After receiving a call from Zhang Quan, I immediately became concerned about Zhang Gen's condition.
Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Anguo immediately asked for leave. The uncle said it was so serious, they were afraid that this would be the last time they saw each other.
Grandpa is sick in the hospital. In this case, if you ask for leave, unless you really can't leave, you will deal with it according to the circumstances. Zhang Weiguo is not as busy as before, and he has never been on vacation, and the traffic is more convenient now than before. For some, the airport in Hong Kong is newly put into use. If they fly from the capital to Hong Kong, and then return to their hometown from Hong Kong, the time can be saved by more than half.
Zhang Weiguo also called his uncle and said that if the curative effect in the town is not good, he can go to the city or the province. There are so many of them, medical expenses are not a problem, and the disease should be cured first.
This is also what Zhang Jinhua and Zhang Fenghua meant. Zhang Gui was running outside and didn’t carry his mobile phone with him, so he couldn’t get in touch for a while. It was easier for Zhang Jinhua and Zhang Fenghua to get in touch. One of them was in the city and the other was in the provincial capital. There are units. If you make a phone call, they will ask for leave and come back.
After asking about my grandfather's situation, I said that I would transfer to a provincial capital with richer medical resources.
But Zhang Gen didn't want to move. He felt that if he couldn't pass this level, he would die somewhere else. He didn't want to die in a strange place, he wanted to die in his hometown.
Once the old man's temper came up, he was very stubborn. He didn't want to move at all, and he couldn't force him to transfer him to another hospital. He had to follow him, communicate with the doctor frequently, and ask him about his condition.
In fact, his injury was not serious, just twisted his waist, but he couldn't stand it because he was getting old, and his foundation was not very good before. The sickly appearance, lack of energy, lack of strength, and weakness all over the body, does not make the old man feel that his time is approaching.
Just as Zhang Gen thought, Zhang Baoguo didn't know about it at all.
On the front line, if something happened, there was no way to pass it on to him in time.
Su Hui, Zhang Weiguo, Zhang Anguo, and Zhang Dingguo went to Hong Kong by plane. Zhang Dingguo used to fly back and forth to study abroad. Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Anguo had never taken a plane. Some people feel flustered and short of breath from above, the scenery is beautiful, white clouds and blue sky, relaxed and happy, but they can't look down, and when they look down, they always feel like they are going to fall. For the first time, they know that they may be a little afraid of heights.
And this fear of heights is hard to overcome.
The plane flies so high, and there are not many opportunities to fly, how to overcome it in the future
Both Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Anguo asked for leave. When Zhang Dingguo first came back, he had a vacation. He was useless, so he went back to take up his post. The research is not in a hurry. In any case, it is easier to approve the fake than Zhang Weiguo and the others.
They each brought some gifts back home to give to their grandparents. There were a lot of things on the plane, but they were not worth much, but they brought money. They had to go to Hong Kong first, and it would not be too late to buy things from Hong Kong and go back.
The plane landed smoothly on the airport leisurely, the cabin door opened, and the passengers lined up.
Zhang Weiguo said that when he comes back in the future, he must take a plane, which saves time and is really convenient.
Although they are a little afraid of high altitudes when flying, they can overcome this difficulty once they get used to it.
They went to Hong Kong and bought a lot of things, most of which were all kinds of medicines, ranging from medicines for bruises and mosquito bites, to supplements, nutritional products, etc., everything that one expects to find.
There are many of them, and they are not afraid that they will not be able to get things.
Zhang Anguo went back to his hometown once when Zhang Baoguo was injured. Although the time was short, it was enough for him to get a general idea of what he wanted to know. Comparing Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Dinguo, he knew the most, so he just told them a few things. The situation in the village.
"I went to see the road in the village. It was built under the auspices of the captain uncle. A lot of cement is hard to buy. But isn't there a river beside our village? There are a lot of stones, so I picked up those stones to pave the road. It looks like Neat and beautiful, be careful on rainy days and don’t worry about being muddy at all. The changes in the village have been great. Now they save money to repair houses instead of green brick houses. They build buildings, the kind of one-story two-story For buildings, use red bricks."
"You can't earn that much money by farming at home. Many strong laborers in the village have gone out to find work. Compared with the total number, it is actually not bad, but compared with other villages, our village has more people who go out to find work. gone."
I feel more energetic and want to venture outside. Generally speaking, all the strong and laborers in a big family will not go out, just like the current situation in their grandfather's house. The uncle and the uncle, one of them stays at home, and the other stays at home. When I go out to earn money, there is always someone at home to take care of the fields at home, and there is no way to let go of the fields.
Moreover, the brick-burning business in their village is good. Only families with several people who send money to their families can afford to build buildings. If the style depends entirely on the prospects in the ground, you can only lay tiles or the like.
