Tao Zi is sick.

Outside the operating room, Ning Zhenqian was anxious and uneasy. He had never been so afraid in his heart, even more afraid than when he was lying on the hospital bed with a head injury. After twenty years of storms, her existence had long been like his bones and his blood, dependent on each other. He could not imagine how he would live without her. He could not imagine the first time he saw her smile at home. What is the meaning of his life...

In twenty years, she has gone from a reckless girl to mature and steady year by year, and has become the pillar of the Ning family step by step.

When she was by his side, she was delicate and charming, always leaning against him like a bird dependent on him, showing his pretty smile to him, and he swore to protect her for life with his strength. However, from when, she dominated his food, clothing, housing and transportation, and everything in the Ning family. The little quail that once said to hide from the wind and keep warm in his tree hole, the small Gesang flower blooming in the thin air of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau has been transformed into a real tree, using her not very strong branches to spread a shade of trees, protecting him, his daughter, and the entire Ning family.

"Dad, don't worry, the doctor said the operation is not big, there is no problem." Xiaonan felt his father's uneasiness and sat down next to her. Although she was also anxious, she held his hand to show comfort.

Ning Zhenqian knew that the operation was not big, but when the doctor asked him to sign and explain to him the various risks of the operation, those terrible words pierced into his eyes like needles, staring at the black and white words in front of him, he was dizzy and trembling.

At this moment, all the thoughts of the most serious consequences and the most terrifying accidents were that a heart-wrenching voice reminded him in his ears that the risk of surgery was not non-existent, and the accident of surgery was not impossible. All kinds of unknowns were covered by him like clouds, making him feel restless.

The Ning family was waiting outside the operation. Ning Jinping and Yan Zhuang saw their son's anxiety. Why didn't they worry themselves? Tao Zi married into the Ning family for 20 years and his status in the Ning family has long surpassed his biological daughter. In recent years, Ning Jinping and Yan Zhuang have also been sick. Tao Zi served in front of the bed like a daughter, always smiling at each other, and never complained.

Yan Zhuang once treated Tao Zi carefully, for fear of being despised by her, so she felt a sense of distance at the beginning. Tao Zi, who used her particularly cute smile to shorten the distance, as if it had never happened in the past. Until now, the past has long been like clouds. She was waiting with heart-wrenchingly, only wishing that her daughter-in-law was safe and sound, and wishing her son to walk happily...

Waiting for the operation time was difficult. Ning Zhenqian looked at the time almost every two minutes. After seeing it, he was extremely impatient and asked Xiaonan, "Xiaonan, what time is it?" He doubted whether his time was wrong!

Xiaonan hugged her father's arm to comfort her, "Dad, time is right, don't worry, mom will definitely come out safely."

Ning Zhenqian was stunned, looked at his daughter deeply, stammered his lips, and stopped talking. How should he tell his daughter that Tao Zi is his god. If the sky collapses, how could he live? No! He immediately scolded himself, how could his sky collapse? He was so confused that he cursed Tao Zi like this...

Time passed by minute by minute, and the door of the operating room finally opened. Ning Zhenqian rushed forward with a quick step and saw Tao Zi lying on the hospital bed and being pushed out.

"Nannan!" At that moment, he was anxious, finally settled and stepped forward and held her hand.

Just after the anesthetic, Tao Zi was half awake, and was a little confused, muttering in his mouth, saying something he couldn't understand.

Ning Zhenqian listened carefully and then heard clearly. She was confused and said, "Chief! I won't go home! Don't rush me to go home..."

Time flies, and at this moment, she actually returned to more than 20 years ago...

His tears blurred his vision instantly, and his voice became harsh. "How could this happen? Why did she do this?"

The doctor was frightened by him and quickly explained, "The surgery was done with general anesthesia, and the patient just woke up..."

"Chief! Chief! I'll sing for you, don't rush me home... Soldier brother, Soldier brother... Soldier brother, Soldier brother..." Her face was as pale as paper, and her weak voice was like mosquito roaring, but the messy singing was like thunder. The sound of "Soldier brother" roared in his ears, in his heart, making him forget where he was. In front of him, only the girl in a small red flower jacket, with picturesque eyebrows and eyes singing Soldier brother on the stage with passion...

Twenty years have passed, and it’s a blink of an eye...

"Let the patient be sent to the ward first." The doctor reminded kindly, because Ning Zhenqian looked so stupid at this time, he was so stupid that he was about 1.8 meters tall, and he was standing there like a black tower, blocking other people's way.

"Oh! Yes!" Ning Zhenqian suddenly realized, held Tao Zi's hand, and helped the nurse to send Tao Zi to the ward.

After settling down, Ning Zhenqian sat down beside Tao Zi's bed, still holding her hand, while she was still singing, "Brother Soldier, Brother Soldier..."

He felt aroused in his heart and said to the others in his family, "You all go back. I'm enough here alone, especially Xiaonan, you still have to go to school."

