Chapter 46 forty six

Juexin and Zhou's two sedan chairs stopped at the Zhou family hall.They got out of the sedan chair and hurried inside. Yun just came out from the aisle.Seeing them, he hurried down the steps to greet them.She walked up to them, saluted, and greeted them: "Auntie, cousin!" She also said: "Brother Mei is really miserable..." When she couldn't continue, she began to sob. "Cousin Yun, don't be sad, how is cousin Mei?" Juexin asked comfortingly. "I can't tell. I'm feeding him medicine. He looks really scary. Brother and sister Mei are always crying. I ran out because I was afraid to watch," Yun said, wiping her eyes.

Both Juexin and Zhou stopped talking.They followed Yun into Mei's room. The room was brightly lit, but there was no joy in it.Zhou Botao stood in front of the desk with his back to the window.Mrs. Zhou sat on the wicker chair.Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Yang, Mrs. Feng and others all stood in front of the bed.Zhou Shi and Juexin greeted them, and hurriedly went to the bed to see the patient without saying any polite words. Master Mei's paper-white and thin face was placed on the raised pillow; his eyes were open blankly, as if he couldn't see anything; his mouth was slightly opened, and his throat was gurgling.Young Nai Mei leaned over and carefully fed the concoction into his mouth with a small spoon.While feeding the medicine, she shed tears.He swallowed with difficulty.Then he shook his head slightly, and his eyelids drooped wearily.

"Take a few more mouthfuls, there's still half a bowl of medicine left," Mei Shaonai softly persuaded while holding the bowl. Mei opened his eyes again, looked at Young Nai Mei, and replied in a weary hoarse voice: "I won't eat....I feel sad." "Just bear with it for a while, and the medicine will take effect after taking it. Can you take two more bites?" Mei young lady restrained her grief and comforted her softly. "Alright, I'll eat again," Mei replied gently, as if smiling at her.Young Nai Mei put the silver spoon filled with the medicinal juice into his mouth, he swallowed a mouthful, but stretched out his hand to pinch her hand to prevent her from taking it back.He looked at her reluctantly and said, "I'm sorry for you. I've hurt you all my life. I really don't want to be separated from you..." When he said this, tears completely covered his eyeballs.

"Don't be sad. If you don't take the medicine, just close your eyes and sleep for a while. Don't talk anymore, you make me want to cry." At first, young mistress Mei held back her tears to comfort him, but then she finally started to sob, and then Turn your face away so he won't see her tears.She handed the medicine bowl to Mrs. Feng, and the hand holding the silver spoon was still in his. He blinked his eyes, tears rolled down his ears slowly from the corners of his eyes, and he said again: "I have nothing else to do... I really feel sorry for you when I think about it. I made you a widow at a young age.... You don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl in your belly? It will take many years to grow up? It’s enough for you!...But the second sister is kind, she will treat you well....You have to change your temper, I will Don't worry." Seeing Young Mistress Mei's face covered in tears and sobbing with her head buried, he felt very sad.His heart was twisted by a strong nostalgia for life.He couldn't bear to see her pain anymore, so he closed his eyes reluctantly.But just as he closed his eyes, he felt his heart churning even more violently.He opened his eyes again, and squeezed Mei Shaonai's hand even tighter.He heard someone whispering next to him.He turned his absent-minded eyes to the outside of the bed.He suddenly caught a glimpse of Juexin's sad face, and couldn't help calling out loudly: "Big cousin." He only called once, and he also heard Juexin's response.He was very excited.His self-sustaining strength was completely gone.With a wow, he spat out a mouthful of bright red blood.Blood splashed everywhere, covering the quilt, there were bloodstains on Mei's hands and sleeves, his own cheeks and the corners of his mouth.Everyone looked at him in horror and called him.He has passed out.

Mei Shaonai didn't care about the bloodstains.She almost threw herself on top of his quilt.She wailed for him.The others gathered around the bed, calling with tears.Zhou Botao and Mrs. Zhou also came.They called for a while before Mei opened his eyes again and looked at them blankly.His eyeballs also seemed to be unable to move properly.He moved his mouth, another mouthful of blood.So he put his hand down from Mei Shaonai's hand as if giving up.He also moved his head slightly.He let out another breath, and closed his eyes forever.No matter how hard they called him, he didn't wake up.

