Chapter 172 Teacher Wen is leaving?
August 27th, Shanghai.
Rain was dripping outside the window and the sky looked a little gloomy.
As the school was about to start, Wen Susu felt a little unhappy. A rare feeling of sadness filled her heart, and she entered the most difficult time of her life.
She sighed softly, adjusted her mood to avoid another meaningless quarrel, picked up the porridge she had cooked, and gently pushed open the door of the ward.
This is an independent high-end ward.
The most eye-catching thing in the room was the white hospital bed, with various medical equipment placed around it. The pale-faced woman lying on the bed was her mother.
The incident happened two days ago. The mother and daughter quarreled again over the issue of going to a remote island to teach, and neither of them could convince the other.
Just when Wen Susu decided to leave Shanghai and go back to school in two days, her mother was admitted to the hospital that night because of severe abdominal pain and high fever.
It's a serious case of gallstones with acute cholecystitis. I just had surgery yesterday. It's conservatively estimated that I'll have to stay in the hospital for ten days to half a month...
Even though she disagreed with her mother, Wen Susu had never thought that such a thing would happen, and she was extremely anxious for a moment.
Fortunately, it was not a serious problem. In addition, her family was well-off. After receiving good medical treatment and surgery, she just needed to pay more attention after being discharged from the hospital. However, this also sounded a wake-up call for Wen Susu. She suddenly realized that her mother, who had always been an elite woman, was already 53 years old without realizing it...
My father is getting older and has many minor health ailments. Now that my husband and I have reached this age, we have wealth and status. The few things we want left are peace and security and for our daughter to be by their side, right?
It can be said that this was the most intense conflict between Wen Susu and her parents, and also the most difficult time in her life.
Hospital bed.
Li Jun was sleeping with her eyes closed. Perhaps the anesthetic had worn off, and the pain from the incision made her frown even in her sleep, with some cold sweat oozing from her forehead.
Wen Susu gently placed the porridge in her hand on the table, tore off two pieces of tissues, and carefully wiped the sweat from her mother's forehead.
Li Jun slowly opened his eyes and wanted to speak, but his throat was very hoarse.
"Su Su..."
"Mom, are you awake?"
"Um……"
Li Jun wanted to sit up by supporting herself on the bed, but as soon as she moved, the sharp pain from the knife wound made her frown.
Without waiting for her to speak, the attentive Wen Susu understood what her mother meant. She quickly raised the head of the bed, supported her back with her hands, and put a pillow behind her, so that she was half sitting and half lying.
"Huh... This person, he can't stand the hardship anymore when he gets older. A minor illness almost cost me my life..."
"Mom, it's just a minor illness! Do you feel better now?"
"Um... pour me some water."
Wen Susu took out a cup, adjusted the water temperature between cold and hot water, and when she felt it was about the right temperature, she carefully handed the cup to her mother.
"Mom, let me feed you."
"It's okay, Mom will do it herself..."
"You can't even hold your hands steady."
Seeing this, Wen Susu took out a small spoon and carefully fed her mother some water bit by bit without saying anything.
After drinking the water, Wen Susu opened the thermos again, revealing a bowl of carrot and lean meat porridge. The lean meat was all chopped into minced meat and cooked with the porridge until it was soft and easy to digest. Although it was light, it still tasted very good.
"The doctor said that you'd better just drink some porridge now, and don't eat anything greasy or strong-flavored."
"Um...Aunt Wu made it?"
Aunt Wu is the live-in nanny at home, and is responsible for three meals a day.
"I made it." Wen Susu said. She got up early in the morning to cook porridge.
"Aunt Wu will bring you food. You can just sleep a little longer during the holiday. Why bother..."
"I can't sleep. Let me feed you."
"Um……"
"Be careful, it's hot."
Wen Susu scooped a spoonful of porridge, blew on it carefully to cool it down, and then gently fed it to her mother.
"How does it feel? Is it salty..."
"No, it's delicious."
Li Jun smiled. In fact, she had no appetite and nothing tasted good. If it was the porridge sent by Aunt Wu, she might just take a few mouthfuls and not drink it. But this was the porridge specially cooked by her own daughter. When she took a mouthful of the hot porridge, she felt warm in her heart and even her wound didn't seem to hurt so much.
In fact, the daughter has changed a lot in the past year since she went to teach. Compared with other rich girls in the same circle, she doesn't like jewelry, bags, sports cars, and she doesn't even have her nails done, because it delays her from using chalk to write on the blackboard. Not only that, she even learned how to make porridge and cook. Last year, when the couple ate the New Year's Eve dinner prepared for them by Susu herself, they were shocked.
Now that he was lying on the hospital bed, Susu could still take care of him attentively. Only then did Li Jun really feel that his daughter had grown up.
But besides being relieved, I feel more heartbroken.
Thinking about how hard my husband and I worked, wasn't it to give our daughter a better life? But she insisted on going to those difficult places. I originally thought that she would stay for at most ten days or half a month before she couldn't stand it and would come back, but I didn't expect that she seemed to be addicted to it. The agreed one semester turned into a year, and one year turned into three years...
The old mother is already 53 years old this year, and Li Jun is really afraid that this silly girl will stay there and never come back.
According to her age, Li Jun can retire now, and she has no other wishes for the rest of her life. She just hopes that her daughter can stay with her. She doesn't expect her to take care of her in her old age, but at least they can take care of each other. She is her only daughter, and she can satisfy whatever Susu wants, except this...
