Grandma
, I have a terminal illness, and the doctor says I can live for two years at most. My grandmother didn’t believe it, so she went around looking for a prescription to cure me. Then he was cheated out of all his life-saving money.
Do you know what it’s like to be terminally ill at a young age?
Probably, after seeing my checklist, the doctor, who was not very patient, would ask me very gently, “Are you studying here?”? Where’s mom and dad? If it’s not far from home, let them come to the hospital.
I said, “My parents are gone. I live with my grandmother.”
The doctor was stunned for a moment and said, “Then ask Grandma to come over. We need to discuss with our relatives whether to treat it or not, and how to treat it.”
I smiled and wanted to cry. “It’s all right. You can tell me directly.”. I’ve asked the senior medical student what these test sheets mean, and I probably know a little about them.
The doctor didn’t speak. It is very noisy outside the
consulting room, but it is quiet inside.
In this rare silence, I felt like I was drowning.
I was in a hurry to get a tissue from my schoolbag. It was too late. Tears were already falling down.
The doctor silently pushed the paper to me, and I took one and began to wipe my tears. There are more and more
tears, and I can’t finish them at all.
I said, “My grandmother is old and illiterate. She has never been out of our small county. She doesn’t even know how to take the high-speed rail.”. She has high blood pressure, and I’m afraid when she finds out..
I can’t go on.
The doctor was silent for a while and said, “The main thing is that many of the subsequent treatments for your disease require the signature of your relatives, otherwise we can’t treat you.”
I covered my face with a tissue, one after another, and soon it was all wet.
The doctor said softly, “Little girl, in fact, your illness is not yet in the advanced stage. Medically speaking, the possibility of cure is still very high.”. Our mood is also very important in our fight against the disease.
Out of the hospital, I got a call from the counselor.
Hello, Guan Qian? Your roommate said you went to the emergency room the other night. What happened?
“I may have cancer.” I say.
She was silent for more than ten seconds before she comforted me clumsily: “Don’t worry, Guan Qian.”. Now that medical technology is so advanced, and you’re so young, I’m sure you can be cured.
I said “hmm”.
She added, “My husband’s uncle is the chief physician of the Affiliated Hospital. Send me the test sheets you have on hand, and I’ll ask him to look at them. Is that all right?”
“Good.”
The phone hung up.
I stood on the sidewalk, the mist of tears came up, and the number of traffic lights became blurred.
Traffic lights turn red and green, pedestrians stop and go, change one after another.
A girl passed me by, but turned back, bent down and patted me on the shoulder, gently handed over a small pack of tissues and an orange.
“Don’t cry.” She whispered.
I looked up at her, and her face fainted gently in tears.
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I don’t have the strength to thank you today.
But I wish you, I wish you will always be healthy, and you will never suffer the same pain and despair as me.
The red light turned green and she was far away.
I stood up and wiped away my tears. In the
cold wind of the street, the orange was held in the palm of my hand, which was hot. The temperature in
Hangzhou is not high, and there are still a few sweet-scented osmanthus trees.
In the cold aroma of cinnamon, I was admitted to the hospital.
Only the counselor knew the severity of my illness, and my roommates and closest friends thought I was just going to have a minor operation. They even joked with me, “It’s over. Chien-chien will miss her metalworking internship and will not be able to sharpen hammers.”.
They laughed together, and I laughed too, laughing and turning to hide my red eyes.
My cousin’s call came in the evening when I finished the hospitalization procedures.
She said in a hurry that she was preparing to come to Hangzhou to sign for me, and when she packed her luggage, she spilled the beans and was known by her grandmother.
“Your grandmother is also stubborn. She said she was going to Hangzhou to take care of you, but I couldn’t stop her.”
I fell silent.
My cousin couldn’t wait for me to reply for a long time. She sighed, “I should have gone with your grandmother, but she wouldn’t let me, saying that the children and the elderly at home also need me to take care of them.” Chien-chien, you won’t blame me, will you? What’s
so strange?
She is old and young, and she has helped me a lot over the years. It’s enough for a distant relative to do this. How can she put down her work at home to take care of me? I know
this truth, and my grandmother knows it better.
I smiled. “No, my cousin.”. I’m very grateful that you were willing to sign it. It’s all right. You do your work. I’ll call my grandmother.
Her voice was a little guilty. “It didn’t help much.” By the way, Qianqian, do you have enough money to see a doctor? I’ll transfer some money to you.
I quickly refused: “No, my cousin. I have a photography studio, and I have money.”
My cousin smiled with relief. “If you don’t have enough money, tell me. Don’t hold it alone.”
Obviously she couldn’t see it, but I couldn’t help nodding, “Thank you, Aunt.” When I got sick, you kept it a secret for me. I don’t want my grandmother to be the object of pity from all over the country. When
my parents had an accident, I was still young and had no impression.
The only thing I remember is that in the white house full of courtyards, Grandma cried so miserably that the villagers supported her with pity in their eyes.
For people who have been strong all their lives, impenetrable sympathy sometimes makes people want to run away.
My cousin’s phone hung up and I called my grandmother. The phone was picked up within a few seconds of
the pompous ring.
“Hello, Chien-chien?”
I couldn’t help crying when I heard her voice.
I’m really not promising.
I paused for a few seconds, trying not to cry, before saying, “Well, it’s me.”. Have you had dinner yet? From the other side of the
phone came the faint voice of the train announcing the station: “The train is arriving at the station ahead, Hangzhou Station. Please get ready for the passengers getting off.”
Grandma answered me clearly in the sound of the station announcement: “Yes, I cooked radish soup today. It’s delicious.”
Liar.
I said, “Don’t lie to me. You’ve come to Hangzhou, haven’t you?” “Yes,”
she sighed.
I asked, “How did you get on the bus after me? You obviously can’t read.”
Grandma laughed, “I can’t read, but I can ask.”. The ticket seller and the seatmate saw that I was an old lady in the countryside and knew that I was uneducated, so they were patient with me. The young man next to me looks about your age, and he even gave me a cup of instant noodles.
I covered my eyes with my hands and could not speak.
She was quiet for a moment and then said, “Qianqian, why didn’t you tell Grandma that you were sick?”? Do you know that I spent the whole trip wondering if Chien-chien, who lives alone in Hangzhou, has always been a picky eater and is afraid of pain, and now that she’s sick, is there anyone to take care of her? Will she secretly shed tears?
The world seems to be quiet for a second.
I hastily pressed the mute button so that she wouldn’t hear me cry. In the corner of the long corridor where
few people came, the last rays of the sunset had fallen, and I could not stand, holding the window frame, and burst into tears.
Grandma stayed in Hangzhou.
In fact, if not for the intense pain caused by the metastasis of the lesion, my days in the hospital were not too bitter. There is a loving kitchen near the
hospital, which only needs to pay a few yuan for gas to use pots and pans.
Grandma gets up before six o’clock every morning and goes to the vegetable market in Hangzhou.
Obviously the language is not clear, but she can always buy the freshest crucian carp, only sprinkle a little salt, give me a thick white crucian carp tofu soup.
And a lot of memories besides delicious food are a little painful. Of course,
radiotherapy is very uncomfortable. Summer is reluctant to tan skin, a radiotherapy, was scorched. Hair
loss is also very distressing. As you all know, during the exam season, the most common cry heard by female college students in their dormitories is “I’m losing my hair again.”. Looking back
now, I was really at Versailles.
