underground river

The arrival of the winter vacation finally made Sinan feel a lot easier. He had never looked forward to the holiday so much.Half a month before the holiday, Guan Yan called to ask when they would return. It happened that Si Nan and Chen Sen were together at that time, so they calculated the holiday time of their respective schools, and then discussed and bought the bus tickets.

Chen Sen finished the exam earlier than Sinan. When their school was on holiday, Sinan still had two courses left, one for each day. Chen Sen said he would come to accompany the exam. Sinan happily packed his luggage and prepared to book a hotel Yes, but Chen Sen suddenly called again and said that Li Ziwen's mother came to the school and said that their family had a resort in the suburbs, and they invited the whole dormitory to visit his house for two days.

Chen Sen wanted to refuse at first, but that bastard Wang Bin insisted that it was not good for him to be in front of his girlfriend all day long, saying that distance can produce beauty, and he should not be too used to it, so he dragged him away too. .

When Sinan heard this, he just had a small "click" in his heart, and then he didn't say anything.

Although Chen Sen couldn't see his expression on the phone, as soon as Sinan fell silent, he knew that he must be angry.

Chen Sen didn't say any more. He took a taxi and left from Li's house that night. He arrived near Sinan's school in the middle of the night. He thought that Sinan had an exam the next day, so he didn't call him. He planned to go early the next day. Get up and give your boyfriend a loving breakfast, and coax him.

However, in the middle of the night, when Chen Sen was sleeping in a daze, when he received a call from Guan Yan, he said that his mother was in the hospital right now.

Chen Sen heard the cold sweat on his back, checked out the room overnight and took a taxi to the airport to buy a plane ticket back to Fucheng the next morning.

"The patient found a mass in the right breast four years ago, was diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent a modified radical mastectomy. The postoperative pathology showed: invasive ductal carcinoma of the right breast was grade II, the tumor size was 3×2.5×1.3cm, and the breast was not involved. |Head and pectoralis fascia... I chose breast-conserving surgery, and radiotherapy after surgery..."

Chen Sen held the medical record book, every word in black and white got into his eyes, but he just couldn't connect the words.The word "Li Nianqin" written in the column of the patient's name pierced into his eyes like a needle, and every breath seemed to tear the heart valve.

The doctor sighed softly, and patted the boy on the shoulder: "You don't have to worry too much, your mother has been insisting on treatment for the past four years, and this re-examination found the metastasis of cancer cells in a timely manner, and it was only Supraclavian lymph node metastasis, the tumor load is relatively small, we can take local radiotherapy, and try to control the regional lesions first..."

……

why?

What was he doing four years ago?

Chen Sen lost his mind and thought about it.

Oh, by the way, four years ago, he passed the high school entrance examination and was admitted to No. [-] Middle School. Although Guan Yan failed the exam, his father managed to send him into No. [-] Middle School. The two were so happy that they decided to spend the long summer vacation together I went on a trip to Tibet and ran wildly outside for a month.As soon as he returned to Fucheng, he was summoned by the old man to go back to the countryside, and he didn't return home until school started.

The person standing in front of him at that time was still a healthy and healthy person.

Guan Yan knew about Li Nianqin's cancer recurrence two days earlier than Chen Sen. If he didn't feel his mother's whereabouts were mysterious and followed him to the hospital to have a look, he would still be in the dark.Because of this, he was so worried that he didn't sleep well for several days, his eyes were black and blue, his stubble was protruding, and there was a big red pimple in the center of his forehead, which looked like Guanyin.

"Aunt Li must have kept it from you because she was worried that you would be worried. I... oh..." Seeing him like that, Guan Yan was so worried that he didn't know what to say, but he still didn't regret telling Chen Sen about it.That's cancer!In case someone accidentally disappeared, Lao Chen would hate him to death if he found out that he knew about it and did not report it.

"Thanks, I'll go see my mother." Chen Sen patted Guan Yan, turned and walked towards the ward.

