The children of the Qiao family

Chapter 52

Sanli borrowed 2 yuan from Erqiang.

Erqiang and Ma Suqin accompanied Zhiyong to the provincial key points to register.

That night, Er Qiang couldn't sleep, it was too hot, their house didn't have air conditioner, and Zhiyong's closed balcony was even hotter than a steamer. Floor shop.

Er Qiang went to the kitchen in the dark and drank a large glass of cold water, sitting on the tiled floor, it seemed to be cooler.Er Qiang rubbed his face, thinking about his passbook with only a hundred or so yuan left and the new debt on the back of his ass.

Someone came in rustlingly, squatted beside him, and stuffed a long object into his arms.

It is Zhiyong.

Zhiyong said: I bought a pack of cigarettes with the money from my part-time job.for you.

Er Qiang slowly groped to open it, took out a pack, lit one, and a little red light lit up in the darkness, flickering on and off.

Good smoke!Er Qiang said.

Zhiyong gave a short and low laugh: Red Nanjing.

Erqiang also laughed: My mother, you are so willing!

After a while, Zhiyong said: Do you know where my mother and I went yesterday?
The mother and son went out for a trip yesterday morning, and they didn't tell Er Qiang what they were doing, they were very mysterious.

Zhiyong went on to say: Mom said that I will tell you after your birthday in two days to make you happy.Well, let me tell you first.

Oh, Er Qiang answered.

My mother took me to the police station to apply for a surname change.I follow your surname Joe.Zhiyong said, from now on, I will be filial to you.I will give you old age.

Zhiyong stomped out with his slippers on.

Er Qiang sat in the dark for a while, got up and fell asleep.

School starts in September, and Zhiyong lives on campus.Er Qiang and Ma Suqin are at the post office, and the other continues to run the small tofu shop.

As soon as October passed, the days passed unbelievably fast.In a blink of an eye, it was the end of [-].New Year is coming soon.

Qiao Yicheng officially separated from Xiang Nan after New Year's Day in [-].

brought up by the South.Qiao Yicheng also felt that this was the best way.He couldn't make up his mind to divorce, but he couldn't find any breakthrough either.

This is also good, both of them have time and space to think about how to go down the road in the future.

Qiao Yicheng said to Nanfang: If you meet someone suitable, don't be embarrassed, just tell me clearly.I won't hold you back, South, as long as you're good.I have delayed you for so many years, in fact, I really do not deserve you, Nanfang.

Nanfang said: Now that things have happened, I can’t say anything that you don’t want to think like this, but there is one thing, you must believe that our current situation is definitely not because I think you are not good enough for me, or because I think you are not good enough for me. There is someone else out there.Ten percent, among other things, I do have this level of self-confidence, I am not yet that kind of person, and my family and my education do not allow me to have such a character.

Qiao Yicheng said: I thought that way, please forgive me, Nanfang.

Xiang Nanfang dragged a box at his feet, which contained some things she had helped Qiao Yicheng pack back to Xiang's courtyard.

Nanfang said: We picked out this box together when we got married. At that time, I said it was too big and it would be inconvenient to board the plane. You said that the big one is better, practical and can hold more.Do you remember?
Qiao Yicheng suddenly felt tears welling up in his eyes. He wanted to say something, but Nanfang didn't allow him to say it.

After all, this man still hurt her heart, in a not sharp way, but the hurt was the same.

Nanfang's face turned cold, but he still said: Yicheng, just like you told me, you too, if you meet someone suitable, just tell me clearly, I won't delay you.

On the second day after Qiao Yicheng separated from his wife, he asked for leave and did not go to the TV station.In the past ten years, it was the first time that he didn't want to go to work or see people like this.

Qiao Yicheng slept until after ten o'clock and was woken up by a phone call.

Qiao Yicheng answered the phone, and there was Sanli's crying voice: Big brother, big brother, come quickly, Yiding was in a car accident!

