Restarting life in Siheyuan

Chapter 438: Second Aunt Suffers Stroke

The uncle's command was still very organized. Old Liu's cart from the back house was cleared out again and padded with a mattress. Sha Zhu stopped laughing and took the initiative to pull the cart. Zhu Xuefeng, who did not have time to slip away to the compound, was also called along and followed to push the cart. Several young men pulled the cart very quickly.

"Zhu Zi, slow down, your second aunt can't stand the shaking."

"It's okay. The padding is thick enough. It's not like she's pregnant. It's better to send her over as soon as possible in this situation."

The old man almost suffocated his breath. He couldn't stand jogging to follow, and now he just started cursing.

"You idiot, if you can't talk, just shut up. Xiaofeng, please change the pillar. This idiot is so careless that he might hurt your aunt."

Zhu Xuefeng had no choice but to change people and simply slowed down as the old man requested. Fortunately, the factory hospital was not far away and they arrived there in a short while. The old man directed everyone to take the patient inside.

"You two have worked hard pulling the cart. Just watch the cart and take a break first."

Watching the eldest uncle leading people in, no matter how useless this uncle is, he will always be the first to rush forward when something happens in the yard. In this respect, he is qualified. A yard should really have such a leader. You see, the third uncle didn't come, but two boys came.

"Brother Zhuzi, you ran so fast just now, you must be holding back."

Sha Zhu looked at the grinning Zhu Xuefeng unhappily and said, "I don't have that intention. Second Auntie doesn't have any serious problems. I don't need to bother with her. If it's that old guy in Liu Haizhong, I might. No, if it's him, I won't drive this car."

"I am really a mean person. I deserve to be beaten."

"Yeah, I really have to avoid suspicion. If you think so, who knows what others think. As for this matter, I will go back when the old man comes out. Don't get involved."

It was already completely dark. The drunken Liu Hai stumbled into the yard. All the houses in the yard were closed, except for a few that had lights on. Most of the houses were closed.

“Look ahead, it’s pitch black…” The second uncle held a bottle of wine, pointed at the dark moon gate, and rushed over.

The lights were on in the house, but no one was there. The second uncle was very dissatisfied, "This woman, she is not at home at night, and she is wasting electricity. What a waste of money."

Looking at the dishes on the table, he said, "What the hell, they are all vegetarian dishes. The meat in the restaurant is better." He burped and slammed the bottle on the table with a loud bang. The second uncle looked around with his hazy eyes open.

"Which bad boy made such a big noise and scared you, my uncle?"

Seeing that no one paid any attention to him, he went into the inner room cursing and fell on the kang. Soon the ground was shaking.

"The patient must have been suffering from a heart attack caused by anger and cold. These are typical symptoms of a stroke. Let's give her an IV now. There are some hormones in it that can speed up her recovery."

"Stroke? Doctor, is her condition serious? Will she be fine after a few more IVs?"

"It's not too serious, don't worry too much. Logically, with intravenous drips and hormone medication, you'll probably recover in half a month to a month."

As soon as he heard the word "it's reasonable", the old man understood that this time it was definitely not reasonable, so he could only listen.

"There aren't many of these hormone drugs in our domestic hospitals. According to regulations, we can only give them to her once today to relieve the symptoms and prevent further deterioration. She still needs to seek treatment from a traditional Chinese medicine doctor in the later stages. Traditional Chinese medicine is very effective for this disease and is more suitable than taking hormones. It costs less and has no side effects. It just takes a little longer, about one to two months, and she will recover. The chances of recovery are still high."

The doctor was very responsible and explained it very clearly, even pointing out the advantages and disadvantages. The old man was relieved then. The two brothers sat in a daze, but they felt relieved knowing that their mother could be saved.

"If he can't recover, will he look like he has a crooked mouth and slanted eyes?"

"Yes, you are right. According to Western medicine, it is called facial neuritis. The nerves on half of the face lose their function, and the facial muscles lose control. The muscles on the other half of the face are pulled, causing an abnormal deviation to one side. This is what you call a crooked mouth and slanted eyes."

"Oh, I see, doctor, thank you. Chinese medicine requires drinking decoctions, right? Do you have any Chinese medicine hospital to recommend?"

"It's not too troublesome to go to a traditional Chinese medicine hospital. The treatment is mainly acupuncture, supplemented by herbal medicine. Any traditional Chinese medicine hospital that can do acupuncture will do. You can go to whichever is convenient. There's no need to be picky."

"Oh, I see. Thank you. That puts my mind at ease."

"Old man, you are old, go back and have a rest. Your wife will be here for two infusions, and it should be finished by the second half of the night. You can have your two sons accompany you, and you can be discharged tomorrow morning."

