Chapter 730: The Bed (Part II)
(a)
When Director Wang came to see you in the hospital the next day, it was easy to see from his face that this matter had not passed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
When you told him that you wanted to talk to him about the bed, Director Wang looked at you in surprise and said, "You, what have you heard?" ”
That afternoon, you sat on the hospital bed and talked with Director Wang for more than an hour, and the conversation was divided into several sessions, interspersed with a routine check-up and a few times of not very serious pain.
You would like to express your heartfelt thanks to Director Wang for his best efforts to maintain it.
You say to him, "It's been one of the most honorable things I've ever had to do to meet you on the basketball court and work with you for many years." It's just that I'm sorry, I've always been taken care of by you, and I haven't had a chance to help you yet, but it has caused you a lot of trouble. ”
You say, "I thought I'd be working under you with peace of mind, and after a long time, I would have the opportunity to do something for you." Unfortunately, this is not possible now. ”
Then you said that you would like the department to come forward and tell the school that the bed would be allocated to the young teacher. In addition, you also hope that Director Wang can help return all the public property you borrowed in your residence and office, and also hope to vacate the desks, chairs and cabinets in the office for others to use.
When Director Wang heard this, he couldn't help but feel sad for a while, and said to you: "You, why are you here, it's just a little better, I still look forward to you coming back for half a shift, so why .....?"
You interrupt him and say, "Listen to me, old Wang, I know you want to say why you are doing such a thing now." I know you want to say, let me heal in peace now, don't think too much, don't do these bad things. ”
When Director Wang heard this, he turned his face away.
You say, "But I want you to help me do this now." ”
You say, "It's appropriate to give these things to someone else, because I'm just on regular sick leave, and I'm still alive." If I wait until I'm dead and then give it to someone else, they're different, they're going to be dead people's things. When others use them again, they will have bad feelings in their hearts. ”
You smiled at Director Wang and said, "I used to make others uncomfortable with many behaviors during my lifetime, and I don't want to watch others continue to feel uncomfortable after I die, right?" ”
You say, "So, help?" ”
(b)
That day, you said, "I never felt like that bed belonged to me, even when I slept on it." ”
You laugh a little and say, "Actually, I've always had a hunch that it will stay in school much longer than I am." Rather than that, I'm a passer-by. ”
You say, "Since it never belonged to me, then, when I am not using it, I should take the initiative to think of it and let others use it." It shouldn't be left alone in the dust. I was negligent about this, and I didn't think that I needed to take the initiative to arrange these things. ”
You said to Director Wang: "Actually, when you say goodbye to this world, you shouldn't think that you will never come back. We should think more about how to make the lives of those who are still here better, smoother and happier. ”
You say, "A person should think as much about this as he can in every place he is." If he only thinks about himself, then whether he has been to this place or not, it makes no difference at all to this place, and it makes no sense at all. ”
You say, "In the past, I used to think that the value of a person's life is determined by how much they can get what they want. So, I spent a lot of time looking for and guarding what I wanted to get. Later, after getting sick, I gradually understood that there was something wrong with it. ”
You say, "The value of a person's life lies in how much happiness he has brought to this world in the process of living and dying." This value is reflected in the harvest of others, not in one's own. Such appearances and disappearances are meaningful. ”
You say, "Unfortunately, it's too late for me to understand this." By the time I realized it, there was almost no time left, and my physical strength was very limited. So, please help me to do a little bit about this new understanding from now on. ”
You say, "It's too late to start, but that doesn't mean it's not that you don't start." ”
(c)
You spoke to Director Wang about the death that you will experience in the near future. You say, "I hope that when that time comes, I don't cause pain to others." ”
You say, "I've been thinking about this seriously all this time. But I find it difficult. ”
You say, "I probably can't do it without making others suffer." ”
"Well, maybe another way can be considered. If it inevitably brings pain, then I hope that this pain will help those who feel it. ”
You say, "Sometimes, I hope for one thing. I hope to find a way to turn the pain of my death into a wealth for others. It is hoped that those who feel pain will find clues in this wealth and will eventually be able to find some way to extinguish the pain from now on. ”
That day, when talking about this topic, you said, "I would be glad to find this way that works." Even if it requires doubling the pain of dying for this, it is worth it. In this way, death still happens, but it is not just death anymore. It becomes a factor that helps others live happily. ”
These words are what you said to Director Wang that day. After a long time, he can still repeat it, and that's probably all he can say.
