Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 120
"Xia Siming and Cao Jiajia? We know each other, why don't we know each other?"

As soon as Cao Zhiqiang mentioned the two names, Section Chief Zhang immediately nodded and said he knew them.

"Xia Siming is a fourth-level fitter in the third workshop of our factory, and also our technical backbone.

As for Cao Jiajia, I also know that it is his lover who works as a nurse in the staff hospital of Xinxing Optical Instrument Factory.

However, Xia Siming fell ill some time ago. It was kidney stones, which seemed to be quite serious. I heard that he bleeds when he urinates.

So, Xia Siming has been on sick leave and recuperating at home. He hasn't worked in our factory for a long time. If you want to find him, you have to go to his house. "

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Then do you know the address of his home? I want to visit his home."

Section Chief Zhang nodded: "Of course I know about his family, but what is your relationship with them?"

Only then did Cao Zhiqiang smile and said, "To be honest, Cao Jiajia is my sister, my real sister."

Section Chief Zhang was stunned: "What, Xia Siming's lover is your sister?"

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, and then said in a low voice: "Keep your voice down, don't say anything, I don't want too many people to know about this."

After a pause, Cao Zhiqiang said again: "Well, actually, one of the reasons why I was sent here on business is because my sister is here. After I come here, I can use my free time to visit relatives. , so, you understand?"

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang handed over 100 yuan to Section Chief Zhang.

"This matter is my private matter, I don't want too many people to know, so, can it be convenient?"

Section Chief Zhang blinked, looked at the money in his hand, then looked left and right, then quickly put away the money, then adjusted his glasses and said, "Oh, that's it, no wonder, no wonder."

After thinking about it, Section Chief Zhang nodded: "By the way, I remember, Lao Xia's lover seems to be from the capital, so you are really siblings?"

"That's right, true siblings." Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile, "So, can I go and see them now?"

"Of course." Chief Zhang said, "But, are you sure you want to go now? Don't you need to say hello in advance?"

"No need." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "It's not bad to give a surprise."

Section Chief Zhang nodded: "Okay then, I'll take you there."

"You wait."

After finishing speaking, Cao Zhiqiang walked to the bed, picked up the canvas bag and put it on his back, and then said to Section Chief Zhang: "Let's go, Section Chief Zhang.

By the way, the place is not far away. Shall I call driver Xu, and we will go by car together? "

Section Chief Zhang blinked: "It's not far, no need to drive there."

After a short pause, Section Chief Zhang whispered again: "Didn't you say it, this is your private matter, and you don't want too many people to know.

But, the car that brought you here is too eye-catching. If this car drives past, people will definitely be watching.

So, let’s still go by the old rules, go by bike together, it’s best to go quietly.

Also, you'd better change your outfit, you're wearing a suit, leather shoes, and windbreaker. If you stand there casually, you'll know you're a big shot, and it's a bit eye-catching. "

Cao Zhiqiang looked at the clothes on his body: "But I only came in this one, how about you tell me where the mall is, and I'll go buy a set?"

"That's not necessary." Section Chief Zhang frowned, and then smiled, "Well, if you don't mind, I'll go get you a worker's uniform from the workshop here, and you can try it on."

"That's a good relationship." Cao Zhiqiang smiled.

"That's good." Section Chief Zhang stood up and said, "You wait here for a while, and I'll get you clothes."

After speaking, Section Chief Zhang left.

About half an hour later, Section Chief Zhang came back with three sets of clothes in his hands.

"Little Cao." Section Chief Zhang greeted Cao Zhiqiang very familiarly at this time, "These three sets of clothes come in three sizes. Try them on and see which one fits you best."

"Okay, thank you." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

Afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang saw that the other party hadn't moved, so he said, "Here, Section Chief Zhang, can you go out for a while? I'm not used to being watched when I change clothes."

"Ah?" Section Chief Zhang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, I'm outside the door, call me when you change."

"Okay." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

After Section Chief Zhang left the guest house room, Cao Zhiqiang began to change his clothes.

In the end, he felt that the second suit was the best fit, not too tight, but not too baggy.

