After Chu Ye came in, he unnaturally lowered his head deeper. Chu Ye pretended not to notice and talked to Uncle Li with a smile.
After a while, the medicine in the infusion bottle was almost gone. Han Zhao got up and went out, then followed the nurse and walked in again. After the nurse checked the identity information, she hung up the new medicine bottle, turned around and took away the old medicine bottle.
Uncle Li gradually showed signs of tiredness, and Chu Ye helped him tuck himself into bed and asked about going back.
"...Okay, little bastard, you...send Xiao Chu off." Uncle Li patted the back of Chu Ye's hand, with guilt in his eyes that he couldn't get up to see him off.
She put the pear paste on the small table and said goodbye reluctantly, "Uncle Li, I will come to see you in a few days."
"No need...work is important." After saying that, he looked at Han Zhao tiredly and asked, "...send the person...to the factory, the fish pond, and sell..."
"Okay, okay, I understand." Han Zhao stood up. His clothes were green and he stood there like a big tree. He couldn't bear to hear Uncle Li speak so painfully, so he put his big hand on Uncle Li's eyes, " Stop worrying so much and go to sleep! If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, just ring the bell and call the nurse. I’ll be right back.”
Uncle Li was so angry that he wanted to curse. Han Zhao took two steps and opened the door and ducked out. His footsteps in the corridor gradually became distant. Uncle Li hurriedly waved his hand and asked Chu Ye to follow him back.
Downstairs, Han Zhao was already waiting at the door on his bicycle. After Chu Ye got on it, the car drove through the street along the way it came.
At the entrance of Wucai Flower Factory, Chu Ye thanked her and turned to leave. Han Zhao called out to her, "The fish pond and the house cost a thousand yuan. Do you want to buy them?"
Chu Ye stopped and turned around. Han Zhao had no expression on his face, and seemed not to care about Chu Ye's answer. He seemed to be determined to buy it or not.
Chu Ye thought for a while and realized that the price was a bit beyond her budget. She came closer and tentatively asked, "Can it be fifty yuan cheaper?"
Han Zhao's eyes drooped for a long time, and just when Chu Ye thought he disagreed, he said, "Okay, then find someone to write a contract, and then go directly to the hospital to find me."
Chu Ye:......
Damn it, the price should be lowered, who knew he was so easy to talk to.
But seeing that Han Zhao had already mounted the bicycle and was about to leave, she finally nodded with a dull face and watched Han Zhao leave.
However, buying the fish pond also meant that her work in the factory was coming to an end. She calculated the time and planned to work until the end of the month and resign.
Turning around, she told Pan'er and Xiaoya the news that she was leaving. The two of them had tears in their eyes and were extremely reluctant to leave.
"Sister Chu, you are doing well here, why do you have to leave immediately?" Pan'er pursed her lips, put her hands around Chu Ye's arms, and kept shaking her head, "If you leave, our three-person dining team will become It’s a team of two.”
"Yes, I don't want you to leave." The other arm was held by Xiaoya, and the two of them almost put their heads in Chu Ye's arms.
During this time in the factory, Pan'er was lively and talkative, Xiaoya was shy and timid, and Chu Ye was calm and thoughtful. The three of them always had endless things to say when they were together. The two of them had long regarded Chu Ye as their close relative. Although they had guessed that Chu Ye had other plans as early as when Chu Ye ran diligently to the town to inquire, no one expected that this day would come so quickly.
Chu Ye smiled, touched the two furry heads on the left and right, and comforted, "It's okay. The place I went to is not far from our factory. When you miss me, just go to me. I will buy some kitchen utensils and a small dining table then. , let’s have dinner together when you two come.”
"Really?" Pan'er suddenly became energetic, and the light in her eyes quickly faded away after a moment, "Sister Chu, are you really going to sell fish? Let me tell you, what I hate most when I'm at home is killing people. The fish is slimy, slippery and alive.”
