Chapter 065 Old Lady Yang is in trouble

At this moment, Old Lady Yang's face was pale and she was supported by a strange woman with a painful expression. She looked in a very bad condition.

Even though she was supported by someone, Old Lady Yang was still a little shaky. Shi Yue noticed something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to support Old Lady Yang's empty arm.

He asked with concern: "Aunt Yang, what's wrong with you? I see that you don't look well..."

Old Lady Yang waved her hands feebly and said, "Don't mention it. I was so unlucky today. I went out to see the matchmaker that Old Yao introduced me to, and ended up getting mugged."

"Ah!" Shi Yue was shocked. "Were you robbed? Are you okay?"

Old Lady Yang smiled bitterly, "How can I be alright? That little jerk not only stole my things, but when he left, he pushed me to the ground. My waist is already in bad shape, and he pushed me so hard that I couldn't even stand up."

She looked at the strange girl on the other side with a look of relief and said, "Thank goodness I met a kind comrade like Xiao Hu."

Shi Yue raised his eyes and glanced at the strange girl next to him. The girl looked to be in her twenties, with a pigtail and a white shirt with lotus leaf lace. He smiled at the girl and turned his head to look back at Old Lady Yang.

Old Lady Yang: "You don't know what happened when I was little. That jerk robbed me in a small alley. He shoved me, and I fell down. I couldn't stand up, and I screamed, but no one could hear me. I waited for a long time, and no one even passed by. I was so disappointed that I thought I was going to die there. Luckily, Comrade Xiao Hu was passing by and heard some noise inside. He came in and saw me."

When Shi Yue heard what Old Lady Yang said, he felt a little scared.

Old Mrs. Yang is old and not in very good health. It’s a hot day today. If she hadn’t been found and helped up in time, and had stayed outside like that, something might have really happened to her!

However, he saw that Old Lady Yang didn't look very happy at the moment, so he didn't mention it. Instead, he asked, "How are you now? Is your waist still hurting?"

Old Lady Yang nodded with a look of pain on her face: "It hurts, it still hurts, it hurts every time I move."

She couldn't even stand steadily, trembling, but she still gritted her teeth and said, "That bastard really hurt me. Tell me, he robbed the money, so he robbed the money. Why did he push people? When I get better tomorrow, I must report the case to the police and have them arrest him!"

Shi Yue: "Oh, Aunt Yang, let's talk about reporting it to the police first. Let's talk about your waist first. You're in so much pain, why don't you go to the hospital?"

Old Lady Yang waved her hands: "No need to go to the hospital. Why go to the hospital? This is just an old illness. I can just lie down at home..."

"Aunt Yang!" Shi Yue frowned in disapproval. "You're in such a state of discomfort, this isn't just a simple chronic illness. I think you should go to the hospital."

On the other side, Hu Meili, who was supporting Old Lady Yang, and Zhao Hui, who was following behind Shi Yue, also joined in to persuade them.

"Yes, Auntie, I just told you that you'd better go to the hospital, but you refused to listen, saying it was just an old problem. Now your neighbor is also asking you to go to the hospital, right?"

"Aunt Yang, don't be afraid of the trouble. Shi Yue and I can just take you there. Let's go to the hospital. If you're injured, you won't be able to lie down."

Shi Yue: "Yes, yes, I saw it in the newspaper. It said that older people are prone to osteoporosis. A casual fall could injure or fracture a bone. Aunt Yang, you should go to the hospital to check if there is any problem with your bones."

Zhao Hui: "Aunt Yang, let's go to the hospital. A fracture is no small matter. If you don't go to the hospital for treatment in time, the bone may not grow back even if you go."

Shi Yue: "Yes, Aunt Yang, let's go..."

Shi Yue and Zhao Hui talked back and forth, and even Old Lady Yang was shaken.

She originally thought that the fall was nothing and that she would be fine after two days of rest, but after hearing what Shi Yue and Zhao Hui said, she was really panicked.

She felt a throbbing pain in her waist, but she couldn't tell whether she had a fracture or not.

"Then, I'll go to the hospital now..." Old Mrs. Yang hesitated.

