Growing Up Overnight! (short story)

Small Vivian is the only daughter of the family, pampered since childhood, the treasure in the heart of the parents, of course, she is also accustomed to know, and not excessive capriciousness, but inevitably has belonged to some of the selfishness and hedonism of the era, in her words, "their own selfishness or hedonism does not bother others, and will not be able to turn to others pointing out". Shortly after graduation, under the begging of Vivian, her parents paid for her to buy a single apartment in the city where she worked, so Vivian lived a leisurely life of eating, drinking, and lying down, not having to worry about anything, and wanting to buy what to buy, wanting to eat what to eat, and it was a very pleasant life.

Life has always been unsatisfactory, Xiaowei's regret is just graduated from the entry physical examination, check out their kidneys have abnormalities. Over the years when concerned, when ignored, comfortable life also brought the mess made, eat and drink, stay up late and so on varying certain reasons to accelerate the deterioration of the kidneys. Five or six years later, see to slide to the dialysis situation, the more anxious the more difficult to control, the more insomnia and overeating, the mentality is also very unstable.

Whether it's a provincial capital city or a prescription, Xiaowei has no choice but to go to the treatment, in case there is a miracle. The miracle of the sky and the earth did not appear, Xiaowei is doing the last fight with the kidney. The company's company is relocating, so it's a good idea to take this opportunity to get the compensation and have a good time at home, so you can have a good time.

After a year of lying at home, Vivian inevitably went on dialysis. In fact, before listening to the fear, really when it comes to not so panic, which can be a coincidence, but also met a lot of sympathetic comfort and information exchange, to a large extent, to ease the previous anxiety.

After six months of dialysis Xiaowei registered in the queue for kidney transplantation, less than four months later, the opportunity for kidney transplantation surprisingly her turn, which is the advantage of youth, prioritize the care of young people's lives. Whether it is a kidney transplant or during the period of illness, Xiaowei is like a dream, after waking up everything is euphoric, he will be a good man like a re-emergence, the world is waiting for her to splurge. Undoubtedly, the bottom of all this is bound to come from her parents, especially the mother Zhang Huaqing, for this daughter, blood and blood to pay, guarding the front and back, a mind to take care of Vivian's food and drink, reminding her to take her medication on time, sleep, and pulling her for a walk, warmth, but also with their own rustic words to channel the mood of Vivian, as long as the face of Vivian, Zhang Huaqing are a smiling face, like The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do it.

The father of Xiaowei, Li Shunliang, shouldered the economic burden of the family, more than 50 years old, and still have the strength to work hard in the factory. The two or three hundred thousand dollars of the cost of kidney transplantation almost once again drained the family's savings, but as long as Xiaowei is healthy, as parents, even if it is a pot of gold is willing to do. The most sincere affection, the most simple to pay, only until the dry can not, will stop.

Parental love, like the legendary "footless bird", it can only fly ah ah ah, fly tired in the wind to sleep, this bird can only be down once in a lifetime, is the time of its death!

The year has passed thirty Vivian, although it is through the test of life and death and the pain of torture, but with the wound recovery, cut the body or not too much feeling, was too well cared for by the family, by virtue of the young function of the recovery of fast, the transplanted kidneys and the body is also in a perfect fit.

Now Xiaowei's only expectation is to hurry back to the workplace, although the temporary pressure of money, after all, is not the original organ, the follow-up can be used for how many years, who can not say, this time there is a risk of trip through, fortunately, there is a parent to do their own strongest backing, ten years, twenty years later? Who can they rely on? So making money has become the goal of Vivian. But in the eyes of the mother, must be well recuperated ah, can not be rushed, the old couple still have the ability to feed this baby girl!

Waiting is anxiety, recovery is welcome. Seeing Xiaowei day strong like a day, the family finally boiled out of the happy, in Xiaowei softly under the bubble, Zhang Huaqing also loose can go to look for a job, only to go along with their own to take care of her for a period of time.

"Vivi, your mom and I do not have much ability, and do not ask you to be rich and famous, I just hope that you are healthy and peaceful, know, take care of yourself, mom and dad are old, can not withstand the blow." Li Shunliang took a sip of wine and said, a big stone in his heart finally landed.

