Chapter 87 Real Island Life
Lu Xiao hurried over and patted Su Tang on the back, and Su Tang waved his hands to indicate that he was fine.
The sun on the island is so hot that it hurts your skin.
The salty sea breeze couldn't blow away the stuffy heat.
The car swayed slowly on the bumpy dirt road, and Su Tang's heart was beating fast and shaking violently.
He held the packet of medicine and ginseng tightly in his arms, his palms full of sweat.
Finally, the car stopped at the gate of a large courtyard surrounded by a low stone wall.
There was a wooden sign with peeling paint hanging at the door, and the words "Production/Construction Corps/Company" could be vaguely made out.
There are several rows of low brick houses, which look quite old.
"This is it."
The old man driving the cart pointed in a direction with his rough hand. "Second room at the front of the third row, Technician Su's house."
"Thank you!"
Lu Xiao jumped out of the car swiftly, helped Su Tang down, and turned around to untie the luggage tied to the back of the car.
Su Tang didn't care about anything else and stared at the door the old man pointed to.
The door was ajar, and there was a coal stove at the door. On the stove sat a black aluminum pot, emitting a faint white steam.
Su Tang's heart suddenly rose to his throat and his calves felt a little weak.
She took a deep breath, and without caring that Lu Xiao was still moving the luggage, she rushed over in a few steps and almost pounced in front of the door.
"Mom! Dad!"
His voice was trembling, filled with worry and anxiety, and he suddenly pushed the door open.
The light in the room was much dimmer than outside, and a damp, musty smell mixed with a faint medicinal smell peculiar to people with long-term illnesses hit the face.
Su Tang's eyes adjusted to the dimness before he could see the situation in the room clearly.
The small house is so poorly furnished that it makes people sad.
A wooden bed was leaning against the wall, and a person was lying on the bed, covered with a thin quilt, with only a gray-haired head exposed. The face was tilted to the side and could not be seen clearly.
There was a person sitting beside the bed, holding a palm-leaf fan and fanning the person on the bed from time to time.
Hearing the door open and shouting, the man turned his head sharply.
It’s Su Ma.
How long has it been since we last met?
Su Tang couldn't believe his eyes!
The mother in my memory, who was thin but always neat and tidy, is now so thin that her cheekbones are protruding.
She had sunken eye sockets, her hair was tied back in a messy mess, her face was sallow, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were as deep as if they were carved by a knife.
The old coat on her body was hanging empty.
When Su Ma saw the person standing at the door, her eyes were blank at first, then suddenly widened, and the palm-leaf fan in her hand fell to the ground.
"Tang...Tangtang?"
His voice was dry and hoarse, trembling with disbelief.
"mom!"
Su Tang's tears flowed down, and he rushed over and hugged Su Ma.
The person in her arms was so thin that he was just a bag of bones, which hurt her so much that Su Tang felt her heart ached as if it was being tightened.
"Mom! How...how did you become so thin!"
Su Tang choked and burst into tears.
Su Ma seemed to have just reacted. Her skinny hands tightly grasped Su Tang's arm with astonishing strength, and her voice was filled with tears.
"You silly child! Why did you really come? It's such a long way! It's so difficult... How did you..."
Before she could finish her words, she burst into suppressed sobs, and tears burst out, falling on Su Tang's shoulders, hot.
"Where's Dad? How's Dad?"
Su Tang asked anxiously, looking anxiously at the motionless figure on the bed.
Su's mother wiped her tears, took Su Tang's hand, and her voice trembled even more: "Your father...your father..."
At this moment, the person on the bed seemed to be startled and turned his head.
Is that Su's dad?
The father in my memory, who was serious but had clear eyes and a straight body, was now lying there, so thin that he was unrecognizable.
"dad……"
Su Tang's voice was stuck in his throat, broken and inharmonious.
She let go of Su Ma and reached out her hand, wanting to touch her father's face, but was afraid of hurting him.
"Dad...I'm Tangtang."
She held her father's skinny hand that was exposed outside the quilt. It was ice-cold, with skin covering the bones and almost no flesh.
"Is it Tangtang?"
Dad Su replied with a smile and asked Mom Su to open the window.
"It's all your mother's fault. She wrote you a letter and made you come all the way here."
Even though she was extremely sick, she was still trying to hold on. Su Tang's tears fell on the bed.
"Dad...I'm sorry...I'm late...Dad..."
She cried breathlessly, like a child who had been lost for a long time and finally found her home, only to find that it was in ruins.
At this time, Lu Xiao was also carrying large and small bags and squeezed into the small room, sweating profusely.
The scene before him made his heart sink.
He put down his luggage and walked quickly to the bed. He first glanced at his father-in-law who was dying on the bed, then looked at Su Tang who was crying and his mother-in-law who was haggard.
He took a deep breath, suppressed the heaviness in his heart, squatted down, and gently patted Su Tang's back.
"Tangtang, don't cry. Don't scare Dad. Dad knows we're here and he's very happy."
He looked up at Su Ma again, his eyes firm: "Mom, don't worry, we brought medicine! It's good medicine! Dad will definitely get better!"
"medicine?"
Su Ma seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and hope flashed in her cloudy eyes: "What medicine? Can it really save your father?"
Su Tang raised her hand to wipe away her tears, quickly took the medicine, and asked Su Ma: "Do you have a doctor's prescription? Let me see it."
Hearing this, Su's mother was stunned for a moment, then she realized that her daughter was studying medicine abroad.
"Mom, please take a look at Tangtang. She is now a famous doctor in our hospital."
Lu Xiao quickly joined in, and Su Ma got up to look for the prescription.
After taking it, Su Tang couldn't wait to take a look at it.
After reading it, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's nothing. Dad's illness is a minor one. It's just that he delayed it for too long, and the medication and nutrition weren't enough, so it became like this."
Fortunately, she had come prepared, bringing along various nutritional supplements and medicines. With Su Tang's diagnosis, Su's mother was completely relieved.
"Okay, okay, with what you said, Mom's heart has finally settled down."
"Actually, your father's illness wasn't serious at first, just a minor cough. But there were storms before, and the boat couldn't come in, so they ran out of medicine."
This resulted in Su's father's originally minor illness being dragged on until now, and almost becoming a fatal illness.
"Tangtang, by the way, how did you get here?"
After she finished speaking, Su Ma suddenly thought of this matter.
They had someone buy Su Tang's train ticket to the northwest, so it must be very difficult for her to get out now, right?
After hearing what Su Ma said, Su Tang looked at Lu Xiao and said, "Thanks to Lu Xiao, he got those certificates."
"I'm in the northwest, thanks to him taking care of me, Mom. If it weren't for Lu Xiao, I might not be able to survive."
Su Tang's words were sincere, and Su Ma felt relieved.
She stood up and wanted to thank Lu Xiao, but Lu Xiao was so scared that he quickly supported her.
"Mom, no, if you do this, who will I be?"
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