Fragrance of peaches and plums

After the Spring Festival, the weather is getting warmer and people are getting busy.The short-term reunion and excitement brought about by the festival dissipated, and for those who guarded their homes, the long desert began.

In mid-February, Wen Xi sent Lu Huaiting away, and once again rejected his mother Dai Wanqing's cooperation intention, then plunged into the base, lived there for days, and did not return to the house he rented for the first week.

Xia Zhengyu miraculously continued to wake up on the first day of school with self-discipline, did not sleep during the day, and studied at school for three full nights at night.The contact with Wen Xi is mainly in the evening when school is over, followed by a few words occasionally when saying good night.

Maybe it's because they were too close during the holidays, and each other's personal space was too small. They were obviously uncomfortable but couldn't stop. Now because they are busy with each other, it is logical that they reduce getting along with each other.

It seems that the period of passionate love has passed. After trying this distance for half a month, we are very comfortable with each other.

In mid-March, Wen Xi went on a business trip to Yunnan, and City A ushered in a cold spring.

This year's late spring was particularly severe. Xia Zhengyu sent text messages to Wen Xi saying "the weather is very warm" when he went out in the morning. After noon, the air temperature was completely different.By the time school is over, the sound of sniffling has been heard one after another in the classroom.

Xia Zhengyu has really neglected to exercise recently, and his body resistance has dropped significantly, so he also went home sniffling.

The next morning, two people in the class asked for leave.

Originally, it was not something that attracted people's attention when someone had a cold and asked for leave, but along with this cold snap, there was also the first wave of news every day on everyone's mobile phone: a suspected XI virus patient appeared in city A.

Xia Zhengyu's news software pushes messages by default. This news headline lit up the screen of his mobile phone as soon as the bell rang for the end of the second class, causing his right hand that was turning the pen to shake, and the pen fell to the ground.

The end of this class is morning exercise time, and the students all walked out under the guidance of the music.But he opened the floating window, staring at the news of less than [-] words in a daze.

The XI virus, the name is like a curse to him-his parents died of this virus three years ago.

That year was the first outbreak of the virus in China, and most of the patients were concentrated in the coastal city next door.One of his parents studied respiratory diseases and the other studied blood, and both were sent to support.Then, never came back.

Three years have passed, and I heard that some countermeasures have been explored for this virus.

Therefore, this news headline may not be enough to cause panic to others, but in Xia Zhengyu's eyes, it can still immediately arouse physical fear.He felt hot and weak, and his eyes were inexplicably sore.

Wu Baiwan walked past him, probably seeing him in a daze, so she kindly patted him: "Let's go!"

He raised his head numbly, glanced at Wu Baiwan, and said, "Squad leader, I'm not feeling well, I'm asking for leave for morning exercises."

Wu Baiwan was taken aback, and panicked: "What's wrong with you, why do you look like you're about to cry? What's wrong with you?"

He didn't speak, pulled the school uniform over his head, and lay down on the table.

Wu Baiwan stood beside him helplessly for a while. The experience of her two years of classmates told her that at this time Xia Zhengyu would not talk to anyone at all.She hesitated for a while before leaving, thinking about meeting Jiang Kui in the playground and reacting to him.

As a result, the students had just arrived at the playground, and before they lined up in twos and threes, the school rang the announcement to let everyone go back to the classroom.

Xia Zhengyu also heard it in the classroom, and suddenly lifted his school uniform and looked up.

This scene is strikingly similar to three years ago - a sudden epidemic disease came, collective activities were canceled, public places were disinfected two to three times a day, and the business of the pharmacy suddenly improved...

He felt indescribably powerless and angry, and he couldn't help but see what his parents looked like before they left home.

That year they were notified very urgently. One was on duty the night before, and the other had to go to the hospital early the next day.As soon as the notice came, those who were on the night shift had no time to rest, and those who had to go to the morning shift had no time to pack too many things, so they all set off in a hurry.

——They didn't even say goodbye to Xia Zhengyu properly.

Xia Zhengyu brushed his teeth and stood at the door of the bathroom, watching them discuss the situation while preparing to go out. When the door of the house was opened, he yelled "Mom" vaguely.Then, his mother turned her head and smiled faintly at him.

"Wear a mask and go to school in a while. If classes are suspended, just come back and stay." Then he said to the grandma who drove out, "Mom, don't let Xiaoyu eat indiscriminately, and don't go out for a walk."

Before grandma could answer, she was dragged out by her husband.

At this moment, this scene appeared in Xia Zhengyu's mind, and he couldn't get it out of his mind, making him restless, anxious, and full of indescribable grievances.The students returned to the classroom one after another, discussing in low voices, but he didn't say a word.

Wu Baiwan was the one who knew the most about Xia Zhengyu in the class, and she roughly knew about his parents.After the broadcast, listening to everyone's discussion on the way back to the classroom with her classmates, she thought of the reason for Xia Zhengyu's reaction just now.

