1986.
Song Chen felt his left eyelid twitching early in the morning. Sure enough, at noon he received a telegram from his hometown: "Lulu is injured, return home quickly."
My hands and feet were numb, as if I had fallen into an ice cellar, and my mind was filled with the image of Lin Lu being injured.
Song Chen immediately asked for leave, without taking his luggage or changing his clothes. He took a shopping bus to the city and immediately ran to the station.
Because he didn't know whether Lin Lu had been taken home or was still in the hospital, and this place was closer to Linjiang City, he bought a ticket back to his hometown first.
After two days and one night, when he returned to the village, he saw that the two old men looked like they had aged ten years, crying, waiting for him, their backbone, to come back.
Four-year-old Lin Jingbei finally saw his father. With red eyes, he hugged his father's thighs and sobbed pitifully, "Dad, Dad, you are finally back."
He knew that his grandparents at home looked like this because his mother was injured.
Song Chen squatted down and hugged him, saying in a hoarse voice, "Grandpa and I are going to Kyoto to bring Mom back. You stay at home with grandma and take good care of her, okay?"
The child immediately pouted and started crying, but also agreed to his father.
Before Song Chen could even get home to drink some water, he asked Lin Changchun, "Dad, who called about Lulu? Did you get that person's phone number?"
Li Xianglian nodded: "Yes."
She had someone copy it on a piece of paper, which she carried with her, waiting for Song Chen to come back.
Song Chen took the paper with the number written on it, looked at it, and asked, suppressing the sadness in his heart, "What did he say?"
Li Xianglian couldn't hold back her tears when she spoke of this. "They said Lulu rolled down the stairs and has been in the hospital for a few days. She's still unconscious. They asked us to go over there quickly."
If you roll down the stairs, the wound may be big or small, but I’m afraid you’ll hit your head.
Song Chen folded the paper and put it in his chest pocket. "Okay, Dad and I will go to Kyoto first. You and Xiaobei will wait at home." He wanted to say a few words of comfort, but found that he couldn't say it.
Li Xianglian: "Okay, go quickly, I'm afraid..."
In some hospitals, if the family members are not around and have not paid the hospital bills, the patient's medication will be stopped.
Therefore, now is not the time to find out why Lin Lu rolled down the stairs. She just wants her Lu Lu to wake up.
Song Chen nodded and left with Lin Changchun.
On the train, the two men had the same pale face and could not say anything else. The people around them were talking excitedly and noisily, but there was a deathly silence between them.
After a long time, Lin Changchun said: If I had known, I would not have let her go no matter what.
Going to such a far place alone, with no one to take care of you, they can't be there immediately if something like this happens.
Song Chen had no objection to Lin Lu going to Kyoto to study and supported her decision.
But she doesn't love him.
She would not write to him on her own initiative, and he didn't know whether she read the letters he sent her. He didn't know about her life, whether she was happy or not, or whether she had any friends around her.
In fact, he has been working hard to reunite the family of three and has already gone through the procedures. He will be able to be transferred here next year, but man can never predict the future.
I don’t know if she was in pain or if she was crying.
He didn't get a full night's sleep during the four days and three nights. Even though his eyes were bloodshot to the point of pain, he still didn't dare to squint.
As soon as I closed my eyes, I saw the scene of Lin Lu rolling down the stairs with blood spilling all over the floor.
She cried and said, "Song Chen, it hurts."
But he was powerless.
When he got off the car, he was a little dazed, his steps were weak, he shook his head but still continued to move forward.
Song Chen found a telephone booth and called the number on the paper. The person on the other end said she was Lin Lu's classmate Zeng Ya. She told Song Chen the hospital and ward where Lin Lu was.
Song Chen thanked him and rushed over without stopping.
When I arrived at the ward, I saw Lin Lu lying alone on the bed with various tubes inserted into his body and no one around him.
Lin Changchun's tears fell to the ground.
Song Chen approached the bedside, but did not dare to touch her. He felt as if his throat was repeatedly hit by boiling hot tea, painful and astringent.
"Are you the family member of Lin Lu, who is in bed number 3?" The nurse at the door saw someone coming in and asked.
Song Chen: "Yes, that's right."
The young nurse said: "You are finally here, please go downstairs and pay the bill."
He agreed, and Lin Changchun took out the money from the inner pocket of his clothes. Since he knew that Lin Lu was in trouble, he went to the town to withdraw all the savings in his passbook.
Over the years, Lin Lu and Song Chen sent back a total of 935.6 yuan. The household money was all earned by the couple, and all the money they sent back was saved.
He wrapped the money in a piece of cloth and a plastic bag, three layers inside and three layers outside. "Take it."
Even now, Song Chen didn't hesitate. To be honest, he didn't have much money. He sent all his salary and allowances back home every month, and all he had were some bonuses that were paid out later.
A lot of money will definitely be needed during this period.
After paying the money, he found Lin Lu's attending physician and talked about Lin Lu's current condition. The doctor only said that the situation has gradually stabilized, but when he will wake up depends on luck.
The doctor also said that if he doesn't wake up within the next six months, the chances of waking up in the future will be almost zero.
So far, there has not been a single successful case at home or abroad.
"Okay, I understand. When can the tubes be removed from her body?"
Doctor: "After three days, as long as the condition stabilizes, it will be fine."
As long as Lin Lu is still alive, Song Chen feels there is still hope. No matter what kind of hardships she will have to go through in the future, she will not feel hardship.
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