Chapter 1003: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1003: Dad, What's Wrong With You?

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Just two hours ago, Zhong Zhiming returned alone to Shanggou Village, carrying big bags and small bags of New Year goods.

Seeing his son return, Zhong Jianguo was very surprised.

Because there were still more than ten days until the Spring Festival, his son suddenly running back alone at this time, he didn't know what it was for.

"How come you're back?"

Zhong Jianguo asked.

Zhong Zhiming put the New Year goods he brought in the corner of the Living Room, then said:

"I'm not coming back for the Spring Festival this year, so I came back early to make a trip, and bought all the New Year goods for you."

Hearing this, Zhong Jianguo was very astonished:

"How come you're not even coming back for the Spring Festival?"

Zhong Zhiming truthfully said:

"I plan to go travel outside with my wife and child."

Zhong Jianguo didn't understand at all:

"It's the big Spring Festival, what travel?"

But Zhong Zhiming said:

"Only during the Spring Festival is there time to travel, you don't know how busy I usually am with work, I asked you to come down to help raise the child, but you weren't willing!"

Regarding the matter of raising the child, Zhong Zhiming always had complaints against his own father.

Because he felt that Zhong Jianguo, as his father, ought to help support him as a matter of course.

Zhong Jianguo, however, had his own reasons:

"Am I not supposed to watch over this Health Station? If I go, who will take care of this Health Station? If patients come, who will treat them?"

Zhong Zhiming, however, said coldly:

"Don't take yourself too seriously! Transportation is so developed now, if people get sick they'll go to the Town to see a doctor, or even go to the county, who would still come to your shabby little place to see a doctor!"

Zhong Jianguo was speechless for a moment.

At the same time, a sorrow welled up in his Inner Heart unbidden.

This Health Station was the career he had worked on for a Lifetime.

Although there wasn't much business now, still, to have him just abandon it like this, how could he be willing?

Just at this moment, Zhong Zhiming saw the Code Report placed on the table by Zhong Jianguo.

So he picked it up and asked:

"What is this?"

Zhong Jianguo didn't answer this question of his, but instead said:

"If you all want me to help take care of the child, you can actually bring the child back here. For me to go to the City, I really don't want to go. And your place over there only has two bedrooms and one living room, sixty-some square meters, such a small place, how would I live?"

Although Zhong Zhiming had bought a house in the City, it was only a small apartment of just over sixty square meters.

Even this small apartment was bought with his half-life's savings, plus the 100,000 yuan Zhong Jianguo supported, only barely managing to buy it.

Now Zhong Zhiming and his wife both worked hard, but even so, life was still tight.

The mortgage required a large expenditure, living expenses also needed no small outlay, plus their child, now already in Junior High School, about to take the High School entrance exam, that was an even larger expenditure.

"Stop bringing up the matter of taking care of the child, okay? The child is already in Junior High, there's absolutely no need for you to take care of them anymore. My place is a bit small, but it's at least a house in the City. If it weren't for that house, your grandson would have to come back to the Hometown here to go to school, and who knows what kind of mess he'd be made into... Why would you look at these Code Reports? You tell me honestly, did you go buy Liucun?"

Zhong Zhiming clung to the matter of the Code Report and wouldn't let go.

Zhong Jianguo could only truthfully say:

"I just went to pass the time, played small stakes, bought a few yuan each time."

Zhong Zhiming laughed in anger:

"Why do you play that stuff, this is gambling!"

Zhong Jianguo, however, said:

"Isn't it boring? Alone at home in the evening, quiet to the point of panic, I just went to join the bustle."

Zhong Zhiming, however, didn't understand, only asking:

"You tell me honestly, how much money have you lost up to now?"

He and his wife, their daily life was like fighting a war.

Naturally they couldn't understand Zhong Jianguo's loneliness and solitude.

"Not much, just four or five hundred yuan."

Zhong Jianguo truthfully said it out.

Zhong Zhiming, however, was huffing with anger:

"Why do you play that stuff, don't go play it again in the future! That stuff will ruin people!"

Seeing Zhong Zhiming's attitude, Zhong Jianguo also got angry:

"What's wrong with me just passing the time? I didn't play big stakes, is it easy for me alone at home? I play Liucun to kill some time, is that wrong too!"

Zhong Zhiming huffed with anger:

"You play small now, later you'll slowly play big, you stop giving me trouble okay? I work in the City, the pressure is already huge, you just stay honestly in the Rural Area, I don't even hope for you to come to the City to help me raise the child anymore, you just don't play Liucun anymore, how many people because of playing this, in the end lost everything!"

The more Zhong Zhiming spoke the angrier he got, then he spoke:

"No, I have to go tell that baldy not to take your bets anymore! If he takes your bets again, I'll call the police and report him for running an illegal gambling operation!"

Saying this, Zhong Zhiming turned around and was about to go to the neighboring village to find the baldy.

Zhong Jianguo hurriedly grabbed Zhong Zhiming:

"You stop stirring up trouble, okay? I went to play of my own free will, nobody forced me. I already said, I'm just playing three or five yuan to pass the time, why are you making such a fuss!"

But Zhong Zhiming was very angry:

"This isn't a matter of three or five yuan, okay? Once you start, it's hard to stop. Anyway, you're not going to play anymore from now on!"

Father and son quarreled because of this.

And the more they quarreled, the more intense their words became.

Zhong Zhiming complained that Zhong Jianguo, as a father, not helping him was one thing, but playing Liucun and causing trouble for him.

Zhong Jianguo complained that Zhong Zhiming, as a son, didn't care about his old father at all; not caring was one thing, but he played Liucun to pass the time and still came pointing fingers!

Anyway, each side had their own reasoning.

They quarreled like this for over an hour.

Result: as they quarreled, Zhong Jianguo suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart.

Then he fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Zhong Zhiming immediately panicked.

He hurriedly went up to ask:

"Dad, what's wrong with you?"

Zhong Jianguo clutched his chest, his face pale, unable to speak.

Zhong Zhiming was still saying accusing words:

"Told you not to play Liucun, you wouldn't listen. Now look, you've ruined your health!"

Seeing the situation was bad, Zhong Zhiming fumbled and called 120, called an ambulance.

Although he was the old village doctor's son, he didn't know a thing about medical first aid.

So he could only call an ambulance to help.

The Town Health Center's ambulance arrived at Shanggou Village in about twenty-plus minutes.

They performed CPR on Zhong Jianguo first, then lifted him onto the ambulance, preparing to send him to the County People's Hospital for treatment.

And right at this time, Wang Zhanggen returned from the neighboring village.

He happened to see this scene, so he hurried over to ask about the situation.

Result: the moment Zhong Zhiming opened his mouth, he carried complaints, saying it was their fault for taking Zhong Jianguo to play Liucun.

Wang Zhanggen was speechless about this:

"Zhi Ming, you can't talk nonsense. Your dad started playing Liucun earlier than me. If we're talking about who led whom, it was him who led me to play!"

But Zhong Zhiming was huffing with anger:

"Anyway I don't care. If anything happens to my dad, you all have to take responsibility!"

After saying this, Zhong Zhiming followed the ambulance and left.

Wang Zhanggen watched the ambulance's taillights rapidly recede, his face full of stunned surprise.