"Dad, I know, don't worry, I will take care of myself, mom and I went together, you can take care of yourself at home."

"I'm in good health, I can still be busy for a few years!"

Xiaowei occasionally worries about her father's health, he is the backbone of the family, and has been working in this fairly good factory for many years. Nowadays, wages, treatment can be, township factories, fortunately, there is no retirement, said, dry move has been dry, dry not hurry to go. When people get older, there are more problems, blood pressure, blood lipids, blood sugar, and the old stomach disease, looking at the medical checkup list on the annual climbing red numbers, or some panic. They worry about each other, because the family is too fragile, can not go through the wind and rain again. But how can God's meditative arrangement fulfill people's wishes?

The home of Xiaowei is not far from the city, more than an hour's drive, so it is quite convenient to come and go. The two of them packed their bags and headed to Xiaowei's home in the city. Zhang Huaqing is responsible for laundry and cooking, urge Xiaowei to go to bed early and get up early, the rest of the time, mother and daughter lying on the sofa each look at the phone. The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers," he said. "The company has been working on a number of projects in the past few years, and has been working on a number of new ones, including the first one in the world.

The company recruited is to work tirelessly, and how will consider the bad health of the people? Even if it has been recovered, there are some concerns; and Vivian's age is not small, unmarried and not pregnant, is also a point of measurement of the enterprise. But the work will always find, just need more time, and currently there is not much economic pressure, Xiaowei on their own to find a job or have the confidence of victory.

Nearly five months later, Vivian found her own satisfactory job, and successfully passed the medical examination that she had been worrying about, and will be formally employed next Monday, her old mother is also worried, and a weekend are chattering about it.

"Remember to drink more water when you go to work ah, do not hold urine. Oh, and eat cafeteria food is best over the next boiling water, you have to eat lighter, I'll just say or bring your own food is good, clean, hygienic, but also healthy."

"Oops, know, I go to work first to see how things are, just arrived at the company on the alternative, by then there will be no way to integrate."

"Also, must get along with colleagues and leaders, the mouth put sweet, diligent, but not too tired."

"Well, I know!"

"The weather next Monday is a little cold ah, remember to wear more clothes ah, eat breakfast at home before leaving ah!" After a while and then said, "Is it possible, come back to eat at noon? Anyway, it's only 20 or 30 minutes by bike, so ask your coworkers. Also, can never forget to take the medicine ah."

"Hey ~ ~ ~"

"You do not not listen to my chatter, these are for the sake of your health, would rather not go on this shift, but also can not get the body down again."

In fact, Xiaowei would like to tell her mother, don't worry about it, she is recovering very well, the hospital's tests are normalizing, office work which is more tired, but looking at the anxiety in her mother's eyes, this is the world's real concern for their own people ah.

"Don't worry, I'm fine, I'm going to make money, you and my father just wait to enjoy it, the good days of our family came."

"You ah, take care of yourself, mom and dad will be relieved, the best, hurry to find someone to marry, then I and your father can be happy to enjoy the blessings!"

"Aiya, my body who can accept ah, first do not think of these!"

"Who said that, after the replacement of the kidney, it will be the same as a normal person, our daughter is so good-looking, understandable and smart, she will meet the person of her destiny, we can not be discouraged!"

"I'm so good in my mom's eyes, huh? I thought you guys would dislike me? Not a penny has been given to the family, and emptied your and Dad's retirement money."

"Silly girl, crops are good for others, children are good for themselves. Look at your body is not good, the pain in our hearts ah, heard you change to change the kidney, I and your father at home really hugged and cried ah, the day you change the kidney also specially asked your great aunt to go to the temple to burn incense it!"

Xiaowei did not dare to say anything more, afraid of mother and daughter hugging and crying, how many unknown sorrows and touched ah!

"Don't worry, from now on I will take good care of myself, work hard and listen to mom and dad."