At that time, just a few roots fell off, but now they are falling off in handfuls. On the
pillow, on the sheet, on the floor tile, shocking, all my hair.
Before my illness was serious enough to delay my walking, I went to a barber shop nearby and told the barber that I wanted to shave my head.
Back then, when I cut my hair from long to short, the hairdresser asked me carefully if I was crossed in love.
But now I said I wanted to shave my head, and the barber did not lift his eyelids and calmly pointed to the price list-
shave my head, 25 yuan.
Maybe it’s not surprising, after all, it’s near the hospital, and it’s an old shop that has been open for more than ten years. It’s funny and sad to
think so. I closed my eyes when the
razor scraped off the first strand of hair. When I opened my eyes
again, my head was bright enough to reflect light.
I stood up and looked at myself in the mirror, a bald head.
In fact, I just feel a little strange at the moment, and it’s too late to be sentimental.
But when I turned around and saw my grandmother squatting on the ground, picking up my hair, I suddenly felt my heart was pricked.
“Such fine hair.” She read a sentence, one by one, all carefully into her arms.
The barber didn’t say anything, but turned around and went into the back room. When he came out again, he had a ribbon in his hand and handed it to his grandmother. “When you get through this, your girl’s hair will definitely grow that long.”
Grandma hung her head and nodded heavily. The hair she
held in her hand, tied with a bow by a ribbon, was black, but it seemed to reflect light, which made my eyes sour. During the
early treatment, I was in good condition.
Because I really didn’t feel any pain, except that the doctor told me after taking the film that you were not very good here, here and here.
But those cancer cells are only on the film, and I don’t have any obvious perception. He
even had the energy to repair all the films on hand, settle the final payment with the client, and earn a little more money for medicine.
But then I couldn’t.
Later, my pain nerves became particularly sensitive.
I expect the doctor to give me painkillers almost all the time, because it’s only when I take painkillers that I feel like I’m alone.
A dignified, lucid person with all five senses.
Not a ghost drowning in a sea of pain, unable to breathe, but unable to die.
Analgesics work very well, but unfortunately you can’t take more. When I
don’t take painkillers, I really feel like I can be killed by pain. I didn’t even have the strength to say a word more because of the
pain of delirium.
But the tears flowed uncontrollably, from the corners of the eyes to the pillow towel.
Fortunately, I was covered with cold sweat, and they probably couldn’t tell whether it was sweat or tears on my face. I
used to be so effeminate that when I had dysmenorrhea, I used to groan and say, “I can’t, I’m in pain, I’m going to skip school.”.
Now I know that when the pain is extreme, the mind can not be focused.
For example, I can hardly remember whether I said the six words “I can’t live” when I broke down in pain. I woke up
one night and the clock in the ward read 3:15 in the morning. In the
silence, my mind was completely empty.
But the second I saw my grandmother curled up on the camp bed, it occurred to me that I did say those six words.
I can’t live.
Why did you suddenly think of it?
Because I remember that during the time when I was delirious and distracted, my grandmother seemed to hold me and cry.
Such a strong old lady, who never showed a trace of pain in front of me, actually hugged me and cried. The doctor came to make rounds
that day and said he would try to get a specific medicine to help us.
But he couldn’t answer my question about how long I had left to live.
Grandma should see, the doctor is not unable to answer, but the answer is too cruel, he does not want to expose directly.
Otherwise, why did this little old lady, who wanted to spend two hours a day communicating with doctors, suddenly lose confidence in modern medicine and go to temples all over Hangzhou, trying to get all kinds of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to help me? The
ward began to have more peach wood swords, more exorcisms, and a series of things that I couldn’t name but looked very inscrutable. The
head nurse criticized several times, so when the doctors and nurses came to the ward, Grandma quietly hid these things; as soon as they left, they were hung up in a dazzling array. Angrily,
I laughed at her. “Are you fighting a guerrilla war here?”
She said mysteriously, “Qianqian, don’t be afraid.”. Grandma went to worship Buddha two days ago and met a man in the temple. She is also in the terminal stage of cancer. She has been alive and well for more than ten years. She said she had a plan and would come to help you in a couple of days.
Grandma’s new friend, surnamed Li, is our fellow-townsman. I call her Aunt Li.
Aunt Li was diagnosed with cancer 17 years ago, which was also terminal, and there was no cure for it.
But now she was alive and well, rich and white, looking good, and could not see that she was a person who had fought with cancer to the death.
She came to see me with a fruit basket. After chatting, she gently touched the back of my hand, which was bruised and swollen by a needle. “You are about the same age as my daughter.”. Alas, if your mother were still alive, how painful would it be to see you suffer so much?
I’m actually fine, because I didn’t have a mother when I was very young, and my perception of maternal love has always been weak.
But grandma is different from me.
The words struck her heart almost immediately.
The old lady, who had lost her daughter and was about to lose her granddaughter, suddenly choked up. “Don’t cry, aunt,” said
Aunt Li in a low voice. Although Qianqian is not in good condition now, she is much better than me at that time. I can cure them all, and Chien-chien is so young, so I’m sure she can cure them even better.
Grandma wiped the corners of her eyes and thought of something. “When will the miraculous doctor you mentioned last time return to Hangzhou?” She asked.
I wondered, “Miraculous doctor?” Smiling, Aunt
Li tucked in the corner of the quilt for me: “He’s an old Chinese medicine doctor who has been practicing medicine for generations. His surname is Fang. Over the years, he has cured many terminally ill patients. We all call him a miraculous doctor.” “How did this miraculous doctor cure you?” Asked the
grandmother.
Aunt Li said, “People use fasting therapy.”. Think about it, cancer cells are also cells, and they need nourishment. If you starve for a while and kill the cancer cells, won’t the disease be cured?
Grandma nodded repeatedly.
I couldn’t help but complain: “If you starve for a while, the cancer cells will starve to death, but won’t the normal cells also starve to death?” The smile on
Aunt Li’s face froze, and she said, “Dr. Fang has his own treatment. He takes it with Chinese medicine, and it will supply nutrients to normal cells in a targeted way.”
What Chinese traditional medicine, still grow an eye, can identify good and bad cell? I was angry
, but I didn’t want to spoil Grandma’s fun-the little old lady was real, and she hadn’t laughed so brightly for a long time.
So I just held my forehead and looked tired, and Aunt Li said she was going to leave. She probably
felt that she was not congenial to me. She went out of the ward and chatted with her grandmother for a long time.
By the time I fell asleep and woke up, it was already dark.
Grandma was knitting a scarf next to me, and when she saw me wake up, she smiled and put the red scarf that was about to take shape in front of me and compared it: “When the Chinese New Year comes, you can wear this scarf.”
I laughed too.
But I don’t know if I can make it to the Spring Festival.
Grandma put down her sweater needle and said, “Your Aunt Li said that although Dr. Fang is resident in Hong Kong, he has a strong sense of native soil. Maybe he will go back to his hometown to sweep the grave during the Chinese New Year, and then I will go to him.” Dr.
Fang is the old doctor of traditional Chinese medicine who cured Aunt Li.
I shook my head. “Do you really believe what she said?”
