Chapter 157: College Entrance Exam (2/2)
Halfway through speaking, he raised his sleeve and wiped his face, wiped it a few times, and then went on to help him make the bed.
Grandpa Tang looked at him, and swallowed after what he wanted to say, and sighed.
In the end, he was admitted to the hospital.
The old man still had some savings, he just wasn't willing to spend it on himself, but Tang Jinyu insisted that he could only stay. The first thing to settle down in the ward is to urge his grandson to go to school, ”Now that grandpa is taken care of, don’t hang around me. Those who come here are all doctors. You are not good here, you will have an exam soon, go to school…”
Tang Jinyu agreed, but he still ran here several times a day. He went home at night and cooked food for his grandfather. He did not complain about being tired after going back and forth. He felt at ease when he saw the old man.
Grandpa Tang coughed badly at night, which alarmed the doctor.
When Tang Jinyu came to deliver food the next morning, he heard the doctor say this, and he moved a quilt to watch him at night, and he refused to go anywhere beside the old man.
The ward was a multi-person room. Grandpa Tang’s bed was next to the window. Tang Jinyu wrapped himself in a quilt and laid on the floor. The old man saw this and he was distressed and urged him to go home.
Tang Jinyu said dullly: ”Grandpa, don't urge me to leave. Let me tell you the truth. When I didn't come to accompany you the other night, I didn't sleep at home, I went to work.”
Grandpa Tang said angrily: ”You kid, grandpa still has money in his hands. You're about to take an exam soon, don't do anything stupid!”
Tang Jinyu sniffed, and said, ”Don't worry, I have good grades, and I am not tired. I used to run around and have classes all day and night… Grandpa, I can make money. Just hold on, I’ll graduate from high school and go to college. When I get the admission notice, I will take you to college with me.”
Grandpa Tang was still angry at first, and then he laughed angrily when he heard him say this. ”What kind of childish words are this? Where did you get the idea to bring your grandpa to college?”
”I'll take you, and I will take you wherever I go.”
Tang Jinyu was stubborn and fierce, and he spoke with a nasal voice, ”You raised me so big and have suffered so much. I will take you to enjoy the blessings in the future.”
Grandpa Tang looked at the child on the ground with his back to him, and even the back of his head was stubborn. He was angry and felt a little funny, with smile lines rising from the corners of his mouth, but a few old tears rolled silently from the corners of his eyes.
The corners of his mouth trembled and didn’t say a word. He knew in his heart that his silly grandson was serious.
How could he not know the child he raised?
Tang Jinyu ran around the school and hospital, and took the time to work as a part-time tutor. Although his grades fluctuated slightly, he quickly stabilized it. He still climbed up little by little, like a struggling little snail, preserving.
At the same time, his scores in the domestic youth competitions that were selected by the school before have also come down. Two silver awards and one gold award are very good results. It is said that he can get extra points for the college entrance examination.
Many of his classmates knew about his family situation. After all, he took too much time off during this period, and Pingcheng was small, so they knew it as soon as he asked. Because of this, everyone was shocked after Tang Jinyu's score was released. Several boys who usually played well with him came to him and whispered to him about ways to improve his scores, ”Squad leader, how do you do this?? You don’t really do what they said about you, get up at 4 o'clock every morning to study, do you?”
Tang Jinyu put away the award certificate and said, ”More than that, I am studying when I dream at night.”
He was serious, but the people around him were amused by him, and only thought that he was joking.
Only Tang Jinyu knows that what he said just now is true.
When he was still with his parents and Xia Ye before, he had been studying day and night for a whole year, and he had never slackened for one day. His parents never asked him for anything, and gave him all their love selflessly, but because of this, he couldn't let them down; and here, his grades are not only a gift to please his grandfather, but also a capital for him to survive.
Compared to his desperate state before, he now has half of his time off, because then he has time to work as a tutor on a part-time basis.
Tang Jinyu learned to laugh when he was very young, because he knew that crying was useless, but now he went to the hospital, and sometimes when he just saw the tired face of the old man in his sleep, his heart ached.
The doctors and nurses in the hospital treated the grandpa and grandson very well, but when Tang Jinyu went to get the medicine, he would hear the worst news every time.
A tall boy stood there at a loss, took out the slip, walked two steps in the corridor of the hospital, and suddenly stood there with his shoulder shaking, crying.
When he took the medicine back to the ward, although he tried to stay calm, the old man still saw his red eyes.
The old man didn't say anything when he saw this. When he waited at night, he smiled and persuaded him: ”It's okay, life, old age, sickness and death, it's all normal, and grandpa can't accompany you forever.”
The weather is getting hotter and hotter. When there is one day left before the college entrance exams, the school closed to let the students go back and have a rest. One day later, they will go to their battlefield.
Tang Jinyu went to the hospital as usual. Grandpa Tang drove him home, but he refused. The old man said a few more words, and didn't refute him. He just stood there and bowed his head without speaking after being scolded.
Grandpa Tang also felt a bit distressed: ”You didn't sleep well today, how can you take the exam tomorrow?”
Tang Jinyu whispered: ”I didn't sleep well at home.”
”What did you say?”
”If I can't see you at home, I can't sleep. If I don't do well on the exam tomorrow, it’s all on you.”
Grandpa Tang stared at him, but Tang Jinyu stood there with his head tilted and looked at the window without saying a word.
In the end, the old man softened first. He patted his bedside and said, ”What are you doing there standing? Come here, sit here and read a book, Grandpa will be with you.”
In the evening, the head nurse heard about them. That they were the only candidates in their family, and she felt sorry for the grandfather and grandchild. She specifically applied to the hospital to squeeze out a double room for them, and let them stay for one night.
Tang Jinyu read the book, put the two beds together at night, and slept soundly next to his grandpa.
Early the next morning, Grandpa Tang checked his bag and stationery with him, and sent him out. The old man's health is getting worse now, and he has no strength to send him, but he stood by the window and watched him for a long time, until his grandson's back disappeared from the hospital gate, he reluctantly looked back.
A nurse came in to deliver the medicine and saw the old man smiled and said, ”Grandpa Tang, Xiaoyu is out? Today’s college entrance exam, don’t worry, he has good grades. I’m sure he will be able to get into a prestigious university!”
Grandpa Tang nodded with a smile, ”I don't expect him to do well in his exams. Just watching him grow up will make me satisfied.”