Rebirth Delay

"What?" Shi Yan raised his foot and was about to walk towards the front yard.

Xu Ze grabbed Shi Yan's sleeve and said anxiously, "Brother, your face is torn!"

"It's okay." Shi Yan took a step back, took Xu Ze's hand and walked forward together, understating, "It was just scratched by a branch on the road. Let's go see Aunt Sun first."

"Uncle Tang, how is Madam?" Shi Yan walked quickly to the bed.

Tang Anmin's face was dark and ugly, and he nodded to Shiyan with the phone in one hand, but the words in his mouth were urgent and fast, "Hurry up and drive over, your sister has fainted!"

He was probably on the phone with Sun Liguo.

On the bed, Sun Xiu was lying on her back, her face was frighteningly pale.

Tang Anmin dropped the phone, picked up Sun Xiu and ran outside.Shi Yan and Xu Ze followed and also ran to the gate.

A Volkswagen stopped with a bang.Tang Anmin put Sun Xiu in the back seat and adjusted his posture more comfortably.Just as he was about to close the door, he saw two children outside, one big and one small, staring at him blankly.Xu Ze's eyes were blurred with tears, and Shi Yan was stunned, as if he was frightened.

Tang Anmin pursed his lips and forced a smile at Xu Ze, "Xu Ze, don't be afraid, Madam will be fine."

Tilting his head slightly, he nodded to Time Lapse.Shi Yan also nodded his head, his mood was heavy, and his breathing was difficult as if he was pressing on a boulder.

As soon as the door was closed, the car drove away.

In July, the ground was covered with corn that was turning from green to yellow, covering the passing cars. Shi Yan and Xu Ze stood at the door without moving for a long time.

"Brother," Xu Ze leaned closer to Shi Yan's side, his face full of uneasiness, "Is there something going on, ma'am?"

Shi Yan sat down on the threshold, put the child in his arms and sat down.The two snuggled together, but Shi Yan never said a word.He had seen too much death, but he couldn't bear to let Xu Ze witness and bear it at such a young age.Perhaps, Aunt Sun was just in a coma.

But the moment Shi Yan saw that pale face, the only thought in his mind was death.

Not in the mood to eat, Shi Yan added water and rice to the big pot, and sat in front of the big stove to light the fire.Xu Ze had been following him all the time, and at this moment he was also sitting on the small wooden stool, staring at the hearth in a daze, his little face flushed red.

"Brother." Xu Ze said suddenly.

"Huh?" Shi Yan turned his head.

Xu Ze's voice was almost covered by the crackling sound from the furnace, "I almost fell into a hole in the ice last time, did you cry?"

The delay was dumb.

"I heard you cry," Xu Ze's voice seemed to be murmured from his throat, without that childishness, but with a strange heaviness, he pulled the chest of the t-shirt, and the bear's face was all bruised In a ball, the little face was stained with deep sadness, "You cried for me again, didn't you?"

Time delay body startled.

He carefully looked at the person in front of him, and had to admit that Xu Ze really didn't look like a child.For more than 20 years, he never tried to know what Xu Ze had experienced before he was thrown away.At first he didn't care, but later he was afraid of hurting Xu Ze.But now, he really wanted to know what happened to Xu Ze.

What could it be that makes a child so sensitive to human emotions?

Shi Yan didn't dare to think deeply.He was afraid that he would not be able to hold back his madness, that he would not be able to control the beast in his heart, and let it out to bite everywhere.

After following the time delay, Xu Ze always laughed.When he laughed, Shi Yan felt that he was innocent.But when he showed a sad expression, Shi Yan always felt that he was hiding deep thoughts at such a young age.

Xu Ze never said, and Shi Yan never asked.

"Xiao Ze," Shi Yan stretched his hand to touch his red right cheek, he didn't smile, but his gaze conveyed softness, "Don't be afraid."

"Brother is here," Xu Ze rubbed his palm, closing his eyes as if hypnotizing himself, "Brother is here."

"Well, my brother is always here. I will take you with me wherever I go, and I will never leave you." Shi Yan also stretched out his other hand, holding Xu Ze's head in both hands, and solemnly branded a blow on Xu Ze's head. kiss.This kiss is like a promise, a promise.

