Liu Gen did not attend the team's celebration banquet. Today was Saturday and he had work to do and needed to rush back to his apartment.
After dinner, Ouyang Xue went to the inpatient department of the municipal hospital alone to accompany Han Xue.
Liu Gen finished the gambling work in the apartment, took a shower, changed clothes, and went to Shiweitian for dinner first. By the way, he brought a mutton soup to Han Xue. She could eat some liquid food now, and mutton soup was her favorite.
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In order to train Han Xue to speak, she needs someone to constantly communicate with her. The aunt who takes care of her and old man Han Gui usually talk to Han Xue. Whenever Ouyang Xue has time, she will come to the hospital and read some fairy tales to Han Xue.
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When Liu Gen arrived at the ward, Ouyang Xue was reading Andersen's fairy tales to Han Xue.
Han Xue was sitting on the hospital bed, and Ouyang Xue sat beside her with her. When she saw Liu Gen coming in, Han Xue jumped off the bed and ran towards Liu Gen.
When Liu Gen saw Han Xue rushing towards him, he hurriedly knelt down and let her fall into his arms.
This was the first time after the operation that Han Xue saw Liu Gen behave like this. With tears in her eyes, she said vaguely: "Brother..."
"Xue, call me brother again..." Liu Gen was so moved by Han Xue's voice that his eyes became wet. He held her little face and looked into her watery black eyes to encourage her: "Just like you did before, call me brother.
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Han Gui and Ouyang Xue were also surprised and stepped forward to ask Han Xue to call Liu Gen brother again.
However, Han Xue kept crying, as if she was trying very hard to shout, but couldn't make a sound.
"It's okay, don't worry." Liu Gen wiped away the tears on Han Xue's face: "Look what delicious food I have brought for you."
Ouyang Xue took the packaged mutton soup from Liu Gen's hand, placed it on the table next to the hospital bed, opened it, and Han Xue was picked up by Liu Gen and put back on the hospital bed.
The other two patients and their families in the ward, who had known that Liu Gen and Ouyang Xue were still college students, were moved by their actions of being closer than family members, including the doctors and nurses in the hospital.
Ouyang Xue was feeding Han Xue soup one mouthful at a time. Liu Gen picked up the fairy tale book and continued reading the story Ouyang Xue had read.
Han Gui was sitting on a chair, quietly listening to Liu Gen reading a story. The aunt who was taking care of Han Xue needed to go back because of something at home. After Ouyang Xue arrived, she went home.
Han Xue had a happy smile on her face. She already regarded Ouyang Xue as her own sister and she especially liked being with Ouyang Xue.
Liu Gen and Ouyang Xue didn't talk about school or the afternoon game until the aunt came, then they helped Han Gui to walk back. It was still early and they didn't take a taxi. Ouyang Xue helped Han Gui and Liu Gen pushed him.
Bicycles, the three of them walked back to school.
"It's time to find a school for Han Xue in September," Liu Gen said.
Han Gui sighed and said, "I have inquired before, and they said that Xue is not registered in Nanhai City, has no official guardian, and is not accepted by schools for the deaf and mute."
"How could this happen?" Ouyang Xue frowned: "Everything has become globalized, but our country is still using population to detain people. They are all Chinese, so why can't they enjoy the same treatment? It doesn't mean that everyone is educated.
They have basic rights, but why do schools still use their IDs to exclude people?”
Liu Gen bit his cheek tightly and thought to himself, this is a question, how to get the custody of Han Xue? He doesn't have a household registration in Nanhai City, what should he do?
After Ouyang Xue complained a few times, she thought for a while and said: "How about letting Xue go to my house and let my parents adopt her, so that she no longer has a household registration, but also has a stable place to live, and can be like other people?"
Children go to school normally."
Ouyang Xue's words reminded Liu Gen, and he suddenly thought of Li Jiahe: "I have a way!"
"What can I do?" Han Gui asked.
"Don't worry, uncle, I will put Han Xue in a good place and give her the best education." Liu Gen didn't say anything about asking Li Jiahe to adopt Han Xue. A few days later, when he went to Li Jiahe to apply for a bank loan guarantee, by the way,
I believe Li Jiahe will agree to mention Han Xue to him. He has just lost his wife and child. Moreover, for a person of his status, it should be very simple to apply for adoption. Han Xue will also have a stable and comfortable living environment in the future.
Ouyang Xue looked at Liu Gen in confusion. She didn't know what solution he had thought of, but she didn't ask.
"Xue will call me brother tonight, haha... I believe I will be able to speak soon." Liu Gen felt very excited when he remembered that Han Xue had passionately thrown herself into his arms and called her brother vaguely.
"Xue, this child, even though she can't speak, is kind-hearted. She is grateful to you, Liu Gen. Alas... if Xue lived beside her parents, she would be such a happy child!" Han Gui sighed.
: "Liu Gen, I can only entrust the snow to you!"
Han Gui recently started vomiting blood, which became more serious day by day. His body gradually began to lose weight. The spirit that supported his body was gone, and he collapsed. It was a miracle that he could survive to this day. When he met Liu Gen, he felt that he was old.
For a seriously ill body, it was a disaster. After letting go of the burden in my heart, it seemed that my condition suddenly worsened.
At four or five o'clock in the morning the next day, Mr. Han Gui vomited blood in his mouth and collapsed. Xiangzi and the others sent him to the hospital. After receiving the call, Liu Gen rushed from the apartment to the hospital. Han Gui had already been rescued. Asked
After checking the doctor's condition, I realized that the old man had reached the end of his life and had only a few days left.
