happiness, Xiaoju could only clap her hands excitedly in the audience to celebrate that the two good sisters finally married the love of their lives. Men, I hope they can be happy like this forever, they will definitely be!
Li Hang stared intently at Siyi's most beautiful appearance in the audience, and couldn't help but smile brightly.Seeing that his beloved goddess finally married the male god she recognized, Li Hang also silently sent his most sincere blessings in his heart.
Next, when it came to An Chen's speech of thanks, he picked up the microphone and said emotionally: "Today, under the witness of all my relatives and friends, Ms. Li Siyi and I made a vow to spend our lives together. I cherish and am very grateful for this." moment. Here, I first want to thank my parents who are in heaven. I will always keep your teachings in my heart. Of course, I also want to thank every relative and friend present. Because of you, I can have noble people and saviors when I am in danger. , only then can we go from a helpless orphan to today step by step." Then, An Chen turned to stare at Li Hang in the audience, his eyes full of sincerity and affection, and expressed his gratitude, "I want something special. Thank you to one person, that is Siyi and I’s matchmaker - Li Hang. Thank you! My good brother!"
After hearing An Chen's confession, Li Hang nodded frequently in the audience, his eyes filled with tears.
At this moment, Yu Yang quietly came to Xiao Ju and asked softly: "Xiao Ju, why didn't Lulu come to the wedding?"
Xiaoju whispered back: "Last time we got together at BJ, Lulu said that she applied to the hospital to join the medical team to aid Africa. She should be in Africa by now. Lulu is now the backbone of the business and a party member , her realm is probably beyond the reach of us ordinary people."
"Lulu became a medical nurse in Africa?" Yu Yang repeated in a low voice, "She is so great!" Yu Yang did not expect that Guan Lu would become so good after so many years of separation.
Yu Yang paused and then asked in a low voice: "Xiaoju, then Lulu's husband must be very good, right?"
Xiaoju smiled and replied: "Lulu doesn't have a boyfriend now, let alone getting married."
Yu Yang asked doubtfully: "So, Lulu has been single for so many years?"
"Yes!" Xiaoju replied.
Yu Yang sighed softly, feeling mixed emotions in his heart.
(End of this chapter)