Chapter 751

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Early the next morning, Wang Zhanggen rode his motorcycle to Town and then went with Zhou Hongwei to Liu Xiaoli's Hometown.

Many years ago, Wang Zhanggen had visited Liu Xiaoli's Hometown once; in his memory, her old home was a two-story building.

The exterior wasn't decorated, but the Inside was decorated passably.

But this time when they went to Liu Xiaoli's Hometown, they found Liu Xiaoli living inside a dilapidated yellow mud-brick black-tile house; there was a tethering post at the Door of this Room, clearly converted from a Niu Lan Wu.

Inside was still a dirt floor, with various things placed haphazardly—food, daily necessities, all kinds of furniture and farm tools—all piled together, looking dirty and chaotic.

Moreover, there was a strong, lingering strange smell in the house.

A broken old bed was placed in the corner at the very Inside of the room.

Liu Xiaoli lay weakly on the bed; yesterday she had received an IV Drip at the town health clinic, she could walk on her own, but after returning Home and spending One Night, once the medicine's effect wore off today, she found it difficult even to get out of bed.

She panted with difficulty on the bed, her complexion yellow as wax.

"Xiao Li, we're here."

Zhou Hongwei greeted Liu Xiaoli.

"You came, that's good. Have you eaten breakfast?"

Liu Xiaoli forced herself to sit up and said:

"If you haven't eaten breakfast, I'll make some for you. We have noodles and Eggs at Home; it'll be ready soon."

Looking at Liu Xiaoli's listless expression, Wang Zhanggen felt both sympathy and dislike, and also some fear.

He himself had a host of ailments; whenever he thought that one day he might end up as sick as Liu Xiaoli, looking like a ghost, a chill ran down his spine.

"Let's just eat out. Town has breakfast shops; Wonton noodles only cost three yuan five per Bowl."

Wang Zhanggen said thus.

Zhou Hongwei said at this time:

"Let's not eat breakfast for now. The Physical Examination might require blood draws, and blood draws require fasting."

Zhou Hongwei was indeed thoughtful; he also said:

"Let's buy a few steamed buns to take along. After Xiao Li's examination is done, we'll give them to her."

Wang Zhanggen said nothing about this. He had taken Euthyrox when he came, and actually needed to wait a while before eating.

Euthyrox was different from other medicines; this medicine had to be taken on an empty stomach to be better absorbed and more effective.

So the two supported Liu Xiaoli, left the Room, got on the Minivan, then went together to Town, bought several steamed buns, and set off together for Renmin Hospital in County Town.

On the way, Wang Zhanggen couldn't help but ask Liu Xiaoli:

"Didn't you used to live in the building next door? How is it you live in this small tile house now?"

Liu Xiaoli gave a bitter laugh:

"That building was built by my parents while they were alive. When they died, I hadn't divorced yet, and the house was divided between my older brother and my younger brother. As a married-out daughter, my Household Registration had been moved away, so naturally I got nothing. Now that I've returned to my Hometown, I had nowhere to live, so my brother gave me his family's Niu Lan Wu and even helped renovate it a bit before I could move in. My brother is really a Good Person."

Liu Xiaoli did not blame her brother and her younger brother; only the bitter smile on her face looked weathered and tired.

Because she knew that, according to Rural Area traditional Custom, her not getting a house and land was perfectly normal.

Everyone would take it for granted and not think there was any problem.

Even she herself took it for granted.

After all, a married-out woman is like spilled water.

It's just Fate playing tricks—who let this spilled water flow back?

That her brother and younger brother didn't Dislike her was already not bad.

In the Rural Area, a woman like her who had been married three times and even caused the death of a husband—without exaggeration, she would definitely be disliked by everyone.

"You're sick like this, and neither of your two brothers comes to ask about you?"

Wang Zhanggen asked another sentence at this time.

"I don't want to trouble them. They have their own families now, and they aren't well-off either. Where would they have extra energy to help me?"

Liu Xiaoli possessed the most simple trait of Poor Person: not wanting to trouble others.

Not only did she not want to trouble Outsiders, she didn't even want to trouble her closest siblings.

If it weren't for Wang Zhanggen and Zhou Hongwei insisting on taking her to Renmin Hospital in County Town for an Inspection, she could still have endured on her own. Even if she died, she would never actively open her mouth to ask others for help.

This was an inferiority complex born from Poverty, working from the heart.

"You really have a hard life. Later, find a Fortune Teller to tell your fortune. I guess there's something unclean clinging to you."

Wang Zhanggen sighed and said thus.

Zhou Hongwei quickly chimed in:

"Right, right, there must be something unclean. Otherwise you wouldn't be like this. Once the unclean thing is driven away, your days will get better. Whatever you do, don't lose heart at this time."

Liu Xiaoli nodded, unable to hold back Tears of emotion:

"Brother Hongwei, Brother Changgen, you're really good to me."

Zhou Hongwei quickly said:

"Don't cry. What's there to cry about? You won't have any Big Thing."

Although Zhou Hongwei said this with his mouth, he had no confidence in his heart.

Seeing Liu Xiaoli's waxy-yellow complexion, he felt Liu Xiaoli might be somewhat serious.

Wang Zhanggen then said:

"Look at you, what are you crying for? You should laugh more, keep smiling, and when your mood improves, your body will get better. Also, if you're sick, you need treatment. As long as you take your medicine on time, nothing will happen. Look at me—I've had two major surgeries, and I'm still as lively as a dragon and a tiger, aren't I?"

Liu Xiaoli cried even louder.

She was deeply moved.

Unexpectedly, at her most helpless moment, it was two men with no blood relation to her who took her to see a doctor.

Soon, the minivan arrived at the gate of the County People's Hospital.

Zhou Hongwei knew his way around, found a parking spot nearby, parked the car, and then he and Wang Zhanggen took Liu Xiaoli into the hospital together.

Inside the hospital, he asked a nurse where to go for Liu Xiaoli's examination.

The nurse told them to register first; the registration window was on the left, and they just needed to line up to register.

Wang Zhanggen asked Zhou Hongwei to stay with Liu Xiaoli and find a place to sit, while he took her ID card and volunteered to line up and register for her.

"What department should I register for?"

"I'm registering for my friend. She needs a full physical examination. I don't know what department to register for either. What do you suggest?"

"Then register for the Physical Examination Department. There are many items in a physical exam. Which specific ones do you want? Liver function? Kidney function? B-ultrasound? CT?"

"Ah?" Wang Zhanggen was a bit confused. "I'm not too sure. She feels dizzy and has no strength to work."

"Call her over here so I can take a look."

"Okay, okay!"

Wang Zhanggen quickly turned back and waved, asking Zhou Hongwei to bring Liu Xiaoli over.

The nurse looked at Liu Xiaoli and asked:

"What is your relationship with the patient? Are you family members? Who is her husband?"

"We are her friends, not family, and not her husband," Wang Zhanggen said hurriedly.

The nurse then said:

"Her face is so yellow and her body so weak. She should see a doctor first. Did she have Hepatitis B before?"

"What?" Wang Zhanggen didn't hear clearly.

"I mean Small Three Yang. Does she have Small Three Yang?"

"She does..." Liu Xiaoli hesitated for a moment and answered honestly.

People from that era who went out to work often carried Small Three Yang.

Wang Zhanggen had it too.

"Then let's register you for a Liver Disease Department doctor, okay?"

"Okay, okay, thank you, Doctor."