Don't tease me!

Fu Qiao never misses an appointment without a reason.

Bai Hua waited until everyone from the fireworks company had closed their stalls and returned home, and the security guards at the gate of the amusement park were about to go to sleep, then walked home trembling.

He was almost frozen, but strangely he didn't feel cold, it was just disappointment that enveloped his whole body.

It was already dark, and he had no reason or excuse to continue waiting.

Today he is 19 years old, but it is no different from the past 18 years.There was no cake or blessing, he stayed at the gate of the amusement park all day like when he was a child, and no one took him by the hand to lead him in.

The most important thing is that Fu Qiao didn't come.

Maybe the night of the first lunar month is a day for family reunion, and there are no people along the way.

Coming to the alley next to the house, Bai Hua looked at the time, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening, so it was not surprising that the road was so deserted.

He missed dinner, and his original excuse to go out to read books became unreasonable, and he couldn't stand his mother's casual questions.

But I still have to go home, Bai Hua covered her face with her hands, tried her best to keep the cold away, and went up the stairs in a disturbed mood.

At the dark outer stairway, Bai Hua just took a few steps when he vaguely saw a figure, leaning against the railing, his eyes swept towards him.

It was the woman next door, still dressed lightly in this weather, as if relieved to see Bai Hua, she crushed the cigarette butt under her feet.

The woman spoke quickly, "Bai Hua, your mother fell on the stairs, and I happened to meet her, so I took her to the hospital."

Bai Hua didn't react for a while, and it took several minutes for him to hear a few words before he suddenly turned around and wanted to run downstairs.

But was quickly stopped by a woman.

The other party's long hair was blown by the wind, and he reminded him casually, "You'd better bring more money, and pay back the money I paid in advance, I'm not interested in borrowing money from others."

After Bai Hua heard these words and went back to the house, the woman waited at the door for a while, and had to eat a lollipop when she was addicted to cigarettes.

She still has to take Bai Hua to the hospital, and she can't smoke in front of the child.

The house is neat and tidy, no different from when we left in the morning.

Bai Hua only felt a thin layer of sweat running down the side of his neck. His mother never told him where the family money was, so he could only search everywhere.

The woman next door spoke vaguely, but Bai Hua had a bad feeling, he didn't have time to think, he just wanted to get to the hospital quickly.

The whole room was turned upside down, and Bai Hua finally found a sum of money in the pocket of a coat he had when he was a child, no more than a few thousand yuan, which happened to be the school competition prize money he gave to his mother.

He went out holding the money, and the woman was still standing at the door, as if she was not afraid of the cold, eating a lollipop with her bare hands.

"Let's go." The woman turned around and led Bai Hua out of the street.

She was probably also afraid of the cold, so she wrapped her body in a short skirt and a thin sweater, and clapped her hands as she told Bai Hua about the situation at that time.

When Bai Hua's mother came home from work in the evening, she slid down several steps because the stairs were icy, and she couldn't move at that time.

At that time, she was the only one passing by, so she went to help and sent the person to the hospital.

Speaking of this, the woman paused, coughed and fell silent.

Bai Hua untied his scarf and handed it to her.

He knew his mother's attitude towards this neighbor, so he probably didn't thank her so gratefully.

"I'm sorry, it's really troublesome." Bai Hua whispered, the wind covered his weak voice, and soon disappeared.

The hospital was too white and bright, Bai Hua blinked hard, and finally arrived at her mother's ward.

Seeing that the other party was lying on the hospital bed full of anger, arguing with the patient in the next bed over a common bench, Bai Hua was relieved instead.

He went over to apologize and turned his head to look at his mother from head to toe.

Seeing him like this, his mother sneered and was about to sit up.

Her voice was always loud, she patted Bai Hua, and stared at the woman next door with wide eyes, "What nonsense did she tell you! I'm fine, let's go home quickly!"

Mother wanted to get up and tidy up as usual, but she quickly fell back on the bed with an ouch.

The woman standing by the bed sneered and said, "Since Bai Hua is here, I'll go back first."

Bai Hua wanted to chase her out and apologize again, but she looked at her mother who was gritted her teeth in pain on the hospital bed, and she still didn't go out.

This is a six-person ward, mixed with men and women, and an inexplicable turbid smell floats in every corner of the expired food.There is only a bottle of water by the mother's bedside, nothing else.

The doctor quickly called Bai Hua out and told him many professional illnesses. Bai Hua didn't understand much of it, but only understood that her mother had broken her femoral head, and she needed to replace the artificial hip joint in order to completely heal it.

Bai Hua stammered and asked, "How much does it cost?"

The doctor then gave him multiple choices, [-] can buy domestic materials, [-] is imported, which is really unaffordable, and internal medicine treatment may also have a chance to alleviate the condition.

Seeing that Bai Hua didn't finalize the treatment plan right away, the doctor looked him up and down, shook his head and asked him to go back and think carefully before making a decision.

From the doctor, Bai Hua knew that her mother had been suffering from malnutrition for many years, and she had been doing physical labor all the time. The accumulated strain made her unable to stand up after falling once.If the operation is done earlier, the sequelae will be less, and you will be able to walk like a normal person in the future.

After all, it was the mother who worked so hard to raise him.

The corridor smelled of disinfectant, white everywhere, busy doctors and nurses hurried past, Bai Hua found a bench to sit down.

He touched less than 5000 yuan in his pocket. This amount of money is not enough, but where is he going to get more money.

At that moment, Bai Hua even thought of dropping out of school to work part-time. He is an adult and has worked part-time for a long time, so he naturally knows that some jobs can make money quickly by selling his strength.

