Chapter 88: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 88

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Li Xiulan forced herself up from the bed, touched her forehead, and discovered she was running a fever.

She leaned against the wall by the bed and staggered out of the bedroom.

Only to see Wang Xiaohua sitting quietly in the living room reading a book.

She felt a blur of snowflakes blocking her vision; nothing looked clear.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing her mother's pale face, Wang Xiaohua looked up and asked this one sentence.

"I'm fine, you read your book, don't worry about me..."

Li Xiulan had just finished speaking when her vision went black, she lost consciousness, and collapsed on the floor.

These past few days of hard labor, coupled with the accumulation of negative emotions, had finally caused her to collapse.

"Mom!"

Wang Xiaohua immediately threw down the book in her hands, came over and shook Li Xiulan's body.

"Mom, what's wrong? Don't scare me!"

Wang Xiaohua burst into tears, crying out for her mother, trying to wake her mother.

But her mother did not respond at all.

She hurriedly ran out crying, heading for the village entrance to find Zhong Jianguo, Doctor Zhong.

Along the way, because she was too frantic, she fell several times.

Her hands were scraped bloody, but she paid no attention.

She ran desperately.

Finally she reached the village entrance health station.

"Doctor Zhong, quickly save my mother!"

Wang Xiaohua cried out, calling for Zhong Jianguo.

At this time Zhong Jianguo was taking a patient's temperature; seeing Wang Xiaohua come running in crying and shouting, her face full of urgency as she cried for help, he was immediately startled, hurriedly put down the thermometer, came over and asked with concern:

"What happened to your mother?"

Zhong Jianguo hurriedly asked.

"My mother collapsed at home, looks like she's about to die, she's not moving at all!"

Wang Xiaohua cried out this sentence.

She really felt her mother was about to die.

How could a child distinguish between coma and death?

Hearing this, Zhong Jianguo's expression changed drastically.

He immediately grabbed the first-aid kit and, without another word, ran toward Li Xiulan's home.

As for the patients in the health station, they could only be asked to wait a moment.

After all, saving a life was more urgent.

Very soon, Zhong Jianguo arrived at Li Xiulan's home.

He saw Li Xiulan lying unconscious on the floor and immediately went over to examine her.

And Wang Xiaohua followed behind, crying anxiously.

"Your mother has fallen into a coma caused by low blood sugar; didn't she eat breakfast this morning?"

Zhong Jianguo truly lived up to being an old doctor; one examination and he diagnosed the cause.

"Yes, she said she felt unwell this morning and stayed in bed; she gave us three brothers some pocket money and told us to go to the convenience store to buy food ourselves; she hasn't eaten a meal until now."

Wang Xiaohua answered truthfully.

"Don't worry, your mother will wake up very soon!"

Zhong Jianguo said this, and only then did Wang Xiaohua feel slightly reassured.

Zhong Jianguo immediately carried Li Xiulan on his back to the village entrance health station.

At the health station, he hooked Li Xiulan up to a glucose IV drip.

Sure enough, before long Li Xiulan woke up.

The moment she woke, she saw Wang Xiaohua crying in front of her.

"Mom, you're finally awake, you scared me to death!"

Wang Xiaohua wore a look of lingering shock.

"I'm fine, don't cry, boys don't cry, hurry up and wipe your tears..." Li Xiulan said in a weak voice.

Wang Xiaohua immediately wiped away her tears and stopped crying, though she still couldn't help sobbing.

"Doctor Zhong, thank you for saving me..."

Li Xiulan looked at Zhong Jianguo and spoke words of gratitude.

"I heard from the villagers that you went to town to do mud work; you've lost a lot of weight compared to before; I advise you not to do heavy labor anymore — health comes first; has your waist injury flared up again?"

Zhong Jianguo asked with a serious expression, showing concern.

"Yes, this morning when I woke up in a daze, my waist hurt unbearably; I thought lying in bed for a while would make it better, but after several hours there was still no improvement; I was just thinking of getting up to come find you for a look, but as soon as I stepped out of the main hall my vision went black..."

