Jiang Xueming immediately ran to the self-service bank and deposited the two tickets into his account.
In front of the machine, he felt uneasy and full of expectations.
If it is said that these weird and inexplicable tickets can be faked by other people and even banknote detectors.
For Xueming, this is great news.
He needs money badly. I never want to be poor again.
His sister Bai Lu's condition is getting worse and worse. Even if he borrows money from loan sharks, he has to cure his sister's strange disease.
The two brothers and sisters were born in a desolate and poor mountain village.
When Xueming was seventeen years old, her family arranged a job in a battery factory.
There is no other reason than poverty.
When Bai Lu was fourteen years old, her parents chose a family in Bakou, Chongling, and asked for a dowry of 80,000 yuan, so they gave their daughter away at a clearly marked price.
There is no other reason than poverty.
In front of the self-service bank deposit and withdrawal machines, the narrow and dirty public area is filled with the smell of cigarettes.
Xueming pressed his hand on the yellowed operating surface and listened to the clear clicking sound of the machine as it repeatedly operated to verify banknotes.
How he hoped that these two strange tickets could become his last life-saving money.
He thought carefully and recalled.
Four years ago, in that mountain town.
When his sister was tied to the sedan chair, she gave him a look of despair and helplessness.
Later, he fled with his sister.
To escape from home, he also had to escape from the network of relatives and friends in the ancestral temple in eight villages and ten miles away.
They want their parents to never find them again and flee far, far away.
They agreed that they would depend on each other.
...
...
The phone vibrated.
The deposit text message was sent.
"It's done..."
Xueming took away the bank card anxiously, but the reality did not allow people to think too much about this day.
He looked around timidly and walked back to the rental site from Longbiao Road. The distance was only about 500 meters. He felt guilty like a child who had done something bad and avoided the blazing eyes of his parents.
He brought some necessary daily necessities to the convenience store near the alley. I went to the Hong Kong Sheng Market to buy some vegetables and planned to go home and cook something delicious for my sister.
Carrying two large bags of things, he opened the small door of the pigeon cage, and faced Bai Lu's face with red spots.
Bai Luyi looked timid, as if she was afraid of light and afraid that her ugly appearance would be seen by her neighbors.
She pulled Xueming's brother and asked Xueming to enter the house quickly. I saw something in Xueming’s hand again.
"Brother...where did these things come from? You...you didn't go to work today? Didn't you sell offal?"
Xueming hesitated for a while.
He didn't know whether he should tell Bai Lu about the ticket. After all, it smelled of danger from the inside out.
He just forced a smile, and while arranging the sundries and kitchen utensils, he talked to Bai Lu.
"The bonus will be paid out today. I told the store manager that you were sick. The store manager is kind-hearted and asked me to come back to take care of you. You will come back after you recover."
Bai Lu didn't ask any more questions, she just sat back at the small table, her eyes full of intelligence and a hint of uneasiness. It seems that he guessed something from it.
After a long time, Jiang Xueming brought the food to the table.
Bai Lu had smelled that fragrance for a long time. In the past two months, she almost felt depressed while chewing chicken breasts, and her eyes lit up when she saw the delicious food.
The suppressed emotions in Xueming's heart also disappeared at the dinner table.
When he saw his sister's shining eyes, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and pretended to be knowledgeable and sensible. There is always a feeling of dumbfounding.
He served Bai Lu some vegetables: "Eat, eat more. Be careful not to choke."
Then he ordered: "After eating, I will take you to the dermatology clinic, right away."
Bai Lu's voice was very low, as if she had thought of something: "Brother...I'm afraid..."
"What are you afraid of?" Xueming said casually: "Are you afraid of not finishing your meal? Are you afraid of getting an injection? Don't worry, I have a solution."
Bai Lu squinted her eyes, her expression was like a rabbit seeing a wolf: "I'm afraid you'll lie to me."
Xueming was stunned for a while, "I lied to you? What do you mean?"
"Tell me the truth...Brother, where did this money come from? Why did you come home suddenly today? When I was sick in the past, the store manager bullied us because we came from out of town. You have to pay that iron cock Zhou Pay the leave compensation." Bai Lu's voice became louder and louder, "Is there anything you can't tell me? I'm your biological sister, we grew up together, you can't lie to me. Every time you do it unwillingly If you lie, you'll get that smile on your face. I can tell right away."
