After the vendetta

Fang Qi spent the early morning of the first day of the new year by the phone. At two o'clock, his mother called and said that the stitches had been finished, but grandpa hadn't woken up yet.

"Does the doctor say it's all right?"

"Don't ask, go to sleep now."

"I am not sleepy!"

"Lie down for a while and fall asleep, can I tell you when I get home tomorrow?"

"Let Fang He answer the phone."

"He's downstairs with your uncle, son, listen to me—"

Fang Qi hung up the phone.

He remembers watching TV dramas with his family when he was a child. Whenever he saw the scene where the hero and heroine were kissing, his parents would cover his eyes and prevent him from watching, saying that he was too young to watch such scenes. The first time I went to the cinema with my friends to watch a movie, the plot on the screen was in full swing, and he stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, because his friends had laughed at him for several years.

Parents always say that their children are still young and do not allow them to accept some information, thinking that they cannot bear it, but they forget that their children are growing up.

Fang Qi squatted next to the phone for an unknown amount of time, until he felt numb in his feet, so he changed his position and happened to touch the screen, and the screen showed that YY received a message just after midnight, it was from Monan of.

[Monan]: Will I play in the arena when I'm free in a few days?Make an appointment?

Although the letter was sent several hours ago, Fang Qi still quickly picked up his mobile phone and started typing quickly. After typing, deleting, deleting, and typing again, after repeated several times, he finally gave up and returned to the phone desktop to open the communication. After finding Chu Minghang's number, he pressed it.It was only when the reminder sounded for the first time that he realized that it was three o'clock in the middle of the night, and Chu Minghang probably fell asleep at this time, so he pressed the cancel button again.

"What the hell am I doing..."

Fang Qi got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face, looked in the mirror and found that his complexion was not very good, so he thought about going to bed and going to the hospital to see in person tomorrow, when he was about to lie down, his phone vibrated, and when he picked it up, it turned out to be Chu Minghang called back.

"Hello, hello?"

"Called?"

"I pressed the wrong button and woke you up?"

"It happened to be up at night to go to the toilet." There was still a hint of sleepiness in Chu Minghang's voice, "What's wrong with you?"

"No, you go on to sleep."

"Don't hang up!"

"Why!?" Fang Qi was startled by Chu Minghang's sudden shout, "Why can I hear you shouting so loudly?"

"What happened?"

"I'll get to bed first and then I'll tell you."

Chu Minghang let out a long sigh: "Okay. Get up and call me. Shall I sing you a lullaby?"

"Sing." Fang Qi pulled the quilt and lay down under the quilt.

"I don't want to sing, I'm out of tune and went to your house. You go to sleep, good night."

"Hang up, please." Fang Qi thought for a while, and added, "Can you accompany me to the hospital tomorrow."

Waking up in the morning, Fang Qi couldn't remember when he fell asleep at all. He vaguely remembered that Chu Minghang actually sang a lullaby to him before he fell asleep. As for whether he was out of tune, he couldn't remember clearly.

He walked out of the bedroom and found Fang He at home. He probably came back to pack some luggage for his mother's escort, but Fang Qi just caught him.

"elder brother!"

"When did you get up?"

"Just got up, come back from the hospital, how is grandpa?"

"I'm not optimistic. I'm too old to get a few stitches. If I'm still young, everything will be easy. Now it's a bit mysterious."

"Huh... At least I know, my mother didn't tell me at all."

Fang He patted Fang Qi's head, "Mom always thinks you are not as tall as her legs."

"Who's in the hospital now?"

"They're all here. I'll take some luggage to my mother. I guess she will stay in bed all the time."

"Is it right for me to go?"

"Go a little later, and bring some delicious food for mom when you come." Fang He packed up a small hand luggage bag while speaking, and threw in a box of stomach medicine after thinking about it, "I'm going first .”

"Hey, brother!" Fang Qi called Fang He to stop, "Grandpa can make it through."

Fang He opened the door, turned around and said, "Look at fate."

At noon, Fang Qi put on his clothes and went downstairs to the small shop to eat a bowl of oil-splashed noodles. He felt warm and lively after eating, and suddenly felt full of courage. After thinking about it, he called Chu Minghang, after all, he agreed. Things are still better.

