Chapter 224 Left Leg Fracture

Li Caiyun's face changed before she could finish listening to Li Baotian's words.

The father and daughter didn't even go back home. They hurried to the county town and didn't even bother to say hello to Liu Juan.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, Li Caiyun and Li Baotian arrived at the county hospital. Zhou Yong had one leg in a cast and was lying on the hospital bed receiving an IV drip with a bruised face and nose!

"Dad, why are you here?"

Zhou Yong saw that the father and daughter looked quite surprised.

Li Caiyun came to the bedside and her eyes turned red as she looked at the seriously injured Zhou Yong.

"Don't cry, I'm fine, it's just that my left leg is broken..."

It was drizzling in the provincial capital this morning. Zhou Yong took the early bus back home. When they were almost entering Qingmu County, the driver was so exhausted that he drove the car into a ditch.

Three people died, more than ten were seriously injured, and more than twenty were slightly injured.

Zhou Yong was very unfortunate. When the car overturned, he was hit by someone and his leg was fractured. His face was hit several times and was bruised and swollen.

The incident happened at around ten o'clock in the morning. The families of the other injured were notified, but Zhou Yong was the only one who did not do so.

He thought about staying in the hospital for a few days and going home directly after being discharged to tell them what happened.

However, when checking the identities of the injured and the dead, comrades from the Public Security Bureau learned of Zhou Yong's identity information, and the hospital called Hongqi Commune.

The Hongqi Commune sent people to Huaixi Village to inform Li Baotian of the matter.

Li Caiyun wiped her eye sockets, and Li Baotian stepped forward to show concern for his son-in-law.

"You have to pay attention to your injured leg and don't take it lightly..."

Zhou Yong nodded, and Li Baotian, still in shock, sat down on the stool.

The person who delivered the letter did not say what kind of injuries Zhou Yong had suffered, but just said that he had been in a car accident and was in the county hospital, and asked his family to rush to the hospital.

The father and daughter were extremely nervous on the way here, and Li Caiyun cried several times in the carriage.

Zhou Yong looked at the father and daughter and felt that the hospital staff and the commune's messenger were too unreliable. The messages they passed on were enough to scare people to death.

Li Caiyun took Zhou Yong's hand and said, "Except for the left leg and face, there are no other injuries, right?"

What she meant was whether Zhou Yong had any other injuries, but she didn't express it well, and her words sounded a little ambiguous, but she herself didn't realize it.

Zhou Yong glanced at Li Baotian outside Youshentian. He cleared his throat and smiled: "No important parts were injured."

Li Caiyun was stunned. She savored his words carefully and understood what he wanted to express. She was so angry that she rolled her eyes at Zhou Yong.

"What time is it? Are you still talking nonsense?"

Zhou Yong took Li Caiyun's hand and asked her to sit next to the bed: "Don't worry, I'm fine."

Li Caiyun was a little worried, so she stood up and lifted his quilt to check.

Zhou Yong had many bruises on his body, but they were not serious.

Li Caiyun covered him with a blanket. Zhou Yong smiled and said, "I told you everything is fine, but you just didn't believe me."

"You always report good news but not bad news. I'd better take a look for myself to feel at ease..."

Zhou Yong chuckled, and Li Baotian, who had recovered, asked him if he had eaten.

"Dad, I've eaten. You and Xiaoyun haven't eaten yet, right? Go eat..."

Just as the father and daughter went to eat, Ma San, Li Hongjun and Sun Qing arrived.

Zhou Yong looked at the three of them: "Why are you here?"

When Liu Juan learned that Zhou Yong had been in a car accident, she ran home and told Ma San what happened.

Without saying a word, Ma San took all the money in his family and hurried to the commune.

On the way, he met Sun Qing and Li Hongjun. The two learned about Zhou Yong's situation, went home to get money, and the three of them went to the commune to hire a horse-drawn carriage to the county town.

In fact, they had been there for a while and didn't know which ward Zhou Yong was in. They asked around and inquired before they finally found Zhou Yong.

As the four were talking, Cao Biao came in, panting, in police uniform.