The family was not moved. After his repeated insistence, Ning Jinping and his wife had no choice but to take Mo Wang and Xiaonan out.

Mo Wang looked at Tao Zi like this and frowned slightly. No one knew what he was thinking...

It was the first time Xiaonan faced such a mother. She could hardly believe that the person who was lying on the sickbed in front of her, with a pale face and nonsense, was her mother, who was strict and dignified in her mind...

Dad said that my mother worked so hard, for her, for her brother, for the company, for the whole family...

The deep love between mother and daughter is born with it.

Xiaonan pulled her brother out of the ward with tears in her eyes.

The family had a solemn expression, and even a little sudden. Yan Zhuang was carrying a bag in his hand, which he had been in his hand since he entered the yard. At this time, he was still carrying it. When he got in the car, he suddenly remembered and turned around and handed it to Xiaonan, "Xiaonan, this is the living utensils prepared for his mother. You can hand it to your father when you go back."

"Oh, okay..." Xiaonan's eyes were still red. She took the bag given by her grandmother, turned around and ran to the ward.

In the ward, Ning Zhenqian kept holding Tao Zi's hand. After the operation, her fingers were cold. He held her hand and placed it on his lips to kiss her gently, as if he wanted to use the warmth of his lips to warm her coolness.

He remembered that she was afraid of the cold, especially during her menstrual period, her body was particularly cold and easily sick. She always kept warm in the arms of his big stove, and she looked like a little quail holding a big tree trunk.

At this moment, how cold was his little quail? But he could only watch and watch her exile herself to the plateau that was a long time ago, enduring the coldness alone. The so-called sharing of joys and sorrows and blessings, in reality, is just an empty word. At least, now he cannot share half of her illness...

"Chief...Chief...Wait for me..." She was still muttering.

He heard a heart trembled slightly. Did the one she remembered the most was the beginning of their reunion? He still held her hand with one hand, gently stroked her hair with the other hand, leaned over, and kissed her cheek gently, "Silly Nannan, little quail, my favorite child, I am here, waiting for you to wake up, I will always be there..."

Just as Xiaonan came to deliver things, she saw this scene at the door.

She has always known that her parents have a deep relationship, but she has never seen her parents like this.

When she heard her mother muttering "Chief, don't rush me back" from the door of the operating room and singing about the soldier brother, she felt that such a mother was completely unfamiliar to her. She actually lowered herself so much? In her impression, her mother was condescending, she was afraid of her mother, and her father followed her everything and often joked that her mother was Wu Zetian at home...

Especially, my mother actually sang...

She had never heard her mother sing...

At this moment, watching my father just holding my mother's hand, calling my mother "Silly Nannan, Little Quail" in a low voice, and what "the most beloved child" are all nicknames that I can't hear in my daily life. It turns out that the relationship between my parents is not what she imagined. My father and mother must have had too much youth, and they must have loved each other vigorously and unforgettable...

Just one sentence "My beloved child the most" made Xiaonan feel earth-shaking and inexplicably moved.

There is no doubt that dad loves his mother, otherwise how could he name her Xiaonan? However, it turned out that dad loved his mother like a child, and he still did not change even when he was 50 years old.

Such love is so good...

Time passes by and hair is dyed with frost. Mom is still the most favored child in my father's heart and the most precious child in my hand. It's so good...

She did not disturb this quiet moment, and quietly placed the bag at the door and retreated. She also understood in a daze why her father drove them away. First, he didn't want his grandparents to work hard, and second, he would rather guard his most beloved child alone...

Mom, child...

In the corridor, she smiled with tears all the way, unlike her mother on weekdays, really not like a child...

That night, she was still in a heavy mood and went to find Zhu Xiaoxiao. Because her mother had surgery, she asked for a day off. In the morning, she hurriedly called Zhu Xiaoxiao and asked him to help copy notes for her. At that time, she was in a hurry and hung up the phone before Zhu Xiaoxiao could speak. I don’t know if Zhu Xiaoxiao remembers it. First of all, she had another very important thing to discuss with him...

However, when she came to Zhu Xiaoxiao's house, she found that the door was closed and it was pitch black inside.

I wanted to call Zhu Xiaoxiao, but found that I didn't bring my cell phone out, so I had to walk back in a depressed manner.

On the way home, I met Erqi, waving a stack of notebooks in my hand and calling her loudly.

"Give it to you, today's notes!" Erqi handed her the notebook, and each notebook was written with Erqi's name.

"Why did you copy it for me? Where is Zhu Xiaoxiao?" she asked in surprise.

Erqi looked at her and felt a little sad, "Don't you know? Zhu Xiaoxiao is gone!"

"Leaving? Where have you gone?" She vaguely felt a sadness of farewell, but she was unwilling to believe that maybe she went to her uncle's house in the opposite compound?

"I've gone to the south! Xiaoxiao's father was transferred to the Guangzhou Military Region, don't you know?" Erqi was also very surprised. Zhu Xiaoxiao's heart for Xiaonan, and the boys knew clearly why Zhu Xiaoxiao didn't tell Xiaonan?

