From Cultivator to Widow

After receiving Zhang Quan's call, he immediately became concerned about Zhang Gen's condition.

Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Anguo immediately asked for leave. The uncle said so seriously, they were afraid that this would be the last time they met.

Grandpa is sick and is in the hospital. In this case, if he asks for leave, he will handle it as appropriate except for those who cannot leave. Zhang Weiguo is less busy now than before, and he has never taken a vacation. Now the transportation is more convenient 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 go back 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 should go to the city or the province. There are so many of them, and the 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 he didn't carry his mobile phone with him. He couldn't get in touch at all. Zhang Jinhua and Zhang Fenghua were relatively easy to contact. One of them was in the city and the other was in the provincial capital. There are units, just make a phone call and they will come back on leave.

When I asked about my grandfather's situation, he said that he would move to a provincial capital with more abundant medical resources.

But Zhang Gen didn't want to move. He felt that if he couldn't get past this level, he would die somewhere else. He didn't want to die in a strange place, he wanted to die in his hometown.

When the old man's temper came up, he was very stubborn. He didn't want to do anything, and he couldn't force him to transfer him.

In fact, his injury is not serious, he just twisted his waist, but he can't stand his age, and his foundation was not very good before. This time the injury broke out all at once. He was prescribed medicine and injected, and he was still a With a sullen appearance, he has no energy or strength, and his whole body is weak, but it makes the old man feel that his death is approaching.

Just as Zhang Gen thought, Zhang Baoguo didn't know about it at all.

In the front line, if something happened, there was no way to pass it on to him in time.

Su An and Zhang Weiguo, Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo took a plane to Hong Kong. Zhang Dingguo went to study abroad by plane. Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Anguo had never been on a plane before. The first time, it was very novel, and it was a good thing that they didn't get airsick, just at high altitude. Some people were flustered and short of breath above. The scenery was beautiful, with white clouds and blue sky, and they were relaxed and happy.

And this fear of heights is difficult to overcome.

The plane flies so high, and there are not many opportunities to take the plane, how can I overcome it in the future?

Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Anguo both asked for leave. Zhang Dingguo had a vacation when he first came back. The research is not in a hurry. Under any circumstances, it is easier to approve the fake than Zhang Weiguo and the others.

They all brought some gifts to go back to their grandparents. There were a lot of things on the plane, but they didn't have much weight, but they brought money. They had to go to Hong Kong first, and it was not too late to buy things from Hong Kong.

The plane landed smoothly at the airport, the hatch opened, and the passengers lined up.

Zhang Weiguo said that when he was going to come back in the future, he would definitely have to take a plane. This saves time and is really convenient.

Although flying in a plane will be a little afraid of high altitudes, but they get used to it, and they can overcome this difficulty.

They went to Hong Kong and bought a lot of things, most of which were all kinds of medicines, from bruises and mosquito bites, to supplements, nutritional products, and so on.

There are many of them, and they are not afraid of not being able to take 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 have a general understanding of what he wanted to know. Comparing Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Dingguo, he knew the most, so let me tell them something situation in the village.

"I took a look at the road in the village. It was built under the auspices of the captain's uncle. It's hard to buy a lot of cement, but isn't there a river next to our village? Neat and good-looking, you don't have to worry about being muddy when it rains. The changes in the village are great. Now they save money to build houses and don't build brick houses anymore. Building, with red brick."

"You can't make so much money from farming at home. Many strong laborers in the village have gone out to find work. Compared with the total number, it is actually better, but compared with other villages, there are many people in our village who go out to find work. already."

I feel more motivated and want to go outside. Generally speaking, not all the strong workers in a big family will go out. Just like the current situation of their grandfather's house, the uncle and the uncle have two brothers, one person stays at home, and one person When you go out to earn money, there is always someone at home to take care of the family's fields, and there is no way to let go of the fields.

Moreover, the business of burning tiles in their village is good. Only families who send money to their families can afford to build buildings. The style, if it all depends on the point of interest in the ground, can only be laid with tiles or the like.

In comparison, the number of people at home is still the largest, so the business of burning tiles in the village is very good. This is the business of their village. As long as the household registration is in the village, they have a share of money, and those who work there also have wages.

It used to be work points, but now that there is no work points, I will give money directly.

"There are those who stay at home and take care of them. When they are free, they will help burn the tiles. The money they earn from burning tiles is much more than if they cannot work outside. The advantage is freedom, and they can take care of their homes at any time."

