When he returned to the hospital, Li Xu had a sack in his hand, which contained five lunch boxes and some bowls and chopsticks.

But just as he thought, no one could eat it.

Seeing this, Sun Xiu did not try to persuade him and just put the bag aside.

The crowd waited from dawn to dusk, and from dusk to dawn.

At this time, Li Jiakang couldn't wait any longer. His eyes were red and he said in a low voice, "Eat, and then carry the old man back home."

As the old saying goes, fallen leaves return to their roots, so most elderly people hope to die in their own homes.

When Li Jiakang said this, he was indicating that he had no hope anymore.

Hearing this, everyone who had been hungry for a day and a night looked at each other, then took out the cold rice and shared it.

When others saw Li Xu pour boiling water into the rice, they followed suit.

After a while, the sound of slurping food could be heard from the room.

When everyone was concentrating on the rice in the bowl, a voice suddenly came from their ears, "Hungry~"

"Huh?" Everyone stopped eating at the same time and looked towards the source of the sound.

Mr. Li opened his eyes at some point and saw everyone looking at him, but he didn't move. So he repeated what he had just said, "Hungry~"

Everyone finally reacted, showing excited expressions. They stood up and surrounded him, and said in a flurry, "Dad, you're finally awake. How are you feeling? Does your headache hurt?"

"Grandpa, you almost scared us to death. Fortunately you woke up."

"Grandpa, do you feel uncomfortable or uncomfortable anywhere?"

Facing the caring words of the people opposite him, Mr. Li seemed very helpless, "I'm hungry~"

Although Li Jiakang and others did not eat, they drank a lot of water. But the old man was different. He really had not eaten or drunk anything, so it was normal for him to be hungry.

"We are eating yesterday's leftovers. You can eat a little first to fill your stomach and then eat fresh food later. Xiaoxu, hurry up and ride your bike to take your mother back to cook. Make more." After saying that, Li Jiakang handed the dishes in his hand to the side, then gently helped the old man up and let him sit on the bed.

Then he handed his bowl and chopsticks to the old man and asked him to have a bite first.

Li Xu and Sun Xiu responded, quickly finished their meal, then picked up the sack and lunch box and turned to leave.

After returning home, the two of them had just been busy for a while when they saw Hu Guilan and Du Hong walking into the kitchen one after another.

Then Hu Guilan asked, "Mom, how is Grandpa?"

"I woke up, and I said I was hungry right after I woke up."

Hu Guilan's face instantly broke into a smile. "It's a good thing to know you're hungry. It looks like Grandpa is fine now."

"That's what we all think, but we still need to have Dr. Zhou check it out again. Only if he says it's fine, then it's really fine."

"Doctor Zhou said yesterday that as long as Grandpa makes it, he'll be fine. We don't have to worry." Du Hong said this with certainty, and then took over the work in Li Xu's hands. "Mom, Xiaoxu, you two haven't slept all night. Go back to your room and get some sleep. Leave the cooking to me and my sister-in-law. I'll call you when the meal is ready."

"Yes, yes, you two should go back to your room and get some sleep. At least you'll feel better." Hu Guilan agreed.

Seeing this, Sun Xiu and the other man went back to their room to sleep without saying anything more.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Xu was awakened from his sleep by Du Hong.

The first thing he said when he opened his eyes was, "Wife, I didn't expect you to be right."

He meant going to bed with his clothes on.

Du Hong understood what he meant and could only respond helplessly, "If you didn't take it off, then don't take it off. After a night of hard work, even two minutes of sleep is good."

Li Xu chuckled, "My wife is the one who knows how to care for others."

"Okay, hurry up and get up, the meal is ready."

Hearing this, Li Xu quickly got up and walked out the door, washing his face with cold water. Only then did he feel much more sober.

The four of them packed up the rice quickly, and Hu Guilan also took out a few salted eggs for them to take with them to eat with the rice.

Mr. Li had a surprisingly good appetite. He ate a whole box of rice, but still felt it was not enough and wanted to eat some more.

But Li Jiakang stopped him, "Dad, you just woke up, it's better not to eat so much. If you really want to eat, eat more at noon."

Mr. Li glanced at him and ignored him. He turned to Li Ping and others and said, "You don't need to stay here with me. Go to work quickly."

From the conversation just now, he learned that his children and grandchildren had already asked for a day off yesterday. If they asked for another day off today, they would have to take another day off.

The total loss of wages for so many people is not a small amount, so he naturally feels very distressed, so he wants them to go back to work as soon as possible and lose as little as possible.

But Li Ping and others refused, using the excuse that they had stayed up all night and were tired.

Moreover, they did not give Mr. Li any chance to persuade them. They just said they would ask for leave now and then turned around and walked out.

Soon after, Sun Xiu also went out, intending to ask for leave for himself and Li Jiakang.

Except for Li Xu, there are two reasons why others asked for leave. One is that they wanted to know the results of Mr. Li's examination in time; the other is that the long hours of non-stop work made them feel very tired, and after staying up all night, they really had no energy to go to work, so they just took this opportunity to take a day off.

Li Xu rode his bike to the unit and asked for leave from Director Wu Mao.

Since they were going to the city to deliver goods today and would be back in one day, Su Weidong and Xiao Jianping could drive instead of Li Xu, so Wu Mao agreed readily.

Not only that, he also gave a convenience, "Xiao Li, you don't have to come tomorrow, I will count it as normal attendance for you."

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