Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 99 Become a Female Bodhisattva
——Close and then open again, that's how you use a door.

Unscrupulous...

Lin Jiajia was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Is she really jealous? Angry?
Not really.

It's just that I have been in contact with Wei Xiaofang more recently, and I can't help but hear a lot about Xia An and Zuo You. Wei Xiaofang is not wrong, Xia An and Zuo You are not wrong, but I am even more wrong. Lin Jiajia has been uneasy recently.

Knowing that Xia An would come today, she actually prepared meals early in the morning and cleaned the house very well.

After finishing my work, I started to feel uneasy again.

Restless is a very accurate adjective. There is no reason, I don’t know what I am thinking, I just can’t calm down and can’t concentrate.

I became even more uneasy after hearing the sound of the Bentley's engine in the distance.

So when Xia An appeared, her first reaction was... I'd better drink some water first.

Who closed the door? I don't know, maybe the wind.

Whenever Xia An knocks on the door, the dog barks.

It's not even as big as Ma Zha, and it pretends to be fierce, but its voice is actually very cute and it looks very adorable...

Xia An kicked over, and the little yellow dog whimpered and slipped back into the corner, glaring at him.

His eyeballs were as round as grapes.

It can be seen that Lin Jiajia did not treat this dog as a guard dog, but had her own small villa, which was very different from the treatment of ordinary rural dogs.

Hearing the dog's aggrieved cry, Lin Jiajia seemed to have found a way out.

squeak-

The door flew open, and Lin Jiajia, with her hands on her hips and her head held high, scolded him, "Why are you bullying the dog?"

Pointing at the Labrador, he said, "An An, bite him!"

It is said that dogs rely on the power of their masters, but this one was obviously very sensible. It did not come forward to kill its master as ordered. Instead, it hid completely in its den and never showed up again.

Lin Jiajia was helpless and gritted her teeth and scolded it for being useless.

Xia An frowned and asked, "An An?"

After turning around and seeing Xia An’s even more helpless expression, Lin Jiajia pursed her lips and chuckled.

"Stop being so conceited and be peaceful."

……

"Where's grandma?"

"You went to the village to chat with the old ladies. We thought you wouldn't arrive until the afternoon."

Lin Jiajia accepted the gift generously.

Xia An said she bought the scarf herself.

The same goes for the health supplements for grandma. Anyway, he never mentioned the name Zuo You.

This small courtyard is on the mountainside, some distance away from the village at the foot of the mountain.

The yard is adjacent to the huge peach orchard.

It is mid-autumn, the last crop of peaches are ripe, and the mountains and fields are filled with the fragrance of fruit.

Xia An suggested taking a walk, so Lin Jiajia took him into the peach orchard through the backyard.

The peach trees are short, and some of the ripe fruits fall to the ground and rot, becoming fertilizer.

Feeling guilty about cheating on his wife, Lao Zhou has not returned since he left in the summer and has not yet resolved the issue of Taoyuan's ownership.

For the time being, it is still guarded by the old lady.

This is a project that the township has attracted investment in, and is one of the income-generating categories for the three villages under its jurisdiction.

No one in the village knew about their divorce, and Lin Jiajia and her grandchild were still respected by the village.

It was lunchtime now, otherwise many villagers would have come to help pick and pack the fruits. Every night, trucks would come to transport the fruits away and supply them to supermarkets in the city, including the Tang family's supermarket.

The autumn sun shone through Lin Jiajia's loosely tied bun, casting a fine golden light on her neck. Her washed-out cotton sportswear made her look extremely plain.

Xia An said, "It must be beautiful here in the spring."

Since he met Lin Jiajia, he has come here twice, and this is the second time.

The last time was Lin Jiajia’s wedding return banquet.

It was autumn then too.

"Come next spring and I'll take you to the top of the mountain. There are hundreds of acres of flowers blooming on the back mountain, and the whole place is pink."

Lin Jiajia said with a smile, her joy unconcealed in her words.

Xia An knew that she loved this peach orchard the most and loved the color pink the most.

Thousands of acres of peach trees and ten miles of peach blossoms, nothing can be more romantic than this.

He said, "Okay, I'll definitely come next year."

An An seemed a little afraid of him. Although she followed him, she only happily swatted the grasshoppers from a distance and didn't dare to get close.

After Lin Jiajia noticed this, she smiled and said that he had no affinity with small animals and was a bad person at heart.

Xia An laughed at himself and said, "Only if you have the ability to be a bad person can you do great things. I want to make a lot of money, so I have to be bad. Good people can't make that much money."

Lin Jiajia rolled her eyes at him. "That's a heresy."

Xia An said, “That’s not true.

