Ode to joy

Chapter 74

When every card in your hand is bad, the only way to win is to break the rules.Father Fan, the backbone of the Fan family, suffered a sudden stroke, and the distribution rules of the Fan family collapsed. Fan Shengmei finally realized on the day of her father's surgery that relatives are not natural lovers, and relatives are not natural creditors.From that day on, Fan Shengmei gradually learned to say "no" to her relatives, and said "no" more and more courageously.However, the strange thing is that when Fan Shengmei became tough and assertive, her mother clung to her daughter with a slap, and became the only one who followed her, seeing her as the new head of the Fan family, submissive in front of her.Only when talking about her son, Fan Shengmei can realize that in fact, her son is the only backbone in her mother's heart.Even if the son is far away in the sky, it doesn't matter, the grandson Lei Lei is the son's substitute.

Dad's life was saved, and the operation achieved the expected results, that is, except for the eyeballs turning, nothing else can move, and eating, drinking, and lassing are all served by others.Even if Fan Shengmei told her father in front of her mother that she sold her brother's house to her father for medical treatment on her own initiative, and her mother burst into tears when she heard about it, her father was still as stable as a rock, and he didn't even roll his eyes much.Therefore, Fan Shengmei suspected that her father's mind seemed to have changed.During the postoperative recovery days, Fan Shengmei was exhausted and paralyzed.She works to earn money during the day and takes care of her father instead of her mother at night.And even though she was so tired that she could not achieve the weight loss effect that she could not achieve without eating dinner every day, she still felt that she should take advantage of the two days after Christmas weekend, the day when her father was discharged from the hospital, to send her parents back to her hometown to recuperate.It is not easy to live in a sea city, and the cost is frighteningly high.

Wang Baichuan took advantage of the time when he returned to his hometown to run business, and started to tidy up Fan Shengmei's brother's house, and sold it notarized through friendship, and remitted the money to Fan Shengmei's credit card.For all of this, Fan Shengmei and Wang Baichuan were in telephone contact.It was not until two days before Christmas that Wang Baichuan appeared in the inpatient department of the hospital.At this time, Fan's mother had already led Lei Lei back to the 22nd floor of Ode to Joy to rest, and Fan Shengmei took care of her father alone.

Wang Baichuan came to the ward with a lot of anxiety, but when he saw Fan Shengmei, he was shocked. He had no makeup, was haggard, and even had a pair of popular black-rimmed glasses to cover up his beautiful eyes.This image of Fan Shengmei is quite different from the school flower that Wang Baichuan has been thinking about for more than ten years.

Fan Shengmei greeted her generously: "Wang Baichuan, I can finally thank you in person. I've been busy recently, so I didn't go out, so I can only make a Christmas card. I wish you a happy Christmas and New Year." She said, and took out a card from her bag. Hand over the exquisite card to Wang Baichuan.The card was made by her when she was guarding her silent father in the hospital. She used cut and shredded colored wool to paste beautiful cartoon patterns.She made one for each of the neighbors on the 22nd floor, and one for each of Wang Baichuan, Wei Wei, and Dr. Zhao.At this stage, she can only express her feelings with this.

"Thank you, this is the best gift I've ever received." Wang Baichuan tried his best to speak in a tactful tone, so as not to hurt Fan Shengmei who was at a low ebb in life.But seeing the withered hand handing over the card, Wang Baichuan finally couldn't help it anymore, "Go home and sleep, I'll watch it for you overnight." He glanced at his watch, "Start sleeping now, until tomorrow's work time, I still have time to sleep." You can sleep for ten hours. Please explain how to do it here."

Fan Shengmei's eyes turned hot, and she lowered her eyelids, "You're tired too. I just came back from a long drive. I'm used to it. Look at this movable bed. And there is no place to sleep when I go back. There is only one bed in the dormitory, and my mother also needs to rest. She is also very tired these days." Ever since the details were exposed, Fan Shengmei spoke naturally in front of Wang Baichuan.

Wang Baichuan took off a key and handed it to Fan Shengmei, "You know the address of my place, but the sanitation is not ideal."