Grandma said, “You’ve seen Aunt Li’s diagnosis sheet and her photos at that time. It’s really terminal cancer.”. Isn’t it because of Dr. Fang that people are now alive and kicking and able to eat and sleep?
I shook my head and said, “Farewell. I don’t believe in such wild doctors.”
Grandma won’t argue with me anymore.
However, it seems that modern medical methods can not even keep me alive. When the
late osmanthus was blown down by the north wind, I fainted several times and was sent in for rescue.
I can’t eat much anymore, and I can only drink a few mouthfuls of the soup my grandmother spent hours cooking for me.
It all depends on the nutrient solution. When I
took a shower, I could see myself in the mirror, emaciated, with sunken cheeks and only one pair of eyes that looked bigger and more haggard. I can see
these, and grandma can see them even more.
One day, she came in with two thermos buckets, one for my soup, the other for whom. In the middle of
my soup, my grandmother left with a thermos bucket in her arms. The old woman in the
next bed reminded me, “Your grandmother is going to bring soup to the attending doctor.”
I was stunned.
She went on to say, “Your grandmother saw that you were not doing well, so she wondered if she should give the doctors a red envelope so that they could do their best.”. She was also afraid of using your life-saving money to delay your visit to the doctor, so she simply brought soup to the doctor every day.
I feel a little hoarse: “Every day?”
She nodded. “Yes, since your last rescue.”. You don’t know? Oh, no wonder. These days you’re not in the best of spirits, and you spend a lot of time asleep.
As she folded her clothes, she said to me, “Actually, the doctors have said that you don’t need to cook soup, and they will definitely treat you well.”. Your grandmother is also panicked. Alas.
I lowered my head to drink the soup, and as I drank, I felt the spoon in my hand twist its shape.
A tear fell down and smashed into the soup.
This afternoon, I felt unable to breathe, my heart was beating violently, and there was a disorderly sharp sound in my ears. When I opened my eyes, there was a vast expanse of whiteness in front of me.
I raised my hand to ring the bell, but I couldn’t even lift it. In the
chaos, I caught a thought: I’m probably going to die.
I can’t really recall the whole rescue process, and when I opened my eyes again, it was already dark.
I know. It’s another dodge.
But how many more times can you escape?
Grandma sat beside my bed, her hair dazzling white in the lamplight.
“Chien-chien, let’s have that doctor Fang that Aunt Li mentioned before see a doctor and have a try, shall we?”
The voice was almost pleading.
I let out a long breath: “Good.” Treat a
dead horse as a living horse. Even if it can’t be cured, at least grandma can feel at ease, right?
To my surprise, Dr. Fang did not seem to be the kind of charlatan he had imagined.
From appearance to dress to speech, it is quite reliable and stable. Dr.
Fang is a very kind little old man. He felt my pulse first and made it clear by looking, listening, asking and feeling.
Then he introduced fasting therapy and showed me a stack of information.
I still have the same question as before: “If you starve cancer cells, other normal cells will also starve.”. Maybe I’ll die before the cancer dies.
He smiled: “When Western medicine talks about radiotherapy and chemotherapy, you should also take chemotherapy drugs, which directly attack human cells regardless of whether they are good or bad.”. Otherwise, if you don’t have a craniotomy, why do you shave your head? Did you lose your hair because of taking medicine? If you are educated and educated, you should know that the medicine you take not only attacks cancer cells, but also hair follicle cells.
He spoke slowly and calmly.
Seeing that I didn’t speak for a moment, he smiled and said, Some young people are prejudiced against Chinese medicine, and I can understand that. After all, you were educated in science from an early age, studying biology and chemistry. You didn’t want to, and you never really understood, the five elements of Yin and Yang, and the channels of the internal organs. After a pause
, he went on to say, “If I’m not wrong, your grandmother invited me here. It should be that Western medicine is ineffective for you.”. Is it?
Yeah, that’s the most important thing.
I took a slow breath, and the feeling of powerlessness wrapped me up again. Dr.
Fang observed my expression and my airway: “In that case, let’s treat it according to my plan.”
In his plan, the first treatment cycle is two weeks.
In these two weeks, I can only drink the Chinese medicine he prepared, and I can’t eat anything else. Dr.
Fang said, “I should have let you leave the hospital and go home to take care of yourself, but I know you’re still not quite sure, so we’ll see what happens after this course of treatment.”
Before going out, he added, “Then you will believe me.”
Two weeks later, all my indicators have improved. What is more obvious
than indicators is that my spirit is much better.
Grandma repeatedly sighed that Dr. Fang was really a miracle doctor, but I still had doubts.
Because, at this time, I am also taking specific medicine at the same time. When
we do experiments in school, we pay attention to controlling variables.
At present, there are two variables of specific medicine and traditional Chinese medicine at the same time. I really can’t attribute the result of my improvement to the single variable of traditional Chinese medicine. When Dr.
Fang and Aunt Li came to see me again, I told the truth. Dr.
Fang smiled. “Be sure to speak scientifically. You’ve used other types of specific drugs before, and you should know how effective they are. Can you rule out variables in this way?”
I was silent, and Dr. Fang said nothing more.
Instead, Aunt Li said, “Chien-chien, your grandmother is starting to borrow money from people. Do you know that?”
Borrow money?
The nails suddenly clenched their palms. The water in the
bathroom was rushing, and Grandma was washing fruit in it, preparing to entertain Dr. Fang and Aunt Li.
She went on to say, “The old man is so old that he asked me to borrow a few thousand yuan. I can’t refuse to borrow it.”. I said, this money does not need to return, Qianqian is the same age as my daughter, I am also distressed. But Chien-chien, she even borrowed it from me, and I’m afraid all her relatives and friends around her have borrowed it.
I looked down at the drip needle on the back of my hand. How could it suddenly hurt so much that even breathing seemed to hurt. It took me
a long time to find my voice: “I thought we still had money.”
Since the last time I fainted, I transferred all the money in my card to my grandmother’s account, because I was afraid that if I accidentally passed, the little old lady would not be able to pay the medical expenses. It’s not that I haven’t asked her if she has enough money during
this period. She always says she still has.
Has it come to the point of asking someone you’ve only known for a few months to borrow money?
Aunt Li added, “Your grandmother used to say that Qianqian was capable and began to earn money when she went to college.”. But she certainly didn’t tell you that the money for your medical treatment was almost finished. Your special medicine costs tens of thousands each. No matter how rich you are, you can’t afford to burn like this.
Grandma brought out the washed fruit, and our conversation came to an abrupt end. “Come and have some fruit, Dr. Fang,”
she said with a smile on her face. Dr.
Fang got up and pushed the fruit bowl toward her. “You have to eat more fresh fruit. You can take good care of Qianqian if you are in good health.”. Let’s not eat and go first. You can discuss it again and see if you can continue to treat me next month.
Grandma hesitated, “Is Dr. Fang leaving now?”? Sit down again. Dr.
Fang paused: “But I have to say something in advance. If you’re still treating me, you really can’t touch anything from Western medicine in the second course of treatment.”
His grandmother still wanted to see him off, but he motioned for her to stay and sighed, “You should also take good care of yourself. Compared to the last time I saw you, you seem to have lost a lot of weight.”
I pursed my lips and looked at my grandmother.