There was a cry in the room.Mei Shaonai cried the most.She knelt on the step stool in front of the bed, grabbed Mei's cold hand, pressed her head on the quilt, and wept bitterly.Yun stood by and covered her eyes with a handkerchief, crying.Mrs. Zhou sat on the rattan chair and cried, but was soon dissuaded by Zhou.Chen stood by the bed, counting and crying.Mrs. Feng also cried like this, while telling her young lady (Mei Shaonai) about her life.Xu lowered her head and sobbed.She saw Mrs. Zhou stopped crying and went to persuade Mrs. Zhou, so she also went to persuade Mrs. Chen.However, Chen's sorrow is too great, and there is a lot of resentment in the sorrow.Zhou Botao stood alone in front of the desk, staring at the bed, weeping helplessly.

Juexin saw all this with tears in his eyes.He didn't cry out.His grief was all stuffy in his heart, and he couldn't find a chance to vent it.His tears seemed to flow from his heart.His scars are also on his heart.He seemed to be watching his own death.What died should be a part of his own body.This is his first few executions.Once, once, he endured it, seeing it as part of his inevitable fate.His reason didn't deceive him, he had expected such an ending a long time ago.But his temperament, his attitude to life, ruined him, and he dared not even do anything to save him.Looking at the dead man lying powerlessly on the bed now, he thought of the past losses again, and he felt that this was his last warning.Those cries were like terrible alarm bells.They had another meaning to his ears.

The crying gradually died down.Later, there was only Mei Shaonai crying hoarsely.Zhou Botao paced back and forth in the room with tears all over his face.Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Zhou, and Mrs. Zhou were discussing funeral matters, but Zhou Botao did not attend. There was a commotion in the room.People were coming and going non-stop, doing essential work.Zhou Gui was sent to report to relatives.Juexin had just ordered the maid to take down the curtain, and Mrs. Zhou asked him to go out to pick out the coffin.He didn't think about it.He agreed without hesitation, as if it was his duty.He came out of the aisle and saw a red light in the sky, which he didn't notice.Later, when he went to the hall and heard someone say "fire", he didn't care where the fire started, so he hurried into the sedan chair.

He bought the coffin and returned to Zhou's house.In the sedan chair, he heard the bearers talking about the fire.He was being squeezed tightly by painful thoughts, and he had no intention of caring about other things.His sedan chair entered Zhou's house, and as soon as he stepped out of the sedan chair in the hall, he saw Yuan Cheng running towards him, and said to him in panic: "Young master, Yuan Cheng has been waiting for you for a long time. The commercial place caught fire, and it was burning very fiercely. Someone came to the mansion to report. Yuan Cheng rushed here, and the young master just went out for a while."

What a thunderbolt from the blue!Juexin was disturbed.He looked at the sky painfully.The red light covered half the sky.A gust of wind blows in front of you.He thought: "It's over! How can all the disasters come to me in one night?" He felt his head and heart ache.He told the bearers: "You just wait here, I'm going to the shopping mall soon." Juexin walked inside.Seeing him, Mrs. Zhou said without waiting for him to speak, "Mingxuan, what should we do? The commercial site is on fire! Do you want to go?" "Mom, I'll go. I can't take care of cousin Mei's affairs," Juexin replied in a low voice, half panicked and half painful.He went to talk to Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Chen, etc., and hurried out of the room.No one sent him.He walked through the courtyard, and suddenly felt that Mei was talking to him beside him.He turned his head around in surprise, feeling a little dazed.

