Getting off the bus one stop earlier, Chi Nuan took Xiao Wutong to the vegetable market to buy vegetables. Xiao Wutong looked very bad because of a cold, so Chi Nuan went to unpack his schoolbag: "Chi Zheng, mother will carry it for you."
Xiao Wutong shook his head: "No, my mother is very tired from work."
Chi Nuan looked at Xiao Wutong's black head, and wondered how many times she had gotten away with it, but fortunately, Yue Yun left him to herself.
It's very tiring to carry a child, but why hasn't Xiao Wutong been healing her all the time? Rather than she cared for him, he gave her a home to belong to.
Stopping in front of the seafood stall, Xiao Wutong said that he wanted to eat brine shrimp. The boss weighed the shrimp, and when it was late to pick up the bag, there was the sound of raindrops beating on the ceiling of the vegetable market.
The voice came violently, whether it was a vegetable seller or someone who came to buy it, they were all saying, "It's raining heavily."
The rain, which had been brewing for a day, finally fell.
Chi Nuan bought the good vegetables, and crowded with Xiao Wutong at the entrance of the vegetable market.
Chi Nuan opened the car-hailing app, but it was raining heavily, and it was rush hour again. After waiting for a while, no driver came to take the order.
Xiao Wutong held up the umbrella: "Mom, let's go home, we won't go far."
Fortunately, both of them had umbrellas, and all the way home, Xiao Wutong was fine except for her shoes and half of her trousers.
Chi Nuan was afraid that he would catch a cold again, so he turned on the hot water and let him take a shower for a while. When he came out in thick pajamas, Chi Nuan gave him the boiled ginger water again.
The appearance of Xiao Wutong holding her nose and drinking ginger water reminded Chi Nuan of that heavy rainy summer night, when her brother boiled ginger water, Gu Ningzi frowned, and it was painful to drink.
After Xiao Wutong finished drinking, he picked up his schoolbag to do his homework, and Chi Nuan went into the kitchen to cook.
First cook the shrimp, soak it in salt water and marinate, then adjust the dipping sauce and serve it to the table first. When Chi Nuan finished the second dish, Xiao Wutong sat at the table, peeled one shrimp after another, and soaked it in a dipping saucer.
Hearing the footsteps, he turned around and said to Chi Nuan, "Mom, come and eat, I peeled a lot for you."
At that moment, like a stone rolling through my heart, endless echoes echoed empty.
Chi Nuan supported the counter, and after a few minutes, she washed her hands, dried them, and called Gu Ningzi.
Gu Ningzi didn't answer until the dial was automatically interrupted.
Chi Nuan didn't have the courage to make another call.
Xiao Wutong didn't eat much at night, so she said to Chi Nuan before eight o'clock: "Mom, I want to sleep, I'm a little tired."
Chi Nuan tried his forehead temperature, there was a low fever.
"Drink the medicine and then go to sleep."
Xiao Wutong took the medicine cooperatively, went back to the room and tucked into the quilt, and fell asleep after a while. Chi Nuan listened to the sound of the rain outside cleaning the house, her lower abdomen felt a faint pain, and her aunt came.
After taking a shower, she gently pushed open the door of Xiao Wutong and went in to see him.
Xiao Wutong's breathing was heavy, Chi Nuan touched his face, and was so frightened by the high heat above that he immediately turned on the light, and Xiao Wutong's face was red.
Chi Nuan called his name, and Xiao Wutong opened his eyes in a daze: "Mom."
The voice was hoarse.
Chi Nuan immediately took Xiao Wutong's temperature, and she couldn't sit still when the temperature came out. Even though he had already taken antipyretics, the temperature not only did not drop, but rose so much.
Xiao Wutong had a history of high fever and convulsions before, and Chi Nuan did not dare to delay for a second. She put a fever-reducing sticker on Xiao Wutong and pulled him up from the bed: "Xiao Wutong, we have to go to the hospital now."
"Mom, I don't have the strength." Xiao Wutong said weakly with half-closed eyes.
