Return To 1998

September 12, more than 5 o'clock in the evening.

Tianyun University, in a female dormitory.

Several girls were eating and chatting, and one of the girls who was eating in a rice bowl was Ge Xiaoyu from Xujia Village.

At this moment, the fixed phone of their dormitory suddenly rang.

The phone was placed on a girl's desk. At this time, the girl was eating. When she heard the phone ringing, she was a little surprised. She reached out and picked up the receiver, Hello? Hello, who are you looking for?

Oh, hello, hello, girl! Is Ge Xiaoyu here? I'm Ge Xiaoyu's mother, I'm looking for my Xiaoyu, if she's here, please call her for me, thank you, girl!

Oh, good, hello auntie! Ge Xiaoyu is here, she is here!

The girl said, and handed the microphone to Ge Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, your mother's call! Come and answer it!

Ge Xiaoyu was also surprised.

But he didn't hesitate, he immediately put down his chopsticks, got up immediately, and trotted over to take the microphone.

Hello? Mom, I'm Xiaoyu, do you miss me? Haha.

Ge Xiaoyu suddenly received a call from his mother, which was really a surprise.

Girls are prone to homesickness. For a girl like her who is studying abroad, it is definitely a pleasant surprise to occasionally receive a phone call from her parents at home.

but……

Little fish...

On the phone, Xu Hongye called Xiaoyu in a low voice, and fell into a short silence. The mother's silence made Ge Xiaoyu's face change slightly, and a bad premonition was born in his heart.

Mom, is something wrong at home? Isn't that right, Mom?

Xu Hongye: Xiaoyu, can you ask for leave to come back in the past two days? Your dad, your dad is sick, come back and see him as soon as possible! Be sure to come back!

Hearing this, Ge Xiaoyu's face turned pale.

The blood on his face faded a lot, and his lips trembled slightly as he asked, Mom, don't scare me, what's wrong with my dad? Ah? Is my dad very sick? What's wrong with him? Where is he now? In the hospital Huh? Huh?

Xu Hongye: ...

After another brief silence, Xu Hongye said, Xiaoyu, you are working in the provincial capital this summer, and you didn't come home, so you don't know, in fact, your father has been suffering from stomach pains and vomited several times recently. Take him to the first city hospital to do a few tests on him, the doctor said, the doctor said...he, he has stomach cancer...

Boom...

Ge Xiaoyu's right hand holding the microphone loosened, the microphone fell on the desk, and her body shook suddenly. If she hadn't hurriedly stretched out her hand to support the desk, she might have fallen.

Her father had stomach cancer?

This news, for her, is nothing less than a bolt from the blue.

Her father is the pillar of her family.

The whole family's source of income mainly depends on her father.

If her father falls, how will her family live in the future?

At this moment, the Taoist Xu Tong a few years ago suddenly flashed in Ge Xiaoyu's mind.

At the beginning, Tongdao Xu's father suddenly disappeared overnight, and the whole family lost the pillar of support. She saw how difficult the life of Tongdao Xu's family suddenly became after that.

In the microphone that fell on the desk, the voice of mother Xu Hongye was still heard: Xiaoyu? Xiaoyu? What's wrong with you, Xiaoyu? Xiaoyu, don't scare mom...

Ge Xiaoyu looked at the other roommates in the dormitory with a pale face. At this time, they all looked at her in surprise, with different eyes.

Some were worried; some were curious; some seemed a little gloating.

Ge Xiaoyu was not in the mood to pay attention, closed her eyes and calmed down, she lowered her head and picked up the microphone again, Mom, I'm fine, I'm going to ask for leave now,

I'll be back tonight! Don't worry! Don't worry!

...

Two days later.

late at night.

Ge Xiaoyu sat alone in her own boudoir on the second floor of her house.

Outside the window, the sound of running water in the small river ditch in front of her house was the same as before. She had heard the sound of running water since she was a child, and she slept countless times beside her.

Very kind.

But at this time she didn't want to listen.

She stared blankly at the dark night outside the window, as if she saw the future of this family in the near future.

In just two days, she had become much haggard.

Her hair was disheveled, her face was pale, her eyes were dull, and her eyes were dark. She was probably crying too hard, and her eyes were still puffy.

Lost the style of the most beautiful girl in Xujia Village in the past.

Her father's medical records, she read it over and over again the night she got home.

Stomach cancer!

Definitely stomach cancer.

And it's already late.

Similar things, she has heard many times in recent years.

Whenever someone in the village has cancer, once it is found out, it is a terminal stage.

Moreover, all those in their village who had cancer, without exception, all left.

At the beginning, someone was diagnosed with cancer, and the family even sold the iron to treat the patient, but in the end they were all empty.

There are many such examples, and the name of terminal illness has become popular in their village.

Since then, no matter who has cancer in their village, whether it is a patient or a family member, they have tacitly been discharged from the hospital and returned home...to die.

Usually people leave in a few months.

Ge Xiaoyu once thought that cancer was far away from her home, and her parents were usually in good health, so she never worried that they would get this disease.

However, the accident came so suddenly.

Her father, Ge Zhiping, was found to have stomach cancer in the First City Hospital, and her mother, Xu Hongye, took Ge Zhiping home.

This time, his mother called her and asked her to come back, and the meaning was very clear - let her see her father again, before her father was too weak to speak, and if he had anything to say, he would tell her in advance.

Her father has indeed explained a lot of things to her in the past two days.

About her studies, about her future work, and about her future marriage...and so on.

Obviously her dad still looks the same as before, just a little thinner and looks fine, but he has been telling her about the funeral for the past two days.

This made Ge Xiaoyu grief-stricken.

She wanted to stop crying, but she couldn't.

As long as she thought that in a few months, her father was going to leave her forever, she couldn't accept it.

How to do?

Sitting at the desk in front of the window, Ge Xiaoyu looked at the night outside the window, and suddenly remembered what an old lady in the village said to her mother Xu Hongye this afternoon.

At that time, she happened to be listening.

She remembered what the old lady said at the time: Red leaves! You have to mourn, don't be too sad, I know your man is leaving at such a young age, and you are sad, but there is no way! Your man is unlucky to have this stomach cancer! We are all ordinary people. If we have this disease, let alone cure it, it will cost a lot of money! You said that in our village, in addition to the Xiaozhu family, there are also Who can afford so much medical expenses? Do you think so?

Little Bamboo's...

At that time, Ge Xiaoyu thought for a while before realizing that the old lady was talking about Xu Tong Taoist.

Tongdao Xu's mother's name seems to be Ge Xiaozhu.

Yup!

In the past few years, didn't the villagers say that Xu Tongdao made a fortune? He has money! He must be rich!

Thinking of this, Ge Xiaoyu's eyes suddenly lit up.