There are businessmen in the long night
Is it the party for Chapter 5 class?I will copy the notes for him later. "
Wanting to be with Lu Lin every day, trying to put on a cynical look, trying to use Lu Lin to numb himself.It's a pity that what he can give himself is too plain and not violent enough.
Maybe it's time to find some new solutions.
Back in the dormitory, they fell asleep and had nothing to say all night.
Zhou Tian's gloomy light came in through the glass, with a hint of humidity.The dark clouds from the previous night really started to rain in the morning, and the pattering sound could be clearly heard indoors.
Even so, the heavy rain could not extinguish the enthusiasm of the students, and the dull air doubled their accumulated heat.Every class is extremely restless.
Qiu Tianyu and Lu Lin kept chatting, as if there were endless topics to talk about.In fact, he was just singing a one-man show, and Lu Lin was still taking notes.
But it's a good way to decompress and pass the time.
Soon after school, Lu Lin hurried back to the dormitory, packed up his homework and clothes to take home, and was about to leave school and take the car home.He ran out in the rain with his schoolbag in his arms, but saw a tall figure with a big black umbrella walking towards him slowly at the school gate; but he couldn't move, it was Qiu Tianyu.
Taking the things in his hand, the boy moved the umbrella towards Lu Lin, "Didn't you agree that I would make up your birthday?"
"Ayu, I actually promised my mother to go home... I'm sorry."
"That's it."
"Really sorry……"
"Can you come the day after tomorrow?"
"Shouldn't... wait, what are you going to do?" Qiu Tianyu obviously had something in his words, but Lu Lin didn't catch it yet.
"Just say if you can come."
"Well, I'll go home and ask."
"Okay, I'll wait for your call." Qiu Tianyu said, "Take the umbrella, don't catch cold."
Lu Lin just stayed where he was, like a child who lost a precious thing, watching Qiu Tianyu with his hands in his pockets, walking towards the black Buick in the rain.
Why didn't he say what it was?Could it be something important but I don't know?
It wasn't until the car completely disappeared from sight that Lu Lin walked towards the bus stop with stiff steps, waiting for the car to go home.
I haven't seen you for three months. I don't know how my mother is doing?
Not long after, the car came. Lu Lin dropped the coin and squeezed to a place where he could still stand properly. He looked out of focus at the passing scenery outside the window, and his thoughts drifted back to the place called home.
The whitish thin chemical fiber curtains washed all year round are hung behind the anti-theft net. Every evening, the bloody setting sun will be cut into pieces by the wire and projected on the wooden floor through the curtains.The small desk is facing the window, and soon after I start doing homework, I can hear the sound of the iron door being unlocked, and then the sound of inferior high-heeled shoes colliding heavily with the stone floor.As a child, he wondered whether the heels of the shoes would come off first or the floor would crumble into pieces first.But judging from the current situation, the hardness of the stone is obviously much greater than that of the heel.
Hua Rou is working as a designer in a nearby clothing company, and she has to deal with a bunch of customers who are not looking for trouble and the relationship between internal employees every day.With a small salary, she has to dress herself up glamorously, which is a heavy burden for her to raise a child.When Lu Lin came home from elementary school, he was used to drinking a few large glasses of cold water first, and when he was really hungry, he would go to eat a cheap big bag of white toast.He knew early on that he couldn't go home like other classmates and have the snacks made by his mother or the junk food he liked to eat when his father came home from get off work to share.He can only wait at home alone for his mother to come home from get off work to cook.
After entering junior high school and entering adolescence, he is no longer able to replenish the energy consumed by ordinary bread.So he had to finish his homework early at school so he could cook at home.In this way, not only did he not have to wait until Huarou came home from get off work to get dinner, but he could also help his mother with some housework so that she could work overtime at night.
Thinking about it, Lu Lin didn't notice that a man sneaked up behind him in the wet and crowded car, unzipped the bag in his hand, and took out a boxy thing.Then he pulled it up quietly, and seemed to curse after getting off at the station.
Lu Lin is a typical person who lost his senses when he was in a daze. He didn't even know that his wallet was stolen, and he still stood in front of the railing in a daze.
After getting off the car, he turned around the familiar remote street, looked at the game hall that was not open, and the KFC that was always occupied. Lu Lin felt that the time was really fast, and he was in high school in a blink of an eye.
Going to play games seems to be just yesterday, and the taste of egg tarts that will never fade on the tip of the tongue is a memory given by Qiu Tianyu.
When I walked to the door of the house, the rusty iron door was still locked tightly, and there were no shoes on the painted plastic shoe rack outside the door.Mom was obviously not home yet.Lu Lin took off his schoolbag and reached in to get his keys, only to find that the net bag that could be called a wallet was missing.
It contained the money I earned from selling things, which was almost worth a month's living expenses.But when exactly was it lost?
If I remember correctly, a man passed by at the third station just now, got off the bus after messing around for a while, my hearing is not bad, it seems that he even cursed at me.
It should be him, right?
He was anxiously thinking about how to tell his mother that he had lost the money, but he couldn't bear to tell Hua Rou that it would only increase the burden on his mother.Could it be that next month I can only find Qiu Tianyu for dinner?Or use the little change left to eat instant noodles every day?
Just as he thought of the word Qiu Tianyu, he bumped into a hard object and took it out to see that it was a small bag wrapped in yellow leather.
After taking it apart, he saw several red photos of Grandpa Mao.I had mixed feelings for a while.
☆、Chapter 23
During the time he was with Qiu Tianyu, he didn't seem to let himself spend any money, and he always took out his wallet silently.So all the money for food and clothing was saved.
Once again, he stretched out his invisible hand to grab Lu Lin who was in trouble.
Lu Lin held the paper bag, his palms sweated a little, and wet a small piece of kraft paper; the heat of gratitude flowed through his body.In fact, he didn't realize that Qiu Tianyu had quietly walked into his life, opening up in his just beginning youth.
Taking out his homework and doing calculations on the dilapidated wooden table, Lu Lin watched the sun slowly set, turned on the desk lamp and continued writing.It was almost seven o'clock and Huarou arrived home.
"I'm back." Hua Rou, who knew her son was at home, greeted her.
"Thanks for your hard work."
"Have we not seen each other for a long time? Linlin?"
Hearing his mother call him by his nickname, Lu Lin felt very helpless. "um, yes……"
"Did you study hard?"
"Have."
"You have to know that I have worked very hard for you to study, so study hard."
"Ah."
"How about the half-term exam?"
"Into the top 50."
"Okay, after that——" Hua Rou, like ordinary parents, will pay attention to their children's situation at school, and the next step is the private part.
"did you miss me?"
"Of course there is."
"Come on, let mom hug you." Lu Lin's face froze, this was the time when his mother's maternal love was the most overflowing.She would also force herself to squat down, pretending to be the height of a child to be hugged by her.
Forget it, anyway, Lao Laizi still wants to entertain relatives when he is so old, it doesn't matter if I am so young... Lu Lin comforted himself in his heart, lowered his head and gave his mother gentle touch over and over again, Huarou's hand felt as good as Qiu Tianyu's. different.
His is pampering and possession, while hers is comfort and care.There is an essential difference between the two.
"Hair feels just as good." Hua Rou said, the reason why she loves Lu Lin so much is because she feels that she owes too much to this child.She can only express maternal love in all the ways she can think of.
"It's all the same."
"It feels like shampooing, cough! Cough! The shampoo has changed."
"Mom, are you coughing?"
"No." She finished speaking shortly, the syllable at the end of the sentence obviously changed a lot, and she covered her mouth with her hand.
"It's hard to cure a cough in winter."
"Don't worry, I'm in good health, even if—cough! I'm sick, just take medicine."
