How many weeks are you going to confess?

On weekends, Lian Li would go to the county to give supplementary lessons to a third-year child named Tian, ​​[-] an hour, four hours a day.

It is more than ten kilometers from the village to the county. Grandma Wang lent him a bicycle, which helped him a lot and saved a lot of expenses.

He still got up at 06:30, went to the stove to cook porridge, and poured in the leftovers from last night to cook porridge.

The village uses fire-burning stoves, and even Li's face was rubbed into a tabby cat at the beginning, and he couldn't burn it. Fortunately, he learned things very quickly, and he mastered it after a few times of burning.

The rice was also leftovers from yesterday, so it was cooked very quickly. After eating a bowl, he added some water to the pot and lowered the fire to prevent it from being boiled dry.

The scarf covered the neck, face and ears, took out the bicycle, and set off for the county seat.

After an hour's drive, he arrived on time at eight o'clock, and he came to a breakfast shop.

"Auntie, a basket of steamed buns and a cup of soy milk." Breakfast was not bought for him. The Tian family's parents are both workers. They don't have weekends and go to work early in the morning. The mother asked Lian Li to bring breakfast for the child in the morning, of course they gave the money.

The child likes the Xiaolongbao in this breakfast shop very much. After eating for a month, he is not tired of it, and the owner of the breakfast shop is familiar with it.

"Xiao Lian is here." The boss's voice was so loud that everyone in the shop could hear it.

As soon as the words finished, the person who was eating bean curd facing the wall suddenly turned his head, got up hurriedly, and took two steps outside, "Lian Li!"

After Lian Li finished his breakfast, he saw Bian Jin holding a deep-fried dough stick in his left hand and a spoon in his right, looking at him excitedly.

The boss looked around the two of them, "Are you two classmates?"

"No..." Lian Li just uttered a word, and Bian Jin hurriedly said, "Yes! A classmate!"

"That's quite a coincidence." The boss took Lian Li's money, "Ten yuan is just right."

Lian Li took his breakfast and left with his bicycle. There were so many people in the morning that he couldn't go fast enough.

Jhin hurriedly dropped the spoon and left, but was grabbed by the boss, "Hey, even if you are Xiao Lian's classmate, you can't seek connections without giving money, right?"

Bian Jin anxiously watched Lian Li walk away, "How much?"

Boss: "A bowl of salted tofu nao, two deep-fried dough sticks, and two steamed buns, a total of 13 yuan five."

Bian Jin doesn't have the habit of carrying cash, but coincidentally, the signal here is not good, so it took him a long time to scan it, and then he went around in circles, unable to pay.

By the time the payment was made, Lian Li had already reached the corner of the street.

Fortunately, there are many people on the street, and it is always more inconvenient for Lian Li to push a bicycle than Bian Jin, but Bian Jin still caught up with him.

Lian Li turned a blind eye and continued walking, Bian Jin said, "You said 'goodbye' to me yesterday, so I'm here to practice it."

Lian Li:?

Bian Jin: "Goodbye, goodbye once, goodbye every time."

Lian Li: ...

Lian Li was not surprised why Bian Jin was able to find this place, because money can do a lot of things.

"What a coincidence, I got off the bus and felt very hungry, so I just found a breakfast shop for breakfast, and you happened to come to buy breakfast too."

Lian Li: "That's the breakfast shop on this street."

Bian Jin laughed twice, and changed the subject, "Your family doesn't live here, does it? You don't come here just to buy breakfast?"

Lian Li sped up, "You can find out where my home is, but you can't find out what I do every week?"

Bian Jin paused, and when he was four or five steps behind Lian Li, he chased after him, "Yes, we found it."

"Your home is at No. 35, Tianjia Village. It was the house of your great-grandfather. When he passed away, it was transferred to your great-grandmother. After your great-great-grandmother passed away, it was given to your mother. The reason why your surname is Lian is because you have Surname. You go to the No. [-] Middle School in the township, there are only two classes in the high school, and there are not thirty students in total."

"You go back to Tian Xiangrong's house every weekend to give tutoring to his third-year son Tian Liren, 50 yuan an hour, four hours a day. In addition, you also work part-time in a restaurant, also on weekends, [-] yuan a month. All the money is used by you Come buy some medicine."

