Chapter 79

That night, when Su Xinghui was sleeping soundly, he suddenly heard someone knocking on his door in a daze, and he woke up instantly.

Because Su Xinghui practiced martial arts, he was always relatively alert, especially when someone was calling his name. He heard someone calling "Su Xinghui," so he asked "Who is it"?

A panicked female voice came from outside: "It’s me, Cheng Taoxian. My son has a fever. Can you help me take him to the health center?"

Su Xinghui quickly put on his clothes and turned on the lamp by the bed. Wan Xing'an was also startled and asked in a daze: "Xinghui, what’s wrong?"

Su Xinghui said: "Cheng Taoxian’s son is sick, get up quickly and help."

Wan Xing'an also put on his clothes. Su Xinghui had already opened the door. Through the dim light of the street lamp in the corridor, he saw the panicked look on Cheng Taoxian’s face and asked: "Sister Cheng, what happened?"

Cheng Taoxian said with a crying voice: "I don't know what happened. Today, Weiwei slept until the middle of the night and suddenly started to fuss, crying and making noise. I touched his head, and it was burning hot, and his face was flushed red. I didn't know what to do alone, so I had to knock on your door."

Su Xinghui didn't ask anything else. He came to Cheng Taoxian’s room and saw her son, Luo Wei, crying on the bed with a flushed face. He quickly wrapped Luo Wei in a small quilt and rushed out, telling Cheng Taoxian to bring some clothes and quilts behind him.

Wan Xing'an also came out. He ran downstairs, called Huang Sao, and asked her to open the iron gate of the township government. Su Xinghui ran quickly to the township health center.

The doctor on duty at the health center at night was a female doctor. After being called up by Su Xinghui, she was a bit impatient, which was easy to understand. Anyone called up in the middle of the night would be a bit impatient. However, when she saw it was Director Su of the township government, she immediately became enthusiastic and began to examine Luo Wei.

At this time, the township health center had no advanced equipment, and even if it did, it couldn't be used in the middle of the night. Fortunately, this female doctor was nearly 50 years old and had rich experience. She measured Luo Wei’s body temperature, which was 38.5 degrees, asked Cheng Taoxian some questions, and used a cotton swab to press Luo Wei’s tongue to look.

Luo Wei’s tonsils were red and swollen. The female doctor diagnosed it as tonsillitis caused by a cold and prescribed medicine for him. When Su Xinghui went to get the medicine, she personally called the nurse on duty to give little Luo Wei an injection.

In this day and age, the service attitude of hospitals was not necessarily good, but the female doctor called the nurse and said it was a leader from the township government, so the nurse didn't dare to give a bad look and honestly gave Luo Wei an IV drip, and it was a one-shot success, not letting the child suffer a second time.

Only then did the female doctor smile at Cheng Taoxian: "Little Cheng, don't be too anxious. The problem shouldn't be big. It will be fine after two days of injections. This is a cold caused by the change of seasons. Just pay attention when taking care of the child in the future."

Cheng Taoxian, who had been out of her mind, finally came to her senses when she saw the child stop making noise. She thanked the female doctor gratefully: "Doctor, thank you. You can go back to rest."

The female doctor said: "Then I’ll go to rest. If there is anything, let the nurse find me."

The female doctor went to sleep, and only Su Xinghui, Cheng Taoxian, and Wan Xing'an were left in the injection room. Su Xinghui held Luo Wei horizontally so that he could be more comfortable getting the injection. Now Luo Wei had fallen asleep again.

Cheng Taoxian said apologetically to Su Xinghui: "Come, let me hold Weiwei."

Su Xinghui shook his head: "No need, I’ll hold him. If I give him to you, you might wake him up again."

Cheng Taoxian thought what he said made sense, so she nodded and agreed. To tell the truth, as a weak woman, if she held Weiwei all the time, she couldn't stand it. Weiwei was already over two and a half years old and weighed over 30 jin, which was quite heavy.

Cheng Taoxian said to Wan Xing'an: "Little Wan, thank you!"

Wan Xing'an said: "Sister Cheng, don't be polite. Helping each other is what should be done. We are fine, it’s just that for a woman like you to bring up a child alone, it’s really too hard."

Wan Xing'an’s words made Cheng Taoxian’s tears almost fall. When Weiwei started to fuss in the middle of the night just now, she was really out of her mind and didn't know what to do. She could only find Su Xinghui, who helped her the most.

Su Xinghui remembered that in his previous life, about a year or two later, Cheng Taoxian’s husband transferred back. It should be because Cheng Taoxian was too tired to bring up a child alone, so he made a sacrifice. Because he had participated in the self-defense counterattack war and attended military school, he was promoted and should have had a very promising future.

Su Xinghui asked: "Sister Cheng, why don't you just let Brother Luo transfer back? Otherwise, it’s not a thing for you to bring up Weiwei alone."

Cheng Taoxian lowered her head and said after a long time: "That depends on whether he is willing to come back himself."