Qiao Yicheng stumbled to the biggest and best hospital in the city.He felt that even those who fled during the war were not necessarily more panicked than him.

How did his least worrying sister and brother-in-law suffer such a disaster?Qiao Yicheng simply didn't understand what was going on in the sky.Why is it so unpleasant to see two people living a good life?
As soon as he reached the door of the operating room, Sanli pounced on him, pulling him tightly like a life-saving straw.

Brother, if something happens to Yiding, I will go with him.Sanli raised her tearful eyes and said decisively.

Nonsense, [-]% reprimand her, you still have a son.

Sanli's hair was all loose, hanging on her face, and she didn't care about it. Sanli said: I don't want anything, I just want Yiding to live well.It doesn't matter if you are paralyzed or disabled.I want a dime.

You see, you and Yiding are so good, Yiding will not die.Yicheng hugged Sanli, and forced the little pain in his heart to the most inconspicuous corner of his soul. At this moment, he didn't care about the pain.

People, it is rare in a lifetime to see another person in your eyes and not be able to pull them out, and you cannot let go of your existence no matter what.Love parting and resentment are long, wait for Yi Ding to heal, you should also learn to be good, and in the future you will quarrel and have conflicts and so on when you have time, so as not to make gods and couples jealous.Yicheng persuades Sanli.

Sanli buried her head in Yicheng's arms and wept loudly.

Yiding's mother also rushed to the hospital, as well as Yiding's younger brother and Yiding's father, who had been sleeping on the bed since breaking his leg a few years ago and never got up.

Yiding's mother said: It was fine in the morning, why did it suddenly become like this?Life just got better!

Yiding was rescued in the operating room for six hours and was finally pushed out.His life was saved, and he was admitted to the intensive care unit.

Simei also came, and everyone arranged the order of duty.Yicheng said that he was on duty on the first shift, and Yiding would not wake up until the next morning. The doctor said that night, his life would not be in danger.He told Sanli to go back to have a rest and make arrangements for the children. The days ahead are still long, and Sanli must suffer for a while.

Sanli refused to leave, but it was Simei who pulled her up and called, "Sister, sister, I will rely on you to take care of Yiding from now on. I will accompany you home and pack some hospital things for him." .

Yiding's mother said that the old man in the family couldn't do without others, so she left first.

Simei took Sanli's son back to her home.This is the first time the sisters have met and spoken after a long time.

Sanli thanked Simei, and Simei said: No matter how hard I am, I will always be your sister. When I am in trouble, only brothers and sisters are reliable.What did you say thank you to me for?

Wang Yiding woke up at eleven o'clock the next morning. When he woke up, he saw Sanli lying on the bedside, her eyes swollen like peaches, her hair loose, and she was wearing a half-worn military overcoat indiscriminately. .

This is his always tidy and beautiful Sanli.Wang Yiding really wanted to smile at Sanli, but he didn't have the energy.

[-]% and [-]% were on duty in turn, Sanli simply lived in the ward, and refused to leave for a moment, Ma Suqin cooked meals and brought them over every day.Qi Chenggang also rushed over to help, and when he saw Yicheng, he felt somewhat ashamed.

Qi Weimin and Chang Xingyu also came to see it a few times. Qi Weimin privately gave Sanli an envelope, saying that it was a little affection from the couple.Qi Weimin said: The relatives in the family don't buy any supplements, fruits or anything. It's more practical, and the medical expenses for a ding must be quite a lot.

Qi Weimin looked at Qiao Yicheng and wanted to tell him that his little brother Qiao Qiqi was also staying in the same hospital these two days.But looking at Yicheng and their current state, they still didn't say anything.

Qiao Qiqi's game room was disturbed by a few hooligans, all of whom were in their late teens and twenties. They were arrogant and arrogant, and they had always been domineering in that street.Qiqi was injured and had two broken ribs, Qi Weimin sent him to the hospital.