Pan'er pouted, worry written all over her face. Although Xiaoya didn't speak, she nodded in agreement.
Chu Ye smiled when he heard this and patiently responded to their concerns, "I have also grown up in the countryside since I was a child. I have been exposed to the work in the fields before I opened my mouth to speak. This kind of hard work is nothing. Besides, I I made this decision after careful consideration. You can’t just stop trying because you’re afraid, right?”
Seeing that the two of them were listening attentively, she couldn't help but start chatting, "When I came south to Shenzhen, I was very scared. I was afraid of being bullied, afraid of the language barrier, and afraid that I would not be used to coming here alone. I bought it uneasily. But strangely, as the bus got closer and closer to Shenzhen, I no longer had any anxiety. At that time, I thought, the worst thing I could do was just study. As long as you work hard, you won’t starve to death. If you really can’t survive, then buy a ticket. Keep going home.”
"But later I discovered that life here is not as difficult to accept as I imagined. There are people from all over the world here, and everyone gathers on this land to make a living. And I met you, and you are with me when I am happy and sad. I am not alone.”
After saying this, the two people were so moved that they shed tears. Chu Ye shook his head in amusement and quickly coaxed the two crying babies.
Two days later, the sales contract was drawn up. At the same time, she also submitted her resignation application to the factory. Because of this, Sister Zhao came over to ask her for questions. After knowing that Chu Ye was determined to leave, she was quite upset. He shook his head sadly.
On this day, Chu Ye went to the hospital with the contract, but as soon as he came out of the stairs, he saw several doctors in white coats standing at the door of a house at the end of the corridor.
The uneasiness that she had deliberately suppressed in her heart surged again. She clenched her hands into fists, and the paper in her hands wrinkled unpreparedly. She couldn't care about anything else in her mind and walked forward quickly. On both sides of her vision were fans or fans. Closed or open door.
……311……309……307……305……
……303
It wasn't until I got closer that I realized that the door to room 303 was closed. Han Zhao was wearing a rare black shirt and stood in front of the door with his arms folded in a protective posture. In front of him were four or five doctors, all of whom were wearing... Wearing a mask, the one at the front with sparse hair seems to be explaining something. Chu Ye leaned over silently, and Han Zhao just raised his eyelids, seemingly not surprised by her arrival.
"...You also understand the situation. Even if you transfer him to a hospital in Hong Kong or the United States now, it will not prolong his life. It will even make him more uncomfortable."
"When we were first diagnosed with this disease, we estimated that his remaining life would be three to six months. It is not easy for him to hold on until now. In the end, we still hope that his family members can stay with the patient more during this period. ”
After speaking, the doctor patted Han Zhao on the shoulder and led the people in white coats behind him to the next ward.
The door of room 303 returned to deathly silence. Han Zhao stood there with his head lowered, making it difficult to see his emotions, but if you think about it, this man must be feeling uncomfortable.
Chu Ye didn't know how to comfort her for a moment. She quietly leaned her back against the wall, thinking about what the doctor had just said.
Although Han Zhao often calls an old man Li Bo without any respect in his words, she can tell that this is the way they get along with each other. Uncle Li also said before that he worked with Boss Han when he was young, and later witnessed Han Zhao's birth, growth, and his stubbornness to stay in the country.
It is estimated that Uncle Li was worried about Han Zhao, so he chose to stay near the fish pond. The relationship between the two of them may have surpassed that of his biological father and son.
When Chu Ye was thinking, there was a crisp sound in the room. Han Zhao on the side suddenly opened the door as if he had lost his soul. After seeing that it was Uncle Li who woke up and accidentally knocked over the water glass, he breathed a sigh of relief. Chu Ye stood behind him, He entered the house smoothly.
"...Xiao Chu, you...are here." Li Boqiang braced himself. After saying a word, the transparent mask was filled with water mist, his cheeks became thinner, and the monitoring equipment on the side made sounds from time to time. , Han Zhao seemed to be used to it. He pressed the button on the instrument first, and the machine stopped buzzing. Then he walked to the other side silently and began to collect the broken glass on the ground.