In comparison, there are still the most people at home, so the tile-burning business in the village is very good. This is a business in their village. As long as the household registration is in the village, they all have a share of money, and those who work there are also paid.
It used to be work points, but now there are no work points, and the money is paid directly.
"Those who stay at home to take care of them will help burn tiles when they are free. The money earned by burning tiles is much more than that of working outside. The advantage is freedom and taking care of the family at any time."
And now in their village, there is basically no hunger. The fields have been allocated to their hands. As long as they are diligent, they will not starve to death. If there is not enough to eat, we will plant more crops that are resistant to hunger and have a large yield. If we are full, we will grow some fine grains such as rice and wheat.
The number of chickens and pigs has doubled, chickens can be heard clucking in the yard of every household, and it is not as rare for everyone to eat eggs as before.
In addition, the primary school in their village has been expanded once, and more people can be enrolled. There are also people from other villages who specially go to their village primary school, because the people in their village primary school are capable, and they are all talented educated youths. it's here.
They are also salaried people now, and when they have money, they are more careful, thinking that they have to hand over a report card with excellent grades so that everyone can continue to support them.
After all, having lived there for a long time, Su Hui also listened with great interest.
Especially when he heard about Zhang Chengye's measures, he wanted his village to be better and better, road construction was one, and fruit trees were also one.
This is a very competent village cadre.
Of course, it is inevitable to talk about the current situation of the Zhang family.
Zhang Gen and Li Manfen are still working in the field. For them, it is impossible for them to stay at home because they are not young. As long as they can move, they will not ignore the work in the field. save work.
Their family also raised cattle. With cattle, the work was much easier, and the housework was handed over to a few children to help.
They raised a lot of chickens and ducks.
This time Zhang Gen was hospitalized, Li Manfen saw that he hadn't seen any improvement, so she endured the pain and made him kill chicken and stew soup to nourish his body.
They went back to the village first.
When he got a message from them that he was coming back, Zhang Quan took the time to take care of the situation in his house, took out the quilt to dry in the sun, and cleaned it carefully at that time, so that the house can be lived in.
It was already dark when they returned, and it was not a good time to see patients.
Zhang Dingguo went to the old house to inform, and the rest of the people fetched water and started cleaning. When they came back, they saw a few villagers who were both familiar and unfamiliar. Many of them were afraid to face them. Admittedly, after looking over and over again, no one took the initiative to greet them, or they called someone first, and the other party responded and asked after asking, so they were not sure.
Hey, it's true that their brothers have come back. They have changed so much that they dare not admit it anymore. The style of that suit looks different. As expected, they are from the capital. If they have the ability to settle in the capital, then that is Are you handsome
After a brief tidying up, the kitchen was also tidied up, and they bought some food when they got off the train.
There are not many types, just rice, oil, salt, sugar, and flour.
For the rest, you can exchange it with the people around you.
When Zhang Dingguo passed by, Zhang Quan immediately followed them, saw them cleaning, walked around, and went back to bring some food, just some rations, there were coarse grains and fine grains, as well as vegetables and eggs.
Su Hui accepted it and gave him two packs of candy, asking him to take it home and give it to the children at home first, before going to town to see Zhang Gen tomorrow morning.
Li Manfen is not at home now, she lives in the hospital as a companion, and Zhao Laidi is not there, she went to bring them dinner, and the four children followed Zhang Quan to check on the situation.
Of these children, the oldest is Zhang Gui's son Zhang Mingshun, who is thirteen years old this year, then Zhang Gui's daughter Zhang Mingxin, who is eleven years old this year, and then Zhang Jinhua's pair of daughters. The older one was 7 years old, and the younger one was 6 years old. When they saw the colorful candies in the hands of the uncle and grandpa, they immediately entangled Zhang Quan.
Zhang Quan untied the bag and grabbed a few for each of them.
"You call people no"
Zhang Mingshun looked at them curiously, and obediently called "Second Aunt, Brother."
Zhang Jinhua's two daughters are a generation younger, and they seem to be a little shy of strangers, calling people in a low voice, "Second Grandma, Uncle."
Hearing this name, Zhang Weiguo felt shocked, uncle, cough.
He is also a serious uncle, so he has to get used to it soon.
He responded, "Hey, my cousin's two daughters are already so old. We met each other for the first time, and we will improve every day after that." He gave each of them a red envelope.
"Thank you, Uncle." Seeing the red envelope, they happily accepted it.
Zhang Quan had cleaned the house before, and it didn't take much time for them to clean it again. After lighting the lamp, everyone sat together.
"Let's go and see it tomorrow morning, right?" Zhang Quan confirmed.
"right."