Fan Shengmei couldn't hold back her tears anymore, so she had to turn around and wipe away her tears behind Wang Baichuan's back, but she still didn't want to cry in front of Wang Baichuan. "I have to ask you to do me a favor. My dad was discharged from the hospital on Saturday. I plan to send him back to his hometown to recuperate immediately. Can you work harder and drive us back? If you have already arranged, I will find someone else to help."

"Of course, the day after tomorrow? I'll come here early in the morning the day after tomorrow."

"Then go back tonight and have a good rest. I will depend on you the day after tomorrow."

Wang Bochuan looked at Fan Shengmei and slowly turned around again. Seeing the tears on Fan Shengmei's face, Wang Bochuan was heartbroken, but he finally went home with the card.After Wang Baichuan left, Fan Shengmei clutched her hair and bowed her head in depression for a long time, begging for help and being pitied everywhere, even though everyone was such a good person, she couldn't bear it.Asking for help everywhere, but no different from her brother.She found that she was actually quite useless, and when she lived to be 30 years old, she would be completely unable to support herself independently if something happened to her.She finally realized that she had failed as a human being for so many years.

Andy received a New Year's gift, which was a scroll of beautifully framed Chinese paintings, which was sent to Andy's assistant by a special person.Andy doesn't know who gave it to him, and he doesn't understand Chinese painting. He doesn't seem to be able to see it well, and he doesn't seem to be able to see any meaning. He only knows that it is a deep and shallow mountain and a sparkling stream. In her eyes, it is similar to most Chinese landscape paintings.She couldn't recognize the few lines of cursive script on the top, so she looked through the packaging suspiciously, but couldn't find any clues.

Singularity is knowing the goods. When I entered the door and saw this painting casually thrown on the cooking table, I said "Yo", "Little Fu plays cars, Zhong Fu plays watches, Da Fu plays collections, you have also started to dabble in collections? It’s a big deal when you make a move.”

"Who sent it to the wrong place? I'm not a corrupt official. How much is it worth? If it's too much, I'll kill my assistant overnight and pretend that I didn't receive it."

"He Yunli's paintings, especially those of this size, are worth killing. He Yunli?" Singularity suddenly realized something, looked up at Andy, "He Yunli?"

Andy's face changed, He, her last name.The expensive painting came sneakily and for no reason, and she couldn't help thinking of the person who lived with Wei Guoqiang.Singularity rolled up the painting without a sound and stuffed it into the kit.He turned on the computer and inquired about He Yunli.Andy jumped into the kitchen, "Don't tell me, I don't want to hear it."

Singularity checked for a while, and determined that He Yunli was Andy's unscrupulous grandfather. "Do you want me to find someone to send the painting back without anyone noticing?"

"Why send it back, sell it, we will live in Banyan Tree Bali on New Year's Day." Andy brushed maltose on the half-roasted chicken vigorously, brushing too much without knowing it.

"Haha, sturdy, I like it." Seeing that Andy didn't react abnormally, and his mood was basically normal, Qi Dian was very satisfied, so he took out the painting with confidence, and carefully figured out what was written in the cursive script on the top.He Yunli is excellent in calligraphy and painting, and he is itching for strange snacks.

Andy sent the roast chicken back to the oven, dissatisfied: "You can't appreciate him and it."

"If I'm not mistaken, the words on it are 'Daishan's eyebrows are gathered together, and Xiushui's eyes are wavy'."

"Plagiarism, stealing, hiding head and tail, hypocrisy, sneaky. Weng and son-in-law have the same virtue."

Singularity just laughed, "You are right, I found a very interesting thing, let me tell you..."

"Don't listen, ignore the two of them."

"Listen, I will suffocate if I don't say it, I can only tell you about it. Did I say it? Just listen to my nonsense, okay?"

"The condition is, wait until the chicken I roast, no matter whether it tastes good or bad, you have to finish it."

"Okay. Let me tell you. He Yunli may not be his real name. After checking his life history, it is said that he fled from famine to Haishi. In Haishi, I make a living by selling paintings."

"Lie, if you really lost your memory, you wouldn't sneakily borrow Wang Guan's "Bu Suanzi" and write about Daishan Meifengju."