Xiaonan's first reaction was that she wanted to scold people, which was outrageous. Such a big thing was actually hidden from her, her brother!

Looking at Xiaonan's face, Erqi immediately added, "Maybe Xiaoxiao wanted to tell you today. He smiled and showed off to me last night. You would give him a special farewell gift, which is definitely better than the cake I gave me, but I didn't expect Aunt Tao to operate today..."

Xiaonan was very upset when she touched her forehead. Yes, a gift... But, her mother was hospitalized these days, and she had her whole heart on her mother and completely forgot about this matter...

She felt sorry for Xiaoxiao, her most loyal buddy, but she couldn't even give it away before leaving, let alone a farewell gift...

"He didn't tell me this morning!" She looked at Erqi sadly. Although she spoke like a firecracker in the morning, if Zhu Xiaoxiao wanted to interrupt, she would still be able to get in...

Erqi stared at her and smiled slightly, "Auntie Tao's surgery...how could he make you feel more burdened?" No one of the guys who grew up knows Xiaoxiao better than Erqi and Haozi. Xiaoxiao is always the one who would rather be wronged but not Xiaonan is half-divorced...

Xiaonan felt lost in her heart. She held the notebook given by Erqi, and didn't even say "goodbye", and turned around and went home in a daze...

Everything that happened to Zhu Xiaoxiao before finally got the answer.

No wonder she was giving her a little mermaid for no reason, no wonder she asked her for a gift, no wonder she asked her in the evening when the sunset was red half of the sky, and she asked her sadly how long would Xiaotao remember him? He wanted to ask, how long would she remember him?

He is so stupid, of course she will always remember him...

When she got home, the first thing she did was to call Zhu Xiaoxiao with her cell phone. She was really worried that Zhu Xiaoxiao changed the card after she arrived in Guangzhou. Fortunately, he answered the phone as soon as it was connected.

"Zhu Xiaoxiao!" Hearing his light "Hey" as if it were floating in the clouds, she shouted in anger, but tears were already bursting out of her eyes.

"Xiaonan!" He knew it was her, and he would always be engraved in his heart. The screen was just a word "her". Seeing this "her", his heartbeat suddenly accelerated and he immediately answered it. At this moment, he tried his best to calm his heartbeat and asked her gently and warmly as usual, "How is Aunt Tao's surgery?"

"Very good, the doctor said it was very successful. My dad was with my mom in the hospital. I said why are you so hateful? You didn't tell me if you walked so far? Do you still think I am a buddy?" He scolded loudly, but tears were flowing.

He sighed softly at the other end, and a faint smile appeared on his lips, "I'm afraid you will cry... I'm honestly telling me, are you crying?"

"..." Xiaonan touched the tears on her cheeks, speechless, and after a long time, she remembered, "Zhu Xiaoxiao, I haven't had time to give you a gift. Have you been to Guangzhou? Hurry up and give me the address and I'll send you the gift!"

"Okay!" Zhu Xiaoxiao didn't be polite to her, "I'll send you the address later."

"Well, Xiaoxiao... you have to take care of yourself..." Xiaonan originally had important words to tell him, but now, since he has gone far, there is no need to say it...

He laughed, "I can do it, so do you, don't cry anymore..."

"I'm not crying..." She wiped away the tears from her face, and still felt very uncomfortable, "Zhu Xiaoxiao, I will miss you..."

"..." His chest was suffocated, half because of her sentimental words, half because the reason why she could say so unconcealedly that she would miss him. Is it proved that she was open and honest in her heart, not even a little bit of the shyness of a girl, then, she really just missed him... Just like thinking of an old friend...

"I miss you too..." With a faint sadness, he still smiled at the corner of his lips. His "thinking" was different from hers...

"Call me frequently! Goodbye!"

"I will, goodbye..." Zhu Xiaoxiao was there, reluctant to hang up for a long time. He said goodbye and would definitely see him again. Xiaonan, we will meet soon... "Xiaonan, can I wear the little mermaid I gave you?"

"Okay!" She agreed readily, with tears on her face still not dry, "Zhu Xiaoxiao, wait for the gift I give you!"

"Okay, I'll wait." Just like waiting for your long hair to your waist...

Xiaonan cared about the gift in her heart, but she thought about what to give. Later, she thought that Zhu Xiaoxiao went to Guangzhou alone and had no close friends, so she must be very concerned about the friends who grew up together in the yard. So she found a photo with the most complete group, turned it into a comic form, made it into a postcard, and sent it to him.

Before sending, she showed off with Erqi with a postcard, but Erqi looked at her helplessly, only to find it funny. Is she a waste of time? If you want to send it, if you want to take a separate photo of her and Zhu Xiaoxiao, Zhu Xiaoxiao must be very happy. What group photos should I send? I have to make things difficult for Zhu Xiaoxiao...
To be continued...