Bian Jin said word by word, Lian Li just listened indifferently, as if it was someone else's story, but in fact he just accepted it and got used to it.

"Your mother, Zhou Sijie, was diagnosed with stage III cervical cancer in September this year. She is already at an advanced stage and there is no cure." Bian Jin's voice became smaller and smaller.

Lian Li said very calmly: "Well, everything is as you said, my mother's only hope is to see me get good grades in the college entrance examination and be admitted to a very good university."

He looked at Bian Jin, "So she doesn't want me to have any more contact with you, I'm sorry, I want to respect her wishes."

Bian Jin was stunned, this was something he didn't find out, and it couldn't be found out.

He could also guess the reason, probably no parent would let their children play with someone like him.

Bian Jin walked a few steps quickly, blocked Lian Li's way, and said to him firmly: "I won't come to you until the final exam is over, but I will come with the report card afterwards."

Before Lian Li could say anything, Bian Jin turned around and left.

Lian Li couldn't help reminding: "If you're going to the station, you're going the wrong way."

Bian Jin: "..."

***

The winter vacation of high school in the village is very early, and the Chinese New Year is only in early February, but the exam holiday is in mid-January.

This also gave Lian Li two weeks to do part-time jobs. The tutor took on three, a total of six hours, and it was 12 yuan a day. The part-time job in the restaurant also became a daily job, because the salary was also changed from [-] yuan at the beginning as the year approached. The money rose to [-] yuan an hour.

This week, Lian Li earned two thousand and six yuan, which is already a very good income.

It's getting colder and colder. Lian Li plans to buy a heater. The higher the electricity bill, the higher the electricity bill. It's more convenient than burning coal.I have to buy two more cotton coats for Zhou Sijie, and by the way, two more beds of thick cotton wool.

Lian Li was thinking about money, and pushed his bicycle to the commercial market, where there were shops selling all kinds of things, and the prices were relatively cheap.

When he was about to cross the road, he suddenly seemed to hear someone calling him, looked to the left, and saw a person waving his hand in the distance.He was too far away to see the opponent's face clearly. He was quite tall. At this height, Lian Li could only think of Bian Jin, but the opponent did not have Bian Jin's iconic yellow hair.

He thought: Maybe he heard it wrong.

Just entering the gate of the commercial market, I suddenly felt that something heavy was pressing on the back seat of the bicycle, making it difficult to move forward.

"Lian Li!" It was a very familiar voice, jumping with joy.

Lian Li looked behind and was stunned for a moment, "It turns out that the person just now was really you."

Bian Jin touched the back of his head, his yellow hair was gone, and his hair had grown too, but it didn't grow much in less than a month, and it became a length slightly longer than a flat head.

I am used to seeing his arrogant and domineering hairstyle, but Lian Li is not used to such a pure hairstyle now, no wonder he didn't recognize it just now.

"I feel that this hairstyle is not suitable for me, but it's okay, I will change it after the college entrance examination." Bian Jin said.

"Didn't Xiachuan High School acquiesce in your previous hairstyle?" Lian Li continued to walk in the market, occasionally meeting people he knew, and would nod and smile back with a sentence or two.

"Your mother definitely doesn't like my yellow hair." Bian Jin said.

Lian Li was taken aback for a moment before realizing, "Are you going to see my mother?"

Bian Jin was blunt, "Well, isn't your mother the biggest obstacle between the two of us? So I want him to accept me, so that you won't be burdened with me."

The two stood still in front of an unopened hardware store, and Lian Li asked quietly: "Have you ever thought that maybe my mother doesn't like you because of your appearance?"

Even Li felt that he was too much when he said it, and added: "It's not your problem, it's some of her past experiences... Anyway, you two should not meet each other, I'm afraid she will get emotional."

But Bian Jin said: "I know, I know about your mother's past, although I can't empathize with her, but I want her to let go of the knot in her heart, and I don't want to let go of the past, but at least I can have some memories that are not gray in the last period. "

Lian Li's hand holding the bicycle faucet was suddenly clenched, his eyes drooping and the corners of his mouth tightened, as if he was engaged in a strong ideological struggle.

After a long time, he said: "I understand your kindness, but her heart knot is too deep and tight, and it can't be changed overnight. I just want her to be safe and stable in the last few months."

