Chen Xiao was awakened by abdominal pain. He glanced out of the window. The sky outside was still dark. It must be less than five o'clock now.
Pain, which does not give people breathing pain.
Chen Xiao struggled like a reptile, clutching his left abdomen, then biting the towel on the head of the bed, desperately trying not to make any noise.
The house is old and in disrepair, and the sound insulation is poor. Next door, a single mother lives, raising her daughter alone.
These days, everyone is really hard. Chen Xiao doesn't want to cause trouble to others, or he doesn't want to make trouble.
Finally,
Chen Xiao slowly got used to the pain. Those hands that held the edge of the bed tightly, slowly released them, and then stretched out trembling toward the bedside table.
There are only two things on the bedside table, one warming cup and two white pills.
This is a very cheap pain killer. It costs only a few yuan, but you can buy more than a dozen.
These days, there are not many cheap medicines.
Chen Xiao took the tablet into her mouth with great difficulty and wanted to drink warm water. However, just picked up the cup, a strong pain poured up.
"Bang dang,"
The water cup is overturned on the bedside table, and the warm water is spread out on the bedside table like a cake, and then sprinkled on the floor and bed respectively.
The water is gone,
Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then chewed the pills. The bitter pills slowly melted in his mouth.
"Gudong,"
Chen Xiao swallowed the foam forcefully.
Then he leaned on the head of the bed and remained motionless, like a sculpture.
When Chen Xiao woke up again, it was already dark. He looked at the time and it was exactly seven o'clock.
Chen Xiao scratched his untidy hair. He had only slept for about three hours, but had several dreams. The world in the dream was strange. When he woke up, Chen Xiao only remembered the feeling of fear, but did not remember the content of the dream.
Chen smiled bitterly. First, he changed the bedclothes wetted by water. Just as he wanted to deal with the water stains on the ground, he found that the water on the ground was already dry.
So he took off his coat and went to the bathroom.
In the smooth mirror,
A young man with pale face, withered and yellow hair, and thin upper body like ribs.
Chen smiled in the mirror, but the next second, there was a surge in his stomach.
He bent down immediately, holding the mirror with his dry hands, and buried his whole face in the basin.
Then, the thin hand, which was only skin and flesh, suddenly forced and burst into a burst of blue veins.
"Ouch!"
After a few dry retches,
Something gushed out of Chen Xiao's mouth.
Moments later,
Chen Xiao put his right hand over his mouth and straightened up slowly.
In the mirror, his face became more pale, almost bloodless, like a dead person.
A few wisps of blood red liquid slowly flowed from his fingers.
Chen Xiao has always felt that his life has fallen into a certain dilemma, or a certain cycle.
No matter what he does, there will always be a time when his life is just beginning to improve.
If nothing unexpected happens, he should be a senior graduate of a college in Xia. In the future, there will be a good job. Maybe there will also be a gentle one. Maybe she is not very good-looking, but it doesn't matter. Chen Xiaozi thinks that he is not a top talent. He lives an ordinary life just like most ordinary people in the world.
Chen Xiao clearly remembered that it was the morning after the college entrance examination.
Like most parents in this city, Chen's father and mother send their children to the first battlefield of life, or the fairest competition in this country.
If, just if,
If that truck driver didn't drive all day and all night in a row, and if he didn't take the wrong road, he didn't enter the city.
Perhaps,
Chen Xiao can also see Chen's father, who secretly gave him money, and some arrogant Chen's mother.
Chen Xiao also wanted to send the red admission notice to the two people who supported him, and then said,
"You've worked hard, and I've grown up!"
Chen Xiao later said that he was just facing a small urn of ashes.
Ironically, that truck driver was only slightly injured, and the law only sentenced him for ten years.
And then,
Chen Xiao, who has always been known as the child of others and learned from bully, abandoned the college entrance examination and did not choose to re read. Like a floating leaf, he was swept into the sea of society and began to drift.
He learned to smoke, drink, and go to nightclubs.
The noisy music, the smoke and dust all over the room, and the alcohol in the cup were once his lifesaving medicine.
During that time, it was the most difficult. I could hardly live.
Chen Xiao, why is there a word "laugh" in his name? According to Chen's father and mother, others were born crying, but he was different. He was born laughing. The thief who laughed loudly almost collapsed the building.
Of course, this is an exaggeration.
Then Chen Xiao survived for a whole year.
The first thing to quit was alcohol, then tobacco, and then the old Chen Xiao came back, but lost a lot of weight, became silent, and also became less able to laugh.
In one year, Chen Xiao spent seven or eight of his parents' savings, but there was still a little left. In addition, when Chen's father and mother bought a house that year, they sent a small warehouse that was less than 15 square meters. He took the agency of Windward Express and began to send the express.
This was two and a half years ago, until he was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer half a month ago.
Gastric cancer is usually found in the late stage. The doctor clearly said that if the operation is performed, it may take about six months. If the treatment is abandoned, it is estimated that it will only take about one to two months.
If there is no blood transfusion, the time will be faster, only one to two weeks of survival time.
Chen Xiao chose to give up treatment when she got the case list.
For a person who once chose to give up, it is not difficult to choose to give up again.
Chen Xiao calmly accepted this fact.
After washing, Chen Xiao slowly drank a small bowl of millet porridge. His pale face was slightly ruddy.
Then he went out. Fortunately, he didn't meet anyone until he left the community.
Thanks to the development of the logistics industry in recent years, the cubicles that could not be bought in the original city have appreciated rapidly this year, especially those facing the street.
"Prick,"
Chen Xiao opened the rolling shutter door, and there was a small warehouse less than 15 square meters in front of him. There were two old and lacquered tables in it, and the ground was covered with waste cartons.
This is where he worked for two and a half years.
He has transferred this place. It is estimated that someone will occupy this place tomorrow, or continue to do express delivery, or open a fried chicken shop.
"But what does all this have to do with me?" Chen thought.
His face twitched slightly and he smiled. Find the cleaning tools and start cleaning the waste paper boxes on the ground.
"Whatever you do, you must start from the beginning and finish."
This is what Father Chen taught him.
Moments later,
Chen Xiao struggled to pick up the last stack of waste cartons, put them on the cart, and then leaned against the wall, breathing slightly.
Although he had expected it, he was still caught off guard by his poor health. It took him a full hour to complete the work that would normally take about 20 minutes.
"Bang,"
A small waste carton fell off the cart.
Chen Xiao took a few breaths, and then reached out to throw the waste carton onto the cart.
But as soon as he got it, he felt something was wrong.
Heavy, very heavy.
It was clear that there were only two waste cartons the size of their hands. Chen Xiao estimated that they weighed nearly four or five kilograms.
Again, the seal of the carton is still sealed with adhesive tape.
This is?
Missing courier?
Chen Xiaoxiao's heart thumped,
He quickly turned the carton to the front to see who the recipient was. Since it is his fault, he will make up for it while he still has time.
However, the front express bill made Chen Xiao dumbfounded,
The garbled code, whether it is the sender, or the home address, or the phone number, is the garbled code that can't see the information at all.
There are only two words in the recipient column,
"Gods."