A few years ago, I began to wear cotton-padded clothes with big flowers. At that time, it seemed to fit me. Now, it seems to be a little empty.
I only know how much weight I have lost since I was hospitalized, but I didn’t notice that my grandmother had also lost a lot of weight. Dr.
Fang’s back disappeared outside the door.
Grandma turned around and muttered, “Hey, this doctor Fang is really a busy man. Every time he comes, he can’t sit for long.”. But his medical skills are really good. It’s only been two weeks, and you look better.
I didn’t say anything, and she didn’t even notice. She handed me the orange, but then withdrew her hand and said, “Look, I forgot. You can’t eat anything now. You can only drink Chinese medicine.”
I grabbed the orange and held it in my hand.
The grandmother was surprised, and then laughed again, “What’s the matter? Are you greedy?”? I’ll put it away so you don’t have to see it..
I clenched my cold orange and asked, “Are we out of money?” The smile on
her face froze.
“Did you ask a lot of people to lend me money to see a doctor?”
Grandma didn’t speak.
I can’t imagine her borrowing money from relatives and friends. An old man in his seventies, no matter how difficult it is, has never lowered his head. How on earth did he bend down for me. An injection of
specific medicine costs tens of thousands of yuan. How many times does she have to bend over and lower her head before she can borrow me the cost of an injection?
I threw back my head, and tears, drop by drop, blocked my throat.
“You give all the money back, and I want to leave the hospital.” I say.
Grandma suddenly looked up and said, “No way!”! You’ve finally gotten better, and you can’t leave the hospital.
I wiped away my tears and tried to smile: “It’s not like I’m out of the hospital. I took Dr. Fang’s Chinese medicine, and his medicine worked pretty well.”
Grandma hesitated for a moment. How can
tone be confident and calm? Ah, yes, the teacher of the debate team taught it.
First you have to believe it yourself, and then you can convince the audience-
– “The effect of a specific medicine is just like that, so it’s better to concentrate on using Dr. Fang’s medicine.”. You heard what Dr. Fang said before he left. He said that the second course of treatment must not touch the things of Western medicine. Do you listen to what Dr. Fang says?
Grandma was stupefied and nodded: “What Dr. Fang said must be right. Well, let’s go home and drink Chinese medicine and take good care of ourselves.”
The doctor took time to talk to me alone and told me that although my condition had improved, it was still very serious and I was not recommended to leave the hospital.
In addition, he asked, “I heard from the nurse that a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine came to your ward and introduced fasting therapy.”
I nodded. “It does work.”
He thought for a moment, then hesitated: “It’s best if it’s effective. Chinese medicine has such a long history, and it certainly has its subtleties. We are also advocating the integration of Chinese and Western medicine.”. However, after so many years of seeing patients, I have also met some swindlers who pretend to be traditional Chinese medicine. Of course, I’m not saying that your doctor of traditional Chinese medicine is a liar. It’s just that there are a lot of gray areas here, and you and your grandmother have to be careful.
I smiled and just asked, “Am I not very curable?”
He hesitated for a moment and then replied, “I’ve seen patients who can live for decades in the terminal stage.”
I couldn’t help but laugh, struggling to pull out a kind and gentle phrase for him in a sharp and bad situation. The
cold evening breeze seeped in through the window. I pushed the window open and reached out to feel the night wind. Be
cold. I need to be cold to have enough courage to speak. It would definitely be better for me
to be able to use specific medicine and Chinese medicine at the same time. Dr. Gong, I know. But I have no money. You don’t even know that my grandmother borrowed money to treat my illness.
Alas, I still cried. Guan Qian is really worthless. When
I was in high school, in order to raise money for my tuition, my grandmother would collect waste products and sell them for money. Once after school, I walked with my classmates. On the way, I met my grandmother. She was looking through the trash can to pick up bottles. She called me, and I was afraid of being laughed at by my classmates, so I pretended not to hear and turned away. You see, I used to break her heart so much, and I was so ignorant. The
tears flowed more and more. I wiped them away and went on to say, Later, I always thought that when I grew up, I would be filial to my grandmother. Let her eat a big meal, live in a big house, and take her around the world. I’ve just been able to treat her to a big meal, and everything has stopped.
I covered my face with my hands, pressed my fingers cool by the wind in the corner of my eyes, and was soon wet by warm tears.
She’s in her seventies, and she still borrows money for me. She didn’t even think about how she, an old lady, would pay off the debt if I left. Do you still go to pick up bottles and sell waste products? Then I won’t feel at ease even if I die.
The doctor silently handed me some tissues. Holding a tissue in my hand,
I tried to pull out a smile: “An injection of specific medicine costs tens of thousands of yuan, and you can take Chinese medicine for a month in a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine.”. Forget it, how to cure is not cure? Maybe if I go home and drink Chinese medicine, I can really cure it. Thank you and the other doctors and nurses for taking care of me these past few months. When I’m well, I’ll certainly bring you a silk banner.
He was silent for a long time, probably because he saw that I was too depressed. He patted me on the shoulder and pretended to be relaxed. “Then I’m looking forward to your silk banner, but don’t break the appointment.” When
his cell phone rang, he picked it up and hurried out.
Before going out, he stopped again, speaking quickly but solemnly, “Guan Qian, if you have anything, you must call me.”. Remember, even if you leave the hospital, you are still my patient.
He gave me a wave of his hand, clutched his cell phone, and said quickly, “Hey, I’ll be right there.”
Seen from a distance, the light and shadow of the sunset outside the corridor plated his white robe with a layer of glow, which became the last picture left to me by the attached doctor.
So warm, so ironed.
I was discharged from the hospital and returned to my hometown. Dr.
Fang said that our hometown has beautiful mountains and rivers, good air quality and good water quality, which is suitable for recuperation.
Yes, I filled the prescription at his place for another month.
This time, the medicinal materials used are more precious and the dosage is more, so the charge is obviously much higher than before.
But fortunately, the films that had been repaired before had received the final payment one after another, and it was almost enough to get together. After
learning that I still needed NT 3,000 yuan for the medicine, Dr. Fang sighed and said, “It’s all right. Just NT 37,000 yuan. The most important thing is that I can cure you. I’ll pay the NT 3,000 yuan for the medicine myself.” “Thank you so much, Dr. Fang,” I said as
I gripped my phone and felt my eyes swell. Dr.
Fang smiled kindly. “Don’t thank me, silly girl. Take good care of yourself.” On the ninth day of
taking the medicine, my whole body was superficial, my tinnitus became serious, and I wanted to eat everything I saw.
But I put up with it one by one, because Dr. Fang said that the weaker you are, the more drugs against cancer cells, you must be patient. The result of
patience was that I was hooking my fingers with my neighbor’s baby, and suddenly my eyes were black and red. I only had time to hear the baby crying, but I couldn’t tell her not to cry.
Knock, knock, knock.
I heard my heart throbbing.
I could hear my grandmother crying at the top of her lungs and the sound of disorganized footsteps.
Oh, and the hands she held me so tightly, so rough and so cold.
I tried to speak, but I didn’t have the strength to move my fingers. There was a void in
front of us, and all the senses seemed to fail in an instant.
I completely fainted.
When I opened my eyes in the emergency room, I finally had the strength to send Dr. Fang a WeChat to ask if I should stop taking the medicine, only to find that he had deleted me.