"This is our neighbor, not my wife. Okay, I'll go back and notify the family members to come pick her up tomorrow. Guangtian and Guangfu, I'll leave your mother to you. You can take turns to look after her. If she gets tired, you can switch. I'll ask your father to pick her up early in the morning."

The old man felt that he had done his best, so he took the two boys from the Yan family out of the hospital and reunited with Sha Zhu and the others to go home.

"Brother, I'm hungry."

"I'm hungry too. How about this? Mom has prepared everything. You go back and eat first, and then bring me a box of food. You can't stay up all night hungry. And you can check if Dad is back. He'll have to come back tomorrow when he's discharged from the hospital, and we don't have any money in our pockets."

The group returned to the yard. Normally the shop was closed at this time, but the third uncle kept it open today.

Several people dispersed in the front yard. After a lot of trouble, Zhu Xuefeng said goodbye to his younger brothers and sisters and left. It is better to stick to daily training as much as possible.

Seeing Shazhu was about to go home, the old man thought about it and decided to stop him.

"Zhu Zi, accompany me to visit Second Uncle's house. He wouldn't even go home after a quarrel, would he? He has to go there himself when he is discharged from the hospital tomorrow."

Sha Zhu reluctantly accompanied the old man into the backyard. He saw lights on in the house from a distance and heard snoring when he got closer.

"This old Liu is really outrageous. We are helping him run around, but he is sleeping soundly. Let's go in and take a look."

The two were speechless as they looked at Liu Haizhong who was sleeping like a dead pig. His wife was lying in the hospital with his two sons watching over her, but he looked like nothing had happened and was still sleeping soundly.

"Lao Liu, Lao Liu, wake up..."

The old man was a little annoyed after doing useless work for a long time, and turned around and said, "Zhu Zi, wake him up."

Sha Zhu suddenly laughed, nodded in agreement with a smile, and went over and shouted loudly twice. However, Liu Haizhong just waved his hand impatiently to stop him, turned over, and the snoring started again. Sha Zhu looked at the old man and smiled.

"It's impossible to wake him up by calling him. I'll try another method to see if it works."

After saying that, without waiting for the old man to say anything, he slapped him a few times. The sides of Liu Haizhong's face became visibly red and swollen. Liu Haizhong felt pain and opened his eyes with difficulty, cursing mumbled.

"Shazhu, you idiot, you dare to hit me? I'm in charge of hundreds of people now. I'll kill you."

Sha Zhu grinned, "You are still hysterical. How much did you drink to become like this? Your wife has been sent to the hospital, and you are still so arrogant. How did a pig-brained person like you become a team leader?"

Liu Haizhong was still not fully awake and was a little dazed. His wife was in the hospital? Sha Zhu decided to go all out and simply filled a glass of water, held it in his mouth, and sprayed it down. The old man just watched the whole process without doing anything. This time, Liu Haizhong finally woke up and asked while wiping the water off his face.

"Who did you say took him to the hospital?"

"Yes, Mom. She was sent to the hospital. She's on IV drip right now."

Liu Guangfu, who had just entered the room, started shouting loudly and ignored his father, eating cold dishes and rice. Liu Haizhong became angry and started cursing.

"You little brat, your mother is in the hospital and you are still eating here..."

"My brother and I haven't eaten yet and we have to accompany you all night. How can we accompany you if we are hungry? But you are well fed and well-fed, so you don't care about our life or death."

The third child was also full of resentment, so he took the opportunity to vent it. Normally, he wouldn't dare talk back, but his mother was still on an IV drip while his father was sleeping soundly after having a good meal and drink, and he started swearing when he woke up.

"You bastard, you dare to talk back? I'll beat you to death." Liu Haizhong struggled to stand up.

Then I heard an old man roar, "Liu Haizhong, that's enough, your wife is still in the hospital, she had a stroke, you understand, what kind of power are you showing off, if your two sons hadn't found it in time, we don't know if your wife is still alive, Zhuzi, let's go, I don't care about this shit anymore."

Sha Zhu bowed to Liu Haizhong who was stunned by the scolding. "Second uncle, please continue, continue, we are not an eyesore here, please do as you please..."

After saying that, he followed the uncle out the door, looking up to the sky and laughing, "Uncle, I'm going back to rest. I'm having a good time today."

Watching Shazhu walk away, the old man shook his head, sighed, and went home with his hands behind his back.

"Old man, how are you? Are you okay?"

When the aunt heard the noise, she quickly turned on the light and got out of bed, but the uncle quickly stopped her.

"You have to take care of yourself. The doctor told you that you should lie down for a while before getting up, and sit for a while before getting out of bed. You are so irritable, why do you want to accompany her?"

