Chapter 53: An old acquaintance from the previous life
Gu Zhifeng and Gu Yuehuai had just returned to the door of the operating room when Wang Peisheng also hurried over.
Wang Peisheng took out a stack of money wrapped in newspaper from his pocket, handed it to Gu Yuehuai and said, "Little Gu, here, take this money, thirty-five yuan. I can't take out more, so take it for emergency."
Gu Yuehuai looked at the sweat on Wang Peisheng's forehead and his breathless state, and was quite moved.
There are still more good people in this world, like He Lanzhang and Wang Peisheng. They are willing to give her a hand at times like this. She will remember this kindness and do her best to repay it!
Gu Yuehuai did not take the money. He half-bent over and said, "Thank you, uncle. But I don't need the money anymore. I've already borrowed it. Thank you for making this trip."
Hearing this, Wang Peisheng waved his hand and said, "Why are you being so polite? It's not hard. We are all from the same team. How can I watch your family suffer?"
After that, he said to Gu Zhifeng: "It's okay, it's okay, just take care of it and it will be fine!"
Gu Zhifeng nodded and responded with a "Hey!"
After an unknown amount of time, the door of the operating room opened, and a doctor wearing a mask came out, and the nurse pushed Gu Ruihuai out.
"The wound has been sutured. You'll stay here for a few days and get an IV drip to reduce the inflammation." The doctor said this and left.
"Come with me." The nurse glanced at the family members around her and pushed the bed straight to the ward. It was called a ward, but it was actually a hall with small compartments separated by curtains.
There were quite a lot of people crowded in the hall, all of them were patients' families.
Perhaps the anesthetic effect from the operation had not yet worn off, so Gu Ruihuai was still asleep.
It's getting dark outside.
Gu Yuehuai said: "Dad, big brother, you and Director Wang go back first. Third brother and I will stay here to take care of second brother at night."
Hearing this, Gu Zhifeng frowned and was about to refuse when she heard Gu Tinghuai say, "Nannan, you and Dad go back. The third child and I will stay here. I will go back to work tomorrow morning."
Gu Yuehuai paused and said, "Then let Dad and Third Brother go back. Third Brother, come back tomorrow morning and bring Big Brother back."
Gu Xihuai was silent for a while and nodded.
I used to think that I was the smartest one in the family, but when something big happened, I suddenly felt that I couldn't make any decisions and could only be the one being dominated, and at that, I was dominated by my most ignorant sister.
This feeling... is indescribably complicated.
Gu Zhifeng was old and in poor health, so he was not suitable to stay by the bedside. He knew it too. In the end, he could only sulk and go back to the Dalaozi Production Brigade with Gu Xihuai in a ox cart.
When people leave, the cubicle doesn't seem small anymore.
Gu Yuehuai said: "Brother, are you hungry? Can I go buy something to eat?"
Gu Tinghuai smiled bitterly: "We don't even have food coupons, how can we buy food? It's okay, I'm not hungry, but you..."
Gu Yuehuai was speechless. She had money on her, but she really had no food coupons.
In those days, you couldn’t buy food without food coupons, and you needed food coupons to eat in the cafeteria at the health center.
Suddenly, as if he thought of something, Gu Yuehuai pulled open the curtain and walked out. He looked around, found a family member of a patient, and exchanged sixty cents for a few taels of food coupons.
She said hello to Gu Tinghuai, turned and left the ward, preparing to go to the cafeteria to get some food.
Before leaving, she waited at the place where she had just borrowed money from He Lanzhang. The situation was urgent just now and she didn't express her gratitude properly. Now that the operation was over, she had time to thank him properly. It would be best if she could write an IOU.
Gu Yuehuai was thinking so, and when he turned around, he saw a group of young people walking down the stairs from the upper floor.
He Lanzhang was among them. He had a youthful temperament and handsome appearance, and he did not stand out among the crowd of outstanding young people. However, Gu Yuehuai did not look at him, but looked at the young man next to him.
The young man had a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looked honest and upright when he held his head high.
Honest and honest?
Gu Yuehuai wanted to laugh. After what she had experienced in her previous life, no one knew better than her how hateful and despicable this man was.
Cui and Jie.
"Comrade Gu!" He Lanzhang quickly saw Gu Yuehuai. He pushed away Cui Hejie's arm around his shoulders, walked downstairs quickly and stood in front of Gu Yuehuai: "How is your brother? Is he okay?"
Gu Yuehuai was cheered up and had no time to think about it.
She smiled at He Lanzhang and said, "Thank you, Comrade He. My brother's operation was very successful. He just needs to rest well afterwards. What about you? What brings you to the clinic?"
He Lanzhang felt a little warm in his heart when he saw Gu Yuehuai's concerned eyes.
He waved his hand and was about to speak when a nonchalant voice came from behind him: "Hey, Lao He, who is this? Why haven't I seen him before? Why don't you introduce him to us?"
"That's right, Old He, you are so dishonest. You are hiding things."
"Hahaha, is Lao He blushing?"
He Lanzhang looked a little uncomfortable, and turned to drive away his friends who were making a fuss: "Go away, go to the side, wait for me outside."
Cui Hejie glanced at him, then looked at Gu Yuehuai who was waiting on the side, his eyes flickering slightly, and it was unknown what he was thinking.
He stopped everyone and said, "Okay, stop watching the fun and go."
As soon as this person left, He Lanzhang relaxed.
He turned back to look at Gu Yuehuai, but saw that her face was calm and she didn't blush at all because of her friends' teasing. While he breathed a sigh of relief, he also felt a sense of inexplicable loss in his heart, and he didn't know why.
Thinking of the topic just now, He Lanzhang said: "A friend of mine sprained his waist and came to the hospital for a check-up. I came to pick him up."
Gu Yuehuai nodded, thought for a moment, and asked, "Comrade He, do you have a pen with you?"
"Pen? Yes...yes." He Lanzhang nodded, took out a pen from his shirt pocket and handed it to Gu Yuehuai.
Gu Yuehuai took it, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, put it on his hand, and wrote a few words with a fountain pen. Then he returned the handkerchief and pen to He Lanzhang: "IOU, I will pay you back as soon as possible."
"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. Comrade He, please go back soon, and don't make your friends wait anxiously."
After saying that, Gu Yuehuai turned around and left in a hurry.
He Lanzhang reached out to stop her, but Gu Yuehuai walked too fast and disappeared after turning a corner.
He opened the handkerchief and was a little surprised when he saw the smooth and vigorous handwriting on it.
Such beautiful handwriting is enough to prove that she is not an illiterate person who has never been to school. Her handwriting is elegant, like pine trees, vigorous and powerful. If someone who doesn't know her sees it, they might think that the handwriting is from a man.
There are only two sentences above:
IOU: I have borrowed RMB 1,356 from Comrade He Lanzhang. I will return the principal and interest in ten days.
Borrower: Gu Yuehuai
Date: 1972.10.23
He Lanzhang looked at the IOU carefully, his brows knitted, and after a while, he put the handkerchief into his pocket with a wry smile.
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