Chapter 247

On the morning of the first day of the New Year, Su Xinghui got up early to exercise as usual. When he went outside, he saw that the world was covered in white snow, and the heavy snow hadn't stopped; it was still falling.

Su Xinghui thought of his young nephew and couldn't help but laugh. Today he should be able to happily build a snowman and have a snowball fight.

Su Xinghui ran a lap outside and practiced a set of boxing in the courtyard, working up a sweat. Only then did he return home and dry himself off. By this time, Su Wenjun and his wife had just woken up.

After breakfast, Su Xinghui went out to pay New Year's visits. This was something he had to do every year during the New Year.

He went to the homes of township leaders like Chen Hongfu and Dong Jianshu who lived in the county seat, visited some classmates he was on good terms with, and also went to some teachers' homes. These were all places he had to visit.

Although it was snowing heavily today, there were still many pedestrians on the street. They were all out paying New Year's visits, and everyone's face was full of joy.

After Su Xinghui returned home from his visits, Su Wenjun told him that several of his classmates had also come to the house to pay New Year's visits.

Guo Suhua had already prepared the meal. After the family of three finished eating, some of Su Wenjun's colleagues from the hospital also came to pay him New Year's visits.

Su Wenjun had superb medical skills and high medical ethics at the People's Hospital, and he was very respected by his colleagues. Every year during the New Year, many colleagues came to pay him visits.

After the guests left, Guo Suhua counted the gifts they had brought. Of course, the gifts for New Year's visits weren't expensive—nothing more than two bottles of Shangjun Daqu liquor, two boxes of pastries produced in Shangjun, things worth a dozen yuan or so. Su Xinghui bought these same things when visiting others.

Guo Suhua sorted out several sets of gifts and set them aside, saying they were for Su Xinghui to take to his maternal grandparents and two uncles on the second day of the New Year.

Just as Guo Suhua was telling Su Xinghui which gifts were for his grandparents, which were for his eldest uncle, and which were for his youngest uncle, the phone rang.

After Su Wenjun answered the phone, he called out to Su Xinghui, saying it was for him. Su Xinghui went over and found it was Zhang Cheng calling.

Listening to Zhang Cheng's words, Su Xinghui's expression turned solemn.

It turned out that Tao Yan had an accident. Tao Yan didn't use his driver this morning and drove to the Yulin region himself. He didn't return until after lunch. When he was almost at the Shangjun county seat, because he was driving too fast and the road was snowy and slippery, he accidentally flipped the car while trying to avoid an oncoming tractor, and the car was thrown into a ditch by the side of the road.

Farmers living by the roadside worked together to lift the car and rescue the people inside. Besides Tao Yan, there was a young woman in the car—a policewoman from the Public Security Bureau. Tao Yan had a strong smell of alcohol on him, so it was likely drunk driving.

There was a hint of schadenfreude in Zhang Cheng's voice, which was normal. Tao Yan's reputation in Shangjun County was truly terrible, and the bad things he had done were too numerous to mention. Su Xinghui guessed that the farmers who saved him didn't know who was sitting in the car; if they had known, Su Xinghui guessed they wouldn't have saved him at all.

Zhang Cheng said that Tao Yan and the policewoman had been sent to the hospital, and the county leaders had all rushed to the hospital to handle this emergency. Zhang Kaishan had naturally gone as well.

After Su Xinghui hung up the phone, Su Wenjun asked: "What happened?"

Su Xinghui said: "Tao Yan had a car accident."

Su Wenjun said: "What? It happened today?"

Guo Suhua also straightened her back and looked at Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui nodded and said: "It just happened. I heard he was driving after drinking at noon, and there was a policewoman in the car."

Guo Suhua said: "So it's Director Tao. Him having a car accident can only be called retribution."

Su Wenjun, however, got up to change his clothes. Today was the first day of the New Year, and there weren't many staff in the hospital. Now that there was a car accident, it was estimated that both were injured, and the hospital staff would be even more stretched. He had to go help, even though he didn't have any good feelings toward Tao Yan; after all, he was a doctor.

Su Xinghui said: "Dad, I'll go with you."

When the father and son arrived at the hospital, the atmosphere was very solemn. Most of the county leaders had arrived and were waiting outside the operating room.

Su Wenjun walked toward the dean standing outside the operating room and asked: "Dean, is there anything I can help with?"

Seeing him, the dean smiled reluctantly and said: "Nothing to help with for now."