Yang Lingzi is not in Nanjing. She went to Shanghai two years ago to study beauty and hairdressing there. She said she wanted to go back to Nanjing to open a beauty salon after finishing her studies, and sometimes she would come back on weekends.

Before Qiqi was injured, the two had just had a quarrel.Because Qiqi told Suzuko that opening a beauty salon is actually not easy, the investment is huge, and the competition is also huge. There are so many beauty salons all over the street, like mushrooms.Suzuko said dissatisfiedly: You are just a little man without courage. How much money can you make a year by guarding that small game hall?I have to give your elder brother a dividend.

Qiqi has never been able to say that Lingzi's eloquence can't speak, and he stumbles when he is in a hurry: "Then...the money for opening the shop...is my elder brother's money... Besides, besides, elder brother never urged me for money, There was a period of time when business was not good, and my elder brother didn't want a penny...he refused to ask me to pay it back.To be a human being always...always be conscientious, elder brother treats me well...

Suzuko interrupted him by flicking her long hair: Just hide under your elder brother's wings for the rest of your life, and I'll see if he can protect you for the rest of your life.Why did I follow such a worthless person like you?If you really want to be like a little man in Shanghai, it’s fine to treat your wife like a princess, but in fact you can’t do it, wishing I could serve you like a prince.After so many years, I still can't cook well, and I still can't do the housework properly. Oh, what else can you do!

Suzuko became irritable while talking.

What a worthless man, Lingzi looked at Qi Qi and thought, no matter how good-looking he is, ten years or so is really enough.

Suzuko is really starting to feel like she's married to the wrong person.

For two full months, Yicheng helped Sanli take care of Yiding while working, and he quickly lost all the meat he had raised in the past two years.Song Qingyuan couldn't see it, so when it was Yicheng's turn to be on duty in the stage, he came to replace him.

Yicheng told Song Qingyuan, man, life has given you a shell, no matter how much you are suffering inside the shell, the shell must remain solid.

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Yiding stayed in the hospital for two full months, and was finally discharged home.

Qiao Yicheng pulled Sanli aside and quietly asked her if the money was still enough.This time, Sanli almost used up all her savings in the past few years. In order to take care of Yiding, Sanli bought out her seniority and lost her job.

Sanli said that she can still handle it. Yiding’s father made the decision, and Yiding’s younger siblings also took a sum of money to subsidize medical expenses. Over there, Yiding said that he planned to reopen the machine repair shop, but I still wanted to Let him rest for another year and a half.

Yicheng nodded.

Wang Yiding still failed to rest at home for a period of time as Sanli said.A month later, he reopened the machine repair shop.Sanli couldn't hold him back either, but she hired a retired teacher as a helper, and asked Yiding to do half-time work.The cost is a bit high, but Sanli said that she can rest assured in this way, otherwise she would simply close the shop and stop doing business.Yiding agreed.

Beginning in March [-], a strange term broke into people's lives.Atypical pneumonia, referred to as SARS.

In fact, at the end of the first year, it was rumored that there was such a strange disease in Guangdong. The ordinary people who were busy with their livelihoods didn't take it seriously at first, and the colorful things in their lives seemed to have nothing to do with them, unless it fell on them like thunder. Otherwise, life will be lived as usual, life will be boiled as usual, food will still be eaten, wine will still be poured, fights will still be noisy, trivial matters will still be the theme of life.

In April, Beijing officially announced the first case of SARS in China. When he heard the news that day, Qiao Yicheng was in his office in Taiwan, drinking a new drink called pulse pulse, which was newly released by the news center. bounce.

Since that day, the streets are full of people in a hurry wearing masks, a sign saying "white vinegar is in stock" is hung in front of the supermarket, and the banlangen in the pharmacy is sold out.

Every office, every workshop, every classroom, and every shopping mall wafts the smell of disinfectant.

Qiao Yicheng's unit distributed countless masks and hand sanitizers, and he took them home to distribute to his younger siblings.I also bought several ultraviolet disinfection lamps and sent one to the south.I didn't see her, so I put her in the reception room.