Now, Director Wang is over 60 years old and lives in a coastal city. When I went to meet him later, he said to me, "For many years, on my birthday, I would think about what he said. Although he is a little younger than me, he can see farther and deeper than me. If he lived to the point where I am now, he would be an amazing man. ”
When Director Wang said this, Liu Wenli said next to him: "He has always been an amazing person. She said with a little choked voice, "At least, for me, always." As she said this, tears welled up in her eyes.
(iv)
About seven or eight days after you talked to Director Wang, the bed had a new owner.
Your room has been replaced with a more shabby bed. When the General Affairs Office brought the bed, I asked Kaohsiung for the room key. Kaohsiung drove over, and when he saw this bed, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said, Come, brothers, smoke a pack of cigarettes, work hard, and move this bed back.
The person from the general affairs office said, "Don't you want the bed?"
Kaohsiung smiled and said, "No." ”
Then he made a phone call, and soon a little while a small truck came from his father's factory, and brought down a brand-new single mahogany bed and some furniture such as a chest of drawers and a desk.
Kaohsiung commanded the people in his factory to move the mahogany bed and these all the way to your room, and after a while, he moved all the furniture you borrowed from the school.
The people from the General Affairs Office stood by and looked dumbfounded.
Kaohsiung patted the shoulder of the person from the General Affairs Office and said, brother, let's take these away. It's so unnecessary to argue over such a trivial matter!
Since then, Kaohsiung has shown that he is the kind of person who is particularly prone to envy and jealousy, and is particularly prone to hatred.
(5)
The problem of the bed was solved in this way, but the knot between Director Wang and Teacher X still existed for a long time, and the two got along very differently and conflicted.
After your memorial service, your body is sent to the crematorium for cremation.
When he returned to school from that place, Wang Guigui got out of the car and was unsteady on his feet and almost fell. At this time, someone picked him up outside the car.
This person is the young teacher X who had quarreled with him.
Director Wang stood up, looked at him, and said thank you. And the teacher stammered to Director Wang, "I'm sorry, I went too far that day." I was wrong. ”
Hearing this, Director Wang covered his eyes, and tears couldn't help but flow down.
From that day on, they were reconciled.
Now, they, along with Mr. Sun Bao, have opened a company and a club in this coastal city.
It was Mr. Sun who went to the sea first, and then Director Wang went through the internal withdrawal procedures, and then invited X and two or three other old colleagues to come over. They work together very happily, and several families often come and go, so they can be regarded as good friends.
Later, when I went to see Coach Wang, I also met the teacher, and we had dinner together.
During the meal, he said that when he heard the news of your death and the details therein, he was greatly shocked, and for a moment, he felt a deep sense of guilt, as if he felt that his words and deeds had something to do with that act, and he wondered if his words and deeds had something to do with the production of these details. He had a few days of dreaming about it.
While attending your memorial service, he felt a lot of eyes on him. He seemed to feel the kind of associations, speculations, and discussions in other people's hearts. It made him sweat a lot on his back. He didn't dare to continue to follow the other teachers in the department and send you to the end. He came back early.
But the fact that he came back early also made it hard for him. So he kept walking around the parking lot.
He wanted to do something about it, because he had been going around there, so he had that very coincidental and very fitting opportunity.
He said to me, "I don't have a chance to apologize to your mentor. ”
Since then, he said, he has rarely said the kind of unthinkable words. "One of the reminders I got from that incident was that when you speak, you should have someone else in mind," he said. ”
None of them remembered what happened to the bed. No one cares about that bed at all now. But they all remember you.
Just like me.