“Although we say that small acts of kindness should not be neglected, this does not mean that doing many small acts of kindness will accumulate into great acts of kindness.

“In fact, the real great good deeds are all done by capitalists. No matter how bloody and vile the accumulation of capital is, the fact is that without money, there is no ability to do great good deeds.

"Wealth fosters kindness; this is the truth."

Lin Jiajia smiled bitterly and said, "Why do you keep talking about money? I've only been in college for a month, and this is what I've learned?"

Xia An said happily: "Nonsense, the school never teaches students the importance of money, nor is it able to teach them how to make money.

"I mean, you're familiar with hospice care now. You've seen so many terrible things. You don't understand what I'm saying, do you?"

Although he does not have direct contact with the hospital and the hospice project's executive team, the backend maintenance is in the hands of Zhang Tiancheng and Liu Youwei, and has been officially hosted by "Jiaxing Technology".

He asked Zhang and Liu to send a briefing to the small group every week, but he read every word.

In the past two months, the hospice project has helped a total of eight critically ill patients and their families.

The total expenditure was more than 162 million yuan.

Although most of the funds were allocated by the government, the actual executors were four or five managers including Lin Jiajia and Zhao Zhijing.

Xia An must be aware of the comings and goings of this money.

There was no other reason. Even a small amount of corruption would lead to endless troubles. Lin Jiajia was involved, so he had to pay attention to it.

Lin Jiajia sighed and nodded, no longer denying that Xia An was right.

She has been in poor condition recently, which is actually related to the project visit.

It's so miserable, it's so miserable.

Unlike my work in surgery in previous years, no matter how serious the trauma is, the worst that can happen is death.

But the messy family life behind terminally ill patients is really hard to describe.

Lonely, desolate...

Even patients who clearly still have hope of being treated and having their lives prolonged are often given up on treatment by their families.

Waiting to die...

It was precisely because of seeing these things that Lin Jiajia became particularly close to Tang Wan after understanding her situation.

Life is short, and the loneliness of being abandoned is the most unbearable thing.

"An An, come here." she called softly.

The puppy heard it, stopped running, and looked over with his head tilted.

Because of its inexplicable fear of Xia An, it hesitated for a few seconds, and finally chose to make a big circle and run to the other side of Lin Jiajia.

Lin Jiajia bent down and picked it up with amusement, stroking it in her arms.

Xia An came over, smiled grimly and stretched out his hand.

"Little guy, you can't hide this time, right?"

The dog struggled helplessly in Lin Jiajia's arms, and finally buried his head in Lin Jiajia's arms, allowing Xia An to stroke him wildly from behind.

Lin Jiajia giggled, and as she laughed, she found that Xia An's hand was stuffing into her arms, and the back of his hand repeatedly touched places that shouldn't be touched.

Lin Jiajia glared at him, put the dog down and let it run wild.

Xia An held her hand and said, "When you're looking for warmth and comfort, it's better to be with your own kind. Why rely on small animals?"

Lin Jiajia tried to shake him off, pulling her hand away several times, but when she couldn't pull it out, she gave up and let him pull her along as they walked slowly forward. She said, "Cats and dogs, once they recognize their owners, they are loyal to them. People are not like that."

Looking at the tips of her red ears, Xia An smiled and said, "In mathematics, being undecided is more serious than being single-minded."

Lin Jiajia was completely speechless.

After walking quietly for a distance, Lin Jiajia stopped deep in the orchard and turned to ask him, "What if, in the end, I still can't accept it?"

Xia An looked at her, blinked, grinned, and shook his head, saying, "I believe you will accept it in the end."

Lin Jiajia rolled her eyes and sighed, "When I was 20, I couldn't help but fantasize that I would wake up one day and become a normal woman."

Xia An said with a straight face, "Nonsense, you are now the most normal woman."

"Put away your sweet talk." Before succeeding, a man will try every possible way to coax a woman into having sex, and then abandon her like a worn-out shoe.

Lin Jiajia understands this truth particularly deeply, so deep down, she is a more traditional girl.

It was a rare opportunity to have such an open chat. Xia An was about to continue debating with her about love and universal love, but suddenly he heard a burst of children's laughter and was startled.

He looked around, surrounded by swirling leaves. To be honest, it was still quite scary to hear such laughter in this environment.

Lin Jiajia was amused by his reaction and pooh-poohed him, "How dare you act like a man with such a small gut?"

Then she took the opportunity to shake off his hand and walked into the orchard.

"It must be those kids from Old Ma's family who are here to steal the fruit again."

After walking a few steps, Lin Jiajia, whose mood inexplicably improved, became playful. She turned around and raised her finger to Xia An, making a hushing sound, signaling him to walk more lightly.

