Long drought meets rain

Are hospital sheets so white?This was the first thought that came to Wu Lin's mind.The narrow stretcher bed followed behind the approaching doctors, and the person lying on it was covered by a snow-white sheet, but even in the environment surrounded by white coats, the sheet was still shockingly white, Wu Lin subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch it, and then heard a "plop".

——Wu Xiao, who was kneeling on the ground, clenched his hands into fists. After a while, the extremely hoarse "grandmother" came out from his throat.

Does the hospital floor hurt to kneel?This was the second thought that came to Wu Lin's mind.He once had his knees worn out by the carpet in Wu Xiao's house, and he knew that even soft things could hurt people, so what if he touched something that was already hard?Will it hurt too?Will it hurt more?

Wu Lin didn't know, and no one answered his questions.He stood quietly by the wall like a statue, looking at the body covered with white sheets, yes, the body, Wu Lin emphasized to himself in his heart, this is the body.He watched the body slowly pass in front of him, and then came to Cheng Zhili. The doctor said something to Cheng Zhili, and then a corner of the bed sheet was uncovered. Cheng Zhili glanced inside and said to the speaker. After saying "I'm sorry", the body moved towards the end of the corridor again until it disappeared from Wu Lin's sight.

Who is that?Finally, Wu Lin thought of this question.Who is that?Why is Wu Xiao crying, why are Cheng Zhili and Yang Keyi looking at him without saying a word?

Own?Who am I?Why am I here?where is thisWu Lin unconsciously put his hand into his trouser pocket, and there was something in it, slender, soft, with delicate patterns... Ah, Xin Wangyun, this is his tie, it's his brother's tie, brother... brother Woolen cloth?

"Wu Lin!"

"Quick! Catch him!"

"Doctor! Doctor!"

The surrounding voices came and went, Wu Lin was holding on tightly to the tie in his hand, the incandescent lights on the roof were dazzlingly bright, he tried to cover his eyes with his hands, but found that they were already closed.The cold came like a tide, and he seemed to hear some voices, like grandma, and like Xin Wangyun, someone was calling his name, and he stretched out his hand, trying to grab something.But there was nothing around, just darkness, suffocation, and boundless fog, and Wu Lin just sank into a bottomless dream.

"Linlin! Linlin!"

Wu Lin had a splitting headache, because he couldn't bear the endless calls around him, so he forced himself to open his eyes, only to find that Wu Xiao was lying on the bedside calling his name over and over again with bloodshot eyes.

"I had a dream." Wu Lin was still not completely awake, his big eyes were half-opened, and he couldn't find the focus at all. "I dreamed that you told grandma that I was not good and didn't want me anymore. I was so frightened that I couldn't even cry." Can't cry."

"Linlin..."

"I miss grandma, can you ask Cheng Zhili to let us go and see grandma?"

Wu Lin had just finished hanging the nutrient solution, and the needle hole on the back of his hand was a little bleeding, and a small piece of it was blue along the direction of the blood vessel.He used this hand to pull Wu Xiao, wanting him to stand up from the floor, and then take himself out.But Wu Xiao didn't move, his hair had grown a lot, and it was messy on the top of his head, like a slovenly slob.

I don't know why Wu Xiao didn't respond. After waiting for a while, Wu Lin became impatient. He got out of the quilt, stood on the ground barefoot, and stretched out his hand to pull Wu Xiao again.

"Let's go, let's beg Cheng Zhili, after such a long time, he should at least let us meet grandma!"

Wu Xiao's loose T-shirt collar was pulled crookedly by Wu Lin, and now it is hanging on his shoulders, and if he puts more effort, it may collapse.But Wu Lin still didn't let go of his strength. He pulled the collar and wanted to pull him up from the ground until he saw drops of liquid falling on the floor in front of Wu Xiao.

Wu Xiao's crying was silent, unlike Wu Lin's, who would have an uncontrollable physiological reaction due to huge emotional ups and downs. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't even be able to find that this person was crying.He just quietly let the tears flow from his eyes, and then disappeared from his cheeks without making a sound or leaving a trace.

This kind of crying, Wu Lin has only seen it twice when he is so old.Once when they were in elementary school, the two of them were bullied by their classmates. A group of people threw small stones at them, saying that they were bastards without parents. Wu Xiao threw away his hand and rushed to fight those people. As a result, he was beaten and bruised all over because he was outnumbered.When he returned home, he was crying like this, without sound or expression. If Wu Lin hadn't turned around to talk to him, he wouldn't have realized that this person had been crying all the way.Later, Wu Xiao began to take on heavy work at home, picking fabrics, mixing dyes, driving cattle, feeding pigs, running to and from school every day without Wu Lin.After that, Wu Lin never saw him lose a fight, and naturally he never saw him cry again.

