Chapter 66 second quarter

The giraffe and the hedgehog knew that it would be much more difficult for them to be discharged from the hospital at the end of March than Yuxi. The biggest problem for the giraffe is where to go after being discharged from the hospital.How likely is it that his father will accept him?Is it possible for a mother who hasn't seen her for many years to awaken her long-sleeping motherhood and accept him?Since his mother left him, she hadn't even sent a letter.Even so, the giraffe often said to himself: "Mum must be very busy, right? Maybe she will pick me up sometime?" Hearing the descriptions of its mother by the children around it, the giraffe knew that its expectations were nothing more than a foolish fantasy.In particular, it is absolutely impossible to expect my mother to decide to take me home before April.

what to do?How can I leave the hospital?While thinking hard, the figures of uncle and aunt emerged in my mind.It's impossible to imagine what it would be like to be their son.It is not so much resistance as it is an emotion close to disgust. "Uncle is not handsome, and aunt is not beautiful. She is not tall, dressed poorly, hunched over, and has no self-confidence. She just knows how to giggle, can't speak clearly, and has absolutely no motor nerves. No one around can say I have a decent father, and no one will envy me for having a beautiful mother. They are far from the ideal parents in my heart."

However, time waits for no one! One day in mid-February, while there was no one else in the ward, the giraffe talked to the hedgehog about his thoughts. "Maybe it's a good idea," said the hedgehog. Unexpectedly, the giraffe was furious: "Why is it a good way to be the son of two people like that? How is it a good way?" The hedgehog was at a loss: "Do you want me to object?" The giraffe was speechless: "That's not..." "It seems that your biological parents will not come to pick you up and leave the hospital, let alone go climbing with you... Time is running out. Although it is not so satisfying, I think they are good people."

"Look, are you laughing at me? It's not your business anyway... You're laughing at me, looking for those two worthless parents to be your parents!" "I didn't laugh at you." "Shut up!" The giraffe rushed over, knocked the hedgehog to the ground, and then ran to the toilet and kicked the door desperately. Feeling puzzled after kicking the door, the giraffe picked up the mop and was about to smash the mirror. "Youze! What do you want to do?" The male nurse who heard the sound shouted. "Damn it!" the giraffe screamed and held up the mop.

"Shut up your confinement! Deduct your points!" The male nurse shouted again. If he was really going to be locked up, he would have no way to leave the hospital, let alone climb a mountain.The giraffe put down the mop and muttered in a low voice: "I just want to wipe the floor with the mop." "If you want to wipe the floor, wipe it well!" The giraffe wiped the ground vigorously: "Is this the boss?" After wiping the floor, the giraffe threw away the mop, turned on the tap, and washed his face with cold water.After washing his face, he didn't turn off the tap, and stared blankly at the water flowing into the drain.

"Giraffe..." Someone called him with concern. Turning around, it was a hedgehog. "If you talk nonsense again, I'll kill you..." The giraffe didn't even look at the hedgehog. The hedgehog stood silently at the door of the toilet for a while, and then left silently. That night, the giraffe had a dream.He dreamed of his mother, father, and his dead grandmother, the three happily having dinner together.However, he didn't know where he was, and he couldn't see that the three had noticed him. "Here I am!" said the Giraffe.But none of them seemed to hear, they just laughed.

"That child, don't you want it?" the father said. "It's great that the kid isn't there!" said the mother. "In this way, the whole family can live a good life." Grandma nodded frequently. The giraffe yelled loudly.The three of them still couldn't hear, and continued to eat while talking and laughing.There was an empty seat at the front of the table, and no one looked at the empty seat. The giraffe cried, cried and woke up.Through the curtain, he heard that everyone in the same ward was fast asleep. He sat up, hugged his knees with his hands, and found that his face was full of tears.

The giraffe wiped its face with its hands and cursed angrily, "I threw you away!" The next day, the giraffe found Ono and said that he hoped to get in touch with his uncle and aunt. Hedgehog felt that it was impossible for Mariko to take him out of the hospital, and the titular stepfather had to object first.After he was released from the hospital, there was no place to take him except a correctional institution for children.How can I enter a children's reformatory?For this reason, he went to the library to borrow a book on this issue.However, the book only wrote about various investigation methods and diagnosis methods, as well as conditions such as parental consent, and did not write how the child himself applied for admission to the reformatory.

Mariko would never agree to her admission to a reformatory. She didn't want to be accused of being unqualified to be a mother.This is why she would rather send the hedgehog to the hospital than send him to a children's correctional institution.She still has a little self-respect. Therefore, the hedgehog wants to live alone after being discharged from the hospital.Of course, this also requires Mariko to make a statement on the issue of discharge from the hospital, to tell a lie, and to say that she will be raised by her after discharge from the hospital.In fact, hedgehogs live alone, delivering newspapers and such.

