Chapter 006 Food poisoning again?

The neighbors, who had not walked far away, heard the screams of the two people and immediately looked towards Gao Cuifen's door. They also saw the couple lying on the table. Everyone was shocked and their expressions became panicked.

At this time, it was Ma Yulan who reacted first. She took two steps forward and tremblingly stretched out her fingers in front of Gao Cuifen's nose. After feeling a stream of air, she used the same action and put her hand in front of Lao Zhang's nose.

"He's breathing, he's still alive!"

After feeling the breath as well, she shouted out the door and stabilized the situation.

After hearing this, everyone in the yard breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they were still alive, they were glad. When they took a quick look just now, they thought Gao Cuifen and Old Zhang were both dead!

Even Li Xiuying, who had always been at odds with Gao Cuifen, breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, she thought Gao Cuifen was dead and was so scared that her legs went weak.

Now that she knew she wasn't dead, she leaned against the wall and complained, "I knew Gao Cuifen wouldn't die so early. After all, she's been a disaster for thousands of years."

Ma Xiulan frowned. "Alright, stop making sarcastic remarks. Come over here and lend a hand. Let's take Lao Gao and Lao Zhang to the hospital together. Lao Li, you come too!"

Li Xiuying: "Hey, here I come!"

Even though she and Gao Cuifen don't get along, they have lived together for most of their lives and have some feelings for each other. If she encounters something like this, she will lend a hand if she can.

The same thing happened to the other people in the hospital. They all stepped forward to help carry the person to the hospital. Even Shi Yue and his daughter, Shi Qiushui, who had just been discharged, were not left behind. Of course, this was mainly because the people present were either elderly women or young wives. If Shi Yue hadn't helped, it wouldn't have been possible for everyone to carry the person.

The coal carts used to transport coal in the hospital in winter were also pulled out. Everyone carried the person onto the cart and quickly rushed to the hospital.

Arriving at the hospital's emergency room, there was another flurry of activity. After a long time, a doctor in a white coat came out of the treatment room and asked, "Family, who are the family members?"

Zhang Peng raised his hand with a trembling voice: "I, I'm a family member, doctor, how are my parents?"

Doctor: "After our examination, your parents have been poisoned by solanine from eating sprouted potatoes. We've just done a gastric lavage on them, and they're fine now. They'll need two more IVs soon. The nurse will bring them to the ward and confirm the medication with you. Just wait for them to arrive."

Hearing that his parents were fine, Zhang Peng finally felt relieved.

However, when Ma Yulan heard that Gao Cuifen and Old Zhang were poisoned by eating sprouted potatoes, she couldn't help but ask, "What? Poisoned by eating sprouted potatoes? Gao Cuifen isn't out of her mind, is she? When they were little, the father and daughter ate the potatoes she gave them and got poisoned, and she didn't even throw them away, but ate them herself?"

Although the other people present did not say anything, it could be seen from their uncontrollable nodding that they actually thought Gao Cuifen's behavior was outrageous.

"Oh, what do you know? Gao Cuifen is not stupid. She is smarter than anyone!" Li Xiuying, knowing that Gao Cuifen was fine, returned to her tit-for-tat confrontation with Gao Cuifen. She gritted her teeth and said, "She ate the poisoned potatoes herself. Doesn't that just prove that she didn't intentionally give the poisoned potatoes to Xiao Shi and his daughter? She's clearly using this trick to avoid paying compensation to Xiao Shi and his daughter!"

"What?"

"No way?"

"But Gao Cuifen herself has to pay for medical treatment for food poisoning, right? And it would be so painful. Couldn't Gao Cuifen figure this out?"

Most people were skeptical of Li Xiuying's speculation, but some felt it made sense. "I think what Xiuying said makes sense. Don't you know what kind of person Gao Cuifen is? She's a complete stingy person. If you take advantage of her even a penny, she'll feel like you're taking advantage of her. Who knows, she might even deliberately eat poisonous potatoes to avoid paying. Anyway, the medical bills are definitely not as much as the compensation. Don't you agree?"

As soon as these words came out, some people at the scene were immediately shaken: "Hiss, if that's the case, it seems to make sense?"

"Hey, don't tell me, I really think Gao Cuifen is capable of doing such a thing..."

"That's right. I don't find it strange that Gao Cuifen would do anything for money. Do you remember that time before, someone dropped money in their pocket into the toilet. The person who dropped the money thought it was dirty and didn't want to pick it up. But Gao Cuifen heard that it was money and rushed over in a hurry to pick it up."

"Hey, that seems like it happened more than ten years ago, right? I remember that she was trying to pick up the money, and half of her body was covered in that stuff. When she finally picked it up, she saw that it was only ten yuan."

"Yes, yes, it's ten yuan. Oh, when I mention this, I remember that scene..."

Seeing that everyone was talking more and more slanderously, Ma Yulan stood up, waved her hand, and said, "Alright, alright, this is all fabricated, stop talking nonsense."

Having said that, she was actually a little skeptical in her heart. However, Zhang Peng was still here, and he would definitely feel uncomfortable hearing everyone talking about his unconscious mother, so she spoke up to stop everyone from talking.

At this time, everyone remembered Zhang Peng who was still standing nearby, so they obediently shut up.

About two or three minutes later, two young nurses pushed Gao Cuifen and Old Zhang out. Zhang Peng quickly got up and followed them. Everyone followed them to the ward. When they saw the nurses giving Gao Cuifen and Old Zhang an IV, Ma Yulan spoke.