Lian Li pushed the bicycle to go, but Bian Jin grabbed the seat of the bicycle with such strength that the veins on the back of his hand burst out.

"What about you? You just lived in the shadow of your mother, bound by her all your life, and then took your own life easily?"

Lian Li frowned and stared at him, "I don't understand what you're talking about."

"Have you ever thought about committing suicide? Jump off a building because you are afraid of heights. If you compare the two fears together, death is not so scary, and it can even relieve the pain." The more Bian Jin said, the more excited he became, but he was still paying attention. own volume.

Lian Li's expression seemed to be lost in thought for a moment, but he calmed down quickly, and changed the subject: "I'm sorry I have something to do and I'm in a hurry to go home, please don't bother me any more."

Bian Jin let go of his hand, "Okay, I won't disturb you, I will follow you."

Lian Li: "..."

Bian Jin did what he said, and followed Lian Li every step of the way for the next half an hour.

Lian Li went to buy a heater and negotiated with the boss, but the boss refused to let him pay the five yuan.

Bian Jin also took a heater, "Boss, can it be cheaper to buy two?"

The boss looked moved, as if he had made a loss-making deal, he waved his hand, "Okay, okay."

After leaving the hardware store, Lian Li stuffed Bian Jin with five yuan, but said nothing.

Bian Jin was holding a heater, and took the money, but took out his mobile phone and said, "The discount is for buying two, so one half is half, I have to give you five yuan. I don't have cash, lend me your WeChat to scan it."

After seeing him last time, Lian Li deleted Bian Jin's WeChat account.

Lian Li reluctantly took out his mobile phone, but what opened was not the personal QR code of WeChat, but the payment code, and handed it to him.

Bian Jin glanced, and scanned with his mobile phone, "Wait a minute, the signal is not very good, I can't scan it." The other hand quickly tapped Lian Li's mobile phone screen, trying to find out his personal QR code, but... It gets stuck when returning.

Silently, Lian Li clicked on the withdrawal code interface again, looked up at him, and his mental activity was self-evident.

Bian Jin smiled awkwardly, could only obediently pay two yuan and five, and sighed, "Brother's WeChat is really hard to add."

The corner of Lian Li's mouth twitched, "Don't call me that."

Bian Jin frowned, "Brother, add a WeChat."

Lian Li: "..."

"elder brother……"

"Add!" Lian Li, who couldn't bear it any longer, showed his WeChat QR code.

Bian Jin quickly scanned and sent the friend application, repeating the old trick, "Brother, you must pass it."

Lian Li Fu forehead, "Understood, please be normal."

***

Lian Li bought two beds of fresh cotton batting and tied them to the back seat of the bicycle, and bought two cotton jackets, one on the other side of the heater and hung them on the faucet.

It was past eight o'clock in the evening, and it was completely dark. He put the flashlight in the middle of the faucet to act as a searchlight.

"There is a hotel called International Hotel on Chenxi Street, and it only takes a few minutes to get there by taxi." Lian Li said to Bian Jin who was still by his side.

Bian Jin shook his head and said, "I'm going to Tianjiacun tonight."

Lian Li couldn't help being angry, he refused so many times but he didn't listen to a word, he still insisted on going his own way.

He said coldly, "It's up to you." He rode away.

Anyway, there would be no car to go to the village at this late hour, and he would give up if he couldn't stop the car.

Going back to Tianjia Village has to pass through several villages, and the village roads are winding. Even Lian Li has lived here for more than two months, and he still needs to carefully identify the road at night, otherwise he will make a wrong turn if he is not careful.

He had just passed Yangjia Village when his cell phone rang, and it was still a WeChat voice call.

In order to relieve Zhou Sijie's boredom, Lian Li set up a mobile phone plan for her, so the two often communicate with each other through WeChat.

He thought it was Zhou Sijie who called, and hurriedly parked the car, but when he took out his phone, he saw that it was Bian Jin who hadn't had time to make a note.

He took a deep breath and hung up.Just about to take back the phone, the second voice call came again.

He thought and thought, and finally accepted.

As soon as he picked it up, Bian Jin's anxious voice came over.

"Hello? Lian Li, I'm lost."

"……what?"

