Sharp first test

Yang Shiqing told his mother about Mingxu, Aunt Ming had an accident and was hospitalized, Mingxu asked for leave and couldn't come to school.Yang Shiqing was very firm: "I must go."

Mother Yang was a little surprised when she heard the news. The relationship between the two mothers had always been good. Now that something happened, Mother Yang couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Mother Yang was silent for a while, and looked behind her at Father Yang, who was also looking at the mother and son, nodded and said, "Mingjuan is not easy, so let's go and have a look."

Mother Yang looked back at Yang Shiqing, paused, and said, "I'll drive tomorrow, and we'll go see your Auntie Ming together. But you're going to start school the day after tomorrow, and I'll take you back to school tomorrow night—can you agree?" I?"

Yang Shiqing nodded: "Yeah!"

The mother and son got up early the next day, and they only ate two bowls of wontons and two cups of soy milk for breakfast.At about seven o'clock, Mama Yang called Mama Ming, but the first time she didn't get through, Mingxu answered the second time.

"Aunt Yang?" Mingxu was a little surprised, "I'm sorry, I went out just now, and my mother is still resting."

Mama Yang frowned.

Mingjuan was very happy to learn that Yang's mother and Yang Shiqing were coming to visit her, but she also worried that Yang Shiqing's school would start tomorrow, which would affect the normal work and rest of their family.Mother Yang sighed, knowing that Mingjuan must be very uncomfortable in the hospital alone: ​​"It's this time, what are you still talking about. Don't worry about Yang Shiqing, I will send him home. I will accompany you these few days Bar."

The city drive from here to Mingxu takes several hours. Yang Shiqing almost suffered from insomnia last night. As soon as he sat in the co-pilot, he felt sleepy, and squinted his eyes to rest.Mother Yang drove the car a little slower and bought some fruits and nutritional supplements along the way.

It was already eleven o'clock in the morning when the two arrived at the hospital where Ming Juan lived.After communicating with Ming Juan, Mother Yang asked Yang Shiqing to go outside and buy three fast food.Ever since he got off the car, Yang Shiqing's heart was beating non-stop, until he took the elevator of the hospital with four boxes of lunch, his nose smelled of unpleasant medicine.

Ward 5 on the 504th floor of the Department of Orthopedics——Yang Shiqing gently opened the door. Mother Yang was sitting beside the bed, holding Mingjuan's hand, frowning and sighing. Mingjuan on the bed was pale, with a foot casted was hoisted high.And Mingxu was bending over to wipe Mingjuan's cheeks and arms without saying a word.

"How did this happen?" Mother Yang sighed again, "It was fine on the first day of the new year..."

Mingjuan's complexion is not very good, her lips are white, her hair is a little disheveled, her eyelids are drooping, and she looks weak.Ming Xu stood by her side, his hand holding the towel trembled a little, his back looked so lonely.

"Several female workers in our factory are on shifts, and I happen to be on the first day of the new year. During the Chinese New Year period, the factory has taken on a big project, and the female workers have to work overtime day and night. But there is no way, who asked us to do it It’s the grassroots... I can only bite the bullet and do it.” Mingjuan looked away, her lips trembling in pain, “Twelve hours a day, but the salary is doubled. I want to bite the bullet and endure it.” Oh, who knew what happened - slipped down the stairs accidentally, and limped one foot. I was sent to the hospital, and what else was found, some secretion disorder, concussion, overwork... Let me make up more Supplementing nutrition. I was not careful... Sigh. I really don't want to trouble this child to take care of me, but..." At this point, Ming Juan raised her eyes and glanced at Ming Xu, who smiled at Ming's mother with a calm expression for a moment.Ming Juan's eye sockets became hotter, and her words choked in her throat.

But she has no choice.

Of course, Mother Yang understood. After she lost her spouse, Mingjuan moved here to live, struggling alone, with no one to rely on, and her only care and concern was her son Mingxu, who was in the third year of high school.And Mingxu is now at the critical period of the college entrance examination, how can a mother want to delay her child's study and let her come to the hospital to take care of herself so hard if she is not a last resort?

Mother Yang held Mingjuan's hand tightly: "You...you should have told me earlier. I can come to help."

Mingjuan just shook her head with a smile, and then saw Yang Shiqing standing aside, with a long-lost gentle smile on her face: "Shiqing is here, come, sit down."

Yang Shiqing was stunned for a moment, Mingxu and Yang's mother turned their heads at the same time, and saw Yang Shiqing standing at the door with a food bag.Yang Shiqing's heart trembled, Ming Xu has been haggard these days...

Mother Yang stood up and took the bag from Yang Shiqing's hand, and asked Mingjuan, "Has the hospital provided you with nutritious meals?"

Mingjuan nodded, and Mother Yang beckoned the two children to sit down: "Mingxu, you've been busy for a while, let's have lunch first. Yang Shiqing, come and sit down too. Take it, I'll ask When will the nurse bring lunch."

After Yang's mother left, only Yang Shiqing and Mingxu were sitting beside the hospital bed.Yang Shiqing looked at Ming's mother who was usually gentle and kind on the bed, but now she looked listless, and felt extremely uncomfortable.Ming Juan saw what was on Yang Shiqing's mind, and only smiled and stretched out her hand to pat Yang Shiqing's shoulder: "You, don't worry about Auntie. School starts tomorrow, right? Work hard, get into a good school, and make your mother proud of you."

Yang Shiqing nodded, feeling sore in his heart.Turning his head to look at Mingxu again, Mingxu's eyes were full of words, but when he looked at Yang Shiqing, there was only one "sorry".