Xia An smiled and nodded, then tiptoed forward a short distance. Through the peach branches, he saw three children, barely one meter tall, stealing peaches not far ahead.

The little girl stood under the tree, and the two boys climbed two peach trees respectively.

The peach tree was not tall, and the two little guys were even shorter, so it was difficult for them to climb.

The little girl lowered her voice and reminded them in a baby voice:

"Be careful, don't fall."

The koala-like boy, hugging the tree trunk on his left, tilted his head, his face covered with grass debris, and said, "Don't worry, I'll be there soon."

The one on the right who had already climbed the branches laughed proudly and said, "Yaya, come over here and pick up the fruit."

The little girl walked over, her yellow hair tied into crooked pigtails, and the large floral cloth bag in her hand hung heavily on the ground, obviously there was some gain in it.

Xia An and Lin Jiajia hid behind the tree trunk and looked over.

He leaned close to Lin Jiajia's face and whispered, "Has he become a habitual offender?"

Lin Jiajia found it funny and nodded.

Xia An uttered a "Hey!" and took a step forward. Before Lin Jiajia could stop him, she heard him shout, "Hey, where did this little thief come from?! An An, come on!"

The dog didn't respond to him at all. Instead, the three children were frightened and looked over at him.

Then, the two little boys on the tree jumped down like sparrows, and the little girl tumbled down to the ground, supporting herself with her hands and gasping for breath. Her face was pale and her lips were abnormally purple.

Xia An was wondering how a rural child could be so easily frightened?

Lin Jiajia had already run forward, not forgetting to turn back and glare at him fiercely.

Lin Jiajia squatted down next to the little girl and coaxed her, "Don't be afraid, Yaya, don't be afraid. He's just teasing you. Did you bring the medicine?"

Hearing the last four words, Xia An frowned and walked over.

The two little boys brushed the weeds off their butts and ran up to him at the same time, stopping him. They looked up at him fiercely and said, "Who are you? Why are you scaring us? Yaya is going to be scared to death by you!"

The little boy on the left said to his companions, "Hu Zi, let's beat him."

Then the two little ones came over and kicked Xia An's legs.

Xia An pushed aside the curtains with one hand and walked to Lin Jiajia's side.

"What's the matter?"

Hearing this, Lin Jiajia took out the asthma medicine from the little girl's dirty pocket and said, "Yaya has a congenital heart disease, which also causes asthma. She can't be frightened."

While spraying the little girl with medicine, Lin Jiajia turned around and glared at him, indicating that he had been too naughty just now.

Xia An felt ashamed and squatted over to the little girl, saying, "Brother is wrong. How about this? During the entire National Day holiday, you can come and take as many peaches as you want. How about that?"

The little girl recovered a little after inhaling the spray, and huddled in Lin Jiajia's arms, looking into Xia Ankaba's eyes timidly.

At this distance, Xia An noticed that her skin was pale and obviously lacking in blood. Her hair was dry and yellow, and she was malnourished. There was medical tape on the back of her hand, which meant she must have had an IV drip recently.

The two boys gathered around, ready to continue scolding Xia An, but Xia An flipped his hand, and three lollipops appeared in his palm like magic. "Here, one for each of you. I'll apologize as your brother, okay?"

The three children looked at Lin Jiajia eagerly.

"Auntie Lin..." A little boy was a little tempted and asked for the opinion of the orchard manager Lin Jiajia.

Xia An immediately changed his words: "Uncle is wrong."

"..." Lin Jiajia laughed, snatched the candy, patted him hard, and gave one to each of the three little ones. "He is Auntie's friend, he didn't mean it. Take it and go play."

Xia An quickly climbed up the tree, picked a few big peaches, and put them in the cloth bag next to the girl.

The two little boys had forgotten their hatred by sucking on their lollipops, but the little girl just stood there, letting Lin Jiajia help her tidy up the grass leaves in her hair.

The little girl whispered to Lin Jiajia, "Auntie Lin, can you please not tell Dad that I came here to steal peaches?"

Seeing her little face, Lin Jiajia felt so distressed that she pinched her little face and said with a smile: "These are all given to you by your auntie, how could you steal them?"

The little girl was happy. She put the candy in her pocket and ran away with her two brothers who were carrying floral bags.

Xia An leaned against the tree trunk again, picked a peach, broke it open, and gave half to Lin Jiajia. "What's going on?"

Lin Jiajia withdrew her gaze from the direction where the three little ones were running away, took the peach and took a bite.

"Brother Ma was working on a construction site in the city three years ago when he was hit on the head by a piece of cement. Now he is half paralyzed at home."

