067 Survival and Development
Last time she drank too much, I didn't see her clearly, so she naturally didn't see me clearly. Gu Lan looked at me, obviously not very concerned about my existence. She smiled gently at Li Baitian and looked at the little boy Erqiuqiu.
She didn't wear makeup today, her eyebrows are very beautiful, her facial features are not very three-dimensional, she is considered a woman with ordinary appearance. She is also dressed very simply, with her big curly hair, which looks peaceful, perhaps just to cater to that kind of sensual occasion.
I am like an outsider, no, I am indeed an outsider at this moment. I stood near the door and looked at them. There were other patients in the ward, but everyone was in their own hospital and did not disturb each other.
Qiuqiu called Gu Lan "Mom", and my heart trembled slightly. It turned out that this woman already had a child. In my understanding, most women who thought that being a lady were alone, because they had no worries, could they be unresponsible to themselves. At this moment, she changed into her mother's identity, which reduced my previous bad views on her a little.
Li Baitian is right. I don’t understand others, so why do I make a unilateral conclusion? But my ideas have not changed. It is wrong to sell my dignity to be a lady.
Qiuqiu said, "Mom, I feel in pain."
Gu Lan lifted the quilt and looked down, as if she was looking at his illness. She said gently, "Be good Qiuqiu, the doctor comes over to give Qiuqiu an injection immediately. After the injection, it will not hurt."
Li Baitian also smiled and looked at Qiuqiu, pretending to be heartless, shook the toy in his hand and said, "Qiuqiu, look, what is this?"
Qiuqiu glanced at it and spit out two words unsurely, "Tank?"
After all, he is only three years old and has never seen many things. Even if he has seen them, he has only seen them in children's pictorials.
Li Baitian continued, "Do you know how uncle turned it into a tank?"
Qiuqiu shook his head and looked at Li Baitian's face. Although his eyes were not flexible, he was very sincere. Li Baitian then took apart the tank again, making each movement very slowly, trying to let him see clearly.
Gu Lan was sitting next to him. Qiuqiu glanced at Gu Lan and said, "Mom is having fun."
"Ah," Gu Lan was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Baitian, took the toy in Li Baitian's hand, put his arm under Qiuqiu's nose, and clumsily disassembled and installed the tank for the child to see.
Many times, we only see one side of a person, but a person can actually have many sides, one attitude towards work, one attitude towards family, and another attitude towards strangers.
You think that seeing one side can determine a person's character, but in fact, it is very wishful thinking.
At this moment, Gu Lan, who was a mother in front of me, made me unable to coincide with her and the lady who sat in a Porsche before. She seemed not alone. But they were just alone. Although their behavior was different, their thoughts had never been divided.
Li Baitian ignored me and asked me to stand here to watch. The doctor came over with the injection and lifted the quilt and looked at Qiuqiu's body before taking the injection.
Gu Lan moved a little further and I could see clearly. I am not a medical student, and I have never thought of such a picture, a picture that seems to belong to the human body.
I've seen a little boy peeing and know what it looks like below, but the ball is swollen very much, because of edema caused by illness.
How can it not hurt? I felt a lot of heart when I looked at it.
The doctor comforted Gu Lan and said, "It's a little bit worse than yesterday. It's okay, let's continue to call."
Then he hangs water for Qiuqiu, which is very gentle and Qiuqiu is also very obedient. A child who has been tortured by illness has no power to avoid the pain of acupuncture.
When getting the injection, Gu Lan completely moved away, turned around and looked at me again, but still didn't care. Why did she care? I was just a stranger to her. She might not remember me at all, and she didn't know how deep I had contempt for her in my heart.
Perhaps even if she knew, she didn't care, she couldn't care.
Li Baitian took out an envelope from his clothes and placed it on Gu Lan's hand. The envelope was very thick, and I guess it must be money inside.
Li Baitian's voice was relatively low, and I was listening with my ears on my ears. He said, "The Chinese New Year is coming soon. I haven't been busy lately and I can't go there. Don't go there first. This money is enough to last for a while and spend a good time with my children in the hospital."
Gu Lan had a bitter smile on her face, but she didn't say thank you, but just took the money away. She couldn't refuse, and even if it was a gift, she had to accept it.
Li Baitian looked at me, then glanced at Qiuqiu, and said to Gu Lan, "Then I'll leave first. Call me any time if you have something to do."