"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow. Dad will be happy to see you come back." Even he was happy to see them come back.
There was nothing more to say, after sitting for a while, Zhang Quan left with a few children.
On the way back, there were still people waiting for him to pass by at the door.
"Is your sister-in-law back?"
"Yes, there are three nephews."
"Everyone is here except the soldier, right?"
"Yeah, that's quite filial. When I heard that my grandfather was ill, I came back all the way."
"What did they bring back"
"I saw it. Four people, with big and small bags, must have a lot of good things."
"Promising, every time the things sent are good."
She sends things back every year, and Li Manfen is not a restrained person. She likes to tell others and hear people praise her for being lucky. Basically, everyone knows what they have received.
In addition, every year besides them, they will also send things to the captain. Everyone thinks they are filial.
For the Zhang family, they were envious in their mouths, but they were also envious in their hearts.
Zhang Quan laughed and didn't answer much. They also saw the things in his hands, which were two packs of colorful candies, and the words printed on them were all foreign.
No wonder it looks so good.
The next morning, they got up early, made breakfast, bought two chickens from their neighbors, and immediately killed one for stew.
When it's done, put it in the lunch box and go to find Zhang Quan and the others.
Zhao Laidi and the others are all there.
Seeing them coming with things in their hands, they smiled and were all kind, "Long time no see, this is Wei Guo, he is already a big boy."
"This is An Guo and Ding Guo. They look really good. How tall is this head?"
"What did you take?"
In addition to chicken soup, there are nutritional oral liquids, milk powder and the like.
"These are for grandparents. We take these to the hospital and keep these at home."
"Okay, okay."
"Did cousin and sister go back?"
"Hey, yes, they're going back to work first, and they'll come back after the weekend."
The children are all going to school, even the youngest one is sent to school, to go to school early, graduate early and come out early to earn money. Anyway, at this age, you can't do much work, so you have already gone to school at the age of six.
The six of them went out and walked on the road. Many of them wandered there deliberately. They just wanted to see them. The time was wrong last night. Worried, met on the road, isn't it normal to chat a few words.
But Zhang Weiguo and the others were focused on seeing their grandfather, and were not in the mood to chat, so they hurried away after saying a few words.
When they got there, Zhang Gen was half leaning on the bed, his hair was gray and he couldn't find a single black one. He was lying on the bed with no energy, with water hanging from one hand, and Li Manfen beside him was tossing a few times. An old newspaper.
"Grandpa, grandma." Zhang Weiguo felt his nose ache when he saw Zhang Gen's hair.
When he went to school and left home, his hair was still a little black, but now it is all white.
On his mother, he couldn't feel the cruelty of time, and there was almost no change, but on his grandfather's side, he clearly felt the ruthlessness of time.
Grandpa's hair is gray, his back is bent, and his face is full of old man's dimples, but he has grown into a man.
"You guys are Weiguo, this is Anguo and Dingguo, right?" He suddenly regained his energy.
Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Baoguo looked like Zhang Ping, and they were the most recognizable. Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo were twins. Now that they were standing together, he couldn't tell which was the older and which was the younger.
He couldn't stop looking at it, and held Zhang Weiguo's hand with the hand that wasn't holding the bottle.
Zhang Anguo stood by the bed, looking at his grandfather's appearance, he felt uncomfortable. His grandfather looked much older than before, and his face was not full of energy. No wonder he asked people to call them back.
"Grandpa, I'm An Guo, we're back, how do you feel now?"
"I'm fine, I just don't have much energy. When did you come back? It's good to be back." Zhang Gen looked at them and nodded.
"Grandpa, we came back last night, you"
They all surrounded Zhang Gen to greet him, and Li Manfen only said hello when he came in.
Li Manfen looked left and right, these grandchildren are all so tall, and the one behind him is the second daughter-in-law, but is this second daughter-in-law a monster? I don’t feel like I’m getting old
"Where is the doctor, who doctor saw it, I'll ask about the situation."
The patient couldn't explain it clearly, so Su Hui planned to find a doctor.
Zhang Quan responded, "I know, I'll take you there."
Obviously, Zhang Gen's spirit improved a lot after seeing his grandsons come back. Zhang Weiguo did not give up and said that they would go to the provincial capital to recuperate for a while.
There is a nursing home over there, and there are many elderly veterans there. The medical resources must be much better than here. A change of environment can also change your mood.
He understood what the doctor said.
Grandpa just lost the anger in his heart. Before the doctor sentenced him to death, he felt that he was not good enough. When people are getting old, once they feel like this, there is nothing at first, and there will be something soon, let alone something that is already there. under what circumstances.