Chi Nuan dressed him: "Mom hugs you."
She struggled to pick up Xiao Wutong, and the pain in her lower abdomen made trouble again. Chi Nuan gritted her teeth and walked to the door, suddenly remembering that she hadn't booked a car yet.
She turned on her phone, but just like when she came back from the vegetable market, no driver took the order at all.
It was raining heavily, and it was nearly ten o'clock in the evening.
Xiao Wutong leaned softly in Chi Nuan's arms, Chi Nuan increased the price, but good luck never came.
The scorching temperature of Xiao Wutong scorched Chi Nuan's nerves, and every little movement of his made her tremble.
"Xiao Wutong, wait a minute, my mother goes to the uncle on the third floor and asks him to take us." Chi Nuan carried Xiao Wutong back to the sofa and hurried downstairs, but there was no light in the house on the third floor, so Chi Nuan pressed it for a long time No one answered the doorbell.
No one is home.
Chi Nuan ran upstairs again, grabbed the phone in a panic, opened the address book, hesitated a little between Zhou Damao and Mr. Ji, but still drew Zhou Damao's name. Just as he was about to dial Zhou Damao, a call came in, and the words "Gu Ningzi" appeared on the screen.
The panicked feeling disappeared instantly, Gu Ningzi was the closest person to her.
"I had a regular meeting before, what's the matter?"
Gu Ningzi's calm voice sounded in her ears, and the appearance of Xiao Wutong sleeping on the sofa fell into her eyes. Chi Nuan took a breath: "...Gu Ningzi, help me."
Gu Ningzi paused for a while: "What's wrong?"
It was raining heavily outside, Chi Nuan finished talking about Xiao Wutong's condition, and Gu Ningzi was silent for a long time. Just when Chi Nuan thought she would refuse, Gu Ningzi said, "Wait for me for twenty minutes, I'll go now."
Chi Nuan took the time to hold Xiao Wutong downstairs. After taking a break several times in the middle, I finally got to the first floor.
The lower abdomen was too painful, Chi Nuan squatted down and let Xiao Wutong's head slam into his neck. Xiao Wutong asked her weakly and softly: "Mom, have you made an appointment for a car?"
Chi Nuan said, "Aunt Gu will be here soon."
Xiao Wutong reluctantly cheered up and talked to her: "Aunt Gu? Who..."
Chi Nuan: "Send us home, you say it's beautiful, and Auntie Gu who gave you candy."
Xiao Wutong: "I haven't seen her before..."
He opened his eyes wearily, the overwhelming rain, the dazzling headlights from far to near, and a figure came from the dark night with an umbrella under his umbrella.
Chi Nuan whispered in Xiao Wutong's ear, "You've seen it before, when you were very young."
…
Gu Ningzi took them to the hospital emergency room, Chi Nuan insisted on running before and after, and when Xiao Wutong lay down and hung the hanging needle, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as the nerves relax, the pain in the abdomen is especially obvious. Chi Nuan shuddered, only to realize that she wasn't even wearing a coat.
She pressed her lower abdomen with a pale face, staring at the little Indus on the hospital bed in a daze.
The hospital near the early morning was very quiet. Xiao Wutong fell asleep.
Gu Ningzi walked into the ward with two paper cups and handed one of them to Chi Nuan. Chi Nuan reached out to pick it up and touched Gu Ningzi's fingers, which were also cold.
"Your condition doesn't look very good." Gu Ningzi said.
The dark-brown liquid swayed lightly in the cup, Chi Nuan lowered his head and smiled, not letting his red eyes be exposed to others.
It's coffee, not brown sugar water.
... Gu Ningzi, although I know it's greedy to think so, but do you still remember it
…
Gu Ningzi stayed with the hospital all the time and did not leave early. She seems to be very busy, maybe it's the daytime over the jet lag, and the work phone receives new messages from time to time.
Afraid of affecting Xiao Wutong's rest, Gu Ningzi sat outside the ward to handle things.