"I followed the navigation, but when I passed this place called Ya to Ya, I found that there was no way ahead." Bian Jin's tone was very helpless, probably because he was afraid of the unfamiliar environment, so his voice was still a little trembling.

"Don't wander around where you are, I'll go find you." You can't just ignore him, there is a mountain there, it's very dangerous at night, there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants, and I heard that there are wild boars.

Lian Li could know where he is now from Bian Jin's description. They changed the road the year before last, but the satellite navigation has not changed, and many outsiders will take the wrong road there.

Fortunately, the two were not far away, and Lian Li found Bian Jin in just ten minutes.

He was standing huddled in place, staring warily at his surroundings, his phone flashlight turned on, and a bicycle next to him.

Lian Li sighed, and he could probably make a good guess about the passage. He guessed that Jin went to take a taxi after he left, but found that he couldn't get a taxi, so he immediately bought a bicycle and followed the navigation all the way here.

It can only be said that his mobile phone is used seriously.

"Bian Jin." Lian Li called out to him.

Bian Jin was overjoyed, and hurriedly pushed his bicycle towards Lian Li. Lian Li's eyes hurt from the flashlight of his mobile phone, so he blocked it with his hand, and Bian Jin turned it off immediately.

"Sorry." Bian Jin said.

Lian Li thought he was pointing at the light of the flashlight, "It's all right."

Bian Jin seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, pointed to the phone and said, "Not only that, but also please come back and pick me up, and I'm going to Tianjia Village on my own initiative."

Lian Li thought to himself, apologizing is kind of awkward.

"Let's go." Lian Li got on his bicycle, "It's too dark, stay safe next to me, there are usually no cars at this time."

Bian Jin became even more excited, immediately followed Lian Li, and said excitedly, "You agree with me and your Tianjiacun?"

Lian Li glanced at him, "No, but I'm not like my township where a murder case made the news."

Bian Jin: Understood, in short, he was afraid that his death would cause trouble.

"Turn right at the intersection ahead," Lian Li said, "Have you found a place to live yet?"

Bian Jin responded obediently, and said, "I found it. Jiang Lesheng has a distant relative who lives in Tianjia Village. I'll go to his house to borrow money for two days."

After thinking for a while, he added, "It's not free! I paid for it."

Lian Li didn't care whether he went whoring for nothing or paid for it, "Which group and number is that relative's house?"

Bian Jin recalled, "It seems to be the number 68 in three groups. I can't remember clearly. I saved it in the memo on my mobile phone, and I also have his family's contact information. Don't worry, I won't get lost again."

... Lian Li was just afraid that Zhou Sijie would find him if he got too close.

Although the third group and the fourth group seem to be very close to each other, the order of the groups in the village is actually disordered, and there is a sixth group in the middle.

Lian Li was a little relieved, as long as Bian Jin didn't take the initiative to find Zhou Sijie, the two of them would have no intersection.

"There are quite a lot of places in the village where you can go to play and take pictures, and the people in the village are very nice. In recent years, there are people in every household. If you are bored, go to chat with them. They will definitely welcome you." Are you looking for me?" He didn't say it, but he thought Bian Jin should know.

"Well, don't worry, I did my homework in advance. There is a Guanyin Temple in the south of the village. It is said that it is very spiritual. I plan to go to worship."

Lian Li was delivered to Bian Jin's home before returning. Bian Jin remembered correctly, the family he stayed with was from the fourth group, Lian Li didn't know him, and they didn't know Lian Li either.

It was already 09:30 when I got home. Zhou Sijie was in the room with a coat on and a small lamp on, reading a book. It wasn't a famous book or something, but Lian Li's textbook.

She likes studying very much recently, as if she wants to make up for what she missed in her third year of high school.

"Mom, have you eaten yet?" Lian Li entered the room with two cotton waddings in his arms.

Zhou Sijie helped to take it, "Why are you back so late today?"

"I went to the business center to buy some things." Lian Li put the cotton wool on the bed, "Your mattress is too thin, and the weather forecast says that the temperature will drop in the day after tomorrow, the lowest temperature can reach minus four degrees, and it's even colder in the village. This mattress is thicker."

Lian Li lifted the top layer of blanket and added cotton batting, "Put a quilt cover on the other bed to cover it."

