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Chapter 584: My father is not as good as my father-in-law
It was already 0:40 at this moment. Xu Ning lightly stepped on the brakes to stop the car, and used the headlights to illuminate the woods. He could vaguely see a car hidden in the woods.

Zhang Yu, sitting in the passenger seat, said, "Brother, my tank is full. If you don't have enough, just draw some out."

"Brother Yu is very thoughtful, but we brought three extra barrels of oil when we came, which should be enough. Thank you very much."

"Hey, why are you being so polite? My dad has already paid me, so I have to serve you well!"

Liu Sitie laughed when he heard this and said, "Don't think he's a bit silly when he talks, he's actually quite capable."

"Yeah, I see. It's quite exquisite!"

After that, Xu Ning opened the car door and everyone else got out. He shouted to the back of the car, "Shi Tou, drive the car out!"

"Hey, okay!"

Liu Wulu, Xu He and Chen Hedong walked out of the woods together, threw the branches covering the rear of the car aside, and saw Guan Lei get into the driver's seat, start the car, and back out easily.

Zhang Yu said: "This car is great! It's not like my old car, which needs to be cranked."

"Your family is in pretty good shape. Earn more money and try to buy a new one next year!"

"That is required."

After Guan Lei stopped the car, Chen Jinlong and others carried Chen Heshuang on a stretcher to the back of the car, where the bottom was covered with straw and a torn mattress.

Xu Ning, the three brothers of the Liu family, and Zhang Yu were standing next to the car. He said, "Second brother, you just need to drop us off here. We are going directly to Mudan."

Liu Eryin nodded: "Okay, you guys should be careful on the road and take a break when you feel tired. It's a bit scary to drive on the mountain road in the dark."

"I know! What's your village's phone number? I'll contact you later."

After Liu Eryin gave the village phone number, Xu Ning wrote it down in the phone book and told him the number of Qing'an Village, saying, "Brother, if you pass by Qing'an, just come to my house and have a seat. It's okay if you don't know where I live. You can find out by just asking someone."

Liu Sitie smiled and said, "It seems that you have a number one in Qing'an?"

Xu Ning grinned and said, "Oh, it's a bit of a reputation!"

"Hahaha……"

Everyone looked at each other and laughed.

Then, they waved goodbye to each other. When Xu Ning got into the car, the three Liu brothers and Zhang Yu also returned to the car. The two cars drove out of the abandoned mountain road of Yanwangkanzi one after the other, heading in the north and south directions respectively.

Driving north towards Mudan City, Xu Ning passed through Wanye City on the way, but he did not stop at all. Although Wanye City also has a small hospital, the medical level is obviously not as good as Mudan First Hospital. Nowadays, hospitals, health centers and clinics are of different natures. Only hospitals can perform larger operations, health centers can only perform minor operations, and clinics can at most prescribe some medicine and give an IV drip.

After driving through more than three stops, they finally entered the urban area of ​​Mudan. After seeing the road sign, Xu Ning drove straight to the hospital.

At 4:12, Xu Ning drove his car into the hospital yard. Two people were standing under the hospital gate, smoking. When they noticed the car, one of the young men ran over, waved and shouted, "This!"

Guan Lei stuck his head out of the car window and shouted, "Brother Quan! Uncle!"

Wu Zhouliang raised his arm and waved, then turned to the medical staff waiting in the lobby on the first floor of the hospital and shouted, "Here we come!"

Two doctors in white coats and two nurses pushed a stretcher out of the doorway. At this moment, Xu Ning also parked the car. He quickly opened the door and greeted Wu Zhouliang and Wu Haiquan.

"Hey, why are you bothering my uncle again?"

Wu Haiquan said: "I said I would come by myself, but when he heard it was your business, he insisted on coming over and couldn't be stopped."

"If I don't come, can you figure it out? Erning, this is your uncle Hao, the director of the Department of Surgery."

"Uncle Hao, thank you for your help..."

Director Hao, who was wearing a white coat, waved his hand and said, "We are all human beings, so let's not be polite. How is he now?"

When everyone came to the rear of the car, Chen Hedong said, "I seemed to be waking up just now, but..."

Director Hao frowned and asked, "Who treated the wound on his arm?"

Xu Ning said: "I'll take care of it."

"Master, the patient's wounds have been disinfected. I can smell alcohol. The large wounds have been sutured with sewing thread."

Director Hao nodded: "If we don't do this, he wouldn't have survived until now. Send him to the operating room quickly! We must perform the operation as soon as possible. Who is the patient's relative?"

Chen Jinlong raised his hand and said, "I'm his father!"

"You will sign it later. You can owe the fee first, but you must pay it in full before you are discharged from the hospital, otherwise I will be responsible."

"Okay! Thank you! Thank you!"

Afterwards, Guan Lei, Xu He and Chen Hedong carried Chen Heshuang onto a stretcher, and two nurses pushed the stretcher into the hospital.

