Ferocious Dog of Old - Chapter 4

[Chapter 4]

If it wasn’t for Tao Huainan’s sleep in the car and the little blanket that his brother left out when he was packing things in the morning, they wouldn’t have turned around and returned that day.

The little blanket Tao Huainan had to cover when sleeping was very old. If it is replaced, Tao Huainan will not be able to sleep, even if he cannot see.

When Tao Xiaodong went back to get the blanket, he saw the old lady running out of the Tao family’s old house holding the child horizontally and crying.

The old man saw Tao Xiaodong grab his arm, the child slipped from her hand, and the two bare legs drooped down.

The late child’s birth made his father twitch.

A pick was swept over his head, and blood spurted out from the back of his head. The short and thin child closed his eyes and lost consciousness.

The grandmother chased after her screaming and rushed over, took off her padded jacket and covered the child, picked up the child and ran out to call someone.

Tao Xiaodong just came back at this time, all this may be life.

Outside the emergency room of the hospital, Tao Huainan was brought in by his brother and waited in a chair. The old man on the opposite side was crying all the time. She seemed to have lost her mind. She was talking about the generations of the Chi family, saying that the Chi family’s ancestral grave was not good, the ancestors blamed them, and the Chi family ancestors lived to this day. In this way, it is better to live than to die.

She kept talking to Tao Xiaodong, Tao Xiaodong didn’t respond to her very much, but her mouth kept talking.

Tao Xiaodong took Tao Huainan and went out to get money, and paid 10,000 to the hospital. The old lady had no money in her pocket, and bowed to Tao Xiaodong with her hands folded. Tao Xiaodong hugged Tao Huainan and said to her, “The doctor can stay in the hospital for a few days. He

has a concussion and needs stitches on the wound on his head. The money should be enough.”

Waiting for him to go back to do it, this time when he came out, his friends were watching him.

Hearing what he meant, the old man immediately burst into tears again. He grabbed Tao Xiaodong’s arm and held it tightly, but said nothing. Her eyes are a little bad, and the outer layer of the eyeball is covered with a gray film that looks cloudy and stiff.

In Tao Xiaodong’s impression, she was crying all the time. She was still young when he was young, so she often cried at that time.

“If it goes on like this, he will be killed sooner or later.” Tao Xiaodong glanced in the direction of the ward, “If you can manage it, you can manage it.”

This is useless, he knows it himself. She can’t control it. An old man who has been tortured by life for most of his life is too weak.

The old man grabbed his arm like he was grabbing the last tree, clenching it tightly, his old fingertips turning white. Turbid tears flowed out of her eyes, her hands trembled with force, and the arm that Tao Xiaodong was holding Tao Huainan was shaking with her.

Her knuckles stuck to Tao Huainan’s leg, and she was even afraid that one hand would not be able to keep Tao Xiaodong, so she grabbed Tao Huainan’s calf with the other hand.

When Tao Huainan was caught by her, she trembled, her hands were cold and withered, and Tao Huainan was startled.

The old man’s lips began to tremble, and every inch of the wrinkled skin on his face was covered with struggling tremors.

She was holding on to the two brothers in front of her, and a pair of half-blind eyes lingered on them.

The Tao family is a good family, and their ancestors have been kind-hearted.

There was a muffled sound when his knees landed—

“Boy from the Tao family… just take him away, just give him food—”

“Your brother’s eyes are not good, so you should give your brother a kitten and a puppy. A small animal is calling to be a companion…”

“It’s good to be alive, life is all about living…” The

child woke up the next day, and the first thing he saw when he woke up was sitting with his legs on his feet. Tao Huainan.

His head throbbed violently, he raised his hand to press his head, and touched a piece of gauze.

Tao Huainan heard the voice and asked softly, “Are you awake?” The

child didn’t say a word. He looked at the ward, looked at Tao Huainan, and looked at the rack with the needles hanging.

He didn’t speak. Tao Huainan didn’t ask any more questions. He sat cross-legged at the foot of the bed and held a sandbag in his hand, making a rustling noise. The two children in the ward were silent each other, as they had spent most of the time together a few days ago.

When Tao Xiaodong came back with the porridge, Tao Huainan turned his head to listen to the sound.

Tao Xiaodong asked, “Wake up?”

Tao Huainan said, “I think I’m awake.”

Tao Xiaodong put the porridge on the next cabinet and asked, “Where does it hurt?” The

child on the bed stared at him, but still didn’t speak.

Tao Xiaodong didn’t ask any more questions, and said to him, “Tell me where the pain is and I’ll call you a doctor.” The

child ate half a bowl of porridge and vomited completely.

The cleaners at the hospital came over with a mop and mopped the floor. After they walked away, they threw a blank sentence: “If you can’t eat, don’t eat.”

Tao Xiaodong asked him if he still wanted to eat. He was dumbfounded and didn’t respond. He said, “Don’t eat.”

Tao Xiaodong and Tao Huainan looked at him, Tao Xiaodong said, “Tell me if you’re hungry.”

Since he woke up, he had been this silent and sluggish, and he never asked why he was here. , did not ask why they were here.

By the time he finished taking that bottle of needle, he had done some tests, and in the afternoon he put on apparently new clothes and was taken away from the hospital by them without asking where they were going.

