Jiangxin Poplar

The little boy's grandfather ran out from the convenience store, and scolded with lingering fear as he ran: "I told you not to run around. Grandpa bought you a lollipop. When you turn around, you can't see anyone. If it weren't for this brother, you would have died." Do you know?"

The little boy didn't know the danger and called his grandpa to hug him with his milky voice. The old man took the child and thanked Jiang Cheng repeatedly.

Jiang Cheng said a few words of impoliteness, and asked casually, "Where are his parents?"

Hearing this, the old man immediately became sad and sighed repeatedly, "His mother left after divorce and never took care of this child. His father has leukemia, and the family house was sold and he couldn't be cured. He just left at the beginning of the year. .”

Leukemia... gone...

At that moment, Jiang Cheng's heart was like being hit hard by a hammer, and the pain almost convulsed.

The old man babbled, "Poor child, how can I, an old man, take care of children? If it weren't for you today, I wouldn't even have this grandson..."

Jiang Cheng, who was going back to school, suddenly changed his mind. He asked, "Old man, where are you going now?"

The old man peeled off the lollipop and put it in the little boy's mouth, "I'm going home, cook some noodles for him, he's going to sleep in the afternoon."

"Is home far from here?"

"It's okay," the old man pointed to the front, "walk for 10 minutes."

"It's tiring for you to walk with him in your arms. I have a car here. Let me take you off by the way."

"By the way?" The old man glanced at Jiang Cheng, "What are you doing over there, there is only a garbage dump besides an old house and a field."

"I'm going to take some photos." Jiang Cheng pointed to the camera bag on the motorcycle, "I need it for school."

"Oh." The old man nodded, "You are a student of University A? That is a good school!"

"Get in the car." He took away the camera bag, "Kids sit in the middle."

After sending it to their home, Jiang Cheng realized that it couldn't be called home at all. The place where the grandfather and grandson lived could only be described as a tent, which was precarious. Pick up junk for a living.

Ordinary people are seriously ill at home, and in the end they can only end up in such a situation where they have nothing to live in, or even a decent place to stay.

Listening to all kinds of chatter from the elderly, I learned that they originally had a two-storey self-built house, and their life was okay. Since they got sick, the daughter-in-law couldn't bear it and finally chose to divorce. She sold the furniture and the house, and was forced to pay for high-priced drugs. I emptied my family.Since his son left, the two grandfathers and grandchildren couldn't pay the rent, because they owed a lot of debts for medical treatment, and no relatives were willing to take them in, so they could only build such a place to barely survive, and what he worried most was that if he disappeared in the future, his grandson There was no one to take care of her when she was young, and the mother of the child could not be contacted, so she thought about giving the child to someone else or sending her to an orphanage.

Jiang Cheng heard mixed emotions in his heart, and the matter of going back to school has been lingering in his mind. There are always flashes of little boys playing with bottle caps among the piles of bottles, old people eating steamed buns by themselves, and grandsons sucking noodles. The scene is too deep and painful.

Because he couldn't forget it anyway, so the next weekend Jiangcheng went to the supermarket to buy a lot of snacks and toys, and rode a motorcycle to go to their place again.

The little boy was very happy when he saw the toy, "brother and brother" hugged his thigh and screamed endlessly, and grandpa also politely stayed in Jiangcheng for dinner.

From the occasional past to almost every weekend, he had to bring grain, oil, rice, noodles, toys, snacks to visit his grandparents, and when he came, he helped repair the tent, did hygiene, cooking and washing clothes, and even helped the little boy bathe and wash his hair. Cutting hair, playing with him and feeding him... Those who didn't know thought this kid had an extra dad.

Some folks were curious about Jiangcheng's identity. When they met Jiangcheng, they only said that he was a distant relative of the old man. He went to a nearby school and came to help out on weekends. Everyone believed it.

As the weather got colder and colder, it gradually became impossible to live in tents, so Jiangcheng found a nearby private house, which was an old house that had been unoccupied. After several rounds, he found the owner of the house, hoping to rent that small private house.

After hearing Jiangcheng's purpose of renting a house, the owner suddenly said, "You are the distant nephew or nephew of Mr. Meng, right?"

Jiang Cheng scratched the back of his head, "Yes, that's me."

"I use that house to pile up old things," the resident thought for a while, "It's okay to rent it to you. There are two rooms over there, one is for me to pile things up, and the other is for you."

After discussing with the two, they finally settled on a rent of 200 per month. 200 is just a drop in the bucket for the current Jiangcheng, but the house needs some repairs to live in. He contacted the decorator and bought new bedding and some necessary For electrical furniture, if you don’t have enough money, ask Brother Luo to borrow. Anyway, he is a shareholder of Enron and can’t run away. Brother Luo didn’t ask much, and directly transferred [-] to him from his personal account.

When he left in a hurry, Luo Ge called from behind: "Don't forget that you are also a model, don't tell me you are not free every day."

"Understood brother." Before the words finished, he had already flashed into the elevator.