Chu Ye had held back her tears when Uncle Li opened his mouth and rushed over. She smiled and pretended to be relaxed and said, "We have agreed that you have to be my second in command."
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"...Hi," Uncle Li smiled weakly, the ends of his eyes were bright, and liquid slid down and disappeared into his hair. He wanted to raise his hand, but his movement was extremely slow. Chu Ye took it in time, lowered his head, and saw this The pair of withered fingers were like a layer of yellow skin wrapped around bones, and there were blue and black needle holes on the back of the hands.
"...Old, the boss...is...not moving anymore." He still wanted to touch Chu Ye's head, but he didn't have the strength to stretch his hand upwards. Chu Ye understood what he meant, and took the initiative to lower his head and hold it with his hands. He patted his head lightly with his hand.
"...Good girl," Uncle Li said with a smile. He turned his head slightly and looked at Han Zhao, who was sitting silently on the other side of the bed after clearing the glass.
"... From now on, eat less... sweets, sell the fish pond, and you... go to Hong Kong, to the United States... to find your dad... he is a relative." His eyes were kind and full of reluctance, and he raised his hand, Han Zhao moved his face forward first.
Chu Ye cried quietly again, and she saw Han Zhao's eyes were also red.
The dry hand caressed Han Zhao's cheek, like a feather falling in the wind. Uncle Li couldn't help but touch it again and again, but it seemed that he couldn't touch it enough. After a while, he lost his strength and dropped his hand.
His eyes fell on Han Zhao's face reluctantly, recalling the past in his mind, and he spoke softly, bringing Han Zhao back to his childhood.
Han Zhao had just celebrated his sixth birthday that year. His mother lingered on the hospital bed due to a serious illness and passed away not long after. Before she left, she called Han Zhao to the bedside and touched his face as she did now. many.
But he was too young at that time, and he couldn’t remember much of what he said at the time. He only remembered that at the end, his mother took out a handful of candies from the drawer on the side, put them in the palm of his little hand, and said, "From now on, you Eat a candy when you miss your mother, and your mother will know in heaven that the baby is thinking of me.”
Later, his father kept bringing back little wives, sometimes two or three a year, and he didn't care about Han Zhao. At that time, Uncle Li often accompanied him, buying him toys, telling stories, and talking to him. She patiently coaxed him to sleep while he was crying for his mother.
Later, when he grew up, Boss Han's business grew bigger and bigger, and the factories below did not need his constant supervision, so he began to do other things. Boss Han spent a lot of money to build fish ponds and gather with friends from all walks of life. Here, at that time, he was often taken around like a toy by Boss Han. At that time, it was also Uncle Li who accompanied him when he was lonely and bored.
Gradually, Boss Han had more and more money, and he became dissatisfied with domestic development. He also learned about the reform and opening up policy, so he slapped the table and immigrated to the United States, where he wanted to build his great business again.
Han Zhao was not willing to go. He had just grown up at that time and felt that he could live a better life without Boss Han. He stubbornly stayed in the country. Li Bo originally planned to follow Boss Han, but in the end he changed his decision temporarily and resolutely stayed. down.
Then, he and Uncle Li lived a life of "dependence on each other", but slowly, he found that his life became more and more empty. He became obsessed with those exciting games, and often went to Hong Kong for several months in a row before coming back.
And from that day on, he became accustomed to buying candies. When he arrived at a place, he would buy every kind of candies in the store, and then taste them slowly, trying to find the taste in his memory.
These memories were too heavy. As he spoke, Uncle Li lacked strength and fell asleep. Han Zhao lowered his head aside, with an aura of sadness lingering around him.
Chu Ye looked at the contract in her hand and knew that it was inappropriate to disturb Han Zhao at this time. She stood up gently, took the contract and left the hospital.
(End of chapter)