886 Out of the Study (Part I)
Guo Lan said: "I understand your kindness, but I can't promise you right away." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
Hou Weidong said: "You don't have to answer immediately, you want to reply to me after thinking about it." Don't have too many scruples, since I put forward this plan, it must be foolproof. β
Guo Lan said: "My heart is very chaotic, and I can't make a decision for a while. β
Hou Weidong was not as resolute as before when he heard Guo Lan's words, and said gently: "You can't be hard, there is something we can share together, otherwise I will feel even more uncomfortable." β
Guo Lan said: "Thank you." Let me think again. β
Guo Lan's family has no tradition of doing business, and she has already stepped out of a hurdle to be able to come out and open a store.
Accepting Hou Weidong's kindness, there are still two hurdles for Guo Lan. One is the hurdle in her heart, she has lived in a scholarly family since she was a child, she has read more books than ordinary people, the family environment is generally better, her heart is relatively high, and she is always willing to be independent; Another obstacle is that she is unwilling to influence Hou Weidong because of her own affairs. She and Hou Weidong were two colleagues, and she knew that Hou Weidong was very strict with herself, and she was very disgusted with mixing official and private affairs. This time, Hou Weidong took the initiative to raise this matter, but in fact, he pulled public and private affairs together, which violated his principles.
She thought of Huang Zidi, the former mayor of Shazhou, who fled from the country, and Huang Zidi's thoughts were so disgusting. She quickly turned on the stereo and used the sound of the piano to dilute the nausea in her heart.
In the melodious piano sound, Guo Lan's mood could not be calmed down for a long time.
Mrs. Guo, who had a gloomy face, stood in front of the door and asked, "Xiaolan, who is calling, so late?" Guo Lan said: "Mom, it's a call from a former colleague, go to sleep." β
Her husband died early, and she had uremia again, which was a big blow to Mrs. Guo, she felt that she had become sluggish, and she had no interest in external objects, only in front of her daughter, she was interested in talking, she stood at the door, put on her clothes, and said: "Xiaolan, I don't want to treat this disease." I know the financial situation of my family, and if I really want to be governed, I have to sell the house. I sold the house, what do you use to get married, you can't squeeze into the single teacher's dormitory. β
Guo Lan said: "Mom, you can treat your illness with peace of mind, you don't have to worry about money, I'll figure it out." β
Mrs. Guo said: "You are studying here, relying on a little salary, and there is no bonus, what can you think of?" If it really doesn't work, he will sell Yiyang's house. β
Guo Lan said firmly: "That's where our family lives, and we won't sell anything." β
Although the new house in Shazhou is spacious, it has not left much of his father's mark. In the house in the west area of Yiyang University, there are strong traces of the life of a family of three. In Guo Lan's heart, if you want to sell it, you can't change the layout or replace any furniture.
Mrs. Guo had tears in her eyes and said, "Xiaolan, I delayed you. So you haven't started a family until now, I've become a drag on you, it's better to die sooner. β
Guo Lan interrupted her mother's words and said, "Mom, why do you say that." You're my mother, I don't care who cares about you. It's cold outside, go to the back room. When she sent her mother into the bedroom, she felt that the temperature in the inner room had dropped again, and said, "Mom, if you are afraid of the cold, turn on the air conditioner and don't turn it off." β
Uremia patients are relatively weak and afraid of cold is easy to catch a cold, which will cause a rapid increase in muscle and liver, which is not good for uremia patients. Mrs. Guo felt that it would cost a lot of money to turn on the air conditioner for a long time, so she always turned off the air conditioner when she found an opportunity.
The mother was on the bed, very tired, and closed her eyes and did not want to speak. Guo Lan didn't leave, sitting in the dark house thinking about her thoughts. After the mother became drowsy, she became restless in her sleep, constantly turning over, and sometimes having convulsions.
Guo Lan feels that the happiest time in this life is when the family of three lives together, that is, from her birth to the death of her father. Every night, the three of them walked along the small lake, and during the walk, they could hear the sound of the piano coming from the piano room of the West End Music Department. Occasionally, when an angler catches a fish from the lake, my father is like a happy urchin, bargaining with the fishermen, buying fresh fish home at a price higher than that of the vegetable market, and the next day at noon, there will be delicious fish soup or braised lake fish on the table.
One year, when the crab tide was rising in the lake, the three of them carried buckets and went along the lake to catch crabs, and caught a bucket of crabs in half a day, and threw the small crabs back into the lake, and the big crabs were used to fry or steam, and the taste was very beautiful.
One year I was flying a kite, and I was only about seven or eight years old. Fly a large kite high and leave only a small black dot in the sky. Then the kite string broke and floated to a tall tree. I was so anxious that I cried, and my father and mother found a long bamboo pole, but in the end they still didn't get the kite back.
Looking back on the past, Guo Lan feels that the life of a complete family of three is so happy. It's like a dream, and now waking up from the dream, life reveals sharp claws.
She asked herself: "Why is it that our family's happiness has dropped so much, even though society is progressing and wealth is increasing?" And it's not just the sense of happiness, but the family ability has also declined very much, to the point that Hou Weidong can't stand it? β
Guo Lan knew very well that the decline in the family's happiness began with her father's illness, and after her father's illness, her mother was overly worried, and then she also got sick. A hundred years of life, birth, old age, sickness and death, this is the law of nature. After a period of time, Guo Lan accepted the fact of losing her father, and her mood gradually recovered. One of the most important reasons for the diminishing sense of well-being today is the mother's illness. Because the three of them are content with the status quo of the scholarly family, they don't value money very seriously, so the family has not had much savings. After buying a house in Shazhou, I didn't have much savings left. Without Hou Weidong's bank card, his mother's surgery fees would not have been paid.
Family happiness is composed of two aspects, one is spiritual life, and the other is material life, and only under the guarantee of certain material living conditions, spiritual life can play a role. Under the pressure of her mother's serious illness and needing a lot of money, Guo Lan's happiness was greatly reduced.
After her mother fell asleep, Guo Lan walked to the living room. She picked up her mobile phone and dialed Hou Weidong's number.
Hou Weidong was about to take a bath and go to bed, when he heard the phone ringing on the table, he immediately threw his change of underwear on the sofa and took the phone.
Guo Lan said: "I figured it out and decided to accept your suggestion." As a child, it is my responsibility to let my mother have a stable old age, and if I have been immersed in the school and the study, it is actually another kind of selfishness. β
Hou Weidong said: "It's really difficult for you to take this step. β
Guo Lan said: "But how to do it, I haven't fully accepted your suggestion. A gentleman loves money and takes it in the right way, and I don't want you to go against your heart. β
Hou Weidong said: "All roads lead to Beijing, and specific methods can be discussed." He also did not say, "Even if you go against your heart, you will not hesitate to do it." β
Guo Lan said softly: "Then I will go back to Lingxi in the near future and meet and talk about it." β
(End of this section) (To be continued.) )