Be careful

Chapter 18

"Do you want to be so exaggerated." Populus started the car, reversed it, and slowly drove out of the rest area with a truck in front.

Mu Chi turned over and took out a small pill box from the pocket of his suit sitting in the back row, took out a white pill, and took the medicine with the mineral water bottle.

"Brother Xiaochi, are you not feeling well?" Pu Li asked belatedly.

"Well," Mu Chi laughed a little stiffly, "When I'm nervous, I get a migraine, it's okay, I'll be fine with you driving, I'll be fine after taking the medicine and resting."

"Hmm." Pu Li felt sorry for the man beside him.

He thinks that Mu Chi is like a spinning top, he is busy with things like Galaxy, family, and friends. He doesn't know if Mu Chi has his own time, lives his own life, spends a while or eats without any purpose. meal.

The car was speeding on the highway, and the breathing of the people around me gradually became even.

When Pu Li turned his head to look, Mu Chi had already fallen asleep.

He held the steering wheel tightly with both hands, wanting to help Mu Chi pull the covered clothes net, and because he hadn't driven for a long time, he was afraid of an emergency situation at this moment.

Mu Chi's breathing gradually became heavy.

In the mountains in the evening of autumn, the temperature dropped sharply. Pu Quer was afraid that Mu Chi would catch cold, so he had to turn on the warm air.

In fact, because he was concentrating on driving, not only was he not cold but he was still sweating, and when the warm wind blew, he became a little hot after a while.

Mu Chi slept soundly, his brows that were originally frowning were relaxed, and the passing car lights occasionally illuminated his face, like a sleeping child.

This person can only be so relaxed in his sleep.

After getting off the expressway, I walked a section of provincial and rural roads according to the navigation, and finally reached the end of the navigation after ten o'clock in the evening.

A very ordinary small village, the moon is sparse, and dogs bark occasionally.

Pushing Mu Chi's shoulder gently: "Brother Xiaochi, take a look, are we here?"

Mu Chi woke up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then opened the car window to look around.

Unable to see anything, Mu Chi opened the car door and prepared to go down to look, "Wow, woof..." The old dog from the village chased after him.

Mu Chi hastily closed the car door, together with the window, and said nervously, "Drive in along this slope."

Pu Li smiled and asked: "Brother Xiaochi is afraid of dogs?"

Embarrassed, Mu Chi threw the clothes covering his body to the back row, turned off the heater and changed the topic: "You are afraid of the cold, the temperature is so high."

The two laughed.

"Does your head still hurt?" Pope asked.

Mu Chi returned to his usual expression: "It doesn't hurt anymore, the car drives very steadily, and I slept very comfortably."

The car slid along the small slope to the end, and a very old door appeared in front of it.

"You turn off the car lights, I'll make a call and ask my aunt at home." Mu Chi took out his mobile phone and pressed the top number in "Recent Calls".

After a while, the phone was connected, and the aunt lowered her voice: "Xiaochi, what's the matter?"

"Aunt Wang, is Dad resting?"

"No, I'm watching the moon on the reclining chair in the backyard. If I ask him to go back to the house, he won't go back."

"Got it, come and open the garage door, I'm back."

After hanging up the phone and waiting for a while, the garage door next to the main gate opened first.Mu Chi signaled Populus to drive the car directly.

Populus drove the car into the garage, and the two got out of the car together.

Auntie was standing at the door with her coat on, and she laughed when she saw Mu Chi: "What are you doing here late at night, I just called you in case you were worried. I'm also confused, and I just went back to my room to look at the calendar and I just figured it out." , today is your mother's birthday."

"Well, I remember, I just thought he forgot and didn't come back early." Mu Chi introduced Populus to his aunt, and then urged her to arrange accommodation for Populus, stepping on the path paved with flagstones towards the backyard direction to go.

Aunt Wang looked up and down at the handsome boy in front of her, then smiled and led him upstairs.

"Aunt Wang, if Mr. Mu hasn't rested yet, I want to go over and say hello." Pu Li said to his aunt.

The aunt waved her hand: "He refuses to rest, he is very stubborn, I will show you the room first, you can go down later, and let the father and son talk first."

Populus followed him into a clean guest room.

"Tonight, you can stay here." Auntie took out a clean sheet and quilt cover from the closet and wanted to change it for Poplar.

Poplar stepped forward to hold hands.

The auntie laughed again when she saw the diligent appearance of Pu Li, and asked, "Are you Xiaochi's friend?"

"Brother Xiaochi is my boss." Populus confessed.

"Oh, haha, our Xiaochi is now the boss of a big company, how about it, will you listen to what he has to say?"

"I'm willing to listen, Brother Xiaochi is very nice." Pu Li replied with a smile.

"Hey, it's really hard for this kid to be suddenly called back to be the boss, hey, but who would have thought of it... Sigh..."

Seeing that there was something in Aunt Wang's words, Pu Li asked, "Is Mr. Mu feeling unwell?"

"It's fine if it's just physical discomfort," the aunt shook off the bed sheet, with tears in her eyes, and pointed to her temple, "Here, I'm so confused!"

