"Lao Deng, you''re too busy as the district head. You won''t come many times about you." a middle-aged man stood up and said enthusiastically.


    "Don''t mention it. There are countless things to be busy." Deng Ming said. "Eating is like pouring rice into a bucket. I don''t even have the ability to chew and swallow slowly. My stomach is now supported by stomach medicine every day."


    There are not many students who can get together more than 20 years after graduation. They are all familiar old friends. Deng Ming didn''t care much. He put his coat on the hanger and found a seat to sit down.


    "Where''s old Sui?" Deng Ming asked.


    Several students, you look at me, I look at you, did not speak.


    Deng Ming felt a wrong atmosphere floating in the air, and an ominous premonition rose from the bottom of his heart.


    After all, they are all in their 40s. In the face of the middle-aged crisis, they work as hard as cattle and horses. Regardless of high or low, they have their own bitterness and distress.


    A classmate died of intracerebral hemorrhage a few years ago. Should Lao Sui not... Deng Ming''s waist suddenly straightened up, swept around and asked, "what''s the matter with Lao Sui? What''s the matter?"


    While talking, a momentum of high power came into being.


    "Alas, Lao Sui is hospitalized and ready for surgery."


    "What disease?"


    "Esophageal cancer," said the middle-aged man with a sigh, "remember the time when you said you didn''t have time for a party a month ago."


    Deng Ming nodded.


    "After meeting, we saw that old Sui lost a lot of weight and his face was not good." the middle-aged man sighed deeply. No one would like to have such a thing, but Deng Ming would not hide it from him.


    "At that time, we asked Lao Sui what was the matter. He said that eating was always upside down. It should be stomach disease. When he was a child, he starved his stomach."


    "Nonsense, why not go to the hospital?" Deng Ming was not angry.


    "That''s what we said." the middle-aged man said, "but it''s not easy for everyone to get together and forget it. It''s no big deal to eat and drink and see Lao Sui eat, but before it''s over, Lao Sui starts to feel uncomfortable and vomites in the bathroom."


    "Not too much."


    "No, old Sui said he was eating fast recently, so..." the middle-aged man said, "we all advised him to go to the hospital, but he said he didn''t dare to go."


    "..." Deng Ming knew vaguely, but he didn''t dare to think deeply.


    They are old and young, and the pressure of the whole family is on their shoulders. Even if they stumble step by step, they have to move forward.


    Parents at home have retirement wages, good health, and less pressure. If the parents are in the countryside, the families who are sick of old age and have to be hospitalized every three or five times will be overwhelmed.


    Even Deng Ming himself has different troubles at this age, but the troubles are different.


    Speaking of this, Deng Ming misses the carefree years when he was at school.


    "You know Lao Sui''s temper. The stubborn eye pulling Lord, give him a shit pin and he can bite it without letting go."


    "Half a month after our party, I asked Lao Sui if he had gone to the hospital. He said he didn''t go. I made an appointment with Xiao Shen and asked him to go and urged him several times. Originally, this was not what students and friends should do, but when we saw him vomit that day, we always suspected whether Lao Sui had cancer." the more the middle-aged man said, the more depressed he was.


    "I''m so thin. I always go up when I eat. If it''s not a tumor, what else can it be? I have to face something. Don''t wait until it''s found that it''s late. That''s what the fuck."


    "What happened later?" Deng Ming asked.


    "Alas." the middle-aged man sighed continuously, "forced him to go to Medical University for registration and examination. What examination he did was to drink something sticky and white, and then the doctor looked at it with an X-ray machine."


    "After reading it, the radiology doctor didn''t say anything. Let''s go back and give me a wink when we left. When Lao Sui left, I stole it back and asked. The doctor said that there was a big tumor in the esophagus, which must be 5cm. If we want to go to the thoracic surgery, we have to do other tests. If we transfer, there will be no way."


    “……”


    Although he already knew the ending, Deng Ming was still very uncomfortable when he heard this.


    I hope it can be solved after surgery without metastasis, Deng Ming thought.


    "Now Lao Sui is in hospital waiting for surgery? Who will do it?" Deng Ming asked.


    "As a freshman in medical college, I found director Gu Weimian of thoracic surgery."


    "Is there any transfer?" Deng Ming asked in a deep voice.


    "No, I have some relatives with director Gu Weimian. I asked." the middle-aged man said, "director Gu said there was no metastasis. Just have an operation to cut off the tumor. Now it depends on the situation. There should be no chemoradiotherapy. There is a great possibility of postoperative cure."


    "Shh ~ ~ ~" Deng Mingchang sighed, but he was still very nervous.


    "Let''s eat." the middle-aged man poured wine one by one from Deng Ming, "have fun in time. Who knows when he can live."


    Deng Ming was not going to drink, but Lao Sui''s affair made him feel a little uncomfortable. Talk about starting, call a valet, drink!


    Although it''s drinking, I''m not happy, but everyone has moderation.


    Two hours later, everyone was a little drunk and worried about going to see Lao Sui at noon tomorrow.


    He is doing a preoperative examination in the first hospital of Medical University. If there are no contraindications to the operation, it is estimated that he will go on stage in the next few days.


    After the banquet, he drove Deng Ming home.


    Deng Ming didn''t hurry upstairs, but stood downstairs and lit a cigarette in the night, with some sobs in his heart.


    I''m too busy recently. I don''t have time to feel that the days and months are fleeting and time is like water.


    In late October, the temperature dropped below zero in the middle of the night and frozen early in the morning. Deng Ming felt a little cold, but he was blown by the cool wind and felt much more awake.


    While smoking, he recalled Lao Sui.


    So strong a man, how can he say that he fell down? The more Deng Ming thought, the more uncomfortable he became.


    Deng Ming hesitated and picked up his cell phone.


    "Miss Wu." Deng Ming dialed.


    "Mayor Deng, what can I do for you so late?" Wu Mian''s gentle voice came out of the phone.


    "I won''t be polite to you, Miss Wu," said Deng Ming. "One of my classmates got esophageal cancer and was hospitalized in medical freshman."


    "Gu Weimian?"


    "Yes."


    "Director Gu is pretty good, I know. What do you mean..."


    "Let''s go to see my classmates tomorrow. Can you say hello if it''s convenient for you?" Deng Ming knows that his request is too much, but after all, Wu Mian''s position is there. It should be no problem.


    "It''s all right. Give me your name. I''ll contact director Gu." Wu Mian said with a smile.