far and near

Although Wang Li didn't arrive in Baizhou City until 20:[-] p.m., and Zhao Lan had already cleaned up her house in Jinhu District next door, she still wanted to change the sheets and quilts for her senior sister.Wang Li left for [-] days this time, and Zhao Lan dried the quilt for her three times.Every time I say "I'll be back tomorrow", I don't know why, but I keep pushing it until today.

The two teachers and sisters have lived next to each other for two years, and Wang Li has developed the habit of coming to eat whenever he has time.On the way, I met acquaintances from the same system and said hello, "Wang Tuan came to teach in person again?" Wang Li often nodded, "Yes."

Although her appetite is smaller than that of cats, people also have to be nourished by grains and vegetables.Zhao Lan took care of her eating and watched her drink soup, but Wang Li's body seemed to be shaped by nature, and she couldn't get fat no matter what.He also joked, "My tuition is not expensive, and a bowl of rice is enough for every meal."

As usual, Zhao Lan packed up her things and prepared to leave work at [-]:[-]. Old Jia from the management department who had pursued Zhao Lan walked into Zhao Lan's office opposite to chat for the convenience of seeing if the chief secretary had left.In three or five sentences, Wang Li was involved again, "I have to ask for leave every week to go to the provincial capital. This week, the preparatory meeting for the cultural festival with their troupe has been postponed because Wang Li hasn't returned to Baizhou yet. .”

This tone sounded dissatisfied with Wang Li, and it was in front of Zhao Lan.Everyone in the bureau knew that the two of them were teachers and sisters in the early years, so Zhao Lan's daughter was sent to Wang Li's door to teach. Sure enough, Zhao Lan couldn't hear this, "Old Jia, what do you mean by that? Why don't you just point at her?"

Lao Jia just waited for her to say, "You don't know yet, do you? Not only did you go to the cultural department, but Wang Li went to the provincial No. 1 civilian hospital for more than two years, and needs chemotherapy every once in a while."

The word "chemotherapy" stunned Zhao Lan, "What hospital? What chemotherapy?"

Lao Jia clutched his neck covered with plaster, where a small piece of skin was peeled off by his second wife, "You don't know yet?" Seeing Zhao Lan's eager eyes, he was relieved, "Lymphoma or something, I'm also an old theater troupe boss. Li only knows what he said. It’s really good to cover it. It’s been two years, and I’ve been urged to tell the truth recently—oh, Zhao Lan, you—”

Zhao Lan didn't care if it arrived and whether the leader was there, grabbed the bag and ran home.Immediately after arriving home, she dialed Wang Li's mobile phone, and waited until the end of the world, before Wang Li answered, with a laughing voice, "I'm already on my way."

There was only the sound of rapid breathing on the other end. Wang Li noticed the abnormality and leaned close to the phone, "Alan? What's wrong?"

"Well, I see, what do you want to eat tonight?" Zhao Lan couldn't hold back her tears, and tried to speak to Wang Li in a normal tone.

"Don't be particular, just take a sip if you have anything." Wang Li sounded in a good mood, "I'll trouble you to clean my house again, right?"

"No trouble." Zhao Lan was extraordinarily gentle today, she wiped her tears and pursed her lips, "Then I'll pick you up at the gate of the community... I'm not afraid of being seen, so I've agreed, call me when you pass Jinxi Street." Zhao Lan Changan ended his tone forcefully, "Don't be busy in the car, sleep more." Originally thinking that there was enough time, Zhao Lan became nervous for a while.I ran to Wang Li's house to change the quilt cover, and hurried to the vegetable market to buy two black-bone chickens.

When she went home to cook soup and stir-fry vegetables, her daughter Bai Maosheng came home leisurely. After saying hello to her mother, she went straight to the computer.At first, Zhao Lan said that she was "not like someone who took the high school entrance examination". After playing the game for a while, she didn't see her mother enter the room.Zhao Lan didn't ask her to eat until after seven o'clock in the evening. Bai Maosheng turned off the game and went to the living room, and found that the food was ready, but Zhao Lan sat at the table in a daze.

