journey

Chu Jianguo and the other four found a small noodle restaurant and sat down, and each ordered a bowl of noodles to eat.

"Xiao Liu, what will the old man do after this? You don't have to worry about the money, you can use all the good medicines."

The young comrade named Xiao Liu shook his head,

"Chief of Staff, we've already told the hospital. But Mr. Luo doesn't want to be treated."

"What do you mean don't cure?"

"The old man said that he had a lot of illnesses, and he didn't want to lie down in the hospital. He was going home two days ago. He didn't know that you and the child were coming, so he agreed to stay for another two days. We all said hello to the hospital before. Let's take care of him more, the old man's daily life is taken care of by the doctors and nurses in the hospital."

"If this doesn't work, how can we go home?"

Luo Yong's comrade-in-arms spoke at this time. He said that the old man was seriously ill and he was willing to pay the hospital, but he did not agree to let the old man go back and wait to die.Chu Jianguo patted the back of his comrade-in-arms,

"It's not a matter of money. Luo Yong's life is priceless. But we also have to respect the old man's ideas. If you don't want to be in the hospital, then you don't want to. How about this, Xiao Liu, you have worked so hard, hire someone Go to the old man's house to take care of him, otherwise how can he live alone. Let's talk to the doctor and see if he can visit the old man's house regularly. "

"Oh, okay, I see."

When he came back with the food, Luo Nianli fed it to his grandfather himself, and he only ate two mouthfuls.In the evening, Luo Nianli refused to leave his grandfather, so Chu Jianguo left him with him, and the group went to the guest house.Luo Nianli got into his grandfather's bed, embraced his grandfather's indescribable peace of mind, and soon fell asleep. The old man looked at his little grandson through the light from the window, weeping silently.

Luo Nianli stayed with his grandfather in the hospital for two days, and the group followed the old man back home.It took me a long time to drive from the county hospital to my home and even drive and ride in a donkey cart.It was the first time for Chu Jianguo to come to Luo Nianli's house. The village was full of earthen-built houses. The presence of four or five people was quite impressive for this small mountain village. Many people from the village came out to see what was going on.

The gates of the Luo family are two large wooden boards, very old. When you open the gates, there is a small yard inside, and there are two small rooms on the side, one is the kitchen, the other is a smaller bedroom, and there is a slightly larger one facing the gate. Some rooms contain a large bed, a round low wooden table and several matzas.It's not that Chu Jianguo has never been to the countryside, nor has he never lived a hard life, but this scene of life still makes him feel sad.Several adults helped the old man to lie on the bed, Luo Nianli hurriedly took off his shoes and socks, and pulled out a big quilt from the side to cover him.Then I went to the kitchen to get a rag to wipe the mats one by one, let the uncles sit down, and then took the pot to the village to fetch water and boil water.The grown-ups also had mixed feelings in their hearts when they saw Luo Nianli being so sensible.

A few adults went to the neighbor's house to buy some meat and vegetables, made a makeshift dinner, and then cleaned up the small bedroom.As soon as Chu Jianguo entered the small bedroom, he felt a little emotional. The decoration of the small bedroom was much better than that of the large bedroom. There were red everywhere, and it felt like a wedding house. It should be the residence of Luo Yong and his wife.

Before going to sleep, Chu Jianguo called Luo Nianli to the small bedroom, and he wiped Luo Nianli's little face, which was darkened by the boiling water, with a warm towel.

"Luo Luo, we have to go back tomorrow afternoon. Grandpa's health is not good, but he will be taken care of when he returns home, and he will be fine for a while. You still have a final exam, which has something to do with your further studies, so you have to go Yes. After you finish the exam, we will come back to see if grandpa is okay, and then let aunt and brother come together."

Although Chu Jianguo had explained so much in a good voice, Luo Nianli still looked at him fixedly and shook his head.

"Ugh..."

Chu Jianguo sighed and thought about it again.

"Uncle knows that you are worried about grandpa, but didn't you say that you should study hard and be filial to grandpa? If you don't go back to take the exam, the teacher won't let you go to school. How can you study hard?"

Chu Jianguo told Luo Nianli half-threateningly and half-reasonably, but Luo Nianli still shook his head firmly.Chu Jianguo was a little unhappy, he asked Luo Nianli to think about it for himself, and then let him go back to sleep.

Luo Nianli got into bed, his grandfather was waiting for him, he put his head into his arms

"Grandpa, I'm not leaving, I want to stay with you."

Grandpa smiled and patted Luo Nianli on the back.

"Baby, you can't be so willful. Do you know that many children in the village want to go to the city to study but they don't have to go?"

"I don't want to go to the city to study! I want grandpa... woo woo..."

Luo Nianli burst into tears, but Grandpa still patted him on the back calmly,

"Baby, grandpa is also reluctant to part with you. But grandpa also hopes that you will study hard so that you can become a talent and do great things in the future."

Luo Nianli didn't reply, just cried in his grandfather's arms, his grandfather sighed, and pulled the quilt for Luo Nianli.

"Chief of Staff, what should we do if the child makes a fuss tomorrow?"