I can’t believe my eyes.
Is Dr. Fang’s little grandson playing with his mobile phone and accidentally deleting the wrong person?
I called him again, and on the other side of the phone, a cold female voice repeated over and over again: The number you dialed is not available.
On the other side, my grandmother asked me doubtfully, “Why can’t I get through to your Aunt Li?”? Could it be that there is no phone bill, or you can charge her ten yuan?
I am holding the mobile phone, and my reason has not yet returned, but my palms are sweating layer after layer.
The doctor opened the curtain and came in. “Your grandmother said you fainted from hunger?”? Don’t lose weight at a young age. You’re already so thin.
He looked a bit like the doctor in charge at the Affiliated Hospital. I didn’t wear glasses, and I blurted out “Dr. Gong.”. In
a flash of lightning, I suddenly remembered what Dr. Kung hesitated to say
: Chinese medicine has such a long history, and it certainly has its subtleties. We are now advocating the integration of Chinese and Western medicine. However, after seeing patients for so many years, I have also met some swindlers who pretend to be Chinese medicine practitioners.
Liar.
He said liar.
Like a sharp flash of lightning in the clear sky, the places that were not quite right gradually connected into a line, which ran straight through me-the villagers I met in the
temple.. An old doctor of traditional Chinese medicine with magical
medical skills..
He urged me to save money and leave the hospital, and then confirmed that I had no money and then disappeared from the world.
Great panic from the soles of the feet to Tianlinggai, the original only takes a moment.
The doctor looked at me and said, “Hey, girl, don’t cry. I just told you not to lose weight. I haven’t said anything yet.” Clutching the quilt tightly,
I tried to keep my tears from flowing down and said calmly, “My grandmother may not have made it clear that I’m not losing weight. I thought this would cure my cancer.”
The doctor seemed to react to something and asked in a low voice, “It’s not fasting therapy, is it?”? A lot of cheaters are pulling the flag with this. But you can’t generalize. This method does seem to have saved some people.
I smiled. “Yeah …” But the two people who put me on fasting have disappeared from the world.
The doctor looked at me sympathetically. “Call the police.”. Whether you’re a liar or not, you have to ask. The
police came quickly, and before Grandma’s soup was ready, they had already listened to me. The last name of the
two policemen was Lin, the older one was called the Old Lin policeman, and the younger one was called the Little Lin policeman.
Kobayashi couldn’t help but say, “It seems that college students don’t have a strong enough sense of anti-fraud. This fraud is too typical. Fake fellow villagers, fake doctors of traditional Chinese medicine, singing and singing, cheating money and then disappearing..” Have you ever thought about how he, such a miraculous doctor, has time to come to see you again and again?
Old Lin glared at him, so he stopped talking.
I threw back my head and tried to hold back my tears. “Yeah, I’m such a loser. I doubted it at first, but then I believed it.” I don’t want to think about
how many of these “letters” are the result of repeated brainwashing after being short of money. All
I know is that they took the last 37,000. I want to be hospitalized, radiotherapy and chemotherapy again, and I have no money.
Old Lin said, “Girl, don’t cry.”. I can’t blame you for this. You also want to survive. You have to try any way to save your life. There are only those who have been thieves for a thousand years, and there is no one who has been guarding against thieves for a thousand years.
The Kobayashi police officer seemed to be stupefied for a moment and comforted me slowly: “Girl, don’t worry. Now the mobile phone numbers are all registered in real names.”. According to what you said, they have been in and out of the hospital several times, and the surveillance can also be captured. Don’t be afraid. This life-saving money will be recovered for you.
Life-saving money.
That’s life-saving money.
I followed the sound and saw that Grandma had already squatted down to pick up the broken soup cup, saying like an excuse: “It’s too hot, it’s too hot.”
I don’t know how much she heard and what she thought, but she seemed to have lost her soul, so she went to take the porcelain with bare hands, but she didn’t hold it, and her finger was cut with blood.
She did not notice it at all, but still lowered her head to pick up the scattered food.
The Kobayashi policeman hurriedly grabbed her wrist and said, “Old lady, don’t do it. Your hand is cut.” Shivering,
Grandma wiped the floor with a tissue and said to herself, “I’m getting old. I can’t even do this little thing well. It’s really useless.”
Rubbing, she suddenly cried, “I’m really useless. I sent it up for them to cheat. I sent it up.”. Chien-chien, it was your grandmother who hurt you.
The nurse had no time to stop me. I had already lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
How strange, I was clearly a terminal cancer patient who looked like he would die at any time, but at this moment I pulled the old lady up.
She hugged me tightly, her white hair was sparse and her age spots were dazzling.
It turned out that I had grown so tall that I could easily hold her thin shoulders. You
didn’t hurt me, Grandma. It was those two liars who hurt me. Don’t cry. I’m still waiting for you to cook soup for me, a bowl of turnip soup, okay? When
I fainted, my neighbor’s uncle drove me to the hospital in his van.
So the villagers all knew that I had cancer, and they collected 200 yuan and 300 yuan for my medical expenses. When the
neighbor’s uncle came over with a stack of old red notes, Grandma almost cried.
I said, “Take it back. I don’t have the ability to return it, and I don’t want to cure it.”
He said, “You don’t have to pay back the money. You must cure the disease.”. You’re the first one from our village to be admitted to Z University, and you’re still waiting for you to go home and talk to your younger brothers and sisters about how to learn.
That sounds familiar. Dr.
Gong’s silk banner and my neighbor’s uncle’s learning methods, one after another, are nothing more than changing ways to encourage me to live well.
I smile, eyes too shallow, tears in the eyelashes.
I went back to the Affiliated Hospital, and Dr. Gong accepted me.
He said with a straight face, “How can I make myself look like this if I expect you to give me a silk banner alive and kicking?” “I’m sorry,” I
said. “The swindler acted so much like him. I gave him all my money. It was only when I died that I found out it was a fraud.”
He raised his eyebrows and said, “Pooh, Pooh, Pooh, you are not allowed to say that word in my ward.”. Now that you’re back, live well, do you hear me? His
cell phone rang again, and when he picked it up, he hurried again, but then he turned around and said, “I’ve applied for a special fund for you, which can cover 70% of the cost of the specific medicine, so that your grandmother doesn’t have to worry about money.”
The white robe disappeared outside the door, and I pressed my forehead with my hand, feeling that the scene looked too familiar and too much. It makes people’s eyes wet. Not long after
he left, a group of people crowded into the door. Some of
my best friends.
I have been in the hospital for a long time, the sweet-scented osmanthus has fallen, and the sky has snowed.
The metalworking practice has been over for a long time. The hammer is almost worn into a needle. I haven’t returned to school yet.
My friends felt something was wrong and asked me a series of questions on their mobile phones.
Of course, the way you ask is as tricky as ever: You didn’t take a fancy to the doctor who cut your appendix and decided to stay in the hospital and chase him, did you?
I laughed out loud for a long time, typing: “Well, and caught up with, is now in the hospital to raise the fetus.”.
A mouthful of nonsense.
So when they stood in front of the hospital bed with red eyes and scolded me for not being human, I couldn’t answer back.
Had to coax them: “I am a patient, ah, patients can not cry.”. If you cry any more, I won’t be able to help it.