Monday, Xiaowei woke up early, waiting for the alarm to ring, the kitchen occasionally came from the sound of pots and pans collision, must be the mother is busy preparing a sumptuous breakfast, a long time on the right track of happiness ah, a bone crawl up. Wash, stroking eyebrows and powdered some, looking at the mirror cleaned up a new self, Xiaowei smiled so brightly, turned around and happily hugged her mother.

"Mom, thank you!"

"Hurry up and eat breakfast, you can't be late for your first day at work, my daughter is the best." Favored touched Vivian's head.

When re-sitting in front of the desk, Vivian was very nervous, too long absence, ah, some rusty, but people are adaptive animals, Vivian believe in their own ability, but also extraordinarily cherish such an opportunity, very modest and seriously listen to the guidance of others, fortunately, most of the people are very friendly. The working atmosphere is also what Vivian likes, relaxed and organized.

"Vivi, don't forget to drink water and take your medicine!"

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"How was the lunch? Are your new coworkers and leaders treating you okay?"

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"Weiwei, what do you want to eat tonight?"

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"You're busy, you're busy, no rush to get back to me."

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"Wei ah, what do you want to eat tonight? Mom go buy ah, if you do not reply, too late to go buy!"

"Whatever, I'll eat whatever you make, don't send me a voice, it's not convenient to listen!"

After a long time sent two Chinese characters, "Okay!"

As a newcomer, Vivian is not so busy that she has no time to return the message, just a little bit too much mother annoyance, lazy to reply, after all, these nagging words on the last few days has nagged too many times, perhaps after a while, when he adapted to the new environment, his mother can go back to his hometown, the old man and old woman best to live together, to satisfy their old age to accompany the happiness, but also return their own a freedom.

"Oops, back back back, hurry to eat, I did you like to eat braised fish and tomato egg soup."

"Are you tired today?" Mother inquired loudly as she was busy.

"It's okay, I just went and there's nothing to do."

"Was the meal good? Are your coworkers treating you well?"

"Aiya, mom, I'm not a kid anymore, what's so good about these ah, it's just like that, get used to it over time, it's pretty much the same, at least I've been on the job for so many years, don't worry, don't worry!"

"I think I'm nagging you, but you've just recovered. I'm not sure if you're a good person, but I'm not sure if I'm a good person.

"Aigoo, I am more than thirty, adults ah, no one bullied me, and I can now be healthy, do not worry about it, you are at home today what to do? "

"I ah, just clean up the house, buy groceries, and then look at the phone ah. "

"Mom, you go out to square dance, right? Otherwise you'll be too bored alone when I'm at work. "

"I'm not going to go, will not jump to be laughed at, I'm not bored, wait a while I go back for a few days to see your father. "

"Waiting for me to adapt to the new job, you will go home to serve my father to go, save my father's heart complained that I break up the reunion of your loving couple. "

"Dead girl, eat and eat, the body is good, the mood is all good, this time they make money, and take off happily."

"Must! "Mother and daughter laughed into a ball.

The happy laughter did not last long, the sudden accident disrupted it all.

Thursday morning, Xiaowei was woken up by the alarm, some lethargy do not want to get up, and put up his ears did not hear any sound outside, "Is it possible that mom also overslept? But she doesn't like to sleep!" Xiao Wei hurriedly climbed up, put on her clothes and went to push the door of her mother's room.

When the door was opened the moment, Xiaowei stayed, only to see her mother lying on the floor, without any reaction, the floor flowed a big mess of saliva. The first time I saw her, I was so happy to see her, and I was so happy to see her, and I was so happy to see her.

I don't know how long it took, maybe five seconds, maybe ten minutes, before Vivian dialed 120, and then dialed her father's phone.

"Hello, Dad ...." Sobbing.

"Vivi, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"

"My mom...my mom she..."

"What happened to your mom? Speak properly, don't scare me, what happened to your mom?"

Only heard the sound of crying, anxious Li Shunliang want to follow the drill from the phone line, anxiously asked half a day before piecing together, Zhang Huaqing fell into a coma, Li Shunliang instantly understand is: stroke.

"I'll come right away, I'll come right away, you hit the hospital phone? Which hospital? Which hospital?"

"The ambulance...hasn't come yet."