Bai Hua seemed to be floating in the air, her heart was hanging up and down, and she returned to the ward in a daze.

Mother didn't know who she asked to buy the dumplings, and she sat on the bed and ate them deliciously. When she saw Bai Hua came, she invited him to come with her.

He hadn't eaten all day, but he had no appetite.Bai Hua wanted to ask his mother what he planned to do, but her mother only told him to eat quickly.

The six-person room in the hospital turned off the lights very early, and the two closed the curtains. In the narrow space, the mother ate the last dumpling and pushed the other to Bai Hua.

She suddenly covered her face and began to cry.

The tears seemed to be unstoppable, the no longer young woman lowered her voice, and could no longer suppress it in this noisy corner.

She watched Bai Hua eat, and sighed deeply. She gritted her teeth and continued to live a hard life with so many helplessness and sorrow in her heart for so many years.

"Why don't you even have a good birthday." The mother's voice trembled, "I shouldn't have given birth to you to suffer."

Choking on the food, Bai Hua closed her eyes tightly to prevent water droplets from flowing out from the gap.He shook his head desperately, the salty and oily minced meat gradually melted in his mouth, with a greasy feeling after cooling down.

Mother dug out a shelled boiled egg from the sundries beside the bed and handed it to Bai Hua for him to eat.

"Eggs should be eaten on birthdays." She said, "I am also aware of my own situation. My family really doesn't have money for treatment, and the money is all for you, a white-eyed wolf."

She hammered her leg and said in a hoarse voice, "You just go back to school and take the university entrance exam honestly, I don't need you to worry about it."

Bai Hua stuffed the egg yolk into his mouth, mixed some very salty liquid, his eyes were blurry, and he could hardly see his mother's face clearly.

Why is life always like this, when he can see a little bit of light, he can't breathe again.

Bai Hua raised her head and sniffed vigorously, "If you don't have the operation, I won't be going back to school."

Probably because she didn't expect Bai Hua, who has always been obedient, to threaten her like this, to say that she would not go to the college entrance examination, her mother was taken aback, and skillfully picked up the things at hand to beat him.

When the pillow was about to hit Bai Hua's head, the mother suddenly stopped because she was stretched to the waist, and fell back on the bed with a cry.

Bai Hua hurried forward to help.

The pillow didn't hit him after all.

Mother shook off his hand, stared at him with a pair of eyes, and said seriously, "Don't say such things, the college entrance examination is the most important thing in your life."

Bai Hua also looked at her, but her voice was trembling, "But your cure is more important than this. Let's treat your illness well. It's the same for me to suspend my studies and retake the exam next year."

In the end, neither could convince the other.

On the first day when she was 19 years old, Bai Hua rented a small bed and lay next to her mother's hospital bed.

The ward is not like home, the voices of many people are mixed together.Perhaps it is difficult to turn extravagance into frugality, Bai Hua is used to the quiet dormitory, and it is difficult to fall asleep in this environment.

There is a folded hard board bed underneath, no soft bedding, no pillows that smell of washing powder, and no small lamps that emit gentle light at the head of the bed.Bai Hua opened her eyes and looked at the wall clock on the wall, counting down silently.

He suddenly missed Fu Qiao so much, his heart became hot with such strong longing.

But he was an unlucky boy after all.

It doesn't matter if there is no fruit cake or going to the amusement park, Bai Hua just wants Fu Qiao to appear in front of him properly, even if she says that she is late because she forgot the appointment time.

Miscellaneous thoughts made him curl up his palms, and Bai Hua put both hands in front of his chest, which was a prayer posture.

Hope everything will be better tomorrow.

The doctor's patient communication finally worked, and the mother knew how stubborn Bai Hua was, so she finally agreed to the operation.

She let go, and told Bai Hua the addresses of several passbooks at home, and the password was Bai Hua's birthday.

The money I put together was just enough for the operation fee and part of the postoperative care fee.

Tens of thousands of dollars is not much, it was the college tuition saved by her mother for Bai Hua, and Bai Hua was really relieved when she got the money.

He can apply for student loans, or work part-time, as long as his mother can get better and walk again, these are nothing.

The operation was arranged very quickly. Although the doctor had already told him that the incidence of various risks of the operation was relatively small, the moment she saw her mother being pushed out of the operating room safely, Bai Hua wiped off her sweat as if she was exhausted, and greeted her.

The family formed by the two of them couldn't stand any more troubles.

Once busy with life, time flies quickly.It has passed the tenth day of the first lunar month after the mother's operation.

Bai Hua called the head teacher to ask for leave, but she still quietly went to school after finishing her chores on the tenth day of the lunar new year.

He wasn't wearing a neat school uniform and was almost stopped by security.

Bai Hua touched the hair on her forehead that was too long because she didn't have time to take care of it, and smiled wryly.Fortunately, the dean at the door knew such a good student as him, so he let him in quickly.

Bai Hua passed by her class, paused, and saw familiar students from the back door lowering their heads to solve the problem.

He couldn't leave the hospital for too long and go straight to Fu Qiao's class without stopping.

Bai Hua just wanted to see Fu Qiao and ask him why he didn't show up when he set off fireworks for his birthday.

After so long, Fu Qiao's call has not been answered.Bai Hua was already able to accept any reason, as long as he met Fu Qiao in person and made sure that Fu Qiao was safe.

All the way through the corridor, Fu Qiao's class is in front.

Bai Hua rarely came to look for Fu Qiao in front of other students, so she didn't know her classmates.