03 The birds woke me up from my deep sleep. When I opened my eyes, it was already dawn. I saw my father standing in front of the small bed where he was sleeping, pressing his hands on his chest, frowning. I turned off the kang without even having to wear shoes. Dad, what's wrong

03
The birds woke me up from my deep sleep. I opened my eyes and saw my father standing in front of the small bed where he was sleeping, pressing his hands on his chest, frowning.

I turned off the kang and didn't even bother to wear shoes. Dad, what's wrong with you? My father didn't answer me, but just pointed at his teacup with his finger. I quickly added water to him. My father took a few sips and signaled not to drink it anymore. I took the teacup and put it on the table. I looked at the heart-saving pills on the tape recorder. I quickly picked up and unscrewed the bottle cap and poured the beige balls into my father's palm. A pungent musk smell penetrated my nose.

My father's hand was a little trembling, and one fell to the ground. I quickly picked it up and put it in his palm. My father swallowed five pills and signaled to lie down. I pulled a pillow over and put it flat. My father slowly lay down along the edge of the bed with his shoes, his eyes slightly closed and his eyebrows were furrowed. At this moment, he was enduring the pain caused by heart discomfort.

took a piece of clothes and gently covered his father's body. He didn't dare to ask any more. He just silently looked at the expression on his father's face, and his heart was beating "bangbang". My mother was not at home and my younger brother went to work on the construction site. I was so nervous that I was sweating all over my head.

My father had a heart disease for many years and had been maintained by drugs. He had committed a lot of crimes in the past few years and had to stay in the hospital several times a year. He has been slightly better in the past two years, but he was panting and unable to speak, so he rarely spoke. My mother said that his heart had never committed a crime during this period, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach. If the mother knew that her father would get sick again, she would never have had teeth.

I could hear my heartbeat in the room quietly. My father seemed to be asleep. I sat blankly on the sofa, staring at my father, my mind seemed to be confused, but it was blank again.

After drinking a cup of tea, the Heart-Saving Pill seemed to have worked. My father seemed to be not feeling too uncomfortable. He moved. I thought he thought about it, so he went to help him. "Dad, do you want to drink water?" My father shook his head and said with difficulty: "Lily, I'll settle you down..." I mechanically approached my body and nodded to indicate that I was listening attentively. "I feel like I'm almost out of my way. While I'm awake, I have to rely on something to tell you... I have no regrets in my life. I have a grandson and my great-grandson is also hugged me... What I am most worried about is your mother, who followed me - a city man. Unexpectedly, she was sent to the countryside again. I didn't enjoy a day of happiness, but I suffered a lifetime of hardship..."

I saw tears in the corner of my father's eyes, because I was panting, he spoke very hard and spoke slowly. He stopped and said, "I... left that day, your sisters took good care of your mother. If you can get free time in a year... Come back twice to accompany your mother. If your mother is in good health... I will take her to your place. Your mother has never been there before..."

's eyes were filled with tears, and I forced myself to prevent it from flowing down. I wanted to comfort my father and say, "Dad, don't worry, we will definitely do it, but I dare not speak. I am afraid that if I speak, I will lose control and cry out.

Gradually, my father stopped talking and seemed to be asleep.
...

nights are long, my father slept peacefully in the bed, the moon is very bright, and shining on the kang through the window lattice, I lost all sleepiness, the room was stuffy and hot, I really wanted to sit in the yard and see the moon with the stars in the sky, just like when I was a child, sitting on the platform to count the stars and look at the moon. I was afraid of disturbing my sleeping father again, so I had to lie quietly on the kang and look at the moon through the window, thinking of my mother...