The woman opposite the door

"The story begins with...well, the birth of a little girl..."

Su Meng took a sip of the crystal liquid in the glass, looked up at Yi Qingxuan: "It will be very long, are you willing to listen?"

Yi Qingxuan thought that Su Meng was going to talk about her unfortunately lost daughter. Although she felt sad and couldn't bear it, she hesitated and nodded: "Yes."

At least it can help her share part of the pain. In that case, won't she feel better?

Su Meng smiled with indescribable gratitude, she knew what Yi Qingxuan was thinking.

"The little girl was born in a remote and poor mountain village, where the people are pedantic and ignorant, especially... patriarchal..." Su Meng's words were a bit bitter, and the expression on his face became even more sad.

Yi Qingxuan felt distressed, and stretched out her hand to caress Su Meng's face: "Su Meng, don't be sad, you still have me."

"Well, I'm not upset."

So many years have passed, even if there is sadness and sadness, it has faded with the passage of time.Besides, even though Su Meng's family was poor when he was young, he was considered happy.

"The girl is the only child in the family, but since she was a child, she was very pampered..."

Thinking of his parents, Su Meng raised the corners of his mouth, curved his eyebrows and eyes, and showed a smile that Yi Qingxuan had never seen before.

"They never minded that she was a girl. Although the family was not rich, they gave her everything they could."

Su Meng remembers: Back then, my father’s monthly income was considered meager, but every time he had the opportunity to work in the city, he would always buy snacks and gifts for her back home.Sometimes, it's a delicate doll, sometimes, it's a beautiful little dress.He said: "The female dolls in the city like these, how can my family not have them?"

Mom smiled softly when she heard the words, and pretended to complain: "Go out and work hard, and you finally made some money, but you spent it all. Didn't I tell you to buy yourself a pair of durable shoes?"

"The thousand-layer bottom you gave me is pretty good. What are you doing with the unjust money? But I really bought the shoes, you see."

As if by a magic trick, Dad took out a pair of shoe boxes from behind.

Su Meng has never seen such beautiful shoes, studded with bulingbuling fine diamonds, like those worn by princesses in fairy tales.The corners of my mother's eyes were red, she stretched out her hand to touch it in disbelief, and muttered: "You...you said what you are spending this unjustified money on, it must be very expensive, right?"

"It's not expensive, and everyone in the city wears it. But I think it must not be as beautiful as yours. Come, try it on and see if it fits you well."

Dad bent down, held Mom's feet carefully, and helped her put on the high heels.

The size is just right, this is the woman he holds in his hands and loves so much, I wish I could count how many strands of hair she has, how can I not know a mere shoe size?

In the afterglow of the setting sun, little Su Meng watched her parents stand opposite each other in front of her, clasped hands and looked at each other silently.There was a faint sentimentality in the air, and it smelled... very happy.

At that time, I didn't understand it when I was young, but when I grew up, Su Meng gradually understood that it turned out to be love.

They "dance" hand in hand in the small room. The coarse cloth skirt on the mother's body is turned into a beautiful circle. The father has a simple and cheerful smile on his face from beginning to end, and moves his body clumsily trying to keep up with the mother's dance steps...

The shoes were put away by my mother after wearing them once, wrapped in flannelette and placed deep in the closet—I wonder if it was because I was too excited during the dance and didn’t grasp the strength properly. Several drills on the shoes fell off. Not willing to wear it.

The so-called drill should be just plastic coated with a layer of powder, and then glued on it with no care.With my father's income back then, I could only afford such a pair of high heels for my wife.

Years later, Su Meng herself became a "city person". When she was able to help her father buy a pair of better quality high heels for her mother, they never had the chance to see her again.

And the pair of high-heeled shoes that mother regarded as treasures in this life were lost by accident after both of them passed away.

In fact, how can the most cherished thing be a mere pair of shoes?It should be the person who sent the shoes, and the love contained in the shoes.

The memories here are still beautiful, and it is the only warmth left in these memories that supports Su Meng so far.

Yi Qingxuan could finally tell that this was not the story of Su Meng's daughter.

Su Meng talked happily during this passage, his eyes were shining with happiness, and the wine glass filled with mellow liquid was only held in his hand, but he did not bring it to his mouth.

Su Meng was happy, and Yi Qingxuan was also happy, so she leaned forward and asked in a light tone, "What happened next?"

"later……"

Su Meng's eyes darkened suddenly, and he unconsciously rubbed the two fingers holding the thin neck of the goblet with his right hand, his eyes were misty, and filled with sadness in an instant.

"Later...the girl's father fell ill..."

Yi Qingxuan didn't expect that things would take such a turn, and was momentarily stunned.