The days were slowly repeating, and the Qiao family did not expect that the thunder really exploded above their heads.

Qi Chenggang went to Anhui once in March, and his aunt was critically ill.Qi Chenggang's mother was a little hesitant. The newspapers, radio and TV broadcasted saying to go out as little as possible and go to crowded places, but Qi Chenggang recalled that his aunt was very kind to him when he was a child, and he still planned to see her for the last time. Said it was time to go.

Qi Chenggang took the long journey back to Nanjing after finishing his aunt's affairs. The journey was bumpy. On the second day after returning home, Qi Chenggang felt a little unwell and coughed a little.Then he started to have a fever. He took some medicine himself, but it didn't improve.Simei said, it is better to go to the hospital to have a look. After all, the family is old and young, so Qi Chenggang went.

This time, he was left in the hospital.

The entire Qiao family panicked.

The brothers and sisters gathered in the old house, Qiao Yicheng and Sanli disinfected the house over and over again, Simei was completely dumbfounded, hugging her little daughter, she only knew how could it be possible, how could it be possible.

Sanli comforted her and said, isn't it diagnosed yet?Maybe it's just common pneumonia, just stay in the hospital for two days and you'll be fine.Qi Chenggang's body is as strong as usual.

Qiao Yicheng was not so optimistic in his heart. His eyelids had been fluttering all these days, and he lost a talisman that had been hidden deep in his wallet for many years in a state of restlessness.That talisman was begged for him by his first love, Ju An.

This night, an unexpected person came to Qiao's courtyard.

When Yicheng, his younger brothers and sisters, and old man Qiao were sitting at home waiting for the news, they heard a slight thumping sound from the door.Like someone knocking on the door, Er Qiang said.

Sanli said: How come, at this time?
Yicheng opened the door and saw a person standing outside the door.For a moment, Kasunari didn't realize who this young man was.He held a large bag of fruit in his hand, with handsome features but a very cramped expression.

Er Qiang saw Yicheng behind him, stepped forward and pulled the young man into the door.

Everyone looked at the man together, the room was silent, and it was Simei who called out first: Qiqi?

Qiao Qiqi stood in the middle of the main room, so embarrassed that she didn't know where to put her siblings, she looked down at the toes of her shoes.

It was Sanli who came over to take the things from him, and pulled a chair for him to sit on.

Qiao Qiqi murmured: I heard what my elder brother said.Qi...the fourth brother-in-law is sick.I'll come over and have a look.Brother, they will come tomorrow too.

Qiao Qiqi felt that the word "fourth brother-in-law" had a very strange taste coming out of his mouth, and he licked his lips as if he had eaten some food he had never eaten before.

Old man Qiao also looked surprised, and under the bright light, he carefully looked at the child in front of him with his old eyes.

his son.

his.

Yicheng thought, it seemed as long ago as the last lifetime that this child appeared in this small courtyard, in this main room, in this family.How old was he at that time?It’s still a milk doll, wearing the same clothes as Simmei’s when she was a child, a pink smock, with rice juice on her mouth, a little dirty, but still beautiful, she won’t go away, she’s so quiet, put him on the bed Just lying on the ground without making a sound, and stammering and babbling whenever someone walks by, as if beckoning someone to take care of him, or falling asleep while lying down, or going to bed by himself. Hold the little feet to the mouth to chew, so soft, like a small person without bones.

Er Qiang stood aside for a while, then turned around and poured a glass of water to Qiao Qiqi. Qiao Qiqi quickly stood up and half bent over to hold it in both hands.

He was really grateful for this glass of water, at least it gave him something to hold in his hand, so that he wouldn't feel empty and had nowhere to hide.

After sitting for a while, Yicheng asked Sanli to go back first. Yiding was not in good health and had a child at home.But Sanli said she wanted to stay with Simei tonight.

Yicheng turned around and said to Qiqi: It's getting late, let's go back early.

However, no one can leave if they want to.

(End of this chapter)