Director Hao was walking quickly in front, Chen Jinlong and Chen Hedong were following behind the stretcher, while Xu Ning was introducing Xu He to Wu Zhouliang and Wu Haiquan.

Wu Haiquan said: "How could you run into a tiger when you went to Wanye to relocate the graves? It's just on the edge of a mountain."

"No, we walked deep into the mountains for two days before we reached the place where the graves were to be moved. Then Shitou and I went to the river to fetch water and saw the tiger..."

Xu Ning was recounting their experiences at the hospital entrance. After he finished, Wu Haiquan frowned and said, "Why did this guy raise his hand? If he didn't listen, why did he follow you into the mountains?"

Guan Lei said: "This matter is complicated to explain."

Wu Zhouliang said, "I have nothing to do anyway, so tell me what happened. We'll go eat when it's daybreak."

"..."

After Xu Ning and Guan Lei finished explaining the cause and effect, Wu Haiquan slapped his thigh and gritted his teeth and said, "It's really unnecessary to save him! What did he want to do by running forward? He must have had bad intentions!"

"He definitely had no good intentions, but since Erning saved him, let's not talk about it any further," Wu Zhouliang said.

Xu He smiled and said, "Erning is afraid of ruining his reputation. He has been in the mountains for less than a year, and his friends have never been injured. If Chen Heshuang followed him into the mountains and died accidentally, no matter how Erning explains, it will be useless. Besides, Chen Heshuang is the elder brother of Erning's and my friends, so he has to be saved."

Wu Zhouliang nodded: "That's true, Erning, you're about to get married, so don't go wandering around for the time being."

"Yes, originally I was thinking of staying home to clean up the new house, but my brother Dong was in a hurry, and after I got married, it would be Shitou and Huzi's turn, and later we would have to prepare the field and so on. By the time we were done, it would be freezing cold, and if we wanted to move the graves in the mountains, we would have to wait until the beginning of next spring, so I thought I would take advantage of my free time to go there and be back in four or five days, but I didn't expect something like this to happen."

Wu Haiquan said: "Luckily you are fine. If something happened to you, you would be in deep mountains and no one would help you. What would you do?"

Wu Zhouliang waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Are Shitou and Lianfang doing business in Qing'an?"

Guan Lei nodded: "Yes, didn't Lianfang and I meet in Qing'an? Second Aunt bought me three rooms in Qing'an, so I thought about getting married in Qing'an. When I went home last time, I told my eldest sister and the others."

Wu Zhouliang asked, "So are you going home to have the banquet before you finish your work, or after you finish your work?"

"Uncle, I was thinking of holding it in Qing'an and asking my relatives to come over..."

Xu Ning, standing nearby, saw Wu Zhouliang frowning and said, "Who taught you to do things this way? There's nothing wrong with you and Lianfang getting married in Qing'an, but you still have to go home and have a wedding banquet."

Guan Lei said, "Brother, my parents passed away early, and there is no ceremony with the villagers. Who will come to the wedding banquet when we return to Wanye?"

"You think it's directed at you? It's directed at me!" Xu Ning said unhappily. He and Guan Lei really didn't discuss this matter in detail. Xu Ning thought Guan Lei was holding the wedding in Qing'an, and then going back to Wanye and Sandaohe to hold a thank-you banquet. Who would have thought that Guan Lei didn't even think about going back to Wanye to hold a banquet.

Wu Zhouliang continued, "I talked to your uncle a while ago. He couldn't tell you directly, but I said there was nothing wrong with it. Your parents passed away early, but if anyone in the village had problems, your uncle would cover your share. What are you afraid of?"

Hearing this, Xu Ning patted Guan Lei on the shoulder and said, "Look! Our uncle will definitely get things done, so how can I let you sit around waiting? When it's daybreak, we'll go home, and you must talk to me nicely."

"Ah, I didn't know that before, uncle, brother Quan, I really didn't know. I was just afraid that when I went back to the village to hold the wedding banquet, no one would come."

Wu Haiquan laughed and said, "You just have wild thoughts. If you have anything to say, just tell your uncle and brother-in-law. Erning is here too. What's the point of your mouth? Don't you know how to ask?"

"Oh, Brother Quan, I'm really at a dead end. I'll go home in the morning and tell my uncle in person."

"That's right, I'm sorry to say that to you, but I won't tolerate your bad habits."

Guan Lei bared his teeth and said, "Uncle, if you don't tell me, I will regret it for the rest of my life!"

Everyone smiled at each other, and Xu Ning said, "Uncle, Shitou and I are only a few days away from being together. Can you and Brother Quan take some time off?"

Wu Haiquan said: "Don't worry, we both applied for leave last month, and we will definitely be able to attend your wedding!"

"That's it!"

