Tolerate

This photo was taken by Lu Qingming with her old mobile phone. The pixels look very old today, with a heavy grainy feel.

But Lu Qingming still liked this photo.

She secretly kept a lot of photos about Chi Muyun, but none of them were developed and printed out like other photos.

Just keep it in the USB flash drive, just take it out and have a look at it from time to time, it's like a secret that is not for outsiders.

Lu Qingming stroked the screen.

If this secret could be known, she hoped that Chi Muyun would be the first.

This day is the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the wind is howling, but the sun is still warm.After lunch, the group set off for the countryside.

It is about six or seven hundred kilometers from the capital to Hongshan County.For the convenience of today's transportation, this distance is not too far, but the transportation in my hometown is inconvenient. There is neither high-speed rail nor plane, so it is most convenient to drive back.

In order to let the driver go home for the New Year, Ling Suzhen and his wife decided to take turns driving on the road.

Chi Muyun drove her own car with Lu Qingming, Xiao Zhuzi and Chi Muqiu, Ling Suzhen and his wife sat in the same car with Lu Wensong and his wife, and other relatives followed in another car.

Chi Muyun is very familiar with driving this section of the road, and she often takes Lu Qingming back to her hometown in Hongshan County to see her grandparents.Lu Qingming sat in the back, carefully asking Chi Muyun "Are you thirsty" and "Are you tired" from time to time.

Chi Muyun wore a light yellow v-neck thin sweater, and when waiting for a red light, she would raise her hand and rub her eyebrows.

Lu Qingming would speak to her in due course.Chi Muqiu and Xiao Zhuzi both fell asleep, but Lu Qingming didn't dare to sleep.After driving on the expressway for a long time, the driver will feel tired. Lu Qingming was a little worried, so he kept enduring his tiredness, lowered his head to play with his mobile phone, or looked at the distant scenery.

Chi Muyun raised his eyes and looked at the rearview mirror, his eyes slightly bent.

She...she struggles every time she rides in her own car.

"Xiaolu, sleep when you're sleepy." Taking advantage of the gap between the red lights, Chi Muyun said warmly.

Lu Qingming replied vaguely, still playing with his mobile phone with his head down.She didn't know what game she was playing, but she held the phone horizontally, her slender fingers jumping rapidly.

Does the wound on the finger hurt?Playing so hard.

Chi Muyun shook his head.Seeing that Lu Qingming was disobedient, she gradually showed a cunning and cute smile.She pushed Chi Muqiu lightly.

"Hmm... um? What's the matter?" Chi Muqiu sat up and asked blankly.

Chi Muyun smiled while starting the car, "Chat with me."

"...Huh?" Chi Muqiu looked blank.

"Let's just talk about what you said that day...well, your lobby manager who resigned." Chi Muyun said.

Chi Muqiu was still a little sleepy at first, but when he mentioned the lobby manager, he immediately regained his energy.This person is not serious about his work, but he is used to being a good person, which made everyone in the hotel dissatisfied with the chairman and general manager. Chi Muqiu criticized her, and she even complained about resigning aggrieved...

"Come on, I fulfilled her wish and resigned for her immediately. I was so unlucky..." Chi Muqiu couldn't stop talking. Amidst her rambling voice, Lu Qingming became more and more sleepy, and finally his phone slipped to the legs.

The girl tilted her head slightly and fell asleep.

"Hurry up and get some sleep, we'll talk when we get there. I'm driving." Chi Muyun looked ahead, and interrupted Chi Muqiu "indifferently".

Chi Muqiu looked at his sister in disbelief.Although she had complained to Chi Muyun no less than twice about the lobby manager, but... but this time it was Chi Muyun who asked her to talk!

She hasn't finished yet!

……

Tired all the way, when the group arrived at Xialiwanzi, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

Lu Wensong's family naturally went to Lu's house.He glanced at Lu Qingming, wanted to say something but didn't say anything.It was Xiao Zhuzi who said, "Sister, why don't you go back and see your grandparents?"

Lu Qingming glanced at Chi Muyun first, then shook his head and said, "I'll go there tomorrow, it's too late today."

At this time, the village had already started to sleep, and the elderly people went to bed early. Lu Qingming felt that he was inappropriate in the past.

Seeing grandpa and grandma, Chi Muyun's eyes felt a little sore.The two old people are already in their 80s. Although they are in high spirits, Chi Muyun still notices their increasingly hunched backs and increasingly obvious aging.

In the face of time, everything seems so powerless.

This time when they went back to their hometown, Chi Muyun and Chi Muqiu planned to persuade their grandparents to live with them in the capital no matter what they said.

At night, the moon was as cool as water, Chi Muyun lay on the kang, thinking carefully about how to persuade the stubborn elder.

Although this is my hometown, although the air is fresh and the mountains and rivers are beautiful, there is also a very fatal shortcoming, that is, the lack of medical facilities.

The nearest health center in the village is still ten miles away, and there are not always people on duty.The nearest hospital was in the town—it was a hospital that could not handle acute and severe cases. If patients were sent there, they would be sent to Hongshan County.

