L County in the south of H, the hometown of the "Hongqi Canal", which is famous for its huge water conservancy project that diverts water to the mountains at the foot of the Taihang Mountains, has long been known to people. The mountainous areas here are arid and barren and there are few fresh vegetables. The people have the habit of eating pickles, and they have been eating pickles for many years.

Pickled vegetables are used with rice and wine. Drinking is popular. Liquor is also brewed by the people from dried potatoes, corn and other grains. Fresh vegetables such as cabbage, radishes and other vegetables grown by oneself are collected and put into large vats for pickling before consumption.

Pickled vegetables contain a lot of nitrite. Long-term exposure to nitrite, alcohol consumption, and moldy food have led to a high incidence of esophageal cancer among local bosses. In order to overcome this problem, in 1959, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences conducted a national malignant tumor study

Prevention and treatment plan, organized research collaboration on esophageal cancer prevention and treatment in four provinces and one city in North China, and subsequently established a national esophageal cancer prevention and treatment research pilot base in L County, Hnan Province. At the same time, the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Hnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine,

Ayang Regional Hospital also formed a medical team to station in L County and carried out multi-scientific comprehensive research on the prevention and treatment of esophageal cancer. There are specialties in surgery. After several years of rapid development, L County has accumulated a lot of advanced experience in the prevention and treatment of esophageal cancer.

Shi Dayong's cab is small, and only three people can squeeze in it at most. He originally wanted Ruimin to take care of his father, but Sun Xiufang was worried. Ruimin was not a person who took care of things. It would be better to let Ruimin take care of him than to do it himself.

Sun Xiufang followed. Along the way, Shi Dayong drove fast and steadily. Just after noon, he had already arrived in the urban area of ​​L County.

After entering the city, Shi Dayong first asked passers-by about the location of the research base. It was easy to find. It was in the county hospital. Shi Dayong led his parents to find a small hotel nearby to stay, and then went outside to find a restaurant.

After filling their stomachs, eating and taking a short rest, the three of them came to the county hospital.

Hospital buildings everywhere are generally similar, and the color scheme is basically white. The same is true here. It is a small white building with about three floors. There is a big red cross in the middle of the roof, and there are a few standing on both sides of the door.

The plaque on the left said L County People's Hospital, and the plaque on the right said L County Esophageal Cancer Prevention and Treatment Institute. There were several other signs next to them that said what the institute was. Shi Dayong didn't pay attention to them.

Shi Dayong carried his father on his back and entered the gate. People were coming and going in the building. A long corridor ran from left to right, and there was a gate directly in front that led directly to the backyard. Shi Dayong looked around and found a window on the east wall.

Four red words, registration and payment, he put Shi Youtian on a chair and discussed with Sun Xiufang: "Mom, you sit with my father for a while, I will go and register first."

Since her eldest son came home, Sun Xiufang seemed to have a backbone. She didn't have to worry about anything and just listened to her son's arrangements. She immediately agreed: "Yes."

After sitting in the car for more than three hours continuously, although there was no need to walk, it was already beyond the body's capacity for a critically ill patient. Even though I took a nap at noon, I still didn't rest. Now I can only feel exhausted.

He leaned in Sun Xiufang's arms, breathing weakly.

His father's condition made Shi Dayong very anxious. Fortunately, he had already arrived at the hospital, hoping to find a doctor as soon as possible to relieve his father's pain.

Shi Dayong took out his wallet and leaned towards the window: "Comrade, please register for me."

"What's your name? What subject are you studying?"

What department? Isn’t this the Esophageal Cancer Research Institute? Why are there separate departments? But then I thought about it, this is still a cancer hospital. It’s not a hospital that only treats one kind of disease. He immediately said: "I brought my dad to see the esophagus specifically.

Cancer, my father's name is Shi Youtian." "Oh, the registration fee is 10 cents." The registration clerk heard that Shi Dayong had an accent from other places. While handing over the medical record, he kindly reminded: "The first room on the left in the corridor is there, go there.

