断章(节选) PARAGRAPHS(EXCERPT-VOLUME I)(6)
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Afterwards, on the day before the wife died, he held his 4-year-old son and said, “Son, after your mom pass away, we’re going to beg……” The kid stared his big eyes and asked blankly, “Daddy, I don’t know how to beg, what should I do?” With the voice fell, everyone in the ward choked with sobs…
以前我在医院的血液科上班,有个女病人31岁,身患白血病而且已经到了弥留阶段。医生对他的丈夫说:“你再给她看下去就是浪费钱。”丈夫说:“我也知道再这样坚持下去是浪费时间和钱,可是我已经把能卖地东西全卖了,能借的钱全借来了,我欠的钱,这辈子都还不清了。如果不让她继续接受治疗,我都不知道还能做点什么……”
后来,在妻子去世地前一天,他抱着4岁的儿子说:“孩子,等你妈妈不在了,我们就一起去要饭……”孩子瞪着大眼睛很茫然地问:“爸爸,我不会要饭,怎么办啊?”孩子这句话让病房里所有人登时泣不成声……
(原编辑:仰岳 ;整理、翻译:海蛎子赤赤 ;《读者》2022年第1期·有删改 )
Afterwards, on the day before the wife died, he held his 4-year-old son and said, “Son, after your mom pass away, we’re going to beg……” The kid stared his big eyes and asked blankly, “Daddy, I don’t know how to beg, what should I do?” With the voice fell, everyone in the ward choked with sobs…
以前我在医院的血液科上班,有个女病人31岁,身患白血病而且已经到了弥留阶段。医生对他的丈夫说:“你再给她看下去就是浪费钱。”丈夫说:“我也知道再这样坚持下去是浪费时间和钱,可是我已经把能卖地东西全卖了,能借的钱全借来了,我欠的钱,这辈子都还不清了。如果不让她继续接受治疗,我都不知道还能做点什么……”
后来,在妻子去世地前一天,他抱着4岁的儿子说:“孩子,等你妈妈不在了,我们就一起去要饭……”孩子瞪着大眼睛很茫然地问:“爸爸,我不会要饭,怎么办啊?”孩子这句话让病房里所有人登时泣不成声……
(原编辑:仰岳 ;整理、翻译:海蛎子赤赤 ;《读者》2022年第1期·有删改 )