"Do you think you are still sick? You have a cough like this!" Lu Lin finished speaking a little angrily, and went to the desk and opened the drawer to look for medicine.But there was nothing left inside, it was empty.
"Mom, where are those medicines?"
"Basically they've been eaten." Hua Rou said normally.
Lu Lin didn't hear the meaning behind Hua Rou's words, "Oh, then I'll go out and buy some."
"It's not easy for you to come back once, shall we go out to eat tonight?"
"Forget it, let's do it ourselves to save money."
"Linlin is really sensible, then I'll cook." Hua Rou smiled, put on her apron and got into the small kitchen.Lu Lin took his wallet and went out.
After closing the door and walking down the stairs, Lu Lin heard a continuous coughing sound behind him, and couldn't help cursing to himself, the chance of getting sick is too high now, isn't it?
After the door was closed, Hua Rou covered her mouth and coughed desperately, her lungs almost spewed out along the esophagus, a fishy-sweet smell filled her throat, and she swallowed her saliva.
"I don't know, I can stay with you for a few more years..."
The nearest pharmacy is at least one kilometer away from my home. Not only is it difficult to walk, but there are no buses.Lu Lin walked quickly on the street with few pedestrians, wanting to buy medicine as soon as possible and go home to his mother.
Actually, the medicine will be finished, it seems that it is really intolerable.He thought over and over what Huarou said just now, and felt something was wrong.
Will the medicine run out?
Even if the mother really suffers from many kinds of diseases, the dose is not so large that she will eat all of it, right?In Lu Lin's memory, that drawer contained medicines for treating colds, reducing fever, pain relief, cough relief, and diarrhea.
Now whether to buy another set for preparation or just buy what Hua Rou needs, Lu Lin is temporarily undecided, because he was too hasty when he left and only grabbed a few banknotes.
A rough estimate is more than 100, which is only enough to buy a few boxes of antibiotics.
Forget it, let's solve the urgent task, Lu Lin thought, and then quickened his pace.
When he finished buying the medicine and walked into the door of the house, he smelled a strong fragrance.
That is my favorite braised pork.
When she was a child, Huarou didn't make much money, but Lu Lin, who wanted to eat meat, always bought it herself. She went to the vegetable market to buy the kind of pork belly that was [-]% thin and [-]% fat, and cooked it for him at home.Heat up the pot, put the meat in, stir-fry the oil first, collect the lard, then add soy sauce, rock sugar, star anise, etc. to cook, and finally stew a bright and shiny soup.The fat meat that was originally white and greasy has been cooked so that it melts in the mouth, and the soup is wrapped in it with an attractive luster.Since then, Lu Lin has fallen in love with large pieces of fat meat. The stewed crispy taste and rich soup are mixed with rice. I don’t know how delicious it is; the remaining lard residue can be chopped up with a handful The green vegetables and tofu are cooked together in soup, which is extremely delicious.
This habit is still preserved till now.
"I bought the medicine, go eat it after dinner." Lu Lin yelled into the kitchen while slipping on his shoes.
"Got it, cough! I'm different from you again."
"Mom, why don't you love yourself?"
"There's a lot of oily smoke in the kitchen, I'm choking on it." Hua Rou coughed several times with this lie.
"You do your homework first."
"Okay." Lu Lin, who knew his mother's physique, didn't bother anymore. She was just not in good health in winter, and she would get better after that.
This is Hua Rou's one-sided words to Lu Lin.
Seeing her son's return, Hua Rou speeded up the cooking and was splashed with oil many times during the process.In the cold weather, her hands were burned with a few small red spots, but she didn't make a sound, it would be bad for him to hear her.
"It's time to eat." Huarou reminded Lu Lin while setting the tableware.
"Here we come." After responding, he went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes.
Tofu soup with lard residue and green vegetables, braised pork, garlic lettuce, these are Lu Lin's favorites.Huarou finished it in half an hour.
Spoon a spoonful of soup, pour it on the rice and mix well, and Lu Lin ate the rice directly with the spoon.Hua Rou, who was still filling the soup, was slightly dissatisfied.
"Drink soup before eating, so as not to choke later. Also, eat more vegetables and supplement vitamins." Like ordinary parents, she will also remind Lu Lin of many small details.
"Know it."
"You don't want me to pretend for you, do you?"
"Just pretend." Lu Lin said to his mother with his mouth full.
"You child is really getting more and more unruly, how did I teach you?"
"It doesn't matter at home anyway."
"It doesn't matter, I'm used to it at home, but I can't change it outside."
"It's okay." Lu Lin, like every child, enjoys the unique love of his mother at home, and has some little willfulness that he doesn't have outside.
"I don't want you to be an uneducated child."
"Don't worry, it won't."
After eating, when Lu Lin was about to clean up the dishes and wash them, Hua Rou interrupted him.
"Go do your homework, I'll do the laundry."
"The homework is almost done, there is not much."
"Then you go to preview, the end of the term is coming, you have to study hard."
"Okay." Hua Rou half pushed and half pushed him out of the kitchen, so Lu Lin had no choice but to sit back at the small table to review.
Amidst the splashing water in the kitchen, one or two coughs could be heard from time to time.At first, Lu Lin felt that there was nothing abnormal, but as Hua Rou's coughing frequency did not improve after taking the medicine, he was a little worried. Every time his heartbeat was consistent with the sound of coughing, it fluctuated up and down.
"Mom, do you want to go to the hospital?"
"Why do you go to that kind of place? It's just a minor illness, and it's not like you don't know."
"It looks like you have pneumonia..." Lu Lin listened carefully to the sound of her coughing, and there was an obvious bellows sound coming from her lungs.
"You're nervous, go do your homework." Hua Rou chased Lu Lin away again.
One day many years later, he recalled the day when he came home from high school, filled with emotion.
My mother became ill from overwork, and the culprit was myself.
When did her body become so poor?
Which winter begins, she will have a period of pain that lasts more than ten days and falls ill in bed without the strength to get off?
When did she start to gradually hide things about herself?
It turned out that my mother started to arrange all this very early, just to let myself study hard and have nothing else to do.
She often tells herself that she has no skills and can only earn the minimum salary by manual labor. Don't be like me when you grow up, you must master a professional skill.
At that time, I still seemed to understand.
But now I really understand.
At night, because I live in an old-style building, the sound insulation is poor.Lu Lin could clearly hear the coughing gradually subsiding in the mother's room next door, and he let go of his hanging heart.
He put his hands on his head, and he didn't want to go out with Qiu Tianyu tomorrow. With his mother like this, wouldn't there be no one to take care of him if he went out by himself?
How did she survive those days when she was not around?The pain was so great that he couldn't even get up on the bed to pour himself a cup of hot water, and crawled to the desk and opened the drawer to swallow the pills scattered all over the floor; Lu Lin couldn't bear to imagine those scenes again, and the corners of his eyes were already wet with tears.
It turned out that one's own life required such a price.Someone has to pay a lot for this kind of ordinary life.
What right does he have to waste time?Hanging out with Qiu Tianyu?Can he help himself?
☆、Chapter 24
The carefree campus life covered up the originally indifferent reality, and it was only now that I was torn apart bloody by myself, and I saw its ferocious minions.A deep sense of powerlessness lingered all over his body, but he did not choose to seek comfort from Qiu Tianyu.
Qiu Tianyu made up a dream for Lu Lin, in which Lu Lin sat with him in a high-end restaurant for dinner, wearing the bright and bright clothes he bought, noble and elegant.
Lu Lin in reality is just a person like an ugly duckling, different from being led by Qiu Tianyu to enjoy the life on the cloud in the dream, now, what he has to face is the most realistic reality.What he needs most is time, the love Qiu Tianyu gave him is not the most useful, at most it is used for comfort.
