Chapter 109 goodbye boyhood

Two years later, the decisive factor that set the fire ablaze came. When Wang Mengying was fourteen years old, his father fell ill again, and soon became critically ill. In her later life, Wang Mengying will face several farewells to her relatives, but this is the first time that Wang Mengying feels that the sky is about to collapse. I am so useless. It was a summer evening, the moths around the paper lanterns were circling boredly, and the hot wind was blowing in through the doors and windows. Wang Mengying's father was already emaciated. When he was conscious, he tried to tell Wang Mengying about himself. Worry about things.

He said: "Meng Ying, as a father, I may die, but I have one thing to worry about." Wang Mengying shed tears and asked her father what happened. Father: "You are the eldest son in the family and the smartest. I have hopes for you!" Wang Mengying held her father's hand tightly, unable to speak. Father: "You have to remember: in the world of life, you must expect to be useful in the world. If you know what you say, I have no regrets!" With tears streaming down her face, Wang Mengying put her head on her father's hand, trying not to let herself cry out.

He nodded vigorously, answering his father's request in this way. Then, Wang Mengying's father passed away. During the funeral, Wang Mengying walked in the front of the funeral crowd in hemp and filial piety. He wiped away his tears and straightened his back hard, because Wang Mengying, who was only 14 years old, had already become the oldest man in his family. That day, it was a rainy day, and the light rain from the south of the Yangtze River flew down like fog, and the blue tiles and white walls in the distance were hidden in the misty rain and fog. A desolate feeling made people feel chilled in the heart.

Wang Mengying knelt in front of his father's grave for a long time. Here, he bid farewell to his boyhood forever. After returning from the funeral, Wang Mengying found her uncle alone and had a talk with him. He said to his uncle (crying to his uncle): "Uncle, my father asked me to be a useful person to the world when he was dying. Is there anything more practical than studying medicine to be a useful person? But The principles of medicine are so subtle that if you don’t study hard, you can’t master them, so I want to study medicine for ten years and entrust my family to you, uncle, is that okay?” My nephew dares not to concentrate, to find out what it is! The first principle is far away, and I want to bury my head for ten years, and my uncle will be tired by the family, is it possible?)

When Wang Mengying's uncle heard these words, he looked at the fourteen-year-old boy carefully, and was taken aback. How could this be said by a boy! So, he nodded and replied: "If you really have such an ambition, then your father will rest in peace, how can I refuse?" From then on, Wang Mengying's uncle began to help take care of his family, and often encouraged Wang Mengying to study medicine. He named the room where Wang Mengying studied "Qianzhai", which means to let him concentrate on studying. The name of this Qianzhai has been used by Wang Mengying ever since. , and later he wrote a book called "Qianzhai Jianxiaofang" (including "Qianzhai Medical Talk").

However, Wang Mengying soon discovered that this was not feasible, because the family had no food to eat. You should ask, isn't his uncle taking care of him?Yes, but in those days, no family was rich, and everyone had no food to eat, not to mention how many people there were in Wang Mengying's family? The situation in Wang Mengying's family at that time, Wang Mengying mentioned many times later, it was "cook without a place to pound", which means that there was no food overnight. You may not have experienced this kind of life now, but in that year, the next day Where to get some rice to eat in the morning is the biggest thing on the parents' mind.

Hunger, the feeling of hunger is painful, especially when I read a book hungry at night, it seems that I can't go on like this. Therefore, Wang Mengying began to look for her father's friends before his death, hoping that someone could introduce herself to a job to support the family. At this time, his father's old friend Jin Lusi helped their family again. He introduced Wang Mengying an opportunity to work in Wuzhou (now Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province). Since Wang Mengying was good at arithmetic, he recommended him to the salt department there. Be an accountant. In this way, when Wang Mengying was fourteen years old, she said goodbye to her mother, came to Wuzhou, and started her working career.

When she left her hometown, Wang Mengying knelt on the ground, kowtowed to her mother, and said to her: "Mom, I can no longer honor you by your side. I will bring back the money I earned so that you and my younger brothers and sisters We are full!" Then, he went on the road without looking back, and his mother watched Wang Mengying's young figure disappear on the horizon with tears in her eyes. Ensuring that the family can have enough to eat was one of Wang Mengying's biggest thoughts at the time. By the way, you can think about what you were doing when you were fourteen years old.