When she walked to the door of the building, Huanxi was timid about being close to home and stopped moving forward. She knew that her father was in poor health, so she was afraid that she would see the portraits of her father and her brother hanging together as soon as she entered the door.
There were footsteps behind her, and Huanxi looked back. It was her mother, carrying a vegetable basket containing some cheap vegetables and tofu.
"Mom." Huanxi shouted softly.
Although her daughter has changed greatly, her mother still recognized her immediately. She let go of the basket and choked with sobs: "Nier, you are back."
The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried. After crying for a while, the mother wiped away her tears and said, "Stop crying, go home."
Going upstairs and entering the house, Huanxi saw that only her brother's portrait was hanging on the wall. She couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. She asked, "Where's Dad?"
"He's at work." Mother said, "The country has delayed retirement, so he has to work for a few more years. Your dad's health is much better than before. He used the money you remitted to get a kidney, but taking medicine every month is a big expense."
Although Huanxi has been angry and has not contacted his family in recent years, he often sends money back. The total amount is hundreds of thousands. It is no problem to ensure that his parents live a well-off life. His father is an employee of a public institution and has medical insurance. The pressure of medical treatment is not very high. big.
Half an hour later, Teacher Lan went home, and he brought with him a little boy of four or five years old. When he saw his daughter who had been away from home for many years, he was overjoyed and burst into tears. However, Huanxi just persuaded her, and even a drop of her tear was shed. not see.
"This is your brother." The mother pointed at the boy and said, "The Lan family can't just stop the fireworks. The child was brought from the orphanage. He has a little problem and it's not a problem."
Huanxi touched the little boy's head. She didn't recognize this brother. She only had one brother, Huansha.
"Nier, are you married?" Mother asked.
"Yeah." Huanxi replied casually. She felt a deep sense of estrangement. She no longer had a common language with her family. The only thing involved was the family affection in the blood. After this time, she would probably never set foot in Pingchuan again. Half step.
"Who is your son-in-law? Why didn't you bring him?" the mother asked again.
"Foreigners are very kind to me. They don't come over because they are busy with work." Huanxi said perfunctorily. She didn't want to say much about her private life, even to her family.
Mother said: "Ni, please stay for a few more days when you come back. Your dad and I miss you."
Huanxi said: "I still have some things to do, so I won't stay at home tonight."
The parents looked at their unfamiliar daughter and tried hard to get close to her, trying to get back the feeling they had before, but they found that this was an impossible task. Huanxi was no longer the Huanxi she used to be. She had been completely transformed.
Dinner was eaten at a restaurant outside, the highest-end luxury hotel in Pingchuan. Huanxi almost didn't eat anything during the whole meal. He just drank some mineral water he brought with him. During the dinner, his parents talked a lot about how life was getting better. Seeing hope again, the adopted brother kept eating and drinking like a little glutton. Huanxi couldn't help but think of Huansha. If his brother was still here, he would have graduated from college. He must be Yushu Linfeng, handsome and elegant, not like Huansha. This "younger brother" is also hopeless.
After the meal, Huanxi took out a card and handed it over: "Dad, there are five million in it. Go to Omi and buy a new house to live in. Don't go to work. If it's not enough, I will remit it again. By the way, the password is me My brother¡¯s birthday.¡±
When mentioning Huansha, my mother began to sob uncontrollably, and my father also began to cry.
"Your brother's ashes are still stored in the funeral parlor. Go visit him tomorrow and burn some paper for him." Mother said.
"I will buy a cemetery for Huansha." Huanxi said calmly, "I want the best in Pingchuan."
When their daughter said this, her parents thought she was going to buy her brother a luxurious cemetery that cost more than 100,000 yuan. Later they found out that Huanxi was going to build a cemetery for his brother.
Huanxi stayed in the best four-star hotel in the area that night, and her huge personal team also arrived in Pingchuan, including masseurs, yoga instructors, hairdressers, beauticians, health doctors, cooks, bodyguards, secretaries, drivers, translators, and more. There were two Mercedes-Benz S600s, a nanny car, and two station wagons. The scale was so large that it alarmed the tourism bureau.
In the evening, the janitor of Yucai Middle School rushed to the hospital to deliver food to his wife. The nurse told him that someone had deposited 500,000 yuan in his account, and he had money for the operation.
"Who gave the money?" The uncle was shocked. It's not that he had never applied for assistance, but the Red Cross was not responsible for this at all. The Fei Fund, which always paid attention to vulnerable groups, had responded, but now it was blocked. , my wife's liver transplant operation was very expensive, and he had no money for medical treatment and could only wait to die. God opened his eyes and gave him half a million yuan to save his life. When asked who the benefactor was, he had to kowtow a few times.
The nurse said"I don't know who it is, and I didn't leave a message."
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The next stop of Huanxi is Lantian Village. The number left by Sister Mei has been shut down for a long time, and Tiezha Street no longer exists. The only way to find her whereabouts is to go to her hometown.
Lantian Village is a remote mountain village with poor road conditions. It is difficult to drive into the low-riding Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The translator found the Tourism Bureau through the hotel and borrowed two Mitsubishi Pajeros to enter the mountain.
After many years, Dadun Township has basically remained unchanged. The road surface is still as bumpy as a washboard, and the trees on the roadside are covered with a layer of coal ash. This is a coal-producing area, full of small coal mines. The village chief made his fortune by opening small coal mines. , to dominate one side.
