Chapter 35
Seeing Gu Jianqiu come in, the patients and family members of the ward immediately gathered around him and praised him with joy. Because after their relatives received Gu Jianqiu's acupuncture treatment, the cancer pain was eliminated without exception. They wanted to know if they would have another attack in the future.
In addition to these people, there were several other families of patients who had never seen before. They accompanied Gu Jianqiu to discuss with him in a smile, wanting to ask him to acupuncture and relieve pain for their relatives who had cancer. Gu Jianqiu understood that they were the families of patients in other wards, and they must have heard from the families of patients in this ward that they could use acupuncture to relieve pain, and the effect was very good, so they all came to him to ask him to treat them.
Gu Jianqiu saw Xia Xueting looking at him in confusion, and quickly said to the patients' families: "I'm sorry, we are going to be discharged from the hospital today."
Gu Jianqiu finally escaped from these relatives, arrived at Xia Xueting's side, and asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"
Before Xia Xueting said that, Xia's mother said first: "Last night, in the middle of the night, I quietly rang the call bell to call the doctor on duty, and he told me everything. They told me the truth. My cancer cells have spread and are in the late stage, and my body is too weak. In fact, it is not suitable for surgery. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are also very risky. Moreover, even if there is a radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the possibility of curing is almost zero. If there is no miracle, I can live at most two months. In this case, why do I have to spend 300,000 or 500,000 on a zero possibility? Go home! You two are studying traditional Chinese medicine. You two treat me well. If you two treat me well, it is my life, and if it cannot be cured, it is my life!"
Xia Xueting, who was beside her, had her eyes red again. She sniffed, turned her face to wipe away the tears at the corners of her eyes. She stood up and said to Gu Jianqiu: "The discharge procedures have been completed, just leave. You carry the things, I'll hold my mother."
Xia Xueting hugged her mother with her hands, picked her up and placed her in a wheelchair. Xia Xueting's mother was extremely weak, and her weight was like a child. She couldn't even feel the weight in Xia Xueting's arms.
Xia Xueting pushed her mother in a wheelchair, and Gu Jianqiu left the hospital with not much luggage. Gu Jianqiu waved to a taxi and drove to Xia Xueting and the others' house.
This is an old dormitory building of a textile factory, the kind of tube building built in the 1960s and 1970s. It is built with red bricks and the roof is covered with tiles. There are three floors in total, with a walkway in the middle, and there are people living on both sides. The creaking wooden stairs are squeaking on it, and you will be worried about breaking at any time.
Xia Xueting and his family live on the third floor. The wheelchair is taken back at the hospital entrance. At this point, Xia Xueting carried her mother to the third floor.
The aisle was very dark because it was daytime and there was no light on. There was almost no sign on the door. Xia Xueting came to her door with her mother on her back and took out the key to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, the eyes immediately became bright. What caught my eye was a suite. The old furniture was tidy and clean. There were two inside and outside, and the outer room was a reception room and a kitchen. The bowls and basins were neatly placed. White cloth was placed on it to prevent dust.
The other wall was full of certificates. Gu Jianqiu glanced and found that most of them were from Xia Xueting, a few of them were from Xia’s mother, and the signature was from the textile factory. This should be the honor she had received before she was laid off. Gu Jianqiu felt a little sad.
Xia Xueting carried her mother into the inner room. Gu Jianqiu put down her things and went in to help. She placed Xia’s mother on the bed and lay down. Xia Xueting pulled over a thin quilt to cover her mother.
After packing up, Gu Jianqiu and Xia Xueting pulled over two folding chairs and sat beside the bed and looked at Xia’s mother.
Gu Jianqiu looked at the inner room. There was an old-fashioned frame hanging on the wall, with some photos inside. He had good eyesight and better after cultivation. He could clearly see the faces of the people on it. Most of the photos on it were Xia Xueting and her daughter. There were a few old and yellow photos.
