Chapter Sixteen
byThe old city is low-lying and the drainage system is outdated. When it rains heavily, the dirty yellow muddy water will roll into the sewers with the branches, which will easily block the sewers and cause floods.
The call was made by Grandma Liu's neighbor. The accumulated water caused by the heavy rain could not be dredged in time. The water level was already up to the ankle, and Grandma Liu was still trapped in the house and did not come out.
Yi Heng first called the fire department to explain the location of the situation, and then took a taxi there in the heavy rain.
The residents had already evacuated to the high ground, and Yi Heng asked the neighbors: "Why didn't Grandma Liu come out?!"
The neighbor said anxiously: "She wanted to take a photo with her son, but when she turned her head, she disappeared."
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, so Yi Heng put on his raincoat and rushed into the rain.
The neighbor shouted from behind: "Be careful not to fall into the sewer when it's dark!"
The sound was drowned in the night rain, and it was not known whether Yi Heng heard it or not.
About an hour later, the firefighters came, and Yi Heng walked out of the dark alley with Grandma Liu on his back. A group of people hurriedly sent the unconscious Grandma Liu to the ambulance.My foot hurt a little.
The rest is the task of firefighting, and the unrelated people leave the scene first.
When Yi Heng returned home, there was no dry place all over his body. He took off his shoes and poured out a pile of water. His feet were soaked white, his skin was wrinkled, and he sneezed involuntarily. Only then did he feel the chill.
That night he had a fever, and he was so dizzy that he had to ask for a few days off work.
When he got better, he went to the hospital to visit Grandma Liu with fruit, and was told that she had been discharged from the hospital, and came to the old city to knock on the door again. Unexpectedly, he only knocked once and opened the door.
Grandma Liu looked at his pale face, saw him carrying a fruit basket, said "Come in", and turned her back into the room.
Yi Heng hurriedly followed, and not long after sitting down, Grandma Liu brought a bowl of steaming ginger water, "Drink it, it can drive away the cold and cure a cold."
"Thank you." Yi Heng didn't refuse, picked up the bowl and drank it down.
Grandma Liu sat down opposite. Although she still seldom talked, at least she was not as repulsive as before, and the following work could finally start slowly.
When it's too late, will keep him for dinner, and when the vegetables grown at home are cooked, will pick the tenderest ones for him to take home and fry them, and don't have to hide half of them and reveal half of them when give them away...
All in all, his illness was worth it.
When his colleagues found out, they all gave him thumbs up, "Excellent, this trick is well done, he is a ruthless person."
Yi Heng couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the compliments.
He didn't know that he would hit the right target.
"Yi Heng, the director told you to come over." A colleague patted him on the shoulder.
Yi Heng turned his head and asked, "Did you say something?"
The colleague shook his head, "I didn't say that, I should be praising you, after all, you have solved the nail households on the help list, otherwise the director will have a headache again."
Stepping into the office, Director Yi Heng felt that the director didn't call him here for praise, there was another person inside.
The director asked him to sit down first and introduced another person to him, "This is the colleague who came to meet with you. Grandma Liu will hand it over to him in the future. You have many tasks on you, so you shouldn't be allowed to go."
Yi Heng was taken aback, the man was sitting next to the director, very close, a cup of steaming tea was placed on the table in front of him, the color was green, like the tea leaves that the director had treasured, but in front of him, there was nothing.
He glanced a few times, guessed something immediately, and understood what the director meant, but he didn't want to let go easily, so he argued with reason: "But director, you know Grandma Liu's temper. I have established trust with her. Now changeI'm afraid Grandma Liu won't get used to it."
The director said: "Actually, I also have this concern, but..."
"Please don't worry." The man said, "Since the higher authorities have sent me to help you, I will definitely obey the organization's orders unconditionally and strive to be meticulous."
The words were ingenious, he had to obey the organization's orders unconditionally, so Yi Heng would naturally obey the orders and not speak up.
Coming out of the office, he returned to his work station without saying a word. His colleagues came over curiously and asked what the director told him to do. Yi Heng rubbed the aching man and told them about it.
"I'm going, it's too much, you have worked so hard to impress the old lady, the credit is to let people make people?!"
"Keep your voice down, don't get too excited, the person hasn't left yet."
"Hey, I recognize that person. The three generations of the family have the power to go on official careers. Let him come down to work to make his resume look good so that he can pave the way for the future."
"this……"
"At least he won't be perfunctory with his work. Grandma Liu should receive a lot of help. Xiao Yi, don't be too angry. It's not worth it. You will have opportunities when you are young."
"Harmful……"
There is nothing I can do about it, I can only admit that I am unlucky.
Colleagues sympathized with him, but they could only reassure him not to take it to heart.
How can Yi Heng rest assured that he will hand over Grandma Liu's affairs to that person, including Grandma Liu's preferences, and how to please her. The man listens very seriously and promises to complete the task.
But he still felt uncomfortable.
In order not to disturb the assistance work, he did not contact Grandma Liu again.
Time flies as usual, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
The world is so big, and life is so long, it will not stop turning because of one more earth, nor will life be cut off suddenly because of one less person.
When he came home from get off work that day, he saw a familiar snakeskin bag and a person squatting at the door.
"Grandma Liu?" Yi Heng asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
Grandma Liu stood up, patted off her clothes, and took out a bag of emerald green vegetables from the snakeskin bag, "I'm passing by, I'm thirsty, so I'll give you some food as an excuse."
Thirst is fake, but sending things is real.
Yi Heng welcomed her into the door, asked her to sit in the living room, and poured a glass of warm water into her hand. Grandma Liu only took a sip. Yi Heng asked her if she wanted some fruit, and she shook her head, saying that she was a little hungry.
"Grandma, wait a minute, I'll make something to eat." Yi Heng turned to go to the kitchen, but was pulled back by her.