Li Xiulan truthfully described the situation.

Zhong Jianguo immediately went to inspect Li Xiulan's waist injury.

He had Li Xiulan lift her clothes, revealing her waist, and gently pressed on it with his hand.

With just the slightest touch, Li Xiulan inhaled sharply with a hiss of pain.

"You must not go do masonry work anymore, otherwise you'll be left with a lifelong ailment, and you'll suffer for it!"

Zhong Jianguo sternly rebuked, "You must not take this waist injury lightly; this matter can be big or small. If you keep forcing yourself, the medical expenses you'll have to spend later could be a thousand times or even ten thousand times more than what you earn now!"

Li Xiulan lowered her head, muttering softly:

"It's not that serious, right? Just give me an IV drip. Last time I got an IV drip, it worked really well, and the pain stopped after I went back..."

Seeing Li Xiulan's attitude, Zhong Jianguo couldn't help but sigh:

"Last time it was antibiotics, which can relieve pain and reduce inflammation, so of course it took effect. But that cannot help you repair the lumbar muscle strain. For lumbar muscle strain to recover, you need rest. You have to listen to me and stop doing heavy labor!"

Li Xiulan lowered her head, her voice becoming even quieter:

"If I don't work, where will the money come from? How do I raise three children..."

"Doesn't Wang Zhanggen send money back?" Zhong Jianguo frowned.

"Forget sending money, I can't even contact him anymore. His old phone number is disconnected, and he never takes the initiative to call back. We've been out of contact for a long time..."

Li Xiulan couldn't help but cry out.

Seeing her like this, Zhong Jianguo felt sympathy and pity well up in him.

These past few years, every time Wang Zhanggen came back he argued with Li Xiulan; their marital relationship had problems, and he knew this. But he hadn't expected that Wang Zhanggen would actually stop sending money back.

The three children at home — they are all Wang Zhanggen's own flesh and blood!

No matter how deep the conflict between him and Li Xiulan, he can't just ignore his own children!

This is too unconscionable!

"Don't worry too much. Maybe Wang Zhanggen just changed his phone number. There are still two months until the Spring Festival; he'll definitely come back for the Spring Festival. When the time comes, I'll get the Village Committee people and we'll go talk to him together. If he's that unconscionable and abandons you mother and children, not a single person in our Shanggou Village will stand for it!"

Zhong Jianguo is an elder in Shanggou Village, and moreover the doctor at the Health Station. His credentials are long-standing and his prestige is high. Other villagers might not dare to meddle in the internal family affairs between Li Xiulan and Wang Zhanggen, but he can. If Wang Zhanggen doesn't give him face, he won't be able to get by in Shanggou Village afterward.

"Doctor Zhong, then let me thank you first. You really are a good person. But with the current situation, I can't be sure he'll definitely come back for the Spring Festival. Who knows, maybe he won't even come back for the Spring Festival..."

Li Xiulan was rather pessimistic about the future. She truly had a very strong premonition that Wang Zhanggen wouldn't come back this Spring Festival. This premonition had no reason, no basis, yet it was very strong.

"Don't indulge in wild thoughts. What principle says you don't come home for the Spring Festival? When the time comes, Wang Zhanggen will definitely come back!"

Zhong Jianguo comforted Li Xiulan, then added a word of advice:

"Don't do heavy labor anymore. If you're truly so poor you can't put food on the table, I'll lend you some money."

"How could I accept that?... Then exactly how long do I need to rest?" Li Xiulan didn't want to owe Zhong Jianguo too many favors; she knew debts of gratitude are the hardest to repay.

"Rest for at least two months. Don't work for the rest of this year. Wait until after the Spring Festival to work again!" Zhong Jianguo gave his suggestion.

Li Xiulan immediately showed a surprised expression, finding it somewhat difficult to accept:

"I have to rest for that long..."

She had thought that after finishing the IV drip and resting four or five days, she could start work again.

If she can't do heavy labor for that long, what about the construction site?

The construction site is supposed to start work in five days...