In fact, Qiu Tianyu, who has no source of income, is likely to be inferior to Lu Lin.All his so-called love has a material basis, without money, it's nothing.If he is financially independent, he can borrow some money from himself to ease the situation, but does he have money to borrow from himself?
Maybe he will say that everything about him is his own, but he always likes to automatically filter hidden conditions.
The property of Qiu Huan and his wife will be given to him.
Fate did not give Lu Lin time to complain, and he knew this very well.The consciousness that I had since I was a child is now playing a role.If he lived with Qiu Tianyu in the next semester, he would not have to go to evening self-study at night, and there would be no access control time.In this way, I can go out to be a tutor, and the income of doing this is much higher than selling things.However, adhering to the fact that no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, it is still meat, Lu Lin did not give up any chance to make money.
Of course, this is all for later.It took many years for Lu Lin to wake up from his youthful dream and regain the courage to face reality.
When I woke up in the morning, there was no coughing sound from Huarou for a while, maybe the medicine had taken effect?Lu Lin thought.
On the dining table were soy milk and steamed buns that were still warm, and a white note with familiar writing on it.
I go to work, remember to eat breakfast, cherish the time, love your mother.
It was only then that Lu Lin remembered that today is Monday, but it is just a school holiday, and normal companies still wait until the first day to take a holiday.Hua Rou went to work in the morning, no wonder she didn't hear her cough.
Thinking of this, Lu Lin sighed, wondering if his mother recovered from her illness.
After breakfast, Lu Lin sat obediently at the table to review.After memorizing politics and history, I started to memorize the new English words, waited until I had memorized 20 words, and then went to do the math review paper; waited to get the answers right, and then went to memorize Chinese... Lu Lin had already arranged a study plan and has always been self-disciplined He is a good role model.
If Qiu Tianyu was present, it would not be certain.
"Beep beep beep beep." Something was vibrating on the hard material, and Lu Lin heard a strange sound, so he put down the Chinese book in his hand to look for the sound source; it turned out to be his mobile phone.
Three words are displayed on the small screen:
Qiu Tianyu
Why is he texting himself at this time?While thinking, he turned on his phone to watch the content.
I will pick you up tomorrow.
There are six words in total, but the tone is unquestionable, tough and domineering.It's more of an order.
Lu Lin thought for a while, and then slowly typed back with Jiugongge.His is shorter than Qiu Tianyu's
No time.
Almost a few seconds later, Qiu Tianyu could feel Qiu Tianyu's angry fingers pressing on the phone screen when he saw Lu Lin's reply.
If you don't go, you have to go!
Before he put down his phone, he saw Qiu Tianyu's demonstration-like reply, and the corners of his lips curled up playfully.Continue to press the keyboard quickly.
If I say no, I will not go.
And the people on the other end seemed to have been prepared, and Lu Lin soon saw the reply.
you wait for me.
He burst out laughing, thinking that Qiu Tianyu was extremely cute at this moment.Then put down the phone and continue the unfinished trip in Shushanli.
After cooking for nearly two hours, he looked at his watch and went to the kitchen to open the refrigerator to see what ingredients were still in it, and prepared to cook and send it to Hua Rou.
Is it because she eats out that her health is so poor?Take advantage of the time to make something healthy at home.Lu Lin glanced around and took two eggs first.
If you're coughing, what should you eat...Looking at the few things in the small refrigerator, Lu Lin picked out spinach.Then start boiling water.
There are quick-frozen foods in the freezing layer, which are used as spare materials and are not considered at all.Lu Lin found a pack of crystal shrimps. The black guts had disappeared from the bluish-white shrimps. It looked like it had been processed.
Put the spinach cut into two sections into the pot and put the water aside. Lu Lin pours golden tea oil, soy sauce and a little sugar into the iron bowl and mixes well. A drop of old wine; the aroma is tangy.The rice cooker next to it began to emit milky white steam, and the rice inside seemed to be ready soon.After Lu Lin finished cooking the spinach, he unwrapped the shrimp bag and took some, put it back in the refrigerator with an airtight clip.
Sprinkle some black pepper and salt, and then grab it with your hands to make it tasty; the secret to the delicious smooth egg is actually very simple, you don’t need to add a lot of oil to fry it together, just mix the egg liquid and water starch.
The sizzling sound of the egg liquid entering the oil pan was very pleasant. Lu Lin put down a handful of shallots and let them embed into the egg cubes before they were set.Not long after, when the eggs in the pot were half-cooked, Lu Lin poured in the shrimps and stir-fried them together. The tender yellow eggs, green onions, and bright red shrimps were visually conveying delicious signals.After finishing all these, Lu Lin went to deliver food to Huarou.
When he cooked for his mother, he always thought it was a kind of repayment.My mother gave herself care and care when she was a child, and now she wants to do something for her who is sick.
In layman's terms, this is family affection.But Lu Lin would rather admit that it is a material reward than define it by family affection, because family affection cannot be defined.If a relative talks about love every day, it will only appear hypocritical and awkward.
But cooking for Qiu Tianyu is a willing feeling, hoping to get his praise and love, but cooking for mother seems like a responsibility and obligation.
Why can I tell Qiu Tianyu that I love him so much?Want to give him everything you have, but you can't tell your mother?
Human emotions are really complicated.
Walking downstairs to her company, Huarou looked at her son who brought her meals in surprise, and patted his head caressingly and said.
"I only have you in this world."
After hearing this, Lu Lin's nose was sore, because it seemed that he was not only accompanied by his mother.
"Have you eaten yet?"
"No, I'll eat it when I get home." Lu Lin lied.
"Then go back quickly."
"Ah."
There is still leftovers from the rice cooked just now, let's mix it with last night's braised pork sauce later, Lu Lin thought about it.
He also solved it in the same way at night, except that when he passed by the vegetable market on his way home, he bought half a catty of plump green clams, and fried them for Huarou's dinner at night, plus a plate of green vegetables.
The first day of the holiday passed quickly, neither he nor Hua Rou had the habit of watching TV, and went to bed on time at ten o'clock.
Like people living in remote areas, they work at sunrise and sunset without contact with the outside world; they don’t have New Year’s greetings at midnight, they don’t spend New Year’s Eve with important relatives, and they don’t talk on the phone to share the New Year’s Eve. The laughing point of the year's show.
They are alone, when the New Year's bell is ringing.
Lu Lin ushered in the first day of 2008 in his sleep.
Many things happened in this year, such as the large-scale snowfall and low temperature disaster in January, which swept almost the entire south; then a major earthquake occurred in Wenchuan in May, and the infrasound transmission almost spread to the whole world; It was held in Beijing, and the whole country was jubilant. It was an important milestone in the history of the country's development and represented international significance. After that, a turbulent financial crisis broke out in October. Waves struggling to find that floating plank; and Jolin Tsai signing with Warner Records in the dead of December.
The least important thing is that the restaurant that Qiu Tianyu took him to had completely closed down.
When all these seemingly ordinary things that had nothing to do with Lu Lin happened in a series, countless coincidences became inevitable.
Like a butterfly flapping its wings on the other side of the quiet Nile, maybe somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean there is an eye of a storm.
These seemingly important things to the world can be seen as a series of chain reactions caused by an inadvertent beginning, gradually growing from a small storm eye to a hurricane, and Lu Lin's change is just that it landed after the wind weakened extremely. The coolness brought by it is so small.
When I woke up in the morning, the first ray of sunshine of the new year hit my body, and that intoxicating light was just like the Qiu Tianyu I saw back then.
Hua Rou didn't go to work today, and was ready to go out after breakfast with Lu Lin.
