Fragrance of peaches and plums

He called Dr. Mei, and it took him a while to answer. Before he could speak, he replied, "I'm in the old man's ward, you... come here by yourself."

There seems to be reservations between the words.Wen Xi had a bad feeling, hung up the phone and strode towards the elevator.

Passing the quarantine area, he suddenly paused.He had a feeling that Xia Zhengyu should also be taken to grandma's ward.But Xia Zhengyu's isolation period is still two days away, and the doctor probably won't allow it.

For a moment, he followed his instinct and went to the doctor on duty in the isolation area.The one who was on duty today happened to be the doctor he saw the day he came back.At that time, the isolation regulations were not so strict, and he had let him in.

He tried to explain the whole story to the doctor, but the other party frowned and shook his head: "This is not good, the old lady is already weak, even if she is not harmed by XI, the common cold virus can also harm her."

"Isn't Xia Zhengyu's cold cured?" Wen Xi said.

The doctor showed hesitation, and the two faced each other for a moment, but he still shook his head: "No, our regulations are all reasonable, and no one can afford to violate the regulations and cause problems."

As expected, Wen Xi didn't insist anymore, turned around and went upstairs.

In grandma's ward on the third floor, Dr. Mei's voice of advice was being heard.

Wen Xi opened the door and went in, and saw grandma, Aunt Zhou, Dr. Mei, and Xia Jun all there.Dr. Mei was persuading grandma to stay in the hospital, while Xia Jun and Aunt Zhou were standing on one side of the bed.

When grandma heard Wen Xi enter the door, she looked over here indifferently, and said hello: "Here we are."

Wen Xi originally had a heart to persuade her, but when she heard her indifferent, even indifferent greeting, she suddenly couldn't open her mouth to persuade her——Grandma might have made up her mind.

Sure enough, she quietly listened to Dr. Mei's words, with a somewhat apologetic look on her face, but insisted: "Doctor, let me go home."

After hearing this, Dr. Mei sighed, turned to look at Wen Xi, and made a gesture of spreading his hands, which meant "I have no choice".Grandma said to Xia Jun again: "The doctor who will handle the formalities will go to work tomorrow, so you can help me with it."

"Mom..." Xia Jun seemed a little hesitant.

After hearing Dr. Mei's professional analysis just now, he felt apprehensive, thinking that his mother might be in danger after leaving the hospital and going home like this.Now if he easily obeys the old lady's wishes, he will not be able to bear the responsibility at that time.

Seeing his appearance, grandma said, "It's fine if you don't help me, I'm not at the point where I can't get out of bed."

These words were not only for Xia Jun, but also for Wen Xi who hadn't spoken to persuade him yet.The implication is that there is no negotiating.Wen Xi knew that no matter how sweet he was, he couldn't shake the old lady.

Dr. Mei said nothing, walked over, looked at Wen Xi helplessly, and left.

Xia Jun looked at Wen Xi, then at the old lady, and said hesitantly, "Then I... will go through the discharge procedures tomorrow."

"Yeah." The old lady nodded and said to Aunt Zhou, "Sister, don't guard me tonight, go back to bed early, and come pick me up tomorrow morning."

Aunt Zhou's usual smiling face was annoyed and helpless at this moment, and she muttered, "Say you don't listen, say you don't listen", muttering, her eyes were red, she picked up the insulation box on the table and walked quickly Lose.

Then, Xia Jun was also sent away, and only Wen Xi was left in the ward.

The old lady beckoned Wen Xi to sit down, sat up straight herself, looked at Wen Xi, and said, "Teacher Wen, you are a good person."

As soon as he came up, he was issued a good person card, and Wen Xi suddenly felt his shoulders sink.

"When you came home for the first time, I troubled you and hoped that you would take better care of Xiaoyu. You knew what I meant at that time, right?" Grandma had a pleasant smile on her face, and there was a bit of shame in her eyes for bothering others. .

Wen Xi looked at her quietly, without answering, only said: "Zhengyu will be sad."

Grandma smiled and sighed: "That can only be sad, I'm tired too."

It wasn't until now that Wen Xi realized that grandma was an extremely decisive person.She had long planned for Xia Zhengyu's future, and arranged everything that could be arranged.

However, more than half a year ago, when Wen Xi faced her entrustment for the first time, he didn't have a deep acquaintance with this family, and he didn't know enough about grandma. Even if he thought of grandma's intentions, he didn't think deeply about the reason for her anxiety.

Thinking about it now, she had counted down for herself at that time.

Wen Xi thought, clasping his hands together and pressing them against his forehead, his throat choked.

Grandma said again: "I know, you young people don't talk to people like we did back then. Once in a lifetime is enough. Besides, you can't get married like this... Teacher Wen, I just ask you to take care of him for a few more years. "

"En." Wen Xi whispered back a syllable after a long silence.

Grandma chatted with him for a while, then sent him back.Seeing that he didn't leave, he joked: "I won't die tonight, and I won't die tomorrow, don't worry."

A bit like Xia Zhengyu's usual sneer, Wen Xi forced a smile and left as she wished.

He went out to find the nurse on duty on this floor tonight, and asked people to pay more attention to grandma's ward, then went to the flower garden outside the isolation area on the first floor alone, and sent Xia Zhengyu a text message.

He didn't intend to hide grandma's physical condition and attitude from Xia Zhengyu.At this time, he couldn't convince grandma, he could only be honest with Xia Zhengyu, there was no point in self-righteous concealment.

