night escape

Jiang Qiu put an enrollment brochure on the table. She looked at her son Jiang Heng who was lying on the table with a bewildered expression, and then at her best friend Feng Lan next to her. Although she was a little embarrassed, she still looked at the other side of the room. A corner of Xie left the mouth.

"A Li, I have an enrollment brochure in my hand..."

Xie Li heard the words, moved the stool and sat closer, with his ears facing Jiang Qiu, indicating that he was listening.

"It's an... institution in Pingnan. You can learn some good skills here. It's better than being bored at home and following me out to show your face. Don't you think so?" When Jiang Qiu said this, he skipped the word "disability." People" words.

"Is it a training institution for the disabled?" Xie Li's tone was light, with no expression on his face.

Jiang Qiu didn't expect him to explain his embarrassment in one word, and replied with some embarrassment, "...Yes."

"I won't go." Xie Li replied bluntly, "I can go out to make money, do whatever I want, as long as someone is willing to recruit me, I can do it, I can also eat less, I usually don't have any necessary expenses, and you don't have to pay I have pocket money."

"But I don't want to go to related institutions for the disabled..." When he said this, Xie Li softened his tone, even with a hint of pleading.

How could Jiang Qiu not understand Xie Li, he was brought up by her, she knew exactly what Xie Li thought.She knew how cruel it would be for him to send Xie Li to a disability institution, but the words that hurt him still came from her mouth.Although Xie Li didn't say anything, Jiang Qiu knew exactly how uncomfortable he was.Jiang Qiu only hated himself for being incompetent, and now he sent Xie Li away just to save money for two meals.

"Okay, let's not go."

Jiang Qiu grabbed the enrollment brochure on the table and tore it into pieces in his hands, scaring Jiang Heng who was beside him so that he dared not make a sound.

Feng Lan, who was sitting next to Jiang Qiu, glanced at Jiang Qiu inexplicably. She clearly had an expression of hating iron and steel, but her voice became soft when she opened her mouth, obviously deliberately trying to coax people: "Ah Li, Jiang Qiu and I have been good friends for many years, and we also watched you grow up. This institution has just opened and was introduced by an acquaintance of Sister Lan. Now it is recruiting a group of freshmen, with food, accommodation and tuition free. Didn’t Jiang Qiu see that you are a boy who always stays at home and is bored, so we thought about it for a few days before we wanted to discuss it with you, why don’t you refuse immediately, think about it?”

Jiang Qiu lowered his head and didn't say anything, only Jiang Heng opened his eyes and looked at the three adults in front of him, frowning, looking bitter and bitter.

Seeing that no one stopped her, Feng Lan continued, "Maybe you don't know, A Li, it costs a lot more to raise a child than we imagined. Now it's different from the past. The rent is paid every few months. Just once, Jiang Heng still has to go to kindergarten and pay for food, and he will have to go to elementary school soon, and he needs a lot of savings... Don't blame Jiang Qiu, it's just that Sister Lan thinks boys Ah, you should be responsible, even if you are blind, wouldn't it be a good thing to learn a craft and have one more person in your family earn money in the future?"

Yes, even if he is blind, it is better than being a cripple.

The crutch that was originally placed by his leg slipped and rolled on the ground twice. Jiang Heng saw it, picked it up immediately, and gently put it in Xie Li's trembling hand.

"Don't talk about Sister Lan..." Jiang Qiu is used to being strong alone, and there is almost no time when she is weak, at least she has never shown her weakness in front of Xie Li.But at this moment, every sentence of Feng Lan touched her heart, she couldn't stand it anymore, she turned around and quietly wiped away her tears while no one was paying attention.

When she took Xie Li out of the orphanage two years ago, she thought that there would be a cornea donor one day, or that medical technology would develop, and Xie Li would recover his eyesight one day.But after waiting for two years, the suitable cornea seemed to be far away, and it was consuming their hopes every day. With this delay, Xie Li was almost 18 years old, and he hadn't even started high school yet.

And her son, Jiang Heng, grew up day by day, finished kindergarten, and was about to enter elementary school. She was a helpless woman, and she had to take care of Xie Li while supporting her son's education, and the burden on her shoulders was getting heavier and heavier.