When Chen Sen was a child, before he transferred to Fucheng to study, his favorite thing was the winter and summer vacations, because at this time his mother would come back to pick him up to live in the city for a while, and then send him back to the countryside after school started.

Li Nianqin insisted on not touching Chen Sen's father's pension.A person worked hard in Fucheng for many years to save a little money, bought a second-hand house from a friend, opened a blind date agency, and then took Chen Sen back to the city.

The second-hand house is not big and not new, but at least the mother and son have a place to stay in Fucheng from now on.

"Mom has a place for you to live in now." This was the most common sentence my mother said to him when she picked him up and returned to the city. It was repeated over and over again, like a repeater, and she cried while holding him .Chen Sen remembered that his mother's tears were not salty but bitter.

A few years ago when he made a fuss about Heipi, the 10 yuan that the family took out was all the savings left by his father, including the pension.His mother slapped him from the beginning to the end of that incident, and she didn't say anything unnecessary afterwards, but after returning home, she asked him to write an IOU and send it to the Zhou family in a serious manner, so that he could remember the debt.

"If you owe others, you must remember to pay it back, otherwise you will have a hard time in this life." My mother said.

Chen Sen looked at the pale and thin woman on the hospital bed.She had lost a lot of weight, the skin and flesh on her face had shrunk, she was dull and haggard like a rapidly withering flower.

Chen Sen couldn't help asking himself, what does she owe you?Why does she look so sad?

Si Nan arrived in Fucheng by plane early in the morning of the third day.He dragged his suitcase and took a taxi directly to the hospital, and hurried over after asking the room number at the nurse's desk, but there was no sign of Chen Sen in the ward.

The gentle and amiable woman in my impression was lying quietly on the hospital bed at this moment, making it hard to tell whether she was alive or dead.Si Nan's heart was shaken, he didn't dare to approach, he just sat down in the corridor outside the door, and after a while, he saw Chen Sen and the doctor walking over from a distance.

After the doctor left, Chen Sen seemed to be discouraged, his shoulders slumped, and he smiled weakly when he saw him.

Si Nan hurried forward and hugged him, and then felt the two arms on his waist tightened inch by inch.

"It's okay, don't be afraid, if you are sick, we will treat it, take it slowly, and it will definitely be cured." Sinan said a little at a loss.

People were coming and going in the corridor, Sinan hugged Chen Sen, feeling uncomfortable and distressed, he didn't know how to help him, how to make him feel better.

"Don't be afraid, I will stand by you for the big things. Auntie's illness, let's work hard together."

Burying on his shoulder, Chen Sen took a deep breath and said softly, "I want to sleep for a while."

"it is good."

Si Nan pulled him to sit on the chair, Chen Sen leaned against him, and soon fell asleep.

While Chen Sen was sleeping, Sinan quickly calculated the amount of all his current deposits, not too much, not too little, just enough to make up [-] yuan. For this little money, he still lived frugally and made extra money. Everything I saved from a part-time job in one semester.

Si Nan didn't know how much it would cost to treat his aunt's illness, but on the way back, he heard Guan Yan talk about it, cancer, it sounds like he and Chen Sen couldn't afford it.He thought that when Chen Sen woke up, he would have to ask how much savings the family had left, whether it was enough to treat his aunt, and if not, then he would have to have the cheek to borrow money from his mother.

Just thinking of this, the phone in Sinan's pocket suddenly vibrated, and Chen Sen woke up from the shock. He helped him take out the phone from his pocket while sitting up.

Si Nan picked it up and took a look, he couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in his heart, he really answered the old saying - say Cao Cao, when Cao Cao arrives, the call is actually from Si Zhen!

During the six months when he went to study abroad, his mother talked to him on the phone on his birthday, and the call was from Chang Jian.As a result, just as he was thinking of asking her to borrow money, she called.

It was the first time that Sinan answered the phone with such a guilty conscience. He only said a few words, but after three minutes, the call was over.

Chen Sen looked at him: "Your mother asked you to go home?"

Si Nan nodded, a little strange: "How does she know I'm back?"