"Grandpa, don't worry, it's not serious, just take care of it. If you don't live well, we'll come back right away. You're taking care of yourself now. Don't you want to go to the capital? I want to take you to the Great Wall too." , An Guo has a partner now, you don't want to meet"
"Grandpa, yes, you come to the capital, and we will take turns serving as your tour guide."
"Grandpa, go there to take care of your health, you still want to see our son?"
The three of them took turns to fight, making Zhang Gen dizzy from what he said.
In fact, his illness is not serious, but the medical resources here can't keep up, and he will recover soon.
Of course he wants to go to the capital. Who doesn't want to go to the capital to take a look? It's the center of their country.
Do you want to see Anguo's partners? Besides Anguo, there are a few others who are not married. He wants to see them all, and wants to see them get married and have children.
That's right, think about it, there are still so many things he wants to do, and he hasn't been there to see how promising his grandsons are, it's not worth it.
"Is the cost of going to the provincial capital a lot? My family doesn't have much money."
Zhang Weiguo waved his hand, "Grandpa, don't worry, I have a classmate's eldest sister who works there, and the fees there are not too much. You have so many descendants, and if everyone joins together, it will be no problem."
Zhang Weiguo never thought that all his family members would leave. Even if their family is rich, but things cannot be done this way, everyone has to give. If their economy is average, then they will give less.
Otherwise, in the long run, they will be responsible for everything, and it will be easy to grow their hearts.
Li Manfen is also persuading that everything else is secondary, her wife is her backbone, there are so many children in the family, even if it costs a lot, so what, they have the ability, and the cost is too high to cure him.
And didn't the second daughter-in-law make a lot of money in business, and she would definitely be able to pay for a cure.
Zhang Gen was persuaded, and everyone was trying to persuade him.
The eldest grandson and granddaughter also persuaded him before, but at that time he also had concerns in his heart. They didn't know anyone, and they didn't dare to reassure him so surely because of the cost.
Now Weiguo has someone he knows, and besides, the daughter-in-law and children on the second side are all promising, which is different.
Look at their neat clothes, all of them have watches on their hands, they are tall, standing there, just like the little Bai Yang in the movie, they are considered airy.
then, then go
This decided to go to the provincial capital to recuperate. You can't just leave, you have to prepare.
Things at home should also be dealt with.
Finally, after discussing it, Zhao Laidi took care of the house at home, took a few children with her, and the rest went to the provincial capital to help them settle down.
Zhang Jinhua and Zhang Fenghua also rushed over after receiving the call. Zhang Fenghua was not far there, both in the provincial capital. She had heard about this nursing home.
It is said that the fee is quite expensive, without reimbursement, most people cannot afford to go.
Zhang Gen's foundation is not good. Few people who have suffered in this era have a good foundation. He needs to replenish his vitality.
Su Hui didn't intervene much, just stood aside, watching Zhang Weiguo and his brothers busy up and down to finalize this matter.
The nursing homes here are not comparable to those in the town.
This place is also old, but it has been repainted, the walls are white, and the corresponding equipment is complete. Even the same white coat has a different style on the people who wear it here.
The doctors here also have high-achieving students who have returned from studying abroad.
Zhang Gen was a little bit innocent about coming to a strange place, but looking at the children and grandchildren around him, he felt relieved again.
He has worked hard all his life, and he is doing well. There are so many children who are willing to come over and help him run up and down when he is lying on the hospital bed.
He just needs to lie on the bed, and he doesn't have to worry about the rest.
Li Manfen didn't worry about expenses and the like. Zhang Weiguo went to Zhang Quan and discussed it with him. According to the custom of the village, the old man's birth, old age, sickness and death are all his son's responsibility. The one the old man lives with often has to be the big one, because most of the things the old man gives are more than the other sons. Zhang Quan is indeed the one who gets the most among the three brothers.
At that time, the house was built with Zhang Ping’s allowance. The old man lived in it, so it will naturally belong to him in the future. The second child’s house was built after his sacrifice, and the second sibling took the death allowance. The third child’s house was divided. One, and then part of the money was used to repair one more room, and the family was separated.
Afterwards, it doesn’t matter if the work points are divided, or the land is divided into households, the two old people will stay with the big house.
Logically speaking, Zhang Quan should be the big head, and now his four children have work units, and they all earn money outside, so they must have saved some money.
But the uncle's money should be with the eldest aunt, so Zhang Weiguo talked about expenses with Zhang Jinhua.
Zhang Jinhua, the eldest brother, is much more negotiable than the eldest aunt.
In fact, Zhang Weiguo didn't mind giving all the money, but he wanted to express his attitude to them. They separated, and those who should be filial should be filial, but there are some things that must be clearly distinguished.
They cannot be taken for granted.
The eldest aunt pretends to be dumb when talking about expenses, and she is all counting on their second wife.