Just near dusk

Before he got out of the festivities of Lao Wang's wedding, Li Wenjia had one more worry. He only found out through the villagers in the past two days that his father fell and lost a tooth two days ago. Then he just didn't tell himself that the old man walked to the hospital alone with a cane and had his tooth filled.

This incident made Li Wenjia very angry. After all, the old man is very old, no matter how good his health is, he can't be so willful. What if his leg is not broken, should he lie on the bed by himself?

For this reason, Li Wenjia discussed with Mo Xuyou for a long time, and wanted to take the old man over to live with him for a period of time and take good care of his body, but the two of them were ready, and the old man over there was unwilling again, saying that he was with them I'm not used to living together, and I don't have any serious problems, so I don't want to mix with them.

"This old man, who is in his 80s, is still messing around like this. He just fell down two days ago. I don't know if there is any other problem. He didn't come to the hospital with me for a checkup." Li Wenjia just finished speaking with the old man. Phone, said angrily.

"Maybe the old man is really not used to living with us. Besides, he doesn't have any friends here, and he is not at ease. I think you can go there if the old man doesn't come. At least stay with us for a while and do all the checks that need to be done. .” Mo Xuyou suggested.

"I can go there, then we are separated?" Li Wenjia said reluctantly.

"I'm done with this case, so I'll take a break and take care of the old man together." Mo Xuyou laughed at him and said, "You still said that the old man doesn't want to come, so you don't want to come if you don't? Understand the old man mood, try to follow him when you get there, and don’t quarrel with him.”

"Understood, it's like you are his own son." Li Wenjia complained.

That being said, Li Wenjia had a quarrel with the old man on the first day, and the reason was that the old man didn't want to go to the hospital for an examination.

"Father, can you go to the hospital? What if something goes wrong and you can't find it? What can this small clinic in our village see?" Li Wenjia persuaded.

"I'm not going. There's nothing wrong with me. Why spend that money and suffer that crime? Isn't it just a fall? I was fine when I fell off the roof when I was young." The old man insisted.

"That was decades ago. It's not good to let you fall down the steps now. I think your legs are a little bent recently. You should go to the hospital with me." Li Wenjia still persuaded.

"No, I don't like the smell of the hospital, ahem," Mr. Li said while taking out a cigarette.

"You still smoke, you smoke so much that you cough every day, and you cough so much that you can't sleep at night, you still smoke," Li Wenjia angrily wanted to snatch the cigarette.

"This is just my hobby. If you still don't let me smoke, do you think I can't beat you now?" The old man swung his cane forcefully and cursed.

"Okay, okay, you can do whatever you want." Li Wenjia was also annoyed by the stubborn old man, and he went back to the house and started to sulk, but the anger turned into anger, since the old man didn't want to come, he simply changed to another method , He used his relationship to invite a doctor directly from the hospital to his home.

This time the doctor arrived at the door, and the old man had to sit there and let himself be tossed about even if he didn't want to. Fortunately, this doctor's eloquence was much better than Li Wenjia's, so the old man cooperated very much with the coaxing, and successfully performed some basic examinations It's over.

When sending the doctor back later, he told Li Wenjia that he was a surgeon and that the old man's muscles and bones were fine at present, but he kept hearing that the old man was coughing, and the sputum was still bloodshot, so he thought it was necessary to go to the hospital to have a lung check.

After Li Wenjia heard this, he took it seriously, and quickly reported the situation to Mo Xuyou, and was instructed to send the old man to the hospital immediately, and he had to have a full-body examination.

"Father, as long as you go back to the hospital and have your checkup, I promise I won't bother you anymore, but if you don't go, don't smoke your cigarettes, anyway, you won't find them if I hide them." Li Wenjia said both seductively and threateningly.

"Forget it, let's go this time." Mr. Li couldn't help him so much, and finally compromised.

The two checked in the hospital for about a day, and Li Wenjia went to the hospital to get the results three days later.

"Doctor, may I ask what this means?" Li Wenjia asked the result on the medical certificate.

"The patient has symptoms of pneumonia. It is recommended to be hospitalized for observation for a few days." The doctor said looking at the medical certificate.

"Then is the disease serious?" Li Wenjia asked.

"Due to the weak resistance of the elderly, it is common to be infected with pneumonia, but they are afraid of complications, so they should stay in the hospital for a period of time and wait until they fully recover." The doctor suggested: "If the patient has the habit of smoking, it is best to It’s better to control it, so as not to aggravate the symptoms of coughing and expectoration.”