So, back in the classroom, she subconsciously walked towards Xia Zhengyu.

"Are you okay?" she asked softly with concern.

Xia Zhengyu raised his face.

With someone in front of him, he thought less persistently of that morning.Taking a breath, he sniffed his nose with a cold, and said, "I have a bit of a cold, maybe it's an infection?"

"Nonsense, where did you get the infection? The news said that there were only two suspected cases, and they were all isolated in the hospital." Wu Baiwan scolded, frowning.

Xia Zhengyu laughed, as if he had teased her: "Squad leader shouldn't be so overreacted, just kidding."

"It's not funny at all!" Wu Baiwan's face was as white as her name, she was really a little angry, glared at him, and went back to her seat.

Not long after, Jiang Kui came in, and everyone fell silent.

Jiang Kui briefly talked about the news that had been pushed to tens of millions of people's mobile phones in the past half an hour, and then announced the decision made by the school leaders after urgent discussions.

All classes will not be suspended, but all those who feel unwell now can go home.And let today's on-duty students go to the school doctor's office to receive disinfectant and masks after a class.

Without hesitation, Xia Zhengyu chose to report "discomfort" and went home.

He wasn't worried about himself, nor did he want to take the opportunity to skip class, he was worried about his grandma.

After coming out of the short memory, his first reaction was that grandma said he had no appetite and dizziness last night.When he went out this morning, grandma was still up.No one is willing to associate these cold-like symptoms with dangerous epidemic viruses, but they have to guard against them.

When he remembered, he was more anxious to go home than anyone else.

Perhaps because he was too anxious, his palms sweated from nervousness on the road, and he called home as soon as he got on the bus.The beep in the handset rang several times and no one answered, which made the coldness in his palm slide down to the sole of his feet, and he was in a mess.

"Pick up, Aunt Zhou, grandma, answer the phone!"

When the seventh beep, he couldn't wait any longer and hung up.Instead, he dialed Aunt Zhou's cell phone number, this time it rang three times, and someone answered.

"Aunt Zhou, I'm Xiaoyu, why is no one answering the phone at home?" Before waiting for the other side to speak, he hurriedly asked, wanting to know, but also a little evasive.

Immediately, Aunt Zhou attacked his evasion head-on: "In the hospital, after you went out in the morning, grandma coughed and couldn't breathe, and she is still being checked."

Xia Zhengyu opened his mouth, wanting to say "what's the problem", spit out "what", and suddenly found that he couldn't make a sound - lost his voice?

He was so startled that he squeezed his throat hard. At first there was really no sound, but after hastily trying several times, he finally heard the sound again.

In just a few seconds, his back was drenched in sweat, his nerves were a little numb, and he asked again: "What's the problem, do you have any clues?"

Aunt Zhou said: "I can't tell, but I felt a cold and a fever. On the way to the hospital, I called your uncle, and he brought a doctor named Mei. The doctor said, your grandma has a cold. Fever may cause complications, so check carefully. No, check now..."

At this moment, when the bus arrived at a certain stop, Xia Zhengyu hurried down and asked, "Which hospital are you at?"

Aunt Zhou said, "Central Hospital."

Xia Zhengyu immediately walked to the taxi stop area. While paying attention to the taxis coming on the road, he subconsciously comforted Aunt Zhou, saying "don't worry, don't worry", "I'll be right there", and stopped the taxi. Then hung up the phone.

The air conditioner in the car was very strong. When he sat in, the temperature difference was too great, and his head was dizzy for a while. The driver asked where he was, and his eyes were all white, and he replied "city center hospital".

The driver said: "You are going to the hospital too, is it because of the XI virus? I sent three calls to the hospital early this morning. Before you came up, I sprayed the car with disinfectant!"

Hearing this, Xia Zhengyu belatedly smelled the smell of disinfectant, and suddenly felt a little nauseous.

The doctor glanced at his face, anxiously: "Don't vomit! I've dealt with the smell, it's so light, you can't do it!"

Indeed not.Xia Zhengyu slowed down, and he came back.

The driver observed him, relieved, and said, "Are you going to see a doctor by yourself, or are you going to see a patient?"

Xia Zhengyu replied absent-mindedly: "It depends on the person."

He felt that his emotions seemed to be tied to a dangling thread, dangling and dangerous.When he lowered his head, he noticed that his hands were shaking.After staring at his hand for a while, he opened WeChat, wanting to send a message to Wen Xi.

After typing "I miss you", the driver said: "I heard from the radio that there are a lot of people going to the hospital now... I think suspected cases will definitely increase. Our city is a big transportation hub, and there are too many people coming and going from other places. The most prone to problems. My wife was going back to her mother’s house in a neighboring city, but I told her not to go.”

Xia Zhengyu paused for a moment, deleted "I miss you" and replaced it with: You can prolong your time there, and don't come back soon.

After sending out this message, he gradually calmed down, thinking of Dr. Mei's words mentioned by Aunt Zhou, his mood became serious.