Chu Minghang was probably waiting for a letter from Fang Qi, and he was picked up as soon as the notification sounded.

"You just woke up?"

"No, I just went out." Fang Qi picked up the remaining half of noodles in the bowl with chopsticks, unable to hold back a word for a long time.

Chu Minghang could only ask himself: "Didn't you say you're going to the hospital today? What happened?"

"Why do I think you should ask me 'are you pregnant' at this time, which is in line with your character setting?"

"If it wasn't for the early morning call to complain to me, I probably would have thought you were pregnant."

"You said you were fat and you were panting?" Fang Qi put down his chopsticks and decided not to eat the half of noodles. If he talked to Chu Minghang and didn't concentrate, he would be squeezed out of two catties of blood.

"What's the matter?"

Fang Qi briefly explained the matter, and then said that he was going to the hospital and passed the school by the way, "Is the restaurant opposite the school open today? I'll buy something to bring to my mom and dad."

"It's open. I'll buy whatever food you want. When you come over, we will meet at the restaurant."

"You really go with me."

"You were crying and kneeling on the ground hugging my thigh and begging me to go with you. Of course I have to show mercy."

"Go away, I'll go there now, you go downstairs to the restaurant."

When Fang Qi walked into the restaurant, Chu Minghang put his hands in the pockets of the down jacket, his neck was tucked into the scarf, and he was shaking to keep warm. It seemed that the heating in the hotel was broken and the boss didn’t install the air conditioner. The temperature inside the store was as low as outside. People who like to swipe orders almost freeze into a hard human popsicle.

"That's all you wear?" Fang Qi touched Chu Minghang's arm, "Are you wearing a sweater?"

"No, just a T-shirt."

"Go back and change your clothes, the dishes are not cooked well anyway."

Chu Minghang pulled out a finger and pointed to his ear: "The Zhengsheng box is there, I heard it. It's okay, there is an air conditioner on the bus."

"You caught a cold and caught a cold on the way, what should Sister Qingming do if she saw you and beat me up?"

"My sister is also in the hospital?"

"I don't know, anyway, they went together yesterday."

While talking, the boss came out of the back kitchen with a plastic bag and handed the bag to Chu Minghang.Chu Minghang took the pocket and tested the temperature of the three lunch boxes with his hands, then nodded: "It's very hot, hurry up and go."

"how much is it?"

"I'm done."

Fang Qi said in shock: "What are your plans for being so kind to me?!"

Chu Minghang turned his face to the side and smiled slightly: "Do good deeds every day."

"Uneasy and kind, the monster always had this smiling face before abducting Tang Seng."

"Yes, the monster still wants to eat Tang's monk meat."

"..."

"Just kidding."

Fang Qi felt a strong crisis all over his body, and said in his heart that I don't think you are kidding me.

Originally, the tension with Chu Minghang had dissipated after arguing with Chu Minghang all the way, but Fang Qi's legs were still a little weak when he arrived at the hospital gate.He had never been to the inpatient department of the hospital since he was a child, and he always felt uncomfortable when he walked in for the first time.

Chu Minghang followed Fang Qi and saw that Fang Qi was walking more and more slowly, so he leaned forward and asked, "Which room?"

"516."

"What kind of stairs do you take on the fifth floor? Take the elevator."

"Just... just now, someone pushed a mobile hospital bed past the elevator door, and I didn't dare to go there."

"The patient is still yelling loudly and wants to go home. You are afraid that he is dead."

"No, I'm afraid that if I get too close to him, he will hit me with his arms."

"..."

The two stood side by side at the door of 516, and Fang He transferred his grandfather to the single ward to try to find some peace and quiet. Compared to the floors downstairs, the corridor was indeed extremely quiet.Fang Qi took a deep breath and opened the door. He saw his father sitting on a chair facing the door, he must have fallen asleep. When he walked in, his mother was lying on her side on the camp bed next to her and was trying to catch up on sleep. Packed small luggage bag.

"Falling asleep." Fang Qi turned his head and said to Chu Minghang.

Chu Minghang pointed to the lunch box, meaning what should I do if it gets cold.