Bar."

There were not too many sick patients in the afternoon. There were four or five people in line in front of Shi Dayong. After waiting for less than half an hour, they were already in line. Shi Dayong held his father's arm and waited until he sat firmly at the doctor's table before taking his clothes with him.

He took out the medical records and put them in front of the doctor: "Doctor, we came from Shandong, and the esophagus was not very good there. Could you please help us check it out."

The doctor is about fifty years old, wearing black-rimmed glasses, with a few crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, and dots of white on his temples. He wears a ** sign on his left chest, which reads: Attending Physician Liang Ruiyuan

Liang Ruiyuan has been engaged in esophageal cancer research for more than 20 years. It is said that doctors have a parental heart. In these 20 years, he has seen too many esophageal cancer patients. When he saw the pain of late-stage patients who were worse than death, he thought...

He deeply blames himself for not being able to relieve the patient's pain. Of course, he is also very happy whenever a patient recovers and is discharged.

Liang Ruiyuan first picked up the medical record and read the contents, and then carefully looked at Shi Youtian's face. His eyes were calm and kind, which invisibly gave Shi Youtian a sense of dependence and trust.

"Comrade, how are you feeling recently?" Liang Ruiyuan smiled and spoke in a friendly tone. He reached out and touched Shi Youtian's neck. The touch on the bottom of his hand told him that the lymph nodes were swollen. This is a bad phenomenon. If

The patient has a malignant tumor, which means that the lesions may metastasize.

Shi Youtian put all his hopes on the doctor in front of him: "It seems to be better than at the beginning, but I still don't eat well."

Difficulty in swallowing is expected. Judging from the films the patient brought, the patient's condition is not optimistic. Liang Ruiyuan wrote in the medical record, then took the prescription pad and opened a checklist: "Comrade, you don't want to

Worry, I'll write some orders for you. Don't eat and come to the hospital tomorrow morning for an upper gastrointestinal tract angiogram and gastroscopy, and then take some tissue for testing. I'll take a look when the results come out."

Although the patient brought pathology reports from other hospitals, Liang Ruiyuan was still uneasy. It was not that he wanted to make money for the hospital. The main reason was that the medical equipment in his own hospital would be more advanced and more accurate than that of other hospitals. He wanted patients more

The disease is benign.

Saying farewell to the doctor, the three of them walked to the small hotel. As they walked, they felt regretful: "Oh, I knew I wouldn't eat at noon. If I hadn't eaten, I could have just checked. Look, I wasted an extra afternoon."

Time, we will have to stay here for one more day, and it will cost a lot more money for food and accommodation."

"Dad, you can't say that. Now that we've come out, we can't go out hungry just to save a couple of bucks." Shi Dayong turned to Shi Youtian, and the hot breath of Shi Youtian's breath sprayed directly onto Shi Dayong's cheek: "

I said Dayong, you still don’t know how to live. The three of us need several yuan just for accommodation a night. This money can buy several bags of fertilizer. But we don’t buy fertilizer. What we buy doesn’t taste good, so we give it to others in vain.

If you ask me, it's not cold now, so why not stay in a hotel? I can just sleep in your car for two nights."

"Dad, what do you think? Can sleeping in the car be like a hotel? Sleeping in the car will not relieve your fatigue. Otherwise, dad, mom, we have nothing to do in the afternoon anyway. How about I drive and take you two out for a walk?"

I heard that there is a grand canyon here, not too far from here, what do you think, let’s go and see it?”

As soon as Shi Dayong finished speaking, Shi Youtian objected immediately, and his breath became a little hurried: "No, let's see if I still have the energy to go shopping. I have to carry you on my back for these two steps. How about going to the Grand Canyon?"

, it will exhaust us both to death."

"If you don't go, I won't go. Don't worry." To be honest, Shi Dayong just said that, if you really let him carry his father around the Grand Canyon on his back, he won't have the energy.