Now is the second time.But this time no one bullied Wu Xiao, and he hadn't fought for a long time. Wu Lin watched his tears flow silently from his eyes, across the corner of his mouth, onto the floor, and then disappear. All the teardrops followed the same trajectory , all the bitter cries have no sound of pain.

"Linlin, we don't have grandma anymore..."

The hand pulling his clothes had already been loosened, Wu Xiao raised his head, glanced at Wu Lin's eyes, and turned his head away hastily, wet tears hung on his face, like some kind of flashy decoration.Wu Lin couldn't hold back, stretched out his hand to touch it, and asked tremblingly, "Why are you crying?"

The bleak despair faded from Wu Xiao's face. He tried to take a deep breath, but he failed when he opened his mouth halfway. Immediately afterwards, an unspeakable fury filled his thin cheeks.

"Please, I beg you! Can you please stop doing this!"

A delayed collapse broke out between the two of them without warning, Wu Xiao suddenly stood up from the ground, grabbed Wu Lin's shoulder and shook constantly: "Grandma is gone! Grandma is gone! You saw it with your own eyes! Cerebral hemorrhage! The doctor said there was no way! They...they..."

"I don't believe it, how is it possible..." Wu Lin took a step back silently, "I dreamed about my grandma just now. She was angry with me and said I was greedy for money. I explained to her, but she didn't listen and kept scolding me. I... I'm angry too. But I'm not angry now, and you shouldn't be angry either, let's go to grandma..."

Wu Lin's voice became smaller and smaller, until finally he didn't know what he said.Wu Xiao's tears were like a curse, every time he thought of going to find his grandma, he would be frightened back by those tears, as if he had done something terribly wrong.

"It's useless, Wu Lin." Unable to move his legs, Wu Xiao simply fell back and collapsed on Wu Lin's hospital bed, "I also told myself that this is just a nightmare, but it's useless, what happens is what happens Well, we are really orphans now..."

It’s like typing [-] words on the computer, but when you click to send, it suddenly shows that the sending failed, and it’s like a full abdominal cavity after overeating, gas and undigested substances of unknown texture, all squeezed in In that narrow space, I couldn't get out, couldn't see, and couldn't find an echo.

Wu Lin noticed that the sharp pain did not come from a certain part of the body, but a severe trauma that spread all over his body. He opened his mouth wide to take a breath, but found that his mouth and nose were blocked, and all the air was opposite him. .

We have no grandma anymore, Wu Xiao's hoarse voice repeated in Wu Lin's heart over and over again.

We don't have grandma anymore.

We don't have grandma anymore...

I don't have a grandma anymore...

I am an orphan.

Grandma's funeral was arranged for the next day, and Cheng Zhili pretended to set up a mourning hall for them, but in fact, no one came to visit, except for Cheng Zhili and Yang Keyi, and only Du Pu reluctantly came.

He came to help Du Jingsheng spread the word, Wu Lin ran away during the toasting session, and gave the Du family a cauldron of ignorant etiquette for nothing. Du Jingsheng was so angry that his blood pressure soared, and he wanted to call off the marriage that night.If Cheng Zhili hadn't begged hard, saying that his son was ignorant, had never experienced such an occasion, and thought that he could go home after the party, the contract between the two families might not count now.

In fact, Cheng Zhili knew in his heart that the reason why the Du family agreed to lend him money to repay the debt was mainly because they liked the compensation from the government in the future. In addition, the marriage of the two children was entirely on Du Jingsheng's whim, and it was the Du family who made or failed to make profits. Or, to some extent, the Du family might prefer that the marriage fail, so that they can take more government compensation according to the contract.But now he has something to ask for, as long as the Du family is willing to give him money, he will accept any conditions. Cheng Zhili, who was galloping in the shopping mall for the first time in so many years, was pinched seven inches by someone, he really hated his teeth.

Du Jingsheng's request was very simple. Du Yu and Wu Lin's wedding date was postponed, and it was said on the surface that it was unlucky to serve wine immediately after the old man in the family left. Only Du Jingsheng knew what the plan was secretly.However, although the wedding date was postponed, he was willing to pay the first loan that was negotiated in the previous contract on time. He just said that the rest of the money and the share of government compensation would depend on the Cheng family's attitude and situation.

This is very delicate, not to mention whether the marriage should be concluded or when it will be concluded, only an ambiguity is left for further discussion, as if a sword of Damocles is hanging over Cheng Zhili's head, making him feel at ease at any time. Don't take it lightly.