The two quietly walked into the ward and turned around to close the door. The sound was not loud, but seeing the mother who was sleeping soundly, she woke up suddenly. It should be that she didn't sleep well and her eyes were bloodshot.

"Why are you here, son?"

"Fang He asked me to bring you some food... Well, this is Chu Minghang, sister Qingming's younger brother."

"Hello, Auntie." Chu Minghang put the food on the corner cabinet, "Would you like to eat it while it's hot?"

My mother sat up and rubbed her face with her hands, and said, "Okay, put it there and I'll wash your face. Are you two here?"

"Ah."

My mother woke up my father, who had been snoring all the time, and the two of them went to a supermarket to buy some water. Before going out, they told Fang Qi to ring the bedside bell if he had anything to do.

Fang Qi didn't dare to pull up the stool and sit on the bedside until the two of them had walked out, to take a closer look at Grandpa's injury.The injury was on the side of the head, and a piece of gauze was covered to prevent the gauze from falling off.Thinking about it, I haven’t seen my grandpa for a long time. In fact, the old man’s memory is not very good because of his advanced age. Sometimes when he sees Fang Qi, he can’t call him by name, and his uncle has to teach him who it is so and so over and over again. .

"I always feel that he is still the same as I was when I was a child, with a very loud voice, always scolding me for being worthless, being bullied by the children in the yard and not knowing how to fight back."

"Ah."

"When I was young, a sister in the kindergarten robbed me of the swing and pushed me off the swing. Grandpa was very upset."

"Happy birthday this year?"

"It's 84." Fang Qi sat up straight, "Actually, it used to be fine. It seems that a few years ago there was a car accident. After that, grandpa's health became very bad, and his memory also declined badly. He just remembered him. Three kids, sometimes my dad doesn't even know who he is."

"People will always grow old." Chu Minghang patted Fang Qi on the shoulder, "It is impossible for old people to see you to the end of your life, they will go before us, and then wait for us behind the door, no one can stop anyone from passing through that door .”

"Why do people grow old and die..."

Chu Minghang thought for a while and said, "Birth, old age, sickness and death are part of the secular world."

After that, Fang Qi only went to the hospital twice. The first time was when Fang He called to say that his grandfather had woken up, but when he arrived at the hospital, the old man had already passed out. Crane sent two changes of clothes.

After Chu Minghang finished the last subject, he asked Fang Qi if he would like to go out to have a good meal with Jing Xu and Da Mao. Fang Qi said that it was fine to have a good meal. He really had no appetite, but decided to go to school to see Jing Xu and Da Mao Da Mao, after all, we won't see each other for a holiday.

From Fang He, it was said that grandpa had almost entered the final juncture the night before, but he did not take his last breath several times. Fang Qi said that he would go there, but Fang He also said no, don't come this time.The cousin of my uncle’s family sent a WeChat message saying that she couldn’t stand it so she took a taxi, but the elders closed the door and didn’t let her in. She was dragged home by her aunt soon after.

Four people sat in the cafeteria, three of them ordered a bowl of beef noodles, and Fang Qi propped his chin to watch them eat.Chu Minghang didn't tell Jing Xu and grandma Fang Qi about the matter, so the two were not affected at all and were very lively, but Fang Qi was extraordinarily silent today.

"What's the matter today, don't say a word, do you have a cold, the flu is quite serious recently?"

"A little tired..."

"Go out when you're so tired. People are the weakest when they're tired. What should I do if I really catch a cold?" Jing Xu took a sip of beef noodles and smacked his lips in satisfaction, "This is what people eat. Shura Qi eats soaked noodles every day. I almost vomited after eating the noodles!!”

"I said you can cook and you don't let me do it yourself." Da Mao complained from the side.

"How troublesome is it? It takes a little to cook, and it takes a long time to wash the dishes."

Chu Minghang commented: "He committed suicide, next time you don't want to accompany him." Da Mao nodded deeply.

He didn't react when Fang Qi's phone started to vibrate. The other three looked at each other, and they all looked for their own phone and said it wasn't theirs. Then Fang Qi looked down at the phone on the table. The caller ID said Fang He quickly picked up He's name, and before he could ask, Fang He said directly, "It's over."

