The days in the ward passed quickly. He Cheng used to go back and forth around his work and life, but now he was suddenly free, and he didn't feel unaccustomed to it. Xu Ran followed the doctor's advice and started rehabilitation. From the third week on, he stayed in the recovery room for three or four hours a day.
Gradually, both he and the doctor noticed something was wrong.
"You can't always stick to yourself," the doctor said with a complicated expression. "If you regard yourself as a disabled person in your heart, no matter how much rehabilitation you do, you won't be able to recover. You have to look forward."
Xu Ran raised his head and quietly looked at the three big characters of "Rehabilitation Department" on the front door, and did not speak for a long time.
The little nurse at the side kindly pushed the wheelchair over and asked Xu Ran if he wanted to go back to rest.
Dr. Hu frowned, "Get a pair of crutches and let him go by himself. If this continues, I think he will be paralyzed."
The little nurse was taken aback by the words, but Xu Ran smiled, raised her head and said to Dr. Hu, "Are you not afraid of the patient's anger?"
"Angry? I'm almost mad at you." Dr. Hu shook his head, "You have only two weeks left with me, and you will be discharged from the hospital in two weeks. How you live is your own business. I am I only say a few more words about you for the sake of Jin Ming's affection, do you still want to be on crutches for the rest of your life? There is no need for a young man who is quite energetic before, so tossing himself out of his spirit."
Xu Ran grinned, "Actually, I think I'm fine."
"Fortunately, your health is fine, but your problem is your heart disease." Dr. Hu looked at his watch and said, "You should see a psychiatrist when you are free. To be honest, there are some things that cannot be left to rot. heart."
Someone called him outside the door, Dr. Hu patted Xu Ran on the shoulder, turned and left. The little nurse fetched a new pair of crutches and handed them to Xu Ran carefully.
Xu Ran weighed the weight of the crutch. It's quite heavy, and it feels like it's falling down when you hold it in your hand.
"Thank you." He smiled gently at the little nurse.
He walked upstairs step by step. The cold metal shell of the crutch hurt his palm. He hadn't used crutches a few times, so he was very unskilled in using it.
Every time I take a step, the knee of my right leg hurts and gradually becomes numb.
Gritting his teeth, he went to the ward. The screen of the mobile phone on the bedside table was on. When he clicked on it, it was a photo sent by the new landlord.
The house in the photo is a bit old, and the garden at the entrance is a terrible mess, but the house is clean, but the area is too small, one bedroom, one living room, one bathroom, and a storage room that hasn't been cleaned much.
The landlord is an old lady in her 60s. She only posted the rental information online by relying on the children of the neighbors. A small piece of advertisement was sandwiched between all kinds of gaudy pictures, Xu Ran almost skipped it.
Typing was very slow over there, so Xu Ran sat on the bed and waited.
The house is located at the corner of an old residential area in City C. Xu Ran checked the map on his mobile phone for a long time before he could locate the location. There are similar old buildings and bungalows on both sides. There are only two or three households still living in the whole street. moved away. The street is too old, and sooner or later there will be a day of demolition.
The old lady has no children, and decided to go to a nursing home when she was old, but she couldn't let go of the house she had lived in all her life. She wanted to rent it out and find someone to help her look after her. It's a thought.
The old lady is also considered a mild-mannered person, and the renter is not allowed to make any changes to the room, and she has to help her tidy up the yard, and the house must be kept clean. The price is not high, at first Xu Ran was surprised why no one came to rent it, but after answering the old lady's call, she understood.
The old lady on the phone spoke southern dialect, and her tone was not impatient, but there was a strange pressure. I'm afraid she was quite an amazing girl when she was young, Xu Ran couldn't help pursing her lips while listening to her request to him.
She asked Xu Ran to call her Auntie.
"Auntie," Xu Ran called, "Are you free on the 4th of next month?"
The ticket was booked on the 4th, and it was almost time to leave.
The old lady was basking in the sun at the door, "Yes. Are you coming?"
"Well, my train on the morning of the 4th should arrive in the afternoon."
One is eager to rent out, and the other just needs to move in without picking a place. The chat is inexplicably harmonious.
After chatting with the landlord, looking at the unchanging scenery outside the window, Xu Ran hesitated for a while, and dialed the phone number at home.
His parents should still be at work, and no one answered the landline at home, but he still waited for a long time until the mechanical female voice on the phone began to say "the other party can't be connected", then hung up the phone, looking at the empty ward, feeling lost.
The parents didn't know that something happened to him. It should be said that they didn't know anything.
Because of his legs and feet, his family didn't urge him to start a family. Xu Ran didn't know if they had realized something, but he didn't mention it for so many years, so he just lived in deception. Now that he wants to change his life in the city, he must at least Just a report.
Just like following He Cheng in the past, now he also made a decision so stubbornly with his blood, if he told his family, he would only get two sighs.
I am an unfilial son. Xu Ran knew that now he wanted to make up for what he owed his parents in the past ten years.
In the past, I always felt that I had to revolve around He Cheng in this life, but now that he is removed from the life plan, Xu Ran finds that the vacant space can be easily filled by other things, as if all the troubles and entanglements in the past are just jokes , Xu Ran didn't know that life could still be like this, plain and busy.