"Want to go to the supermarket with me?" Lu Lin nodded after confirming the stock of the refrigerator just yesterday.I took a green bag and went out with my mother.
The mother and son walked side by side on the deserted street. They had walked this street for many years and were very familiar with it.Where is there a drainage outlet? Under which tree used to be a wild taro plant with lush green leaves. People who don’t know it may think it’s a rare plant, and the breakfast shop that opens late every day is all the same. They are familiar.
Lu Lin likes this feeling very much, living according to his own steps, and not changing much because of others; however, he has not noticed at all that Qiu Tianyu is subtly planting the seeds of dependence in him.
It's just that the power of family affection is greater than the most fundamental desire of the human body, and it is temporarily suppressed.
Soon at the supermarket, Hua Rou walked to the freezer and asked Lu Lin, "Is there any frozen food at home?" She was so busy with work that she didn't have time to cook instant food for herself.
"Ah."
"Then let's buy some daily necessities and go home, it's really cold here. Cough..."
"Okay, so you don't catch a cold." The cough that had almost faded the image of the boy reappeared, and Lu Lin became nervous again.
"It's okay, it's just a little cold in here."
"Let's go then."
Lu Lin and Hua Rou bought some vegetables, meat, and some fish.He walked out the door carrying a large plastic bag. He couldn't get used to using one hand for a while, so he turned to carry it sideways.
"It's great to have a son, who can help me carry things." Hua Rou looked at Lu Lin with a smile on the side, "It's only at this time that I can enjoy it."
For some reason, he felt very bitter in his heart.
Is this how mothers come these days?
He became more determined to work hard, but soon after, he began to abandon his armor and surrender.
☆、Chapter 25
The sharp-eyed Huarou found a conspicuous silver Bentley parked 50 meters away from the supermarket, and some young man came to pick up his Cinderella again.
Of course, Lu Lin didn't have the same eyesight as his mother, and he still walked in the direction of going home, waiting for the shadow to cover him without any precautions.
A tall figure in a black windbreaker got off the car and walked straight to Lu Lin.The latter was touched by the shoulder and just wanted to look back to see who it was, when he was twisted in front of him by a strong force.
The man stared at his prey with the eyes of a poisonous snake staring at a frog.
The bag in Lu Lin's hand almost fell off, "Why are you here?!"
"I said, I will come to pick you up." His voice sounded a little hoarse today, and he didn't know what happened.
"Do you have a cold? The voice doesn't sound right." Lu Lin asked hastily seeing that her mother hadn't followed.
"It's okay, I've already taken my medicine."
"Pay attention to your body." Although he has decided not to waste too much time on him, this does not prevent him from giving the boy the attention he deserves.
"Is that standing over there is my mother-in-law?" Qiu Tianyu suddenly asked Lu Lin, but he hadn't reacted yet.
At this time, Hua Rou, who saw Lu Lin talking with a strange man, came over.
"Lu Lin, who is this?"
"Mom, this is Qiu Tianyu, I'm at the same table, Tianyu, this is my mother." The first meeting between Huarou and Qiu Tianyu began with Lu Lin's brief introduction.
"Hi aunt, Lu Lin and I are very good friends, and he often helps me." Qiu Tianyu smiled appropriately.
"That's right, Lu Lin is a bit withdrawn, please forgive me." Hua Rou responded politely when Qiu Tianyu praised his son like this.
"I have to be on par with him in many things there."
"I still don't understand him? By the way, Tianyu, are you here to play with him today?" Hua Rou seemed to think of something.
"Yes."
She looked up at Qiu Tianyu, then turned to Lu Lin and asked, "Have you finished your homework?"
"Ah."
"Then go play, there's nothing to do at home anyway." Hua Rou said unexpectedly, agreeing with Lu Lin's behavior of going to a classmate's house to play.
But Lu Lin didn't think so. He felt that his mother was a little abnormal recently.
"You're not born..." Before he finished speaking, Huarou took him by the hand and pulled him in front of Qiu Tianyu, and he quickly left his hand like a volleyball being thrown.
"Lu Lin, don't cling to your mother every day when you're so old, and don't learn to be a nerd. Go play with your classmates."
Lu Lin frowned, and looked down at the huge plastic bag still in her hand. Did she want to carry it back by herself?
"Auntie, why don't I take you home first, so it's not too late for Lu Lin to pack up." Qiu Tianyu sensed the embarrassment between the mother and son, and smoothed things over. "Get in the car first, it's really cold today."
"Thank you." Hua Rou smiled at Qiu Tianyu.
Uncle Li was still driving, his lazy look changed after Huarou got in the car, and there was a curious signal in his eyes.
"Where?"
"I'll teach you how to walk later, Lu Lin lives in a place where it's hard to know the way."
"Row."
Seeing that Qiu Tianyu knew his family well, Lu Lin really wanted to ask a lot of questions right now.He tugged on the boy's sleeve and spoke to him in a low voice.
"Do you really know where my home is?"
The boy smiled, his voice soft.
"Of course I don't know, just tell me."
"..."
"Why don't you tell Uncle Li yourself?"
"I'm afraid you won't understand."
"You underestimate me." Qiu Tianyu's outstretched hand stopped next to his jacket pocket, and then retracted.After all, you can't be too rampant in front of your future husband and mother.
Immediately, Lu Lin whispered the location in Qiu Tianyu's ear in detail.
Ten minutes later, Lu Lin and Hua Rou were already standing downstairs in his house, Qiu Tianyu was waiting for Lu Lin in the car, but did not follow.
"Let's go out today and have fun." Mom once again said to herself in a persuasive tone, "Just help me carry things up."
In fact, the moment Lu Lin saw Qiu Tianyu coming as promised, his mind was completely occupied by that figure, and he couldn't think about anything else at all.He has adapted to the life of being able to see Qiu Tianyu at any time every day, and it seems that he is missing a little bit after not seeing him for a while.
The longing for him in his heart was like adding fuel to the fire, rising immediately, while the concern for his mother was being burned out bit by bit.For a moment, Lu Lin felt that Hua Rou was just a burden to him, and he had to take care of it himself.
Now that she has no objection to going out with Qiu Tianyu, she is naturally overjoyed.
"What should you do if you have no one to take care of you?" Lu Lin's voice showed a trace of anxiety, as if he couldn't wait to meet the boy, "I can't leave you at home alone, can I?"
It was the last remaining oasis of his eroded interior.
"Don't worry, I'm fine, you already helped me buy medicine." Hua Rou comforted Lu Lin, how could she not understand her son?
As an adolescent boy, it's time for me to let go; however, I don't know how many more years I can hold on.
Seeing Huarou's relieved look, Lu Lin felt guilty in his heart, and for a while, he hesitated to speak.
"A proper balance between work and rest is a must. Go ahead and don't make your classmates wait."
"I'm leaving."
"have fun."
After closing the door, Huarou's PHS showed many unread text messages, which seemed to be received just now.
It is impossible for humans to notice that when Huarou walked out of the supermarket, the nerves in her thigh muscles felt the vibration of the mobile phone in her trouser pocket, and she knew it was a text message without even thinking about it.If it was just a text message, it might be a scam; but after a series of text messages, her body trembled slightly uncontrollably, her fingers clasped the phone, wanting to take it out to read the content.But seeing Lu Lin in sight, she still held back.
I have to wait for Lu Lin to leave and watch it by myself.
Lu Lin took his keys and wallet, carried a small backpack and went out.Hua Rou is still holding the phone with her right hand at this moment, and waits until the sound of the shoes colliding with the floor outside the door completely disappears before she dares to open the phone.
Sender: Doctor Chu
Ms. Hua, after discussion, we still recommend that you undergo a hysterectomy.To avoid further progression of the fibroid lesion, and given your concurrent endometriosis, it can be said that there is no other option but surgery.Please reply as soon as possible so that we can arrange surgery.
