Chapter 231: He Taoxiu has brain cancer
As the saying goes: A house of gold or silver cannot compare to your own thatched cottage. No matter how good the hospitality is, it cannot compare to the comfort of your own home.
After dinner, Qi Guomin sent Deng Xiuzhen and Qin Yanlin back to the alley in the west of the city (Zhao Shuliang’s former house), told them to have a good rest and to call him if they had any problems, and then went back.
Deng Xiuzhen did not mention the real estate matter again. She had provided the information, and it was up to the other party whether to listen or not and how to listen to it.
After a good night's sleep on a clean, refreshing bed with the scent of the sun, Deng Xiuzhen woke up the next morning feeling refreshed.
After breakfast, Deng Xiuzhen decided to go back to her mother's home. Although her mother was not good, she called He Taoxiu after leaving Pucheng, but every time she heard that it was her, He Taoxiu started to curse, and the curse was very ugly.
After that, she stopped calling He Taoxiu, and the other brothers and sisters also stopped contacting each other.
Deep down, Deng Xiuzhen didn't want to go, but after all, she was her mother and she couldn't just cut off the relationship.
The city has undergone tremendous changes in recent years. More and more houses have been built, and they are getting taller and taller, while the countryside has become more and more desolate.
Many fields were abandoned and overgrown with weeds. No one could be seen in the village for a long time, and most of the people were elderly.
When she arrived at her mother's house, she saw a woman in her thirties sitting at the door feeding her baby. Deng Xiuzhen was stunned: She didn't know this person!
Did my parents move away?
"Who are you looking for?" The woman spotted Deng Xiuzhen.
"Excuse me, is this He Taoxiu's home?" Deng Xiuzhen asked politely.
"Who's here?" a question came from the door.
Deng Xiuzhen thought it sounded familiar, so she looked up and saw someone coming out with a basin in his hand. She called out in surprise, "Chunsheng?"
Deng Chunsheng threw the basin over and ran over: "Sister! Sister, you're back?!" His excitement was obvious.
"Chunsheng, who is that?" Deng Xiuzhen was equally excited, but she still held back her emotions and pointed at the woman who had stood up holding the baby.
"That's my wife, Xiaozhen." Deng Chongsheng said, and went over to pick up the child, pulled Xiaozhen over and said, "This is Sister Xiuzhen, call her sister."
Xiaozhen calls her sister affectionately.
Deng Xiuzhen agreed and looked at the child in Chunsheng's arms happily: "Is this your child? How old is he?"
"It's eight months old, it's a boy." Chunsheng laughed.
"Now that you're married and have children, why didn't you send me a message?" Deng Xiuzhen asked angrily.
"Sister, it's not that I don't want to notify you, it's that I really can't contact you..." Chunsheng explained.
Deng Xiuzhen then remembered that she had encountered several accidents in Kyoto, so she changed her cell phone number.
Since I had no contact with my parents' family, I didn't tell them about this.
Deng Chunsheng told Deng Xiuzhen: Deng Chunlin was released from prison, but did not return to the village.
At that time, Chunsheng was working in Guangdong, so he asked Deng Chunlin to go to Guangdong as well and introduced him to his factory.
Two years ago, my nephew (Deng Chunlin’s child) stopped going to school, so my sister-in-law Song Yuanxiang took him to Guangdong.
He got married on March 8th last year, and he met his wife Xiaozhen when they were working.
But last June, my father had problems with his waist and legs. They said it was spondylitis, which was difficult to cure. Not only did he have to work to support the family, he also needed someone to take care of him all year round.
At first they sent money back and my mother took care of us. But when it rains, it pours. Difficulties always come one after another: my mother herself was diagnosed with brain cancer... She has been unconscious for a long time.
Deng Chunlin refused to go home, so they had to come back to take care of him. Raising children is to prepare for old age, and we can't just let our parents stay sick at home without anyone to take care of them, right?