Zhou Sijie glanced at his floor bunk, and there were two thin cotton quilts underneath, "No, there are already two quilts now, and adding another bed will not be easy to turn over, so let's put it under your bunk, so as not to get rheumatism."

Lian Li took a step back, "I'm not cold yet, and there's still bedding in the closet. Just put the cotton wool on this bed first, and add it when you're cold."

Before Zhou Sijie could say anything, Lian Li quickly laid the floor and said, "By the way, I also bought a heater and two coats for you. They are outside. I'll get them."

Zhou Sijie put on her coat and went out with Lian Li, "Why did you buy me clothes again? There are so many clothes in the closet, and the heater consumes a lot of electricity, so don't waste money."

"I've asked, and it doesn't consume much, and the electricity bill in the village is very cheap. It's not safe to burn coal, and it's too troublesome to have to watch it before it's finished burning at night." Lian Li said, "My tutor and the restaurant's wages are low. It’s over, plus the school’s scholarship, it’s enough.”

Zhou Sijie sighed deeply, and patted Lian Li's head, "It's all my fault, it's your fault."

Lian Li smiled, and took the bag that contained the coat, "Don't stand at the door and let the wind blow, let's go inside and try on the clothes."

***

The work at Lian Li Restaurant was suspended because the boss was going home for the New Year, but the tutoring had to continue until the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, but the time was moved back, and the first class in the morning was changed from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-].

So he has plenty of time in the morning.But he still got up at 06:30 and made breakfast.

Zhou Sijie has been lethargic lately, and usually wakes up after xx in the morning.

Lian Li put his breakfast in a pot to keep warm, and went to the main room with a small desk to do his homework.

The high school in the village did not have a lot of homework for the winter vacation, just a copy of the winter vacation homework and one copy of English words, which was not as much as the winter vacation homework for the first year of Xiachuan High School.

Lian Li finished the word copying in the first week of the holiday, and there were only the last few pages of the winter homework book left. The questions were very simple, and he estimated that he could finish it in half an hour at most.

Lian Li was not willing to use the stove, the charcoal fire was burning, and the door of the main room was open, just to borrow light.

It was only after 07:30, and someone knocked on the door of the main room twice. Lian Li thought that something was wrong with the neighbors, but when he looked up, he saw Bian Jin who was sleepy.

Lian Li was shocked immediately, got up quickly and was dragged out of the courtyard.

"Why are you here?" He asked in a low voice, and looked at the bedroom in the middle from time to time, for fear that Zhou Sijie would wake up.

"I'm here to ask if you have breakfast. Jiang Lesheng's relatives said that there is a restaurant in front of the village entrance where you can eat. I want to go, but I don't know the way." Bian Jin was quite frank.

Lian Li frowned, "No need, I ate at home. There is only that restaurant in the village. You can see it when you walk along this road and turn right."

Bian Jin raised his eyebrows, "Okay, then I'll go."

"Bian Jin." Lian Li stopped him, "I hope you don't bother my mother."

Bian Jin turned his back and waved his hand, not knowing whether he listened or not.

Lian Li went back to the room and opened the bedroom door cautiously. Fortunately, Zhou Sijie was still sleeping.

At 08:30, Lian Li had finished his winter vacation homework and silently wrote words for half an hour.Zhou Sijie finally woke up.

Lian Li waited for her to finish her breakfast, then made lunch ahead of time, and left a small fire in the stove.

"If the lunch is cold, remember to warm it up, I'm going to the city." Lian Li rolled out his bicycle and told Zhou Sijie.

I don't know if it was too cold in the morning, Zhou Sijie's complexion was not very good, Lian Li asked her, she said she was just a little anemic.

Today's lowest temperature has reached below zero, and even Li wearing a scarf is still terribly cold. When he arrived in the county, his ears were so cold that he couldn't feel it.

The first tutor was from the Tian family. From ten o'clock to twelve o'clock, his parents were also on vacation, and they insisted on staying with Lian Li for lunch.Lian Li refused for more than ten minutes before they gave up.

Their county is a small county on the [-]th line, and the prices are relatively low. He usually goes to the noodle shop at noon, and a bowl of noodles only costs seven yuan.

"Auntie, a small bowl of noodles." Lian Li came to the noodle shop he often eats with ease.

