At 6:30 in the morning, other members of the Hong family began to get up one after another.
In this era, single holidays were still practiced, and there was only one day off in a week, so the only day to sleep in was just to "look beautiful".
Because housewives not only have to seize the time to wash out the week's dirty laundry, but men also have to do all the repair work and physical work at home within this day.
In most families, not to mention going out to play with their children, even going out to buy things would have to squeeze in time. So to a certain extent, many people feel that this day off is more tiring than working on weekdays.
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The most comfortable person is undoubtedly a master like Chen Liquan, who has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry. He doesn't have so many worries and obligations to fulfill, and he can do whatever he wants.
However, Chen Liquan had become accustomed to practicing Kung Fu, and he would feel panicked if he didn't practice for a day. Therefore, while Hong Yanwu was sweeping the streets, he did not sleep in, but worked hard as usual, sweating like rain.
In fact, since yesterday, in order to keep Chen Liquan company, Hong Yanwu had already agreed with Wang Yunlin to completely move his bed to Chen's house and live with Chen Liquan.
However, even though he slept in Chen's house, he still had to eat at home. Hong Yanwu persuaded Chen Liquan to give his shopping book to Wang Yunlin, and agreed to pay ten yuan and some food stamps every month for food expenses, and so on.
After that, the two of them can have three meals a day together at Hong's house.
So after practicing, Chen Liquan washed up and came to Hong's house to have breakfast with Hong Yanwu. But he was still a little uncomfortable and felt embarrassed, so he bought some hot sesame cakes and brought them over, and also bought Hong Jun a sugar pancake.
, but ended up getting a lot of complaints from Wan Yunlin.
Wang Yunlin had good intentions. She complained that Chen Liquan didn't know how to live a good life.
To put it bluntly, the reason why she was willing to let Chen Liquan come to her home for dinner was not because of Chen Liquan’s shopping book and ten yuan a month. It was because of the good things that Chen Deyuan and his wife had in the past, and she felt that this child had lost his parents at a young age.
, it is really pitiful to have a cold pot and a cold stove on weekdays.
But if this was followed, Chen Liquan's salary would have to be included. Naturally, she would feel that she was taking advantage of Chen Liquan, which was against her original intention of good intentions.
However, Hong Yanwu's attitude was not too opposed to this. On the contrary, he thought it was quite good.
This is not only because his relationship with Chen Liquan is completely indifferent to each other. It is also because he feels that if the money he has cannot be given to his mother to spend it openly, he might as well follow this method and buy more food.
I need something to support my family.
Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan were the first to come over for breakfast. By the time the rest of the Hong family sat down at the table, they had already finished eating. Hong Yanwu took Chen Liquan with him to his sister's house, hoping to use his sister's stationery to write a safe letter to Uncle Xue.
letter.
This letter written by Hong Yanwu was very simple. It was nothing more than greeting Uncle Xue's health in the same tone as the two of them, and then introducing the current situation of the two of them after returning home.
Then, he specifically wrote down his plan to go to the fifth branch of the Public Security Bureau to go through the formalities for relocating his household registration to Beijing. This was not only to worry about Uncle Xue not seeing him when he returned to the farm, but also to ask the old man to deal with it in front of the farm director.
mean.
In the end, he attached another five yuan to the letter and told Uncle Xue that he had not spent the money he gave him, but had kept it well as a memorial to the old man's kindness. He also hoped that Uncle Xue would take good care of his health.
, waiting for him to arrange everything so that he can go back to visit him.
This is indeed true. The five yuan with the farm's phone number written on it by Uncle Xue has been carefully placed in the glass photo frame on the wall of Chen Liquan's house by Hong Yanwu. Before going to bed last night, he was still lying in bed looking at the photo.
Money, and thus reminded me of Uncle Xue's face that hates iron but is full of love.
At this point in the letter, everything that needed to be explained was clearly explained, and Hong Yanwu was ready to wrap up. But when he was about to hand the pen to Chen Liquan and ask Quanzi to write a few sentences in his own hand, he found that this honest man was already watching blankly.
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"Xiao Wu, you...your handwriting is so beautiful, and you...don't even look it up in the dictionary, that's amazing!"
When Hong Yanwu heard Chen Liquan's compliment, he immediately felt dumbfounded.
Also, in this year, although he and Chen Liquan were better educated than most of their peers, it was because they had read a few books with Chang Xianzhang.
However, since they learned wrestling from Mr. Yu, they have become alienated from writing due to lack of time and sources of books. No wonder Chen Liquan was so surprised when he saw that he had written a whole article eloquently.
