Silent Hearts

On the first day after the new year, Lu Rong had to go to the hospital to get medicine for Chen Meihua. He had a doctor he knew well, so he said hello, and if he went early, he could save the queue.

Chen Meihua didn't like to get up early, so she made a fuss about it. No matter how much Lu Rong coaxed her, she couldn't get better. When she arrived at the hospital, her grandmother was still crying.

Lu Rong coaxed him to the end and felt a little funny. Chen Meihua was sitting, he was half kneeling, and looked up at the old lady's face: "Why is Meimei unhappy?"

Chen Meihua sobbed: "My dream is not finished yet."

Lu Rong asked, "What did you dream about?"

Chen Meihua said: "Meimei dreamed that she and Mumu were in the garden, a lot of flowers bloomed, they were super beautiful, Mumu made the flowers into a headband and put it on Meimei's head."

Lu Rong thought for a while and said, "Well, Meimei will accompany me to get the medicine, and then we'll go buy flowers and weave a headband for you, okay?"

Chen Meihua was not satisfied: "I don't want you to make it up, I want Mu Mu to make it up."

Lu Rong had no choice but to say: "Then get the medicine, how about we go to find Lin Mu?"

Coaxing the elderly is like coaxing children. Anyway, before doing anything, you have to add medicine, just like bargaining.

Chen Meihua was still not very happy, but she could only follow Lu Rong to line up. The number of people in the hospital gradually increased. Lu Rong pulled Chen Meihua to her side, fearing that she would lose her.

After taking the medicine, I met with the familiar doctor, and coaxed and lied to Chen Meihua for a routine checkup. The tossing didn't end until almost noon, and grandma was in no mood to mention Lin Mu and make a headband anymore. Sitting sickly.

Lu Rong coaxed her: "What would Meimei want to eat?"

Chen Meihua pouted and didn't want to speak, Lu Rong asked again: "Is Meimei hungry?"

Chen Meihua thought for a long time before saying, "I want to eat Pizza Hut."

Lu Rong had no objection, as long as Chen Meihua was willing to take it, it was all right for him. He packed up the medicine and the checklist, and took his grandma out to eat, but before the pizza he ordered was on the table, Lu Rong received a call from Zhong He.

"Where are you?" The principal's mobile phone number is not saved by the student union. Lu Rong originally thought it was an advertisement call, and was even a little dazed when he heard the bell and the sound.

Zhong He was very serious and asked again: "Where are you?"

Lu Rong was silent for a while before saying: "In the attached courtyard..."

Zhong He: "Take grandma to see a doctor?"

Lu Rong let out a "hmm".

Zhong He: "Give me the address, and I'll come find you."

Lu Rong was really not brave enough to hang up Zhong He's phone, so half an hour later, Zhong He sat across from his grandfather and grandson, looking at him with a serious expression.

"I heard that you are going to drop out of school?" Zhong He asked straight to the point.

Lu Rong didn't intend to hide this matter at first, he hesitated for a while, then nodded and said: "Yes."

Zhong He frowned, his appearance was a bit mean, once he showed a dissatisfied expression, the "meanness" became a little bit deeper.

"How is your grandma?" Zhong He asked suddenly, "Can you take care of it by yourself?"

Lu Rong: "It's okay for now." He paused, and then said, "Dementia will only get worse, so I don't plan to take her to school anymore."

Zhong Hechang took a deep breath, rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "Are you going to drop out of school, how many years are you going to drop out? One year or two, or five years or ten years?"

Lu Rong didn't speak.

Zhong He asked: "Are you really not going to continue your studies and take the university entrance exam?"

Lu Rong lowered his head and said after a while: "I can't think about this now."

Zhong He was a little excited: "That's your future, if you don't think about who?!"

Lu Rong slowly raised his eyes, and he twitched the corners of his mouth, as if he wanted to laugh.

"I don't see any future in my current situation," he said.

The Pizza Hut was a bit noisy, the waiter brought the pizza plate to the table, Chen Meihua didn't know how to eat it, Lu Rong cut it open for her, and fed it into her mouth bit by bit.