"Hey, let's go to the hospital." Zhao Hui said, "Well, Aunt Yang, please wait for a moment. I'll borrow a cart and take you there so you don't have to walk there yourself and aggravate your injuries."

He said this and hurriedly ran into the alley to borrow a cart from someone.

Shi Yue lowered his head to look at Zhao Ran, the little kid who was abandoned by Zhao Hui, and his daughter who was standing next to the little kid. The two children were now looking at Old Lady Yang with concern in their eyes.

Old Mrs. Yang has a good personality. Because her son is unmarried and has no children, she is very fond of the children in the orphanage and often gives them snacks.

Shi Qiu Shui ate the most snacks from Old Lady Yang's house, and Zhao Ran also took a lot of snacks from Old Lady Yang's house, so the two children were quite worried about Old Lady Yang.

When Shi Yue saw the two children like this, he thought that Grandma Yang's love for them was not in vain, but leaving the two children here at this time would cause too much trouble.

He took the house key out of his trouser pocket, handed it to Shi Qiushui, and said, "Xiaoqiu, your Uncle Zhao and I are going to take Grandma Yang to the hospital. You take the key and go home with Zhao Ran first."

Shi Qiushui looked at Shi Yue eagerly and said, "Dad, I want to go to the hospital with you too."

She was worried about Grandma Yang.

Shi Yue frowned and shook his head: "No, if you follow me, should I look after you or Grandma Yang? Be obedient, don't make trouble, and go home obediently."

Shi Qiu Shui pouted, feeling a little unwilling, but she also knew that what her father said was true, so she could only honestly take the key from her father's hand and take Zhao Ran back home.

Shi Yue sent the two children away, and Zhao Ran came right after, pulling a borrowed cart. Shi Yue supported Old Lady Yang and tried to lift her onto the cart, but Old Lady Yang suddenly remembered something and refused to sit on it.

Shi Yue: "Aunt Yang, what's wrong with you?"

Old Mrs. Yang: "Oh, Xiao, I remembered that I don't have any money. I have to go home to get some money before going to the hospital."

Originally, she had money with her when she went out, but she was robbed just now. All her money was in the small bag that was stolen, and now she has no money on her.

Old Mrs. Yang tremblingly let go of Shi Yue's hand, turned around and was about to walk towards the courtyard, but Shi Yue quickly grabbed her.

Shi Yue: "Hey, hey, hey, Aunt Yang, if you don't have any money, then so be it. I have some on me. Let's go to the hospital first. I'll pay you when you pay, and you can pay me back when we get back."

He thought it was something important, but it turned out to be just such a small matter.

As a neighbor living in the same courtyard, he knew that Old Lady Yang was not someone who would default on her debts. It was not a big deal to advance the medical expenses for Old Lady Yang, and there was no need for Old Lady Yang to go back home to get the money.

After all, if Old Lady Yang really injured her bones, any more movement might affect the injury.

Old Mrs. Yang looked a little embarrassed. She was the type who didn't want to trouble others, and she wanted to go back and get the money herself.

Zhao Hui: "Aunt Yang, don't worry about it. Let's go to the hospital first. Shi Yue and I have money on us. One of us can pay for you."

Old Lady Yang: "Well, well, okay then."

Old Mrs. Yang finally accepted Shi Yue's arrangement and was helped to lie on the cart. Zhao Hui pulled her on and rushed to the hospital in a hurry. Because the extent of her injury was unclear, Shi Yue directly instructed Zhao Hui to be sent to the emergency room after entering the hospital.

After a long process of registration, examination, and X-rays, the doctor was able to determine the extent of Old Lady Yang's injuries. He said to Zhao Hui and Shi Yue, "You are the patient's family members, right? Let me tell you..."

Shi Yue quickly interrupted: "Well, doctor, we are not the patient's family members, we are the patient's neighbors, and the patient's family members haven't come yet."

The doctor pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose and said, "Hiss, the patient's family hasn't come yet? That won't do. Let me tell you about the patient's condition first, and you should notify the patient's family as soon as possible."