Next, is the second article.
Ms. Hua
Maybe it's time to find some new solutions.
Back in the dormitory, they fell asleep and had nothing to say all night.
Zhou Tian's gloomy light came in through the glass, with a hint of humidity.The dark clouds from the previous night really started to rain in the morning, and the pattering sound could be clearly heard indoors.
Even so, the heavy rain could not extinguish the enthusiasm of the students, and the dull air doubled their accumulated heat.Every class is extremely restless.
Qiu Tianyu and Lu Lin kept chatting, as if there were endless topics to talk about.In fact, he was just singing a one-man show, and Lu Lin was still taking notes.
But it's a good way to decompress and pass the time.
Soon after school, Lu Lin hurried back to the dormitory, packed up his homework and clothes to take home, and was about to leave school and take the car home.He ran out in the rain with his schoolbag in his arms, but saw a tall figure with a big black umbrella walking towards him slowly at the school gate; but he couldn't move, it was Qiu Tianyu.
Taking the things in his hand, the boy moved the umbrella towards Lu Lin, "Didn't you agree that I would make up your birthday?"
"Ayu, I actually promised my mother to go home... I'm sorry."
"That's it."
"Really sorry……"
"Can you come the day after tomorrow?"
"Shouldn't... wait, what are you going to do?" Qiu Tianyu obviously had something in his words, but Lu Lin didn't catch it yet.
"Just say if you can come."
"Well, I'll go home and ask."
"Okay, I'll wait for your call." Qiu Tianyu said, "Take the umbrella, don't catch cold."
Lu Lin just stayed where he was, like a child who lost a precious thing, watching Qiu Tianyu with his hands in his pockets, walking towards the black Buick in the rain.
Why didn't he say what it was?Could it be something important but I don't know?
It wasn't until the car completely disappeared from sight that Lu Lin walked towards the bus stop with stiff steps, waiting for the car to go home.
I haven't seen you for three months. I don't know how my mother is doing?
Not long after, the car came. Lu Lin dropped the coin and squeezed to a place where he could still stand properly. He looked out of focus at the passing scenery outside the window, and his thoughts drifted back to the place called home.
The whitish thin chemical fiber curtains washed all year round are hung behind the anti-theft net. Every evening, the bloody setting sun will be cut into pieces by the wire and projected on the wooden floor through the curtains.The small desk is facing the window, and soon after I start doing homework, I can hear the sound of the iron door being unlocked, and then the sound of inferior high-heeled shoes colliding heavily with the stone floor.As a child, he wondered whether the heels of the shoes would come off first or the floor would crumble into pieces first.But judging from the current situation, the hardness of the stone is obviously much greater than that of the heel.
Hua Rou is working as a designer in a nearby clothing company, and she has to deal with a bunch of customers who are not looking for trouble and the relationship between internal employees every day.With a small salary, she has to dress herself up glamorously, which is a heavy burden for her to raise a child.When Lu Lin came home from elementary school, he was used to drinking a few large glasses of cold water first, and when he was really hungry, he would go to eat a cheap big bag of white toast.He knew early on that he couldn't go home like other classmates and have the snacks made by his mother or the junk food he liked to eat when his father came home from get off work to share.He can only wait at home alone for his mother to come home from get off work to cook.
After entering junior high school and entering adolescence, he is no longer able to replenish the energy consumed by ordinary bread.So he had to finish his homework early at school so he could cook at home.In this way, not only did he not have to wait until Huarou came home from get off work to get dinner, but he could also help his mother with some housework so that she could work overtime at night.
Thinking about it, Lu Lin didn't notice that a man sneaked up behind him in the wet and crowded car, unzipped the bag in his hand, and took out a boxy thing.Then he pulled it up quietly, and seemed to curse after getting off at the station.
Lu Lin is a typical person who lost his senses when he was in a daze. He didn't even know that his wallet was stolen, and he still stood in front of the railing in a daze.
After getting off the car, he turned around the familiar remote street, looked at the game hall that was not open, and the KFC that was always occupied. Lu Lin felt that the time was really fast, and he was in high school in a blink of an eye.
Going to play games seems to be just yesterday, and the taste of egg tarts that will never fade on the tip of the tongue is a memory given by Qiu Tianyu.
When I walked to the door of the house, the rusty iron door was still locked tightly, and there were no shoes on the painted plastic shoe rack outside the door.Mom was obviously not home yet.Lu Lin took off his schoolbag and reached in to get his keys, only to find that the net bag that could be called a wallet was missing.
It contained the money I earned from selling things, which was almost worth a month's living expenses.But when exactly was it lost?
If I remember correctly, a man passed by at the third station just now, got off the bus after messing around for a while, my hearing is not bad, it seems that he even cursed at me.
It should be him, right?
He was anxiously thinking about how to tell his mother that he had lost the money, but he couldn't bear to tell Hua Rou that it would only increase the burden on his mother.Could it be that next month I can only find Qiu Tianyu for dinner?Or use the little change left to eat instant noodles every day?
Just as he thought of the word Qiu Tianyu, he bumped into a hard object and took it out to see that it was a small bag wrapped in yellow leather.
After taking it apart, he saw several red photos of Grandpa Mao.I had mixed feelings for a while.
☆、Chapter 23
During the time he was with Qiu Tianyu, he didn't seem to let himself spend any money, and he always took out his wallet silently.So all the money for food and clothing was saved.
Once again, he stretched out his invisible hand to grab Lu Lin who was in trouble.
Lu Lin held the paper bag, his palms sweated a little, and wet a small piece of kraft paper; the heat of gratitude flowed through his body.In fact, he didn't realize that Qiu Tianyu had quietly walked into his life, opening up in his just beginning youth.
Taking out his homework and doing calculations on the dilapidated wooden table, Lu Lin watched the sun slowly set, turned on the desk lamp and continued writing.It was almost seven o'clock and Huarou arrived home.
"I'm back." Hua Rou, who knew her son was at home, greeted her.
"Thanks for your hard work."
"Have we not seen each other for a long time? Linlin?"
Hearing his mother call him by his nickname, Lu Lin felt very helpless. "um, yes……"
"Did you study hard?"
"Have."
"You have to know that I have worked very hard for you to study, so study hard."
"Ah."
"How about the half-term exam?"
"Into the top 50."
"Okay, after that——" Hua Rou, like ordinary parents, will pay attention to their children's situation at school, and the next step is the private part.
"did you miss me?"
"Of course there is."
"Come on, let mom hug you." Lu Lin's face froze, this was the time when his mother's maternal love was the most overflowing.She would also force herself to squat down, pretending to be the height of a child to be hugged by her.
Forget it, anyway, Lao Laizi still wants to entertain relatives when he is so old, it doesn't matter if I am so young... Lu Lin comforted himself in his heart, lowered his head and gave his mother gentle touch over and over again, Huarou's hand felt as good as Qiu Tianyu's. different.
His is pampering and possession, while hers is comfort and care.There is an essential difference between the two.
"Hair feels just as good." Hua Rou said, the reason why she loves Lu Lin so much is because she feels that she owes too much to this child.She can only express maternal love in all the ways she can think of.
"It's all the same."
"It feels like shampooing, cough! Cough! The shampoo has changed."
"Mom, are you coughing?"
"No." She finished speaking shortly, the syllable at the end of the sentence obviously changed a lot, and she covered her mouth with her hand.
"It's hard to cure a cough in winter."
"Don't worry, I'm in good health, even if—cough! I'm sick, just take medicine."
"Do you think you are still sick? You have a cough like this!" Lu Lin finished speaking a little angrily, and went to the desk and opened the drawer to look for medicine.But there was nothing left inside, it was empty.