Pu Li understood, didn't say any more, helped her aunt make the bed, and hurried downstairs to the backyard.

The night wind was blowing, and the puff oak had a layer of goose bumps on its arms.

The light in the induction corridor was on, and Populus stopped moving forward, standing in the distance to see Mr. Mu on the reclining chair by the pond, and Mu Chi standing beside him.

"It's Mom's birthday today, what did you give her?" Mu Chi's voice sounded like he was coaxing a child.

"What to give, she hasn't given me a gift for a long time." Mr. Mu's voice was vicissitudes, tired and stubborn.

"Forget about it, I'll ask her to make another one for you, what do you want?" Mu Chi said, squatting down, and patted his father's arm.

"No, she just likes to buy useless things. The base needs money everywhere, and the general building will cost another 20!" Mr. Mu said vaguely, under Mu Chi's gentle pat Close your eyes gradually.

"Dad, the General Building has been built for almost 30 years, and the red paint on the railings has been painted so many times, come on," Mu Chi bent down to come, and propped up Mr. Mu on his arms, "I'll see you off." You go back to your room to sleep, and by the way, I will tell you what the base looks like now."

Seeing that the tired Mr. Mu was holding the old man's foot unsteadily, Pu Li hurriedly stepped forward to hold the other arm of Mr. Mu.

The two of them worked together to send Mr. Mu back to his room to rest, and when he came out again, he was sweating all over.

By the pond, next to the recliner that Mr. Mu often sat on, Mu Chi and Populus sat lazily.

Aunt Wang came over and asked Mu Chi and Pu Li if they were hungry, and if they wanted some supper.

The two nodded in unison.

After a while, Aunt Wang brought two bowls of clear soup wontons.

"Eat something light, or you won't be able to sleep well with an empty stomach."

The two thanked the old aunt, and Aunt Wang hummed a little song and went back to her room.

There was another gust of breeze, blowing away a wisp of cloud on the edge of the moon, the moon brightened, and the backyard was bright even without lights.

Mu Chi originally didn't intend to let others know about his father's condition, if it wasn't for the special circumstances today, he wouldn't have brought Poplar to his home directly.

Now that everything has been seen by this child, he feels calmer in his heart.

Mr. Mu's health is deteriorating. Since Alzheimer's disease was diagnosed at the beginning of the year, the old man's memory has declined at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Now, he has blurred a lot of things, he doesn't know Muchi's age, he doesn't remember Xinghe's recent projects, he doesn't remember how many assets he has, he doesn't even remember whether he has enough food, but there are still some things that he can never seem to be able to. forget.

Mu Chi said to Populus: "Do you still remember the courier you helped me receive at my house that day?"

"Is it the splendid lobster that Mr. Mu caught?"

"Yeah," Mu Chi smiled, "he forgot a lot, but he was still happy to ask his cousins ​​to go out to sea together. When he caught that lobster and showed it to me on the phone, I almost thought he had recovered his memory. He always It is to call the family to share as soon as there is something good."

Populus scoops up the wontons in the bowl, looks at Mu Chi and smiles.

Mu Chi continued: "But the moment I saw the express delivery, I knew that I was too naive, and this disease is irreversible at all. Do you still remember what is written on the recipient of the express delivery?"

Pu Li laughed when he thought of that address, and said weakly, "Little baby?"

"Well," Mu Chi said, "that's what he always called my mother. He called her little baby. When I was young, I always heard him call her so secretly. Human memory will be lost, but some things will settle down .For example, the name 'little baby', he will always remember who he is calling, even though she has passed away for many years. There are also many things when starting a business, he still remembers clearly now."

Hearing this, Pu Li couldn't help but have a sore nose. Before, he thought it was a name for Mu Chi's only son, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

"Speaking of which, this disease should be hereditary. I remember that my grandfather had this disease back then, always chasing after me like a child asking for lollipops. There is also an old man from the uncle generation in the family , also got this disease. Seeing Dad like this now, tsk..." Speaking of this, Mu Chi smiled helplessly.

Putting down the ravioli, Pu Li quickly covered Mu Chi's hand with his hand: "Brother Xiao Chi, don't talk nonsense."

Mu Chi pinched the fingertips of Pu Li with his backhand: "You have really found the feeling of being a younger brother, this is howling."

"Hey, let's talk about something happy..." Pushing back his hand, Pope tried to change the subject.

The small courtyard became quiet again, insects croaking and frogs croaking close by, and dogs barking outside the courtyard wall.

The two chatted over a side of the sound of nature, and flying insects came to disturb them from time to time.

"This yard belongs to my grandfather. When I was young, my parents were busy, and they would send it here during winter and summer vacations. In the past, this pond was even bigger, with a pavilion in the middle. At night, many fireflies came and flew on the surface of the pond. Like a star."

Seeing Mu Chi talking about his childhood, Pu Li was a little envious: "When I was a child, I was either locked at home by my mother, or taken to the theater troupe by her. They performed on the stage, and I just lay down on the next table to do my winter and summer homework. Write When it's over, I'll be alone in the corner, I can't go anywhere, but I feel aggrieved..."