Su Xinghui didn't find it convenient to comment too much on such things, so he nodded and focused on taking care of the child.

Wan Xing'an was quite sleepy. He sat on the chair and snored unconsciously. Cheng Taoxian happened to bring an extra blanket, so she went over and gently covered him with the blanket.

When Cheng Taoxian sat back beside Su Xinghui, she hesitated and said softly: "You should be careful with that Peng Kehong. He has been speaking ill of you everywhere these days."

Su Xinghui smiled lightly: "I know, thank you!"

Luo Wei had a total of three IV drips, which took nearly two hours. After finishing, Su Xinghui carried him back to the township government and put him on Cheng Taoxian’s bed before returning to his room. It was already nearly 4 a.m.

Wan Xing'an fell asleep as soon as he fell on the bed, but Su Xinghui couldn't sleep at this time. He was thinking about what happened in the past few days.

Su Xinghui wasn't afraid of the small moves of Peng Kehong and Luo Ming'an, but it was just too annoying.

Yesterday, Shan Xiaolong went to Yezhugou Village, which was clearly instigated by these two guys. Otherwise, how could Shan Xiaolong know there was game there? From this point of view, Jin Taihe should also have established a relationship with Shan Guozhi.

He didn't regret yesterday’s matter at all. Since he met Shan Xiaolong, he couldn't do things that violated his principles to cater to Shan Xiaolong, so he was bound to have a conflict with him.

Even if he didn't have a conflict with him now, based on what Shan Xiaolong did, Su Xinghui would definitely have a conflict with him in the future. This was an irreconcilable contradiction. If Su Xinghui wanted to build Shangjun County well, he would definitely harm Shan Xiaolong’s interests, because Shan Xiaolong’s interests were gained by harming the interests of the people of Shangjun County.

Since there would always be a conflict, it was better to have it early than late. However, after the conflict, Su Xinghui also had to think about Shan Xiaolong’s possible retaliation or follow-up moves.

Shan Xiaolong was a person who would take revenge for the smallest grievance, and he was so arrogant that he couldn't help but retaliate. He wanted to retaliate against him and Yezhugou Village. In addition, he seemed to have some improper thoughts about Xia Lan and Xia Zhu, so Su Xinghui had some clues about his possible means of retaliation.

Of course, no matter how Shan Xiaolong retaliated, Su Xinghui wouldn't be afraid of him. Let the soldiers come and the generals block, let the water come and the earth cover. It was just that Peng Kehong and Luo Ming'an were too disgusting. When they fell into his hands, he must make them look good.

On October 25, the bidding meeting for the secondary highway from Shangjun County seat to Menghuling Township was held in the county government conference room. Seven or eight construction companies in Shangjun County participated in this bidding and submitted bids to the county government.

Haimin Construction Company and Hongye Construction Company naturally also participated in this bidding. The bidding meeting process was very serious. On the day of the bidding meeting, several county magistrates of the county government were present, and the Provincial Transportation Department also sent several experts to the scene to supervise the bid opening process.

The final result made the people of Shangjun County drop their jaws. Hongye Construction Company, which was thought to be a sure winner, didn't even make it into the top three. Combining the conditions of these construction companies in all aspects, Haimin Construction Company finally became the winner.

In fact, Haimin Construction Company’s bid was not the lowest. The cost they gave was 5.9 million, and Hongye Construction’s cost was 5.7 million. But combining the bids of each company and considering the conditions in all aspects, the experts from the county government and the Transportation Department finally chose Haimin Construction.

After the bidding results came out, Qian Hongye made a scene at the bidding meeting on the spot, saying that there were tricks in this bidding process. Why was the winner not the one with the lowest bid, but Haimin Construction Company, which was 200,000 higher than them?

However, his scene had no effect. This bidding process was conducted under the supervision of experts from the Transportation Department, and there were also notaries on the scene, which could be described as open, fair, and just. If he had to blame someone, he could only blame his Hongye Company for not having enough technical strength, and having a criminal record of quality problems in some projects built in the past.

Seeing that Qian Hongye was making an unreasonable scene, Xu Liangxi stood up and scolded him angrily: "Qian Hongye, what are you making a scene about? This bidding was conducted under the supervision of the leaders and experts of the Transportation Department. What tricks are there? If you make a scene again, I will let the Public Security Bureau arrest you!"

Qian Hongye was still very afraid of his brother-in-law. He actually already knew that his hope for this bidding was not great, and could only make a fuss about the bid. Since he couldn't win the bid even with such a low bid, there was really no way. His making such a scene was just to vent his anger.

Now seeing his brother-in-law lose his temper, he left the venue. But before leaving, he still glared at Xu Haimin fiercely.

Xu Haimin didn't care about Qian Hongye’s unhappiness. Since he participated in this bidding, he wouldn't be afraid of Qian Hongye. He had been in construction for so many years and had seen all kinds of red and black, so he wasn't a person who was afraid of things.

When there was nothing to do, he didn't actively provoke things, but when things came, he wasn't afraid of them. This was his life creed.