"Brother..." Xu Ze lightly touched the wound on the side of Shi Yan's ear, took out a band-aid from his pocket, tore it off, and stuck it on.

Shi Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, Xu Ze is always smart.

A branch scratches at most a willow on the face, and it is impossible to draw such a deep wound.The worry hidden behind Xu Ze's pupils showed his failure in lying.

I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

At two o'clock in the night, the phone rang at the front.If it is daytime, you may not be able to hear it.But in the strangely quiet night, the string of rapid bells sounded like a gong in the valley, and the sound buzzed in my ears, deafening.

"Brother." Xu Ze sat up suddenly.

Shi Yan had already got out of bed, put Xu Ze on his back, put on his slippers and ran to the front yard.

There was no wind in the summer night, and sticky sweat rolled down the skin of the two of them.

"Hey, Uncle Tang, I'm Shi Yan." Shi Yan leaned over holding the microphone, Xu Ze leaned beside the microphone, "Xiao Ze is also here."

"Auntie is awake?!" Shi Yan raised his voice at the end, and Xu Ze's eyes lit up.

"Oh, good. Don't worry, I will take good care of Ozawa." Shi Yan's tone softened, "Can I bring Ozawa there tomorrow?"

"Yes. County People's Hospital, I understand." Shi Yan nodded, "Then I'll hang up first."

"It's okay." Shi Yan touched the back of Xu Ze's head, and pinched his fingers into the two dimples on the back of his neck, as if they were stuck together, and couldn't separate the corners of his mouth when he met Xu Ze's expectant big eyes. With a smile, "It's okay, Ozawa."

Sun Xiu suffered from high blood pressure, overworked, lack of rest, and suddenly fainted. Now she has woken up and her condition is relatively stable.

"Great!" Xu Ze jumped up and hung around Shi Yan's neck like a kangaroo.

Shi Yan took a few steps forward with difficulty, grabbed Xu Ze's armpit and poked it upwards, the child looked down at him and smiled.Shi Yan teased him, deliberately let go of his arm suddenly, and Xu Ze suddenly fell down.

"Ahhhh—" Xu Ze screamed in fright.

Time delay pinched again, and lifted Xu Ze up again.

Xu Ze kicked his legs and stared dissatisfiedly, "Brother, you scared me."

With a sad face, Shi Yan lowered one hand, and bent his knees as if they were weak, "Oh, it's like a pig, why is it so heavy."

"Put me down, let me down!" Xu Ze shouted hastily.

"If you don't let it go, don't let it go," Shi Yan's childlike innocence burst into laughter, and he laughed out loud at Xu Ze's rejuvenated appearance, "I'll sharpen my knife later, and kill the piglet for meat!"

Xu Ze moved so violently that Shi Yan couldn't hold it anymore, so he simply hugged the child into his arms, almost bumping the tip of his nose together.

Xu Ze pouted, "It's hot."

Dissatisfied with the time delay, "Then you still like to sleep with me at night, and you say it's not hot. It's not allowed today, and one person sleeps on one side. If anyone gets out of my way, I will kick him down to sleep."

Xu Ze shook his head coquettishly, "Brother, don't, I'm neither hot nor hot anymore."

Time Lapse's eyeballs flicked left and right.

Xu Ze understood, and smacked Shi Yan's face, drooling a lot.

The delay is satisfied.

"Go!" Shi Yan turned the child upside down from his arms to his back as if conjuring, strode out of the stuffy house where the electric fan was not turned on, and walked towards the backyard.

"Drive!" Xu Ze yelled suddenly.

Shi Yan stumbled on the sole of his foot and almost fell over.

Is this riding him like a horse?

Early the next morning, Shi Yan took Xu Ze on the bus to the county.

Buses in the countryside are charged manually and are generally small with few seats.Those who drive are private homes, usually couples.Hang on several roads, walk through the streets and towns, and stop wherever the passengers tell them.The man drives, the woman collects the money.

This car is very maneuverable and usually stops at the beck and call.Sometimes a small street of more than ten meters can stop three or four times, and five or six people will make several dials.If there is someone the couple knows, they will take a detour wherever they agree to take someone, make a detour or something.