As soon as Juexin got into the sedan chair, Yuan Cheng suddenly ran over and asked him, "Master, do you want Yuan Cheng to go with you?" He looked at Juexin with sympathy.Without hesitation, Juexin replied, "No need, you can just serve the wife here." Juexin got into the sedan chair, and urged the bearer to let go and run away.There is only one fire word in his mind.There was only a red light in front of his eyes.From time to time, the wind rolled up the upper car curtain and blew in.There was no sign of rain in the sky.His sedan chair was walking towards the red light.Some people ran back and forth in the sedan chair, still talking.He heard the bearer in front of him talking to himself: "It happened to be blowing again tonight. How can we save it if it burns like this?" He became more and more anxious.He could only pray silently, hoping that the fire would not expand. The bearers walked along Juexin's familiar streets.These streets are deserted at night on weekdays, but now they are very lively.Many people walked in strides while speaking, all heading in the same direction.The sedan chair gradually approached the shopping mall, and Juexin's heart beat even harder.He longed to get to that place immediately, but he was also afraid that when he got there, he would see a more terrifying scene than he imagined.The sedan chair turned a corner, and he raised his head and could already see the flames.This is the real color of fire.The flames kept rising up, and the fire was burning blazingly.The wind fanned the fire.Fire Ravens are flying around.This sight killed Juexin's hope, and he turned pale in the sedan chair. He heard a noisy crowd, and there were still three streets away from the shopping mall.Red light illuminates the street.Countless dark heads gathered in front of them.Looking straight ahead, the flames hung in the sky, hanging on the dark roof like a sunset glow.The sedan chair went slower and slower, and the footsteps of the bearers became chaotic.Someone was pushing the sedan chair, and someone was complaining nearby. "The sedan chair can't pass, turn back and go!" A policeman in front stopped the sedan chair and ordered. "Our young master is working in the commercial office," the bearer in front said. "Look for yourself, there are so many people, and there are many things on the street ahead, how can you get by?" the policeman said with a straight face. Juexin knew that it was useless to argue, so he ordered in the sedan chair: "Old Wang, put down the sedan chair and wait for me to go over and have a look." The bearers obediently put down the sedan chair in the street.Juexin got off the sedan chair and asked the bearer to park the sedan chair by the side of the street and wait for him.He hurriedly walked towards the crowd in front of him alone. It is not easy to walk through the crowd.Someone behind is pushing, but the person in front refuses to move forward, and sometimes retreats slowly.Juexin was caught among such people.He looked at the gap and squeezed his way, and pushed other people away, his ears were full of other people's comments and curses, and he didn't care about them.It took him a lot of effort to squeeze through a street, and by this time his underwear was soaked with sweat. The fire light was getting closer to his eyes, as if even his surroundings were covered with that red light.In his imagination, he seemed to hear the sound of burning.The streets are full of people.The streets are full of boxes and cages, and many faces are familiar to him.The shop clerks watched over the boxes of bedding piled up in the street, and excitedly told of their misfortunes.The empty-handed man pointed to the flames and sighed.Some run around frantically, looking for acquaintances.Some people even ran over from the front in embarrassment carrying their bedding and suitcases. "Why hasn't the water dragon come? Do you want to watch it burn out?" Juexin heard a person say indignantly. "The water dragon has come early, what can we do if there is no water?" Another person next to him who knew more about the matter replied. "It's too late to fetch water, so we should climb up the house to demolish the house and cut off the fire road," the third person interjected dissatisfied. "Climbing houses is easy to say! Who doesn't cherish their lives! You only earn a few dollars a month, and I ask you to do it, are you willing?" the second person said again. "Fortunately, there are high wind and fire walls on all sides of the commercial site, so we are not afraid of the fire spreading out. I think what they mean is to let it be locked inside and burn, and it will be fine if it burns out. Otherwise, two or three water hoses will not be seen even if they are placed at the door. Move?" The third person said still dissatisfied. When Juexin heard this man's words, it was as if he had been punched hard in the chest.He was a little numb.He looked up at the fire.The old fire crow flew for half the sky.The flames continued to rise one by one.The colors are very vibrant.Even the heads of countless black people in front of them were dyed the color of fire.There is fire on the ground, fire in the air, and fire in the heart of man.He walked forward with a nervous mood.But this time he failed, his energy was exhausted.He was crowded in the crowd, unable to move forward or backward.His mind was full of fire.He thinks only of the destruction and power of fire.From time to time he was pushed forward.Sometimes they were pushed to the back.He was at the middle of the street at first, and then gradually moved to the right.His face was flushed, and his head was beaded with sweat.The brain seemed to be on fire.The whole body is very hot. Suddenly a hand stretched out from the side and touched his arm, but he didn't pay attention.The hand later grabbed his right shoulder.Then a voice called out: "Brother!" He turned his head, and Juemin stood beside him blushing and sweating profusely, and asked him, "How