Chapter 750: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 750: Liu Xiaoli Falls Ill, New Building to Become an Unfinished Project Again?

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia's long-distance relationship was still proceeding slowly and steadily.

They had already agreed that when summer vacation came, Wang Xiaohua would go to Guangzhou to find Li Jianjia.

Meanwhile, back in Shangou Village, the frame of the old home's house was gradually being erected.

Since building the house began, no accidents had occurred, and Wang Zhanggen was very satisfied with this.

Previously he had worried that Liu Xiaoli would cause trouble, but now it seemed his worries were somewhat unnecessary.

As for Liu Xiaoli, apart from working slowly, she had done nothing to harm him.

Liu Xiaoli was also a pitiable person; recently coming to work, the slower she worked, the stronger the pain in her body became.

Wang Zhanggen had considerable misgivings about her in his heart, but he did not drive her away.

After all, Liang Xinghua was covering for her, and the small worker's tasks could still be kept up with.

Seeing Liu Xiaoli like this, Li Xiulan could not help but feel some heartache.

That day at lunch, Li Xiulan took the initiative to say to Liu Xiaoli:

"Xiao Li, working like this every day is no solution. Why not find a time another day to go to the hospital for a full physical examination?"

Zhou Hongwei also said:

"Exactly, you should get checked. You've had this ailment for over a year."

Liu Xiaoli hurriedly covered it with a bitter laugh:

"It's nothing, I just sometimes can't muster any strength! My body can still hold out! Those are all small problems!"

Wang Zhanggen said expressionlessly:

"Statement first: if you collapse at my construction site, my wife and I will not be responsible for you. If you're unwilling, then don't come to work tomorrow."

Liu Xiaoli laughed dryly:

"Don't worry. Even if I really collapse, I won't blame you. I should thank you for giving me work."

Liang Xinghua said at this time:

"Sister Xiao Li, if you're not feeling well, take it easy. Let me and Zhihao do the heavy work like carrying cement and sifting sand!"

Zhou Zhihao, however, laughed and refuted:

"Don't drag me into this. I don't want to carry cement all day; I still need to learn bricklaying!"

Zhou Hongwei coldly snapped at Zhou Zhihao: "You brat, you've been learning bricklaying for over a year and still can't build a straight wall! How dare you say you're learning bricklaying!"

Zhou Zhihao grinned, only lowered his head to pick at dishes, and said nothing more.

He was just like that—careless about everything he did, no mind to learn, just muddling through day by day.

Unlike Liang Xinghua, who put effort into everything and studied desperately whenever he had time.

Now the walls Liang Xinghua built were already much better than Zhou Zhihao's, which infuriated Zhou Hongwei, who felt his own nephew was truly a case of mud that cannot support a wall.

The other two big workers, Zhao Shoutian and Liu Dahe, also advised Liu Xiaoli at this time to find a time to get checked soon, lest it be delayed and something big happened, which would be bad.

Liu Xiaoli, being urged by everyone, was too embarrassed to refuse, so she changed her words to say she would definitely go when she had time later.

But in reality, it was impossible for her to go.

Where would she get the money to go to the big city hospital for an examination?

A full physical examination would probably cost at least over a thousand yuan.

If the examination found nothing wrong, that would be fine, but if it found a major problem, would she treat it or not?

That was a difficult question!

So she preferred not to get examined.

As long as she didn't know, it meant she had no illness.

Normally, when she truly couldn't bear the discomfort, she would go to the town's health center and get an IV drip.

After getting an IV drip, she would feel somewhat better.

Sometimes it could relieve her for two or three days.

She didn't know that the IV drip the health center doctor prescribed for her was all antibiotics and such medicines; once it went in, it naturally worked immediately, but it treated the symptoms not the root cause, and had great side effects.

Everyone finished lunch and rested for over two hours.

Work did not resume until three in the afternoon.

Now it was already summer, and the midday sun was too scorching.

So the work start time was pushed back; in winter they generally started before two o'clock, but in summer they started at three, though finishing work would also be later, generally working until dark, finishing at seven or so.

And in the morning they would also start earlier; it was cool in the morning, so they could work longer.

Everyone wore straw hats; those sifting sand sifted sand, those mixing mortar mixed mortar, those laying bricks laid bricks.

Liu Xiaoli was sifting sand; she slowly and laboriously used a spatula to shovel river sand onto the sieve, screening out the large stones and large granules in the sand.

This was already the easiest job at the construction site.

But Liu Xiaoli was sweating profusely and felt dazed.

She wiped the sweat from her forehead, forcefully shoveled a large spatula of sand, and splashed it onto the sieve.

But just then, her vision went black.

Her body shook uncontrollably a few times, and then she fell down.

With a "thud," she fell heavily to the ground.

There was no more movement.

After a while, Liang Xinghua came carrying two grey buckets to fetch sand, and only then did he discover Liu Xiaoli, already unconscious.

"Sister Xiao Li, what's wrong with you?"

Liang Xinghua was immediately shocked, hurriedly threw down the buckets in his hands, and came over to help Liu Xiaoli up.

And shouted:

"Brother Changgen, Sister Xiao Li has fainted, come quickly!"

Wang Zhanggen was inside the house guiding Zhou Zhihao in laying bricks; hearing Liang Xinghua's shout, he was stunned, and hurriedly walked out quickly.

Seeing Liu Xiaoli unconscious, he was very angry, cursing:

"This stupid thing, I told her early on not to do it, she insisted on doing it, and now trouble has happened!"

Although he cursed with his mouth, he still hurriedly called Zhou Hongwei, asking Zhou Hongwei to drive his minivan, and together send Liu Xiaoli to the Town Health Center for treatment.

Arriving at the Town Health Center in a hurry, the doctor gave Liu Xiaoli an IV drip, and only then did Liu Xiaoli wake up.

The doctor asked about Liu Xiaoli's condition, and learned that her body had been in poor condition for over a year, and had become increasingly serious recently, so he suggested she go to the Big City Hospital for an inspection.

"I see your complexion doesn't look good; you'd better go to the Big City Hospital for an inspection, just in case it's too late, and later there will be no cure even if you want to treat it."

Liu Xiaoli was frightened by the doctor's words:

"Doctor, is this a terminal illness?"

The doctor, however, said:

"I didn't say you have a terminal illness, but looking at your complexion so yellow, it's obviously not good; don't guess randomly, hurry and go get an inspection, getting an inspection now won't cost much money!"

Liu Xiaoli, however, did not want to get an inspection; after leaving the Town Health Center, she said to Zhou Hongwei and Wang Zhanggen:

"I'll be fine resting a few days when I go back; as for inspections and such, I won't go; I don't want to waste that money."

Wang Zhanggen coldly scolded:

"Don't be stubborn; the doctor said you should go for an inspection, you definitely must go for an inspection; if you have no money, I'll advance some wages to you!"

"But..." Liu Xiaoli hesitated.

Wang Zhanggen, however, was very firm:

"No more 'buts'; tomorrow morning Brother Hongwei and I will take you to the County People's Hospital for an inspection; it's decided!"

Liu Xiaoli was moved:

"Changgen, thank you."

Wang Zhanggen put on a sour face:

"Thank me for what? I just don't want you to die at my construction site; I don't want my new house to be left unfinished again!"

Wang Zhanggen was speaking the honest truth.

He didn't even remember how many times he had built a new house in this life; all those previous times had been left unfinished, and this time it absolutely could not be left unfinished again!

From his look of dislike, it could be seen that he truly had no feelings left for Liu Xiaoli.