As soon as the woman pulled the rope on the door, the door folded and opened.Aunts, uncles, and fashionable young people squeezed upwards. If there were too many people, the woman would shout into the car, "Go a little further in, go in, go in."

When the person didn't move, the woman became angry, "This old man doesn't know how to move, block the door, let's see who can walk today!"

You will not be charged immediately when you get on the bus. After walking for a while, almost no one gets on the bus along the way.The woman will come from the front and ask, "Where are you going?"

Closer, "Two yuan."

Far, "ten yuan."

"Price increase? No price increase during Chinese New Year?" The woman gave you a disdainful look, "You can inquire through this line, who doesn't pay ten yuan, I won't take your money."

Occasionally, she saw a child occupying a seat, and she immediately yelled, "Sit on your lap, someone will come up later."

The man wrote and drew on the paper at the front, "How many Pingya? How many from Wuji?" He listened to the woman's newspaper, and the man buried himself in the form.

Not long after, the car door opened suddenly, and the woman went down to hand in the form.Once the car stops, it takes ten, twenty or ten minutes.

Some aunts went down to buy fried dough sticks and pancakes, and came back later.

The woman also helped to arrange the location and stack the large boxes together.When I met a child without a seat, I pointed to the engine cover in the middle, which was always a bit hot, "Sitting and sitting, standing tired."

When it is really crowded, there is no place to step down in the whole car.

There are also the smells of all kinds of food, poultry, stinky feet, mixed with the smell of diesel oil, and when kneaded together, it makes people feel sick with stomach acid.

Knowing that Sun Xiu had recovered, Xu Ze looked around curiously when he went.

In the early morning, there were not many people, and only five or six people sat in a dozen seats.The person who collected the money was a chubby aunt who sat carelessly on the engine, chatting with the driver while collecting the money, speaking in a few local dialects, which were short-sighted by the parents.

The daughter of this family is getting married, how much is the dowry.The man in that family got a woman outside, and the one in the house never laid eggs.And so on, the voice is bold and unrestrained, afraid that people will not be able to hear clearly.

After a while, the aunt chatted dryly.After taking a sip of water, he took a look at Xu Ze, and said in an exaggerated tone, "Oh, this kid is pretty."

Xu Ze averted his eyes in embarrassment.

The aunt laughed loudly, patted her thigh and asked, "Whose child is it? It's called Shuomingzai (what's his name)?"

Xu Ze glanced at Shi Yan, and seeing that he didn't object, he grinned, "Auntie, my name is Xiao Ze."

Hearing that it was Mandarin, the fat aunt was taken aback, then laughed again, "Hey, Jie (this) is not only beautiful, but also nice to speak! I'm sure I'll be promising when I grow up!"

Before Xu Ze could say thank you, the car stopped.The aunt turned around and opened the door, Xu Ze looked back at Shi Yan foolishly.

Time delay is speechless.This aunt is too inattentive to praise others.

The road to the county town lasted about an hour, and it started and stopped. By the time we got there, it was already 8:50.The fat aunt was still waving when she got out of the car, "Go, Ozawa."

Xu Ze calmly left her with a back view.

Shi Yan snickered behind him.

The county hospital is easy to find, just turn a corner after getting off the car.

Turn left after entering the door, just in time to meet Tang Anmin coming out to fetch water with a thermos bottle.

"Uncle Tang." Xu Ze called out with a smile.

"Hey," Tang Anming smiled, "Come on. Come with me, your aunt is talking about you."

Entered the inpatient area and went up to the fifth floor, where Sun Xiu lived in room 503, a double room.

"...You should rest well and take your medicine on time..." As soon as the door opened, the doctor in a white coat came out from inside.

Turning around and seeing Tang Anmin, the doctor in his thirties smiled and stepped forward to reach out.

Tang Anmin put down the thermos bottle, shook hands with the doctor, "Thank you, Director Zhou."

The doctor smiled, "Tang... Senior Tang, you don't have to be so polite, just call me Xiao Zhou."

Tang Anmin nodded and said nothing.The doctor Zhou probably knew about Tang Anmin's temperament, so he said, "I'll check on the other patients. Senior Tang, I'll go first." Then he opened the door and went out.

Tang Anmin closed the door, and Sun Xiu had already greeted Shi Yan and Xu Ze to his side.

