gourmet chef

Chapter 178 A Bowl of Happy Porridge
"Brother, Mom's condition is recurring again. She keeps vomiting and can't eat? Come back quickly and have a look." A middle-aged female voice on the other end of the phone shouted eagerly.

"Fang, just wait, I'll be right back." Section Chief Wang hung up the phone eagerly, explained some things to his subordinates, and then drove home.

In principle, civil servants are not allowed to leave their posts during working hours, but Section Chief Wang’s mother is seriously ill, and the doctor has issued an ultimatum, and there is no cure and she will soon die.

Based on this special situation, Section Chief Wang has reported to his superiors in advance, and has received special permission to return home at any time to deal with emergencies.

Driving all the way home, Section Chief Wang was very anxious, wishing that all the way would be green.

Section Chief Wang's full name is Wang Ke, and he is an ordinary rural child in a village under a county-level city in Jianghai Province. His biological parents died of illness in his early years, leaving only the young him and his younger sister Wang Fang to depend on each other.

Because there are no grandparents, grandparents, or even uncles and aunts, the two siblings have nothing to rely on.

After the parents passed away one after another, the village head contacted the county orphanage, hoping that they could take in the orphaned siblings.

The orphanage in Naihe County immediately rejected it because of financial constraints and no extra space.

Wang Ke and Wang Fang's parents were placed in black households because they violated the family planning policy, so the siblings were not even eligible to receive subsistence allowances. Rotten food, or eating all kinds of wild fruits to barely satisfy their hunger.

Because they often didn't have enough to eat, the two brothers and sisters were so hungry that they were yellow and emaciated, their bones were skinny, and their clothes were tattered.

A lonely widow surnamed Wang in the same village, with a kind face and a kind heart, really couldn't stand it anymore. She kindly adopted the lonely pair of brothers and sisters.

Widow Wang regarded the pair of brothers and sisters as her own. She cut down on food and clothing, and worked tirelessly.With only one person's strength, he was frugal from the gap between his teeth and used his limited savings to support his two brothers and sisters for food, clothing and schooling.

Wang Ke and Wang Fang are also very competitive. They are sensible since they were young and do not need the supervision of Widow Wang. They are excellent in school and their grades are outstanding in all subjects.

In the college entrance examination that year, Wang Ke was admitted to the School of Economics of Jianghai University with a super high score. He studied economics as a undergraduate.

Wang Fang is also working in a state-owned enterprise after graduating from a certain college. A few years ago, she married a woman and gave birth to a child.

The two brothers and sisters Wang Ke and Wang Fang are both loving and righteous people. Although Widow Wang is not their real mother, she is better than their own mother. After the two of them have established a firm foothold in Jianghai City, they will take Widow Wang to the city to enjoy the happiness.

When people are old, they always have the idea of ​​returning to their roots. Widow Wang is afraid of causing trouble to her two brothers and sisters, and secondly, she is reluctant to part with the one-acre three-point field in her hometown, so she didn't agree to go to the city.

The two brothers and sisters did not disobey the will of the widow Wang, as long as they are free during festivals or weekends, they will bring nutrition to the countryside to visit the elderly.

When Widow Wang was young, because she worked so hard to take care of her two brothers and sisters, she had many potential diseases.

In May of this year, she suddenly felt unwell. When she went to the county hospital for a test, the doctor told her that she had advanced X-cancer.

After Wang Ke and Wang Fang heard the bad news, they rushed to the countryside immediately and took Widow Wang to the best hospital in Jianghai City for treatment. However, the doctor said it was too late, the X cells had spread malignantly, and there was really no way to recover.

The two siblings, Wang Ke and Wang Fang, are sad day and night these days, but Widow Wang has taken it lightly. Although she has no education, she also knows that life and death depend on life and wealth!Since it cannot be changed, we can only accept it calmly and cherish the remaining days.

Widow Wang didn't like the smell of disinfectant in the hospital, and the intensive care unit was too expensive. The old man still wanted to save some money and asked to move back home.

So a week later, Wang Ke went through the discharge procedures and took her home.

In the past two weeks, Wang Fang has specially applied for a long vacation from the state-owned enterprise where she works, and stayed at Wang Ke's home to take care of the elderly.

In the past few days, Widow Wang couldn't get out of bed at all. She often suffered from pain to the marrow and sweated profusely. She could only rely on painkillers to maintain her health. Due to lack of nutrition, she was completely skinny.

Wang Ke saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart. As a son, seeing his mother suffer so much but helpless, this feeling is more painful than heartbreaking.

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Wang Ke shook his head. He had already driven to the residential area where he lived. After parking the car, he took the elevator and rushed to the commercial housing on the eleventh floor.

Wang Ke has been the section chief of the Jianghai City Local Taxation Bureau for more than ten years. He has always been conscientious in his work and has never made any mistakes in principle. It can be said that he sincerely works for the people.

Because he is really clean and honest, he has no gray income other than the salary of the section chief. Many section chiefs in the same department have two or three houses, but he only owns an ordinary commercial house of less than [-] square meters in this mid-range community.

This house was bought by him with years of provident fund and accumulated wages.

The house is just three bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom. The decoration is quite satisfactory, not high-end, and it can even be said to be a bit shabby.

Wang Fang was already standing on the bed in a bedroom, trying her best to take care of the old man. With half a bowl of porridge in her hand, when she saw Wang Ke, she covered her face and said:

"Wang Ke, Mom can't eat anything. After drinking less than two mouthfuls of a bowl of porridge, she keeps cheering your name! Now she's passed out again."

Wang Keqiang suppressed his tears, walked to the edge of the bed, put his mouth next to the old man's ear, and whispered, "Mom, Kezi came to see you, can you hear me?"

The old man's consciousness was already very blurred. After hearing the call, she tried her best to open her eyelids, and when she saw Wang Ke, she said weakly, "It's Xiao Ke...Damn it...be careful baby!"

"Mom, Xiao Kezi is right next to you." With tears in his eyes, Wang Ke held the old man's cold hands tightly and asked carefully, "Mom, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"

The old man shook his head with a little effort, and said softly, "Xiao Kezi, Mom really has no appetite, I can't eat anymore."

Because the old man can't move his body and his mouth can't move.These days I have been relying on nutritional needles to get by. I can’t even eat liquid food after one or two mouthfuls. The main reason is that my body’s organs have been severely damaged and I can’t absorb it. Even if I eat it, I will vomit.

Because of poor spirits, Widow Wang didn't say a few words at the moment, and fell into a coma slightly.

During this time, Widow Wang's coma became more and more frequent.

Wang Ke knew that the time left for the old man was running out, and the deadline might be today, so he wiped away his tears, and said to Wang Fang, "Fang, take good care of Mom, I'll go out and bring some to our mom." Order something to eat."

"Brother, Mom can't even drink a few sips of porridge now, what else can I eat? Why don't you stay here and see what Mom has to say." Wang Fang was in tears, and her face was wet with tears.

"Fang, there is a porridge from a store. Maybe mom can eat it. We can't let mom go away hungry. I'll buy one and try it." Wang Ke wiped away his tears again and stood up firmly.

"Brother, go and come back quickly, I'm afraid mom won't be able to hold on..." Wang Fang couldn't help crying again before she finished speaking.

"I see." Wang Ke squeezed out a few words and ran out.

Taking the elevator directly to the underground garage, Wang Ke drove straight to Xiaobai restaurant at No. XX Chaotianmen Street.

(End of this chapter)