And the second-level hospital in Hongshan County is a hundred miles away from here, and the mountain road is difficult to walk. If there is any emergency, it will be too late.

After Chi Tianxiang made his fortune in the capital, he invested in adding a lot of valuable facilities to the village health center, opened a dental clinic, and hired good dentists with high salaries.The poor working people in the countryside, after years of overwork and sickness, most of them choose to suffer in silence.Small problems turned into big problems because of insufficient economic conditions and insufficient facilities.

The efforts made by the Chi family are like pouring a glass of water into an arid desert. Although they can't solve many problems, they believe that a glass of water is better than nothing, so the dental clinic, which has been losing money since it opened, has been open. with.

……

After thinking a lot in a mess, Chi Muyun tossed and turned.

She didn't dare to move - there were five people sleeping on this small kang, Chi Muyun slept on the top of the kang, next to her was Lu Qingming, and next to her were Grandma Chi, Chi Muqiu and Ling Suzhen.

Chi Muyun has been lying on his side, with one arm hugging the other, like a person facing the wall and thinking about his past.

Lu Qingming was sleeping next to her, and she was afraid that if she turned around, she would squeeze into Lu Qingming, or...to get too close.

She didn't know if Lu Qingming fell asleep.

He must have fallen asleep, right?Tired all day today, Lu Qingming is the kind who can fall asleep when he collapses.

Chi Muyun thought wildly for a while, then slowly turned over and lay down on his back.

Lu Qingming was really close to her. After all, the kang was so big, it was just right for four people to sleep, but it was a bit cramped for five people, especially in winter nights when everyone had to be wrapped in a thick quilt.Chi Muyun couldn't help complaining to Chi Muqiu in her heart - she must be "stretching her fists" in her sleep and taking up too much space.

On a quiet rural night, only the occasional birdsong in the distance and the sound of breathing nearby come and go.

Chi Muyun tried his best to stick himself against the wall, but one side of his body inevitably touched Lu Qingming.

Although separated by the quilt, Chi Muyun's body froze slightly.

She thought, as expected, she still couldn't lie flat.Then, as before, just lie on your side "facing the wall".

She slowly turned her body back on her side.After tossing like this, she actually got a little hot, so she took her arms out of the quilt.

Suddenly, she stopped.

A warm, slender hand covered her bare arm.

"... Yun?" Lu Qingming's voice was nasal, a little low, a little dissatisfied, and a little coquettish.

"You haven't fallen asleep yet?" Lu Qingming seemed to wake up, retracted his hands, half sat up with his arms propped up, and looked down at Chi Muyun under the bright moonlight.

Chi Muyun opened his eyes, only to see Lu Qingming was very close to her, with big shining eyes, looking at her intently.She was so close, Chi Muyun couldn't help but look away in a panic.

Lu Qingming wore a messy long hair and a sleeveless white t-shirt.She prefers to wear such pajamas, no matter winter or summer.Chi Muyun looked away from her face, but accidentally saw her thin but strong shoulders.

That is no longer the frailty of a girl.

Although he reminded himself like this in his heart, Chi Muyun still looked away in an instant.Even though it was a cold winter night in the countryside, she felt that everything around her was extremely hot.

"Well... going to bed soon." Chi Muyun turned around, with the appearance of "facing the wall" again.

Lu Qingming still looked at her with his arms propped up.From her point of view, Chi Muyun wrapped herself tightly and wriggled towards the wall, just like a silkworm fleeing for her life.

She couldn't help but let out a short and brisk laugh, "Haha... Yun, are you cold? Do you want to come to my quilt?"

The "silkworm" huddled against the wall stopped wriggling, and seemed to be considering her proposal.

Lu Qingming generously opened the quilt to her, "Come on,... ouch, it's so cold."

When the "silkworm" heard her say "cold", he poked his head out and turned to look at her.

Seeing that Lu Qingming had really opened the quilt and was waiting for her, Chi Muyun couldn't help hesitating.

Seeing her hesitation, Lu Qingming simply lifted the quilt, shrugged his shoulders and looked at her.

Chi Muyun quickly turned around and covered her with his quilt, "Cover it quickly, do you want to catch a cold?"

Chi Muyun's quilt carried her fragrance, Lu Qingming sniffed it, and said with a smile, "Of course I don't want to."

I don't know if Lu Qingming is a natural little heater, his body is always hot.As soon as she got into Chi Muyun's bed, she rubbed against Chi Muyun, "I'll keep you warm."

There is warmth in the bed, and there is a very ingenious distance between the bodies of the two people, as if they are maintaining a tacit understanding, they can feel each other's temperature without touching the flesh.

Chi Muyun moved towards the wall uncomfortably, and closed his eyes, "Stop making trouble... I'm not cold, so go to sleep."

Lu Qingming rolled his big eyes, and suddenly hugged her waist sideways, put his forehead into the hollow of her neck, and asked in a low voice, "Then why don't you sleep so late?"