A Tooth For a Tooth

(1)

Finally, it was time to make an appointment to see a doctor. At this time, Yang Ren hadn't attended class for two days, and his toothache and head hurt. My younger sister Kang Xiaomeng couldn't see it, so she accompanied him to the hospital on the day of the appointment. .

Xu Yao checked his teeth, with a sullen face all the time, and finally said that the original dental caries could be filled, but because of the long delay, the nerves were damaged, so they had to be pulled out.

At that time, root canal treatment was not popular, and the only feasible solution was to extract carious teeth. Yang Ren gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.

The second tooth in his mouth was also pulled out by Xu Yao, and when he thought of this, the strange Yang Ren was even slightly pleased.

After the tooth extraction, he couldn't move his entire jaw, but he still endured the numb pain and tried his best to tell Xu Yao that the treatment period was delayed because he insisted on calling him.

It may be that Xu Yao couldn't accept this way of speaking without moving his mouth and mouth. He asked three times before he finally understood the meaning, and then sighed silently, saying that Yang Ren is really stupid.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Yang Ren waved his hands with a smirk, and finally planned to invite Xu Yao to dinner to express his gratitude.

"Are you talking about eating?" Xu Yao was a little unsure of what he heard, seeing Yang Ren nodding piously, he smiled and said, "You won't be able to eat for a week."

(2)

The memory at that time was like being engraved on a CD. Although the scenes were not particularly clear, they were very complete.Today's Yang Ren is always very busy, he has no time to pick up his children home, but he always has time to recall the past involuntarily.

On this day, it was rare for Yang Ren to have time to pick up his son from the kindergarten, because he didn't show up easily, so every time he showed up, Yang Yitong would throw himself into his arms very excitedly.There are many large toys in the yard of the kindergarten, Yang Yitong stopped by holding his hand, and kept looking there with his big eyes.

Yang Ren could only smile helplessly, and said to him: "Okay, I'll let you play for 10 minutes."

Yang Yitong was so happy that he let go of his father's hand and ran to the swing.

Yang Ren habitually looked at his watch, remembering that he was off work today and had no entertainment, so he felt at ease.

In a hurry, he walked behind the child and slowly pushed the swing up.

"Higher, Dad, higher, hahaha." Laughter soon came, and Yang Ren stood aside and looked at his son's happy smiling face, enjoying the joy of being a father.

There are also two children playing on the swing beside them, and their grandma is standing beside them chatting.

"Oh, there is a little girl in their class who is over three years old and still can't speak."

"That's terrible. It must be dumb. I guess I can't hear."

"It's a pity to have such a pretty little face."

Yang Ren didn't know who they were talking about, so he asked his son in a low voice, and Yang Yitong told him that the two little girls on the swing were his classmates.

"Is there really a kid in your class who can't speak?" Yang Ren asked him, not knowing why he was suddenly interested in such gossip.

Yang Yitong nodded and said: "Yes, the child's parents said she was a little dumb, or a little deaf."

(3)

Hearing the word "deaf", Yang Ren frowned all of a sudden, and immediately said with a straight face: "You can't say that, do you know the students!"

Yang Yitong was a little scared, stopped the swing, and whispered: "It's what the kids said, not me."

"Anyway, you're not allowed to say it, it's very impolite, you know?" Yang Ren stopped his hand on the swing rope, "Come down, go home."

Yang Yitong didn't know why his father suddenly lost his temper, he jumped off the swing and followed him back home in despair.

In fact, the word "deaf" is not a big deal, even if you have a deaf friend, you may not be so excited, but that deaf friend is not as simple as a friend to Yang Ren.

That "deaf" friend is Xu Yao.

Memories came rushing in again.

At that time, after several contacts, Yang Ren, who worked tirelessly, really asked Xu Yao out for dinner.But Dr. Xu insisted on eating in the hospital cafeteria, so Yang Ren had to go with him.Although it is a cafeteria, the food is good. It is self-service, with meals, vegetables, snacks, fruits, everything. After they selected the meal, Dr. Xu swiped the meal card.

"Don't, don't, didn't you agree that I will treat you to dinner!" Yang Ren was a little anxious to be preempted by Dr. Xu.

Xu Yao put the dinner plate on the table and smiled slightly: "Letting a patient treat you to dinner is called bribery."

(4)

After this meal, Yang Ren was basically the one talking endlessly, and Dr. Xu was not indifferent, but just listened carefully, sometimes he had some reactions, but most of the time he didn't respond.

Finally, Yang Ren was embarrassed, and asked in a low voice, "Is what I said boring?"

Dr. Xu leaned forward and asked, "What?"

Yang Ren sighed, thinking that maybe he didn't hear a lot of what I said just now, he touched his nose and repeated the question again.

Xu Yaocai replied: "It's very interesting." A faint smile appeared on his face, probably to make Yang Ren believe his words.

Yang Ren thought for a while before saying, "Then why do I think you don't like to talk?"

"Yes." Doctor Xu answered quickly this time.

Yang Ren was puzzled and asked, "Why? Introverted?"

After waiting for a while, Xu Yao shook his head and said, "Zang Zhuo."

"Zangzhuo?" Yang Ren frowned and thought about what he meant.