There was nothing to say all night. The next day, Shi Dayong carried Shi Youtian to the hospital early, paid the fee, did all the necessary examinations, and asked when the results would be available. The family then returned to the small hotel and continued to wait.

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Shi Dayong has a good habit. Whenever he goes to a new place that he has never been to before, he will walk around, take a look, and buy some local specialties for Wang Ying and his children.

Shi Youtian was very uncomfortable after struggling all morning. When he returned to the hotel, he shouted that he wanted to sleep. Sun Xiufang was worried and stayed with Shi Youtian. Shi Dayong stayed with Shi Youtian for a while first. Seeing that his father was sleeping deeply, he controlled him.

I didn't have anything to do, so I just went out and walked on the street.

It's a shopping, but it's really a shopping. Shi Dayong knew that his father would be happy. If he bought something and let his father see it, wouldn't it cause trouble for his father? Everyone said that the millet here is good. By the end of the shopping, Shi Dayong only bought a few kilograms.

Bring back the millet. Millet nourishes the stomach and is nutritious. It’s just right to make porridge for dad.

Shi Dayong went to get the results by himself in the afternoon. As soon as he got the results, he went directly to Liang Ruiyuan: "Doctor Liang."

Liang Ruiyuan raised his head, pushed the fallen frame to the bridge of his nose, saw clearly what was in Shi Dayong's hand, and said, "The result is out? Show it to me."

Shi Dayong hurriedly handed over the results in his hands one by one.

Liang Ruiyuan looked at them one by one. He looked very carefully. The more he looked, the tighter his brows became. Shi Dayong became more nervous, and his palms were soaked in cold sweat.

After a long time, Liang Ruiyuan raised his head and said, "Comrade, your hometown hospital's conclusion about your father's disease is correct."

"What?" Even though he was mentally prepared, Shi Dayong couldn't help but feel his heart sink suddenly, and his lips were trembling a little: "Doctor, is there any hope? Can't we do surgery to cut off the bad area?"

If possible, Liang Ruiyuan didn't want to see the expressions of his family members. This was the expression of dashed hope. "Comrade." He comforted: "Don't be too sad. Your father's condition has reached an advanced stage and the cancer cells have spread. Now,

Even surgery will not help. What we can do now is to reduce the patient's pain as much as possible in the days to come."

Shi Dayong stared at Liang Ruiyuan closely, his eyes filled with unspeakable sorrow and pleading, "Doctor, I beg you, please think of a way, no matter how much it costs, as long as you can save my father..."

"I can understand your mood. It's not about money now, comrade. It's too late. If it could have been discovered two months earlier, there might be a chance. It's too late to say anything now." Liang Ruiyuan shook his head and sighed, whenever he encountered

For this type of patient, his mood will be depressed for several days.

Shi Dayong looked straight at Liang Ruiyuan, tears filled his eyes unconsciously, and he washed away the hope in his heart bit by bit until it was completely washed away. He was unwilling to give in and asked again: "Doctor, there really is no chance.

Is there a solution?"

Liang Ruiyuan shook his head: "Let me prescribe some medicine for you. When the medicine is almost gone, people will probably..."

Shi Dayong walked back dejectedly, carrying the test results and a large bag of medicine with his head hanging down. Under the autumn sunshine, Shi Dayong walked alone. Although it was still a warm season, he felt cold all over his body and his mind was muddy.

, he wanted to figure out how to tell his father about this matter and find a reasonable explanation.

It was so difficult. Although his father sometimes said that he was dead, his desire for life was clearly written in his eyes. Now Shi Dayong couldn't bear to strangle his father's hope from his mouth.

Seeing that the hotel was right in front of him, Shi Dayong paced at the door, smoking one cigarette after another. At that time, Shi Dayong specifically found the hotel closest to the hospital for the convenience of seeing a doctor. He now blamed himself a little, why he didn't
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