Several big men soaked their feet, sitting on the bed and talking.

"Let's see and talk about it tomorrow."

Chu Jianguo was a little tired. He took out his mobile phone and wanted to tell his wife about the situation here so that she could do work for Luo Luo tomorrow.

"...Well, okay, I see, I'll call him tomorrow morning. Is it okay for you to eat and live there, come back and pay attention to safety."

Chen Shufen hung up the phone, Chu Zheng hurried over,

"How is it mom? Is Grandpa Luo Luo okay? Are they coming back tomorrow?"

Chen Shufen glanced at her son,

"I'm coming back tomorrow, but Luo Luo sees that his grandfather is seriously ill, so he doesn't want to come back, alas..."

Chen Shufen sat there worrying, Chu Zheng nestled back on the sofa, gnawing his fingers, wondering what he was thinking.The two sat silently for a while, then Chen Shufen slapped Chu Zheng's thigh,

"How old is the child who still gnaws his hands! Hurry up and go to bed, I warn you, if you don't do well in the final exam, don't even think about going anywhere."

Chu Zheng curled his lips and lazily entered the room.

As soon as the faint orange light came out from the top of the mountain, Luo Nianli woke up.He quickly got out of bed and took a pot to fetch water. The village basically relies on a few wells for drinking water, and the well water will have a smell if left for a long time, so Luo Nianli has been getting up early in the morning to fetch water since he was a child.When he came back, Chu Jianguo also got up, Luo Nianli was thinking of going to knead the noodles and bake some cakes after fetching the water, but he saw that Uncle Chu was already cooking the noodles with the water he brought.Luo Nianli felt a little shy when he thought about his self-willedness yesterday and his reluctance to leave his grandfather.Chu Jianguo put the lid on the pot, and when he went out, he saw Luo Nianli standing at the door with a pot of water. He wiped the handle, went over and patted Luo Nianli's head,

"Luo Luo got up to work so early, good boy."

Maybe it was because of the cold in the morning, Luo Nianli's face and eyes were red, he looked up at Chu Jianguo, not knowing what to say.

"It's cold outside, don't stand there stupidly, go, go into the house with uncle, your aunt misses you and wants to talk to you."

Chu Jianguo took the jug from Luo Nianli's hand, poured water into the big tank, and pushed him into the house.

"Xiao Liu, I cooked the noodles, please help me watch it, and I will talk to the child."

When Chu Jianguo entered the room, he said to Comrade Xiao Liu who was making the quilt.He picked up the phone and dialed the number at home. After a while, Chen Shufen picked up the phone, and Chu Jianguo handed the phone to Luo Nianli.Xiao Luoluo looked at the phone, and slowly put his ears closer.

"Hello? Luo Luo?"

"...Well, it's me, Auntie."

"Ouch, baby. Auntie misses you so much, how are you doing these two days?"

"Well, it's good, Auntie."

As he said that, Luo Nianli looked up at Chu Jianguo, and Chu Jianguo raised his head at him, telling him to talk on the phone while Luo Nianli took the phone, walked to his grandfather's house, and sat on the saddle.

"Luo Luo, auntie has heard what uncle said. Grandpa is not in good health. You are worried that grandpa doesn't want to come back, right?"

Luo Nianli didn't answer, just holding the phone and looking down at his shoes,

"Baby, Auntie understands how you feel. But Auntie thinks that you have to come back and finish the school exam before going back to see Grandpa. If you don't take the final exam, Luo Luo will not be able to attend class with your classmates. You will not be able to attend the exam after you come back." In just two weeks, Auntie promises to you that after the exam, our family will go back to see if Grandpa is okay. Your uncle also entrusted someone to take care of Grandpa, don’t worry, Grandpa will gradually get better if someone takes care of him..."

Chen Shufen explained to Luo Nianli emotionally and rationally, but Luo Nianli didn't reply from the beginning to the end, just looked down at the shoes, not knowing what he was thinking.At the end of the day, the aunt finished talking and hung up the phone. Luo Nianli didn't promise that she would definitely go back, but she didn't say that she would definitely not go back either.

"Baby..."

When Luo Nianli was in a daze, his grandfather woke up, and Luo Nianli hurriedly climbed onto the bed to grab his hand,

"Grandpa, I'm here. You're up."

"Ah."

The grandfather looked straight at the little grandson, the feeling of trying to look at him, as if he was missing a glance.Luo Nianli bowed his head and kissed his grandfather's face, climbed out of bed and went to the kitchen to get a steaming towel, then climbed back into bed to wipe his face and hands for his grandfather.Grandpa looked down at his little grandson who was wiping his hands, and said slowly:

"Baby, go back."

After hearing this, Luo Nianli glanced at his grandfather and shook his head.

"Oh... treasure, grandpa promises you, grandpa is waiting for you to come back. I heard from your uncle that there is some exam in school, you have to go. Bao, grandpa's good boy, you go, grandpa is waiting You come back, Grandpa will promise you."

After the old man finished speaking slowly, he stretched out his trembling hand and squeezed his grandson's little hand. Luo Nianli kept his head down and did not speak, but tears fell silently.