He Yuxuan came to see him once every three days, but Xu Ran gave him a hard time, but he still refused to accept it. The child seemed to think that Xu Ran would not leave if he showed his face too much, but in fact Xu Ran had already terminated the contract with the unit, and even if he stayed, it was impossible for him to continue working in that unit.
The director also pretended to call him. Before he opened his mouth to "condolence", Xu Ran said, "You don't need to say anything, I know that I am leaving now not because of anything else, but because of myself. I don't care about the previous ones, and I don't want to pursue them. Wait I will go to the office to pick up things after I am discharged from the hospital, thank you for your care for so many years."
After working for several years, this was the first time he said such harsh words to someone. The director on the other end of the phone was stunned and said hello, Xu Ran simply hung up the phone.
Except for this little episode, no one came here. Bai Jinming came here twice, each time with an expensive fruit basket, and didn't stay long, sometimes asking Xu Ran about his future plans, and sometimes talking about He Cheng.
Mai Xing is indeed a chicken thief. After making such a fuss, no one was killed, so he was suppressed like this. But everyone in the circle knew that this happened. He Cheng's lover was beaten up by Mai Xing. If the word got out, He Cheng's face would be lost in the small case, and the He family's face would be ruined in the big case.
Lovers and lovers, no one will sympathize if something happens, it will only make the outside world feel that the man is incapable and unable to protect his own people.
Xu Ran, who had to lie on the hospital bed for a month, was like an accessory, and when he was brought up, he would only get a light sentence, "It's miserable."
Quite miserable. Xu Ran didn't even think it was a good intention, but rather like a chat after dinner.
"...Because of this, He Cheng's father was very angry and took away his job." Bai Jinming gnawed on a cantaloupe and said, "Recently he is angry, so I didn't bring him to see you."
Xu Ran smiled, "Don't bring him here, even if he wasn't angry before, he will be angry when he comes."
"You don't want to see him?"
"..."
think.
I only dare to think about it.
Bai Jinming threw the melon rind into the trash can, looked around, and finally settled on the backpack in the corner.
"Discharge tomorrow?"
"Ok."
Xu Ran lowered his head and folded the hospital gown, folded it and opened it again and again.
"Okay," Bai Jinming stood up, stretched his waist, and said, "You settle yourself down first, and when you have nothing else to worry about, do you want to see him or whatever, then come to me."
"Okay. Thank you." Xu Ran raised her head and smiled at him.
After Bai Jinming left, Xu Ran gradually restrained his smile and touched his cheek. The corners of his mouth become stiff when he smiles a lot, and sometimes he doesn't know whether he is really laughing or just a muscle reaction.
When I came out of the hospital, I only had a pair of crutches and a small backpack, which was kindly sponsored by Dr. Hu. Xu Ran first went to the unit to deal with the accumulated procedures, and then went to the bank to check the passbook. There is still 20,000 yuan left in the card, which is not enough to pay He Cheng's medical expenses after deducting the reserved rent.
Xu Ran stood in front of the cash machine helpless.
It is difficult for a man with money to be a man without money. Although Xu Ran has never been a man, it is the first time that he feels embarrassed about money.
If it doesn't work, I can only borrow it from Bai Jinming. Although it's really not good to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, but it's better to owe Bai Jinming than to owe He Chenglai.
This matter has to be considered slowly, Xu Ran returned home, dumbfounded at the dust in the room. After simply tidying up the bedroom, he lay down, wrapped himself tightly in the cold blanket, and had a good sleep.
Woke up again at ten o'clock in the evening, Xu Ran stared blankly under the quilt, and it took a while before he realized that the landline at home was ringing.
The phone number was left by the previous household, Xu Ran got out of bed slowly and walked to the living room, the phone was still singing tirelessly.
"Hello, how are you?" Xu Ran picked it up sleepily.
"Excuse me, is this Mr. Xu?"
Unexpectedly polite tone, the other party seems to be a club, the background sound is a distant English song, mixed with small laughter.
Xu Ran blinked in confusion, "It's me, are you..."
"That's right. I'm an employee of the Maier bar. Mr. He got drunk here. If it's convenient for you, can you come and pick him up?"
"..."
Xu Ran was a little confused, raised his head, turned his eyes around the ceiling, and asked, "What?"
The other party patiently repeated what he said just now.
There was a buzzing voice in his head, Xu Ran moved the receiver away from him, looked at it as if watching some scourge, but replied, "Okay, I'll be right there."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Ran wanted to slap himself.
Immediately contacted Bai Jinming, but was told that the other party had an urgent meeting tonight and could not answer the phone. Xu Ran stood in the living room like a headless chicken, looking around, but couldn't find a direction.
Maier Bar, he knew this place, it was He Cheng's favorite bar, it was a little bourgeoisie. He Cheng would go there to sit whenever he had troubles.
So drunk that the clerk needed to call his family to fetch someone, how much did he drink... Can his stomach take it
The more flustered you are, the more your mind will think about messy things. Xu Ran thought of what Bai Jinming had said, the time when He Cheng was pressured by his father, and the day when He Cheng was taken to the hospital for emergency treatment in the middle of the night after drinking to his stomach.
Gritting his teeth, Xu Ran leaned on crutches and went out to take a taxi.
The author has something to say: Thank you for the landmines on the shore