They slowly accepted the fact that I was ill, so they suddenly said that they would cut off their long hair and make a wig for me.
I said, “With the amount of hair you have, you can only give me a fringe.”
So there was no doubt that he was beaten in the chest by a small fist.
Only this time very restrained, gently landed on the quilt, even an ant can not be beaten to death.
They knew that I had been cheated out of money by swindlers, and they were so angry that they wanted to pull down the weeping willows.
Do you have a picture? I’ll go to Lingyin Temple and squat him down!
“This kind of swindler must be a habitual swindler, and it’s too wicked!”
Finally, he even discussed the bad idea of going to the temple to fish and enforce the law in disguise.
With the help of a pain-killing pump, I burst out laughing. When I had had enough, I began to drive them away: “You go back and study hard. When I go back to school, I will copy your notes.”
So they came to hug me one by one. Obviously, they had just rolled up their sleeves aggressively and were ready to fight the cheater to the death. Why did they suddenly cry?
“You have to be good, do you know?”
I will. Of course I will. After the
friends left, the ward was quiet again.
The mobile phone suddenly had several short messages, all of which were sent by the bank.
“RMB 8,000 was transferred from your account 9632 through remittance at Hangzhou Branch on XX, 20XX.”
“RMB 5,000 was transferred from your account 9632 through remittance at Hangzhou Branch on XX, 20XX.”
“RMB 5,000 was transferred from your account 9632 through remittance at Hangzhou Branch on XX, 20XX.” I am also familiar with the names of
the remitters, the ones I just watched into the elevator. The smile on
my lips has not yet dissipated, tears suddenly fell down, dripping, all fell on the screen of my mobile phone. There is a message flashing in the
small group again: a scholarship has just been issued, and this is the money for your marriage in advance. If you dare to return the money, we won’t go after you get married.
I dried the screen, crying and typing: No, I don’t want it. When I get married, you will not only give me the money, but also be my bridesmaid.
Please, God, give me a chance to buy the folks a drink.
Please, God, give me a chance to give the bridesmaid a big red envelope. Please
, I really, really want to live. When the second heavy snow fell in
Hangzhou, the cancer cells had already metastasized all over the body. Dr.
Kung said, “Guan Qian, you are very lucky. You have cancer cells all over your body, but your brain is still very clear.”
I said, “Well, maybe God wants to keep my brain for something.” I really wanted to do something while
waiting for the police to catch the cheater. There is a “pregnancy effect” in
psychology, which says that when you become pregnant, you will find that you can always meet pregnant women in your life. It’s the same
for me.
When I was cheated, I was surprised to find that so many patients had been cheated.
Medical care, sorceress, fake Chinese medicine, fortune teller.. There are all kinds of tricks
to deceive people, but they all take advantage of the survival psychology of patients and their families and cheat them out of their last hope. Writing out the experience of
being cheated and posting it on various patient groups, forums and websites can save a family. This is my original intention.
But what I didn’t expect was that a family who had also been cheated by Dr. Fang and Aunt Li found me along the Internet.
In fact, my energy is already very poor. I spend more time sleeping and less time awake.
So it was night when I checked the message.
But the other party quickly passed my WeChat friend application.
As soon as I added my friend, he gave me a voice call.
Hello, Guan Qian? My last name is Ray. You can call me Brother Ray.
Lei Ge said that if he hadn’t seen my answer on Zhihu, he still didn’t know that Dr. Fang and Aunt Li were liars.
They both lied to my mother the same way they lied to you! When my mother was suffering from cancer, she often went to the temple to burn incense and met the woman surnamed Li. The woman said that she also had breast cancer, which was also terminal, and was cured by traditional Chinese medicine. Then the man surnamed Fang came out, dressed like a man, spoke in different ways, and coaxed my mother to drink his Chinese medicine. The Chinese medicine in
his family was much more expensive than that prescribed by ordinary doctors. I was suspicious at first. The woman surnamed Li sowed dissension, and my mother scolded me for not wanting to see her. How dare I say no to this hat and pay tens of thousands of yuan to buy medicine.
Fang and Li kept urging her to leave the hospital for treatment, probably because they were afraid that we would spend our money in the hospital and not be cheated by them. When I was discharged from the hospital, my mother’s illness seemed to be better. Now I think it may be a psychological effect. She felt that she could be saved. She had a good state of mind, and she was in a healthy state.
Still later, she was infected with the flu by me, and her entire immune system collapsed directly. Her condition deteriorated sharply, and she disappeared within two days after she was sent to rescue. I always thought I was the one who hurt her. I even told the two cheats to come to my mother’s table for dinner. I’m such a ***ing idiot. At
this point, he choked up.
I did not speak, but the tears had slowly fallen down.
Brother Lei, it’s not your fault. After their treatment, my cancer spread all over my body.. They were all big liars who flaunted the banner of Chinese medicine. Don’t blame yourself. It’s really not your fault.
Brother Lei sniffed and said, “Look at me. I’m the one you called brother, but I’m still so emotional. I’m laughing.”. I’m actually calling you to tell you that maybe it’s because I’ve always shown that I trust them, that those two cheats haven’t blacklisted my WeChat, and that I can help you fish them out!
Lei Ge falsely claimed that his grandmother, who had already died, was suffering from cancer and begged Dr. Fang and Aunt Li to come to the hospital to persuade her to accept traditional Chinese medicine treatment.
Two greedy men came to the hospital at once. The
two of them followed Lei Ge into the ward, and when they saw me lying on the bed, they almost immediately figured out what had happened and turned away.
Lei Ge, a northeast man, firmly blocked the door, no one can go.
“Come on, let’s have a chat.” He sneered. There was a lot of noise in the
ward, and I was lying on the bed, looking at these two “old friends.”. Dr.
Fang still looks immortal, and Aunt Li still looks good. It was in sharp contrast to me standing on the
hospital bed and my grandmother, who was extremely old beside the hospital bed. Before
I could speak, Aunt Li said, “Auntie, what are you doing?”? Where is the banquet at Hung Mun? As soon as
my grandmother saw her, she wanted to rush over and hit her, but I held her back and scolded her with red eyes: “You liar!”! Liar! Dr.
Fang flicked the non-existent ash on his lapel and asked in a gentle voice, “Grandma Kuan Chien, I don’t understand what you’re saying.”. What liar? What did I lie to you about?
Grandma roared, “You lied to us that you could cure Qianqian. You cheated Qianqian out of her life-saving money!” The little old lady, who had never been red-faced in her
life, roared until the veins in her neck were exposed. Dr.
Fang smiled and said, “It’s perfectly reasonable to charge for medical treatment.”. Didn’t I show you the disease? Didn’t I give you the medicine? How can it be called cheating when you love me? If you say so, if Kuan Chien were to die, wouldn’t you still have to make trouble with the doctors–the attached doctor would also charge you for the medical expenses!
He’s cursing me to death. After a while,
Grandma threw back her breath, covered her heart and sat down on the armchair. She pointed at Dr. Fang and said, “You brute!”! You are not a man! Dr.
Fang raised an eyebrow, and for the first time, I saw the contempt in his eyes: “I’m not a human being.”? Old lady, don’t forget, you must have introduced us to Guan Qian at the beginning! If it wasn’t for you, how could your granddaughter drink my Chinese medicine?