"Mom, where are those medicines?"
"Basically they've been eaten." Hua Rou said normally.
Lu Lin didn't hear the meaning behind Hua Rou's words, "Oh, then I'll go out and buy some."
"It's not easy for you to come back once, shall we go out to eat tonight?"
"Forget it, let's do it ourselves to save money."
"Linlin is really sensible, then I'll cook." Hua Rou smiled, put on her apron and got into the small kitchen.Lu Lin took his wallet and went out.
After closing the door and walking down the stairs, Lu Lin heard a continuous coughing sound behind him, and couldn't help cursing to himself, the chance of getting sick is too high now, isn't it?
After the door was closed, Hua Rou covered her mouth and coughed desperately, her lungs almost spewed out along the esophagus, a fishy-sweet smell filled her throat, and she swallowed her saliva.
"I don't know, I can stay with you for a few more years..."
The nearest pharmacy is at least one kilometer away from my home. Not only is it difficult to walk, but there are no buses.Lu Lin walked quickly on the street with few pedestrians, wanting to buy medicine as soon as possible and go home to his mother.
Actually, the medicine will be finished, it seems that it is really intolerable.He thought over and over what Huarou said just now, and felt something was wrong.
Will the medicine run out?
Even if the mother really suffers from many kinds of diseases, the dose is not so large that she will eat all of it, right?In Lu Lin's memory, that drawer contained medicines for treating colds, reducing fever, pain relief, cough relief, and diarrhea.
Now whether to buy another set for preparation or just buy what Hua Rou needs, Lu Lin is temporarily undecided, because he was too hasty when he left and only grabbed a few banknotes.
A rough estimate is more than 100, which is only enough to buy a few boxes of antibiotics.
Forget it, let's solve the urgent task, Lu Lin thought, and then quickened his pace.
When he finished buying the medicine and walked into the door of the house, he smelled a strong fragrance.
That is my favorite braised pork.
When she was a child, Huarou didn't make much money, but Lu Lin, who wanted to eat meat, always bought it herself. She went to the vegetable market to buy the kind of pork belly that was [-]% thin and [-]% fat, and cooked it for him at home.Heat up the pot, put the meat in, stir-fry the oil first, collect the lard, then add soy sauce, rock sugar, star anise, etc. to cook, and finally stew a bright and shiny soup.The fat meat that was originally white and greasy has been cooked so that it melts in the mouth, and the soup is wrapped in it with an attractive luster.Since then, Lu Lin has fallen in love with large pieces of fat meat. The stewed crispy taste and rich soup are mixed with rice. I don’t know how delicious it is; the remaining lard residue can be chopped up with a handful The green vegetables and tofu are cooked together in soup, which is extremely delicious.
This habit is still preserved till now.
"I bought the medicine, go eat it after dinner." Lu Lin yelled into the kitchen while slipping on his shoes.
"Got it, cough! I'm different from you again."
"Mom, why don't you love yourself?"
"There's a lot of oily smoke in the kitchen, I'm choking on it." Hua Rou coughed several times with this lie.
"You do your homework first."
"Okay." Lu Lin, who knew his mother's physique, didn't bother anymore. She was just not in good health in winter, and she would get better after that.
This is Hua Rou's one-sided words to Lu Lin.
Seeing her son's return, Hua Rou speeded up the cooking and was splashed with oil many times during the process.In the cold weather, her hands were burned with a few small red spots, but she didn't make a sound, it would be bad for him to hear her.
"It's time to eat." Huarou reminded Lu Lin while setting the tableware.
"Here we come." After responding, he went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes.
Tofu soup with lard residue and green vegetables, braised pork, garlic lettuce, these are Lu Lin's favorites.Huarou finished it in half an hour.
Spoon a spoonful of soup, pour it on the rice and mix well, and Lu Lin ate the rice directly with the spoon.Hua Rou, who was still filling the soup, was slightly dissatisfied.
"Drink soup before eating, so as not to choke later. Also, eat more vegetables and supplement vitamins." Like ordinary parents, she will also remind Lu Lin of many small details.
"Know it."
"You don't want me to pretend for you, do you?"
"Just pretend." Lu Lin said to his mother with his mouth full.
"You child is really getting more and more unruly, how did I teach you?"
"It doesn't matter at home anyway."
"It doesn't matter, I'm used to it at home, but I can't change it outside."
"It's okay." Lu Lin, like every child, enjoys the unique love of his mother at home, and has some little willfulness that he doesn't have outside.
"I don't want you to be an uneducated child."
"Don't worry, it won't."
After eating, when Lu Lin was about to clean up the dishes and wash them, Hua Rou interrupted him.
"Go do your homework, I'll do the laundry."
"The homework is almost done, there is not much."
"Then you go to preview, the end of the term is coming, you have to study hard."
"Okay." Hua Rou half pushed and half pushed him out of the kitchen, so Lu Lin had no choice but to sit back at the small table to review.
Amidst the splashing water in the kitchen, one or two coughs could be heard from time to time.At first, Lu Lin felt that there was nothing abnormal, but as Hua Rou's coughing frequency did not improve after taking the medicine, he was a little worried. Every time his heartbeat was consistent with the sound of coughing, it fluctuated up and down.
"Mom, do you want to go to the hospital?"
"Why do you go to that kind of place? It's just a minor illness, and it's not like you don't know."
"It looks like you have pneumonia..." Lu Lin listened carefully to the sound of her coughing, and there was an obvious bellows sound coming from her lungs.
"You're nervous, go do your homework." Hua Rou chased Lu Lin away again.
One day many years later, he recalled the day when he came home from high school, filled with emotion.
My mother became ill from overwork, and the culprit was myself.
When did her body become so poor?
Which winter begins, she will have a period of pain that lasts more than ten days and falls ill in bed without the strength to get off?
When did she start to gradually hide things about herself?
It turned out that my mother started to arrange all this very early, just to let myself study hard and have nothing else to do.
She often tells herself that she has no skills and can only earn the minimum salary by manual labor. Don't be like me when you grow up, you must master a professional skill.
At that time, I still seemed to understand.
But now I really understand.
At night, because I live in an old-style building, the sound insulation is poor.Lu Lin could clearly hear the coughing gradually subsiding in the mother's room next door, and he let go of his hanging heart.
He put his hands on his head, and he didn't want to go out with Qiu Tianyu tomorrow. With his mother like this, wouldn't there be no one to take care of him if he went out by himself?
How did she survive those days when she was not around?The pain was so great that he couldn't even get up on the bed to pour himself a cup of hot water, and crawled to the desk and opened the drawer to swallow the pills scattered all over the floor; Lu Lin couldn't bear to imagine those scenes again, and the corners of his eyes were already wet with tears.
It turned out that one's own life required such a price.Someone has to pay a lot for this kind of ordinary life.
What right does he have to waste time?Hanging out with Qiu Tianyu?Can he help himself?
☆、Chapter 24
The carefree campus life covered up the originally indifferent reality, and it was only now that I was torn apart bloody by myself, and I saw its ferocious minions.A deep sense of powerlessness lingered all over his body, but he did not choose to seek comfort from Qiu Tianyu.
Qiu Tianyu made up a dream for Lu Lin, in which Lu Lin sat with him in a high-end restaurant for dinner, wearing the bright and bright clothes he bought, noble and elegant.
Lu Lin in reality is just a person like an ugly duckling, different from being led by Qiu Tianyu to enjoy the life on the cloud in the dream, now, what he has to face is the most realistic reality.What he needs most is time, the love Qiu Tianyu gave him is not the most useful, at most it is used for comfort.
