For the favor of Mr. Shen

"Uncle Shen, you must come back, I'll wait for you."

Shi Yiqing didn't know how serious this matter was, or most people didn't realize it until school started after Chinese New Year. The school required masks to be worn, and classrooms had to be disinfected every day.

When school is over, the children are all wearing masks. Some of the unruly ones will be scolded by the teacher, telling everyone to go home after school and not to play outside.

Shi Yiqing stood obediently at the school gate. The cherry blossoms at the school gate were in bloom, and the pink was very beautiful. At this time last year, Uncle Shen took him to the park to see the cherry blossoms and ride the roller coaster.

"Ah Qing!" Shen Mu waved at Shi Yiqing from a distance, Shi Yiqing ran over after seeing it, and jumped on the bicycle neatly.

Shi Yiqing said: "Lin Lian hasn't come to class for two days, Uncle Shen."

Shen Mu said while pedaling the bicycle, "She's at her uncle's house, it's too far away to come here."

He didn't tell Shi Yiqing the truth, in fact, Lin Lian went to stay at his uncle's house on weekends, and caught a cold at night, so he didn't go out for activities for safety reasons.At this time, Grandpa Lin took Lin Zhizhi to Beijing again, so he simply let Lin Lian stay at his uncle's house.

Although most places in Yongnan City still have activities as usual, I always feel that the streets are much deserted, and spring does not look like spring.

Shi Yiqing hugged Shen Mu's waist and looked at the lonely scenery on the street.

Fortunately, he and Uncle Shen have been together.

In the evening, Grandpa Lin called and said that they might have to stay in Beijing for a period of time. There was a situation in the hospital where they were staying and they could not leave for the time being.

Shen Mu was still worried about Grandpa Lin and Lin Zhizhi, when he went to pick up Shi Yiqing from school the next day, the school announced the suspension of classes, and the children had to stay at home.

Shi Yiqing grabbed Zhang Liang's schoolbag and said, "Squad leader, why aren't you in class?"

Although Zhang Liang is also a kid, he still watches the news with his father every day, and said solemnly: "Because we have SARS here."

"Then what should we do?" Shi Yiqing worried.

Zhang Liang looked impatient: "Nothing to do, stay at home and don't go out."

Shi Yiqing snorted, and then thought: "Then what about Uncle Shen? He still has to go to work."

Zhang Liang turned to look at him: "Adults will protect themselves, children just don't make trouble."

Shi Yiqing always felt that Zhang Liang's words were very convincing, and he was relieved a lot when he said this.

But he waited and waited, and when there were not many people in the school, he still didn't wait for Uncle Shen.

Zhang Liang looked at the children's watch on his wrist.

"Why hasn't your Uncle Shen come yet?"

Shi Yiqing was also worried, "I don't know."

Zhang Liang didn't say anything. Zhang Liang, who originally wanted to procrastinate and go home later, now accompanied Shi Yiqing and the others.

He always felt that if he left at this time, Shi Yiqing would definitely panic and cry.

After waiting for a while, Shi Yiqing said: "Squad leader, I'll go to the car factory to find Uncle Shen, don't wait."

Zhang Liang thought for a while: "Yes."

As soon as the two children stood up, Shi Yiqing saw a familiar person, Aunt Xiangjun.

Mr. Xiang hurried over by taxi, still had not changed his overalls, and was carrying a purse in high heels: "Ah Qing, it's a good thing you didn't leave."

Shi Yiqing had an ominous premonition: "Aunt Xiangjun, why are you here?"

Mr. Xiang was full of sadness: "I'm here to pick you up, is this your classmate?"

"Well," Shi Yiqing introduced to her: "This is the monitor of our class, named Zhang Liang."

Zhang Liang was expressionless: "Hello, Auntie."

"Hello, hello," Mr. Xiang patted Zhang Liang's head in the same way he used to deal with children: "You should go home soon, where is your home?"

Zhang Liang didn't like physical contact with unfamiliar people, so he said stiffly, "Wanzheng Automobile Factory belongs to the community."

Xiangjun frowned again: "Which factory?"

Zhang Liang: "Numerical Control Factory."

"That's okay," Xiang Jun said to him still frowning, "Auntie will give you a taxi home, and you can just go home and don't go anywhere, don't take off your mask, especially don't go to the assembly plant and Over there at the new car factory, do you understand?"

Startled by her serious tone, Zhang Liang nodded blankly.

"What's wrong with the final assembly plant? Aunt Xiangjun, what's wrong?" Shi Yiqing hastily stepped forward and asked.

Xiang Jun squatted down, took Shi Yiqing's little hand and pinched it, and his mood became unstable.