Wu Haiquan waved and said, "Come in and take a rest. Do you guys need a nap?"

"Sit down for a while, let my uncle go into the house and get some sleep!"

Wu Zhouliang shook his head: "I sleep less as I get older. I just closed my eyes for more than three hours."

As they walked towards the hospital, they saw Chen Hedong. He ran over and said, "Uncle, Brother Quan, thank you! Without your help, my brother would be in great danger."

"Why are you being so polite? You and Erning are buddies, so let's help each other."

Xu Ning said, "Brother Dong, don't get angry. It's too late to say anything now that things have come to this point."

"I'm not mad, but I don't know how to tell my grandfather when I get home. I originally went into the mountains to look for my great grandfather, and now I almost got killed again. Oh..."

Xu Ning said without any hesitation: "Nothing happened, he just lost an arm. Once his legs and feet are healed, he will be like a normal person! Brother Dong, what did your father say just now?"

"He didn't say anything, but the way he looked at me was a little abnormal. What the hell! This is not our fault. Why are you so angry at me?"

Xu He said: "You don't have much say at home, isn't it normal for me to get angry at you?"

These two sentences made Chen Hedong sober up, and he said, "Well, I have to call my wife later and ask her to go find my grandfather, otherwise my mother doesn't know how to pass the message to my grandfather."

"Sister-in-law has returned to her parents' home, right? Is there a phone at her home?"

"Have!"

"Then go and call now, sir. Where can you make a call?"

Wu Zhouliang pointed to the message room and said, "Go to that room. There is a bed inside. Go in and rest for a while."

Then, everyone walked towards the message room. After entering the room, Chen Hedong picked up the phone and dialed the number, which was transferred twice before the call was connected.

"Who is it?"

Chen Hedong said bluntly: "Dad! I am Hedong!"

The other party was silent for a moment, and asked anxiously: "What happened?"

"I'm fine, but my brother is in trouble..."

Chen Hedong finished telling the story and said, "Dad, tell Yawen to go find my grandfather at dawn and tell him everything. Don't let my mother spread rumors, otherwise they will all blame me."

"Dong, don't be offended if I tell you the truth. Your brother deserves it! He deserves this hardship in his life! Don't get angry for him. As long as you are fine, I will cover for you, okay?"

"Yeah, I know, Dad."

The father-in-law asked: "When can you come back?"

"Hexi and my eldest brother's wife's uncle are already on their way to Mudan City. If they quarrel with me, I will go back in the afternoon and should be able to get home tomorrow."

"Okay, they'll argue with you, but don't fight them. It's easy to get hurt if you don't have anyone around you. If they want to fight with you, just be patient. I'll find someone to deal with them when we get home. Do you understand?"

"I got it, Dad."

"I've told you before that our family doesn't need those little things. Why do you insist on getting angry with them? Well, okay, let's talk about it when you come back. When it's daybreak, Yawen and I will go talk to your grandfather."

"Yeah, thanks, Dad."

"You're still being polite to me. You deserve a beating."

"Hahaha, okay, I'll give up then."

"Let it go."

Chen Hedong put down the phone and just turned around to hear Xu Ning say, "Brother Dong, your father-in-law is so good to you, you must feel a little disappointed, right?"

"Not just a little bit, that's quite a bit!"

Chen Hedong shook his head and said, "I didn't want to compare them before, but after a little comparison, I realized that they are like heaven and earth. Besides, my father-in-law has a son, and I, a son-in-law, have a higher status in the family than his son. Can you imagine how I feel?"

Xu Ning pulled his arm and sat down, saying, "Don't worry about how you feel. Just face it now. Can you figure it out when you get home? Or should I go back with you?"

"Don't! This is enough to trouble you. Besides, you are going to get married in a few days, and you have to go home and take care of things. Don't worry, I can't solve it, but there is still my father-in-law."

Xu He laughed and said, "Your father-in-law is a complete jerk!"

Chen Hedong smiled and said, "Yeah, it can be considered a sitting cannon..."

Then, everyone sat in the communication room and chatted until dawn, and then Chen Hedong went upstairs to find Chen Jinlong.

"What are you eating, Dad?"

Chen Jinlong squinted and said, "Your brother is still in the operating room, how can you still eat?"

Chen Hedong was stunned when he heard this, and frowned, "This Director Hao was invited by Er Ning with the help of someone, so shouldn't I arrange a meal for him? Besides, the doctor said that his life is not in danger, and he just needs to be taken care of after the operation..."

"Are you talking like a human being? Your elder brother was injured because of you..."

Chen Hedong's heart suddenly became furious, and he said angrily: "Come on! You know better than anyone why he ran to the front by himself! Because of me? How dare you say that! Eat it or not!"

After saying that, Chen Hedong turned around and left.

Chen Jinlong's eyes were bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth and cursed, "You're a wolf cub!"

(End of this chapter)