And now there is basically no starvation in their village. The fields are allocated to their hands. As long as they are diligent, they will not starve to death. They used to ask for what they must plant. Now, they can plant whatever they want. If you don't have enough food, you will plant more crops that are resistant to hunger and have large yields. If you have enough food, you will grow some refined grains such as rice and wheat.

The number of chickens and pigs has doubled, the clucking of chickens can be heard in the courtyards 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 admitted to the school. There are people from other villages who specially go to their primary school because the people in the primary school in their village are capable, and they are all educated youths who have the ability to stay. it's here.

They are also salaried people now. When they have money, they are more attentive, thinking that they need to hand over a report card with good grades, so that everyone can support them as always.

After all, having lived there for a long time, Su An also listened with relish.

Especially when he heard about Zhang Chengye's measures, he wanted their village to get better and better, including road construction and fruit trees.

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 in the field. For them, it is impossible to stay at home because they are not young. As long as they can move, they will not care about the work in the field. But when they are old, they do some light work. Provincial work.

Their family also raised cattle. With cattle, work is much easier, and the housework is handed over to a few children to help.

They keep a lot of chickens and ducks.

This time Zhang Gen was hospitalized, Li Manfen saw that he had not seen any improvement, so he endured the distress to kill chicken and stew soup for him to nourish his body.

They went back to the village first.

When he got their message saying that he was coming back, Zhang Quan took the time to take care of his house a little, took out the quilt to dry, and then cleaned it carefully, and the house could be occupied.

It was already dark when they came back, and it was not a good time to see patients.

Zhang Dingguo ran to the old house to inform that the rest of the people drank water and started cleaning. When they came back, they saw a few villagers, and everyone became familiar and unfamiliar. Many of them did not dare to face them. Admittedly, I looked at it frequently, but there was no one who took the initiative to say hello, or they called someone first, and the other party answered and asked, and then dared to be sure.

Hey, it's really their brothers who have come back. They've changed a lot, and they don't even dare to recognize them. The style of that outfit looks different. It's true that they came from the capital. Are you stylish?

After a simple tidying up, the kitchen was also tidyed up, and they bought some food along the way when they got off the train.

There are not many kinds, just rice, oil, salt, sugar, and flour.

For the rest, you can exchange it with the people around you.

Zhang Dingguo went over, and Zhang Quan immediately followed them. Seeing that they were cleaning, they turned around, and went back and brought some food, that is, some rations, including coarse grains and fine grains, as well as vegetables and eggs.

Su An accepted it, gave him two packets of candy, and asked him to take it back and give it to the children at home first, and then go to town to see Zhang Gen early tomorrow morning.

Li Manfen is not at home now. She lives in the hospital with her roommate, and Zhao Laidi is not there either, so she went to deliver dinner to them. The four children also followed Zhang Quan to see the situation.

Among these children, the oldest is Zhang Gui's son Zhang Mingshun, who is 13 years old this year, then Zhang Gui's daughter Zhang Mingxin, who is 11 years old this year, and then Zhang Jinhua's pair of daughters, his two daughters, the eldest The 7-year-old and the younger 6-year-old immediately caught Zhang Quan when they saw the colorful candies in the hands of the uncle and grandpa.

Zhang Quan untied the bag and grabbed a few for each of them.

"Did you call anyone?"

Zhang Mingshun looked at them curiously, and obediently called people "Second aunt, brother."

Zhang Jinhua's two daughters are a generation younger, and they seem to be a little afraid of life, so they whisper "Second grandma, uncle is good."

Hearing this title, Zhang Weiguo felt shocked, uncle, cough.

He is also a serious uncle, so he should get used to it sooner.

He replied, "Hey, my cousin's two daughters are so old. It's the first time they met, and they will go up every day from now on." He gave each of the four of them a red envelope.

"Thank you uncle." Seeing the red envelope, they happily accepted it.

Zhang Quan had cleaned up the house before, and it didn't take much time for them to clean it again. The lights were lit, and everyone sat together.

"Let's go see it tomorrow morning, right?" Zhang Quan confirmed.

"right."

"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow. Dad will be happy to see you back." Even he was happy when he saw them back.

There was not much to say, and after sitting for a while, Zhang Quan left with a few children.

On the way back, there were people waiting for him to pass by at the door of the house.