"Or shredded meat with fungus?" The boss diligently threw a handful of powder into the big soup pot, and took out a bowl to put the seasoning.

"Yes." There were not many people in the store, so Lian Li chose a place with a stove to warm up.

The noodle is wet noodle, you just need to blanch it in boiling water for a few seconds, then you can put it into a bowl, sprinkle salt, monosodium glutamate, light soy sauce and other seasonings on the bottom of the bowl, cover it with the noodle, then pour a spoonful of rice, and a bowl of noodle is ready.

There will be a self-service table for small ingredients in the store, and customers can add coriander, green onions, peppers and other small ingredients according to their own preferences.

People in Yuandu like spicy food, and the peppers in noodle shops are especially spicy.Lian Li grew up in Xiachuan City, and he seldom ate spicy food. The first time the boss saw that he didn’t put any chili peppers, he was very enthusiastic and gave him a spoonful. It was so spicy that he used up the boss’s whole pack of napkins. I am very sorry, I went to the supermarket next door to buy a pack and returned it.

After that, Lian Li never touched the chili sauce in Yuandu restaurants again.

Lian Li's noodles were served, he added his favorite ingredients, stirred the seasoning at the bottom of the bowl, and was about to eat, when his phone rang suddenly, it was still a WeChat call.

Opened it and saw it was Bian Jin again.

He sighed, hesitated for three or four seconds, and finally answered.

"Hello? Lian Li, where are you?"

"Make up lessons in the city."

Bian Jin's voice was very anxious, "Your mother suddenly fainted at home, I called an ambulance, and she is on her way to the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, it will be there in about ten minutes, you go to the hospital first."

Lian Li's hand holding the chopsticks suddenly loosened, and he said quickly: "Okay, I'll go right away, please."

Lian Li paid the meal and said to the boss, "I'm sorry, Auntie. I left in a hurry. I paid you with WeChat. The meal has not been touched. If you haven't had lunch, you can eat it."

After Lian Li finished speaking, he left. The boss said behind him: "Wait a minute, what will I charge you if you don't eat? Or you can wait for a while and I will pack it for you."

Lian Li didn't hear anything, and stopped a taxi at the intersection, "Master, please go to the Chinese Medicine Hospital."

Although it is a county seat, it occupies a large area. His supplementary classes are located in the center of the county, and the traditional Chinese medicine hospital is in the easternmost part. Most people would not choose to take a taxi, but Lian Li didn't care that much.

My heart was stuffy, like a big lump of mud, I couldn't breathe, I couldn't float up.

In the morning, he obviously noticed something wrong with Zhou Sijie's face, why didn't he ask more about the situation, why did he come to the county seat.

Lian Li's breathing became heavier and heavier, every time he took a breath, he cut his throat and scratched his lungs like running a marathon, his fingers were tightly intertwined, and his neatly trimmed nails were inserted into the flesh forcibly.

The driver noticed something was wrong with him through the rearview mirror, and asked worriedly: "Young man, are you feeling unwell? Do you have asthma? Can you make it to the hospital?"

Lian Li waved his hands and said, "It's all right." His voice was so hoarse that it frightened people.

The driver speeded up while worrying, and it took only 15 minutes to send Lian Li to the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine.

Lian Li quickly ran to the door and asked the passing nurses, "Hello, is the ambulance to Tianjiacun here?"

The nurse waved her hand and said, "Sorry, I'm not very clear, you can ask the front desk."

"Okay, thank you." Lian Li was about to go in when he heard the siren of an ambulance outside, and hurried out to stand aside to wait for the medical staff to come down with the stretcher.

Before seeing clearly whether it was Zhou Sijie on the hospital bed, he saw Bian Jin who came down last.

Lian Li didn't dare to go forward, he saw Zhou Sijie's face on the stretcher, so pale that it almost merged with the sheet.

Three months ago, he also watched Zhou Sijie being sent to the hospital in the same way. The doctor told him that the cervical cancer was in the advanced stage and the cancer cells had already spread. If he was actively treated, there would still be at most two years.

But they couldn't pay for the treatment, and stayed in the hospital for half a month. Zhou Sijie insisted on being discharged, and took Lian Li back to his hometown in Yuandu.