After changing into the staff uniforms of the Chiguang Machinery Factory, Cao Zhiqiang let Section Chief Zhang come in again.

"Not bad, not bad, very energetic." Section Chief Zhang looked at Cao Zhiqiang and praised, "Your leather shoes are still a bit eye-catching, but it's not a big problem. Generally, no one takes a close look at the shoes."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Then can we leave now?"

"Of course." Section Chief Zhang said with a smile, "If you have no problem, then let's go."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, picked up his bag, and left the guest house with Section Chief Zhang.

In this way, Section Chief Zhang and Cao Zhiqiang continued to ride a bicycle each as they did research in the county, with Section Chief Zhang leading the way and Cao Zhiqiang following.

After riding for about ten minutes, they came to a residential area.

The houses here are basically bungalows, which look quite dilapidated.

Soon, Section Chief Zhang took Cao Zhiqiang to the door of a bungalow and stopped. He happened to see a little boy wearing a red scarf sitting at the door, lying on a chair and doing his homework.

Section Chief Zhang went straight over and said to the little boy, "Little brother, are your parents at home? I'm your parents' colleague, Uncle Zhang!"

The little boy in the red scarf stood up and nodded, then shouted towards the room: "Mom, someone is looking for you!"

After being yelled at by the little boy, a middle-aged woman wearing plain clothes and sleeves on both arms soon walked out of the room.

As soon as the middle-aged woman came out, she was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said to Section Chief Zhang, "Oh, so it is Section Chief Zhang, what brought you here?"

Section Chief Zhang smiled, then stepped aside and said, "Cao Jiajia, look who this is, do you know him?"

The middle-aged woman was taken aback again, then squinted at Cao Zhiqiang.

Cao Zhiqiang also took a look at the other party, and found that although the other party looked a little old, his appearance was vaguely similar to the image of the eldest sister in the photos kept at home.

So Cao Zhiqiang took a step forward and said with a smile, "Sister, I'm Cao Zhiqiang!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman came to a sudden realization, and then went over to hold Cao Zhiqiang's hand excitedly: "Ah, are you Zhiqiang? Are you really Zhiqiang?"

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "If you don't believe me, just take a closer look at me! Although I grew a little later, you should still be able to tell from my appearance, right?"

The middle-aged woman, no, it should be Cao Jiajia, looked carefully at Cao Zhiqiang's face again, and then nodded with tears in her eyes: "That's right, it's you, it's you, brother, it's really you!"

"It's really me." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile.

Cao Jiajia nodded: "Okay, okay! In the blink of an eye, I have grown so tall that I don't even dare to recognize her!"

I really never expected that I could see my brother here, I never dreamed of it! "

Speaking of this, Cao Jiajia casually wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, and then said: "Stop talking, come, come in, come in and talk."

"Okay." Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile, then looked back at Section Chief Zhang and gave him a wink.

Section Chief Zhang understood in seconds, so he said with a smile: "Then what, I won't delay your family reunion, I will go back first."

"Oh, Chief Zhang." Cao Jiajia said hastily, "It's so embarrassing, come in and have a meal together."

"No, no." Section Chief Zhang smiled and waved his hands, "I have to go home and cook, so I won't bother you, that's it!"

After finishing speaking, Section Chief Zhang walked to his bicycle, got on the bicycle and left.

As soon as Section Chief Zhang left, Cao Zhiqiang hurriedly said, "By the way, I'll bring the bag first."

After speaking, Cao Zhiqiang ran to his bicycle, took off the bag, and then walked to Cao Jiajia with the bag.

Afterwards, Cao Jiajia took Cao Zhiqiang into the house and met with her brother-in-law Xia Siming who was lying on the bed.

Cao Zhiqiang had seen Xia Siming's photo a long time ago.

Anyway, judging from the photos, he looks like a good-looking talent, a bit like Zhu Shimao in appearance, no wonder Cao Jiajia, a big beauty, was chased away back then.

But at this time, Xia Siming didn't know whether it was because of illness or long-term labor. He looked like he was in his 40s, with a lot of white hair on his head, and a lot of wrinkles around his eyes, but he was quite thin, similar to himself.