After the house was finished, he helped his grandfather and grandson pack their things and moved there. Mr. Meng also knew that he couldn't live in a tent in winter, and he had been worrying about this matter recently, but he didn't expect Jiangcheng to solve it silently.

It didn't cost much in total, but the old man felt uneasy. Jiang Cheng's kindness to his grandfather and grandson has exceeded the normal range, and he doesn't know what this young man wants to come here every day without doing business. .

He asked Jiang Cheng several times, but he was vague. The last time he was at the dinner table, the old man thanked Jiang Cheng almost in tears, and then asked him again and again why he did this.

Jiang Cheng had no choice but to tell the truth, and he was silent for a long time before saying: "My family members also suffer from leukemia."

Only then did the old man understand, and he stopped asking him about his sorrows. After eating, he pointed to the fields in the distance and said, "When I go later, those fields will be left to you. They are not worth much, but I have nothing. I can give you the rest."

The old man's health is getting worse and worse. He already has problems all over his body. In recent years, he has been dragged down by his son and has to take care of his grandson, so his health is getting worse day by day.

Gradually, in addition to food, Jiangcheng had to bring medicine over from time to time.

Jiang Cheng managed to go home that day, and when he was chatting with Mother Jiang about school affairs after dinner, he received a call from Mr. Meng, saying that the child had a fever, and he was carrying the child to the hospital in the city by bus. , he was too worried about his grandson and couldn't find anyone to help him, so he could only call Jiangcheng.

Jiang Cheng went out as soon as he heard that without further ado, and waited for the grandpa and grandson at the station, took the child in his arms and ran to the pediatrics department.

Behind the hurried footsteps, a gaze saw him. It was Xiao Zijun who accompanied his sister for the prenatal checkup.

That's right, Xiao Yu is pregnant, she got pregnant before she was married, and she is busy with getting married recently.

Just after Xiao Yu finished here, Xiao Zijun gave her the car keys, "Go back by yourself first, I saw my classmate, go over and see what's going on."

He found Jiang Cheng in the pediatrics department, and saw that the nurse was going to give the child a bottle, and the child was crying, Jiang Cheng was a little helpless.

"You can't do this," Xiao Zijun approached him, "Come on, give me the child."

Jiang Cheng turned to look at him, "Do you have a solution?"

"Don't worry." Xiao Zijun hugged the child, changed his posture, and suddenly took out a little yellow duck from his pocket, pinched it and rattled it, and diverted his attention, and the nurse over there tied it up smoothly. Needle.

After the injection, the nurse said with a blank expression: "Be careful not to let the children touch it, and call us if there is any situation."

"Where did the duck come from?" Jiang Cheng admired him for his ability.

"Coincidentally." Xiao Zijun was sitting in the bottle-hanging area with the child in his arms. "It belongs to my little niece. I played with her in the morning, so I stuffed it in my pocket for some reason."

"Thank you!" Hearing what he said, he knew where this experience came from.

"Who is this kid? Why did you bring him here alone?"

"His grandfather went to get the medicine." Jiang Cheng rubbed the child's hair, "The high fever never subsides, it frightened the old man."

Xiao Zijun lowered his head to tease the child, "Come on, call me brother, what's your name?"

The child opened his mouth and concentrated on playing with the little yellow duck, ignoring him.

"Meng Zidi, call him Didi."

"What kind of relative is this?" Xiao Zijun rubbed the little red spot on the back of his hand, "This is eczema, did you apply ointment?"

"I don't know." Jiang Cheng rubbed Meng Zidi's little face, "Does it itch?"

"I don't want to apply ointment." Meng Zidi retracted his hands and looked at Jiangcheng with wide eyes.

Jiang Cheng could only coax him, "Okay, okay, the ointment at home doesn't smell good, right, brother will buy you a new one later, is it fragrant?"

Mencius Di tilted his head and thought for a while before saying, "Okay."

"This kid is quite cute." Xiao Zijun pinched his little cheek, "Brother Xiao."

"Let me hug you." Jiang Cheng wanted to take it over, "Did you come to the hospital for something else?"

"It's okay." Xiao Zijun said, "I'm just accompanying my sister to have a B-ultrasound. She's going back first. Anyway, I have nothing else to do. Play with him for a while."

While the two were talking, Elder Meng came back, holding a medical card and said to Jiang Cheng, "I'll go and refund you the money left in it."

"Refund what?" Jiang Cheng stuffed the card into his pocket, "Put it away."

Xiao Zijun also greeted: "Grandpa Meng!"

"Hello, hello," Mr. Meng looked strangely at Xiao Zijun, "This is?"

"My classmate." Jiang Cheng helped him sit down, "Xiao Zijun is also from A University."

"Oh, A's big net has produced good children," Mr. Meng looked at the two of them gratefully, "Thank you."

When Xiao Zijun heard that this was not a relative's tone, he asked Jiang Cheng when Mr. Meng was in the bathroom, and Jiang Cheng said indifferently: "They are in the area at the foot of Luoxia Mountain. I got to know them in the past. There are only grandparents and grandchildren in the family. It is very difficult." , help if you can."

Xiao Zijun was a little surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect that they just met by chance.