Yang Shiqing was too uncomfortable to speak.

After eating, Ming Xu cleaned up the mess.Mama Yang asked Mama Ming to take a nap, then walked out of the ward and gently closed the door, and told Mingxu in a low voice to let him go home and rest first, and take over by herself in the afternoon, and guard Mingjuan.

Ming Xu hesitated a bit: "Auntie, thank you. But your work..."

Mingjuan's situation was actually worse than what she said. After Mingjuan slipped down the stairs on the second floor of the factory, she fell into a coma all night.Even if he woke up the next day, he was still in an unconscious state, which lasted for more than ten hours - Ming Xu was so frightened that he almost collapsed.Mother Yang asked the attending doctor carefully, and the doctor said that it was because of long-term fatigue, nervousness, and it was very dangerous to fall from such a high building when she was old.Concussion, dizziness, vomiting... It took a long time before the pain gradually eased, and now I can speak normally and have a stable consciousness.Mama Yang almost closed her eyes in distress when she heard this.

"I've brought a change of clothes this time, so let's stay here for a few days." Mama Yang reassured, "It's okay, I still have annual leave. It's impossible for you to take care of you in the hospital alone. Mom, it can't always be like this, it would be bad if it really delays your study. "

Ming Xu's heart trembled, and pain surged up: "Aunt Yang, thank you."

Mother Yang smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "I have been friends with your mother for more than ten years. I have watched you grow up. At this time, I definitely can't stand by. Alright, let Yang Shiqing accompany you home first , take a good rest, take a bath, and eat something delicious. You have worked hard during this time."

Ming Xu glanced at Yang Shiqing who was on the side, and Yang Shiqing was also looking at him.

"Ah."

Mingxu took the bus home, and it was fifteen stops away from the hospital, which was enough for half an hour.

On the bus, Yang Shiqing was sitting next to Ming Xu, who was squinting his eyes slightly, leaning his head on the window frame.Yang Shiqing had a lot to say, but couldn't say anything.

Mingxu spoke first: "Thank you...I feel much better."

Yang Shiqing said "Huh?", Mingxu stretched out his hand, and quietly held Yang Shiqing's palm under the armrest of the car seat, separated his five fingers, and interlocked his fingers: "Thank you, auntie and I can visit my mother."

Yang Shiqing's lips trembled, and he held Mingxu back and forth with one hand, and the palm lines of the two rubbed against each other, the temperature made people feel comfortable and at ease.

"When did this happen?"

"It's the second day of the new year." Mingxu turned his head, looking at the fading scenery outside the window, "For a long time, my mother was not in good health... the day I came home from vacation, she was cooking for me in the kitchen, Suddenly, I fainted on the ground——I would often go to her factory to help her, and go out at [-]:[-] every day and return home at [-]:[-]. But that kind of thing still happened—the doctor said that recovery would take at least a month of bed rest. There are some aftereffects ... I should have thought about it earlier, if only I could have realized it sooner."

The sun gently hit Mingxu's side face, reflecting his outline softly and warmly, but Mingxu's palm in Yang Shiqing's palm was slightly chilly, making one's heart tremble.

Yang Shiqing knew how hard it would be.When his uncle was injured and hospitalized last year, Mama Yang and his aunt took turns to take care of the sick uncle, and they almost fell ill from exhaustion, not to mention that Mingxu was alone.

Yang Shiqing recalled that Mingxu said with a bright smile that he was going to participate in Tsinghua's independent enrollment, that he liked the study atmosphere of Tsinghua University very much, and his ideal university and life.

It was supposed to be a time of sweating in the classroom and cultivating sharpness, but Ming Xu couldn't concentrate on his studies because he couldn't stop worrying about him, so he had to stay in the hospital to take care of his seriously ill mother.In just a few days of seeing each other, Mingxu's eye circles were darkened, fine stubble had grown on his chin, he was embarrassed and tired.

Back home, Ming Xu threw down his coat and scarf, sat on the sofa and closed his eyes.Yang Shiqing closed the door and looked around the indoor environment.

This is Yang Shiqing's first visit to Ming Xu's new home, it is a very ordinary small apartment, [-] square meters seems a bit crowded, but it is enough for two people to live in.The furniture and walls have a sense of age, and the house with a backside is very damp.

Ming Xu lay down for a few minutes, then sat up suddenly, ran to the kitchen and turned on the pressure cooker for a while.Yang Shiqing followed: "What's wrong?"

"I'm going to make soup for my mother and deliver it in the afternoon. It was suggested by the doctor."

Mingxu's movements trembled a little, Yang Shiqing hurried forward to take the utensils: "I'll come, you go to sleep for a while, don't worry about it!"

Yang Shiqing's eyes were firm, Ming Xu let go, and Yang Shiqing asked him again: "Do you want to eat fried rice? I'll make some by the way. You must not be full just now, right?"

Ming Xu paused, and a peaceful smile slowly appeared on his face.

"Yang Shiqing."

"Huh?" Before he could turn his head, Yang Shiqing was embraced from behind, a warm and familiar breath came up, and it was Ming Xu's voice: "I'm so lucky."

These are his lines.

Mingxu stretched out his hand, embraced Yang Shiqing's face, and carved a light kiss on his lips.As if it had been a long time since he had done such an intimate action, Yang Shiqing sniffed Mingxu's familiar scent mixed with a little body sweat in a daze, feeling a bit of nostalgia, Mingxu then got up and left.

A few minutes later, the sound of dripping water came from the bathroom.The pan in his hand was bubbling with oil, Yang Shiqing slowly regained his senses.