Chapter 24

Director Yao took a step back, but couldn't move. He gritted his teeth until the veins on his forehead were exposed. "Let go of your hands!" He turned and said to the three officials from the neighborhood office, "Xiao Wang, Xiao Li, Xiao Zhu, hurry up, take these three with you, let's go."

Zhang Yu's mother-in-law was helped up by someone. Zhang Yu seemed to have hypoglycemia, so no one helped her up. It took two people to lift her up, and several people were about to walk towards the street office.

At this moment, Zhang Yu screamed: "Ah - my stomach hurts - my child -"

The people who were heading home just now are all coming out again. What's going on?

As soon as Bi Chunliu stepped onto the steps of the compound's gate, she saw Aunt Zhang, Aunt Liu, Aunt Qiu and Aunt Wang from the third hospital running past the compound gate. She didn't even have time to say hello.

Director Yao, a grown man, naturally had no idea what a miscarriage looked like for a woman. He was frightened and kept shouting, "Quick, quick, two people, take down the door panel and rush her to the hospital!" What if someone died?!

"Here they come!" Two men came running from the neighboring compound. They were coming, and the door panel...

Bi Chunliu saw Chen Dali eager to try, as if he wanted to tear down the door panels of their compound. The door panels were so heavy, wouldn't it be difficult to remove? Chen Dali was stopped by Bai Xingzi and Du Ling. Bai Xingzi whispered, "Why are you tearing down the door panels? If you want to tear down the door panels, tear down the ones in your own house."

Du Ling nodded: "That's right, you are being too attentive here, it's not our compound, if you want to tear it down, you should tear down the door panels of their compound."

Bai Xingzi and Du Ling exchanged glances. They actually shared the same idea as this person. The gate was constantly being used. What if Zhang Yu really had a miscarriage and the entire gate was covered in blood?

Chen Dali: "You guys! You're so heartless!" He then shouted, "Hey, those two guys, let's go take down the door panels from her house."

"good!"

The three of them ran to Zhang Yu's compound and took down the door panels of Zhang Yu's house.

Zhang Yu glared at Chen Dali and the other two. What a troublemaker! Why don't they just find a door panel and remove it? There are so many things in their house. What will they do if they lose the door panel? They won't compensate them! Zhang Yu raised his head and shouted weakly at his mother: "Mom, the door panel in our house is very heavy. Don't waste their energy. It will be difficult to lift it. Let them find a lighter one."

However, Chen Dali and the other two had already removed the door panels from her house and carried them over.

Zhang Yu was so angry that his teeth itched, and he wanted to bite each of them! How shameless!

"Hurry up, Mrs. Xie, come up quickly. Don't worry. Your door panels are much lighter than ours, and we were very careful when we removed them. Once you've been to the hospital, we'll come back and reinstall them for you. We guarantee they'll fit perfectly, just like the originals!" Chen Dali consoled him. He felt incredibly happy. He was so kind and compassionate! He'd saved two lives! It would be a shame for the factory not to reward him for his helpfulness!

Zhang Yu forced a smile and said, "Thank you." He turned away and ignored him. Where did this fool come from?

"Hey, Lao Zhang, Lao Liu, why don't you two go to the hospital? I think their situation is not over yet! Do you two want to go? Let's go together!" Aunt Qiu said.

Aunt Liu took off her apron and handed it to her daughter. "Mom will go and take a look. You can cook for the child."

Liu Xiaoyue: "...Okay."

"I'm going too!" Aunt Zhang said, "My son and his family of three have gone to Pan Juan's parents' home. It's still too early for them to come back!"

Bi Chunliu and a few others watched as people from several nearby compounds, including several old ladies including Aunt Liu, went to the hospital together.

With this spirit, it is said that people nowadays are the most persevering no matter what they do!

"Sister..." Bi Qiuguo shouted.

Bi Chunliu: "Why? You want to go too?"

Bi Qiuguo nodded happily.

"Don't think about it. Go home and do your homework. Aunt Liu and the others will definitely tell you when they get back." Bi Chunliu sent her three younger brothers and sisters back home. Although she also wanted to know what was going on, she couldn't delay her meal!

After dinner in the evening, the people in the compound rarely stayed in their houses, but waited in the yard for the first-line informants, a few aunts, to bring news.

Bi Chunliu was afraid that she would be late again tomorrow, so she decided not to wait for the final result and just go to the bathroom, take a shower and go to bed. She came out of the Second Hospital and just walked into the First Hospital when she saw Liu Xiaoyue talking to her husband Anqing. She complained that her mother had skipped dinner to join in the fun and hadn't come home yet!

Seeing Liu Xiaoyue, Bi Chunliu suddenly thought of the wall clock again, "Sister Xiaoyue, Brother Anqing, are you waiting for Aunt Liu?"

Liu Xiaoyue: "Yes, you said these old ladies, they haven't come home yet. It's dark here, and I'm worried that something has happened to them. Shuanzi's father, can you go and pick them up?"

Anqing nodded at Bi Chunliu and walked out.

Bi Chunliu: "Sister Xiaoyue, don't worry. I see Aunt Liu and a lot of people are here together. Since she has a companion, she should be fine. Maybe they are still in the hospital."

Liu Xiaoyue: "...What you said makes sense."

"By the way, Sister Xiaoyue, I wanted to ask you how much a wall clock like the one you have at home would cost now. I want to buy one, too." Bi Chunliu scratched his head. "My family still doesn't have a clock, which is really inconvenient. But I can't afford a watch, so I wanted to ask about the price of your wall clock so I can have an idea of the price."

