The courtyard was very lively in the afternoon. A group of women and children lined up outside the kitchen to cook. The ten-square-meter kitchen looked like a vegetable market.

"It's your turn, Sister Han." Sister Sun, the neighbor, left with a pot of fried noodles. Looking at the eggs in Han Yourong's basket, she couldn't help but gulp down her saliva. "Your family's life is better. Eat eggs every time."

"My wife said that eating two eggs a day is enough for nutrition." Han Yourong hurriedly walked to the stove to light a fire to cook. If someone else preempted him, he would have to wait.

There was boiled hot water in the big pot, and Mr. Han Yourong was steaming the steamed buns. When he was blowing on the stove, the smoke hit his eyes, and he coughed and cried for a while.

I wiped my face with my sleeves and continued to light the fire. The chimney seemed to be not flowing smoothly. There was more and more smoke in the kitchen. The children were smoked away. The women whispered that the landlord was stingy.

Han Yourong started coughing again. Xue Ming came to the kitchen and gave her a handkerchief, "You go wash your face and go back to the house to rest. I'll make dinner today."

"It's too smoky. I'll do it. If you cook here, they'll gossip about me." Han Yourong smiled playfully and held the fire stick in his arms.

The gossip is nothing more than that the Xue family's daughter-in-law is a big lazy bastard. She doesn't even cook for her mother-in-law and the family, but lets her own man cook on the fire and so on.

This was a nice thing to say, but Xue Ming could only give up the idea of ​​cooking. "The X-ray results are out, right? What did the doctor say?"

"The doctor said I'm not sick, and told me to keep warm and not catch a cold. If I had known better, I wouldn't have wasted the money." Han Yourong looked pained.

"Follow the doctor's orders. Where did you put the film?" Xue Ming suddenly wanted to see the difference between the current X-ray photos and the future ones.

"It's in the middle drawer of the desk. Brother Ming, please get out quickly. It's very smokey here." As he spoke, Han Yourong choked on the smoke and coughed again.

Xue Ming left the kitchen to take a breath of fresh air, returned to the bedroom, opened the drawer, took out the X-ray photo and raised it above his head to the sun. In fact, he couldn't see why.

It feels similar to X-rays in the future. They are all black and white and blurry. The heart and lungs are particularly conspicuous on the film.

Suddenly, a dark shadow in the middle of the lungs caught his attention. Although he didn't understand hospitals, he had medical knowledge. Such a big shadow in the lungs must be sick.

"How could the doctor not see it?" Xue Ming couldn't help but frown, put down the X-ray film and fell into deep thought.

I don’t know how much time passed before my younger sister Xue Ying ran to the bedside and said, “Brother, it’s time for dinner. My sister-in-law made your favorite green pepper and eggs.”

Xue Ming put the X-ray film in the drawer and went to his mother's room to eat. There were green peppers, eggs and millet porridge on the table, and he was the only one missing the whole family.

During the meal, Xue Ming found an opportunity to ask Han Yourong, "What did the doctor say? Did he just ask you to wear more clothes to avoid catching a cold?"

"Yes, that's what Dr. Pang said." Han Yourong picked up a small piece of egg and fed it to Xue Yuan's mouth.

"Didn't I ask you to get medicine for injection? If there is something really wrong, you can't hide it!" Liu Yuee put down her chopsticks and looked at her daughter-in-law, worried that her daughter-in-law was hiding her condition in order to save money.

"Mom, Dr. Pang really said that." Han Yourong said confidently.

"That's good, let's eat." Liu Yue'e picked up a large piece of egg and gave it to her. It would be too frugal for a daughter-in-law to have everything. There are some things that cannot be frugal.

The next morning, Xue Ming put the X-ray photos into his bag and rode to the factory to ask for leave from his boss. As expected, none of the comrades in the sales department went to work.

They usually come over for a meal at noon, spend the afternoon having dinner, and then go back to their respective homes to find their wives. They have thoroughly studied how to fish at work.

Xue Ming left a leave request note on Director Cui's desk and rode his bicycle to the hospital to talk to the doctor. On the way, he suddenly realized that he didn't have his wallet.

When I went home to get my wallet, I found that my wife was not at home. She must have followed my mother to work part-time at a daycare in a department store. Taking care of the children allowed me to have free lunch.

I went back home to get my wallet and prepared to go to the hospital. As soon as I left the house, I saw Zhao Xue pushing a bicycle.

"Do you have a problem with me? Is the injury on your foot better?" Xue Ming didn't know why she came to his home.

"Yesterday, my mother and I went to the hospital to have her feet checked and we met Sister Han. I didn't know what to say. There might be something wrong with Sister Han's health." Zhao Xue looked confused.

"If you have something to say, just say it." Xue Ming was a little depressed. That silly bitch Han Yourong really hid her illness. How could she delay her illness just because she was afraid of spending money?

"It's not convenient to talk here." Zhao Xue felt that the matter was very important. There were several women chatting outside the gate on the left, and there were several children playing next door on the right.

Xue Ming nodded and pushed his bicycle back to the yard, intending to invite her into the house to talk. There were also old, weak, women and children sunbathing in the courtyard.

When I opened the door, I was suddenly surprised. There was no one at home. It seemed even more inconvenient for a married young man and a young adult girl to be in the same room.

After hesitating for two seconds, he opened his mother's room and invited him in. In order to avoid suspicion, he opened the door wide and moved two chairs and asked her to sit at the door where others could see him and talk.

Even this aroused the interest of the women, and several old women began to gossip in low voices.

"Who is this big girl? Xiao Xue's wife just left and he brought a woman back from outside?"

"Such a beautiful woman must be doing that. She is as shameless as the vixen in our yard."

"The vixen in our yard is really not a thing. Yesterday she even tried to seduce our men."

Although their voices were very low, Xue Ming could guess what they were saying, "Comrade Zhao Xue, let's keep the story short. I have something to do and go to the hospital later."

Zhao Xue felt aggrieved. Did he just not want to see me? Am I that annoying?

"I don't know what to say. Give me two minutes to organize my words." Zhao Xue's temper is rising. He has to stay with you for a while longer and it will make you uncomfortable.

Xue Ming nodded, but he didn't feel uncomfortable. He never cared about his reputation, but those old ladies' malicious speculation about Zhao Xue made him a little unhappy.

Five minutes later, Zhao Xue slowly opened her mouth and told the story of how Dr. Pang got the wrong X-ray yesterday and inadvertently revealed the ins and outs of Han Yourong's lung condition.

"Lung cancer? How is it possible?" Xue Ming suddenly stood up and couldn't believe this was true. How could Han Yourong get lung cancer when he was only 24 years old?

"I don't need to lie to you about this kind of thing, and I feel uncomfortable." Zhao Xue also had a trace of sadness on her face.

Xue Ming was stunned for a long time and still couldn't believe it. "Take my car and follow me to the hospital. I want Dr. Pang to explain clearly in person."

Zhao Xue got up obediently and waited outside the door. After Xue Ming locked the door and pushed the cart, she sat on the back seat and gently grabbed Xue Ming's waist with her hands, which caused a group of old ladies to gossip.

Xue Ming drove to the First People's Hospital of the provincial capital in one go, met Dr. Pang Shuren in the radiology department office, and placed Han Yourong's X-ray photos in front of him.

"Doctor Pang, please take another look at my lover's X-ray. If you have any questions, please tell me clearly. I can bear it." Xue Ming's expression was terrifyingly serious when he said this.

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