"By the way, this is the key. I have known for a long time that He Yunli is familiar with Western painting techniques, and he boldly applies oil painting techniques to ink-and-wash Chinese paintings. Some people call him the Van Gogh of Chinese painting circles, but people behind him call him crazy." Singularity paused at this point, held Andy's hand, and saw that Andy was just frowning and thinking, so he didn't continue.

"No, he's not really crazy. He's using a strange painting method to cover up his past style. The greater the contrast, the less likely it is for others to notice his old background. Look at the painting in front of you. It's pure ink without a trace of color, which shows that he has a good understanding of ink. It can be used freely. So, I came to a conclusion. First, He Yunli is not his original name, and he concealed it very well, so that Lao Yan found Wei Guoqiang, but he could not find him beside Wei Guoqiang; Second, this painting is his original name. It has a certain style, but he must not dare to take this painting out to see the light, so he dared to write the word 'Daishan', but he only dared to write in cursive. You bastard."

"We came up with something. I doubt that he painted this painting for himself, and even kept it secret, and only occasionally sat behind closed doors and meditated quietly. Ha, I really can't think of it, it's very interesting, and it's very gossip. But why did he put Is this painting for you?"

"How can we guess the obscene thoughts of wretched people. I am impatient with their repeated sneaking, and I need to give them a decisive attitude and let them know that it will cost a lot to get close to me. Singularity, send this painting to a well-known auction house, Because the style is so different, will people treat it as a fake? But if I let Lao Tan send it out, the auction house will have to be suspicious, will it be sent to the artist for identification? The blind man saw it, won't you bother me again?"

"Minimize the impact as much as possible, I will send it. In the past few days, I will find out which group of people know him well."

"OK, that's it. It's so comfortable, and it's a pleasure to do bad things. Shouldn't I be angry? No, they should be the ones who are angry. I can't let them interfere with my emotions."

"You are black when you are close to ink."

"Anyway, don't want to rely on roast chicken."

"Haha, I also like to eat poison when you make it." But in Qidian's heart, he became more and more curious about He Yunli. How did a kid from a rich family from Daishan County get involved with Western paintings? He should have grown up in a big city or even Receive formal Western art education abroad.But how could such a person marry a crazy woman as his wife.In the end, why did he run away in despair, but he earned the name of a lunatic?Looking up, he saw Andy staring blankly at him. He immediately understood that Andy had guessed that he was having a second thought.

Roast chicken comes out of the oven.Today's roast chicken has a lot of face, at least the skin is brown and yellow, which is quite attractive.But Singularity is a proven comrade who has a full and in-depth understanding of Andy's cooking skills. He will never misjudge the deliciousness of the roast chicken because of its beautiful appearance.Sure enough, the first sip confirmed his experience: sweet.Andy also frowned and said, "When I'm angry, I brush too much maltose."

"No, the skin is very crispy, and I also like roast chicken to be sweeter."

"You said in Hong Kong that you can tolerate desserts, but you can't tolerate the sweetness of sugar in dishes. Therefore, today is designated as 'Blowing Sheng and Drum Spring Day'."

Singularity thought for a while, and smiled, "It's black again, hurting people and beating around the bush. I sincerely hope that you will finish reciting the Yuan song as soon as possible, and have a 'Happy Brother Day' as soon as possible, simply and aggressively."

"Then my Weibo is 'Don't make trouble, brother'."

Qi Dian was dizzy, "Have you memorized Yuan Qu? It would be great if cooking skills can also improve by leaps and bounds."

"It's useless for me to be anxious, brother, it's useless for me to be anxious, brother, the evolution of limbs is not as good as the brain. You are a veteran, brother." Andy laughed loudly as he said.Everything about He Yunli and Wei Guoqiang has become a passing cloud tonight, and I am too lazy to think about it, and I don't want to pay attention to it.

Qu Xiaoxiao didn't expect that she worked as a special car driver for Dr. Zhao for more than a week just to get a date with Dr. Zhao.When it was cold and it snowed, the hospital was full of people, and Dr. Zhao wished he could give birth to a baby with three heads and six arms.The other doctors in the department were older and fell down one after another. Dr. Zhao was young, so he couldn't help but bear a little more.So on the first day when Qu Xiaoxiao agreed on the time and date on his own initiative, he couldn’t wait for the left and right, no one answered the phone call, and he didn’t reply to the text message. Qu Xiaoxiao became angry. How could he treat his old lady like this? Hit the hospital.As a result, it was pointed out that Dr. Zhao was still in the operating room.