Xiao Wutong murmured to drink water like a dream, Chi Nuan went to boil the water to get the water, and when she came back, she saw Gu Ningzi's head resting on the cold white wall, her glasses on the seat, her eyes closed, and she picked her eyebrows for a while. .
"Thank you, I've caused you trouble." Chi Nuan couldn't help feeling distressed.
Gu Ningzi heard the sound, turned her head, and slowly opened her eyes. After a few seconds, she had focus in her eyes.
"It's all right," she said.
The hanging needles of Xiao Wutong lasted until more than two in the morning, and Gu Ningzi sent them home. Xiao Wutong leaned on Chi Nuan's arms and was drowsy. When he got to the downstairs of the community, Chi Nuan couldn't bear to wake him up and was about to carry him upstairs when Xiao Wutong earned it: "Mom, I'm much better, myself Walk."
Xiao Wutong: "... I've grown up, and I know you can't hold me anymore."
Chi Nuan said with a heart: "Okay."
Gu Ningzi got out of the car, opened the umbrella, and sent Chi Nuan and Xiao Wutong into the doorway.
Xiao Wutong waved goodbye to Gu Ningzi softly: "Aunt Gu, thank you, I've caused you trouble."
"..." Gu Ningzi looked at Chi Nuan and said to Xiao Wutong, "Get well soon."
Xiao Wutong nodded.
…
After the night of Xiao Wutong's high fever, Chi Nuan hadn't seen Gu Ningzi for a while. She also plucked up the courage to invite her to dinner and wanted to thank her for her help, but the reply was that the person was not in the country, so she had to leave it alone.
During this period, Chi Nuan submitted a resignation report to the school. After consultation between the two parties, she officially resigned after teaching this semester.
On the day when the result was obtained, Chi Nuan invited He Liwen and Lao Mo to meet. She told them about leaving that school, and He Liwen was surprised: "Why? Did you find a new job?"
"No." Chi Nuan said, "...I'm not very suitable there."
He Liwen knows Chi Nuan's temperament and has never been a willful person. She said "it's not suitable", and she left without even finding a new job. Something must have happened that even she could not be relieved.
"Is it for the last time?" The school did investigate about Chi Nuan's underage childbirth. He Liwen was completely stunned at the time. Who knew Chi Nuan would comfort her in return, saying that the misunderstanding would be resolved. .
"No." Chi Nuan said.
"I thought it would be easier for you to teach elementary school, where wages are higher than other places..." He Liwen said and began to sigh.
Chi Nuan said, "The teacher is kind, but I failed the teacher."
He Liwen waved her hand and told her not to say that.
Lao Mo said, "It was good, but Chi Nuan came to teach at No. 1 Middle School, hey! It's just a coincidence!"
Chi Nuan smiled and said, "Yes."
He Liwen said: "Actually, you really want to come to No. 1 Middle School. It is not difficult for you to take the postgraduate entrance examination. It will be over in the blink of an eye in two or three years. This is your current situation..."
Chi Nuan nodded: "Yeah."
During the dinner, He Liwen and Lao Mo both said that they would help Chi Nuan to keep an eye on it. Whether it was a teacher or any other profession, they would tell her if they had any information.
Thank you again and again.
Since then, Chi Nuan has been paying attention to various recruitments. Until the last day of December, Chi Nuan, who had not heard from Gu Ningzi for a long time, received a voice call from He Zhen during lunch time.
"The boss has already returned to China, and the time is probably from your side... You can be home at five or six in the evening. Miss Chi, is it convenient for you to come? I have prepared a preliminary contract for you, and you can finalize the details with the boss."
Chi Nuan held up her phone, the noise around her was automatically muted, and she couldn't recover for a while.
He Zhen smiled and said, "If it's convenient, let's cook some light food for BOSS tonight. There have been problems with several projects recently, and she is a little angry. I will send you the specific address and access code later."
It was as if he suddenly met Nuan Chun in the cold winter, Chi Nuan stammered and asked He Zhen, "I, can I?"
He Zhen: "Of course, the boss recognizes you."