In fact, Qiu Tianyu, who has no source of income, is likely to be inferior to Lu Lin.All his so-called love has a material basis, without money, it's nothing.If he is financially independent, he can borrow some money from himself to ease the situation, but does he have money to borrow from himself?
Maybe he will say that everything about him is his own, but he always likes to automatically filter hidden conditions.
The property of Qiu Huan and his wife will be given to him.
Fate did not give Lu Lin time to complain, and he knew this very well.The consciousness that I had since I was a child is now playing a role.If he lived with Qiu Tianyu in the next semester, he would not have to go to evening self-study at night, and there would be no access control time.In this way, I can go out to be a tutor, and the income of doing this is much higher than selling things.However, adhering to the fact that no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, it is still meat, Lu Lin did not give up any chance to make money.
Of course, this is all for later.It took many years for Lu Lin to wake up from his youthful dream and regain the courage to face reality.
When I woke up in the morning, there was no coughing sound from Huarou for a while, maybe the medicine had taken effect?Lu Lin thought.
On the dining table were soy milk and steamed buns that were still warm, and a white note with familiar writing on it.
I go to work, remember to eat breakfast, cherish the time, love your mother.
It was only then that Lu Lin remembered that today is Monday, but it is just a school holiday, and normal companies still wait until the first day to take a holiday.Hua Rou went to work in the morning, no wonder she didn't hear her cough.
Thinking of this, Lu Lin sighed, wondering if his mother recovered from her illness.
After breakfast, Lu Lin sat obediently at the table to review.After memorizing politics and history, I started to memorize the new English words, waited until I had memorized 20 words, and then went to do the math review paper; waited to get the answers right, and then went to memorize Chinese... Lu Lin had already arranged a study plan and has always been self-disciplined He is a good role model.
If Qiu Tianyu was present, it would not be certain.
"Beep beep beep beep." Something was vibrating on the hard material, and Lu Lin heard a strange sound, so he put down the Chinese book in his hand to look for the sound source; it turned out to be his mobile phone.
Three words are displayed on the small screen:
Qiu Tianyu
Why is he texting himself at this time?While thinking, he turned on his phone to watch the content.
I will pick you up tomorrow.
There are six words in total, but the tone is unquestionable, tough and domineering.It's more of an order.
Lu Lin thought for a while, and then slowly typed back with Jiugongge.His is shorter than Qiu Tianyu's
No time.
Almost a few seconds later, Qiu Tianyu could feel Qiu Tianyu's angry fingers pressing on the phone screen when he saw Lu Lin's reply.
If you don't go, you have to go!
Before he put down his phone, he saw Qiu Tianyu's demonstration-like reply, and the corners of his lips curled up playfully.Continue to press the keyboard quickly.
If I say no, I will not go.
And the people on the other end seemed to have been prepared, and Lu Lin soon saw the reply.
you wait for me.
He burst out laughing, thinking that Qiu Tianyu was extremely cute at this moment.Then put down the phone and continue the unfinished trip in Shushanli.
After cooking for nearly two hours, he looked at his watch and went to the kitchen to open the refrigerator to see what ingredients were still in it, and prepared to cook and send it to Hua Rou.
Is it because she eats out that her health is so poor?Take advantage of the time to make something healthy at home.Lu Lin glanced around and took two eggs first.
If you're coughing, what should you eat...Looking at the few things in the small refrigerator, Lu Lin picked out spinach.Then start boiling water.
There are quick-frozen foods in the freezing layer, which are used as spare materials and are not considered at all.Lu Lin found a pack of crystal shrimps. The black guts had disappeared from the bluish-white shrimps. It looked like it had been processed.
Put the spinach cut into two sections into the pot and put the water aside. Lu Lin pours golden tea oil, soy sauce and a little sugar into the iron bowl and mixes well. A drop of old wine; the aroma is tangy.The rice cooker next to it began to emit milky white steam, and the rice inside seemed to be ready soon.After Lu Lin finished cooking the spinach, he unwrapped the shrimp bag and took some, put it back in the refrigerator with an airtight clip.
Sprinkle some black pepper and salt, and then grab it with your hands to make it tasty; the secret to the delicious smooth egg is actually very simple, you don’t need to add a lot of oil to fry it together, just mix the egg liquid and water starch.
The sizzling sound of the egg liquid entering the oil pan was very pleasant. Lu Lin put down a handful of shallots and let them embed into the egg cubes before they were set.Not long after, when the eggs in the pot were half-cooked, Lu Lin poured in the shrimps and stir-fried them together. The tender yellow eggs, green onions, and bright red shrimps were visually conveying delicious signals.After finishing all these, Lu Lin went to deliver food to Huarou.
When he cooked for his mother, he always thought it was a kind of repayment.My mother gave herself care and care when she was a child, and now she wants to do something for her who is sick.
In layman's terms, this is family affection.But Lu Lin would rather admit that it is a material reward than define it by family affection, because family affection cannot be defined.If a relative talks about love every day, it will only appear hypocritical and awkward.
But cooking for Qiu Tianyu is a willing feeling, hoping to get his praise and love, but cooking for mother seems like a responsibility and obligation.
Why can I tell Qiu Tianyu that I love him so much?Want to give him everything you have, but you can't tell your mother?
Human emotions are really complicated.
Walking downstairs to her company, Huarou looked at her son who brought her meals in surprise, and patted his head caressingly and said.
"I only have you in this world."
After hearing this, Lu Lin's nose was sore, because it seemed that he was not only accompanied by his mother.
"Have you eaten yet?"
"No, I'll eat it when I get home." Lu Lin lied.
"Then go back quickly."
"Ah."
There is still leftovers from the rice cooked just now, let's mix it with last night's braised pork sauce later, Lu Lin thought about it.
He also solved it in the same way at night, except that when he passed by the vegetable market on his way home, he bought half a catty of plump green clams, and fried them for Huarou's dinner at night, plus a plate of green vegetables.
The first day of the holiday passed quickly, neither he nor Hua Rou had the habit of watching TV, and went to bed on time at ten o'clock.
Like people living in remote areas, they work at sunrise and sunset without contact with the outside world; they don’t have New Year’s greetings at midnight, they don’t spend New Year’s Eve with important relatives, and they don’t talk on the phone to share the New Year’s Eve. The laughing point of the year's show.
They are alone, when the New Year's bell is ringing.
Lu Lin ushered in the first day of 2008 in his sleep.
Many things happened in this year, such as the large-scale snowfall and low temperature disaster in January, which swept almost the entire south; then a major earthquake occurred in Wenchuan in May, and the infrasound transmission almost spread to the whole world; It was held in Beijing, and the whole country was jubilant. It was an important milestone in the history of the country's development and represented international significance. After that, a turbulent financial crisis broke out in October. Waves struggling to find that floating plank; and Jolin Tsai signing with Warner Records in the dead of December.
The least important thing is that the restaurant that Qiu Tianyu took him to had completely closed down.
When all these seemingly ordinary things that had nothing to do with Lu Lin happened in a series, countless coincidences became inevitable.
Like a butterfly flapping its wings on the other side of the quiet Nile, maybe somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean there is an eye of a storm.
These seemingly important things to the world can be seen as a series of chain reactions caused by an inadvertent beginning, gradually growing from a small storm eye to a hurricane, and Lu Lin's change is just that it landed after the wind weakened extremely. The coolness brought by it is so small.
When I woke up in the morning, the first ray of sunshine of the new year hit my body, and that intoxicating light was just like the Qiu Tianyu I saw back then.
Hua Rou didn't go to work today, and was ready to go out after breakfast with Lu Lin.
"Want to go to the supermarket with me?" Lu Lin nodded after confirming the stock of the refrigerator just yesterday.I took a green bag and went out with my mother.