"It's really inconvenient not being able to tell the time. I remember the original price of the one I own was sixty, and I bought it for fifty." Liu Xiaoyue added in a low voice, "I didn't ask for a ticket. But I haven't really noticed how much a wall clock costs now. Let me put it this way, I'll ask you when I go there tomorrow. By the way, if there's a defective one, do you want it? So-called defects actually mean that the paint on the shell has been knocked off or something. The price of that kind will be a little lower than a good one. Mine is ten yuan cheaper." For a company like theirs that often does business, of course, if there's something good, it's their own people who will rush to buy it first, so ordinary people won't encounter discounts due to defects.

Bi Chunliu nodded: "Yes! The cheaper one is better. Thank you, Sister Xiaoyue!"

"Oh! What's the big deal? You're still being polite to me." Liu Xiaoyue said with a smile.

"Sister Xiaoyue, I'm going to the bathroom first."

Liu Xiaoyue: "You go ahead. I'll go check on Shuanzi and Zhuzi too. They've been playing around since school and haven't done any homework. These naughty boys are so annoying!"

"Okay, go ahead."

Bi Chunliu hurried to the restroom. The restrooms in her area were all built where two alleys connected, essentially sharing one. Furthermore, there were no lights inside, so at night, she had to use them in the dark. Fortunately, it wasn't that cold anymore, or else her bottom would have been frozen!

When Bi Chunliu was pulling up his pants, he was thinking that sanitary napkins and the like didn't seem to be fully popular yet. He wondered if the supply and marketing cooperatives sold them. It would still be inconvenient if he was young again.

As soon as Bi Chunliu came out of the toilet, he heard a burst of lively conversation coming from the alley. It seemed that the people who had followed him to the hospital had returned.

Bi Chunliu also wanted to know the follow-up of this matter, so he trotted back to the compound.

Aunt Qiu and Aunt Zhang were the main speakers, with Aunt Liu and Aunt Wang providing supplementary support. What the four of them said was so exciting that they even role-played for the people around them!

Aunt Qiu: "Tell me, this is the first time we've encountered such a person around here. Oh, she's really extraordinary. I think that old woman, except for having a louder voice, can't stand up to Zhang Yu's young wife at all. No wonder she was so depressed when she talked about the past."

Aunt Zhang: "Look at that old woman. She didn't even fart at the hospital. She's so useless."

Aunt Liu: "Isn't it? When they got to the hospital, the young wife didn't know whether it was true or not. She held her stomach and cried out in pain. Tell me, her stomach is really weird. Old Wang, what did the doctor say?"

Aunt Wang added: "According to what the old woman said, her son hasn't been back for more than a month, but this daughter-in-law, she is indeed just one month pregnant. The doctor said that it is possible to be pregnant. He said that it cannot be calculated according to the day of the sex, but must be calculated according to the day of the period. This is the first time I heard of such a statement." Otherwise, it had to be in the city. My knowledge has increased a lot!

"Ah? There is such an algorithm?" someone asked.

"What can I say? The doctor said that this has been scientifically verified! When the old woman heard what the doctor said, she gave up all of a sudden. Now, she is completely controlled by her daughter-in-law and her in-laws." Aunt Qiu curled her lips. Or is it still the old saying that goes, this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are either the east wind suppressing the west wind or the west wind suppressing the east wind. This old woman is really useless. It has become like this. It's not like she only has one son. If she leaves him, there will be no hope. But she is still standing there doing nothing. She is so cowardly. It makes me angry just looking at her! If it were me, I would turn around and leave immediately. With this one mistake, I will never be able to hold my head up in front of my daughter-in-law for the rest of my life. It's better to just ignore them and let them make trouble. In the future, I will leave all my money to my daughter. After all, my daughter is much more considerate than my daughter-in-law!

Aunt Liu nodded. Although she didn't have a son, she had been a daughter-in-law before. Although she felt criticized for not having a son when she was young, she now felt that her life should be better than many people with sons. Daughters are much more caring than daughters-in-law, and her son-in-law was raised by her own father, and there are no other relatives. How wonderful life is.

Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang only have one son, so naturally their ideas are different from those of Aunt Qiu and Aunt Liu.

But regarding this matter, Aunt Zhang thought, one child is truly unreliable; having many children and grandchildren is the right thing to do. If she were to face this situation, she couldn't just ignore it like Aunt Qiu said. Old Qiu had many sons, but she only had one. It seemed she had to urge her son and daughter-in-law to give Haohao some siblings sooner rather than later; she couldn't let them refuse any longer.

Liu Xiaoyue: "Mom, that's all. What took you so long to come back?"

Aunt Liu shook her head: "Don't mention it, their affairs are not really exciting. The old woman and daughter-in-law are just arguing and wasting their time. We saw a rare thing in the hospital!"

Chen Dali didn't stay in the hospital for long. After they carried Zhang Yu to the hospital, Zhang Yu woke up and urged them to quickly put the door back in place. They hurried back home. Although they had returned earlier than Aunt Liu and the others, they hadn't eaten yet. Now, holding a steamed bun in one hand and pickles in the other, they said, "Aunt Liu, please explain it to us clearly. You guys are always keeping us in suspense!"

"You kid, just talk and don't spit. If you feel choked, just drink water and eat. You've splattered all over my face." Aunt Zhang wiped her face in dissatisfaction.

Chen Dali paused and stuffed the remaining steamed bread into his mouth: "Oh, I'm so sorry, Aunt Zhang. I was too excited."