"Zhang Peng, I think after your parents wake up, the doctor will have to keep them in the hospital for two more days for observation. So, I'll take care of them for you now. You should go home and pack your things. You don't need to take much, just some toiletries and some food supplies."

Zhang Peng nodded. "Then I'll trouble you, Aunt Ma. I'll try to come back as soon as possible."

Ma Yulan waved her hand: "No, no, take your time, don't rush, and be careful on the road. Oh, and don't forget to go back and inform your three brothers ahead, otherwise you won't be able to take care of two people by yourself."

Zhang Peng nodded and ran out in a flash.

"You're all fine. Go back when you should. I'm the only one watching over here. Don't waste your time here." Ma Yulan waved to the others who followed.

"Okay, let's go then."

Everyone nodded and pushed the door open and walked out of the ward. On the way back, Li Xiuying, who deeply felt Gao Cuifen's cunning, leaned close to the ears of the Shi family father and daughter and kept saying that they should not let Gao Cuifen off easily. Regardless of whether Gao Cuifen had food poisoning or not, they should ask Gao Cuifen for compensation.

Li Xiuying kept talking all the way from the hospital to Ping'an Hutong, a distance of three blocks. Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui felt like they were going to get calluses in their ears.

After finally entering the compound, Shi Yue quickly made an excuse that there were too many things to pack at home and slipped away with Shi Qiu Shui.

"Hoo hoo, Grandma Li is so talkative." Shi Qiu Shui sighed with emotion as he closed the door the first thing he did after returning home and successfully isolated Li Xiuying's nagging outside.

Shi Yue nodded in agreement. "She's really talkative. She's giving me a headache! I think we should both stay away from her from now on! At least for the next two days. I'm afraid she'll start talking about this again as soon as she sees us."

Shi Qiu nodded with lingering fear: "Okay, then let's stay away from her for the next two days!"

At this point, she became curious: "By the way, Dad, why does Grandma Li dislike Grandma Gao so much? Is there a conflict between them?"

Shi Yue flipped through his memories and nodded: "Yes, they did have a conflict."

"Speaking of this, it all started thirty years ago, when the two of them had just married into this courtyard. Because they were married into this courtyard at the same time, both of them had a bit of a competitive spirit in their hearts. They compared everything from work to dowry, from looks to men. When they found that they couldn't compare with each other, they started to compete in childbirth. Gao Cuifen got pregnant and gave birth to children one after another, and all of them were boys. She thought she had finally surpassed Li Xiuying, who had been married for several years and had only given birth to a girl. She would hold her children in front of Li Xiuying all day to show off. She also told Li Xiuying that she was a hen that couldn't lay eggs. Sooner or later, your husband will divorce you because you can't give him a son."

"Ah? Gao Cuifen is going too far!" Shi Qiu Shui's eyes flashed with disgust. Gao Cuifen's nagging reminded her of the elders of the Shi family. She heard from others that those elders had used such words to make things difficult for her mother, who had been unhappy since marrying her father.

Shi Yue knocked her forehead and said, "You can't call me Gao Cuifen. You have to call me Grandma Gao. Otherwise, if they hear you, they will think you are impolite!"

Shi Qiushui puffed up her cheeks and said, "Okay, Grandma Gao!"

时岳：“嗯，你听着我继续给你讲。其实要只是这样，李秀英也不会这么恨她，主要是后来，后来李秀英男人在外面跟别的女人不清不楚，被李秀英发现了，李秀英果断举报了她男人，然后顺利的跟她男人，哦不，是前夫，她顺利的跟前夫离婚，因为后来人家还查出来他前夫和前夫的爸妈有别的事，那一家子就送到大西北劳改去了。后来高翠芬不知道是抽了哪门子疯，跑到李秀英当时还在上小学的闺女面前，说没爸的孩子可怜，李秀英太不为她这个孩子考虑，为了一点小事就跟前夫离婚不对，要是真爱孩子，为了孩子好，李秀英就应该跟前夫复婚。李秀英当时就气疯了，直接上去就给高翠芬一顿抽，虽然后来高翠芬挨了揍还道了歉，但李秀英还是记恨上高翠芬了。”

Shi Qiushui's face was full of question marks: "No, she, Gao, what does Grandma Gao want? Is she mentally healthy?"

Shi Yue whispered, "As far as I can remember, some people actually said that Gao Cuifen was trying to sow discord between Li Xiuying and her daughter in order to get Li Xiuying's house. The house Li Xiuying's family lives in now originally belonged to her ex-husband. When her ex-husband was sentenced to forced labor, the factory wanted to take it back, but the higher-ups felt sorry for Li Xiuying and her daughter because they had nowhere to go, so they didn't take it back then. When Gao Cuifen found out about this, she set her sights on the house. Since her family had four boys and there was not enough room at the time, she wanted to instigate Li Xiuying's daughter to go to the Northwest to chase Li Xiuying's ex-husband. Then, Li Xiuying would definitely have to leave, and the house would be vacant, wouldn't it?"

Shi Qiushui couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Then she really knows how to scheme!"

Shi Yue: "Yes, thankfully Li Xiuying isn't someone you can easily mess with, so her plan didn't work. Hey, come to think of it, the neighbors in this compound aren't the kind to be messed with either."

Shi Qiushui pricked up his ears and said, "Dad, tell me what's going on with the neighbors in this courtyard so I can be mentally prepared. After all, we're going to live here in the future, and we'll inevitably have to deal with them."

Shi Yue: "Okay, then I'll tell you. Oh, no, wait a minute, I need to drink some water first. My mouth is dry from talking so much..."