He had no choice but to use the excuse of working on the manuscript all night. The clouds and mountains were covered with fog and he was temporarily fooled.
However, since Chen Liquan had been impressed by Hong Yanwu's "literary talent", he couldn't make up his mind as he took the pen and said something to Uncle Xue.
Finally, at Hong Yanwu's suggestion, Chen Liquan wrote, "I wish Uncle Xue good health and family happiness, and I will definitely do my job well."
But after he finished writing, he felt even more embarrassed, because not only did he feel that his handwriting was much uglier than Hong Yanwu's, but he also always felt that there were typos in the sentence he wrote.
Fortunately, Hong Yanwu said, "When writing a letter, the most important thing is the heart, and the content and words come second."
Chen Liquan felt at ease now, and he and Hong Yanwu put the letter into the envelope, dipped it, and affixed the stamp.
After that, Chen Liquan took the initiative to send the letter to the postbox at the corner of the street for delivery, and the Hong family had just finished breakfast. So Hong Yanwu took advantage of Wang Yunlin's little free time in the day to drag his mother back to his sister's house.
After closing the door, he asked about his father's condition in detail.
You know, the reason why Hong Yanwu didn't talk to his mother about this matter yesterday was because he couldn't bear to ruin her good mood. Sure enough, as soon as he mentioned his father's illness, Wang Yunlin's face became extremely ugly, and her eye circles immediately turned red.
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However, after all, it is human nature for a son to care about his father's illness, and there is no reason why he should not explain it clearly. So after a long silence, she finally frowned and spoke...
As mentioned before, due to the early death of Chen Deyuan, Hong Lucheng lost the "Dharma Protector" and his salary in the sugar pastry company plummeted. Therefore, the cause of his illness, tracing back to the source, lies in the "rebels" who took him from the ground.
The food warehouse was transferred to the sundries warehouse converted from the air raid shelter to work.
Hong Lucheng spent half a year in complete confinement underground. Later, the control was slightly relaxed, allowing him to go home once every Sunday. This continued for a long time, and by the time Hong Yanwu was "forced labor", Hong Lucheng had already
I have worked in a dark and humid environment for a total of four years.
At the beginning of the disease, Hong Lucheng didn't pay much attention to it. He just felt itchy in his legs. But what was unusual was that the disease progressed very quickly, and the skin broke when scratched, and it was not easy to seal. Later, it became more and more serious.
Within a month, it was so ulcerated and bleeding that it was painful to even put on pants.
Until then, he had to go to the "rebels" for instructions. After seeing it through experience, they determined that the condition was indeed serious, so they allowed Hong Lucheng to go to the hospital for treatment.
Since the gang of four was crushed in 1976, the hospital no longer turned away the "Five Categories". So Hong Lucheng, his eldest son, Hong Yan, took him with him on a bicycle and went to two tertiary-level hospitals to seek help.
diagnosis.
Doctors from Xuanwu Hospital and Union Hospital diagnosed the disease as "vasculitis". However, because the "Black Five" elements had not yet resumed normal labor insurance benefits at this time, the Hong family had to bear the treatment costs themselves.
But you must know that after the baptism of the "Ten Years' Movement", the Hong family was already impoverished, so Hong Lucheng could not afford to see a doctor at all, so he had to beg the doctor to prescribe some cheap medicine.
After that, even after taking medicine, Hong Lucheng was in so much pain that he couldn't even walk.
At this time, the "rebels" of the Sugar Industry and Pastry Company saw that Hong Lucheng had become a useless person and was really unable to work anymore. They had no spare words, so they directly told him to go home, but they refused to pay any medical expenses.
He is still only given thirty yuan a month for living expenses.
After returning home, Hong Lucheng's illness became more and more serious day by day. Until the blackening of his calf turned into ulceration, and he did not dare to look at the miserable condition of the injury, so he had to ask his eldest son to take him again.
He was sent to the hospital. But this time, the doctor declared that he had to amputate his legs to have any hope of living.
Amputation?
Not to mention where the surgery fee is going to be collected, at Hong Lucheng's age and physical condition, if he dared to do this surgery, it would kill him.
Hong Lucheng was a sensible man. He wanted to keep his body intact, so he asked the doctor to find a way to relieve the pain. However, the doctor was prejudiced against the Hong family and did not give him painkillers such as Demerol.
I just prescribed some painkillers to deal with it.
