Liu Gen carried Han Gui on his back and trotted all the way to the emergency room of the Affiliated Hospital of Nahuan Medical University.
Most of the doctors and nurses knew Liu Gen. The doctor who attended the consultation was a middle-aged male doctor. After a preliminary examination, he asked Liu Gen:
"Yugane-kun, who are you, this old man?"
Liu Gen glanced at Han Gui and replied, "He is a distant relative of mine."
"Let him stay in the observation room first. Further examinations will be needed tomorrow. At present, the only way to stop the old man's pain is to use general symptomatic treatment." The doctor seemed to have something to say without saying anything clearly.
When old man Han Gui heard that he was going to stay in the hospital, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You don't need to stay in the hospital. I know my illness. Just take some painkillers." Then he reached out and touched the willow root and said, "Willow root, don't leave."
It’s such a waste of money and I just have a normal stomachache…”
"Uncle, listen to the doctor and stop the pain first." After Liu Gen finished speaking, he looked at the doctor: "Please ask the doctor to prescribe medicine, we will listen to you."
"There's really no need to stay here..." Old Man Han Gui became a little anxious. He stood up and pulled Liu Gen: "Liu Gen, let's go back..."
Xiao Subai let go of Han Xue's little hand and came to support Han Gui: "Uncle, you must listen to the doctor now. Even for Han Xue, she is so anxious that she has been crying."
Old man Han Gui sighed: "Xue, come here grandpa..."
Han Xue's face was filled with tears and she threw herself into the arms of old man Han Gui.
"Don't worry, grandpa won't leave Xue... don't cry..." Old man Han Gui wiped the tears on Han Xue's cheeks with his hand to comfort her.
The doctor wrote the prescription and Liu Gen went to pay for the medicine. Xiao Subai and Han Xue led the old man and followed a nurse into the observation room and lay on the bed.
After the fluid was transfused, Liu Gencai returned to the doctor's office to ask about Han Gui's condition.
"The specific diagnosis will not be confirmed until the examination is completed tomorrow. However, based on my experience, most of the elderly people have gastric cancer." The doctor knew that Liu Gen earned money to go to school by carrying dead people, so he said to Liu Gen with sincerity: "Liu Gen, if not
Your loved ones, it’s best not to be a shielder. If it’s really stomach cancer, the old man may not live long. Even if he undergoes surgery, it won’t be able to save him. It will cost a lot of money. Chemotherapy after surgery is a bottomless pit..."
"Isn't it gastritis or gastric ulcer?" Liu Gen didn't believe that the old man had stomach cancer. If God had eyes for such a good old man, he wouldn't let such a good man get a terminal illness.
The doctor shook his head: "I just felt a mass in his stomach."
Liu Gen knew from the doctor's look and tone that what he said was correct, so he returned to the observation room and said to Xiao Subai: "Susu, take Xue back and bring her to the store for Xiangzi and the others to take care of her."
"Brother Gen, you should go and do your work. Xue and I are guarding you in the hospital."
"How can that be done? It will delay your evening self-study." Liu Gen said.
"If you don't study for a night, you won't miss anything. Your store is so busy. Go back quickly. Han Xue and I are here. If anything happens, I'll call you." Xiao Subai said, pushing Liu Gen's hand with both hands.
back.
"Well, I'll go to the store first and take a look. I'll replace you later." Before Liu Gen walked out of the observation room, he squatted down and grabbed Han Xue's arms with both hands and said, "Xue, don't worry, brother is here, grandpa
He will be fine. You and Sister Susu will watch Grandpa here, and I will come over later, okay?"
Han Xue stopped crying, her big black eyes flashed twice, and she nodded.
When Liu Gen walked back, he received a call from Su Miaoling.
Su Miaoling waited until eight o'clock and still didn't see Liu Gen coming, so she found the phone number Liu Gen called on her mobile phone yesterday.
"Brother Gen... where is he?"
Liu Gen replied: "I'm sorry, I may not be able to go to your dormitory tonight. I have something urgent to deal with. You should review your high school mathematics again..."
Su Miaoling hung up the phone with some disappointment, thinking that Liu Gen was making excuses to not come to her dormitory.
Liu Gen arrived at the store and told Xiangzi about Han Gui's illness.
"What...stomach cancer..." Upon hearing this, Xiangzi frowned and said with a wry smile: "Brother Gen, now you've found yourself in trouble, you'd better inform his family as soon as possible. We have no money and no time. If
If a person dies in our hands, if his family members ask him about it in the future, they won’t believe him no matter how he explains it.”
Liu Gen was not worried about money. The more than 30,000 yuan that Wen Hanmei brought him should be enough to pay for the old man's surgery. What he was worried about was exactly what Xiangzi said about whether he should notify the old man's family.
"However, the uncle just told me that he has not contacted his relatives in his hometown for almost three years. Even if he can find his relatives, they may not come all the way to the South China Sea."
"Brother Gen, do you mean to pay for the uncle's medical treatment?" Xiangzi asked with a wry smile.
Liu Gen thought that his father died of illness because he had no money for timely treatment. He couldn't let such a kind-hearted old man die because he thought he had no money: "Well, I decided to treat the old man."
