Chapter 1111

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Zhanggen was droning on endlessly when Wang Erhai and Zhang Yueran walked out of the hospital.

"Dad, Mom, let's go in."

Wang Erhai waved with a smile and added:

"Yueran already went to say hello earlier; we can see the doctor right away, no need to queue!"

Wang Erhai thought that since he and Zhang Yueran had come to the hospital early to greet the doctor, they should earn praise from Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan — after all, this would save them a lot of trouble and a lot of time.

However, Wang Zhanggen did not appreciate it at all, merely asking coldly:

"Wang Erhai, are you that busy? You can't even come pick me up from Shanggou Village!"

Wang Erhai didn't know what to say for a moment and could only smile bitterly.

He had just wanted his parents to come down on their own, and then drive them back when returning, so it wouldn't be so troublesome.

Otherwise he'd have to run back early in the morning, bring them down, see the doctor, drive them back again, and then return — how many round trips would that be in one day?

Besides, Wang Zhanggen's health wasn't so bad that he couldn't take the bus down by himself; not long after the plaster cast on his leg came off, he still ran to the County Town alone.

It was Zhang Yueran who hurriedly spoke up for Wang Erhai at this point:

"Dad, don't you say that; Erhai really is busy — last night he went to a social drinking engagement and drank until very late, got up comparatively late today, and the alcohol hadn't fully cleared, so he was afraid of running into Traffic Police checking for drunk driving on the road!"

With Zhang Yueran putting it that way, Wang Zhanggen didn't say anything more.

Only his face remained dark.

Li Xiulan couldn't bear to watch:

"Don't be ungrateful; it's already good that Erhai can accompany you to see a doctor — look how spoiled you've made him!"

Wang Zhanggen said coldly:

"I just asked one question — so what, am I not allowed to ask?!"

After saying this, Wang Zhanggen spoke no further.

Wang Erhai and Zhang Yueran led the two elders into the hospital, arriving at the Orthopedics Department clinic; because they had greeted the doctor in advance, they could go straight in to be seen without queuing again.

The orthopedist took out a specialized electric saw for removing plaster casts; the moment the saw buzzed, it scared Wang Zhanggen so much his face twitched uncontrollably.

"Wait, Doctor, you're just going to saw it off like this — are you sure my leg won't be sawn in half?"

The doctor couldn't help laughing as he explained:

"Old sir, rest assured — this saw isn't an ordinary saw; it only cuts hard materials and won't harm flesh!"

The doctor began removing the cast; Wang Zhanggen watched as the saw buzzed against his leg, and in no time the plaster was cut open — his leg truly had not the slightest injury, and he couldn't help marveling:

"It really is miraculous — it truly doesn't hurt the flesh at all!"

One can only say Wang Zhanggen was making a fuss over something common.

This kind of saw specially invented for cutting plaster casts in medicine has existed for a long time; it's not a recent product.

After removing the cast, the doctor examined the recovery of Wang Zhanggen's fracture site; Wang Zhanggen was advanced in age and his constitution was relatively poor, so recovery wasn't great, but it barely met the standard for pin removal.

They gave Wang Zhanggen a shot of anesthetic in the leg, then took out the steel pins, wrapped it with gauze, and that was that.

"Thank you, Doctor!"

Wang Erhai came to thank the doctor and secretly slipped him a red envelope.

The doctor smiled broadly; seeing no other patients in the clinic and no other doctors or nurses, he accepted it without changing expression.

Then he asked an extra question:

"By the way, the lymph nodes on your dad's neck have swollen up — how long has it been?"

Wang Erhai was stunned; he hadn't noticed, and turned to look at the side of Wang Zhanggen's neck.

At a rough glance it wasn't obvious, but feeling with his hand he discovered there really was a mass.

"How long has this been swollen?"

Wang Erhai asked Wang Zhanggen, who was also bewildered:

"I don't know — if the doctor hadn't said so, I wouldn't have noticed at all!"

This was the honest truth from Wang Zhanggen; even when he paid attention to his neck, he focused on the thyroid area, since he'd had surgery there before — the other spots nearby, he'd never really paid attention to.

"Doctor, is this serious?"

Wang Zhanggen grew somewhat uncalm and hurriedly asked.

The doctor said:

"I can't be sure — many conditions can cause lymph node enlargement; if you're worried, you can go for a physical examination!"

Zhang Yueran asked:

"What specific items need to be checked?"

The doctor said:

"Just the routine items — liver function, kidney function, and so on; for specifics you can ask the duty nurse on the first floor — at this age, a yearly physical examination is still very necessary!"

"Alright, thank you, Doctor!"

Wang Erhai brought Wang Zhanggen out of the orthopedics clinic and immediately went to the first floor to book a physical examination.

The nurse briefly asked about Wang Zhanggen's condition and then arranged a full-body physical examination package for him.

Wang Erhai glanced at the fee sheet — over six thousand, not bad, still acceptable.

He turned and asked Li Xiulan:

"Mom, why don't you get a full-body physical examination too?"

Li Xiulan, however, was a bit reluctant to spend this money:

"It's so expensive, let's forget it."

Zhang Yueran hurriedly said:

"Mom, Erhai can earn money now, this bit of money doesn't count for anything to him, you just get the physical exam too, if there's any illness it can also be treated in time!"

Li Xiulan agreed in the end, and Wang Erhai paid the fee for her as well.

However, because Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan had both already eaten breakfast, they were not suitable for blood drawing, so they planned to bring them to the hospital for the physical exam tomorrow instead.

As for today, Wang Erhai could send them back to Shanggou Village, or have them stay at Zhang Yueran's place for a day, entirely up to their own choice.

Li Xiulan said she wanted to go back; although the chickens at the farm had Yao Aina helping to look after them, the three puppies raised at home had no one to help feed them.

Wang Zhanggen, however, said he wanted to stay at Zhang Yueran's house for a night, not wanting the trouble of running back and forth, and moreover they still hadn't seen the house Zhang Yueran bought, so this time they could conveniently go take a look.

In the end Li Xiulan couldn't prevail over Wang Zhanggen and chose to stay.

As for the three puppies at home, they called back and had Yao Aina help feed them some leftovers.

Leaving the hospital, it was already noon.

Wang Erhai and Zhang Yueran took Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan out for a meal, then headed back to the residential complex house.

"Isn't this Mei Qi's residential complex?"

Just arriving at the residential complex, Wang Zhanggen couldn't help but stare stunned, blurting it out.

Wang Erhai let out a dry laugh:

"Dad, please don't mention that person, okay? She sold the house long ago and ran off who knows where."

Wang Zhanggen thought of how Liu Meiqi had once carried a grandson for him, but later because of that little demon Yao Xueqin making trouble, it led to the child's fetal death in utero, and he couldn't help feeling emotional.

He then said to Wang Erhai and Zhang Yueran:

"You two must hurry up and have a kid; the wedding banquet and all that, if you don't do it fine, but the kid you must give me!"

Wang Zhanggen's tone was very unfriendly, with a flavor of issuing orders.

Wang Erhai listened, and was quite displeased.

He was just afraid Zhang Yueran at his side would become unhappy because of this.

Fortunately, glancing at Zhang Yueran, he discovered Zhang Yueran not only wasn't unhappy, but instead smiled and replied:

"Dad, rest assured, I've already started conditioning my body, I have a premonition that by summer vacation those two months, I'll definitely get pregnant!"