The blood on the car was simply wiped away, but there was still a stench that hadn’t dissipated. He lay flat on the back seat and turned his head to look at the brothers in front.

It was snowing outside and the sky was grey.

After driving for hours, it was dark when we got off.

After getting out of the car, he vomited again, Tao Xiaodong reached out and patted his back a few times.

He was taken to another hospital and lived in a double ward, and Tao Xiaodong hired a nurse to take care of him. The nurse drew up a list of necessities for hospitalization. Tao Xiaodong went out, and after making arrangements, he took Tao Huainan and left.

The next bed is also a child, the father slept in the accompanying bed next to him, and the mother and the child slept together on the hospital bed.

The nurse took his urine and slept on the bed next to him, snoring softly. He fell asleep with the snoring.

He stayed in the hospital for a week, and Tao Xiaodong visited him twice.

There were two heaters under the window of the ward, and the hot air came over, making people dizzy. His nose was already frozen, and he always had a runny nose no matter how hot or cold it was. The nurse came to wipe him with toilet paper. After a few days of wiping, the bottom of his nose was red, and it hurt when touched.

When the nurse came over to pinch his nose again, he pushed and opened the nurse’s hand. After that, the nurses stopped caring about him.

When Tao Xiaodong led Tao Huainan to pick him up, there was a runny of snot under his nose. Tao Xiaodong asked him to change his clothes, and at the same time pulled a piece of paper and threw it to him to wipe his nose.

He took it silently, wiping it under his nose. Tao Huainan’s cold was still not cured, so he also sniffed, Tao Xiaodong also pulled a piece of paper and handed it over.

Tao Huainan wears a woolen hat on his head and a hand-knitted scarf around his neck. He also held a hat in his hand, and reached out and handed it to the Chi family child.

“Take it, you can’t blow your head.” Tao Xiaodong said.

The children took them and took them with them, without asking anything, and followed them out of the hospital and into the car.

This time it was a sedan, not a van. Tao Huainan sat with him in the back seat, took out his pockets after a while, and stuffed two lollipops into his hands.

“You tear one apart for me, and the other is for you.”

The child bowed his head and tore one of them to give to him, and the other was not eaten.

“Are you homesick?” Tao Xiaodong suddenly spoke in front.

The child looked up at him and said, “I don’t want to.”

“I don’t want to be good.” Tao Xiaodong glanced back at him at the red light, “I’ll follow us later.

” Look at the traffic and pedestrians outside.

He talks too little, and if he doesn’t ask him anything, he basically doesn’t say a word, and always looks down with drooping eyelids. Tao Huainan always had a small snack in his pocket, and from time to time he would stuff one into his hand. He didn’t eat anything, didn’t speak, and sat there without moving.

Tao Xiaodong got out of the car to pick up something and asked them to wait.

After my brother got out of the car, Tao Huainan turned the lollipop in his mouth for a while, then took it out and pinched it with his fingertips, and moved it to the side of Chi’s child, speaking with a lychee smell of a lollipop. Son.

“Don’t be afraid, my brother is fine.”

Chi’s child hid to the side, and had never been so close to anyone.

Tao Huainan ate the candy for a while, took it out and posted it to him again, whispering, “No one will beat you in my house in the future.

” It also had the smell of milk taint that came from him.

The child turned to look at him, and the big watery and empty eyes on his face were particularly conspicuous.

They live in a building, a house with two bedrooms and two living rooms.

Tao Xiaodong brought him a pair of children’s slippers, and after changing the shoes, he stood against the wall.

“You won’t be punished for standing,” Tao Xiaodong told him. “Take off your coat and wash your hands.”

He swept his eyes around, and Tao Xiaodong raised his chin toward the bathroom.

“Don’t be cautious, you will live here in the future.” Tao Xiaodong came over to help him turn on the bathroom light. “The left side is hot water, the right side is cold water. When using hot water, don’t screw your head, be careful of burning.”

Tao Huainan followed behind. He also came to wash his hands, and there were two children and an adult crowded in front of the sink. The adults adjusted the water temperature for the two of them, Tao Huainan touched the soap’s hand and wiped it, and then stuffed it into his hand.

“In terms of seniority, you have to call me Uncle Tao.” Tao Xiaodong stood behind the two of them, looked at them in the mirror, and said to the Chi’s child, “I’m from the same generation as your father.” The

child looked up. Looking in the mirror, Tao Xiaodong met Tao Xiaodong’s gaze, Tao Xiaodong continued: “But you are about the same age as my brother, so just call me brother after him .

”

Not stubborn, he called out, “Brother.”

“Yeah.” Tao Xiaodong replied, and then said, “I can’t see my brother. You should take care of him in the future. You two live together and play together, don’t fight.”

Tao Huainan After washing my hands, I touched the towel to wipe my hands. After wiping, hand it to the side, and let the Chi family children wipe it too.

He just put down the soap in his hand and continued to run the water. After rinsing it clean, he took the towel from Tao Huainan’s hand and wiped it on his hand.

After they all went out, Tao Xiaodong remembered, and asked casually, “What’s your name?”

He replied, ”

Gardenly late.” Tao Xiaodong seemed to have not heard clearly: “What is late?”

“Bitterness.” With a thin single eyelid, he repeated it again, “Garden.”

[End of This Chapter]