Every sentence is like a knife, and every sentence pokes people’s hearts.
I managed to appease my grandmother and let her not blame herself. At this moment, it was all in vain.
Brother Lei took two steps forward and said coldly, “Dr. Fang, I think you’re going to drive the old lady to her death.” Dr.
Fang turned to Brother Lei again with a much more gentle expression. “Little Lei, you don’t really believe what they say and think I’m a liar, do you?”? I have seen a lot of such patients, and once their condition deteriorates, they are anxious to pass the buck to the doctor. I’m not saying that every individual is different, and it’s normal for the disease to recur. If the slightest thing goes wrong, the doctor will be beaten and scolded. Who will dare to practice medicine and cure diseases in the future? Aunt Li, who
at first panicked in the face of my grandmother’s anger, now seemed to have found a backbone and echoed: “Yes, it’s very risky to be a doctor, and what you eat is a meal of conscience.”. If you don’t appreciate Dr. Fang, it’s all right. How can you let him down like this?
What a song, what a mouth that reverses black and white! It
was obviously their malicious deception, but at the moment they blurred the key points and tried to portray me and my grandmother as the image of medical trouble.
Shameless and vicious enough!
I wanted to speak several times, but my voice was weak because I was seriously ill, and Fang intentionally amplified my voice to try to cover it up when I spoke.
I reached for the glass on the bedside table and slammed it on the ground.
“Bang!”
The sound of broken glass brought a moment of silence to the ward.
I finally had a chance to say, “Dr. Fang and Aunt Li, I haven’t seen you for a long time. You’re very eloquent.” When Dr.
Fang wanted to speak, I raised my hand and said, “I really don’t have a few days to live, so let me finish first.” In the past few days since I was blacklisted by
you, I have concentrated on studying the criminal law. Article 266 of the Criminal Law stipulates the crime of fraud. What is fraud? The act of defrauding a relatively large amount of public or private property by fabricating facts or concealing the truth for the purpose of illegal possession is called fraud. You’re right when you
say that you charge for medical treatment and that you are willing to do so. But this love, this wish, is based on your deception. At that time, you and Aunt Li said that you could cure cancer with your method, and that was how Aunt Li’s terminal cancer was cured. I said so much in
one breath that I needed to pause before I had the strength to continue.
Aunt Li took the opportunity to say, “We didn’t guarantee that we would be cured. Do you have any proof? I can tell you..”
Brother Lei interrupted her coldly: “Listen to Guan Qian!”
I smiled gratefully at Lei Ge and continued, “I forgot to tell you that in fraud, even if the victim has a mistake in judgment, it does not prevent the establishment of fraud.”. In other words, you used the wrong information to induce my grandmother and me, and even if we believed you by mistake, it would not affect the fact that you broke the law and committed a crime. Aunt
Li and Dr. Fang were silent and exchanged glances.
I caught my breath again and pointed to my mobile phone. The last thing I chatted with WeChat was that the old policeman Lin said, “OK, I’ll come right away.”.
As for the evidence–although I changed wards, when you came to lobby me, it wasn’t hard to find fellow patients and family members in the next bed. The people’s police are on their way. Please don’t underestimate their abilities. After a pause
, I looked at Brother Lei. “I’m sorry, Brother. I wasn’t sure if they were really coming at first, so I told the police now.”
Brother Lei waved his hand and said, “There’s nothing to apologize for. It’s not a waste of police force. I understand.”. I wasn’t sure at first that they would really take the bait. Dr.
Fang suddenly changed his attitude and said with a smile, “Guan Qian, why are you making such a big fuss? Why do you call the police?”? There must be a misunderstanding. There was no fraud, and there was no deliberate attempt to mislead you. It’s all about curing diseases and saving lives. It’s just that the methods are wrong..
Now we have to quibble. “Oh?”
I asked? So it’s all about curing diseases and saving lives? In that case, after you cheated me out of my last penny, why did you blacklist my WeChat, and why did you both cancel your mobile phone number? You saved the world with a miraculous cure. What you cured was money, not disease? When you took the money and ran away, did you ever think that I would rely on the money to save my life? I’m only 20 years old, and I want to live! I’ve been
in the hospital for so long that my voice has become hoarse. Now I’m hoarse. It’s really a broken voice.
Grandma poured water for me, and her old and drooping eyes were covered with layers of tears.
I pulled out the paper and handed it to my grandmother. “Don’t cry, I’m fine.”
“It’s all my fault, Chien-chien, it’s all my fault.” “Yes,” said Dr.
Fang, “it was your grandmother who begged me to treat you. I didn’t force you.”
How strange! My whole body was in pain, but my mind was clear: “At this time, you still want my grandmother to take the blame for you.”. My grandmother is looking for a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine who can save her granddaughter’s life, aren’t you? You’re just a con man who knows how to read people. Fang, from the beginning to the end, my grandmother just wanted to save me. If she did anything wrong, the source is in you!
Grandma did not speak, but her tears fell more fiercely.
Aunt Li said, “That’s a terrible thing to say. Dr. Fang is also kind..”
I put the cup down, and my voice was completely hoarse: “Aunt Li, don’t rush to pick him. You don’t think fraud has nothing to do with you, do you?”
“It’s none of my business. I didn’t give you any medicine!”
I don’t want to tell her that the core of fraud is fraud anymore. Now, I just want to ask her one question. I’ve seen
your diagnosis list before, and the doctor said it was true, which is one of the reasons why I believe you. But I don’t understand.. As I
spoke, my nose was sore again.
“I don’t understand. Since you have suffered as much as I have, why did you cheat me out of my life-saving money with others?”
I looked up and my tears were still falling down one by one.
“Aunt Li, when you went home to recuperate for a few days, my grandmother even made sausages and pickled preserved meat for you, saying that she wanted to thank you very much.”
She froze.
I wiped away my tears and dropped the last sentence: “But you really don’t deserve it!”
Aunt Li was silent. Dr. Fang tugged at her sleeve and said, “Guan Qian, don’t get angry. You need to keep your mood stable.”. You must be tired today. You should have a good rest first. If there is any misunderstanding, we will talk about it tomorrow. After all, it’s just for money. I’ll refund all your medical fees, okay? You’ve already paid for the medicine, and you’ve drunk it, too. It’s not refundable.. As
he spoke, he wanted to leave. Brother Lei stared at him ferociously, “You’re not done with Guan Qian, and you’re not done with me either!”! Yes, let Guan Qian have a good rest, but you have to go to the police station with me!
Brother Lei is 1.9 meters tall, like a hill, standing in front of Dr. Fang.
At the moment, he was so angry that his expression was twisted, which was really frightening. Dr.
Fang said, “What are you doing?”? If you have something to say, don’t do it. Go to any police station. Misunderstandings are all misunderstandings! The door of
the ward was pushed open, and the old Lin police and the small Lin police appeared at the door.
The old Lin policeman said slowly, “Someone is going to the police station.”? Is that you, Liu Chien-ming? Dr.
Fang was completely stunned. “You..”
The Kobayashi police officer said quickly, “I used a fake ID card to get a fake license plate number. It took a little time to check on you, but even if you don’t throw yourself into the trap, we’re going to go to your house to find you right away.”