Chen Sen got up and pulled his suitcase, and said, "Then you go back first, anyway, Guan Yan and I have been here for the past two days, come back when you are free."

Thinking about borrowing money, Sinan nodded, "Okay, then I'll go home first, my mother... said she has something to tell me, I'll come back tomorrow and bring you breakfast."

"Ah."

When Sinan returned home, he washed and tidied up. After lunch, he sorted out the money in several bank cards, kept a small change for himself, and transferred the remaining [-] to Chen Sen.

Sinan reckoned that sooner or later he would have to ask his mother to borrow money for the medical treatment, but he was a little worried, not knowing how to open his mouth and what reason to use.

"Uncle Chang, are you looking for me?" Sinan pushed the door open and went in.

"Well, come and take a look." Chang Jian greeted him, "This is a painting I just received, in the style of surrealism, take a look, what do you think?"

Si Nan looked at it carefully, but he couldn't quite appreciate this painting, which seemed to him to have a strange color combination: "Alright, okay."

Chang Jian smiled and hung up the painting without commenting.

Chang Jian asked him some more about the school, and Sinan picked and picked, and said some good things but not bad things, and didn't mention his part-time job.

however--

"I heard from your mother about your part-time job. It's good that you want to be independent, but you can't lose sight of one and delay your studies!" Chang Jian said earnestly.

Si Nan only heard the first half and felt something was wrong, how could Si Zhen know about his part-time job?But he didn't have time to think about it further, because Chang Jian suddenly took a folder from the side and handed it to him. Sinan opened it and saw that it was all English documents.

"what is this?"

"I took over the private work for you." Chang Jian said, "You need to translate these documents into Chinese, which takes two weeks. Of course, we will calculate the translation fee at the market price."

Si Nan was stunned for a moment, then stammered and evaded: "I, I can't do it, it's not like you don't know my bad English..."

"Then it's just for practice." Chang Jian said, and then he probably reported a salary to Sinan.

Sinan immediately withdrew his rejection hand, and pursed his lips in embarrassment: "Okay, then I'll try, and I'll give you back the job if you think it's not good."

Chang Jian naturally has no objections, but encourages him to do it boldly and try his best.

Si Nan felt that he had never liked English so much in his life. Except for going to the hospital, he basically spent all his vacation time on the part-time job of translation. He was busy with the first two every day, and he dreamed of attending English speeches.

Later, Chen Sen transferred all of the 1 yuan back to him. Sinan knew what he was thinking, and he didn't want to push him over for such a small amount of money, so he took all the 1 yuan and the money he earned as a translator. When it arrived on a bank card, I was going to find an opportunity to hand it over to Li Nianqin directly, saying that it was Chen Sen's part-time job and kept it with him.

This winter vacation was extremely difficult for everyone, and Sinan couldn't remember how many times Chen Sen fell asleep leaning on his shoulder.During this period, Li Nianqin's illness came and went, and Chen Sen basically lost weight with her at a speed visible to the naked eye. Sinan was so anxious that he could only cook delicious food for him in different ways every day. The fragrance is delicious, and Chen Sen has no appetite, and often he can't eat half of it.

Throughout the holiday, Sinan Hospital's family ran around. The nurses in the hospital laughed and said that Li Nianqin was blessed. The two sons were handsome and filial, which was not the case in the eyes of others, let alone their own family members.

No matter how good friends are, they are not so thoughtful, they are like a little wife.

The nurses said this just as a joke, but Li Nianqin suddenly couldn't drink the soup that Si Nan made for her.She belatedly realized a problem, these two children... Are they a little too good?

Si Zhen pushed open the door of Si Nan's bedroom again. The flat bed showed that the owner of the bedroom didn't come home last night. She closed the door and exited, holding the doorknob but not letting go.

She is hesitating.

When her eyes fell on the bracelet on her right wrist, Si Zhen frowned a few deep wrinkles. After a while, she turned around resolutely, as if she had already made a certain decision.

The author has something to say: Brothers, do you smell the end?Really fragrant...