Cao Biao went out on a mission during the day, and when he came back in the evening he heard his colleagues talking about the car accident.

He didn't care about it at the time and was busy with the work at hand. Before he was about to go home from get off work, he accidentally saw the list of casualties in the car accident on his desk, and Zhou Yong's name was among them.

He had a bad feeling when he saw the name. He picked up the list and looked at his personal registration information. Cao Biao put down the list and rushed to the hospital.

"Didn't you say you were going to stay in the provincial capital for a few days? Why are you coming back so soon?"

The day before Zhou Yong was leaving for the provincial capital, he met Cao Biao, Liu Dazhuang and Xing Laoqi. They asked him when he would be back, meaning that they would get together for a drink when he came back.

Before going there, Zhou Yong didn't expect things to go so smoothly. They said it would only take three to five days, but he ended up getting things done on the day he arrived in the provincial capital, so he took the early bus back today.

While the five people were talking, Li Baotian and Li Caiyun, father and daughter, came back.

Ma San, Li Hongjun and Sun Qing had not eaten yet, so Cao Biao took them home.

"Dad, when they come back, you can hire a carriage to go back, so that my mother won't worry at home..."

Li Baotian responded: "Okay. Whatever you need, I'll bring it to you tomorrow..."

"Dad, don't bother me. Just buy whatever you need. I will be discharged from the hospital and go home in a few days..."

There are five children in the family and a lot of trivial matters in the brigade, so Li Baotian doesn't have time to come to the county town all the time.

Besides, Zhou Yong only had a fracture. Once the plaster on his leg dries and he gets a few days of anti-inflammatory injections, he can be discharged from the hospital and go home.

Li Baotian glanced at Zhou Yong who explained the matter clearly and said, "Although it is just a fracture, you still need to take good care of yourself. If you leave a root of disease, your legs will be uncomfortable in cloudy and rainy days in the future..."

Zhou Yong smiled, and Li Baotian chattered a lot about his concern.

At around ten o'clock, Ma San, Sun Qing, Li Hongjun and Cao Biao came to the hospital.

"You all go back, I don't need you here."

Everyone had to stay to take care of Zhou Yong, making him look like he was paralyzed in bed!

Li Hongjun frowned: "Caiyun can't take care of you by herself, I'll leave them behind and go back!"

Zhou Yong shook his head. Before he could speak, Cao Biao said, "You all go back. I'll stay and take care of Zhou Yong."

With Zhou Yong's insistence, Li Baotian, Ma San, Li Hongjun and Sun Qing went back, and Cao Biao did not have to stay in the hospital.

As soon as they left, the ward became quiet and Li Caiyun covered Zhou Yong with a blanket.

"Go to sleep if you're tired. I'll call you when I need to relieve myself."

Li Caiyun was not sleepy at all: "Does your leg hurt?"

Zhou Yong glanced at his left leg hanging in the air with a rope and said, "Not bad."

Li Caiyun looked at him: "Does your face hurt?"

"fine."

How can it not hurt if your face is bruised and swollen?

But Zhou Yong is a man, and he was too embarrassed to cry out in pain.

Li Caiyun curled her lips, bent down and took out the washbasin and towel from under the bed.

"I'll get some water and come back to wipe your face."

Zhou Yong nodded, and Li Caiyun left the ward.

Zhou Yong barely slept that night because of the pain in his legs. In the morning, just as he was dozing off, Cao Biao and his wife, Xing Laoqi and Liu Dazhuang arrived.

Zhou Yong forced himself to talk to them, and after seeing the four of them off, the doctor went on his routine ward rounds.

The plaster on his leg hasn't dried yet, so Zhou Yong has to continue lying in bed.

Zhou Yong took a nap in the morning, and Zhao Chunhua came with lunch at 11 o'clock.

"Sister-in-law, I told you not to send us food, why did you still send it?"

Zhao Chunhua put down the lunch box and said with a smile: "If I don't bring you food, Lao Cao will scold me to death when he gets home..."

Cao Biao was too busy with work to take care of Zhou Yong in the hospital. If Zhao Chunhua didn't cook some food for the couple, Cao Biao would be furious when he got home, given his personality.