Su Meng didn't stop, still telling the story.

"At first, he just felt pain in his knee, but he endured it, and no one told..."

Dad was in his prime at that time, he probably thought that he would not have any major problems, just bear with it and let it pass, why waste money?He was willing to buy high-heeled shoes for his wife, and help his daughter buy skirts that all the girls in the village would envy, but he was unwilling to waste even a penny on himself.

But how can the money for medical treatment be wasted?

"Until the pain in his legs made it difficult for him to walk. The girl's mother realized something was wrong and forced him to go to the hospital..."

It was too late when I arrived at the hospital. The doctor shook his head with regret on his face: "The malignant tumor is already at an advanced stage. If it had been sent a few months earlier, maybe it could have been saved."

Su Meng was dumbfounded after hearing this. She was considered a half-adult at this time, so she would not fail to understand what the doctor said.

But my mother was very indifferent, and calmly negotiated a treatment plan with the doctor, and went to pay the hospitalization fee first as required.It wasn't until she walked through the sparsely populated space outside the hospital building that she finally lost control and hugged Su Meng, weeping.

The mother and daughter cried for half an hour before the mother calmed down and wiped away her tears, telling Su Meng not to say anything after returning to the ward.

The words stopped here, Su Meng closed his eyes and lowered his head.

Yi Qingxuan felt pain in her heart, and hurriedly took out a tissue and handed it over.Su Meng didn't answer, shook his head for a while and said, "I'm fine."

The voice has an imperceptible hoarseness, but the nasal sound is not very heavy.

Su Meng raised his head again, forced a smile at Yi Qingxuan, and raised his hand to wipe away a tear that spilled from the corner of his eye.

"Then... what happened later? The girl's father's illness...was healed?"

The doctor has already sentenced the "death sentence", presumably most families will choose to give up the treatment directly, right?What's more, the girl's family is already very poor.

"Cure...Of course you have to cure it, if you want to sell it, you have to cure it..."

These are the original words of Su Meng's mother. She looked at Su Meng with unique firmness in her eyes: as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, we will never give up!

Su Meng thought, after going through many setbacks and tribulations, the reason why she was not knocked down and survived tenaciously until now must be due to the influence of her mother, right?

Together with her mother, Su Meng lied to her father that she just had a small benign tumor, and she was hospitalized for an operation, and she recovered soon.

"The girl's father was dubious, so he secretly went to the doctor to ask..."

Yi Qingxuan was taken aback: "Then it's just a gangster?!"

Su Meng smiled, feeling warm in his heart.Only a kind person like Yi Qingxuan would be so nervous even hearing a story that has nothing to do with him, right? !

"No. Fortunately, the girl was thoughtful. She greeted all the relevant doctors and nurses in advance, and begged them to help hide the real condition. Because she knew that once her father knew the truth, he would definitely not want to waste money on treatment. Then, they There is no hope anymore..."

"After listening to the doctor's words, the girl's father believed it and began to be hospitalized for treatment with peace of mind."

Yi Qingxuan was relieved, and at the same time, hope was ignited in her eyes: "Then, is it cured in the end?"

cured?of course not……

Miracles are indeed possible, but this possibility mostly only exists in people's mouths.

Su Meng's father left with his heart full of reluctance for his wife and daughter and nostalgia for the world.What is left behind, besides the good memories of the past ten years, is the debt that Su Meng can pay off in his entire life.

From being hospitalized to passing away, Su Meng and her mother made up all kinds of things, borrowed money from all over the world, and spent 6 to [-] yuan, only to let the man they loved the most stay in this world for an extra month.

Fifty to sixty thousand, if Su Meng's father is alive, the whole family will have to save for four or five years without eating or drinking.What's more, in order to support Su Meng to go to school, except for scholarships and grants, his parents basically invested all their income on Su Meng, and almost all the money for medical treatment was borrowed.

Su Meng's family is all poor relatives, and they only borrowed 3 yuan from the whole village. The rest was borrowed by Su Meng's uncle.

Mentioning Uncle, a look of disgust quickly flashed across Su Meng's face, diluting the sadness caused by thinking of his father's death again.She pursed her lips tightly, gritted her teeth secretly, and took a long sip from her wine glass.

Yi Qingxuan didn't know what to say, and looked at Su Meng with distressed eyes.

"Not long after the father left, the girl's mother also fell ill. She was already weak and lost the love of her life... It was only a year or two..."

The tears in his eyes were finally uncontrollable and flowed all over his face.

Su Meng remembered that when he hugged his mother's lifeless body back then, all he could think of was a sentence in his mind.

I... have no parents anymore...

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