"Where are my parents?" Deng Xiuzhen felt heartbroken when she heard this.
"They are all in the inner room." Deng Chunsheng led Deng Xiuzhen to the small room behind the house.
The scene before her made Deng Xiuzhen's eyes red. All her dissatisfaction disappeared at this moment, leaving only bitterness:
Deng Kaihuai was half lying on the bed against the wall, looking at them, but his eyes didn't seem to be focused on them. Or rather, his eyes were completely lifeless, without light, and full of dead air.
He Taoxiu curled up on the bed by the window, her whole body bent like a shrimp. Her skin was almost transparent, and the blood vessels and bones were visible underneath the skin.
The illness tortured her to the point that she was completely unrecognizable.
She didn't moan, not because she wasn't in pain, but because she was too weak to make any sound.
"Send him to the hospital." Deng Xiuzhen said while choking.
"I...all the money at home was spent a long time ago." Deng Chunsheng lowered his head in embarrassment.
"I still have some money on hand, let's send him to the hospital first." Deng Xiuzhen said and asked Deng Chunsheng to call a taxi.
"What's wrong with Brother Yanlin?" Chunsheng didn't move and looked at Tan Yanlin.
"He's had some trouble and has some brain problems. He needs to recover slowly. I brought him back to recuperate. Can you please go and call a taxi?" Deng Xiuzhen urged.
"Sister, the doctor said that mom and dad's condition can't be cured. Mom doesn't live long, the doctor said at most half a month. Dad... Dad has bone cancer in addition to spondylitis, which is also incurable. You should keep your money for Brother Yanlin's treatment." Deng Chunsheng still didn't move.
It’s not that he doesn’t feel sorry for his parents. He Taoxiu is not nice to his two daughters, but she is very kind to her two sons.
Otherwise, she would not have instilled in her two daughters the idea of repaying their parents' family and helping their brothers since childhood, and she would not have helped Deng Chunlin even though she knew that Deng Xiuzhen was being blackmailed.
Deng Chunlin has been spoiled. He has no filial piety and no sense of responsibility. He doesn't care about his parents, his wife and children, and only cares about himself.
But Deng Chunsheng did not grow up to be a bad person. He knew what was good for him and how to give back.
But he felt that since things had come to this point and there was no way to cure them, it would be better to let them go earlier and suffer less.
Suffering from illness at this moment and living without any quality of life will only prolong the pain. It is better to be relieved sooner.
"Let's send them to the hospital and see if there are any painkillers that can relieve their pain." Deng Xiuzhen's tears could not stop flowing, and her eyes were blurred.
There was light in Deng Kaihuai's eyes. Looking at Deng Xiuzhen's profile, he sighed softly, closed his eyes, and a line of tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes.
They were sent to the municipal hospital, where they completed the hospitalization procedures. The doctor gave Deng Kaihuai and He Taoxiu intravenous drips.
Deng Xiuzhen was able to sit down and catch her breath.
"I'm hungry!" Tan Yanlin came close to Deng Xiuzhen and muttered softly.
"I'm going to buy some food." Deng Chunsheng said and quickly went out.
Deng Xiuzhen paid for all the hospital expenses, and he felt embarrassed to ask her to buy meals again.
After dinner, Deng Xiuzhen asked Deng Chunsheng to go back first. It was getting dark, and it was not safe for Xiaozhen and her daughter to be alone at home. She should go back to accompany them and bring them up tomorrow to spend two days. There was nothing to do in the fields for two days.
Deng Chunsheng got married when he was in his thirties. Of course he was worried about his wife and children, so he didn't say much and hurried to catch the bus back home.
Looking back at her parents, Deng Xiuzhen had an even better impression of her younger brother Deng Chunsheng: her parents were quite clean, which showed that he took good care of them.
"Sister Xiuzhen, where are you? Have you eaten? I'll bring you some food." Fang Mei called.
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