Xueming was silent for a long time. He only focused on picking up food for his sister.
Bai Lu didn't ask any further questions. She knew her brother was in trouble.
It wasn't until the brother and sister finished eating that the room became quiet.
Bai Lu pulled out a large cardboard box from the corner and dragged it in front of Xueming, "Brother, after you left today, I received a courier and it was sent to you."
Xueming's heart sank. The shipping address on the box was Jiujie Station.
The carton has been opened, and there are a lot of tickets neatly stacked inside. The smell of ink emanating from it is very pungent.
"Who sent you this money?" Bai Lu twisted her little eyebrows and pouted: "You're not an ordinary person, are you? Express logistics can't send banknotes now... What are you doing outside? You Tell me the truth..."
Xueming squatted in front of the cardboard box: "I don't know either."
Bai Lu then asked: "How could you not know? Have you gone to sell your kidney? I just clicked on it, and there are more than four million in it..."
Xueming: "You can't get so much money by selling your kidneys."
Bai Lu was confused: "Do you really want to sell your kidney?"
Xueming: "It's not unacceptable."
Bai Lu: "Then you found a rich woman?"
Xueming: "I don't rule out the possibility that a rich woman has a crush on me, but I work at the subway entrance every day. No rich woman often takes the subway, right?"
Bai Lu: "Well...have you taken on a part-time job recently? For example, working as a mercenary in the Middle East or South Africa?"
Xueming: "I've never even touched a gun. And are there any mercenaries like me who get off work on time every day?"
Bai Lu: "Did you secretly buy lottery tickets?"
Xueming: "I usually buy things openly and never secretly. If I win the prize, I will tell you openly. There is no need to hide it from you."
The sound of the two brothers and sisters scratching their heads echoed in the small room for a long time.
What Jiang Xueming saw was a box of tickets.
What Jiang Bailu saw were real banknotes.
He pulled Bai Lu on, and that feeling came again, as if eyes were staring at him from everywhere.
"No matter what, let's go see a doctor first. Let's cure your illness."
Bai Lu was uneasy, "Can this money be spent indiscriminately? Won't someone come to collect debts? What if you are arrested..."
"I'm not afraid of going to jail." Jiang Xueming stuffed two bundles of tickets into his clothes: "I'm afraid you won't be able to study, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat, I'm afraid you won't have money to treat your illness."
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...
Cheung Sha Wan Health Hospital——
——Xue Ming sent her sister to the outpatient clinic. Just kept sitting on the bench in the aisle.
After paying the consultation fee, he waited for his sister's test results, with more and more doubts in his mind.
Why am I the only one who can recognize these tickets?
Could it be that there is something wrong with my eyes? Have a cognitive impairment in your cranial nerves? Would you mistake banknotes for train tickets?
Or is there really a noble person who is helping me secretly?
These tickets seem to be urging Jiang Xueming——
- Asking him to catch a ride somewhere.
The ticket will also help him solve the difficulties in life.
The night is getting darker, and the blue moonlight shines through the window. In the quiet corridor, a few caregivers occasionally walked around.
He could hear the snoring coming from the inpatient department, smell the smell of disinfectant, and the ladies at the nurse's station were discussing something.
He could hear it clearly from more than twenty meters away.
He suddenly woke up and was surprised by his hearing. It seemed like something was slowly waking up in his body.
He heard words coming from the nurse's station, talking about him.
"Which district is that handsome guy from the dermatology department from?"
"Looking at the registration, it's from Hung Hom."
"Is he sick?"
"It's his sister, she seems to have lupus erythematosus."
"Lupus erythematosus is not that symptom. It is probably difficult to treat. There is so much pollution in the sea now, food and drink are not clean, and there are many strange diseases."
At first, they were just discussing Bai Lu’s condition
Then it got weird.
"Why hasn't he gotten in the car yet?"
"He must go for a ride..."
"You're eavesdropping, right? You have to remember to get a ride."
Xue Ming stood up abruptly, covered in cold sweat. He walked quickly to the nurse's station, only to find that there was only one nurse on duty playing with his mobile phone.
He looked pale and his eyes seemed to be cannibalistic. The little nurse was frightened.