He said, "The patient's X-rays show she has a lumbar vertebrae fracture, which isn't serious. Normally, this type of injury would heal on its own with a month of bed rest. However, this patient is special because she has osteoporosis, so it's more difficult for her to heal on her own. We recommend that she be hospitalized if possible."

Shi Yue and Zhao Hui looked at each other. They both understood that although the doctor said it was a suggestion, he was actually asking Old Lady Yang to be hospitalized.

Shi Yue nodded: "If you want to be hospitalized, then go ahead. Doctor, please make the arrangements."

Doctor: "Okay, then I will write you the hospital admission procedures."

He lowered his head and wrote a few words on the medical record. Then he looked up and said, "Leave one of you here with me while I write the order and go through the paperwork. Another one of you will go and notify the patient's family. I have something else to tell them."

Shi Yue thought for a moment and said to Zhao Hui, "Brother Zhao, go find a place to call Zhiqiang and tell him to come. I'll wait here for the doctor to write the prescription and go through the paperwork."

"Okay." Zhao Hui nodded, quickly pushed the door open and went out to find a place to call Yang Zhiqiang.

Shi Yue and Zhao Hui were busy running around, and after a long time they finally completed the hospitalization procedures. Old Mrs. Yang was successfully admitted to the ward.

Seeing that it was already mid-afternoon, Shi Yue didn't even take a breath as he ran to the stall in front of the hospital and bought four boxed lunches.

He brought lunch boxes back to the ward and distributed one to Comrade Xiao Hu, Old Lady Yang, and Zhao Hui one by one.

"It's getting late, let's have some food."

"Oh, thank you so much, Xiaoshi. If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten that you haven't had lunch yet." Old Mrs. Yang held the lunch box, her face full of embarrassment. She said, "I made you busy running around for my affairs all afternoon, and I even forgot to buy you a meal. It's really not right."

Shi Yue was really hungry. He took two big mouthfuls of rice and said while chewing, "It's okay, Aunt Yang. Aren't we all neighbors? It's normal for neighbors to help each other. You are very polite."

Old Lady Yang: "Then I have to thank you and Xiao Zhao. So, Xiao Zhao, when I get better, I will treat you to a meal at a restaurant. You can't not come."

After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Hu Meili and said, "Yes, and Comrade Xiao Hu, Comrade Xiao Hu, thank you so much. You saved me, an old woman, and took the trouble to send me home. You also followed me up and down the hospital. I really don't know how to thank you..."

Hu Meili smiled shyly: "It's okay, Auntie, it's the two big brothers who have been busy running around, I can't help much."

Old Lady Yang: "Oh, you can't say that. You've been watching over me the whole time. Isn't that also a favor? You've wasted most of the day and worked so hard. If I don't even say thank you, I'd be really ungrateful."

Hu Meili smiled but said nothing.

Old Lady Yang then asked, "Hey, girl, where do you work and where do you live? When I get back, I'll write a letter of praise to your unit and the street office."

At this moment, the painkiller the doctor gave her was taking effect. She felt less uncomfortable physically and had time to think about other things.

She was thinking, Hu Meili was so kind-hearted in helping her, and just saying thank you or treating her to a meal wouldn't be enough to thank her. But giving her money or gifts wouldn't be appropriate either. After all, if she gave too much, Hu Meili wouldn't accept it, but if she gave too little, she was afraid it wouldn't express her gratitude enough.

After much thought, she decided that it would be more appropriate to send a letter of praise to Hu Meili.

Hu Meili opened her mouth stammeringly, glanced at Old Lady Yang, then quickly lowered her head and said in an embarrassed whisper, "Auntie, I don't have a job and I'm still living in a guesthouse..."

"Ah? Why are you living in a guesthouse?" Aunt Yang looked surprised.

As for the fact that she had no job, she ignored it.

Hu Meili lowered her head, pinched the corner of her clothes and whispered, "I, I, I am..."

Before Hu Meili could finish her words, several people in the ward heard a familiar voice coming from the door. The voice said anxiously, "Mom, where's my mom? Nurse, let me ask you, have you seen my mom? She..."

Shi Yue recognized it as Yang Zhiqiang's voice. He quickly opened the door and greeted him: "Zhiqiang, over here, Aunt Yang, we are in this ward!"