"I'll do it," she said.
Yi Heng didn't stop her, but silently followed her and watched.
Grandma Liu behaved abnormally, could it be that she was wronged?
The noodles were ready in a short while, but Grandma Liu didn't eat them and asked Yi Heng to eat them.
"Grandma, aren't you hungry?" Yi Heng asked.
Grandma Liu looked at him and said, "I'm not hungry now, you can eat."
Yi Heng was suspicious, picked up a small pile of noodles with his chopsticks, and took a bite, but couldn't swallow it under Grandma Liu's staring gaze. She seemed to be looking at another person through him.
He couldn't take it anymore, put down his chopsticks, and asked directly: "Grandma, is the colleague who is new to help you doing something wrong and offending you, you can tell me directly, and I will report it to my superiors."
"No." Grandma Liu lowered her head, remained silent for a moment, and said in an unprecedentedly gentle tone, "Today is my son's birthday."
Just as Yi Heng was about to say congratulations, on second thought, her son had already passed away.
Grandma Liu said again: "Today is also his memorial day. I cooked noodles for him at home, but he didn't come back from noon until night, and the phone couldn't be reached. The next day, I received a call from the police and told me to goThe funeral home claimed the body, and he was only twenty-five years old. When the flood came, he was already on his way home, but he wanted to turn back to save others. When others were saved, he put his life in it.”
A mother who loved her dead son can calmly lift the scars only because the tears have been drained and the heart has been hollowed out, leaving only a terrible hole.
At that moment, Yi Heng understood the purpose of Grandma Liu's visit. Looking at the noodles in front of him, he ate them little by little in silence.
After that, he was worried that Grandma Liu would go back alone, and sent her home in person.
The colleague took a selfie at the door, was a little surprised to see them coming back together, and soon enthusiastically carried things for grandma.
Before Yi Heng left, he told him to pay more attention to the old man's mental state recently. Material help alone is not enough. Lonely old people like them need more spiritual help.
The person agreed, and Yi Heng looked back after leaving a certain distance, and saw that person posing for pictures again.
After a few days, no matter what he thought, he felt that that person was unreliable, so he decided to go to the director and talk to the director, at worst, let the two of them help together.
Unfortunately, the director went out for a meeting and would not be back until three days later, so he could only wait in torment.
Unexpectedly, the news of Grandma Liu's death came.
Like a bolt from the blue, he couldn't move.
"It is said to be a suicide." A colleague told him: "The old man has no relatives, and his body has already been sent to the crematorium. The colleague who helped him was also punished because of negligence and loss of work..”
Yi Heng stared at one place in a daze.
"To put it bluntly, it's a good thing you got out in time, otherwise you will be punished." A colleague patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are normal, let alone the elderly who can't think about it, and it's not your fault.Don't worry too much about it."
But how could he not take it to heart? If he hadn't rushed to leave that day and talked to her more, would things have turned around, and wouldn't they have reached the point where they are today?
It's too late to regret.
Although Grandma Liu has a weird temper, she has nothing to say about her character. The funerals were all arranged by neighbors in the neighborhood. According to the local custom, she stayed at home for seven days.decent.
Seeing Yi Heng came to express condolences, the neighbor sighed, thinking of the old lady's voice, she couldn't help feeling sad, and said: "The old lady still misses you with us during the day, who would have thought that she would go at night."
The neighbor took out the passbook of the old man, "The old lady survived until now to save money to build a bridge over the river where her son died. She has lived in pain these years without her son, and it is a relief to go away.", the money will be handed over to you, and we don’t understand these things.”
A passbook is thin, but it is heavy when pinched, carrying the unfortunate fate of a mother and child and the kindness that cannot be rewarded.
Seven days later, the old man's urn was sent away.
Everyone else's life has to go on.
Yi Heng's law-enhancing program is coming to an end, thanks to his experience in the entertainment industry, he knows how to catch young people's preferences, and turns a boring program into a young people's favorite with a rigorous and humorous style.good heart.
When the broadcast was about to end that day, someone in the barrage asked them if the civil servants work very leisurely, drinking tea in the office, blowing on the air conditioner, even if they don’t do anything, they still get paid. As long as they don’t make big mistakes, the unit can’tFire them easily.
Yi Heng thought about what he had experienced since he quit the circle, what they said was right, but not completely right.
"Before I answer your questions, I want to tell you a story. Three years ago, a civil servant named Liu Xianji died in the flood in order to save some old people with handicapped hands and feet on his birthday..."
After the story was told, the usual barrage changed, and the words "Salute" were filled with bright red characters.
"I believe that everyone should have a different understanding of this profession. It is indeed a state of retirement when nothing is going on, but once the masses need it, we will rush forward with an order. Of course, different unitsThe situation is different in different regions, I am only talking about what happened around me, the benevolent sees the wise and the wise sees the wisdom."
Yi Heng paused for a while, smiled and said, "So I hope everyone can be more reserved when expressing their 'love' for me in the future. Even our director came to ask me what it means to grow strawberries after watching the live broadcast."
The slightly heavy atmosphere suddenly returned to the usual relaxed and cheerful.
"Ha ha ha ha"
"I laughed so hard, the society died on the spot, and there is a sense of picture in my mind"
"Well, I don't know what it means to grow strawberries, can you explain it to me, please be more detailed! (doge)"
"If you can say it, just say more, hahahaha"
The staff outside gave him gestures to end the live broadcast.
Yi Heng glanced at the screen before leaving the live broadcast room, and it was this unintentional glance that made his pupils shrink suddenly, as if he was nailed to the ground by a stake, unable to move his feet.
Sandwiched in a bunch of laughing barrage, there is a barrage that is different.
【"Liu Xianji" is still alive】
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