long have you been here?" He didn't answer Juemin directly, but asked with a bit of surprise: "Why did you come here too? Did you come to see the fire?" He forgot about the Liqun Weekly News. "I came to see our newspaper office, but I couldn't get in even if I ran around," Juemin said bluntly.There was an anxious expression on his face. "Your newspaper?" Juexin read in passing, and he immediately remembered what Keming had said to him. "It must be completely burnt out now. I have been here for more than one o'clock, but I can't get in," Juemin replied excitedly. Juexin suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he thought: a difficult problem has been solved.He asked Juemin, "Didn't everything get out?" "I don't know yet, maybe someone was inside when the fire started. I haven't met them yet. There are so many people on the street, it's not easy to find acquaintances. I didn't expect that I would run into you," Juemin replied.He asked Juexin again with concern: "What about you? Do you have any important things in the office? Didn't you bring out the account books?" Juexin frowned and replied: "The account books are rewinded. There is nothing important. I always bring my things with me. But my fourth father gave me 1,000 yuan in stocks today, and I locked them in In the drawer, I forgot to take it out. This is a bit annoying...? "What's so annoying about this? It's not your fault, maybe you have to pay for it?" Juemin interjected, he didn't want to hear Xin's worrying words again: "And the stocks are not worth much now." Suddenly there was another commotion in the crowd. They were only talking and were pushed to the side of the street without paying attention. "You still don't know his temper. There is also the savings of the fourth aunt and Aunt Chen. Now they don't know what will happen to the quarrel? I'm really afraid of them!" After standing still, Juexin looked at the firelight and said painfully. Say.The fire didn't abated, and countless bright red sparks rushed into the sky like a cannon and scattered in all directions.People were screaming and jostling wildly for no reason. "You like to take care of those things on weekdays. You are asking for trouble. You can't take care of their affairs. You should save some time to do other things," Juemin complained sympathetically. "You don't understand my situation. Think about it: what can I do?" Juexin argued painfully. "I'm different from you. I don't have the luck you have." Juemin naturally disagrees with the new insights.He was about to argue when he suddenly heard someone calling his name, so he looked ahead.Zhang Huiru with a triangular face was walking towards him.He hurried forward happily. "When did you come? How come you're not here?" Juemin asked. "I came a bit late. I came from the tailor shop," Zhang Huiru replied excitedly, "I didn't see Huan Ru, just met Chen Chi and Wang Yong, they said Huan Ru Cunren took the things and went back first." Yes. When the fire broke out, they were all at the newspaper office. When they heard that there was a fire and saw people running around, they were also very panicked. But everything was taken out, and only some furniture remained." There was no anxious expression on his face. "But once the newspaper office is burned down, everything should come to a halt," Juemin said unhappily. "What are you worried about? We have so many people! I promise you that in less than two weeks, everything will be done well. The proofs of the weekly paper have not been burned, and there is no need to stop an issue. We can do it at home." a temporary office." "Very well, after all, you have more opinions than I do. I was really flustered just now," Juemin praised with satisfaction. "Then let's go find Chen Chi and the others, and we'll go to Cunren's house to discuss together. They're right ahead," Zhang Huiru said excitedly. "Okay, I have nothing else to do," Juemin replied straightforwardly.He looked back and saw Juexin still standing behind him, so he asked with a smile: "Brother, are you still here? Are you going home?" Juexin nodded and replied, "I'll go back. You go first." "I don't think you're in good spirits. In fact, it's meaningless to stand here. You can't go to the front anyway. You'd better go home and rest for a while," Juemin advised with concern.He said again: "I'm going first. I'll go home later." Without waiting for Juexin's answer, he took Zhang Huiru's arm and squeezed into the crowd in front of him. Juexin stared at Juemin's back in bewilderment.At first he saw Juemin's head swaying on some lower heads, then there was a crowd in front, three or four people came out of the crowd shouting and walking, and Juexin's arm was also pushed by them, When he stood still, Juemin had disappeared without a trace. Juexin stood for a while, feeling hot and uncomfortable, and planned to turn around and go back.He looked back and saw that there were dense crowds of people behind him. He saw countless heads moving, and he heard chaotic human voices. He didn't know what they were doing.His courage was gone again.He stood there dejectedly, letting others push him around.Without any effort on his part, he was slowly pushed forward by the people behind him, and he actually walked more than half a street eccentrically.Suddenly, under the eaves of a closed shop, he met a servant in the office.He called the man's name loudly and rushed over. The handyman saw that it was Juexin, and before Juexin could speak, he complained anxiously: "Master Gao, it's terrible! It's going to be burned up! I just grabbed a box and a bed. Have you seen it?" It’s really like a big stove, burning with the stove door closed. I’ve never seen such a big fire in my life, and it’s blown by the wind, and the fire runs faster than people, so I can’t get out if I fight.” He carried a small suitcase in his hand, and held a quilt under his armpit. When he spoke, he still had a terrifying expression on his face.