When Yang Zhiqiang heard Shi Yue's voice, he rushed over and said, "Shi Yue, where is my mother? Is she okay?"

Old Lady Yang: "Ahem, Zhiqiang, I'm fine."

Shi Yue moved sideways to make room at the door so that Yang Zhiqiang could pass through. Yang Zhiqiang immediately rushed into the ward and rushed straight to Old Lady Yang's bed.

"Mom, are you okay? Where's the doctor? Has he checked? What did he say? Where are you injured? Is it serious..."

Shi Yue poked Zhao Hui and asked, "What's going on, Brother Zhao? Didn't you explain it clearly to him on the phone?"

Zhao Hui scratched his head. "Oh, I really didn't say that... I told Zhiqiang on the phone that Aunt Yang was admitted to the hospital and asked him to come quickly. It would be bad if he came too late..."

Shi Yue: “…No wonder.”

No wonder Yang Zhiqiang was so anxious.

What Zhao Hui said was no different from saying that Old Lady Yang was going to die.

Shi Yue asked with a twitch of his mouth: "Brother Zhao, what are you thinking? Why did you tell Zhiqiang that it would be bad if we were late? How could Zhiqiang not be anxious after hearing that?"

Zhao Hui was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Oh, it's true, what I said was inappropriate!"

He slapped his lips lightly and said angrily, "I didn't think too much about it just now. I just wanted Zhiqiang to come quickly. The doctor still has something to say to him, the patient's family member. If he comes too late and the doctor is off work, won't we have to wait until tomorrow..."

Shi Yue: "Okay, okay."

Although Zhao Hui's words almost caused misunderstanding, Yang Zhiqiang did not intend to blame Zhao Hui. On the contrary, he was filled with infinite gratitude towards Zhao Hui.

Yang Zhiqiang had now heard the whole story from Old Lady Yang. It was precisely because he knew what had happened that he was particularly grateful to Shi Yue and Zhao Hui.

He rubbed his face, calmed down, walked up to Shi Yue and Zhao Hui, and said sincerely: "Shi Yue, Zhao Hui, thank you both so much this time. From now on, no matter what it is, as long as I can help, just give me a call, and I will definitely do it for you."

"Hey, you're all real buddies, why are you being so polite?" Shi Yue patted Yang Zhiqiang on the shoulder and reminded him, "By the way, haven't you gone to see the doctor yet? The doctor just said he has something to tell the patient's family and asked them to come to him when they get here."

Yang Zhiqiang: "Ah? Where is the doctor? I'll go right away..."

"The doctor is in the emergency room's office, the one..." Shi Yue paused, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's hard to explain. I'll take you there."

He stood up and said to Zhao Hui, "Brother Zhao, you stay here and look after Aunt Yang. I'll take Zhiqiang to find a doctor."

"Okay, go ahead. I'll look after Aunt Yang."

Shi Yue took Yang Zhiqiang to the emergency doctor's office. When they arrived, Yang Zhiqiang knocked on the door and went in, while he sat on a bench in the corridor waiting.

There was a clock hanging on the wall on one side of the corridor. Shi Yue took a look and found that it was almost three o'clock.

He remembered that they sent Old Lady Yang to the hospital before twelve o'clock. It seemed that they didn't do anything in the meantime. In the blink of an eye, it was almost three o'clock. Half a day had passed like this. Time passed so quickly.

Shi Yue sighed and couldn't help but start thinking about the two children. Xiaoqiu and Zhao Ran had been at home alone for half a day. He didn't know what they did or whether they made any trouble.

If Shi Qiu Shui and Zhao Ran, who are being thought about by Shi Yue, knew what he was thinking now, they would definitely cry out that they were wronged. They both stayed at home obediently and didn't make any trouble at all!

Shi Qiu Shui was sitting on the sofa with his chin in his hand, looking unhappy. Zhao Ran was also looking unhappy with his head down.

Shi Qiushui looked up at the clock and saw it was almost three o'clock. He sighed, and in his soft voice, a hint of sadness, he said, "Why haven't Dad and the others come back yet? I wonder if Grandma Yang is okay."