Gu Lan nodded, Li Baitian patted his shoulder and turned around and walked towards the direction where I was standing.
I went out directly. When I walked into the hospital, I didn't say anything. We didn't walk on the elevator because it was quite crowded, so we should give it up to those in a hurry. We were not in a hurry.
The corridor is very quiet, and you can hear people's footsteps step by step.
I asked, "What's the disease of that child?"
"Renal failure." Li Baitian's tone was relatively light.
"How old are you?"
"After three years old."
"That...is his mother?"
Li Baitian nodded, without stopping, and told me what he knew. He said: "Home is from the south, a village with poor medical conditions. It took a while to delay, and he couldn't send it to Beijing. The family has already sold out, and there are two old people. They were all here and couldn't afford to live there. Grandpa returned, and now grandma and mother are taking care of it here. During the day, Gu Lan watched, grandma went out to pick up garbage and beg for food, and at night Gu Lan went to the city of Never Sleep to sit in a room."
"When I met her, I was bullied and touched her. I was so scared that I didn't dare to say a word. When I left, I was given 100 yuan. I drank until I vomited every day. You know how far it is to go to this hospital from the city that never sleeps. I walked over from all over and think about how pitiful it is." Li Baitian said.
I lowered my head and whispered, "But this is not good for the child. If the child knows that the mother is doing this... Besides, she has suffered a bad physical condition, how can she take care of the child?"
I just stubborn because I insist on the so-called morality in my heart and don’t want to deny it easily.
Li Baitian sneered, stood up and looked at me and asked, "Zhou Wenxue, you are so smart, come on, give her an idea, tell me what should she do now? If you don't do this, what else can she do?"
Li Baitian's expression was very serious and waited for me to answer. But I lowered my head under his gaze. I don't know, I don't know what else she can do. A woman from a mountain village has no knowledge and ability and has to bear expensive medical expenses. Besides this, I can't think of any other way.
This is just because I don’t have anyone around me who can borrow money, so what would I do?
I said, "Where is the father of that child?"
Li Baitian showed a hint of disdain on his face, "Maybe he is dead? I don't know, I can't find it anyway, I guess even if I find it, I won't care."
Another irresponsible man. I have nothing to say.
Li Baitian said: "I know what you are thinking about, and I know what is good and what is bad, but you still have to know that you have no worries about food and clothing, what you want is development, and what they want is survival. People can't even guarantee survival. You talk about morality to her, what can she use to maintain that little morality? You are just a girl now, and you really encounter something, okay, can she die? "
Li Baitian taught me that it was unreasonable to follow our usual way of getting along. But he taught me so hard that I was really unable to speak today. I still felt that I was not strong enough to do anything, but I couldn't refute what he said.
Li Baitian said, "Who doesn't want to live for himself just? Not everyone has such a good life. I can only help her. I have to negotiate business anyway, and I have to find someone to help me drink wine. It's better to earn money for her. I can't change the environment of this world. What I can guarantee is that if I go there once, at least no one will touch her again that night. What can you, what can you help her?"
Li Baitian looked at me with his eyes flashing like a questioning question. I looked at him and defeated him. I couldn't help her. All I could do was to pretend to pay for some money when I was giving love. I couldn't say who would give those love to the end.
Li Baitian couldn't help anything. Not every poor person in this world can see. He can only help him within the scope of his ability, but life is always his own. We are not saviors and cannot completely rescue anyone from hell.
When helping, you must also ensure that you do not fall into hell. This thing needs a lot.
Li Baitian said again, "Don't think that everything is right. To be realistic, your height is higher than her. What did you do? Isn't it just fate? You stand in a place higher than others, you don't know what others struggle and grievances to live. You pursue your moral ideals, that's your business. If you don't plan to help her, please shut up and stop using your morality to put pressure on them. They don't have the energy to bear it."
I still can't refute it, the truth is right, but I am a girl who is not well-educated and a girl who has been self-righteous for many years, and I can't accept it for the moment.
So I whispered, "How did society become like this?"
"Society?" Li Baitian showed a hint of disdain again, as if he thought I was ridiculous. "Society has always been like this. The earth is still circling. There is a place where it is dawn and there is a place where it is sunset. There is a kindness and there is a sin. You have the conditions now. No one forces you to do things you don't want to do. Just figure it out yourself, and you can still shine with Buddha's light."
I think Li Baitian is thinking about me because Gu Lan quarrels with him, so I said, "I'm not for your own good."
Chapter completed!