The mother and son walked side by side on the deserted street. They had walked this street for many years and were very familiar with it.Where is there a drainage outlet? Under which tree used to be a wild taro plant with lush green leaves. People who don’t know it may think it’s a rare plant, and the breakfast shop that opens late every day is all the same. They are familiar.
Lu Lin likes this feeling very much, living according to his own steps, and not changing much because of others; however, he has not noticed at all that Qiu Tianyu is subtly planting the seeds of dependence in him.
It's just that the power of family affection is greater than the most fundamental desire of the human body, and it is temporarily suppressed.
Soon at the supermarket, Hua Rou walked to the freezer and asked Lu Lin, "Is there any frozen food at home?" She was so busy with work that she didn't have time to cook instant food for herself.
"Ah."
"Then let's buy some daily necessities and go home, it's really cold here. Cough..."
"Okay, so you don't catch a cold." The cough that had almost faded the image of the boy reappeared, and Lu Lin became nervous again.
"It's okay, it's just a little cold in here."
"Let's go then."
Lu Lin and Hua Rou bought some vegetables, meat, and some fish.He walked out the door carrying a large plastic bag. He couldn't get used to using one hand for a while, so he turned to carry it sideways.
"It's great to have a son, who can help me carry things." Hua Rou looked at Lu Lin with a smile on the side, "It's only at this time that I can enjoy it."
For some reason, he felt very bitter in his heart.
Is this how mothers come these days?
He became more determined to work hard, but soon after, he began to abandon his armor and surrender.
☆、Chapter 25
The sharp-eyed Huarou found a conspicuous silver Bentley parked 50 meters away from the supermarket, and some young man came to pick up his Cinderella again.
Of course, Lu Lin didn't have the same eyesight as his mother, and he still walked in the direction of going home, waiting for the shadow to cover him without any precautions.
A tall figure in a black windbreaker got off the car and walked straight to Lu Lin.The latter was touched by the shoulder and just wanted to look back to see who it was, when he was twisted in front of him by a strong force.
The man stared at his prey with the eyes of a poisonous snake staring at a frog.
The bag in Lu Lin's hand almost fell off, "Why are you here?!"
"I said, I will come to pick you up." His voice sounded a little hoarse today, and he didn't know what happened.
"Do you have a cold? The voice doesn't sound right." Lu Lin asked hastily seeing that her mother hadn't followed.
"It's okay, I've already taken my medicine."
"Pay attention to your body." Although he has decided not to waste too much time on him, this does not prevent him from giving the boy the attention he deserves.
"Is that standing over there is my mother-in-law?" Qiu Tianyu suddenly asked Lu Lin, but he hadn't reacted yet.
At this time, Hua Rou, who saw Lu Lin talking with a strange man, came over.
"Lu Lin, who is this?"
"Mom, this is Qiu Tianyu, I'm at the same table, Tianyu, this is my mother." The first meeting between Huarou and Qiu Tianyu began with Lu Lin's brief introduction.
"Hi aunt, Lu Lin and I are very good friends, and he often helps me." Qiu Tianyu smiled appropriately.
"That's right, Lu Lin is a bit withdrawn, please forgive me." Hua Rou responded politely when Qiu Tianyu praised his son like this.
"I have to be on par with him in many things there."
"I still don't understand him? By the way, Tianyu, are you here to play with him today?" Hua Rou seemed to think of something.
"Yes."
She looked up at Qiu Tianyu, then turned to Lu Lin and asked, "Have you finished your homework?"
"Ah."
"Then go play, there's nothing to do at home anyway." Hua Rou said unexpectedly, agreeing with Lu Lin's behavior of going to a classmate's house to play.
But Lu Lin didn't think so. He felt that his mother was a little abnormal recently.
"You're not born..." Before he finished speaking, Huarou took him by the hand and pulled him in front of Qiu Tianyu, and he quickly left his hand like a volleyball being thrown.
"Lu Lin, don't cling to your mother every day when you're so old, and don't learn to be a nerd. Go play with your classmates."
Lu Lin frowned, and looked down at the huge plastic bag still in her hand. Did she want to carry it back by herself?
"Auntie, why don't I take you home first, so it's not too late for Lu Lin to pack up." Qiu Tianyu sensed the embarrassment between the mother and son, and smoothed things over. "Get in the car first, it's really cold today."
"Thank you." Hua Rou smiled at Qiu Tianyu.
Uncle Li was still driving, his lazy look changed after Huarou got in the car, and there was a curious signal in his eyes.
"Where?"
"I'll teach you how to walk later, Lu Lin lives in a place where it's hard to know the way."
"Row."
Seeing that Qiu Tianyu knew his family well, Lu Lin really wanted to ask a lot of questions right now.He tugged on the boy's sleeve and spoke to him in a low voice.
"Do you really know where my home is?"
The boy smiled, his voice soft.
"Of course I don't know, just tell me."
"..."
"Why don't you tell Uncle Li yourself?"
"I'm afraid you won't understand."
"You underestimate me." Qiu Tianyu's outstretched hand stopped next to his jacket pocket, and then retracted.After all, you can't be too rampant in front of your future husband and mother.
Immediately, Lu Lin whispered the location in Qiu Tianyu's ear in detail.
Ten minutes later, Lu Lin and Hua Rou were already standing downstairs in his house, Qiu Tianyu was waiting for Lu Lin in the car, but did not follow.
"Let's go out today and have fun." Mom once again said to herself in a persuasive tone, "Just help me carry things up."
In fact, the moment Lu Lin saw Qiu Tianyu coming as promised, his mind was completely occupied by that figure, and he couldn't think about anything else at all.He has adapted to the life of being able to see Qiu Tianyu at any time every day, and it seems that he is missing a little bit after not seeing him for a while.
The longing for him in his heart was like adding fuel to the fire, rising immediately, while the concern for his mother was being burned out bit by bit.For a moment, Lu Lin felt that Hua Rou was just a burden to him, and he had to take care of it himself.
Now that she has no objection to going out with Qiu Tianyu, she is naturally overjoyed.
"What should you do if you have no one to take care of you?" Lu Lin's voice showed a trace of anxiety, as if he couldn't wait to meet the boy, "I can't leave you at home alone, can I?"
It was the last remaining oasis of his eroded interior.
"Don't worry, I'm fine, you already helped me buy medicine." Hua Rou comforted Lu Lin, how could she not understand her son?
As an adolescent boy, it's time for me to let go; however, I don't know how many more years I can hold on.
Seeing Huarou's relieved look, Lu Lin felt guilty in his heart, and for a while, he hesitated to speak.
"A proper balance between work and rest is a must. Go ahead and don't make your classmates wait."
"I'm leaving."
"have fun."
After closing the door, Huarou's PHS showed many unread text messages, which seemed to be received just now.
It is impossible for humans to notice that when Huarou walked out of the supermarket, the nerves in her thigh muscles felt the vibration of the mobile phone in her trouser pocket, and she knew it was a text message without even thinking about it.If it was just a text message, it might be a scam; but after a series of text messages, her body trembled slightly uncontrollably, her fingers clasped the phone, wanting to take it out to read the content.But seeing Lu Lin in sight, she still held back.
I have to wait for Lu Lin to leave and watch it by myself.
Lu Lin took his keys and wallet, carried a small backpack and went out.Hua Rou is still holding the phone with her right hand at this moment, and waits until the sound of the shoes colliding with the floor outside the door completely disappears before she dares to open the phone.
Sender: Doctor Chu
Ms. Hua, after discussion, we still recommend that you undergo a hysterectomy.To avoid further progression of the fibroid lesion, and given your concurrent endometriosis, it can be said that there is no other option but surgery.Please reply as soon as possible so that we can arrange surgery.
Next, is the second article.
Ms. Hua
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