On the night when the giraffe contacted his uncle and aunt, the hedgehog gritted his teeth and called Mariko.It was a man who answered the phone.The hedgehog hesitated for a moment, and said as roughly as possible, "Is Mariko there?" "Who are you?" The other party asked suspiciously. "Friend." After the hedgehog answered, he heard singing and coquettish voices. After a while, the hedgehog heard Mariko answering the phone with a smile. Upon hearing that it was a hedgehog, Mariko immediately became furious: "What's the matter with you? Didn't I tell you not to call the store?"

The hedgehog was so frightened that he didn't know what to say for a while, and finally said: "I want to be discharged from the hospital." "Stop talking bastards!" Hedgehog felt that Mariko would hang up the phone right away, so he said hastily, "After I leave the hospital, I'll find a job that provides a dormitory. I'll live alone, so I won't bother you..." "I'll go to the hospital to see you right away, don't call me again!" Mariko hung up the phone after finishing speaking. Hedgehog didn't have the courage to call again.Back in the ward, the giraffe asked: "How is it?" He knew that the hedgehog must be calling to discuss with his mother about leaving the hospital. The hedgehog said nothing. Because there were others in the ward, the hedgehog and the giraffe came to the balcony where the clothes were dried.According to the rules of the courtyard, it is not allowed to come out to dry clothes at night, but there is no other place to whisper besides here. It was cold outside, and the evening wind blew the waves.A icy moon can be seen through a balcony surrounded by metal mesh. "Is there no hope?" the giraffe asked quietly, standing behind the hedgehog. The hedgehog turned around and said, "I'll run away, find a place to hide, and then go to Shizui Mountain to meet you." "What did you say?" "On April 5th, I will wait for you on the top of the mountain." "Do you know how far Shizui Mountain is? You have to climb seven tenths of the way by car, and you have to climb for another three hours. How can you walk there alone, and how can you climb to the top of the mountain?" "Even walking or taking a ride, when you get there, you can climb the mountain with tourists and pilgrims, and you can climb to the top no matter what." "It must be suspected, and I will report it to the police." "Then walk. I often participate in mountaineering therapy, and I have already practiced it." "Don't talk bastards! What kind of mountain is that? The height is completely different." "I've made up my mind. Run away, meet you over there, and kill that bastard!" "Impossible!" The hedgehog got angry, and growled in a low voice: "You want to do it alone?" He grabbed the metal net and shook it vigorously, "You giraffe wants to do it alone, and you want to take over the qualification!" "Qualification? What qualification?" "Yes... the qualification to like her. Yes! The qualification to like her!" The hedgehog stared at the giraffe's face and continued, "Is it true that whoever killed that bastard saved her and whoever has the right to like her, right?" The giraffe lowered its head: "Maybe." The sea breeze was blowing harder, and the sound of the waves could be heard more clearly. "...Who is responsible for pushing that bastard down?" Hedgehog couldn't hold back anymore, and asked this question that he had been thinking about for a long time. The giraffe didn't answer. "Who is responsible for pushing him down the mountain to his death?" the hedgehog asked again with an emphasis. The giraffe was silent for a while, then replied, "Of course it's me." The hedgehog showed no sign of weakness: "It should be me!" The two of them stared into each other's eyes, and didn't speak for a long time. The hedgehog gritted his teeth and said, "I must run away and climb the mountain alone." "Who is on the balcony?" A male nurse pushed open the balcony door and asked sternly, "You are not allowed to come out at night, don't you know?" The two went back to the ward without saying a word, and no points were deducted. The next day, the hedgehog started looking in the library for a book about how a man climbed a mountain.Ignoring neither the giraffe nor Yuki, he went into the library alone, and searched for many days without finding a single useful book.In the blink of an eye, it was the last day of February, and there was no sign of Hedgehog's personal climbing plan. On this day, the hedgehog went to the library to check books by himself again.The time for the group meeting was approaching, so he hurried to the ward, and when he reached the gate of the ward, he saw a woman in a fashionable fur coat standing there.Even though his back was facing the direction of the hedgehog, the hedgehog recognized his mother at a glance. "mom……" Mariko didn't look back, the hedgehog felt something strange, went around to look in front of his mother, and was surprised: "What's wrong with you?" Mariko was wearing an eye patch over her left eye, a Band-Aid on her lips, and her face was bruised and purple. "...I fell down the stairs." Mariko could barely open her mouth when she spoke.She smiled guiltily and squatted down. The hedgehog gently took off his mother's blindfold.His eyes were blue and swollen, and he couldn't open them at all. They were obviously beaten. "Damn it... I'm divorcing him..." Mariko grinned in pain when she spoke, "My mother and I lived together, after thinking about it, you are