Knight of the Blue Lagoon (The Past of Tao v)

Continued......Girl

As a teacher, Daozhi really wanted to do something, but when she thought about it, what could she do? He was just an ordinary part-time teacher with no rights, no connections, and not a rich man. Daozhi suddenly felt that he was a sanctimonious person.

Looking at the watch, it was almost 1 o'clock, and Daozhi asked:"Have you not eaten yet?" Daozhi took Meng Lili to a nice restaurant. Food can make people temporarily forget their worries. Li Xiuyan and she used to come here often, and she left Haven't been here since. The steaks here are relatively famous. The weak body needs some strength to face the hardships in life.

Meng Lili has never been to a real Western restaurant, and naturally has never eaten decent Western food. The knife and fork are not so smooth, and her body is not comfortable. Just like a little lamb that has just learned to walk, it is reluctant to do so, bumping and bumping, and the knife and fork sometimes make harsh sounds on the plate, like some kind of cry in the heart. She seemed to be stubborn. She looked around from time to time, paying attention to their dining methods and imitating their manners. It didn't take long for her to adapt to the knife and fork and blend into the environment. She straightened up and began to enjoy Western food, revealing her long-lost expression. smile, although the muscles on his face are still slightly stiff. Food heals everything, at least while enjoying it. After Meng Lili finished the steak, she put the knife and fork neatly on the plate like Dao Zhi, and then came the dessert. Meng Lili only took two bites and then stopped.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Daozhi asked after seeing that she was full. Although he really didn't want to affect her mood at the moment, Daozhi couldn't ignore it. A possibility flashed in his mind. It was just an assumption without much basis, and Meng Lili's face soothed. His expression immediately dropped:

"My parents are workers and have been working for nearly 30 years. When my sister entered high school, her father's health became bad. When my sister was in her third year of high school, her father's health got worse and worse. My sister studied well, but her parents didn't want to affect her college entrance examination, so they kept supporting her. Not long after my sister went to college, the factory felt that her father could no longer work, so they gave her some compensation to allow her father to retire early. Ever since my father became ill, my mother often worked overtime at the factory. Gradually, she began to feel sluggish and sluggish. She often forgot some things. After the examination, the doctor said it was amnesia, caused by excessive anxiety, depression and insomnia. There may also be some Genetic causes cannot be effectively treated. Soon my father collapsed, and my mother had to come back to take care of him. The little money given by the factory was quickly spent. The pension was much less than the salary, and the medical expenses were increasing. It was impossible to maintain it. After a while, The savings that Shijiyuan had worked so hard for many years were running out, so my sister worked and studied at the same time. Fortunately, my sister was able to make money and became the breadwinner of the family, but my father's health never improved.

Daozhi asked:"Don't you have medical insurance?""

"I have medical insurance. For my father’s illness, the doctor said he needed imported drugs, which were not fully covered by medical insurance. Those drugs were very expensive. Thanks to my sister, I have been able to survive until now. Now my sister has had an accident, my parents have been hit hard, and my mother is even worse. After the treatment, my father is so distraught that he doesn't want to go to the hospital anymore and refuses all treatment. I don't know what to do? Now our relatives are all far away from us, and there is no one to even consult with us."

Meng Lili's hands kept rubbing on the tablecloth, and there were tears in her eyes. This kind of tears should not appear in the flower season. A depressed heart. The sky she saw was no longer blue. There were no stars in the night of life. She felt the earth under her feet. Without sunlight, the growing seeds left the soil, and Dao Zhi strongly felt the helplessness in her heart. Compared with children of the same age, Meng Lili is more mature. Her maturity comes from her helplessness towards reality. Every child who matures prematurely It is forced, only suffering and sorrow are not life

"My parents listen to my sister very much and always ask me to learn from her. My sister once mentioned you at home and respects you very much, so she wants you to go back and enlighten your parents."

"enlighten?"Daozhi

"Yes, let them continue the treatment. My mother felt groggy all day. If my father is gone, I really don’t know what to do in the future. You are my sister's teacher. I think your parents will listen to you."Meng Lili's tears fell, and Daozhi handed over a tissue.

Only then did Daozhi learn about Meng Meimei. He thought she simply liked that kind of glamorous life, but her story turned out to be so sad. There are reasons behind ordinary appearances. Life forced her to enter a dangerous world prematurely, but she has not learned to protect herself. Could Meng Meimei's departure be because of that incident? What are the possibilities? Yes, then he..., Daozhi is still not sure. He needs more information to draw a conclusion. He cannot let the truth be covered up by the cruelty of life. At this moment, Daozhi feels that he must do something for this girl, not just In order to help her. (The antecedent is continued from"The Past of Tao i"》）

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4.

In the afternoon of his illness, Daozhi and Meng Lili came to her house with some supplements. She lived in the suburbs, dozens of kilometers away from the city center. As she approached her house, several towering chimneys came into view, and she looked through the windshield. Like several awls standing upside down on the ground, poking into the air

"This is an industrial area. The largest paper mill is here, and next to it is the processing plant, where my father works."Seeing Daozhi looking around, Meng Lili introduced, and pointed to a treatment plant after speaking.

Daozhi had heard of this paper mill, which is a well-known local enterprise. Entering the employee community, the buildings were not high, the buildings were rough, and the houses were old. Some of the exterior wall skins have fallen off, as if no one has maintained them. The buildings are close together, and the colored light is not very good. It is difficult to see sunlight on the lower two floors. There is almost no greening in the community, and there is a feeling of depletion, and there are no activities. It feels like the people who live here only live their lives at work.

Climbing up the stairs, there are two families living in one stairway. Some of the houses don’t seem to be inhabited by people. They live on the 5th floor, which is the penultimate floor. Being assigned to this floor shows how much the factory valued him at that time. The door of the house opposite was covered with dust and must have been moved away. Entering the room, the windows in the living room are not big, there is not much light, and the floor tiles are worn out. , stains are obvious between the gaps, dust hangs on the yellowed walls, and some wall coverings have been cracked. The stools and tables are simple hardwoods. The furniture is mainly practical and fairly complete. The hanging wedding photos are the highlight of the house. , it should be a photo from the 1990s. A large dark blue suit with a red tie is next to a tight wedding dress and a bouquet of flowers. Wedding dresses were not too popular at that time. It can be seen that the conditions when they got married were pretty good. Two young people With smiles on their faces and high spirits, a family was born. They were full of enthusiasm for life and full of hope for the future. There were also some small photos hanging next to them. One of them when they were young, hugging each other and watching the sunset, was particularly poetic and picturesque, with the glow shining through. Their faces were radiant, and there were some photos of Meng Meimei and Meng Lili when they were young. In the photos, the two were carefree, pure and lovely, and you could feel what a warm and happy home this was.

Meng Lili came with Dao Zhi In the back room, Meng's father was lying on the bed, and Meng's mother was napping on a chair nearby. Beside the bed were the dishes and chopsticks after eating. The room was a little messy, and the floor had not been cleaned for a while. Meng Lili came closer and shouted softly, Meng's father woke up from a daze, and Meng's mother coughed a few times.

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