"Ugh……"
After drinking a few mouthfuls of porridge, Li Jun sighed and suddenly couldn't drink anymore.
"Mom, can't you drink a little more? You only ate a little bit?" "I'm full."
"..."
Wen Susu's heart skipped a beat. Looking at her mother's expression, she guessed that she was thinking about the quarrel they had had before.
Wen Susu had deliberately avoided this topic, mainly because she didn't want her mother's emotions to fluctuate too much and affect her condition. But not talking about it doesn't mean that the matter is over. There always needs to be a result.
Especially for the mother who has always been strong, in the company, she is the boss who has the final say, but at home, she has no way to deal with her "rebellious" daughter.
Sure enough, without waiting for Wen Susu to speak, Li Jun asked directly:
"Susu, what do you think about what Mom told you before?"
"...Mom, let's talk about it next time. You just had surgery and the doctor told you to take good care of yourself."
"If you don't give me an answer, I won't be cured of this illness."
"Mom...don't be like this, I'm really in a difficult situation!"
"Then tell me, what's so difficult about it? Is it so interesting to teach in a place I've never heard of? If you like being a teacher, I promise you, as long as you come back to Shanghai, I can open a studio for you, or you can go to any school in Shanghai to be a teacher, I have no objection, I will help you find a way to arrange it, even if you do nothing, I can support you, what's so difficult about it?"
"Mom, that's not what I meant. I haven't even finished the contract I signed with the school, and the students I teach are just in the second year of junior high school. If I leave halfway, wouldn't that be irresponsible?"
"I can give the school a sponsorship fee so that they can find better teachers."
"Mom! Many things are not what you think. My students need me, and I have gained a lot there. These cannot be simply measured by money... Alas, you don't understand."
"Then mom doesn't need you anymore?"
Li Jun was a little excited as she spoke, "Mom was lucky this time, she just had her gallbladder removed, but what if it happens next time? If I have a heart attack or a cerebral hemorrhage, and you're there, and there's no one around me, what will I do? I'm fifty-three this year, and your dad is fifty-six. The family business is so big, but in the end, isn't it all handed over to you? You care about your own ideals and dreams, and you think about your students who have nothing to do with you, but have you ever thought about us?"
"Mom...please stop talking nonsense. Even if I'm around, I can't help you. Aunt Wu and the others are at home. I'm 24 years old now, and I'm not a child anymore. You've arranged everything for me since I was a child. What school to go to, what major to choose, what to do, I just want to do something I like, can't I do that?"
"But they are all outsiders! I won't stop you from doing what you like, but do you have to go so far away? You just don't want to be too close to home!"
"Yes! I don't want to get too close to home! I can't breathe!"
She was so angry that even the usually gentle Wen Susu became anxious.
“I…cough cough cough——!”
Li Jun was also angry. His pale face turned red. He couldn't say a word and kept coughing because of choking.
Wen Susu was startled by her and hurried over to pat her on the back.
The mother and daughter still couldn't convince each other. It would be great if they could tell who was right and who was wrong, but it was hard to tell who was right and who was wrong in this matter.
The rain outside the window was still drizzling, making people feel even more upset, and the atmosphere in the ward became even more depressing.
The mother and daughter stopped arguing and just fell silent.
After calming down, Li Jun realized that she had done something wrong. Just as Susu said, perhaps it was the high pressure at home that made her prefer to stay away from home rather than stay in Shanghai...
It was said that it was for her own good, but were all the arrangements and restrictions on her life really for her own good... Could she understand her mother's painstaking efforts... And what was she asking for...
Similarly, Wen Susu also knew that she had done something wrong. To her shame, as a teacher, she would tell her students to respect and understand their parents, but her relationship with her parents was a mess...
She didn't know whether it was a communication problem or a concept problem. When she stayed at home, she just felt like a puppet. Even marriage, career, words and deeds were tightly arranged. What her mother said was right. She was a little selfish to leave them and go to Baitan to teach. But it was really only when she was in Baitan that she felt like she was living like herself...
If she suffered a setback in Baitan, she might just accept her fate and obediently follow her mother's arrangements to return to Shanghai.
But during this year, the feelings she built with Baitan, the school, and the students, and the indescribable wonderful feelings she gained, made her really unable to let go of that place and those people.
"Mom, I understand your painstaking efforts, but just for this matter, can you just let me be willful for once?"
"..."
Looking at her daughter's red eyes, Li Jun's expression was also tinged with sadness.
She wanted to say something, but finally remained silent.
After a long time, he finally asked, "Can you give me an exact time?"
"Two years. I am teaching them until the second year of junior high school. When they graduate from the third year, I will resign and return to Shanghai. I will never go to such a far place again and will stay with you well."
"One semester turns into one year, one year turns into two years..."
Li Jun smiled, and seemed to have no energy to refute her anymore.
"Mom, I'm telling the truth this time."
"I hope so."
Li Jun closed his eyes and seemed very sleepy.
The mother and daughter stopped talking. They seemed to agree, but they seemed to be stuck in another deadlock...
Wen Susu sighed, gently laid the bed flat, covered her mother with a quilt, and drew the curtains.
When I turned around, my mother still had her eyes closed, but her chest was heaving violently, probably because she was still emotionally restless.
Wen Susu no longer knew what to do to satisfy her, and she had already made a big concession.
Left the ward and closed the door.
She sat alone on a chair in the corridor, neither going in nor leaving, and just sat there for a long time.
Thinking of something, she took out her cell phone and made a call...
(End of this chapter)