Han Gui took Liu Gen's hand and said feebly: "Liu Gen, it's time for me to leave. I don't want to live in such pain and let the doctor give me comfort."
Liu Gen's eyes were wet, and he comforted Han Gui and said, "Uncle, please wait a little longer. Xue will be discharged from the hospital soon. If she can't see you when she is discharged from the hospital, she will be very sad." What Liu Gen said was to make Han Gui think about Han Xue.
Hold on, he knew that there was no magic medicine in the world that could save Han Gui, but Han Xue could still let this kind-hearted blind man live for a few more days.
"I'll wait!" Han Gui promised Liu Gen: "Wait until Xue calls me grandpa."
Han Xue didn't see Han Gui for several days and felt anxious. When she saw Liu Gen and Ouyang Xue, she stopped and hesitated, as if she wanted to ask something.
On the day she was discharged from the hospital, Liu Gen and Ouyang Xue personally picked up Han Xue and took her to the Department of Oncology, the inpatient department of the Affiliated Hospital of Nanhai Medical University. At the door of the ward, Liu Gen squatted down, put his hands on Han Xue's shoulders and said with tears: "
Xue, grandpa is sick. He is inside. Grandpa wants to hear you call grandpa. It was grandpa who raised you. You must remember grandpa's kindness to you all your life. Go, go see grandpa and call him grandpa."
Ouyang Xue was so sad that her eyes blurred with tears. She slowly opened the door of the ward, took Han Xue's little hand, and walked into the ward.
Han Xue saw Han Gui lying on the hospital bed. At first, the child stopped in a daze and did not rush forward immediately.
Han Gui seemed to feel something, and moved his head towards the direction where Han Xue was standing. Although there was no blood connection, he felt that Han Xue was beside him, and raised his hand to greet: "Is it Xue? Come here, grandpa...
...Come here, Snow...don't be afraid...Grandpa is here..."
Han Xue opened her mouth, her eyes were already filled with tears, and her chest was heaving rapidly.
Liu Gen and Ouyang Xue were waiting quietly, looking at Han Xue opening her mouth to shout, eagerly looking forward to it. Finally, Han Xue cried out: "Master... Master..." Although the voice was very vague and unclear.
It was unclear, but everyone in the ward heard this very weird shout.
The little girl's hoarse cry made Liu Gen shed tears that were already about to fall.
Ouyang Xue's heart was shaken by Han Xue's cry. She also burst into tears and threw herself into Liu Gen's arms, sobbing.
After Han Xue shouted, she threw herself at the hospital bed and shouted several times: "Master... Master..." She leaned her head on Han Gui's body and kept shouting.
"Ouyang, Han Xue can talk, she called grandpa, did you hear it?" Liu Gen said, patting Ouyang Xue's back gently with his hand.
Old man Han Gui stroked Han Xue's yellow hair with his hand. He suddenly seemed to be energetic and said with a smile: "Xue, good boy, grandpa finally waited for you to speak. Xue will call grandpa, grandpa."
I'm happy...very happy...stop shouting, grandpa heard me, you just started talking and you're not fully recovered yet..."
Liu Gen and Ouyang Xue wiped away their tears and walked to the bedside. They also felt that Han Xue should not be too sad and shouting now.
"Xue, grandpa is fine, don't be sad. From now on, you have to stay with grandpa every day." Liu Gen said to Han Xue, "Grandpa needs to rest now."
After saying this, Han Xue very wisely stopped crying immediately, as if she was afraid of affecting Han Gui's rest, and sat obediently by the bed, but tears were still falling down.
In the next few days, Han Xue did not want to go back to Mei Yingchun's home and stayed with Han Gui all the time. Although her pronunciation was not very clear, she could basically express some simple sentences, especially the word "grandpa", which became more and more loud.
It’s clear, and my brother and sister also pronounce it very clearly.
Ouyang Xue and Liu Gen would come to the hospital to stay with Han Xue and Han Gui whenever they had time. Ouyang Xue also bought a stuffed monkey toy for Han Xue. In order for her to learn to speak, Liu Gen specially bought a vocal toy.
Han Gui repeatedly asked the doctor to perform euthanasia on him, but the law did not clearly stipulate this. The doctor could not do that, so he took over the Xiaolongbaozi shop next door and renovated it in Shiweitian, and connected it with the original shop to expand its business.
At noon one day, Han Gui passed away. He died with a smile. Han Xue looked very calm, as if watching his grandfather fall asleep.
During the days when Han Xue accompanied Han Gui, Han Gui repeatedly told Han Xue that grandpa would go to a beautiful world where there was no disease, hunger and cold, and where everyone was full of kindness, just like Liu Gen and Ouyang
A good person like snow, I want Han Xue not to feel sorry for him, but to be happy that grandpa can go to such a place.
Han Xue seemed to understand that her grandfather had gone to a beautiful world. She was not sad, but she missed Grandpa Han Gui very much.
Liu Gen and Xiangzi personally carried the stretcher and carried Han Gui's body to the morgue. After leaving it for a day and night, the funeral home's vehicle took away the old man's body and cremated it the next day.
On a weekend morning, when the wind was calm, Liu Gen and Ouyang Xue took Han Xue to the beach, rented a small fishing boat, and scattered Han Gui's ashes into the sea one by one. It was a simple and grand ceremony.
The funeral was a final farewell to the kind-hearted blind man Han Gui.