Hands were busy, a blur, heart sank to the bottom, "Oh God, is there anything more tragic to happen? Mom is one's most precious person, how can one live without her?" Vivian has forgotten to take leave, tears simply can not stop sitting on the bench outside the emergency room, even trance how he came here, trance this is a dream, will soon wake up, will soon be able to hear his mother called him to eat breakfast, he still have to work, oh, work ah!

"Vivi, how is your mom?" Father appeared in front of Vivi along with her great aunt, sister-in-law and aunt.

"Still inside." After saying that she could no longer control her bawling, her sister-in-law desperately hugged her and took her away from the slightly quiet place, comforting her for a long time before she could suppress her crying.

"Weiwei, you have to be strong now, if you fall again, what will your father do? Your mom will be fine, she is in need of us now, take care of yourself!"

"Auntie, what should I do? I can't lose my mom, I can't lose my mom, I want my mom, I want my mom..."

"No you won't, you won't lose your mom, trust your sister-in-law, let's go, let's go and check out the surgery."

The two wiped their tears and made their way to the emergency room door again, it didn't take long for the door to be opened.

"Doctor, how is my wife?" Li Shunliang rushed over and staggered as he grabbed the doctor.

"Not optimistic, this is a typical stroke, and we estimate that the accident occurred at three or four o'clock in the morning, missed the best golden time for treatment, the bruises in the brain is cleaned up partially, but for the time being will not be much better, our recommendation is to bring back to take care of it, and take care of it if it's good, there will still be a miracle, this is in the medicine is really not good enough to talk about it, from the hospital side is doing its best, going forward can only look at the family's wishes and decisions."

"How is this said? What do you mean the hospital did its best and can only look at the wishes and decisions of the family?"

"There is nothing we can do now, the patient has not completely lost conscious awareness, but there is no ability to take care of herself, to say an unfair word, how long she can live depends entirely on the family, good care, more accompanied by the speech, may be able to return to recognize people; if not well cared for, at any time may be gone. A few more days of hospitalization, observation, you can go home!"

Almost a bolt from the blue, what is this answer called? That is, plant-like paralyzed in bed? The entire rest of his life? Surrounding Zhang Huaqing are her closest relatives, for these calls, she was indifferent.

Zhang Huaqing has been sent to the ward, lying quietly in the hospital bed, as if asleep, the corners of the mouth is not so crooked. Xiaowei fantasized that with a full night's sleep, her mother would open her eyes and look at herself and smile, reaching out her hands to embrace herself, "Silly child, how could I leave you behind?" Thinking about it again tears fell like rain.

"Mom, mom, you wake up ah, you wake up ah, I'm Weiwei, you look at me ah, you can not just leave me and dad ah!" Woohoo ....

"Vivi, okay, okay, let mom rest for a while, you are also tired, go out and sit for a while." Xiaowei was pulled outside by her great-aunt and sister-in-law, glimpsed her father's red and swollen eyes, in just one day's work it was like he had aged ten years, this man was prodded by life, curing his daughter and ushering in his wife's misfortunes, what kind of joke is this?

The hospital is not allowed to stay with people, several people can only return to Vivian's house, looking at each other in silence.

"How come you didn't hear that rumble?" Li Shunliang held back for a long time finally spat out this soft question to Vivian.

Before his mouth opened, tears flowed first.

"Shunliang, this time also dwell on this issue does not make sense ah, Vivian, Dad is also excessive sadness nonsense, this family still need you two people of one mind ah, the doctor also said, as long as the care is good, there are still miracles, we siblings will also take a hand, do not be discouraged, this age of the person is sick is also a normal thing. "

"Why my mom? Why if it's my mom? I'm sick again, my mom is like this, God, still want us to live ah? What have we done wrong? I'm not happy, I'm not happy! It's my fault, my fault, I didn't hear my mom fall, I'm worse than a dog or a pig, I'm inhuman, I don't have any sense of a mother and daughter together. "Oooooooooo...

"Vivi, Daddy isn't blaming you, I'm just sorry that this happened. I'm really tired, I'd rather it was me in bed! "

"Brother, don't talk like that, you're the backbone, sister-in-law will get better, let's work together, never get discouraged."