Zhou Sijie said: "Anyway, it's a death in the end, why burn so much money for a dying person."

Lian Li argued with her for a long time, but Zhou Sijie finally said, "Lian Li, I've had enough of this dirty world, I've been living because of you, but now I'm your burden, so let me go, Mommy please." Persuade.

The doctor said that without treatment, it would only be six months at most.

Zhou Sijie promised him that she would work hard to live until his college entrance examination was over and he was admitted to Q University.

"Families, please come with us." The nurse yelled at them.

Bian Jin had come to Lian Li at some point, patted his shoulder, and comforted him, "It will be fine."

Lian Li numbly went to complete the formalities, sat on the plastic chair outside the rescue room, looked at the red light in the rescue room, his whole body seemed to be covered by a closed plastic bag, tightly bound, getting more and more I can't breathe, I'm drowning...

There was movement from the side, Bian Jin sat on the side, and handed him a bottle of milk, "Drink something to suppress the shock, I bought it from the supermarket outside the door, and asked the boss to warm it up."

Lian Li refused, "No need."

But Bian Jin insisted on stuffing it into his hand, "If you don't want to drink, then hold a hand warmer, your hands are as cold as ice."

Xu Shi suddenly encountered Nuan Yuan, the accident made his emotions sensitive, tears welled up in his eyes instantly, and Lian Li buried his head in his thigh.

Bian Jin gently stroked his back without saying a word.

After an unknown amount of time, Lian Li felt numb in his hands and feet, staring blankly at the door of the emergency room, and finally waited until the lights in the emergency room went out, and the doctor came out from inside.

"You are family members, right?"

Lian Li immediately stood up, his legs and feet were numb and he staggered, but fortunately he was supported by Bian Jin, "Yes, I am her son, my mother..."

The doctor said: "It's out of danger, but her disease..." The doctor shook his head, "You go through the hospitalization procedures first, and come to my office to discuss the details later."

Lian Li breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it's okay, it's fine.

Lian Li was temporarily hospitalized for half a month. He didn't have a bank card with him, and Bian Jin paid the money in advance.

"Sorry to trouble you." Lian Li was very guilty, "Thanks to you today."

Bian Jin rubbed his head, as if teasing a kitten, "It's nothing, just helping out, let's go see Auntie first."

Zhou Sijie was transferred to the general ward, and the nurse was giving her an infusion before she woke up.

"You are family members, right?" the nurse asked. "The patient won't wake up for a while. There are four bottles of medicine to be injected today. This bottle will be lost faster. Remember to ring the nurse's bell when it is almost gone."

Bian Jin: "You go to the doctor, I'll take care of it first."

Lian Li put the milk on the bedside table and smoothed Zhou Sijie's messy hair, "Well, okay, I'm sorry to trouble you."

The doctor's office is just in front of the ward, Lian Li knocked on the door, "Sorry to bother you, I'll find Dr. Zhang."

The doctor at the back who was looking at the computer raised his head and squinted his eyes, "Zhou Sijie's family, right? Come here."

"Come on, sit down." Dr. Zhang said.

Lian Li sat down obediently, "Doctor Zhang, my mother's situation..."

Doctor Zhang's expression was serious, "Do you know she has cervical cancer?"

Lian Li nodded, "It was found out in September this year, so it's already late."

Dr. Zhang sighed, "It's good for you to know that the reason why she fainted today was the shock caused by the bleeding. Her condition is not optimistic."

"...how long does she have?"

A big hammer hit Lian Li fiercely.

"If you are lucky, there may be more than three months. If you are unlucky, you may not be able to survive this winter."

***

Lian Li stopped tutoring, went through the escort procedures, and took care of Zhou Sijie every step of the way.

Bian Jin stayed at the hotel next to the hospital for a week, and Zhou Sijie would not come over when he was awake, and would come to visit after he fell asleep.

It was already the fifth day of Zhou Sijie's hospitalization. The hospital came to ask them if they wanted to stay for another week, but Zhou Sijie refused and was discharged on New Year's Eve.

Lian Li peeled an orange for Zhou Sijie, Zhou Sijie took it, peeled off the white tendons bit by bit, and took a long time to eat a single petal.

"Is it sour?" Lian Li asked.