"Is your sister-in-law back?"

"Yes, and three nephews."

"Everyone except the soldier is here, right?"

"Yeah, that's quite filial. As soon as I heard that my grandfather was ill, I came back all the way."

"What did they bring back"

"I saw that there must be a lot of good things for four people, big bags and small bags."

"Promising, every time the things sent are good."

She sends things back every year. Li Manfen is not a reserved person. She likes to tell others and hear others praise her for being lucky. Basically, everyone knows what they have received.

In addition to them every year, they also send things to the captain, everyone thinks they are filial.

For the Zhang family, they are envious in their mouths and envious in their hearts.

Zhang Quan laughed and didn't answer much. They also saw what was in his hands, just two packs of colorful candies with foreign characters printed on them.

No wonder it looks so good.

The next morning, they got up early, made breakfast, bought two chickens from the neighbors, and immediately killed one of the stew.

When it's done, put it in the lunch box and go to Zhang Quan and the others.

Zhao Laidi, they are all here.

Seeing them come with things in their hands, all smiles and kindness on their faces, "Long time no see, this is Wei Guo, he's already a big guy."

"This is Anguo and Dingguo. They look so good. How tall is this head."

"What did you take?"

In addition to chicken soup, there are nutritional oral liquid, milk powder and the like.

"These are for grandparents. We take them to the hospital and leave them at home."

"Good good."

"Cousin and cousin have you gone back?"

"Hey, yes, they're going back to the unit first, and they'll come back after the weekend."

The children all went to school, and even the youngest was sent to school. They went to school early, graduated early, and came out to earn money. Anyway, they couldn’t do much work at this age, so they went to school at the age of six.

The six of them went out and walked on the road. Many of them deliberately wandered there. They just wanted to meet them. It was wrong last night. I was worried, and I met you on the road. Isn't it normal to chat a few words.

However, Zhang Weiguo and the others were all thinking about going to see their grandfather, so they were not in the mood to chat, so they left after saying a few words in a hurry.

When they arrived, Zhang Genban was leaning on the bed, the hair on his head was gray, and he could not find a black one. He was lying on the bed with no energy, with water hanging from one hand, and Li Manfen beside him was tossing for a while. old newspaper.

"Grandpa, grandma." Zhang Weiguo felt a little sore in his nose when he saw Zhang Gen's hair.

When he left home for school, his hair was still a little black, and now it's all white.

In his mother, he could not feel the cruelty of time, and there was almost no change, but here with his grandfather, he clearly felt the ruthlessness of time.

Grandpa's hair is gray, his back is hunched, and his face is full of old man's ravines, and he has grown into a man.

"You are Wei Guo, this is Anguo and Dingguo." He suddenly came to his senses.

Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Baoguo look like Zhang Ping, and it's best to recognize them. Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo are twins. Now that the two are standing together, he can't tell which is bigger and which is smaller.

He kept looking around, holding Zhang Weiguo's hand with the hand that wasn't holding the bottle.

Zhang Anguo stood by the bed and looked at his grandfather, and he felt uncomfortable. Grandpa looked a lot older than before, and his face was not full of energy. No wonder he asked people to call them back.

"Grandpa, I'm Anguo, we're back, how are you feeling now?"

"I'm fine, I just don't have the 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"

All surrounded Zhang Gen to greet him, and Li Manfen only greeted him when he came in.

Li Manfen looked left and right, these grandchildren are all so tall, and the second daughter-in-law behind her is the second daughter-in-law, but is this second daughter-in-law some kind of evildoer?

"Where is the doctor and who saw it, I'll ask the situation."

The patient himself couldn't tell, and 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 when he saw several grandchildren come back. Zhang Weiguo didn't give up and said he 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 are definitely better than here. If you change the environment, you can also change your mood.

After listening to what the doctor said, he also understood.

Grandpa, this is why the anger in his heart is gone. Before the doctor sentenced him to death, he first felt that he was not good enough. When you are old, once you feel this way, it is nothing, and there will be something soon, let alone that it is already there. under what circumstances.

"Grandpa, don't worry, it's not serious, just take care of it. If you don't feel well, we'll come back immediately. You're taking care of your body over there. Don't you want to go to the capital? I still want to take you to the Great Wall. , Anguo has a partner now, you don't want to meet"

"Grandpa, yes, if you come to the capital, we will take turns to be your tour guide."