"What?"

"Grandpa is gone."

"Can I... pass?"

"It's the funeral the day after tomorrow, don't come." Fang He's voice was also weak, "Where are you outside?"

"in school."

"Go home and be safe, I'll hang up first."

"Ah."

Fang Qi put his phone back into his pocket expressionlessly, his mind went blank for a while, he opened his eyes and watched the people coming and going in the cafeteria, the aunt at the No. [-] stall violated the regulations by accepting cash, and the No. He took out a spoonful and scooped back half of it. He saw all these things, but he couldn't react at all what he saw.

Chu Minghang shook his hand in front of Fang Qi, "What's wrong?"

"..."

Jing Xu pointed to Fang Qi and lip-synced to Chu Minghang to ask what happened. Chu Minghang shook his head and said he didn't know.

"Fang Qi? Fang Qi?"

"Uh, uh, uh?"

"What's wrong? Who's calling?" Chu Minghang asked.

"My brother." Fang Qi glanced at the ceiling, "Grandpa is gone."

Before going home, the four of them stood at the school gate, Jing Xu really didn't know what to say, so he grabbed Fang Qi's arm and squeezed it hard, then patted his shoulder, Fang Qi nodded as he accepted the comfort.Chu Minghang didn't go back to the dormitory either. He and Fang Qi went to the school gate and stopped a taxi to take Fang Qi home.

"Why do you want to go home with me?" Fang Qi asked seeing Chu Minghang also sitting in.

"I'm afraid that your wallet will be stolen by a thief in such a trance."

"Rely on thieves and idiots not to steal weak chickens to steal from me."

Chu Minghang glanced up and down, "Yes, yes, you are not a weak chicken."

With great difficulty along the way, there was no traffic jam and the two of them were sent downstairs to Fang Qi's house. Chu Minghang originally planned to take this car to go back to school, but Fang Qi dragged him out of the car by pulling his arm, saying that he would entertain him Go upstairs for tea.

"Comrade, don't be like this. Listen to me, it's wrong to invite people to drink tea casually. Is there a water meter in front of your house? Let me check?"

"Donkey, my family doesn't even have tea stems."

"Fuck, what should I drink?"

"Whatever you like to drink and buy in the supermarket downstairs."

Chu Minghang bought a bottle of black tea in the supermarket, and followed Fang Qi into the elevator. He thought about it. He had been to Fang Qi’s house several times, but either he was drunk or the power outage was scary. when.

"Is your family not at home now?"

"It should be." Fang Qi kept looking at the ceiling of the elevator, and replied casually.

"You are afraid that you will cry at home alone."

"...Who is crying?"

"Cry as long as you cry, it's not ashamed." Chu Minghang watched Fang Qi take out the key, but he couldn't open it for a long time. He pushed Fang Qi away and tried it himself, and found that the door was not locked at all, probably Fang Qi Qi forgot when he went out.

As soon as he entered the house, there was a gust of hot air from the shop. Chu Minghang took off his glasses and squinted his eyes to look at the air conditioner. While slipping on his slippers, he said, "The air conditioner is also turned off."

"forget."

"To be honest, I haven't seen it...you..."

Turning around, Chu Minghang could see Fang Qi rolling his eyes upwards violently even though he was not wearing glasses, trying to turn back the tears that were about to flow out of his eyes. Most likely, the reason why he couldn't unlock the door just now was because his eyes were covered with tears and he couldn't see the direction of the key.

"Can you turn around?" Fang Qi turned over and tried to turn Chu Minghang's head to the other side, "Don't look at me."

Chu Minghang laughed with a chuckle, and turned around obediently, looking like I'm not really interested in crying or not.

"I didn't expect you to be a man who doesn't cry?"

"What do you listen to when you are bleeding, sweating, and not crying during military training?"

Chu Minghang took out a tissue from his pocket and stuffed it to Fang Qi, saying, "Blood, tears and not sweat, you remember wrongly."

A few seconds after he finished speaking, he felt a sudden pressure on his shoulder, and Fang Qi put his head heavily on Chu Minghang's shoulder, as if crying.