"Mom, wait for the master to come back and eat together?" Bai Maosheng asked.

"Oh," Zhao Lan's eyes were red, and she woke up like a dream, "you eat first, mom is waiting for your master."

After Bai Maosheng ate quietly, seeing Zhao Lan crying again, he handed over a tissue in fright, "Mom, what's wrong?" Zhao Lan has always been kind and strict in front of her, but rarely shed tears.Even though her father died when she was in the first grade of elementary school, she never saw her mother look weak.

Zhao Lan wiped her eyes, "Maosheng, after dinner, you go to your room to do your homework or play on the computer by yourself. Mom wants to talk to your master, so don't bother me?"

Bai Maosheng nodded naturally, "Is something wrong with the master?"

Zhao Lan didn't answer, but just urged her to eat.When Bai Maosheng felt that the game was boring, he played until a quarter past nine, when the phone rang outside and Zhao Lan answered it, followed by the sound of her closing the door and going out.Bai Maosheng couldn't help feeling worried.

When Wang Li got off the bus, there were four big bags and small bags and boxes. The driver of the troupe said to deliver them for her. Zhao Lan carried a pair and pushed one and then carried the other. Lan stubbornly avoided.The two entered the community and walked a hundred meters to the front of the unit building. Wang Li, who was already nervous all the way, said, "I'm the one who sings. How can there be any reason for Hua Dan to work as a coolie?"

"I can carry it." Zhao Lan said lightly, taking two steps in three steps. She quickly sent the bag and suitcase to the home on the fifth floor, and then went downstairs to find Wang Li. She saw her walking upstairs slowly. Heartbroken, he reached out to help her.

Wang Li completely understood that she was revealing her stuff, and she laughed, "I just got numb after sitting in the car for several hours."

Zhao Lan said "don't worry" again, supported her waist, and directly grabbed Wang Li's wrist with the other hand. When she returned home, there were several red marks on the senior sister's wrist.Zhao Lan stared worriedly, "I...does it hurt from scratching?"

"It's me who is too white." Wang Li sighed after returning home, and then went to her apprentice, "Where is Maosheng? Sleeping?" Suddenly her waist tightened, and Zhao Lan hugged her.The relationship between the two of them has gradually returned to the past in the past two years, but because of the child, they never made it clear.Wang Li thought in her heart that she would be very happy to be able to have a companion and quarrel with her junior sister.But Zhao Lan still has the fiery temper of more than ten years ago, so it's not a direct move.

Wang Li lifted her hands into the air, and then lightly landed on her junior sister's back, patting and coaxing her, "It's okay, it's only in the middle stage. After persisting in the treatment for so long, the doctor said it's getting better."

"Really?" Zhao Lan raised her face full of tears, and frowned at the eyes of her senior sister staring at her, "You should have told me earlier."

"It's hard enough for you to take care of the child and take care of me along the way." Wang Li grasped the hands of her junior sister, those delicate jade hands that used to draw eyebrows and arrange flowers, had been devastated by old dishcloths with oily, meaty dishwashing liquid. Rough, even the knuckles are beginning to thicken.Wang Li caressed the palms of those hands, "Eat? Speak slowly."

Even if Zhao Lan can't eat, she still wants to accompany Wang Li.She served black-bone chicken soup, "Drink a small bowl first." Wang Li worked very hard to drink two bowls and ate a pair of chicken wings, and added half a bowl of rice before soothing her stomach, "I'm really full."

The two of them turned on the TV while they were resting, and Wang Li continued to speak simply, "I was diagnosed with a fever two and a half years ago, and I was undergoing chemotherapy in a hospital in the provincial capital for a long time. Thanks to my persistence, and the fact that I ate well in the past two years, the doctor said The chemotherapy can be stopped now, and regular check-ups can be changed. This time I delayed my return for a few days because I had to be hospitalized for a detailed check-up, and the doctor dared to let me go home after confirming the results.”