She said softly, juice flowing down the corners of her mouth. Xia An jumped to the ground and couldn't help her hide, so he reached out to wipe it off for her.

"The wife ran away and the child is sick?" he guessed.

Lin Jiajia nodded.

"Very common." Xia An smacked his lips and asked, "What's the diagnosis for that little girl?"

Lin Jiajia looked at him. "Ya Ya is six years old this year. When she was just born, her parents took her to Yanjing for a checkup. The doctor said it would be difficult for her to live past the age of fifteen."

Xia An nodded. They were all probably fifteen years old and needed to be carefully served.

"Judging from her family's circumstances, she'll be able to function normally by the time she's twelve or thirteen."

Lin Jiajia frowned and looked at him, meaning, are you just going to say it so calmly?
Xia An shrugged and said, "Heart transplant? You can help her record it in the project."

Lin Jiajia shook her head and said, "I tried, but her condition is beyond the scope of assistance."

Xia An looked into her eyes and smiled: "So you plan to help her yourself?"

Lin Jiajia lowered her eyes and pursed her lips. "Just now when I held her, she was as light as a feather."

Xia An reminded him, "A heart transplant costs at least three or five hundred thousand. You should know better than me that with current medical conditions in China, the best surgery would have to be performed abroad or by inviting experts to come to China. This doesn't include post-operative rehabilitation. Do you have a net worth of five hundred thousand now?"

Lin Jiajia shook her head.

Xia An said, "I do."

Lin Jiajia rolled her eyes at him. "Why? You want to donate?"

Xia An nodded, stretched out a palm, and said, "I can donate 50,000."

Lin Jiajia sighed dejectedly, and after a while, she said, "Let's go back. Grandma should be back soon."

After taking a few steps, Xia An grabbed him from behind.

Turning around, he saw Xia An looking at him with a smile.

"I've seen a lot of unfortunate families recently, and I kind of understand what you meant when you told me last time that I should never spend money myself." She said in a light tone, but she was actually very calm in her heart.

In fact, the situation of Yaya was reported to Lin Jiajia by her at the beginning of the project.

The initial trial was rejected.

Congenital heart disease is not a rare disease and has a fairly long survival period compared to other critical illnesses.

Once a precedent for donations is set, the hospital becomes a charity.

Zhao Zhijing's original words were: "This time it's your connections, but one day when the connections of this leader and that leader come in, will you approve it? There are only so many funds allocated, who should I approve and who should I reject?"

Having worked in the hospital for many years, Lin Jiajia always felt that she was accustomed to life and death.

In fact, the deeper she delved into hospice care, the closer she got to the bottom of human life. She discovered that the basic tones that carried the colorful human life were so gray.

Every time you look, the world becomes a little less bright.

She became increasingly unclear about the true meaning of the concept of "a lifetime" and the fleeting decades it represented.

In her daze, she didn't even realize that Xia An had gently embraced her.

His voice suddenly rang out in my ears: "If the time between life and death is compressed into a single moment, it would be absolutely terrifying, but if it is stretched into a process of several decades, it is really not that scary. If done well, it will be colorful and extremely gorgeous.

“Believe me, don’t think too much about philosophical definitions. Ask yourself, what do you want to do? What do you want to leave behind in this world?”

Leaning lazily on him, putting all her weight on Xia An, Lin Jiajia looked into the distance blankly, her eyes unfocused.

She said softly, "If I can't keep the child, my life will not continue."

Xia An smiled and said, "Then go help the other children. They will all become evidence of your existence. Transform yourself into the goddess Guanyin, who saves all living beings. Set a standard. I believe you can do it well."

Lin Jiajia smiled lightly and said, "I know you can make money, but how much can you make?"

Xia An said, "No matter how much money you make, you can't accomplish this. You need to find more kind-hearted people and work together."

Lin Jiajia turned her head and looked at him in the chest, a puzzled look on her face.

Xia An chuckled and said, "Now if you help me do one thing, I will help you make it happen."

Looking deeply into his eyes, Lin Jiajia bit her lip, her thoughts turning, and nodded.

Five minutes later, when Lin Jiajia jumped down from the peach tree with a look of resentment in her eyes, holding a large peach she had picked herself, Xia An laughed and said, "Sun Wukong should have threatened the Seven Fairies to climb the tree to pick peaches. What a rare scene..."

As Lin Jiajia was chasing him in embarrassment and anger, Xia An suddenly stopped, and Lin Jiajia, who couldn't stop in time, threw herself into his arms.

With great force and power, Xia An fell onto the dead leaves while holding her.

Holding her tightly, Xia An said, "Crowdfunding, do you know anything about it?"

(End of this chapter)