Town hospital.
Zhou Laoda was still unconscious. Tao Susu examined him again, and his condition was not good. In order to determine his current condition, Tao Susu also asked Dr. Jiang to come and take his pulse.
"Uncle Jiang, do you think he can still be saved?" Tao Susu asked Dr. Jiang with a solemn expression.
Dr. Jiang said expressionlessly, "There's no hope."
The head injury of Boss Zhou is very serious. The intracranial hemorrhage alone could leave him bedridden and unable to take care of himself for the rest of his life.
Moreover, his neck and back were covered with numerous scars from the heavy blows, and his spinal nerves had also suffered severe damage.
With current medical technology, it's really unlikely that a patient with such severe injuries could be saved.
Police officer Xiao Zhao listened with a frown, "Grandpa Jiang, is there really no way to save him?"
Dr. Jiang rolled her eyes at Xiao Zhao. "Do you take me for a miracle or Hua Tuo reincarnated? We don't even know how long he can stay in bed. Who can say they can save him?"
Xiao Zhao got anxious and said, "Grandpa Jiang, what are you saying? Don't be superstitious!"
Dr. Jiang rolled her eyes at him.
Although Zhou Laoda's wife had already vaguely known the answer and had accepted the consequences over the past few days, she still looked somewhat dejected when she heard the doctor say this.
"Is there really no other way? Doctor, he's the only breadwinner in our family. What will we do without him? He also has a child who's not even ten years old..." Zhou's eldest daughter-in-law hugged her son Tiantian and cried uncontrollably.
He cried every day, but he cried even more bitterly, wailing and howling at the top of his lungs.
Xiao Zhao glanced at the mother and son and said, "Even if he wakes up, you can't count on him."
Zhou's eldest daughter-in-law didn't hear what Xiao Zhao said and was still crying, "Wh...what?"
Xiao Zhao glanced at Boss Zhou on the hospital bed and sneered, "Boss Zhou, he was reported for secretly collecting valuables and stealing cultural relics and antiques from archaeological sites while following the Red Armbands in raiding homes, and is suspected of the crime of illegally appropriating state property."
"Even if he is safe and sound, Old Zhou will have to squat in the fence for the rest of his life."
Now that Boss Zhou is seriously injured, it is obviously impossible for him to squat in the fence.
Hearing Xiao Zhao's words, Zhou Laoda's wife turned deathly pale, as if all her energy had been drained away, and she immediately wilted.
Tao Susu glanced at Zhou Laoda with disdain, and said sympathetically to Zhou Laoda's wife, "We can't treat his condition anymore. What do you think, should we take him to a bigger hospital in Beijing for treatment, or what?"
Even if Zhou Laoda stays in the town hospital now, it won't help. It would be better to transfer him to Beijing for another checkup.
Zhou's eldest daughter-in-law's expression changed several times. After a long while, she said, "We're going home to get our things. Could you ask the hospital to issue a request for us to go to Beijing so I can get a letter of introduction?"
Adhering to medical ethics, Tao Susu nodded, "Okay, but the police will probably go with you."
Zhou's eldest daughter-in-law gritted her teeth and said, "Fine!"
"Officers, shouldn't you lock him up too? Send him to be shot, since he's injured like this?!"
Zhou Laoda's wife glared fiercely at Li Hu, who was sitting on the hospital bed and had mostly recovered.
"We will investigate the matter of his fight with Boss Zhou, which resulted in Boss Zhou being seriously injured. As for the rest, that is not your concern."
Zhou Laoda's wife glared at Li Hu unwillingly.
After dealing with Zhou Laoda's matter, Xiao Zhao returned to the ward. Most of the patients had been cleared out, leaving only Li Hu.
Xiao Zhao greeted Tao Susu, closed the ward door, and turned to Li Hu, "Li Hu, tell me where you got these cultural relics from and sold them at the ghost market."
...
Zhou's eldest daughter-in-law returned home with Tiantian. The neighbors were quite surprised to see her. "Zhou's eldest daughter-in-law, what brings you back? Weren't you at the town hospital taking care of your husband? How is he?"
Zhou's eldest daughter-in-law smiled somewhat awkwardly, "I haven't packed some things yet. I'll go back to town after I come back to get them."
The neighbor responded with an "oh," her eyes still lingering on her.
The eldest son's wife had a very strange expression on her face. I wonder what she was thinking. What happened to her husband?
Zhou's eldest daughter-in-law pretended not to notice the neighbor's observation, opened the door, rushed inside, took out all the hidden money and tickets, put them on her person, and went to the brigade to ask the brigade leader for help in obtaining a letter of introduction.
Her eyes were filled with a do-or-die determination; she wanted to seize this opportunity to take her son away from here!
Leave the dying Boss Zhou behind!
...
The news that Zhou Gou had returned to his hometown after surviving was widely circulated in Shanding Brigade. He was a straightforward and honest man who had helped the brigade a lot. Many people in the brigade wanted to catch up with him, and Zhou Gou never refused anyone. He could chat with everyone.
After Zhou Gou had met all the neighbors, he was invited to the brigade leader's house for dinner.
Besides the battalion commander, there was another person sitting with him.
It was none other than Xia Lei.
Although the captain was angry that Xia Lei hit a woman, he was still quite close to Xia Lei and was also knowledgeable, so he naturally invited him to have dinner with Zhou Gou.
Zhou Gou and Xia Lei had met once before. They greeted each other, and the captain introduced them to each other. They quickly took their seats.
"You said you were gone for four years and didn't send back a single letter. Everyone in the production team thought you... sigh." The brigade leader patted Zhou Gou on the shoulder. "Let's not talk about that. How's it feeling to be back? Did you say when you're going back?"
Zhou Gou said with a smile, "It's been five years since I've been back. The production team has changed quite a bit. Take the threshing ground, for example; it's much bigger than the one we built before."
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