There were apples and other things on the side, and Sun Xiu was busy directing Tang Anmin to wash in the water room, and she got up to peel bananas for Xu Ze.

Shi Yan hurriedly said, "Auntie, you lie down. Ozawa wanted to come to the hospital to see you, not to eat. Besides, he also has these things at home. He doesn't lack for them."

Ozawa nodded, "Ma'am, lie down. Ozawa will peel bananas for you to eat."

Sun Xiu was about to speak with a smile, but the patient in the next bed laughed, "Oh, these two children are really nice, I thought they were your grandson if they weren't called aunt, they are so filial to you."

Sun Xiu nodded and said with a smile, "Haha, I am lucky to have them by my side."

Shi Yan and Xu Ze went out for lunch by themselves, at the small wonton shop across the road.

Xu Ze laughed while eating.

"What are you laughing at?" Shi Yan asked.

"Brother, are all the small wontons all over the world very salty?"

Shi Yan blinked, remembering the morning when he brought Xu Ze home, he took Xu Ze to eat small wontons.That was the first time they ate together, as clearly as yesterday.

When Shi Yan and Xu Ze went back, there were more Tang Jing and Zhou Jie in the room.

Zhou Jie was very excited when he saw Xu Ze.It is estimated that this kid has a lot of forgetfulness, and he has long forgotten what happened at the beginning of the year.

"Ozawa, Ozawa..." Zhou Jie followed Xu Ze's butt and turned his head.

Sun Xiu has had a sick meal.Shi Yan handed the fast food to Tang Anmin.

Tang Jing sat by the bed, poured water, passed papers and so on from time to time, and listened to Sun Xiuxu's chatter without impatient, with a smile on her face all the time.It seems that she is really a filial daughter.

In the afternoon, Sun Xiu slept for a while.Tang Anmin accompanied him inside.

Tang Jing sat on the escort bed and dozed off.

Shi Yan, Xu Ze and Zhou Jie were sitting outside the ward talking.It was mainly Xu Ze and Zhou Jie who were talking. They were talking about teachers and classmates in the school, cartoons and gadgets. Shi Yan leaned against the wall and listened with his eyes slightly squinted.

Suddenly, Zhou Jie's voice paused.

Shi Yan subconsciously opened his eyes, only to see Xu Ze and Zhou Jie looking at the stairs, their eyes unblinking.Following their gazes, a slightly fat and strong woman came up.Very thick, very plump.

The facial features are not bad when you look closely, but they are stretched by the fat and a little deformed.Slanted bangs, bright red lips.Short-sleeved shirt, knee-length skirt, black stockings, and wedge sandals.Once on the fifth floor, it attracted the attention of a group of people.

Zhou Jie pulled Xu Ze's body forward, and shrunk his fat body, trying to reduce his sense of existence.

The woman spotted him at a glance, curled her lips, and strode over.

The sound of "thump, thump, thump" high-heeled shoes made people jump with fear.

"Where's your grandma?" The woman asked coldly.

Zhou Jie pointed at the door of Room 503 with shaking fingers.

The woman walked over, opened the door and went in.

"Why are you here?" The three men outside the door only heard Tang Anmin's sullen question.

However, this sentence is like lighting a dynamite bag, and the following dialogue will explode, making people's brains hurt.

"What's the matter, I can't come?! That's my mother, my mother fainted, I can't come?! If Xiaosan didn't call me, don't you even know that my mother died at home? !" The woman's sharp voice rose, breaking the original calm in the ward.

"What did you say?" Tang Anmin's voice was steady but cold.

"Big sister!" Tang Jing hurriedly persuaded her.

"Shut up!" the woman interrupted Tang Jing, "I know that when you went home last year, Xiaojie fell into an ice hole and was rescued by him, oh, so you can be grateful to him? You don't want to Thinking, if he hadn't been home for the New Year, would Xiaojie have fallen into the ice hole? Stupid!"

Sun Xiu sternly said, "Boss, you just shut up! I fainted, and you came back. You didn't ask me how I was doing, but you made trouble in my ward?! You blame me for what happened last year. What's your dad doing? That's because I missed Xiaosan and asked her to come back. If you have the ability, you can blame me!"

There was silence for a while.

