The children of the Qiao family

Chapter 54

On the fourth day, she was able to wear a full set of protective clothing and enter the heavily guarded isolation area.

Qiao Yicheng failed to send her in, and he couldn't even see the corner of the isolation area.

Qiao Yicheng never knew what it was like when Qiao Simi met Qi Chenggang in the isolation ward, and Simei never mentioned it to anyone afterwards, as if it was just a dream of hers, nothing much Said.

Who doesn't dream?Even Mrs. Xianglin would not tell anyone about a dream she had.

But there will still be news.

The situation gradually improved, and Qi Chenggang became sober. Although he hadn't passed the critical period, he woke up.

Qi Chenggang has used a new drug, and the effect seems to be pretty good.

Qiao Simi has always been in good health.

She is not sick.

Then, Qi Chenggang passed the critical period.

In a blink of an eye, four months have passed, and as soon as the National Day is over, it will be the end of the year.

Qiao Yicheng went to the hospital that day, and he made an appointment with Erqiang Sanli and the others. During this time, everyone would go to the hospital to check their bodies from time to time, just in case.It's not bad, the whole family has been safe, and they haven't even had a small cold.

Qiao Yicheng sent them away one by one, and stayed behind to talk to the hospital doctor he knew for a while. After coming out of his office, when he went downstairs, he saw that a handyman had just mopped the floor, and it was wet everywhere, smelling of disinfection The smell of water, put a "be careful slippery" sign on the ground.

There was a woman not far in front of him. Her feet slipped suddenly and she was about to fall backwards. Qiao Yicheng had quick eyesight and quick hands, and grabbed her.

The woman turned to thank him.

The two met face to face, and were all stunned for a while.

The woman tentatively and slowly called out Qiao Yicheng's name.

Qiao Yicheng's head was buzzing, it seemed to be full of voices, and it seemed to be empty, that kind of extremely empty and extremely quiet sound filled his whole head.

Qiao Yicheng also slowly burst into a smile: Yes, it's me.How have you been these years?
it is good.The woman answered.

Why are you here?
ah?Oh, how come you are here too?

Qiao Yicheng held her back: If you're not in a hurry, let's sit down.

The woman smiled slightly: I have nothing urgent.

Qiao Yicheng and the woman came to a famous tea bar outside the hospital.Go up step by step along the steps, small bridges, flowing water, pavilions and quiet paths, and turn around a corridor, which is the tea room.During the day, there are few people, and the interior decoration is quite unique. All antique wooden tables and chairs are divided into small rooms, with thin bamboo curtains hanging down.

Outside the tea room, across the long corridor and a low wall with a small bridge and flowing water, various vehicles are running on the wide street. The most famous hospital in the city is on the other side of the street, and the extremely magnificent bank building is on the other side of the street.

On one side is the front line of life and death, on the other side is the world of mortals.

However, here, it seems to be a secluded place outside the world.

When the tea was delivered, the waiter quietly retreated.

A simple but beautiful transparent glass kettle sits on the small alcohol stove, and a wisp of water vapor rises thinly.

In the steam, Qiao Yicheng seemed to see his young self, sitting in a corner of the waiting room of the old city railway station that was destroyed in a fire, lonely and desperate, listening to the long roar of the train, taking away his young self. , the first lover.

When the water boiled, Qiao Yicheng picked up the kettle and filled the woman's cup with water.

The woman covered the white bone china cup with her slender fingers as if warming herself. Even though it was October, it was not cold at all.

Qiao Yicheng called out a woman's name for the first time in 17 years.

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The moment he called out the name, Qiao Yicheng realized that the name Wen Ju'an had left back then, but this person hadn't left, never had.

She was hidden in the bottom of his heart, so deep that he didn't even let him discover it.

She is a scar in his heart, he spent a long time to let this scar heal, but he did not expect this scar to be so stubborn, as if it had a mind of its own, and stubbornly grew into a seed, in a place he dreamed of. It sprouted like this when I didn't expect it.

Yicheng called out again: Ju An.

Ju An said: Huh?
Yicheng smiled happily, this smile made him look much younger, with rare ease and joy in his expression.He felt happy because of Ju An's "ah?", he felt his body relaxed, and the days had gone back, Ju An was still a child's habit, as if they were still sitting at the desk, he corrected the paper for her, sometimes For many mistakes, he couldn't bear to blame her loudly, so he called softly: Wen Ju'an?

Ju An raised his head and answered: Huh?
Now Ju An on the opposite side also said "ah?" Then, subconsciously touched his face, smiled and said: I have changed a lot, right?
Yicheng said: I have gained a little weight, and my hair is much thicker.

Ju An flinched a little, and smiled again.

In fact, Ju An is still thin, but he is indeed a little plump than when he was a child. His hair is thick and long, curled into thin curls, and it is all draped over his shoulders. Only one strand is picked out and fastened with a blue lacquered hairpin.Because she is not as pitifully thin as she was when she was a young girl, her eyebrows are not so narrow, and her complexion is still fair but dry.It was warm in the tea room, and she took off the thick coat outside, which was the thin shoulders and thin waist that Qiao Yicheng remembered.