Gu Jianqiu discovered that the woman in the yellow old photo looks very much like Xia Xueting now, and should be Xia’s mother when she was young. In the photo, she looks as beautiful and charming as Xia Xueting, and she can’t be associated with the thin old woman in front of her.
Xia’s mother said to Xia Xueting: “What are you doing when you are sitting stupidly? Jianqiu came home for the first time today, so why don’t you prepare lunch quickly!”
Xia Xueting quickly agreed.
Xia’s mother said to Gu Jianqiu again: “Jianqiu, you are not an outsider, let’s help Xueting together.”
Gu Jianqiu found Xia’s mother to create an opportunity for them to be together. She felt a little embarrassed and agreed embarrassedly, and got up and followed her out.
The tube building they live in does not have a special kitchen, and they all have a large public room in one building as the public kitchen of each house. Gu Jianqiu followed Xia Xueting to the public kitchen, and there were already several people preparing to cook here. When he saw Xia Xueting, he immediately surrounded him happily, greeted him kindly, and asked, "My mother is discharged from the hospital? How is it? Have you recovered from the illness?"
Xia Xueting did not tell her neighbors about her cancer, and she thought it was just a common disease. However, Xia’s mother was very weak before being hospitalized, so these enthusiastic neighbors were very concerned.
Xia Xueting tried hard to make her smile natural: "I have been discharged from the hospital, it's okay, my illness is almost cured. I'm just too weak, and the doctor said I want to rest at home."
"That's good!" an old lady said happily, "Our old man especially likes to eat steamed buns and porridge made by your mother. Now he is happy, but he is in poor health. I will talk about it when the disease is cured. In terms of business, can you do it at any time?"
"That's right, Mama Xia's noodles are so delicious. Our little baby doesn't want to eat the food cooked at home. She just wants to eat the mixed sauce noodles made by Grandma Xia all day long." A chubby young woman said with a smile, washing dishes in her hands.
A middle-aged man was stir-frying fish-flavored shredded pork in a wok and sighed: "You don't know, I saw it really, Sister Xia is really sick. This time she was afraid that she would be sick, her face was pale and thin, her head was often hurt, and she would die a few times when the pain hurts. She really needs to take good care of her. Xueting, aren't you just studying Chinese medicine? You should take good care of your mother. Traditional Chinese medicine is very useful for body conditioning."
So the topic turned to Xia's mother's illness. Several residents who cooked and cooked were talking, all sighing that Xia's mother was so weak, but she still took on the burden of this family. It was really not easy to set up a snack stall to make money to support the mother and daughter.
After talking for a while, their attention shifted to Gu Jianqiu who came with Xia Xueting. He looked at him curiously and asked Xia Xueting in a low voice: "Who is this guy? Are your boyfriend?"
Xia Xueting's pretty face turned a little red. She glanced at Gu Jianqiu and said quickly: "He is my classmate and good friend. We were admitted to Jiantman Hospital together and were colleagues from now on. He knew that my mother was sick and came to help." As he said that, he introduced the residents to Gu Jianqiu, all of whom were neighbors and lived on the first floor, with laid-off workers among them.
Gu Jianqiu helped Xia Xueting wash rice, wash vegetables, cook, and whisper: "Is aunt doing the snack business?"
"Well, after being laid off, I didn't have enough money to spend. Aunt Liu from the neighborhood committee was very enthusiastic and arranged for my mother to set up a snack stall in the community to make some breakfast, noodles, etc. My mother had a good cooking skills and her neighbors were very helpful. I knew that our family's life was not good, so she went to the stall to eat, so the business was pretty good."
As soon as he said this, a loud voice from a middle-aged woman came from the aisle: "Is Xiaoxia back? She is discharged from the hospital? Haha, it's so good, it's better if the disease is cured. I'm still waiting to eat your fried noodles."
"Aunt Liu from the neighborhood committee is here and said Cao Cao is here." Xia Xueting smiled rare.
Chapter completed!