At this point, Hong Lucheng had already looked away. He only wanted to die at home. But his family members seemed to be facing a disaster, and the sad expressions on their faces every day made him feel miserable.
Especially Wang Yunlin, she was never willing to let her husband die, so she thought hard all night. Finally, she took it upon herself to hide it from her husband and went to beg a family friend of the Hong family. Back then, she and the Hong family jointly ran the "Yan Shou Tang"
"Shou Jingfang, a descendant of the Shou family in Taiyuan Hospital, is said to have severed all ties with her husband and has not had any contact with each other since old age and death.
People all have feelings. Although there was a lot of grudges back then, many years had passed. As soon as Shou Jingfang heard that Hong Lucheng was ill, he immediately followed Wang Yunlin to the Hong family without saying a word.
And when Shou Jingfang saw Hong Lucheng's emaciated and sick face, he immediately sighed and couldn't care about anything else. He didn't take a sip of tea or exchanged a word of greetings, but just pressed to see Hong Lucheng's wounds.
As soon as he took off the bandage and saw Hong Lucheng's leg, Shou Jingfang became so angry that he couldn't help but cursed, "Quack doctors kill people!"
Then he started to cry and regretted that he was late. He also said that Hong Lucheng's illness had delayed the hospital. This was not "vasculitis" at all. It was "ulcer"!
After listening to Shou Jingfang's words, Hong Lucheng and his wife immediately understood that Hong Lucheng's illness had been misdiagnosed by the hospital. No wonder it was not cured no matter how much treatment was given.
After taking his pulse carefully, Shou Jingfang informed Hong Lucheng and his wife again.
"This disease is purely due to internal depression of yin and cold. It's not a big deal at all. It's just that the disease has reached this level and needs to be treated harshly. Suffering is inevitable. If left unchecked, the leg will be broken in the end. The pain alone will
It can kill you. But to treat this disease, the medicine required is quite expensive. And it will inevitably require a 'Zuhulong' that is about a foot long to be used as a medicine guide..."
Wang Yunlin didn't know what "defeat the tiger and the dragon" was, but when she heard that someone could be saved, she immediately asked about the cost. Unexpectedly, Shou Jingfang shook his head, and what he said next shocked the whole family.
Shou Jingfang said, "It's easy to talk about auxiliary medicines, they are nothing more than aconite, atractylodes, poria, peony and so on. It's just that the main medicine of Zhiyang is more expensive. Ginseng is strong and Cordyceps is too weak, so it is best to use Gan
Flattened deer antler, deer penis and snow clam oil are roughly worth a lot of money. Not to mention the difficulty
Once upon a time, I got to see the "Suppressing Tiger Dragon" that can regulate yin and yang. That thing is a rare treasure, quite rare. I met a descendant of Qingrentang a few years ago, and he actually had one in his hand. Originally, he wanted to
As a family heirloom, I later wanted to transfer it due to family difficulties, but I'm afraid I won't sell it for less than 5,000 yuan..."
After hearing this condition, Hong Lucheng himself gave up any hope of curing the disease. If it were left to the Hong family in the past, there might still be hope, but now... It is obvious that God will not let him live, and he can only smile bitterly.
I lament that fate has played a trick on people.
However, although Hong Lucheng himself thought so, Wang Yunlin and his children were not willing to give up. Moreover, even Shou Jingfang's intention was to maintain it as much as possible first and wait for more time before thinking of a solution.
In this way, Hong Lucheng could neither refute Shou Jingfang's reputation nor bear to let his wife and children continue to be sad, so he could only pretend to be happy and forcefully hope.
After seeing the patient that day, Shou Jingfang and Hong Lucheng had a good chat about their respective situations over the years. Before leaving, Shou Jing conveniently prescribed a prescription for "Yuansan Qingdu Decoction".
He said that some extremely cheap common drugs were used. Although they could not cure the disease, they could relieve pain and delay the disease. In addition, he also specifically told him to go to him immediately if his condition was abnormal, and left him fifty yuan.
Go get some medicine.
Not to mention, Shou Jingfang's medical skills are indeed extraordinary. Since he started drinking Chinese medicine soup, Hong Lucheng not only felt that the pain was significantly relieved, but the ulceration of the wound also became much slower. No matter what, there is always
I suffered a lot less sins.
But while they were rejoicing, everyone in the Hong family, whether it was Hong Lucheng or Wang Yunlin, also understood that the effectiveness of this medicine was limited to this. Whether the disease could be cured would ultimately depend on filling up the mountains of gold and the sea of silver.