He typed a long paragraph, checked it word by word after typing it, and sent it out.

The ward where Xia Zhengyu lived was brightly lit, and he could faintly feel the movement inside through the window across the flower garden.He just stared there, waited for half a minute, and typed another sentence.

"Come to the window if you need me."

After a while, the door to the balcony of the ward was opened, and then closed again.Xia Zhengyu stood there and looked out, his eyes precisely fell on Wen Xi.

Wen Xi stepped across the flowerbed and walked to the window.

Xia Zhengyu stretched out his hand, and Wen Xi held his hand.The mask covered most of Xia Zhengyu's face, and the emotion in those eyes seemed to be doubled.The two were a little speechless for a moment.

It was so cold at night, a gust of wind blew, and everyone shivered.

As soon as Xia Zhengyu blinked, his eyes became sore and helpless: "I miss you very much."

"I know." Wen Xi clenched his hand tightly, as if to pass all the warmth and strength to him.

Xia Zhengyu had a lot to say, but at this moment nothing was enough to express his contradiction and panic.The cold wind was like a catalyst, blowing the emotions in his eyes into tears.As soon as he breathed, tears fell.He lowered his head, warm tears fell on the back of Wen Xi's hands, and were quickly dried by the wind.

They stood like this for a long time, Xia Zhengyu gently let go of Wen Xi's hand.

"Go back, it's too cold." His voice was hoarse.

Wen Xi looked at him: "Okay."

He turned sideways to go back, his eyes still glued to Wen Xi. "Thank you." He whispered, raised the corners of his mouth, and finally opened the door and went back to the ward.

——Thank you for being by my side.

Wen Xi watched him go in, closed the door, and opened half the window.After looking at each other for a while, Wen Xi left.

The next morning, grandma was discharged from the hospital.She seemed to be in good condition, and went to the morning market with Aunt Zhou, swept the tail of the morning market, and bought a bunch of vegetables.

The weather has also warmed up, and the last wave of cold this year has passed.

Two days later, the news feed informed everyone that the XI virus did not take a single life this time, the suspected cases have been confirmed to be free of infection one after another, and the confirmed cases are also recovering.Traffic restrictions have been lifted, and the isolation areas of major hospitals have been removed one after another.

The evening news of the local TV station also made a 10-minute feature, reviewing the history of the two virus attacks in three years, and paying tribute to the medical workers who have devoted themselves to XI virus research and epidemic prevention for three years.

Xia Zhengyu was also liberated without any risk.Wen Xi went to pick him up on the afternoon of the seventh day. The two silently packed their things, and they didn't speak to each other until they walked out of the hospital.

At the bus stop in front of the hospital, Xia Zhengyu stayed for a while and said, "Let's go back."

The two walked home on foot, gradually picking up some topics to talk about.There was Xia Zhengyu's study, and Wen Xi's work, as if they were informing each other, they talked about everything... except that they didn't touch grandma.

When he arrived at Xia Zhengyu's house, he stood in front of the door, took his book from Wen Xi, and said calmly: "I'll just go back by myself, you go to see your mother, have a better attitude, work hard and invest more. "

He spoke seriously, Wen Xi looked at him, feeling very uncomfortable, nodded seriously: "Okay."

"Then I'll go in." He waved his hand, took out the key from his pocket and opened the door.

The two are separate.

About what Xia Zhengyu and grandma talked about that day, Wen Xi never knew.He went to meet Dai Wanqing at a high-end restaurant 10 minutes away, and with a document thicker than one centimeter, he sincerely brought back the investment he had rejected.

Dai Wanqing sat across from him, half-turned her body, stared at him, and said, "Tell me about your strengths."

He presented his report point by point to the proud victor, even though he had already discussed each point with Lu Huaiting, who must have also discussed it with Dai Wanqing.

It was the first time since he was 20 that he and his mother spent more than two hours at the same dinner table, but it was a serious negotiating posture.

In the end, Dai Wanqing took away his documents and left a sentence of "wait for the call", which gave him a glimmer of hope.

The rest of March flew by, and April came on the heels of early summer.

The flowers in City A are in full bloom, fragrant and sweet everywhere.Especially in the newly built flower base in the suburbs, some netizens passing by saw the ostentatious flowers, took a small video and uploaded it to the network platform, attracting the attention of tourists and the attention of the flower market at the same time.

Throughout April, the base was bustling with activity.

Wen Xi asked Xia Zhengyu several times if he wanted to go to see it too, and he always said "yes" full of longing, but was delayed by the intensive exams and grandma's unstable physical condition, and finally failed to go once.

He acted like a baby jokingly: "How about you move your flower field to your house!"

Wen Xi thought for a while and said, "Yes."

Then I talked with the property management of the community, and covered all the poorly managed green areas in the community. Lao Wen personally led the team to re-plan the planting and greening of the community, and started to break ground in the community in May.

The flowers bloom for a season, and the last fragrance of spring is harvested in May, rolling all the way to June.

That day, when Jiang Kui announced the suspension of classes on the podium to arrange exams, Xia Zhengyu was looking out the window at the small garden downstairs.Suddenly, his eyelids twitched for no reason, and there was an inexplicable noise in his heart, as if raindrops were hitting him.

Then he saw the water ripple in the carp pond in the garden—it was raining.

At this time, the screen of the mobile phone stuffed between the two piles of books lit up.He pulled out his phone and saw the message notification in the floating window of WeChat, which was from Wen Xi.

"Grandma is gone."