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Can't be discouraged, but it's really so hard. That love can no longer respond to their calls and hugs, how sad it is. The furthest distance in the world is not between life and death, but I am standing in front of you, but you do not respond, is not this the furthest distance between Xiaowei and her mother?

Vivian had to quit her job, and a week later, and her family took her mother back to her hometown in anticipation of the miracle that the doctors were talking about. Xiaowei wants to see her mother's smile again, hear her mother's nagging, taste her cooking delicious meals, but also to realize her mother's expectations of marriage and children ah, Xiaowei wants her mother to witness their own happiness, but only just begun the good, why is it again knocked into the abyss ah? What future do you have? Without a mother, the so-called future and happiness, but also all of them away from Xiaowei far away, sadness has overflowed out of the heart, can not hear the outside world.

"Mom, do you hear me? Today Ning Ning came to see you, just when see her and aunt two people walking together arm in arm, shouting 'mom', I was so sad that I wanted to cry, how much I want to hold you ah, how much I want to shout 'mom', you can respond to me ah. Today uncle sent a lot of fish, I want to drink your fish soup ah, no matter how hard I and dad can not do your flavor. Dad, too, is getting more and more silent, except for going to work, almost nothing to say, I know he misses you very much, he regrets that he didn't visit you for a long time when you were healthy and didn't care about your health, we all miss you very much, can you hear me? Do you hear me? Mom, you respond to me ah, I'm Weiwei ah, I'm Weiwei ah!"

Li Shunliang continued to work with most of his gray hair, and Vivian was responsible for taking care of her mother and household chores. In fact, taking care of a paralyzed person in bed is not an easy task, eating, drinking, turning over, wiping and so on, but also bare the heart to call out over and over again, physically and mentally exhausted, which may be the grace of feeding it. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new pair of shoes or boots, and then you'll be able to get your hands on a new pair of shoes or boots, and then you'll be able to get your hands on a new pair of shoes or boots.

In a few days, Vivian intends to come out to work and earn money, and it's time for her father to quit his job, so he can only work hard to take care of her mother. A lifetime of busy work, but no happy life in his later years, if he did not get sick, is not there this interpretation of the tragedy? Deep self-reproach engulfed Vivian, perhaps exploding at some point, perhaps only to endure the humiliation. Now it is also time for Vivian to hold up the family, growing up overnight, the price of growth, the price of love, always at some point to understand the truth and meaning of half life.

Xiaowei many times want to say to Li Shunliang, "Dad, I love you, you just take good care of mom, the rest will be given to me!" This man has been their own can rely on the closest people, but due to some of the mother's accidental mustiness, father and daughter surprisingly some of the gap, seeming cold and rusty.

"Dad, you come back to take care of mom, you should also retire, although the care of mom is not easy, but do not have to be so tired, you and mom have a pension, and mom also has a disability allowance, enough to live, I should be good to make money to go!"

"Your body has only just recovered, take care of your mom this time is also very hard, I am willing to take care of your mom, as long as you are all well, how I am willing!"

"Dad, you have to take good care of your body even more, you guys are just too concerned about me, always take into account, worry about my body, and ignore their own body, in fact, I am now already very healthy, don't worry!"

"Your health is good, Dad can not withstand the blow ah, I'm old, I just hope that you are healthy, your mom can get well!"

"Dad..."

"Weiwei, Dad may have said something angry before, you do not have to count and take it seriously, let's live a good life, I believe your mom will feel it."

"Dad, I love you, love you and mom very much."

Overnight grew up Vivian, swallowed life's hard hit. Farewell to her mother, in order to meet better, she believes in miracles, waiting for miracles, firmly believe that as long as they are still alive, there is hope, she will wait for her mother to give a strong embrace, wait for her mother to say "I love you", wait for her mother to smile and bless the future of her marriage and children. Instantly full of strength and hope, pick up the shoulders of the burden, for the family, for a better future, without complaint.

Everything is still in time, all the good will come to you.

Everything is still in time, and everything good will come.