Zhou Sijie: "No, I'm just wondering if the kid has gone back. It's almost the Chinese New Year, and his family should be in a hurry."

Lian Li's pouring hand shook, "Mom, who are you talking about?"

Zhou Sijie looked at him, "Who else?"

Lian Li looked at Zhou Sijie nervously for a while, but didn't see anything unusual on her face, and asked hesitantly, "Aren't you angry?"

Zhou Sijie smiled, "After walking through the gate of hell again, I found that many things were taken lightly. In the end, it was not the child's fault. He is very good. If he doesn't go back, he will call us over for dinner on New Year's Eve. Bar."

Lian Li couldn't help but feel happy, "Okay, then I'll cook. Wang Po's family killed the New Year's pig two days ago, and when they smoked the bacon, they said they would give us a dozen catties, and then they will cook hot pot for dinner."

"Okay, when the time comes, I'll buy a fish or a pork leg. I can save money on normal days, but not on Chinese New Year." Zhou Sijie thought of something, and said, "Tell him not to hide from me. If you really feel embarrassed, forget it." .”

"Then I'll ask him first." Lian Li immediately sent Bian Jin a WeChat message.

Lian Li【Are you in the hotel? 】

Bian Jin [Yes, I just finished lunch, what's wrong? 】

Lian Li [My mother wants to see you. 】

Bian Jin [! ! ! ! ? ! 】

Within 5 minutes, Bian Jin rushed to the door, took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, knocked on the door, and poked his head in cautiously.

"Auntie, good afternoon."

Zhou Sijie glanced at him indifferently, and I have to say that Lian Li's eyes are completely inherited from Zhou Sijie's, looking very docile, but if you look closely, you will feel cold.

Bian Jin was a little timid, swallowed, and asked in a low voice: "Can I go in?"

Lian Li couldn't hold back, and turned his head to suppress a smile.

Zhou Sijie said, "Come in, I don't eat people."

Bian Jin scratched his head, entered the ward cautiously, stood there upright, not daring to move.

Zhou Sijie suddenly said, "Is this fruit basket from you?"

Bian Jin hesitated for a moment, "Yes... Auntie, isn't it delicious?"

"People in our village don't like to send fruit baskets, just order bulk fruits. Fruit baskets are very expensive." Zhou Sijie said.

Bian Jin was like a child who was being corrected by a teacher in class, "Okay, I see... no, auntie." He almost blurted out 'teacher'.

Zhou Sijie couldn't help but put on a smile, "But you are lucky, the fruit is very sweet."

Bian Jin instantly beamed with joy, "Okay, then I'll go to his house to buy some in the afternoon, in bulk!"

***

Bian Jin stayed until Zhou Sijie was discharged from the hospital. Lian Li finished the discharge procedures and contacted the car back to the village. He was about to go up to pick up Zhou Sijie, but Bian Jin stayed by his side.

Lian Li asked, "It's already thirty, don't you go home for the New Year?"

Bian Jin said indifferently: "My family doesn't say Chinese New Year, but they will come back once on New Year's Day, eat a meal in silence and then leave. I usually go to Jiang Lesheng's house."

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, Lian Li asked: "Then you want to come to my house for thirty? My mother asked me to ask you."

Bian Jin immediately affirmed Sanlian: "Yes! Good! I'll go!"

Lian Li smiled: "There is no need to answer three times."

They sent Zhou Sijie home first, and asked Zhou Sijie to stay at Mrs. Wang's house for a while, and the two of them went to the city to buy vegetables for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Of course, going to town again is by bike.

After going back and forth these few times, Bian Jin is already familiar with the roads in the village, and he can tell where to turn without even using his fingers.

The two walked around the vegetable market for more than two hours. They bought everything from pork legs, chicken, duck, and fish to roasted seeds and candies. The back seats of the two bicycles were piled to the brim.Bian Jin also bought several couplets and two red lanterns.

He said to Lian Li with a smile, "One pair for each room, and the lanterns are hung at the gate of the yard."

like a child.

When they got home, they brought Zhou Sijie back. Zhou Sijie couldn't catch the cold and couldn't stand for a long time, so cooking the New Year's Eve dinner had nothing to do with her. Lian Li brought a chair over, put a grill and stove on it, and asked her to sit there and act as a military adviser. .

Lian Li