Huanxi took a light car and returned to her long-awaited hometown of Lantian Village. She first found the old site of her old home. The house that was burned to ruins by the village chief was no longer there. It was replaced by a peasant villa. A stout man was standing at the door of the courtyard. The one who was punching the sandbags was none other than the village chief's son, Zhao Erhu.
Zhao Erhu didn¡¯t recognize Huanxi, but glanced at him suspiciously and continued to hit him with the sandbag. There was a woman drying clothes upstairs, followed by a six or seven-year-old child, who should be Zhao Erhu¡¯s son.
Huanxi took a deep look, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth, and left without looking back, heading straight to Sister Mei's house.
Sister Mei¡¯s parents still live here, and they are not surprised by Huanxi¡¯s arrival. In fact, everyone in Lantian Village knows that Huanxi is a golden phoenix and has great potential. It is normal for a girl to become famous and return to her hometown in glory.
The old man told Huanxi that Sister Mei was married to Teacher Shi. The couple lived in Provence Garden in Pingchuan City. Xiao Yaner went to elementary school and the family was very happy.
Knowing that Sister Mei was doing well, Huanxi felt relieved. When he asked about the village chief's family, the old man became angry: "The man named Zhao has been in prison for several years. When he came back, he still opened a coal mine and made a fortune. The power in the village is still the same." He took control and took over your homestead. What kind of world is this? God is not blind!"
Huanxi said: "It's not that I won't report it. The time has not come yet. Just keep an eye on it. The person named Zhao won't be able to dance for a few days."
The old man said cheerfully: "Let them go and live our lives well. I will give you Ling'er's phone number. You two sisters can contact you."
After getting Sister Mei¡¯s mobile phone number, Huanxi called her, but no one answered. So she asked for Teacher Shi¡¯s number and called again. This time someone answered.
"Ruohua took the medicine and is being treated in the hospital." Teacher Shi's voice was deep.
Mei¡¯s family was all panicked. The sudden blow made the old lady faint. It is common for rural people to commit suicide by drinking medicine. Pesticides are extremely toxic. They are not as simple as the sleeping pills taken by city people. Even the gods can¡¯t save them after one sip of pesticides.
Huanxi stayed calm and asked the Mei family to follow him and go to the county hospital to check on the situation.
Zhao Erhu saw two off-road vehicles driving out of Mei's house on the hillside. Thinking of the mysterious woman just now, he took a breath: "No way." He ran to the nearby small coal mine and said to the old man who was doing the abacus. Dad Zhao Mozhi said: "Dad, Lan Huanxi may be back."
Zhao Mozhi stopped flipping the beads on the abacus, took a cigarette from his ear, lit it, and said, "Did you read that correctly?"
"It's unmistakable. It should be her. She's grown up, and she's driving a car with someone else." Zhao Erhu said.
Zhao Mozhi said with a sullen face: "They are here to seek revenge on us."
Zhao Erhu opened the iron cabinet, took out a blunderbuss from it, and said fiercely: "The strong dragon can't suppress the local snake, so what if you look like a human being? If we get one-third of an acre of land, you will still have to lie down."
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Sister Mei committed suicide. She drank paraquat, a highly toxic herbicide with a high fatality rate. She is not dead yet, sometimes conscious and sometimes comatose. The Pingchuan First People's Hospital is overcrowded, the rooms are full, and her stretcher is only It can be placed in the corridor, and a group of people are helpless around it.
Teacher Shi was sitting on the steps outside smoking a cigarette. He saw Mei's family coming from a distance and hurriedly lit up his cigarette to greet them. His daughter-in-law committed suicide by drinking medicine and her parents came to ask for an explanation. This is a very common thing in rural areas. Teacher Shi rarely asked. Get a fat beating.
As expected, the Mei family came up and surrounded Teacher Shi, scolding him, saying that he forced Sister Mei to death, and asked him to pay with his life and money.
Huanxi ran straight to the corridor and recognized Sister Mei on the stretcher at a glance. He held her hand and shouted in a low voice: "Sister Mei, Sister Mei, I'm here. I'm late."
Sister Mei opened her eyes with difficulty and wanted to speak, but she couldn't make a sound. Paraquat was very corrosive and her throat was already ulcerated, but her eyes contained a thousand words. Huanxi could understand it at a glance.
"Sister Mei, everything is fine with me, I will take care of Xiaoyan, don't worry." Huanxi cried. She had not shed tears for many years, but today the tears poured down like the floodgates had been opened.
The nurse came over: "The patient's family, take the stretcher outside."
Huanxi was angry: "Why!"
The nurse said: "Didn't you say you gave up the treatment?"
Huanxi said: "Call the doctor and come here immediately!"
The nurse was shocked by her momentum and ran to the doctor's office dejectedly to call the attending doctor. Seeing that Huanxi was a decent person, the doctor said politely: "Patients who drink paraquat are basically hopeless. Hua Shang Tens of thousands of dollars are wasted and cannot be saved.¡±
Huanxi said: "No matter how much money I spend, I still want to make the patient comfortable. You know, arrange a single ward for me immediately, try my best to rescue, with the first goal of reducing pain."
As he was talking, there was a commotion outside. It turned out that the Mei family was beating up Teacher Shi, and Xiao Yaner stood aside and cried loudly.