Dr. Zhao came out quickly, but only had enough time to say "there is one more" to Qu Xiaoxiao, and then disappeared in a hurry.Qu Xiaoxiao had to wait again, and found that Dr. Zhao was as busy as a red-card aunt sitting on the table, and it was not until midnight that she finished her work with a dismal appearance.Qu Xiaoxiao couldn't bear it, so she became his driver for a while.Unexpectedly, this softening lasted for more than a week.

In the past few days, Qu Xiaoxiao's students studying abroad have taken advantage of the Christmas holiday to fly back to China to visit their relatives. Qu Xiaoxiao eats a welcome banquet every day, and today is no exception.But halfway through the meal, Qu Xiaoxiao habitually sent a text message to Dr. Zhao, asking when work would end tonight.No exception, after more than an hour, a text message was sent back, about ten o'clock.So Qu Xiaoxiao left early at ten o'clock.

Friends all asked Qu Xiaoxiao what she was going to do, but she refused to say that she would send Qu Xiaoxiao to her door every night to be a full-time driver for a handsome guy. This was the most embarrassing thing she had ever done in her life.But she just waited in the hospital parking lot in such a cold weather, waiting for Dr. Zhao to come out tired.But today Dr. Zhao sat in her car while looking at her phone and smiling. "What are you laughing at?"

"Brother Wei flattered Andy again. Look."

Qu Xiaoxiao was puzzled when she saw the "Sheng Blowing and Drum Reed Day", and was afraid that Dr. Zhao would despise her as an idiot, so she had to change the subject, "You have a worse cold, and you are still working so hard when you are sick. Please call for sick leave tomorrow."

"When a patient is sick, he should go to the doctor. The doctor should be patient when he is sick." Dr. Zhao spoke in a muffled voice. This sentence is from the "Book of Songs", which literally means that brother Wei went to Andy's house again, and Andy greeted him warmly. But brother Wei laughed at the Pomeranians and flattered him a lot, so here we use "blowing sheng drum spring", Instead of the previous sentence "I have a guest, I play the lute and the sheng", which satirizes our Brother Wei with his eloquent tongue. It's too shameless for these two people to openly flirt." When Dr. Zhao said, he observed the song with a smile on his face. Xiaoxiao's look.I saw that Qu Xiaoxiao, who was driving, became more and more focused, like a full-time driver for ****. "Did I not explain it plain enough?"

"Is it interesting that you deliberately picked this up to mock me?"

"The truth is, I'm such a low-carbon guy. I like to stay at home and read books when I have nothing to do. I hope that there is someone around me who can communicate with each other when I see wonderful places, or I can smile knowingly with just a look. You are not such a person. The twisted melon is not sweet. .”

"But don't you like to vent wildly when you're down? Aren't you having fun with me?"

"I'm not a god. Even seeing a doctor has a misdiagnosis rate, not to mention seeing people, which I'm not good at. You're fine, but it's not my cup of tea."

"Do you like Andy? You started to change your attitude when you saw Andy. Are you approaching Brother Wei and being friends with Brother Wei because you want to get close to Andy?" Qu Xiaoxiao went crazy and stopped the car. On the side of the road, she screamed out the questions that had been buried in her heart for many days.

"Answer: No. No. Additional explanation: I am not as despicable as you imagined. My bottom line is not high, but it is not too dark."

"But……"

"No, but, what I mentioned to you before is interesting, you can't understand it, and I can't explain it clearly."

"But why do you answer me every time I ask you when you leave work? Why don't you refuse me to pick you up? What are you implying?"

"You always think that my refusal is wishful thinking. If I refuse again, you don't take it seriously. I don't need to spend my brains. Do you think I have the strength to play cat and mouse games with you? I don't want to either, you must Send me off, my car has to be thrown in the hospital, and I have to fight for a taxi in the morning."

(End of this chapter)