"Ah Qing, Uncle Shen's colleague contracted pneumonia. Uncle Shen and his team were taken to the hospital for examination."

She didn't dare to speak too strongly, for fear that the children would not be able to accept it.

But Shi Yiqing knew that the situation was serious now, he remembered the people who died from SARS reported when he was watching the news with Uncle Shen, Uncle Shen had SARS now.

Uncle Shen... Will he die?

Shi Yiqing's expression was dull, and his whole body was drooping.

There was no time to stay outside for so long, Xiang Jun took a taxi to send Zhang Liang to the car, and another taxi to take Shi Yiqing home.

Just about to get off work, I received a call from Shen Mu's factory, saying that there were two technical engineers in the car project team where Shen Mu was working, who had just returned from a business trip outside the province. I went to work as usual, and after half a day, I started to have a fever and feel pain and weakness all over my body.

The people in the factory panicked and called 120 to come and take them away. After the diagnosis, the people from the hospital immediately came and took away all the people in the project team who had been in contact with them.

Shen Mu is one of them.

He found a phone to call Mr. Xiang, and he just explained briefly that he might have pneumonia, and focused on asking her to help pick Shi Yiqing up, not to mention that he had pneumonia, he said he would come back in a few days.

Mr. Xiang hugged the distraught Shi Yiqing and felt panicked. He didn't feel anything when it was reported on TV, but it was scary when the people around him really got it.

"Aunt Xiangjun..." Shi Yiqing called out in a low voice.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Shi Yiqing fantasized about countless scenes of Shen Mu's death in less than 10 minutes, his eyes were red and he was barely weeping.

"Will Uncle Shen die..."

Mr. Xiang felt a pain in his heart: "No."

"Really?" The moment Shi Yiqing heard that he couldn't, tears flowed down like a small river, gathered on his chin and fell drop by drop, wetting the mask.

How did Mr. Xiang know, she was also anxious, but it was useless to be anxious, Shen Mu had to calm the child by saying it.

She held Shi Yiqing's face: "Really, Uncle Shen will definitely come back safely."

Shi Yiqing was sent home, and after Mr. Xiang sent him home, he had to hurry to deliver some food, drink and masks to Grandpa Jiu.

"Ah Qing, Auntie Xiangjun bought some food and you remember to eat here. Auntie will be back later, so you don't want to go out, okay?"

After Xiangjun finished speaking, he was not at ease, and said again: "If there is anything, you can call the aunt in the barber shop downstairs from the balcony, okay?"

"Okay." Shi Yiqing replied.

But after Aunt Xiangjun left, Shi Yiqing sat at the dining table, picked up and put down chopsticks, and didn't want to eat at all.

Uncle Shen is still in the hospital, he can't go home, how is it now?Have you eaten?

After thinking about it, he couldn't help crying again. He walked to the balcony and looked at the road below the apartment building, looked at the corner of the intersection, and expected that Uncle Shen would appear at the corner with long legs like before, and then immediately looked at Looking for his figure on the balcony.

They would greet each other across a floor.

"Uncle Shen!"

"Aqing!"

Shi Yiqing burst into tears because of what was going on in his head, and sat on the floor of the balcony sobbing non-stop.

"Uncle Shen..."

It was dark, the food was cold, the streets were quiet, and there were not many people walking around outside. Shi Yiqing stayed on the balcony and didn't even turn on the lights.

Xiang Jun was startled when he came back.

She saw the unit building from a distance, but Shen Mu's house did not turn on the lights, and other houses were brightly lit at the moment, so she thought that something happened and she hurried back.

"Ah Qing—"

Shi Yiqing stood up when he heard Aunt Xiangjun's voice, his legs were numb, and he grabbed the balcony and responded: "Aunt Xiangjun, I'm here."

"Why don't you turn on the light, Ah Qing." Xiang Jun walked into the building with food, Shi Yiqing went to the living room and turned on the light.

Mr. Xiang was carrying a big bag in one hand, which was full of meat and vegetables he had bought. He was afraid that he would have nothing to eat at home after being quarantined for the past two days.

"Have you not eaten, Ah Qing, don't you want to eat roast duck?"

Shi Yiqing was a little embarrassed, he was never a picky eater, and he would not waste food like this.

But how can he say that he can't eat because he is too worried about Uncle Shen and misses Uncle Shen too much?

Mr. Xiang didn't want to blame him, but he was afraid that the child would starve if he didn't eat, so he pulled Ah Qing to sit on the sofa together, looked at him seriously and said, "Ah Qing, Auntie knows that you are worried about Uncle Shen. Yes or no?"

Shi Yiqing nodded.

