Chapter 20 Her burden has exceeded ordinary people
Because I haven't seen Yuanyuan for a long time, I feel like I miss her a little, and I really want to see her right away.
I decided to go see Yuanyuan after work.
After finishing work, it was almost dusk, and by the time we had dinner, night had fallen.
Yuanyuan's family lives on the mountainside. It can be reached by walking on a winding road and then on a steeper road.
The not very bright car lights cut through the dark night, heading towards Yuanyuan's house.
After going up a winding mountain road, we entered the access road. The access road was not long, but there was a section that was extremely steep. I pushed the lowest gear and suddenly stepped on the accelerator. The car howled while slowly going up. There was a mountain on one side of the road.
There was a cliff on the other side. I concentrated more on it, with my eyes wide open, my hands holding the steering wheel tightly, and stepping on the accelerator. As the momentary tension disappeared, the car finally drove through the extremely steep road.
At this time, they had entered the yard of Yuanyuan's house.
After parking the car, the door happened to be open, so I walked in directly.
Yuanyuan’s sister is Chen Min, and they all call her Minzi. Minzi is washing her hair, and her younger brother is Chen Dong, who is doing homework. My father is also there, but I don’t know why he is busy with things, so he just chats with me briefly.
Say hello and get busy again.
"Brother Hua is here." Minzi greeted me while stroking her head with a towel.
"Oh, Toshiko is busy washing her hair." I said. "It's okay, you can go about your business."
"Brother Hua, my sister is in the kitchen. She is boiling medicine for my mother." Just after I finished speaking, Dongdong greeted me again.
"Okay Dongdong, are you almost finished writing?" I asked kindly.
"It's coming soon, I'll finish writing it soon."
"Okay Dongdong, then you can write."
I said and left for the kitchen.
Go straight from the corridor on the right side above the hall, and you will reach the kitchen after exiting the corridor.
Yuanyuan was busy. After the medicine was cooked, Yuanyuan poured out most of the bowl and let it dry.
"Is Auntie's condition getting better?" I asked Yuanyuan with concern.
"Still not."
Yuanyuan shook her head and bit her lip again.
Then, she organized some messy things on the stove.
Put things back where they should be, wash things that are dirty, and put things in order again if they are messy.
Yuanyuan was busy on one side and standing on the other. Her every move attracted me like a highlight in a movie.
Her shawl-length hair has been cut short. She is more beautiful with short hair, and has more ambition and personality. The short hair sweeps across her fair face as her body moves, constantly changing in various ways.
The face shape. Sometimes she has a round face, sometimes she has a crescent moon face, sometimes she has a pretty pink face...
"Wait for me here for a while. I will take the medicine to my mother and I will be back in a while."
Yuanyuan said with some embarrassment.
I smiled understandingly and nodded.
"I'll go see my aunt too."
I said and followed him.
Mother's bedroom is the first door on the small corridor on the left side above the hall from the kitchen.
I stepped forward and opened the door for Yuanyuan. My mother was very thin, and her eyes were sunken deeply on her pale and thin face.
"Auntie, are you feeling better?"
I asked softly as soon as I entered the door.
When my mother saw me, she pointed to the stool and motioned for me to sit down, and then smiled reluctantly as a greeting to me.
Yuanyuan placed the medicine bowl on the table beside the bed, then helped her mother sit up and whispered:
"Mom, it's time to take medicine."
Next, Yuanyuan brought the medicine to her mother's mouth one spoonful at a time.
This bedroom is not very big. In addition to a bed, there is also a large wardrobe, a small storage cabinet and a small square table. Through the transparent glass, you can see that sugar, candies, etc. are neatly placed in the small storage cabinet.
Food in cans. There is a large vase on the table with some golden
chrysanthemum.
The mother looked uncomfortable when she drank the medicine, as if the needle in the medicine was stinging her throat.
After feeding her mother the medicine, Yuanyuan drank another half cup of sugar water and fed her mother one spoonful after another.
"Hang, bang..."
When her mother coughed, Yuanyuan patted her mother's back gently.
After patting for a while, he whispered again: "Mom, how are you? Are you feeling better?"
Mother waved her hands and whispered:
"No."
"Mom, are you feeling better today?"
Next, Yuanyuan asked again with concern.
"It's still not that good."
Mother shook her head and whispered.
"Then, let's go to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow."
"Hey, let's finish the two pairs of Chinese medicine before we talk."
The mother refused.
"Hang, bang..."
A few more coughs.
Yuanyuan hurriedly got a tissue and took advantage of the situation to catch the phlegm spitted out by her mother.
Then, she brought a towel, poured hot water into the basin, washed the towel and wring it dry. Then she wiped the sweat off her mother's forehead.
Next, she bent over and picked up the rag placed on the table rail, and wiped the water spots that had been spilled on the table when making the sugar water.
Finally, she tidied up some messy things on the bed.
Yuanyuan seemed to be killing time in silence in her mother's room, or in other words, she was killing time in meditation. Therefore, she seldom spoke, and even if she spoke, it would only take a long time before she could squeeze in.
Say that.
I feel a little heartbroken when I see Yuanyuan's frail look. Those white and tender hands don't look like a worker. But who knows, there are several pigs in the pen, waiting for her to feed them every day; three times a day
She had to cook the meals; her younger siblings had to go to school and she had to worry about them; her bedridden mother had to take care of her, and her burden was beyond ordinary people...