You've grown up.[-]% said.

Ju An lowered his head for a moment, and after a while he said: I am old.

Yicheng laughed loudly: Where do you put my old face when you say that?

Ju An raised his head, stared at Qiao Yicheng for a while, and suddenly said: You are not much older than me.You... seem to have changed a lot.Compared with before, um, I am more cheerful and laugh more.

Kazun didn't know how to answer her question, Ju'an was in front of him again, but there were so many years between them.

Qiao Yicheng smiled again.

Ju An's expression brightened a bit: Look, I'm not wrong.

Yicheng said: Looking at you like this, I feel that you are more like Teacher Wen than when you were a child.Sure enough, a nephew looks like an uncle.How is Teacher Wen?
Ju'an said: It's okay.My uncle is very knowledgeable, but his temperament is too soft. Our family seems to be like this. The men are soft-tempered, while the women are all tough and aggressive. Both kinds of people are tired of living, and one is tired of others. , one is tired for himself.

He has never been married.Juan said again.

Yicheng thought of that neat, bookish man, his role model when he was young.Humans are just like this, you can be good at this or that, but it doesn't mean you can be happy.

You know, Ju An said, my father is gone.

I was taken aback.

I haven't seen him for many years.Ju An said that I came to take care of him when he was sick, and he wanted to see me.It dragged on for more than a year.

Wen Ju'an actually didn't understand why he would say this to this person he hadn't seen for a long time: But I think it would be good for him to go, it's too much suffering to be alive.He got bowel cancer, it spread, all his organs were destroyed, and he finally vomited up all the blood.

Tears welled up in Ju'an's eyes suddenly, big and big, rolled down and hit the bamboo table heavily.She tried to keep her eyes wide open, trying to stop the tears from falling, like a frightened child.

Yicheng thought about wiping her tears, but in the end he didn't do anything.He just refilled a cup of tea for her and put it in her hand.

Ju An wiped away his tears very quickly, and laughed, as if nothing had happened: it's dead, it's over, and there's nothing to say.

How is your mother?Yi Cheng's question was almost out of his mouth, but he swallowed it anyway.

Ju An seemed to be able to read minds, and said: My mother is okay, she is still in Beijing, and her job is also very good. In the Xinhua News Agency, she often traveled on business in the early years, but now she is fast rewinding, and she spends a lot of time at home. up.She also took the money for father's medical treatment.

Wen Ju'an and Qiao Yicheng sat in the teahouse for a while, Ju'an said she was going back, and Yicheng asked subconsciously: Where do you live now?

Ju An said an address: This is a house my mother bought for my father for his recuperation, and I still live there.By the way, Ju An suddenly remembered, are you married?Do you have any children?

Yicheng said: It's over, no children, how about you?
Ju An's expression darkened for a moment, but he said indifferently: It's over, and we're leaving again.

Ju'an's tone made Yicheng shrink back, as if a small needle had pricked his heart a little.

There seemed to be a long blare of a train in his ears, and his homeland left amidst the blare.Then after many years, when I came back, it was already vicissitudes.

When the two got up, they passed by, Yicheng sighed and said: You have grown so tall.

Ju'an looked back at Qiao Yicheng, his eyes were surprised for a moment, and then became so gentle.Yes, she said.

In the following time, Kazun did not have the chance to see Ju An again.

Things happened one after another at home, first Simei came back, and then Sanli left.

In the second month after Qi Chenggang was admitted to the hospital, he struggled from the death line.Afterwards, he was treated for more than a month and observed in the hospital for another month before being discharged.

Qiao Yicheng discussed with Simei and asked her to come here with Qi Chenggang first. The conditions here are better. The two of them will live here for a while, while he himself will go back to the old house to live with the old man for a while.

Simei didn't know what to say, Qiao Yicheng didn't wait for her to speak, and scolded: "Qi Chenggang is half dead, I think he is pitiful, and he is so cute and small, who knows if there will be any sequelae of this disease, my lord is fine." , don't give it to the children!
On the day he was discharged from the hospital, Qiao Yicheng called all his younger siblings to his home. Er Qiang went to the hospital to pick them up. Er Qiang said to Yi Cheng before he left, "Brother, do you want to call your younger brother?"

Yicheng said angrily, "Will you be [-] for Chinese New Year?"Er Qiang glared at him, Qiao Yicheng turned around and said: Then you call him.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Qiqi caught a bad cold. She was afraid that Qi Chenggang's resistance would be weak at this time, and if the infection was not good, she didn't come.

As soon as Qi Chenggang entered, Yicheng, Ma Suqin and Sanli were all taken aback.

Qi Chenggang was completely out of shape, his face was ashen, his eyes were dull, his pupils were light in color, his face was thin as if cut by a knife, his cheekbones were so high that they seemed to pierce his face, his hair was extremely short, and his sides and forehead were still blue , leaving traces of needles, the whole person is simply a skeleton.

(End of this chapter)