Three or Two Things about Rebirth

"It really happens." Qiu Moshi pedaled his bicycle slowly, "There are also brothers and sisters who fight over work, but don't worry, our family won't have that. Those families that have conflicts over support issues are mostly because the elderly have no pension and the family has no money. Money is something that cannot be had too much, and it is even worse to have no money.

Another possibility is that the parents’ education is problematic. There are many cases where the children are filial despite being poor, and where seven or eight brothers get along harmoniously. As my father said, you reap what you sow. Maybe the parents themselves are not upright and unfilial, and their sons have followed their example.”

"Hey, Third Brother, what you said is biased. You don't know the person, and you don't know the specific situation. What basis do you have to make a judgment?"

"Hey, Qiu Luming, you've become more capable now. You're even using literary words to talk to me, and you're biased and judgmental!"

"That's nothing. Look where I work now. I've become a literary genius after being exposed to the smoke every day!"

“That’s called edification!”

"Yes, yes, I am being influenced day by day. At home, I am being influenced by you, a group of educated people, and at work, I am being influenced by books!"

"But Yoyo seems to have really grown up, and her brain has become a little smarter. I was saying, can't our Qiu family have any stupid people?"

"Hehe." Qiu Luming hugged the lunch box tightly in his arms, tapped his feet together, pulled his scarf over his nose, and stopped talking.

There was a tractor parked on the roadside in front of the hospital. There was a large patch of bright red frozen blood on the rear trailer. The ground was also covered with bloody footprints and a streak of blood that seeped into the snow.

An old man in his fifties, carrying a basket, was shaking out the coal ash inside to cover the bloodstains, occasionally using his feet to help. Qiu Luming recognized the man as Zhang, the boiler operator in the hospital, and greeted him, avoiding the bloodstains and entering the hospital lobby.

The person on duty at the toll window was Fan Xiaoqing. She had once had a fight with Qiu Luming over matters of duty, and they almost came to blows.

When she saw Qiu Luming, her eyes lit up and she stood up. "Oh my god, why are you here during Chinese New Year?"

Qiu Luming pointed at his third brother who was holding a lunch box and said, "Send food to my dad and eldest brother."

"That's right. Your father and brother are here. Your family can't have a peaceful New Year." Fan Xiaoqing talked a lot, as if she had forgotten the past grievances between them. At this moment, she wrinkled her nose and said with an exaggerated expression, "Oh, you didn't see it. My God, it was so miserable! The neck was almost broken! I couldn't hold it down. The whole body was covered with blood. There was a trail of blood on the ground. The cleaner wiped it twice. Smell it, is there a bloody smell?"

Qiu Luming sniffed and smelled a strong smell of Lysol. She listened carefully and found that her father and elder brother should be in the operating room at the corner of the second floor of the hospital. They were talking in low voices, and there was also the sound of instruments colliding slightly.

It seems that they won't have time to eat for a while.

Qiu Moshi had already gone upstairs with his lunch box. Qiu Luming waved to Fan Xiaoqing and followed him.

Four blood-stained men sat on a bench at the door of the operating room, and two others stood against the wall, leaving bloodstains on the wall. There were also two blood-soaked quilts on the floor, emitting a strong smell of blood.

Seeing the brother and sister coming over, the six of them turned their heads to look. Qiu Moshi pointed at them and said, "Smoking is strictly prohibited in the hospital. Put it out quickly!"

Those people quickly threw the cigarettes on the ground and crushed them, and two of them stretched out their hands to disperse the green smoke in front of them.

An older man stood up, looked at Qiu Moshi for a while and said, "Oh, you are the third son of Doctor Qiu, right? I am the cousin of the man inside. My last name is Huang. You see, this matter has caused trouble for your family on the first day of the Lunar New Year..."

Qiu Moshi didn't talk to him. He knocked on the door of the operating room several times. After a while, a middle-aged woman in a white hat came to open the door. "Why are you knocking? Didn't I say I was waiting... Hey? It's Moshi, Luming is here too, bringing food. How can you have time to eat!... Okay, I'll put you in the disinfection room... Okay, if you don't come out by five o'clock, I'll let Xiao Yang and Xiao Zhao give your dad some glucose in there, don't worry!... I won't eat, my son will bring me food later!... Hey, why is there such a strong smell of cigarettes? Who of you smoked? Throw the quilt out quickly, what else can we cover it with? Oh, this smell!"

The six of them hung their heads in shame.

"You! That's you! Didn't you just have a blood transfusion? Why are you still standing here? Go home! Eat something good! You are just standing here like an idiot!"

The door of the operating room slammed shut again, and the brother and sister turned around and left. The cousin surnamed Huang even stood up and respectfully escorted them to the corner of the corridor, as if they were also involved in the treatment. Qiu Moshi stopped and turned around and said, "Leave a few people to guard, and drive the person who needs a blood transfusion back quickly, and bring some food. The operation will not be short."

"Hey, thank you, thank you. I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Qiu Luming was at the entrance hall, and he took out all the candy and peanuts from his down jacket pocket and gave them to Fan Xiaoqing. "You're still on duty on the first day of the Lunar New Year. You've worked so hard!"

Fan Xiaoqing happily accepted everything, glanced at Qiu Moshi who was leaving, and pulled Qiu Luming, "Hey, your third brother is about to graduate, right? When he comes back, there will be a lot of girls chasing after him. When the time comes, you, as his younger sister, have to keep a close eye on him!"

Qiu Luming peeled a candy and put it in her mouth. "He studied computer science and he will definitely not come back."

"Ah? You're not coming back?"

"Oh, that's such a pity. Outsiders get a bargain." Qiu Luming walked to the gate and heard Fan Xiaoqing mumbling incoherently while eating candy.

The two of them left the hospital. Qiu Moshi got on his bicycle, and Qiu Luming ran a few steps and jumped onto the back seat. After a while, she noticed that the scenery on the roadside was not right. "Where are you going, Third Brother?"

"Go far away!"

Qiu Luming understood that they were going to the private hotel to find Qiu Jiashu.

"Mom and sister-in-law are still waiting for us to have dinner at home!" Qiu Luming is now particularly afraid of family members quarreling, even if it's just a bickering, he is quite afraid.

"I know. I'll just go take a look."