"My dear brother... a blind old man who I just met at noon is not related to you, so why should I be so concerned about you?" Xiangzi was a little anxious: "If the uncle really has stomach cancer, even if you have money to give me, Brother Gen,
Even if he undergoes surgery, it won't save his life! I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible, study hard, and do your business. This kind of thing is not our turn..."
"Xiangzi!" Liu Gen shouted to stop Xiangzi from continuing: "A blind old man rescued a baby abandoned by his mother on a snowy day, and raised the child with great hardship for five or six years! That's all! I, Liu Gen, also
It’s time to do something for the elderly..."
"What... wait... Brother Gen..." Xiangzi tilted his head and asked, "Just now you said Xue was a baby saved by the uncle... wasn't he his granddaughter?"
Liu Gen sighed and told Xiangzi what he heard from old man Han Gui during the meal.
"Uh..." Xiangzi's eyes filled with tears, and he lowered his head in shame and whispered: "It turns out that uncle has such great love! If this thing touches me, I may not be able to do it, let alone
A blind man, so old..." Xiangzi's eyes shed tears, and he raised his head and looked at Liu Gen: "Brother Gen, we can't just ignore death, what do you think I can do?"
Yanagi patted Xiangzi on the shoulder, sighed and said: "You're right, you can't just ignore death! Now we divide the work. In our spare time, I will take care of the uncle and Xue, and you are still busy with the work in the store and shopping.
, you leave it to Chef Niu, and you have to take care of the elderly and children while I am in class... As for the money for the operation, Sister Hanmei's mine should be enough, and besides, I will get another sum soon...
The uncle's family, please wait until I ask for the address before sending a telegram to his relatives. No matter whether they come or not, after all, blood is thicker than water, and people have the right to know about the uncle..."
"Brother Gen, why don't you stop doing the work of carrying dead people and leave it to Liu Jun and his fellow villagers. We don't lack the two hundred yuan now. Your body will be exhausted..."
Xiangzi knew that in addition to going to class every day, Liu Gen sometimes had to carry dead people, work in the anatomy building, help Wen Hanmei, the team had to train every day, and there were heavy exercise games on the weekends. No matter how strong Liu Gen was, he couldn't withstand it.
Twist like this.
"I'm fine. I have to keep doing the work of carrying the dead. This is what I decided on the first day I did that work. As long as I stay in college for one day, I have to do it. Besides, I don't have work every day.
Come on. Don't worry about my health. Xiangzi, you have been busy with the store business recently and have lost weight!" Liu Gen looked at Xiangzi's slimming body day by day. Although he never said anything, he felt distressed.
"Haha... Seeing that our store's business is getting better and better day by day, I feel happy." Xiangzi scratched his head: "If we keep doing this now, we can open a branch in the second half of the year."
"Well, as long as the turnover is stable at four to five thousand yuan per day, we can consider opening a second store in six months." Liu Gen nodded and said with a smile.
After Chen Hao arrived at the store, Liu Gen discussed with him how to increase the variety of office building sales and expand more cooperation with office buildings, but Liu Gen did not tell him about Han Gui and Han Xue.
That night, Yanagi stayed in the observation room and slept on the chair for half the night until Xiangzi came to replace him early the next morning.
"Who will deliver the breakfast in the office building?" Liu Gen asked.
"I'll let the second chef go, Brother Gen, you go and train quickly." Xiangzi urged Liu Gen.
"The doctor will issue a checkup later and pay for the blood medicine. I'll pay for it with the money from the store first. I'll take the money back at noon." After Liu Gen finished speaking, he thought of Han Xue: "Who is watching Xue?"
"In the store, the little girl is very popular, and the clerks are all very happy to see her." Xiangzi replied.
"Besides, don't let me know about his condition." Liu Gen said the last thing and left.
But old man Han Gui heard it. Liu Gen and Xiangzi had no idea that blind people sleep and wake up the same way.
At noon, Liu Gen learned from the doctor that the result of the examination was indeed gastric cancer, and that it was at an advanced stage and had spread. Even if he had surgery, it would only be able to sustain Han Gui's life for less than half a year.
Liu Gen asked old man Han Gui: "Uncle, can you tell me the detailed address of your home?"
The old man shook his head and sighed and said: "I know why you are asking for the address. There is no need. They may have thought that I was dead. Even if they knew that I was here, they would not come to see me. Liu Gen, I will not drag you down.
Just...please promise me that you will treat that child Jianxue well in the future..."
"Uncle, don't think too much. I just think that maybe your family has been looking for you these years. Send them a telegram to say that you are safe. From now on, you and Xue will live with us." Liu Gen tried his best.
Speak the words very easily.
"Liu Gen, I understand what you mean." Old Han Gui grabbed Liu Gen's hand: "Tell me the truth, how many days does the doctor say I have to live?"
Liu Gen said with a smile: "The doctor said, uncle, you just have gastritis. As long as you cooperate with the doctor's treatment, you will live a long life."
"Don't comfort me. I know my illness. It's not just a day or two. It's been more than a year. I have been enduring the pain. If it weren't for Xue, I wouldn't be able to survive. Now, Xue is here."
, I feel at ease, it’s time to go." When old man Han Gui said these words, his expression was calm, even joyful, and he did not feel sad at all that he was going to die.
Life is worse than death. Only those who have experienced it can understand how wonderful death is.
From Han Gui's words and expression, Liu Gen could tell that for this respectable old man, death was a relief for him from the difficulty of living for more than sixty years.