In this way, grandma is not very cooperative. Whenever she encounters something she doesn't want to eat, she will reach out and grab it directly and throw it aside.

Zhong He looked at the messy pizza thrown on the plate, and stared at Lu Rong with complicated eyes.

The latter seems to be used to it, coaxing, feeding, wiping mouth, tidying up, doing it in an orderly manner, as if it has been repeated thousands of times.

"If you are still willing to come to school in the second half of the semester, I will arrange another teacher to accompany you and grandma in class." Zhong He looked at Chen Meihua and said suddenly.

Lu Rong was a little surprised, he looked up at Zhong He.

"Don't say that you don't want to go to school any more." With a calm face, Zhong He said slowly, "My original intention of building this school is to allow children like you to receive education like ordinary students. Go to school, go to university, and then have a decent future."

Lu Rong opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but Zhong He raised his hand to stop him.

"You may think, I'm an adult, I'm not you, I can't stand in your position, and I said so many arrogant things."

Zhong He adjusted his glasses, and said in a low voice, "Just treat me as a few years older than you, and be cheeky and arrogant."

"Don't give up, think about yourself more," Zhong He said, "Don't carry everything alone, don't say you have no future, your life shouldn't be like this."

After the meal, Zhong He went to the counter to help pay the bill. Lu Rong rarely refused, and the three left the Pizza Hut restaurant in silence. Before leaving, Zhong He went back and emphasized the proposal again.

"If you need money, I can also act as a guarantor to help you apply for a loan." He paused and added, "There are also teachers' problems. Chu Lin and I can make other arrangements to help you when you are in class." Take care of your grandma."

Lu Rong didn't seem to know what to say, he was silent for a long time, and could only say "thank you" repeatedly.

Zhong He was afraid that he would still be entangled, so he entered Chu Lin's phone number into Lu Rong's phone: "If you have any questions, you can directly contact Chu Ban, and she will come to you, and you can tell her what you are thinking or worrying about." .”

Lu Rong nodded.

Seeing that he could listen to the words, Zhong He finally breathed a sigh of relief. He still had dinner tonight, so he couldn't stay with Lu Rong for too long, so he could only take a step ahead.

"Stop thinking about dropping out of school." Zhong He finally said, "The sky is falling, and we adults are carrying it. No matter how bad it is, how bad can it be?"

Chen Meihua refused to leave halfway, so Lu Rong could only squat down and carry her on his back.

The two of them passed by a flower shop by chance on their way back, and grandma finally remembered her flower headband and clamored to buy it, so Lu Rong could only pick flowers behind her back.

After picking a few flowers, Lu Rong received a message from Lin Mu on WeChat.

He took a picture of the sky full of stars and sent it.

Lin Mu returned quickly: "Meimei wants to weave a headband?"

Lu Rong: "Yes, are you still in class?"

Lin Mu: "I'm almost done, you came to see me?"

Lu Rong replied, "Okay."

He paid the fee, and walked on the main road with the old lady on his back again.

"Where are we going?" Chen Meihua asked happily, shaking her legs.

Lu Rong didn't look back, he said, "Don't you want to weave a headband, let's go find Lin Mu."

Chen Meihua: "Can Mu Mu really make it up for me?"

Lu Rong said: "Really, we will see him in a while."

Chen Meihua was obviously overjoyed, and babbled on his back. Lu Rong held her butt in fear that someone would fall, but he didn't get angry, and said helplessly, "Be good, Meimei."

Chen Meihua put her arms around his neck, was quiet for a while, and whispered in his ear: "Rong Rong, are you going to start school?"

Lu Rong stopped in his tracks.

Chen Meihua continued to whisper: "Rong Rong, grandma saved money for you and gave it to you for college. Are you happy?"

Lu Rong didn't say whether he was happy or not. He stood on the spot with his head down. Chen Meihua was confused. She poked her head out and saw some dark water stains on Lu Rong's feet for no reason, as if she wanted to Accumulated into shallow puddles.

The author has something to say:

Meimei is the best grandma (crying)