Li Wenjia listened carefully to the doctor's orders, and repeated these to the old man after returning home, thinking that he should listen to the doctor's advice and be hospitalized early to avoid major problems in the future, and he must quit smoking.

After hearing this, Mr. Li must be unwilling. He feels that he has been busy all his life, and he finally has this thought in his later years. , I don't even want to go.

Li Wenjia couldn't persuade him, it just so happened that Mo Xuyou had finished his work, so he rushed over to serve the old man with him, and sure enough, when Mo Xuyou came, he had a poor talk with the old man, and he really moved him. I went to the hospital and lived there for a while.

After he was discharged from the hospital, the old man was in good spirits, but his old habit of smoking could not be cured. One night, when Li Wenjia went out to do errands, he called Mo Xuyou to him and said that he had something to tell him.

"Xiao Mo, I understand everything at such an advanced age. You are younger than Wen Jia. In the future, you will probably be more tired. There is also a child like Li Bo. I always feel a little worried."

"What are you talking about? You are in good health now, and you will have to worry about this family in the future," Mo Xuyou wondered why he said that.

"There are a lot of things that I can't say to that brat Li Wenjia, but you are different. You are much more spiritual than him. Let me ask you, do you believe in fate, Xiao Mo?" Mr. Li asked suddenly.

"Yes, but I believe that people can change their lives. This is not an absolute thing." Mo Xuyou replied.

"You are still young. When you reach my age, you will understand that there is no way to change many things so easily. 73, 84, the king of hell will not tell me to go. I have been restless these days, and I always want to tell you. If I die, just bury me in my old lady's grave, and we will be reunited." Mr. Li said while smoking a cigarette.

"The hospital said you're fine, and you said that decades earlier." Mo Xuyou felt that he might be thinking too much as he got old, so he said in relief: "You are in such good health, I'm afraid that the King of the Underworld will return to you." Can't take it."

"Oh, it's up to fate." The old man lamented with a vicissitudes of life on his face, "Man, everything has its destiny."

After talking with Mr. Li, Mo Xuyou also felt that something was wrong afterwards. Why did he suddenly talk about so many things in good health, but in the next few days, the old man was still fine, so Mo Xuyou gradually put this Things were forgotten.

But probably it really is fate. On the day before Li Wenjia and Mo Xuyou planned to celebrate the old man's 85th birthday, old man Li passed away quietly on the bed. The reason for his death was that a mouthful of phlegm blocked his airway. Without catching my breath, it all happened in seconds.

Li Wenjia was very sad, and entrusted Zhuo Yan with his family's house and shop to Zhuo Yan who had returned from the United States. He and Mo Xuyou concentrated on taking care of the old man's funeral in his hometown, and Li Bo also asked for leave to come back, but he couldn't see the old man for the last time. .

"Dad, don't be sad," Li Bo comforted Li Wenjia, who looked at Li Wenjia, whose hair had turned gray a lot: "I heard that grandpa passed away peacefully and didn't suffer any crimes. This is a blessing. I believe that grandpa and grandma are already married Reunited, he should be smoking a cigarette underground now."

Li Wenjia knew that what Li Bo said was right. Old people, how can they never leave, as long as they can leave safely, it is already the best result, but he is still very sad. He was dragged by the old man since he was a child. He never married again in his life. He was mischievous since he was a child, and he went out to make troubles when he grew up. Until a while ago, he kept talking back to him. What made him sad was that he was not filial enough to the elderly, and felt that he had not done much.

"Father..." Li Wenjia knelt in front of the old man's spirit, still unable to control his emotions, "My son hasn't served you enough, my son is not filial."

Mo Xuyou next to him was by his side. In the situation where Li Wenjia had completely lost control, he had been responsible for all the funeral arrangements these days. He finally understood why the old man had told him these words before. It turned out that he had already confessed The funeral is over, although he is also very sad now, but he still cheers up to arrange all this.

"Li Bo, spend some time with your dad these few days," Mo Xuyou instructed.

"Don't worry, Uncle Mo, my dad will think about it after a few days of being sad." Li Bo looked at Mo Xuyou, who had lost a lot of weight after busy work, and couldn't help saying: "Uncle Mo, you Take care too, after all, you are the backbone of the family now, and my dad actually loves grandpa very much in his heart, but he is too masculine, he didn't say a lot of things, and now he is more sad and blames himself."

"The world is impermanent, who can predict it." Mo Xuyou sighed with emotion. In fact, what he thinks in his heart now is the conversation with the old man that day. Is fate really doomed?