When he was leaving, Du Yu turned to look at Wu Lin. He was a child who was originally shuishuilingling, but now his face was withered and yellow, and he was so thin that he didn't look like a human being. He really didn't understand why this person agreed to marry his younger brother, looking at Xin Wangyun like that. , what would you not want to do for him?Even if it is really for the sake of climbing high, is it necessary to sell yourself to such an extent?He hoped that the marriage between his younger brother and Wu Lin would fall through, so that at least he and Xin Wangyun could get along with each other because they were both in the same circle, so there was no need for them to get too tense.

That night there was thunder and lightning, and the torrential rain in July spared no effort to wash away Quan Lin's nausea, fever and fatigue. Yang Keyi was not used to the gloom of the funeral home, and left before dark. Only Cheng Zhili stayed. I don't know if it was out of humanity. The caring is still purely supervision, and the two children are silently stuck in the mourning hall with the two children.

After coming out of the hospital, Wu Xiao didn't cry anymore. He returned to the coldness and alienation of the past, and nailed himself to his grandma's coffin without moving, kneeling all the time.Wu Lin was in a bad mood, kneeling crookedly, and then he stopped kneeling altogether, with his shoulders resting on the wooden frame of the coffin, his head resting on the base of the coffin, and his eyes wide open, staring at the person lying inside who could no longer speak. .

He remembered that he didn't like pomegranates when he was a child. Once his grandma was in a good mood and peeled a bowl of pomegranates for the two brothers. In the end, he pushed them all to Wu Xiao. The pomegranate looked very sweet, and he regretted that he didn't take a bite. .Another time, because the clothes were too shabby, the other Omega in the class disliked him, surrounded him in the corner of the classroom and said he was a vagrant, and he went home crying and begged his grandma to make him a new suit with the newly dyed cloth. He was beaten up and said that he was greedy for vanity.what else?Oh, there was another time when Wu Xiao came home late with a smear on his face, and was punished by his grandma not to eat. He was so angry that he quarreled loudly with his grandma, saying that grandma didn't care about them at all...

what should I do?Wu Lin felt a wave of fear and palpitations. He really wanted to ask someone, just anyone, to tell him what he wanted to do.He hasn't even said sorry to his grandma, he hasn't said that new clothes and meals are nothing, he hasn't eaten pomegranates, and he hasn't made any money. After wearing grandma's ragged jacket for many years, he has changed into a down jacket. I never thought of buying one for my grandma.I haven’t come home from the summer vacation last year. Is my grandma not in good health at that time? Are all the chickens at home dead? What if someone wants to buy cloth from grandma?

He had too many problems, too many regrets and sorrows, but all of them were useless. It was obviously his grandmother who left, but Wu Lin was like the one who was sentenced to death. quiet.

When going up the mountain, the torrential rain still didn’t stop. Cheng Zhili didn’t want to get caught in the rain, so he and the driver left first, leaving Wu Lin and Wu Xiao, braving the torrential rain that could drive people away, holding the casket of grandma’s ashes, following the work in the cemetery The staff walked up the mountain step by step.

Because grandma left suddenly, there was no time to choose a cemetery with good geomantic omen, so Cheng Zhili chose a spacious place at random and had someone carve a monument.The stele was erected in the name of Wu Xiao and Wu Lin, with bright red cinnabar engraved on the bottom: The tomb of the grandma Zhimei's family, grandson Wu Xiao and Wu Lin, the grandson of the old concubine Xianlin Fu, July 22, [-] in the lunar calendar day.

July 22nd is Wu Lin Wu Xiao's birthday.Two months ago, Wu Xiao thought that this year's birthday could be celebrated with his grandmother and Xin Wangyun, but in just two months, things have changed, and his birthday has become a death day, and he may never celebrate it again.

When he returned home that day, Wu Lin took a long bath. He didn't turn off the water valve until the water heater at home was emptied and the suddenly cold water poured over his head.

The clothes he wore from the day of the engagement banquet to the present were thrown on the ground casually by him, reminding him of everything that happened in the past few days.A strong urge to vomit suddenly rushed into Wu Lin's stomach, and he frantically hugged the pile of clothes in his arms, trying to tear them apart with all his might.Suddenly, a hard square object came into his hand. When he took it out, it turned out to be the contraceptive pill he had bought at a convenience store. His whole body froze in place as if struck by lightning.

Maybe...Wu Lin stared at the two pills, and suddenly thought absurdly, maybe I'm not completely empty...