"Grandpa, go there to take care of your body, and you want to see our son."

The three took turns to go into battle, making Zhang Gen dizzy.

In fact, his illness is not serious, but the medical resources here can't keep up, and he will be cured soon

Whether he wants to go to the capital or not, of course he does. Who doesn't want to go to the capital to have a look, it is the center of their country.

Do you want to see Anguo's object? In addition to Anguo, there are several other people who have not married. He wants to see them, and wants to see them get married and have children.

Yes, think about it, there are still so many things to do, a few grandchildren are so promising, but he has never gone there to see it, it is not worth it.

"The cost of going to the provincial capital is big, and the family doesn't have much money."

Zhang Weiguo waved his hand, "Don't worry, grandfather, I have a classmate's eldest sister who works there, and the fees there are not excessive. You have so many children and grandchildren, it will be no problem if you all come together."

Zhang Weiguo never thought that all his family would go out, even if their family was rich, but things couldn't be done like this, everyone had to give it, and if they were financially average, they would give less.

Otherwise, for a long time, they will be responsible for all of them, and it will be easy to nurture the heart.

Li Manfen is also persuading her that everything else is secondary, her wife is the backbone of her, and there are so many children in the family, even if the cost is high, they have the ability, and the cost is high and they have to cure him.

And didn't the second daughter-in-law make a lot of money in business? She would definitely be able to take out a cure.

Zhang Gen was persuaded, and everyone was persuading 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 with such certainty.

Now Wei Guo knows people, and the daughter-in-law and children of the second child are all promising, which is different.

Look at them all neatly dressed, all with watches on their hands, tall, standing there, just like the little poplar in the movie, it is a look.

Well, then go

This decided to go to the provincial capital for recuperation. You can't just leave, you need to prepare.

Also take care of things at home.

At the end of the discussion, Zhao Laidi stayed at home, taking a few children, and the rest went to the provincial capital to help settle down.

Zhang Jinhua and Zhang Fenghua received the call and rushed over. Zhang Fenghua was not far away, and they were both in the provincial capital. She had heard others talk about this nursing home.

It is said that the fees are quite expensive, and there is no reimbursement, so most people can't afford it.

Zhang Gen's foundation is not good. Few of the people who have come through hardships in this era have a good foundation. He needs to replenish his vitality.

Su An didn't intervene much, and just stood there, watching Zhang Weiguo and his brothers go about their business, and put this matter down.

The sanatoriums here can't compare to the ones in town.

There is also an age here, but it has been repainted, the walls are white, and the corresponding equipment is complete. Even the same white coat, the people who wear it here have a different style.

There are doctors here as well as top students who have returned from studying abroad.

Zhang Gen had nothing wrong with coming to an unfamiliar place, but looking at the children and grandchildren around him, he felt relieved.

He has worked hard all his life, and he has lived a good life. With so many children, when he is lying on the hospital bed, he is willing to come over and help him run up and down.

He just needs to lie on the bed, and he doesn't have to worry about the rest.

Li Manfen didn't worry about the expenses, etc. Zhang Weiguo went to Zhang Quan and discussed it with him. According to the custom of the village, the three sons of the grandfather are the sons' responsibility for the old man's birth, old age, sickness and death. , The one who lives with the old man is often the one who wins, because most of the old man's things will be given more than other sons, and Zhang Quan is indeed the one who gets the most among the three brothers.

The house was built with Zhang Ping's allowance at that time. The old man lived there, and it will naturally belong to him in the future. After he sacrificed the house on the second child's side, the second younger brother and sister built it with the death allowance. The third child's house was divided. One room, and then took out part of the money to build an extra room, and the family was divided.

After that, whether it's work points or dividing fields to households, the two old people are all with the big house.

It stands to reason that Zhang Quan should be the big one, and now his four children have a work unit, and all of them are earning money outside, so he must have some money saved.

But the uncle's money should be with the uncle's aunt, so Zhang Weiguo told Zhang Jinhua about expenses.

Zhang Jinhua, the big brother in the lobby, is much easier to negotiate than the eldest aunt.

Zhang Weiguo actually didn't mind giving all the money, but he wanted to express his attitude to them. They split up. Those who should be filial should be filial, but some things should be clearly distinguished.

Don't take them for granted.

The first aunt pretended to be dumb when she talked about expenses, and she was all counting on their second room.