Finally, she pointed at her hair, "It fell out so badly for a while, you didn't notice that I wore a wig, didn't you?" She smiled triumphantly with dimples.

Although she smiled easily, Zhao Lan didn't know how Wang Li came here in the past two years. The performances of the troupe, the social affairs brought about by her position and reputation, and some private performances outside have never stopped, so she didn't say a word Carry it yourself.She was unaccompanied when she was suffering from illness, and she was alone when she was hospitalized alone.The advantage of this person is that he can endure, but the disadvantage is that he is too tolerant.She was the one who practiced the most when she was in opera school, and even if her tendons were injured, she still practiced martial arts for a month, for fear that she would lose the chance to be on stage.

Afraid that Wang Li would get up and leave, Zhao Lan's hand was still intertwined with hers, "I knew about this from getting off work in the afternoon, until I saw you, I felt as if I had died." She pulled out her hand and stroked her senior sister's hair, " Is this true or not?" Senior sister's hair used to be thick and shaggy when it was long, but now it is cut short and much thinner.

"Really, it's been half a year. At that time, I thought that the disease would be cured, as expected." Wang Li was still laughing, and Zhao Lan was still crying.The teardrops rolled down one by one without using a string, as if to make up for what she hadn't shed for more than ten years.

The senior sister could only raise her head to breathe slightly with her mouth, and regardless of whether it was Zhao Lan's family, she put her arms around her shoulders, "Don't be afraid, I have a long life." She stretched out her hand, as if she was explaining when she was young in drama school, "This lifeline is about to die. It has grown to the wrist, if you live to 88, I will live to 38." Wang Li is [-] this year, Zhao Lan is [-].

Zhao Lan didn't need her to coax her, she just needed Wang Li to hug her. The two sat quietly for a long time. Zhao Lan said in a muffled voice, "Show me all your medical records."

Wang Li took it out obediently. The doctor's words were hard to read, but Zhao Lan still recognized "suspend chemotherapy and change to bimonthly checkups".She breathed a sigh of relief, raised her eyebrows and looked at her senior sister, "Wang, I don't think I'll finish with you."

In the bedroom, Bai Maosheng, who was waiting for the opportunity at the other side of the door because of holding back his urine, also heard this sentence, her heart stopped beating, and she always felt that her mother's "endless" sentence just now had a bit of gnashing of teeth and reluctance.Just as she was bending over to cover her stomach, the master said that she was going home.Bai Maosheng couldn't help but leave the room, "Oh, I'm suffocating."

Zhao Lan and Wang Li looked at each other in blank dismay, but the senior sister could stand still, "It's okay, we'll talk about it when she's older."

"It's been more than two years..." Zhao Lan still held her senior sister's hand and did not let go, "No, you have to stay today." After that, she knocked on the door of the bathroom, "Hurry up, Uosheng, you will be here in a while." Master wants to take a bath."

"Ah?" Bai Maosheng raised his pants and pressed the flush button, but he didn't hear clearly, "What's wrong, master?" After washing his hands and going out, his mother Zhao Lan was already waiting in front of him, "I said, your master needs to take a bath, she will rest at our house tonight. "

"Oh, oh, master, you can sleep on my bed, I will just squeeze together with my mother." Bai Maosheng did not expect that his words made the two adults silent. After a long while, Wang Li said, "No need, I will go back Just go home. The luggage will be picked up tomorrow.”

Zhao Lan, who is well versed in the characteristics of senior sisters who are thin-skinned and thick-filled, bowed her head, "Then... fine, it's up to you."

"Hey, it's so late, master, don't go back, how about I squeeze with you?" Bai Maosheng didn't notice that his mother, Zhao Lan, was gnashing her teeth, but Wang Li couldn't help admiring it, and suddenly looked at the photo of Lao Bai on the wall. I don't know when it was removed.