"Ah Li, think about it for yourself? Sister Lan and your sister Qiu won't force you. If you don't want to learn, Jiang Qiu will continue to support you, but when will this be the end? Wait for the cornea. You have to keep waiting, but life has to go on, you are blind now, you have to accept the reality, don't you?" Feng Lan spoke sharply, but her tone seemed to be coaxing a child, she knew that Xie Li would take soft things rather than hard things , if you want him to agree, you can only coax him well.

"But... But my uncle is not blind, he is just sick!" Jiang Heng's face was swollen with anger, and he looked like I was the most reasonable. He was the most shameful person to say that Xie Li was blind.

It's rare that Jiang Heng didn't call Xie Li wrong.

"Hey, why do you interrupt when your lord is talking?"

Feng Lan raised her head and scolded Jiang Heng. Jiang Heng reacted very quickly, and he immediately ran into Xie Li's arms, and was tightly protected by Xie Li.

Jiang Qiu wiped away tears and stood up, "Sister Lan, you go back first... Our family respects Xie Li's decision."

Seeing that her words didn't work, Feng Lan was too embarrassed to continue to disturb her, she shook her head and smiled lightly, "Okay, your family will discuss it slowly, I'm just kind enough to persuade you, A Li Jiang Heng, don't worry about it, ah."

The small house that Jiang Qiu rented had one bedroom and one living room. Jiang Qiu and his son lived in the room, and there was an iron frame bed in the hall, where Xie Li slept.There is often a warm-colored night light in the hall, which is reserved for Xie Li.Jiang Heng often gets up in the middle of the night to urinate, and when he walks to the living room and sees this light, he feels an inexplicable sense of security.

"Uncle, are you asleep?" Jiang Heng tiptoed onto Xie Li's bed.

Xie Li couldn't sleep that night, he opened and closed his eyes, it was all dark.Jiang Heng got up to urinate at night, and he heard the sound from the very beginning.

"What's wrong?" Xie Li turned over and faced Jiang Heng.

"Uncle, I want to sleep with you."

"But I don't want to..." Children are really troublesome...

Before Xie Li could finish his sentence, he got his head into the quilt, not allowing him to refuse.

"Uncle, it's not that mom doesn't want you. Aunt Lan told her about the school, where there are food and shelter, and teachers teach her. Mom said she wanted to go home and ask your opinion, but Aunt Lan insisted on coming up to persuade you..."

With food, lodging, and teachers, it seems that this is indeed a good institution, and it's not that Jiang Qiu didn't think about him.Perhaps in Jiang Qiu's view, Xie Li's going to an institution for the disabled to learn a skill is indeed better than him sitting at home with nothing to do every day. After Xie Li's school accommodation, it will also reduce a lot of burden for the family.

But Jiang Heng is only 5 years old, how can he understand this? In his opinion, Aunt Lan who broke up their family is the bad guy.

Xie Li closed his eyes, he felt a little headache.The two years of blindness have been extremely long. He has been living for the right cornea, and for regaining his sight.His life was paused two years ago. He always thought that his blindness was temporary and that one day he would see the world again.But day after day, two years have passed, and the painful thing is that everyone around him accommodates him because of his blindness and gives him special treatment, such as the extra night light left in the lobby.

Everyone accepted the fact that he was blind, but he himself was not willing to accept it.

Xie Li asked himself, Jiang Qiu had treated him well enough, if he stayed, he would be an asshole.After all, Jiang Qiu doesn't owe him anything, does he?

Jiang Heng rubbed his eyes, and asked in a childish voice, "Uncle, are you listening to me?"

"Well, I see Jiang Heng, it's time for you to sleep."

After Jiang Heng was born, Xie Li always called Jiang Heng by his first name, and never called him by his nickname or baby name, because he hoped that Jiang Heng, who was born in a family without a father, would be stronger.

"Jiang Heng, you are a man, you must protect your mother."

Where there is a child answering his words, there is already a little pig sleeping beside him.

The night sky outside the window is dotted with stars, but Xie Li couldn't see it.

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For the timeline of "Escape from the Night" ten years ago, you can refer to "All Things Are Persistence" when Jiang Heng was 16 years old and go back 10 years. At that time, medicine was not yet developed, and people were not very rich. For people like Duan Ye, the younger generation, the elders in the family are all thrifty, so they didn’t have a lot of money to squander when they were in high school. By the way, they didn’t have smart phones at that time. Text messages are for greedy snakes, but the background of the time will not be detailed, so I will briefly explain it here, hope you know