Seeing Shi Qiushui so worried, Zhao Ran comforted her, "Xiaoqiu, don't worry too much. Grandma Yang should be fine."

Shi Qiushui: "I hope so."

She turned to look at Zhao Ran: "Oh, by the way, Zhao Ran, did you have a fight with Uncle Zhao?"

Just now at the martial arts gym, she wanted to ask what happened between Zhao Ran and Zhao Hui, but she never found the chance to ask.

Zhao Ran said with a straight face, "No."

Shi Qiushui: "Tsk, I don't believe it, there's something wrong between you and Uncle Zhao!"

Zhao Ran's straight back slumped, but he still said, "I didn't argue with my dad."

Without waiting for Shi Qiushui to refute, he took the initiative to confess: "I'm just a little angry with my dad."

Because he was really angry, Zhao Ran became talkative, which was rare for him. He talked a lot about how he took apart his grandfather's radio during the winter vacation, and finally put it back together and repaired it, but his father still accused him of causing trouble at home and told Shi Qiu Shui about it.

Zhao Ran: "This summer, my dad wanted to send me to a martial arts gym to practice martial arts because he was afraid I would cause trouble again like I did during the winter break. But I clearly didn't cause any damage. I put everything I took apart back in the end!"

After hearing this, Shi Qiushui said indignantly, "How could Uncle Zhao wrongly accuse you like this!"

She was even angrier than Zhao Ran, the person involved, and said angrily, "I didn't expect Uncle Zhao to be such a person. He wrongly accuses children, doesn't take their words to heart, and doesn't respect children!"

She puffed up her cheeks, pulled Zhao Ran and said, "I support you in being angry with Uncle Zhao. He's gone too far. To show my support for you, from today on, from now on, I won't talk to Uncle Zhao anymore!"

Zhao Ran: “…”

He pursed his lips and said, "Well, you don't have to do this."

Shi Qiushui: "No, I want it. I want Uncle Zhao to know that children cannot be treated casually. His concept of not respecting children as an adult is very bad. I must punish him."

Zhao Ran: "...Okay."

After Shi Qiu Shui expressed her determination to stand on Zhao Ran's side and punish Zhao Hui, she remembered what Zhao Ran had just said. Her eyes lit up and she asked curiously.

"Zhao Ran, can you repair radios?"

Zhao Ran: "Well, not completely. I should be able to fix the minor problems, but I can't guarantee that I can fix more serious problems because I don't have the tools, and some parts cannot be repaired properly."

Shi Qiu Shui didn't listen to his words about patching at all, and only focused on the fact that he could repair the radio.

She jumped off the sofa excitedly, ran into Shi Yue's bedroom, and ran out again after a while.

When she came out, she was holding a square radio about the size of a shoe box.

The radio was quite heavy, and Shi Qiushui had a hard time carrying it. She lifted it to Zhao Ran with difficulty and said, "See if you can repair this radio."

This was the radio that Shi Yue bought when he got married. He had used it for many years. Logically, it could still be used for a long time. But a few days ago, this radio started to make a "buzzing" noise whenever it was turned on. Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui studied it for a while, but they didn't know what was going on, so they just put it aside and ignored it.

Although Shi Qiu Shui was taking advantage of Zhao Ran's radio repair skills for free, she was sweet-mouthed and good at talking.

So, she found a plausible excuse.

"Zhao Ran, if you can repair it, I will take the initiative to fix this radio for you. After you fix it, take it to Uncle Zhao and let him know how capable you are. Then he will definitely realize that he has wronged you!"

Zhao Ran looked at the little girl in front of him with her eyes rolling around, and he knew in his heart that her main purpose was to coax him into repairing her radio.

But he still nodded and agreed.

"Well, let me take a look."

Shi Qiushui: "Hey, okay, take a look."

She quickly made way to give Zhao Ran room to display his skills.

At the same time, he diligently ran to the kitchen and poured a glass of water for Zhao Ran.

You know, Zhao Ran has been at Shi's house for more than three hours.

Shi Qiu Shui had never suggested pouring him some water before.