"Donor, what I just said was what Master Yiku asked me to convey to you. You have been kneeling like this for five days, and Master couldn't stand it any longer, so he asked me to come out and tell you this."
As the monk spoke, he took out his robe with his hand and said in a deep voice.
"Master, I'm at the end of my rope, please help me and let me meet Master Yiku..."
The woman cried and tried to grab the monk's clothes, but the monk had already escaped.
"Donor, that's all I've said, you'd better leave quickly!"
After the monk finished speaking, he hurriedly turned around and walked back to the temple from the small door.
The woman's knees might have gone numb and she wanted to get up, but she fell to the ground with a thud, then fell to the ground and cried loudly.
The desperation in the cries makes people feel sad.
"Sister, get up. It is better to pray for yourself than to pray to gods and Buddhas."
The woman raised her head and saw the young man standing in front of her, his face full of doubts.
"I just heard from the master that your child is sick? What disease?"
It was okay for Zhu Tianlei not to ask. When he asked, the woman's expression immediately became tense, and her eyes were full of wariness.
"Why do you ask?"
"Sister, I am a doctor. I happened to overhear the conversation between you and that master, so I want to ask you. Don't think too much about it."
It's not that Zhu Tianlei can't understand women's reactions. There are indeed too many liars in today's society, and there's nothing wrong with women being wary.
"Are you a doctor?"
"Yes, I am a doctor, you can tell me, maybe I can cure the child's disease!"
Zhu Tianlei tried his best to make his expression look gentle, because the woman in front of him did look very sympathetic.
In his thirties, his complexion was pale and swollen, especially his eye sockets, which were extremely swollen. His eyes were as red as freshly cooked shrimps, his hair was wet and stuck to his face, and his eyes were slightly dull.
She was wearing a khaki coat, and there was also a layer of moisture on the coat. It could be judged that this woman had been kneeling for a long time.
Zhu Tianlei has never been immune to this kind of scene. Zheng Xiuxiu was like this, Xiao Gangbeng was like this, and so were Zhou Qinglong and Zhou Yunmiao.
"Can you really cure it?"
The woman's eyes were still full of vigilance, but the hope for recovery slowly outweighed the doubts and vigilance in her heart.
Zhu Tianlei nodded.
The woman looked at Tianlei with a straight gaze, as if she wanted to judge whether Zhu Tianlei was telling the truth or a lie. Zhu Tianlei did not dodge and allowed the woman to look at him.
"Okay, then I'll take you to my house. Anyway, we orphans and widowers have nothing to be afraid of!"
After a few minutes, the woman spoke in a low voice.
The woman put her hands on the ground and stood up with great effort. Zhu Tianlei originally wanted to help her, but when he saw the alertness in the woman's eyes, Zhu Tianlei retracted his outstretched hand.
"Sister, why don't you take a taxi?"
Seeing the woman's shaky appearance, Zhu Tianlei suggested.
"No, my house is right next door."
The woman pointed out and saw a gray three-story building behind several incense and candle shops.
Because her knee was damaged, the woman walked very slowly, and Zhu Tianlei didn't rush her. Anyway, there was still a lot of time until the afternoon.
It was only a few hundred meters away, and the two of them walked for almost half an hour.
Finally, the woman led Zhu Tianlei into the entrance of the first unit and stopped at a rusty iron door.
The door is covered with various small advertisements, for treating diseases, clearing sewers, opening doors and unlocking doors, recruiting front desk attendants, etc., etc., almost covering the entire small door.
The woman took out the key and opened the door with great effort.
As soon as the door of the room was opened, a strong smell of medicine wafted out.
"Mom, are you back?"
A boy's voice came from the room. Listening to the voice, this child should be in the stage of voice change, and his voice was slightly hoarse.
"Dongdong, does it hurt again?"
After the woman entered the room, she ran directly to a single bed.
The house was very small, with wooden boards on all sides. There were piles of debris everywhere in the house. There was a single bed next to the wall, with a boy of twelve or thirteen years old lying on it. The boy was as skinny as a stick due to the pain.
, but the head seemed extremely large.
"Mom, it doesn't hurt. Why are your clothes wet?"
"It's okay. There's a lot of dew in the morning. Come on, Mom will help you sit up."
The woman reached out and folded the quilt and pillow together and stuffed them at the head of the bed. She then lifted the boy up and leaned against the quilt.
"Mom, who is he?"
When he sat up, the boy saw Zhu Tianlei standing at the door.
"Oh, this is what mom has invited to see you."
The woman hesitated and said.
"Mom, I don't want to see him. Just let him go. Have you taken me to see less doctors in the past few years?"
Dongdong glanced at Zhu Tianlei, turned his head and said to the woman.
"Dongdong, don't say such things. Mom's only hope in this life is to cure you."
Upon hearing her son's words, the woman's face immediately darkened.
"Mom, my disease cannot be cured. You have been deceived so many times over the years. I have spent all the money at home. That man beats you at every turn. How long are you going to keep going through this?"
Dongdong seemed to be very excited, and the implication was that he regarded Zhu Tianlei as a liar.
"Wang Dong, shut up. I'm your mother. It's not your turn to teach me a lesson. I tell you, I don't care about that man's virtues, but I just want to treat you. As long as I still have breath, I will
Don’t give up.”
Women are inherently weak, but mothers are strong. The woman in front of me illustrates this point very well.
"You are my mother, but your life is mine. I have lived enough, can't I do it? I don't want to be cured anymore, so just let me die. After you die, you will be free, and you won't have to live so hard...
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The boy frowned, with a stubborn look on his face, his eyes were red, but he resisted the tears from falling.
"Dongdong, don't give up. If you die, how will your mother survive?"
When the woman saw her son's appearance, she felt extremely distressed. She also knew that her son was too sensible, so she couldn't help but cry while holding her son in her arms.
This is a poor family, but judging from the various nutritional supplements piled on the bedside table, basically all the family's expenses go to the child in the hospital bed.
"Let me see it!"
Seeing the two people crying heartbreakingly, Zhu Tianlei was a little moved and a little embarrassed, so he cleared his throat and said.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I made you laugh!"
It can be seen that Dongdong's mother is a very well-educated woman. She turned around and completely wiped away the tears on her face before looking at Zhu Tianlei again.
Zhu Tianlei shook his head lightly, indicating that he didn't mind, and then walked to the bed.
"Our family has no money, as you can see. If you want to cheat money, you'd better not try to trick us."
Seeing Zhu Tianlei walking over, Dongdong's eyes were filled with chills. (To be continued)