But Cao Zhiqiang is only 19 years old. It's normal for him to be thin, but Xia Siming is at the age of four, so he should be fat, so he is so thin, he is probably malnourished, sick, or both.

In addition to meeting his sister and her husband, Cao Zhiqiang also met her two children.

The eldest daughter is Xia Wenfang, who is in the third grade of junior high school and is about to face the high school entrance examination.

The youngest son is Xia Wenxuan, who is still in the fourth grade of elementary school, so he is quite carefree.

These two children are both very handsome and sensible. Even though Cao Zhiqiang brought a lot of canned fruit, milk powder, chocolate and other delicious food, his eyes were shining, but he didn't rush to fumble around. It seemed that the tutor was very good. .

For Cao Zhiqiang, the uncle, the two children are very curious, but also a little distant.

After all, it was the first time for these two children to see their uncle since they became sensible.

That's right, it's really the first time, because Cao Jiajia hasn't returned to his hometown for more than ten years since he came here.

The main reason is that the distance is too far, the train tickets are too expensive, and the two of them need more than a month's salary for a round trip, and the round trip is not only expensive, but also time-consuming and troublesome.

At first, the eldest sister didn't go back to her hometown just to save money, but after a long time, it became a habit, and she has become a habit of not going back to her hometown.

But no matter what, everyone was very happy after seeing their sisters and brothers, and after the family reunion.

However, when Cao Jiajia heard Cao Zhiqiang say that her mother had passed away a few months ago, she immediately felt sad, burst into tears, and repeatedly said that she was not filial.

Regarding this, Cao Zhiqiang could only say a few words of comfort, and there was nothing else he could do.

After all, in this era, for ordinary people who live far apart, the word filial piety, or often go home to read this sentence, is actually too heavy.

In many cases, the reason why people do not go home to visit relatives for a long time may really be because conditions do not allow it.

When Cao Jiajia finally stopped crying, Cao Zhiqiang simply asked about his brother-in-law Xia Siming's condition in order to change the subject.

This is actually nothing to say, it is indeed a kidney stone.

It is nothing more than that the disease of kidney stones has dragged on for a long time, and the kidney stones are relatively large, which oppresses the urethra, thus causing hematuria.

It is also because it has been delayed until now and has become a serious illness, so the pain is usually severe, and Xia Siming is now relying on painkillers to support himself.

The reason is that their family can't afford medical treatment now.

Because this disease requires surgery, and this kind of surgery cannot be done in the hospital here, and has to be done in a large hospital in the provincial capital, and the factory does not reimburse for the surgery in other places.

Kidney stones, it doesn't sound serious, but the pain can kill you, and you can't work at all.

Not only can't work, but if it hurts, I can't even take care of myself.

Thanks to Xia Siming for being able to bear it, he persisted until now.

In addition, in fact, Xia Siming not only has kidney stones, he also has type [-] diabetes, and he has been sick for seven or eight years, so he needs to take medicine for a long time and control what he eats.

Because he has been very careful and found out early, Xia Siming's diabetes is well controlled, but who knows, now he has serious kidney stones.

Originally, because of Xia Siming's long-term illness, almost all of the family's spare money was spent on him. Now that he has a kidney stone, there is really no money to treat it.

Otherwise, why not be sick.

If it weren't for Xia Siming's long-term diabetes, Xia Siming and Cao Jiajia, a dual-career family, would not be so poor even if they had two children.

Hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang probably knew what was going on.

To put it simply, brother-in-law is a medicine jar, dragging down the whole family.

My sister usually has to take care of her brother-in-law, take care of the children, and go to work. She is so busy every day, and she is too far away from home and has no money, so she never goes back.

It is also because of this that she looks as if she is in her 40s even though she is not yet forty.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang secretly sighed.

Sure enough, happy people are all alike, but miserable people have their own misfortunes.

But, since I'm here, I can't just ignore it.

Just when Cao Zhiqiang was about to tell his sister about his plan, that is, to take his sister and brother-in-law back to Peiping, and treat his brother-in-law in Peking Hospital, there was a loud noise outside.

(End of this chapter)