amaotonovel Chapter 228: Taking on a Job
Chapter 228: Taking on a Job
Goubangzi got married when he was almost 30 years old, but he had no children for many years after marriage. At that time, the couple went to the hospital to treat infertility, but they were unexpectedly diagnosed with uremia.
After Goubangzi was diagnosed with the disease, his wife only accompanied him for dialysis for a year before filing for a divorce. He also knew his condition and agreed to the divorce without too much entanglement.
"I have been relying on dialysis for more than ten years. When I was employed, I could get some medical expenses reimbursed. Later, the factory went bankrupt and I was laid off. I relied on my mother to support me... Now my mother is gone too..."
When he said this, tears still flashed in Goubangzi's eyes.
"Hey, let's not talk about that anymore. Where's Daxing? Are you guys living here now?"
Darong and Goubangzi chatted for a while until Zhong Yunxing called, then they said goodbye to each other and went home.
"Why are you back so late? Where have you been?"
As soon as Darong entered the door, Zhong Yunxing handed her a piece of watermelon and asked.
"I don't want to eat it, you eat it." Darong didn't go to take the watermelon, but directly changed her shoes and went into the inner room with a heavy heart.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Zhong Yunxing followed her into the inner room.
"I just met Liu Chunshan downstairs."
"Liu Chunshan?"
It had been so long since the last time that Zhong Yunxing couldn't remember who Liu Chunshan was for a moment. He just repeated Darong's words in confusion.
"It's the kid nicknamed Goubangzi who used to work in the textile factory." Darong reminded again.
"Oh, that child, I haven't seen him for many years."
After Darong mentioned the nickname, Zhong Yunxing finally remembered the male colleague who used to surround Darong and kept calling her "Sister E'er, Sister E'er".
"He has uremia for more than ten years. He is like an old man now. If he didn't call me, I wouldn't recognize him at all."
"Ah? That's not the end." Zhong Yunxing blurted out subconsciously.
"Now he is relying on dialysis to survive. His wife is gone, and his mother is gone too. It's really pitiful to see him like that."
Darong described Goubangzi's current situation to Zhong Yunxing, feeling inexplicably distressed.
"What is he doing here?"
Zhong Yunxing would take a walk in the community with his mother every day, and had never seen Goubanzi before, so he thought he did not live in this community.
"He said he sold his original house and bought a small single room here to save some money for dialysis."
After Goubangzi's mother passed away, she left her two-bedroom apartment to Goubangzi.
Although Goubangzi was on the minimum living allowance, the high cost of dialysis still made him unable to support himself. He could only trade his big house for a small one to save some money to survive.
Zhong Yunxing felt sad when he heard about Goubangzi's experience.
Most people tend to only focus on the hardships and difficulties they experience, but often turn a blind eye to the suffering of others.
We are immersed in our own world, troubled by the trivialities of life, and have no time to care about the real tragedies and pains.
While we are still complaining about work pressure, complicated interpersonal relationships and financial constraints, there are many tragedies happening in corners that we are not aware of.
Those ravaged by poverty, disease and disaster are facing tremendous challenges in survival.
"Let's go back and check on him. Since we all live in the same neighborhood, we can't just pretend we don't know."
After Zhong Yunxing finished speaking, he got up and left the bedroom, leaving Darong lying on the bed alone, feeling uneasy for a long time.
Afterwards, Darong and Zhong Yunxing went to visit Goubangzi. As soon as they entered his bare house, Darong's eyes became uncontrollably sour.
"Brother Daxing, long time no see!"
Goubangzi and Zhong Yunxing chatted for a long time, from reminiscing about the past to the past after they separated. The two people who were not very familiar with each other seemed to be old friends who had not seen each other for many years and talked endlessly about the sadness of the past.
"Next time you go for dialysis, I'll drive you there. You helped my wife with a lot of work back then, so I'll help you a little bit now."
Although Goubangzi declined twice, he could not resist Zhong Yunxing's insistence. That winter, Zhong Yunxing took on a new job that only required labor but did not make any money.
"Dad, I'll take my day off tomorrow and I'll go with you to see the dentist. It's been several months. You're really capable."
Ruyi frowned and said when she saw a piece of tissue hanging from Zhong Yunxing's gums.
If she hadn't seen the blood stains on Zhong Yunxing's teeth during dinner today, she would have thought that Zhong Yunxing was just suffering from a simple sore throat and had recovered on his own.
Zhong Yunxing did not go to the appointment that Ruyi had made before because of Xiaoping's matter. During that time, he picked up and dropped off Xiaoping for psychological counseling every day and had no mood to go to the hospital, so he told Ruyi that his teeth were healed.
Until today when I was eating, my gums started bleeding again. After Ruyi opened my mouth to check, they found that my gums had not healed at all.
"Don't ask for leave. I'll go by myself."
"What? I don't believe you. You're not a three-year-old who's afraid of injections and has learned to lie. How can something bleed when touched? Don't you have to find out what the problem is?"
Ruyi was actually a little angry. She always thought that her parents were in good health, as if illness and aging were still far away from them.
But the last time Darong held her children at home and couldn't get up from the bed for a long time, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have neglected them for too long.
"Hey, I'm just worried that something might happen at your workplace. It would be better if you accompany me. I'm really scared of going to the hospital. I don't know how to use the machines there, so I have to ask for help."
After being scolded by Ruyi, Zhong Yunxing was not angry at all. He looked cheerful and seemed very happy.
The next morning, Ruyi drove to the downstairs of Zhong's mother's house.
"How about letting dad drive?" Zhong Yunxing asked hesitantly after opening the passenger door.
"Hurry up and get in the car. It's not easy for you to drive my car." Ruyi silently urged Zhong Yunxing to get in the car.
When the car drove into the hospital parking lot, Zhong Yunxing was sitting in the passenger seat, still holding the rings above the door handle with both hands, his mouth tightly closed, not daring to breathe.
In fact, at the beginning, Zhong Yunxing kept muttering, and maybe he was really annoyed by the muttering, so Ruyi took out a roll of tape from the handcuffs while a red light was on.
"Dad, if you really can't control your mouth, I just bought this roll of tape yesterday and forgot to bring it up."
"You little girl, how dare you stick to your father?" Zhong Yunxing said sternly with his eyes glaring and pretending to be angry.
"Don't dare. I told you to glue your eyes shut so you don't look blindly. You're sitting in the passenger seat, so your perspective is different. I'm really impressed!"