The woman changed her tone of earnestness, "Mom, I didn't mean you. You have high blood pressure, and we are far away from you. If you don't worry about raising your children, you can stay at home and rest more. It's okay, just see Watching TV, rushing to the market, running to the door, chatting with your old sisters. Why don't you stay idle, find something to do for yourself all day, and make yourself sick?"

Sun Xiu said angrily, "You know again?"

The woman sighed and said, "Mom, I know it's because I care about you. Look, you picked up those two children outside, right? , What are you doing raising them? If you are idle, our family Tutu will be handed over to you, and you will raise them for us, and I will give you 300 yuan a month."

Sun Xiu was amused, "Your mother-in-law has no objection now? Don't talk about your secrets?"

The woman sighed again, "Mom, I couldn't help it at the beginning. My mother-in-law pressed her tightly, and Tutu would hum when she walked three meters away. Now that Tutu has grown up, I will show you how to do it for a few days." From the head office."

Sun Xiu paused for a moment, she probably really missed her grandson.After a while, he said, "The matter between Ozawa and Xiaoyan is not discussed. Xiaosan should have told you that they pay rent on a monthly basis, and they don't eat and drink for nothing. But they are so good, I eat and drink for nothing. I’m willing to drink too. Tutu, I think too, bring him back for a few days when you’re free.”

"Mom..." The woman continued to speak.

"Needless to say." Sun Xiu interrupted forcefully.

"Boss, I know what you're thinking," Sun Xiu said in a calm and unrefutable tone, "but which of the three of you can understand my thoughts and your father's thoughts? When you gave birth, we wanted to raise one by our side. What's the point? All the food and fun are provided for him. But what about you, think that Sunjia Village is small, the school is poor, and the people in the village are uncivilized, you really have hard wings."

"Now your father and I have these two children by our side, and we are happy every day. We are happy when we see the children running around. You don't want to? Boss, you say it with your heart and reason, you How do you want to torment us two old ones?"

"Mom..." The woman's momentum has weakened a lot. It is estimated that she is indeed wronged, but she is not reconciled, "But..."

Sun Xiu whispered, "I was woken up by you just after I slept for a while, I want to sleep for a while longer. If you want to wait, just be quiet. If you don't want to, you can go home."

"It's really drugged!" The woman muttered, walked out, and sat on the other side of the door.After pressing the phone for a while, Erlang switched legs from side to side several times.

Xu Ze and Zhou Jie looked at each other and twitched their mouths, understanding.

This kind of woman likes to judge others with the greatest malice.Shi Yan closed his eyes and continued to be confused.

In the following time, apart from the sound of the nurse pushing the car in the corridor, there was the sound of the high heels of the eldest daughter of Sun Xiu and Tang Anmin stepping on the ground.

Xu Ze asked softly, "What's her name?"

Zhou Jie mouthed, "Ya."

It turned out to be Tang Ya.

It's a pity to live up to such a good name.

At nearly 4 o'clock, the door of Room 503 finally reopened.

Tang Anmin came out, and said to Shi Yan and Xu Ze, "Shi Yan, Ozawa, you go back first, have an early meal when you get home, take a bath, and go to sleep. Children grow up, don't stay up."

Shi Yan and Xu Ze nodded with a smile.

After thinking about it, Shi Yan said again, "Uncle Tang, how long will Madam be in the hospital?"

"Observe for three days first."

Shi Yan asked, "Do you want to go back and get some clothes for Madam?"

"Well," Tang Anmin nodded, "Go back first, and I'll go back later."

"Hey," Tang Ya stood up suddenly, showing a smile, "I'll go home and help my mother get it."

"No need." Tang Anmin refused without hesitation.

"Little San will take Zhou Jie back later. You're home. There's no one to take care of Mom. Why don't I go back and watch Mom here. I'll be driving, and I'll be right back." Tang Ya said attentively .

Her abnormal reaction made Tang Anmin frown.

Tang Ya's face darkened, "Why, you still doubt that I will mess with these two wild children? Don't worry, I'm not that vicious. No matter what you do, the one lying inside is my mother! I want to go home for her What's the matter with the clothes?"

Tang Anmin glanced at her with a calm gaze.

Tang Ya raised her chin.