The phone fell on the table and the nurse asked submissively.
"Sir...how can I help you?"
Xueming licked her dry lips and asked tentatively: "Were you talking to me just now?"
"No...I...have been looking at my phone." The little nurse picked up the phone and looked at this strange man helplessly, "Do you want my contact information? I...think... .It seems too fast. Can you let me think for a moment and introduce myself?"
Xueming immediately turned around and wanted to sit back down: "Excuse me..."
But after a few steps, he stopped again.
Because he heard it again, hearing the nurse behind him murmuring something incomprehensible.
"He hears it, he knows it."
"He's going to get a ride, he's got to get a ride."
Wait for him to turn around and take another look.
In front of the workbench at the nurse's station, the nurse held up her mobile phone and looked as usual, alert, curious and expectant.
"Is your sister seeing a doctor here? I've seen the registration form! Mr. Xueming...
...You seem to care about your sister very much. Can anyone at home help? "
Jiang Xueming responded: "They are all very busy."
The nurse had a strange smile on her face: "Is there any local good friend who can help?"
Jiang Xueming: "No."
The nurse continued: "Your number is on the registration form. I wrote it down——
——I know where you live, and I also know that you want to move. You want to change to a quiet place, right?
——I also know that there is a medicine that is very effective and can cure your sister's strange disease.
——If you need help, you can call this number. "
The words have not yet finished.
Xueming's cell phone started to vibrate with an incoming call.
But he saw very clearly——
——The little nurse never pressed the dial button, and even the phone screen was black.
When I looked down again, I saw it was a confidential number.
When he looked up, the little nurse sat back and said in a dignified manner, "Just call back. Remember to get on the bus on time."
The little nurse's expression was very strange, and it was hard for Xueming to describe it.
Like a puppet on strings, with mechanical movements and dull eyes, he pushed the nurse's body back into place toward the chair at the nurse's station.
Xueming's breathing was rapid and her heart was beating rapidly.
He doubted himself more than once, whether there was something wrong with his brain.
Those threatening words made him feel like a prey being strangled by the neck.
——You seem to care about your sister very much.
——You have no friends, right?
——Can your family help?
——I know where you live and where you want to hide.
——I have a special medicine here, if you need help...
——Get on the bus on time.
He was sure that he was not crazy.
These threatening words all have a clear direction, and they all point to the Nine Realms Station.
And what was revealed from this information that made Xueming even more uneasy was that her sister's condition might not be that simple.
Half an hour later, Bai Lu came out of the consultation room with a diagnosis.
Unfortunately, the pathological description on the medical certificate is still only "skin allergy."
Both brothers and sisters know that allergies are something that can be both simple and complicated.
The question is where are the allergens?
A few days later, Xueming and Bai Lu visited all the nearby hospitals, but found nothing.
He used his bus ticket to rent a large, clean and ventilated house near Anshan Health Center. I sent my sister to the inpatient unit for rest, but her condition did not improve.
There are more and more red spots on Bai Lu's body, and her body is getting weaker and weaker. Her energy level was getting worse day by day, and her sleep time was getting longer and longer.
One week later, it's the Fourth of July.
There are only three days left before the boarding date.
In the morning, Xueming took care of Bai Lu in the ward as usual.
The doctor is in the next room, preparing allergen skin tests and desensitization injections.
Bai Lu just woke up. She was panting heavily, as if she had been deprived of oxygen during her sleep.
The right side of her face was covered with deformed red spots squeezing her nasal cavity.
After she woke up, she started crying and was breathing heavily.
She asked: "Brother...am I going to die?"
Xueming: "No."
Bai Lu asked again: "Can I get better? Will I stay like this for the rest of my life?"
Xueming: "No."
"I've been having nightmares, brother. I saw a lot of people...a lot of people yelling at me, they were so mean, they wanted me to get in the car, I'm not afraid of them, I'm not afraid... Don't worry, brother... I'm not afraid "..." Bai Lu grabbed Xueming's hand: "Brother... I want to go back to school..."
Jiang Xueming was silent.
He looked down at his sister's hands.
The red spots and papules on the back of the hands are raised, and the twisted skin shows strange patterns.
The pattern is very similar to the two words.
boarding.