"Auntie knows, but Uncle Shen called me before he went to the hospital and kept telling me that he must take good care of my baby, Ah Qing, and not let him be hungry and unhappy." Xiang Jun's tone was exaggerated, pretending to be relaxed The cute look wants Shi Yiqing to relax.

"So, we, Ah Qing, have to eat well, otherwise Uncle Shen will be unhappy when he comes back and see that Ah Qing has lost a lot of weight, and is crying all day with a sad face, right?"

Shi Yiqing pursed his mouth to hold back his sobs.

Jun Xiang felt very distressed when he saw it, and couldn't help but think, what if...if something really happened to Shen Mu.

She gently hugged Shi Yiqing into her arms and caressed Shi Yiqing's back, she couldn't help but sigh: "Let's be good and don't let Uncle Shen worry, okay?"

Shi Yiqing nodded.

He still didn't want to eat, but Mr. Xiang still ate some after heating the food for him, drank another glass of milk, and reluctantly took out his textbook to review the text.

The news was still playing on the TV, and it was also said that the assembly plant of Wanzheng Automobile Factory had been blocked, and those on duty at that time could only live in the dormitory of the factory, and they could only leave after the observation period was over.

Shi Yiqing looked and saw Zhang Liang.

The squad leader was on TV, and the camera flashed by. He was washing vegetables at the gate of his yard.

Seeing the squad leader washing vegetables, Shi Yiqing thought that Uncle Shen had never let him wash vegetables, and he missed Uncle Shen even more.

At nine o'clock, Mr. Xiang came down from upstairs, took his own quilt and pillow and came to sleep with Shi Yiqing.

"Has Ah Qing washed up?"

Shi Yiqing, who was in a daze on the sofa, came back to his senses: "Not yet."

After finishing speaking, he went to the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth. After everything was done, he came out and found pajamas to change into.

Mr. Xiang couldn't help but sigh, the child is really good.

The two of them were lying on the bed at night, Mr. Xiang was a little reluctant to sleep, and he was very worried, but he was afraid of disturbing Shi Yiqing, so he lay motionless, until she thought that Shi Yiqing should be asleep, then turned over gently, and found that there was a lot of sleep in the dark. Shi Yiqing's two bright eyes were still looking at the ceiling.

"Ah Ching."

Shi Yiqing looked at Mr. Xiang.

Mr. Xiang approached him: "Can't you sleep?"

Shi Yiqing: "Well, Aunt Xiangjun, I...I miss Uncle Shen so much, I really want to see how he is now, and talk to him."

Xiang Jun could only remain silent and squeeze his hand.

After a while, Mr. Xiang sat up as if he suddenly remembered something: "Ah Qing, let's go, Auntie will take you to see Uncle Shen."

Shi Yiqing got up immediately, and the two put on a coat over their pajamas and went out holding hands.

When he reached the door, instead of going down, Shi Yiqing was dragged up by Mr. Xiang to climb the stairs.

The unit building is a staircase room on the sixth floor. Shi Yiqing and Shen Mu lived on the second floor, and Mr. Xiang lived on the third floor. After they climbed to the third floor, they continued to go up, and finally came to the rooftop out of breath.

"Aunt Xiangjun..." Shi Yiqing scratched the back of his head, not understanding what Xiangjun meant.

The roof is very dark, there are no lights, and it can only be illuminated by moonlight.Mr. Xiang carefully took Shi Yiqing a little outside.

Shi Yiqing was looking up at the stars and the moon in the sky, looking for the one of his father among the thousands of stars.

"Ah Qing, look."

Shi Yiqing came back to his senses, and looked in the direction Mr. Xiang pointed. Thousands of lights in Yongnan City danced among the buildings, and every light had someone waiting for it.

The huge light board in the distance can vaguely see the six characters of "Yongnan City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine", which is the hospital where Shen Mu is treated.

Shi Yiqing let out an ah, looked at the building of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and murmured: "Uncle Shen..."

Xiangjun: "Maybe Uncle Shen is at a certain window, looking in the direction of home and thinking of you."

Shi Yiqing looked in the direction of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for a long time, and then looked up at the night sky. He found his father's star and silently prayed to his father to keep Uncle Shen safe.

The moon is very round, just like the one on Uncle Shen's sweater.

It's always there and never goes away.

The moon, the moon, Uncle Shen will be like you, forever, right?

The spring breeze in April is as gentle as Uncle Shen, blowing from one end of the city to the other, engulfing Shi Yiqing's longing, sneaking into his isolation ward through the gap in the window.

"Uncle Shen, you must come back, I'll wait for you."

The author says:

To commemorate the first time our Ah Qing separated from Uncle Shen qwq