the closest person to mother." The hedgehog didn't believe her right away: "Really?" "Of course it's true." Mariko raised her head and said to the hedgehog pleadingly: "The hospital called me and said that you are in good condition recently and you will be discharged immediately. As long as someone at home will pick you up... I promised the doctor that I will pick you up and we will live together, my wife and I." Hedgehog was dubious: "What did the hospital say?" "Say you can start the pre-discharge treatment immediately. Okay, let's go home with Mom. It's time to go to middle school in April, and now it's time to leave the hospital. Make up with Mom." "Did you really divorce that man?" "Think about it, he beat me like this, can I still live with him?" Mariko said angrily, and then gently took the hedgehog's hand, "Anyway, you are the closest person to mom , the only person who will not betray me is you. I will spend my whole life with you." "...Liar!" said the hedgehog. Mariko widened her right eye. "You will still leave me. Just like before, if you find a new man, you will still follow him." "Don't talk nonsense!" Mariko frowned in pain as soon as she spoke loudly.She shook the hedgehog's hand and said, "Mom has already made up her mind that she will never find a man again. Mom will live with you. Really, trust Mom." The hedgehog pretended to be nonchalant and asked: "Then... when you are discharged from the hospital, there will be a mountain climbing commemorative event. Can you go climbing with me?" "Mountain climbing?" Mariko immediately showed a bored look. The hedgehog was anxious, and quickly explained: "Anyone can climb the mountain. Take a car to the seven-tenth place, just climb a little bit, and an 80-year-old woman can climb it." Mariko looked at the hedgehog suspiciously: "What mountain?" "Stone Hammer Mountain." Mariko frowned: "Oh, Lingfeng. The pilgrims really like that mountain, and I have been thinking about when to climb it. Is it organized by the hospital?" Now the hedgehog was in good spirits. He suppressed his excitement and said, "Leave from the hospital in a big car, and the children who are going to be discharged from the hospital will climb the mountain with their parents." "Can children climb too?" "The climbing path is well built, and you can climb up by humming a song. I have read the compositions written by children who have climbed Shichui Mountain before. They said that there is no dangerous place. This time it is just in time for spring. The mountain cherry blossom climbed up the mountain without knowing it." The hedgehog added a lot of embellishments. "It's so easy to climb up, is it effective?" "Sacred Mountain, of course it works. When people pray to God, God can hear it. If you really want to spend the rest of your life with me, you have to climb the sacred mountain and swear to God." Mariko laughed strangely: "You kid likes climbing mountains so much? I'm afraid there is some other purpose?" The hedgehog was in a hurry, and kept shaking his head: "No, no, I just have been receiving mountaineering therapy, and I want to try climbing a high mountain. It must be refreshing to climb the mountain..." After the hedgehog finished speaking, he held his breath and waited for Mariko. say. Mariko thought for a while, and finally patted the hedgehog's shoulders with both hands: "Okay! Climb! Climb up the mountain of God, and forget all your troubles!" "real?" Mariko nodded: "We should go back to Ishizuchi Mountain. Guests often say that. When?" "April 5th, at that time, Huang Ying's cry is really nice." "However, it won't work if you stay there overnight. I still have work tonight." "Go back on the same day. Have lunch on the mountain, and go back to the hospital for dinner." "Then I have nothing to say." "Don't lie, Lagouer!" "Your mother, when did my words not count?" Mariko said earnestly, and then laughed loudly after speaking, "All words don't count!" The hedgehog also laughed. "Okay! Pull the hook!" Mariko hooked the little finger of the hedgehog with her little finger and shook it vigorously a few times, "If mom is lying, you will punish me when I am old, make me a fool, and throw me out." "No! Let's have a good time together." The hedgehog raised his voice. Mariko hooked the hedgehog's hand and said, "My mother and I have to pull a hook, you have to give me a pension, and you are not allowed to marry a wife and forget your mother in the future. If you hang yourself on the hook, you can't change it for a hundred years!" Mariko hooked the hedgehog's hand The little finger shook three times before letting go. The door of the ward building suddenly opened, and a nurse poked her head out and waved at the hedgehog: "The group meeting has started for half a day, come in soon!" Mariko approached the hedgehog's face: "I'll talk to the doctor about your discharge from the hospital." The hedgehog was so excited that he didn't know what to say, and just nodded his head.Running to the gate of the ward building, the hedgehog looked back at his mother again.Mom looked so pretty despite her blindfold and Band-Aids. When his mother asked him to call her in front of others, he always felt disgusted and resolutely refused to call her, but now, he couldn't help but yelled loudly: "Mom—" Mariko was so moved that she blinked, tears were about to come down. "Mom—thank you!" The hedgehog raised his little finger to his mother in embarrassment, then turned and ran into the ward building.