"Don't you want to get some hot water for you to wash your face? The water is still there and the coal stove is still on."

"I can do it myself. It's not like I don't have hands."

An old man took off his coat and hung it up. "This old Liu is getting more and more outrageous. His wife was lying in the hospital, but he didn't think of going to see her. She was woken up by the pillar, and the first thing he did was to teach Guangfu a lesson. Tell me, is he still a human being? He is still a team leader and has the nerve to give a report."

"Don't get yourself hurt by being angry. By the way, did you take the money in the cabinet to pay her? You have to get it back tomorrow."

"Well, of course he had to pay for it himself. I still have the receipt, but I paid for it out of my pocket. I never touched the money in the cabinet."

"That's strange. Several times, there's always less money in the cabinet, not much, but always a few dollars or eighty cents. But for a while, I thought you just took it."

"Go to sleep, I'll go wash up and come back. You're old and you can't remember. No one else is in the room, so who would take it? If it was stolen, I wouldn't leave it for you."

When the uncle said this, the aunt was also confused. Could it be that she was really too old to remember clearly? But she clearly remembered it correctly. It was really strange.

Liu Haizhong finally figured out the situation and sobered up a little. His wife couldn't fall down, and he had to look after the two silly boys. If he wanted to continue to make progress, he needed his wife's support.

"Hurry up, just eat a few bites, or the evil ghost will be reincarnated."

Liu Guangfu reluctantly put down his bowl, took out his lunch box and filled two boxes with food, eating up all the leftovers, which made his bangs twitch.

"Your brother only needs to eat one box, why pack two boxes? He still wants to eat more."

"Mom hasn't eaten either!" Liu Guangfu didn't know where he got the confidence from today, he said this, packed the lunch box with his schoolbag, and then took his father out.

Looking at the lights on in Sha Zhu's house and the old man's house, Liu Haizhong felt angry and his cheeks were burning with pain. This damn Sha Zhu would torture him whenever he got the chance. Liu Haizhong had to remember this.

When they arrived at the front yard, the third uncle just came back from closing the door and saw the two men carrying bags.

"Are you going to the hospital again? Will you be back tonight? Do you want me to leave the door open? When my two boys came back just now, they said that Auntie seemed to be asleep after being put on the bottle."

Liu Haizhong was a little annoyed that the third uncle came to show off his achievements, but there was nothing he could do so he had to thank him with a sullen face.

"I'm not coming back. I'm sorry to bother you two boys with what happened just now. Come to my house when you have time. I'll cook some dishes for you and have some drinks."

"We should wait until the patient leaves the hospital. It's dark at night, so please be careful on the road."

Watching the Liu family father and son hurried away, the third uncle closed the door and said, "It was a tiring night. Fortunately, tomorrow is a day off. I really didn't have any peace at all."

"Old man, it's getting late, go to bed quickly, there won't be anyone knocking on the door anymore."

"Sleep, sleep, sleep. I asked them, but they won't come back. I don't think they will come back. Liu Haizhong reeks of alcohol. I guess he will fall asleep after a while at the hospital and won't come back."

In the hospital, the two brothers with red eyes stared in a daze at their old father who was sleeping soundly on the bed.

"Hurry up, is this how you treat patients? You don't need so many people. Go back to sleep. Your snoring is so loud that it's disturbing other patients."

The second aunt had been woken up a long time ago, and she couldn't stand the nurse's scolding. The mother and her two children took a long time to finally wake up Liu Haizhong. Before Liu Haizhong could get angry, he was criticized by the nurse and lost his temper.

"Then you two watch. I'll go back and give you this money. When we settle the bill tomorrow, you have to pay me back the extra money. I need to see the receipt. Don't even think about taking my money."

Watching Liu Haizhong walking away, the second aunt closed her eyes again. The two brothers held the money and looked at their father who was walking away, not knowing what they were thinking.

The third uncle, who was awakened by the knock on the door, was not very happy. Who came back so late at night and why didn't he let the patrol team take him away?

"Hey, Second Uncle, why are you back again?" When Third Uncle saw it was Liu Haizhong, he was quite surprised. Didn't he say he would not come back?

Liu Haizhong was also quite embarrassed and made up an excuse.

"The hospital is tight on space, and the doctor won't let three people accompany us. There's nothing we can do. The two little ones are too tired to run around, so I have to use my old bones to stroll back in the middle of the night. Sorry for the trouble."

The third uncle smiled and said, "What's the trouble? Everyone has problems. I'm used to it. Since I took on this job, I haven't slept well. There are so many families in the yard. There are always people with headaches and fevers who go to the hospital in the middle of the night. I'm used to it."

(End of this chapter)