No matter how much they wailed and talked, Xia Wan got back into the car and didn't give them another glance!
Seeing her bloodshot eyes, both the beaten and the onlookers froze in place.
"Captain, this is a matter of life and death, let's go!" Xia Wan ignored everyone else and cut off what the captain was about to say, explaining, "These bastards will be fine! It won't delay our work!"
Seeing her assurance, Wu Guohua breathed a sigh of relief. As long as those educated youths didn't cause trouble for their brigade or get into any trouble for him, he was fine: "Don't just stand there, go back to work!"
The journey was bumpy, and with the noise from the tractor and the surrounding sandstorm, no one spoke a word the whole way!
When they arrived at the county hospital, Xia Wan's legs were numb. She didn't care about herself at all. She just jumped around a couple of times. After the numbness in her legs subsided, she picked up Xia Jianguo.
"Are you sure you can manage? Should Dazhuang and I carry you?" The captain raised his arm to protect her, afraid that she might accidentally drop her.
Although Xia Wan can carry more than 100 jin of wheat seeds, she is a human being. Can Xia Wan's two thin arms support it?
"Uncle, please help my dad... My dad is supporting me and nodding, it's easier for me to walk if I carry him myself!"
Xia Wan shook her head, dodging the outstretched hands of the brigade leader and Da Zhuang, indicating that she could.
The group hurriedly led the people into the hospital. Da Zhuang ran faster than them and had already gone to call the doctor!
As soon as the doctor stepped out of his office, he saw a thin young girl carrying a big man running over. He didn't even have time to be surprised and pointed to the bunk bed next to him.
"Quick...put the patient here first!"
After a series of examinations, Xia Jianguo was immediately taken back to his ward!
"The family went to pay the bill. The head injury wasn't too serious, but the patient was severely depleted and malnourished!"
The old doctor sighed, his eyes full of disapproval as he looked at Xia Wan and the captain. How could they have taken such good care of her!
Xia Wan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. It was good that he was alright; his body could recover slowly. "Thank you, doctor. Could you please prescribe some tonics for me? The best ones!"
"Now you're worried? Why didn't you take good care of her before! You guys..." The doctor frowned and glared at Xia Wan, disapproving of her hindsight, and gave her a lecture.
Xia Wan just twitched her lips and didn't say anything. It was Wu Guohua who couldn't stand it anymore and explained a few words on her behalf that finally made the doctor shut up!
The doctor hung up the IV drip and left, and the ward finally quieted down.
"Thank you so much, Captain Uncle and Brother Dazhuang. If it weren't for your help, my dad might have..." Xia Wan's anger continued to rise. If Old Xia wasn't still lying in bed and hadn't woken up, she really wanted to go and kill those bastards in the Xia family right now!
"Sigh... Girl, don't be so polite with your uncle. As long as your father is alright, that's all that matters!" The captain sighed. To be honest, he was worried that Xia Wanzhen might harden her heart and not come to see her father at all!
When the village children called him over, he saw that Xia Jianguo's head was bleeding profusely and he was unconscious. In a panic, he asked the village doctor to treat him and then brought him to the county hospital!
Thankfully, no one was hurt. All that trouble was worth it!
“Yes, yes, let’s not talk about that, sister. Uncle Jianguo has helped us a lot in the past, so it’s only right that we help him now that he’s in trouble!” Dazhuang waved his hand, his face full of sincerity.
Xia Wan nodded without saying anything. No matter what, she was grateful for the help from the villagers! At least it was much better than those people from the Xia family who didn't even show their faces!
"The Xia family...why didn't we see anyone following them?"
Even if no one else comes, shouldn't her biological mother come along?
The captain looked at Xia Wan, his eyes filled with helplessness.
He sighed heavily and said, "Your grandma said we couldn't delay earning work points, so she wouldn't let us send her to the hospital, saying she'd be fine after a few days at home! Your mother didn't dare to contradict her at all, and was dragged to the fields by your grandma and aunt!"
"Sigh...it's just bad luck that something happened to your aunt's family, and your uncle went back to her parents' house with her. Otherwise, he wouldn't have come alone!"
Actually, what Zhao Chunhua said was even harsher; he couldn't bear to say those words out loud!
Xia Jianguo used to be very good to his wife and family. Who would have thought that he would be treated like this after his leg got sick!
Xia Wan lowered her eyes, making it impossible to see her expression. Her face was indifferent, and she did not show any particular sadness.
She was just asking casually. No matter who she heard it from, she had never heard anyone say anything good about the Xia family. However, the brigade leader had just said that her uncle would help if he were home, which made her remain skeptical.
She felt that if anyone had lent a helping hand, Lao Xia wouldn't have ended up like this!
Regardless of what happens to the Xia family, we'll deal with them later. Right now, the most urgent thing is to take care of Old Xia, who's lying in his hospital bed!
"Uncle, I want to go out and buy some daily necessities. Could you please keep an eye on things here for me?" I'll be staying in the hospital for a few days anyway, so I should make some preparations.
"Okay, you go ahead, we'll keep watch here! We'll leave when you come back!" Wu Guohua nodded. As the brigade leader, the village couldn't do without him during the busy farming season, so he definitely couldn't stay here for long and had to go back today!
Xia Wan left the ward upon hearing the message. Luckily, she had put all her money in her spatial storage; otherwise, she wouldn't have had any money to buy anything after rushing over from the fields!
To avoid wasting time, we went directly to the supply and marketing cooperative. They came without bringing anything, but there were still quite a few things they needed to buy.
She bought everything, including aluminum lunch boxes, chopsticks, water cups, towels, etc., and also bought half a pound of White Rabbit milk candy. It wasn't that she was stingy; it was just that she only had half a pound of candy coupons.
The milk candy at this time is particularly pure, and it's also a good source of nutrition.
On her way back, she also went to the state-run restaurant, thinking that since the brigade leader and his companion had come to help, she couldn't let them leave on an empty stomach!
Xia Wan glanced at the menu on the blackboard before saying to the waiter who was busy knitting, "Comrade, I'd like six meat buns to go, and a bowl of shredded pork noodles, to eat here!"
The waiter looked up and glared at Xia Wan, who had interrupted his handiwork: "Forty-two cents, four ounces of grain coupons!"
"Okay, sure!" Xia Wan took out some money from her pocket and handed it over.
The waiter glanced at it and tossed it into a drawer behind the counter: "Sit down and wait a bit!"
Xia Wan didn't care about her attitude. She found a corner to sit down. It wasn't lunchtime yet, and there weren't many people in the state-run restaurant.
She was preoccupied and didn't notice that her every move had been observed by two lewd men sitting in the corner!
Fortunately, her noodles arrived quickly. To be honest, this state-run restaurant was very generous with its portions. Xia Wan considered herself to have a large appetite, but she still couldn't finish the noodles in the huge bowl.
However, there was only one bottom left, and we really couldn't finish it, so it wasn't a waste!
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