Because of Lin Shichu's good cooking skills, Lin's mother showed her face in front of her colleagues, which made her very happy. Even the suffocated anger she felt when she was scolded by the old lady downstairs disappeared a lot.
The life of a high school student is boring and boring. Lin Shichu's daily schedule is to go to school to study and go home to make dinner. Fortunately, she is a patient person, otherwise ordinary adults who have been away from high school for decades will sooner or later I must be driven crazy by days like this.
Meng Shiyang's face became haggard at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he could not retreat from his studies. He occasionally couldn't answer the teacher's questions in class. This was so different from his previous state that even ordinary classmates could see it. Knowing something was wrong with him, everyone wondered why it happened like this.
Lin Shichu's deskmate held her hand and gossiped: "Shichu, what happened to Meng Shiyang? He even regressed in his studies. Could it be that his parents are divorced?"
Lin Shichu glanced at Meng Shiyang, who was lying on the table catching up on his sleep, and said, "Who knows?"
Because Meng Shiyang's parents divorced before he was in school, he never told anyone about it, so no classmates knew about his family situation - except the teacher.
"Meng Shiyang! The head teacher asked you to go to the office to find him!" A classmate ran in from outside the classroom, and regardless of whether he was sleeping, he patted Meng Shiyang on the shoulder and said.
Meng Shiyang stood up expressionlessly and walked to the office.
"Shi Yang, come here quickly." The head teacher was a middle-aged woman with a good temper. She was even more amiable and attached great importance to Meng Shiyang, her confidant.
"Teacher, are you looking for me?" Meng Shiyang walked over and asked softly.
The head teacher nodded, looked at the obvious dark circles on his face and the more than half ugly expression, frowned and said: "Shi Yang, you have made a lot of progress in your studies during this period, and there are still several subject teachers Tell me that you don’t take class seriously anymore and your homework is a little perfunctory...Did something happen at home?"
The class teacher's last question was cautious. She knew Meng Shiyang's family situation and knew that he and his grandmother depended on each other.
Meng Shiyang lowered his eyes, and after a while he replied in a low voice: "Teacher, I'm sorry, my grandma has been ill and hospitalized recently. I have to take care of her after school, so I can't take care of my homework... I will try my best to find her in the future. Time to do homework..."
His words immediately won the sympathy of the class teacher, who said worriedly: "No wonder, I just said that you are a consciously good student and will not regress for no reason. It turns out that you are taking care of your sick grandma... It's really hard for you." However, you are just a child going to school now, and taking care of the sick should be left to the adults at home... Your grandma is sick, won't your dad take care of her?"
Meng Shiyang pursed his lips when he heard what the head teacher said, and then said in a difficult voice: "He refuses to care about grandma, and he doesn't even want to pay for grandma's medical expenses!"
"How could this be? This is his duty and responsibility as a son of man. How could he put such an important responsibility on a child like you?" The head teacher was extremely angry and felt unfair for Meng Shiyang.
Meng Shiyang listened silently as the head teacher accused his father of being irresponsible, and then asked him: "Have you gone to see him? Can you use legal means to force him to pay for medical expenses?"
"It's useless, he's a scoundrel." Meng Shiyang finally raised his head and said to the class teacher expressionlessly.
The head teacher suddenly choked. She had lived in school for half her life, and the surrounding environment was relatively simple, so she didn't know how to deal with scoundrels.
After a while, she asked Meng Shiyang: "Why don't you raise money at school to pay for your grandma's medical expenses? This will lighten your burden a little. Your important task now is to study, and you should not be ruined by such a heavy responsibility."
An embarrassed look flashed across Meng Shiyang's face for a moment, he bit his lip, then shook his head and refused: "No, I can hold on..."
"Why not?!" the class teacher said seriously, "Don't feel embarrassed about raising funds. People will not look down on you because of this, but will admire you even more because you can continue to study under such heavy pressure. This is amazing. of."
When Meng Shiyang thought that his family situation would be introduced in detail and accurately to win the sympathy of his classmates for donations, he felt as if his clothes had been stripped off in front of everyone. He was extremely embarrassed. How could he, who always had a strong sense of self-esteem, endure such sympathy and pity?
He had always been the object of love and admiration by others, but once he was reduced to the object of sympathy from everyone. The gap was so big that he felt breathless just thinking about it.
Therefore, he shook his head and rejected the class teacher's suggestion and refused to raise funds. The class teacher had no choice but to say: "Then let me see if I can convince the principal to agree to give you a scholarship!"
"But don't have too much hope. After all, it's difficult to successfully apply. In addition, don't worry too much about your grandma's illness. Focus more on your studies. You can't let it go any further. Do you understand?"
Meng Shiyang nodded in agreement.
After leaving the teacher's office, Meng Shiyang seemed to be gloomy all over. He was completely different from the aloof top student before. When everyone saw him now, they would only feel gloomy and a bit scary, and no one dared to approach him.
After school, he went to the hospital to see Grandma Meng. He had quit his part-time job long ago because he couldn't afford a caregiver and had to take care of his grandma after school.
Old Mrs. Meng couldn't stand up at all this time, and Meng Shiyang had to help her do everything. Even though Meng Shiyang had always regarded his grandma as the most important person in his life, now that he has experienced such a long time, it is exciting. After being exhausted from the care work that seemed to never end, his inner feelings for his grandma were almost buried.
After all, there is no filial son before a long-term illness, not to mention that Meng Shiyang is a more selfish person than ordinary people. Now that Grandma Meng has made his life and study into a mess, he naturally cannot retain much affection for her.
"Shi Yang, please ask the doctor to give me an analgesic injection. Grandma's waist really hurts..." Old woman Meng, who seemed to be more than ten years older, held Meng Shiyang's hand and begged. She was in pain all the time, and the torture made her worse than death. She often begged the doctor to give her painkillers.
"Grandma, don't give painkillers too frequently. You have to listen to the doctor and bear with it." Meng Shiyang comforted her.
"Why can't you bear it? I can't bear it anymore, Shi Yang, will you just promise grandma?" Old Mrs. Meng begged with tears streaming down her face. The patients around her couldn't bear it when they saw it, and they all urged Meng Shiyang to go to the doctor. Give her a painkiller shot.