I understood that Dr. Fang’s medical skills were not only false, but also his name was false. Dr.
Fang, no. The moment Liu Chien-ming heard the police call out his real name, he was completely wilted. He could only repeat: “It’s all a misunderstanding. Really, it’s all a misunderstanding.”
Old Lin said, “If there’s been a misunderstanding, follow us to the police station and we’ll find out.” After a pause
, he looked at me and my grandmother again, with a much milder expression: “Guan Qian, your situation is special. After I finish taking notes for them, if there is anything else to verify, you don’t have to run away. Comrades from the Institute will come to the hospital to find you.”. Will you rest assured of your illness?
In fact, the moment I saw the two of them come in, my tight strings loosened.
At this moment, the pain of the whole body began to become clear again, one point, two points, thousands of points, every place was so painful that I wanted to cry.
I choked up and said, “OK, thank you, Uncle Lin.”. Uncle Lin, can I whisper to you again?
He whispered to me, “I know it’s going to be a long process, but I don’t know if I can make it that long.”. After the money was recovered, my grandmother would return the money to the villagers. Maybe she would hold a funeral for me. She certainly wouldn’t leave much for herself. I also have a card with 28,000 yuan in it, which is the money I used to sell photographic equipment for my grandmother’s retirement. When I’m dead and buried, and there’s no place to spend money, you can give the card to grandma, and the password is her birthday. The bank card is in the smallest drawer of my desk in my hometown, and there is a suicide note in it. My grandmother can’t read, so you can read it to her later. When
the old policeman Lin looked up at me again, I wasn’t sure if I was wrong. His eyes were a little red.
I asked, “Is that okay?”
He nodded. “It’s on me.” “What can’t you say to me?”
My grandmother asked worriedly.
Old Lin closes his eyes and turns to look at his grandmother. “This is a little agreement I made with Kuan Chien.”
I closed my eyes against Grandma’s puzzled expression and murmured, “You go quickly. I’m tired and I want to have a good sleep.” The door of the
ward opened and closed. The chatter
of Fang, the quarrel between Aunt Li and him, the angry scolding of Brother Lei, and the “shut up” of the Kobayashi police all faded away.
The only thing I could feel was that my grandmother held my hands tightly, as if she would not let go anyway.
When I opened my eyes, she looked at me nervously. “What’s the matter, Chien-chien?”
I smiled and said, “Have you finished the scarf you knitted?”? I want to wear it. The
red woolen scarf wrapped my neck warmly.
Together with my grandmother’s rough but warm palm, it gently covered my cheek.
I closed my eyes. I’m
tired. I really need a good sleep.
Sleep until the night is about to dawn, sleep until the sharp buzzing of the detection instrument can not wake me up.
I wear this scarf, no matter how far away I go, I will not be afraid.
It will be light, no matter how late it is. I,
on the other hand, have a scarf knitted by my grandmother. On the day when
Guan Qian left, it snowed again in Hangzhou. When
we got the call and rushed to the hospital, we all wore black.
Guan Qian still had her eyes open at that time, and when she saw us, she smiled imperceptibly.
She was speechless, and her eyes stubbornly refused to close.
Grandma broke down in tears and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll be fine. You don’t have to worry about me.”
So a tear rolled down slowly from the corner of her eye.
She was clutching a new scarf, red, with fine wool stitches. The other end of the
scarf was held firmly in the palm of her grandmother’s hand.
The scarf seemed to be a metaphor: the bond between the old and the young had never been broken until the last moment of Guan Qian’s life.
If you ask me what kind of person Guan Qian is, I will say that she is a little liar.
She said herself that she would accept red envelopes from us when she got married. She not only wanted to accept red envelopes from us, but also wanted us to be bridesmaids. And
the result? The little swindler ran away. Not only did he not ask us for red envelopes, but he did not even give us the chance to be a bridesmaid.
These days, no one has money in hand but can’t send it out.
She clearly loves money as much as her life, but when she comes, she subverts our impression of her.
Just kidding, in fact, I know that the reason why Guan Qian is desperate to make money is entirely because she has lived a hard life since she was a child.
Because I grew up hard, I could only rely on myself. I don’t want to spend a penny more of the money I earn from my own labor. This logic is very simple, but sad to think about it. I’ve known
her for so long, and she’s only had one drink. I didn’t know until she was drunk that it was her parents’ memorial day. It turned out that she had only one grandmother, and her parents had a car accident when she was in elementary school.
I don’t understand. My God, she’s so miserable. Why do you want her to have cancer? Isn’t it said that luck is conserved? Why is it all bad luck and no luck to her?
Or, God, do you think she is so miserable that you can’t bear to see her, so you want to take her back to the sky as a fairy as soon as possible?
Please, it must be like this, otherwise, her grandmother will not think about it. An old woman in her seventies knitted a scarf for each of the girls in our dormitory and the policemen who handled the case.
Old Lin police said that according to the regulations, they could not accept it, but he knew it was a little sustenance for the old lady.
Grandma said, watching us girls put on scarves, she seemed to see Guan Qian put on the same, very good, very good.
My parents asked me to go to see my grandmother often in the future. In fact, I will go even if they don’t tell me.
Guan Qian’s grandmother is my grandmother, and I will have two grandmothers in the future.
By the way, God, remember to tell Guan Qian that the two cheaters have been sentenced and are now in prison. The police followed the trail and solved several cases. The money that was cheated was also recovered, and the old Lin police helped to deposit it in the card she left for her grandmother, so she didn’t have to worry about her grandmother’s retirement. Worst of all
, there are us. She’s gone. We’re grandma’s granddaughters.
At Guan Qian’s funeral, we met Lei Ge.
What a tough man from the northeast, he cried badly when he offered incense to Guan Qian.
In fact, I can quite understand him. All these years, he thought that he had indirectly killed his mother. After blaming himself for so long, he finally found out that he was also a victim. He should be both angry and relieved.
These crooks should all go to hell.
Lei Ge said that in the future, like Guan Qian, he would write out his experience of being cheated, do anti-fraud science popularization, and let more people know the routine of cheaters.
“a family that can be saved is a family.” He said exactly the same thing as Guan Qian.
Actually, I’m not surprised.
Because these people who have struggled in the abyss are too aware of each other’s suffering and always want to help the people around them. The friendship between patients is sometimes more precious than gold.
Besides That Aunt Li. Unlike Dr. Fang, Aunt
Li is not a complete liar. Dr.
Fang has nothing to do with traditional Chinese medicine. He is a gambler who sits in a chess and card room for a long time. But Aunt Li really had cancer and was lucky to survive.
That’s why I can’t figure out why she knows how hard and desperate cancer patients and their families are, but she still cruelly cheats money from them for profit?
Perhaps, in the process of deceiving people, she has not wavered.
That’s why, in the course of her interrogation, she told all she knew about Dr. Fang’s fraud.
Bad people occasionally have a conscience, but it’s too late and the price is too high.
But we will not let this price come to nothing, Lei Ge’s anti-fraud science team, in addition to me, there are Xiaoxi and Xiaolei, there will be more people in the future.
My young, wise and brave friend Guan Qian, I think you can rest in peace. The ashes of the burning
paper money are flying.
Guan Qian, you must have heard everything in my heart.
If you are up there, you must bless your grandmother to be healthy and live a long life.
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