Sitting on the bed with grandpa for a while, there was a sudden "buzzing" sound in the schoolbag on the bedside.Luo Nianli didn't react, and was still looking for the source of the sound, until he opened his schoolbag, only to find that it was a mobile phone.Chen Shufen bought mobile phones for the two children, and Luo Nianli hardly ever used them except for calling Gao Wuyang once and Chu Zheng twice.Now my heart is full of grandpa, and I even forgot that the phone will call.

He picked up the phone, it showed that it was his brother's call, Luo Nianli hurriedly picked up the phone.

"Hello? Hello?! Luo Luo?"

"Well, brother."

"Wow, you finally answered the phone, I thought I made a mistake this time."

Luo Nianli didn't understand what Chu Zheng meant,

"Luo Luo, are you coming back today?"

Chu Zheng asked, but Luo Nianli didn't answer him.After waiting for a while, Chu Zheng said again:

"Come back, I... that... I miss you a lot."

Chu Zheng stood outside the classroom, obviously no one was looking at him, but he blushed, he was just not suitable for saying such nasty things.Luo Nianli didn't reply, but on the other end of the phone, he smiled, a rare smile in so many days.

"Luo Luo? Are you listening?"

"Well, brother, I miss you too."

Luo Nianli said in a low voice.When Chu Zheng heard the soft voice, his heart immediately blossomed.

"Well... Luo Luo, I know that grandpa is sick. You come back with my dad first. After we finish the exam, I will go to see grandpa with you, okay? I promise that in a few days, we will meet next week Exam, you should be faster than us, let's go back after the exam, okay?"

Luo Nianli still didn't answer Chu Zheng, but he hesitated, he looked down at his white and tender feet,

"If you don't speak, I'll take it as your agreement. My brother will go home early this morning and wait for you."

After finishing speaking, Chu Zheng hung up the phone resolutely, heaved a sigh of relief, and turned his head to go back to the classroom. When he turned around, he saw Zhuang Yi leaning against the opposite wall and looking at him.Zhuang Yi's feet are almost in good shape, except that he can't run and jump excessively, walking is normal now.

"Scare me, why are you standing here?"

While speaking, Chu Zheng also stood with his back against the wall, side by side with Zhuang Yi.

"Did you get through to Xiao Budian?"

"Well, my mother said in the morning that he didn't want to come back, alas... If I knew it, I would follow them to see it."

Zhuang Yi looked at Chu Zheng thoughtfully. Chu Zheng really cared about Luo Nianli, so he just regarded himself as a big brother. Zhuang Yi thought so in his heart, but he couldn't convince himself. Weirdness.

"So you're going after the exam?"

Chu Zheng glanced at Zhuang Yi,

"Yeah, his grandpa...uh...maybe really not very good. After the exam, go back with him and have a look."

Zhuang Yi didn't say anything, turned around and went back to the classroom, and Chu Zheng followed him in.

"Hello? Brother?"

Chu Zheng hung up the phone, but before Luo Nianli could react, he took down the phone and saw that it was disconnected.Back to the main page, only to find that Chu Zheng had made more than [-] phone calls and five or six text messages to him in the past two days. Besides, there were also a dozen calls from Gao Wuyang.I was so focused on my grandfather that I didn't notice that my phone was turned to silent before going to the hospital.

Looking through the text messages sent by Chu Zheng, they are not long, almost every one is "how is it", "how are you?", "have you slept?" and so on.For some reason, Luo Nianli felt that his heart, which had been suffering for so many days, suddenly had a sweet feeling.Didn't know he had a smile on his face.Grandpa was lying on the bed, seeing his little grandson smile for the first time in so many days, he was still smiling so happily.

"Is it your little brother from the city?"

Grandpa asked, Luo Nianli smiled and leaned on Grandpa,

"Well, it's Uncle Chu's son. Grandpa will come in two days, so you can meet him."

The grandfather smiled, and the little grandson was full of joy. It seemed that the little brother took good care of him.

"Bao, tell grandpa about your stay in the city, and grandpa will listen too."

Luo Nianli nodded, leaned on his grandfather, and told him about things at school and at home, but he didn't realize that every three sentences were inseparable from the word "brother", and every story revolved around Brother, Grandpa heard it, and felt relieved. The grandson likes this brother so much, it seems that he is living well in the city.

Chu Jianguo asked Luo Nianli again. When Luo Nianli hesitated, his grandfather pretended to be angry and asked him to go back for the exam.Luo Nianli finally decided to follow Chu Jianguo back first.

Before leaving, Luo Nianli cried and hugged his grandfather lying on the bed,

"Grandpa, you must be fine. I will come back to accompany you as soon as I finish the exam."

"Good boy, grandpa is waiting for you, grandpa must be waiting for you."

Luo Nianli was carrying his schoolbag, and Chu Jianguo led him step by step and looked back at the old house. After Luo Nianli left the house, his grandfather tried his best to prop himself up on the glass window, watching his little grandson slowly walk out of him. Tears slid down his gully-ridden face drop by drop.