When Liu Mingxin and Feng Mingran entered Wu Qiaoqiao's ward, they saw her third sister-in-law Ma Ximei and Lin Yuwei chatting and laughing with Wu Qiaoqiao and Zhao Xiuxiang. Upon seeing them, the two women greeted them.
"Third sister-in-law, Lin Zhiqing"
"Third cousin's wife, Lin, an educated youth"
At this moment, the other people in the ward also saw the two and hurriedly inquired about their situation at the police station. They learned that Liu Mingxin had not only retrieved all the items but had even managed to get the hospital fees for Wu Qiaoqiao. However, since she hadn't been discharged yet and they didn't know how much it would cost, they simply took 50 yuan from the money they had given Cai Shufen and left it at the police station. If Wu Qiaoqiao was discharged and there was any money left over after paying the hospital fees, they would return it to Cai Shufen. If it wasn't enough, they didn't plan to ask for more and didn't want to get entangled with them any further.
Wu Qiaoqiao also said to Liu Mingxin and Feng Mingran at this time
"Wait a minute, you two will go back with Aunt Wu and Weiwei. You've worked hard these past few days. I'm awake now, so just leave one person to take care of me."
Liu Mingxin and Feng Mingran were both a little worried after hearing this. Feng Mingran said that he would stay here to help his third cousin's wife take care of his second cousin's wife, so that his cousin could go back and rest. They were indeed very tired these days, but Wu Qiaoqiao did not agree, so they all went back together on the tractor driven by Liu Mancang. They first went to the town to drop off Liu Mingxing, and then went straight back to Liujia Village.
However, after Zhao Xiuxiang returned home, she didn't rest but instead worked with her two sisters-in-law to help Wu Qiaoqiao and her family tidy up. After all, they knew that Liu Mingfeng would probably be back in a couple of days, and it wouldn't be good if the house was still in such a mess, with the Cai family dressed like this.
The Liu family's sisters-in-law and daughters-in-law were doing chores at Liu Mingfeng's house. Fortunately, when Liu Mingfeng's house was built, a well was built in the yard. Except for some large items that needed to be washed in the river, they used the well water in the yard to clean the house and the stove, which made things much easier for them.
After everyone left, Wu Qiaoqiao saw her third sister-in-law take out the shoe soles from the backpack and sit beside her bed to mend them. Wu Qiaoqiao looked at her third sister-in-law and found that the wives married by the Liu family were all very good, of course, except Cai Shufen, but Cai Shufen was not the one the Liu family wanted to marry.
The ranking of the Liu family's cousins is as follows: Liu Ercheng's two sons are the eldest, Lin Sanqian's son is the third, and Liu Mingshan and Liu Mingfeng are the two youngest brothers because their parents married relatively late.
After stitching shoe soles for a while, Ma Ximei felt something was wrong. Looking up, she saw her youngest sister-in-law staring at her. Ma Ximei felt a little embarrassed. These past few days, while taking care of Wu Qiaoqiao in the hospital, they had gotten into the habit of sitting by the bedside doing whatever was convenient. After her fifth aunt left, she followed her usual habit and forgot that her sister-in-law had already woken up.
When Ma Ximei walked forward, she found that her sister-in-law was not staring at her, but was just in a daze. She didn't even come to her senses when she walked in front of her. Ma Ximei waved her hand in front of Wu Qiaoqiao.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong? What are you thinking about? Are you tired? Do you want to lie down and rest for a while?"
When Wu Qiaoqiao was in a daze, she felt a black shadow swaying in front of her eyes. She was about to take action reflexively, but suddenly she remembered that she was no longer in the end of the world. She immediately suppressed her restless hand and looked up to see Ma Ximei looking at her with concern.
"Third sister-in-law, I'm fine, I was just spacing out. Help me lie down, I'll take a nap."
So Ma Ximei carefully helped Wu Qiaoqiao lie down. After Wu Qiaoqiao lay down, Ma Ximei returned to her original position and continued to sew the soles of shoes.
On this side, on a sleeper train heading to Liaoning Province, a handsome and strong man with gauze wrapped around his head and plaster on his hands and feet was leaning against the window. He took an enamel pot from the table, took a sip of the water in it, and put the enamel pot down. After putting the enamel pot down, it was obvious that a layer of skin could be seen on his lips. It was obvious that he did not drink enough water. When the enamel pot was put on the table, the door of this sleeper car was opened, and a young man with a baby face came in. After this man came in, he shouted to the man sitting on the bed.
"Brother, let's eat. I made a portion of braised pork today. Would you like some?"
It turned out that the two people were Liu Mingfeng who was going home and Liu Xiaobao who came to take care of him. After Liu Xiaobao said this, he also saw Liu Mingfeng's hand on the enamel pot.
"Brother, if you're thirsty, drink some water. If you need to go to the bathroom, I can help you go."
These past few days on the train, Liu Xiaobao watched as Liu Mingfeng avoided drinking water to avoid going to the toilet, no matter how much he tried to persuade him. Liu Mingfeng just shook his head when Liu Xiaobao said this, indicating that he wasn't thirsty. It wasn't that Liu Mingfeng disliked the smell in the toilet; after all, even the strongest smell was better than the rotten, suffocating smell of the apocalypse. He just didn't want to be squeezed around on the crowded train.
Liu Mingfeng looked at the two meals on the table and noticed that his meal had braised pork, while Xiao Bao's meal was all vegetables. So he put the two meals together, poured half of the braised pork from his meal into Xiao Bao's meal, and then took some vegetables from Xiao Bao's meal into his own meal. He then picked them up and started eating.
Liu Xiaobao was about to stop Liu Mingfeng when he was putting some braised pork into his lunch box, but Liu Mingfeng gave him a sidelong glance and he kept silent. Now that the two boxes of lunch had been divided, he picked them up and started eating with big mouthfuls, while eating, he sighed in his heart that the braised pork was so delicious!
The two of them finished their meal quickly. After that, Liu Xiaobao tidied up the table a little and sat on the bed opposite Liu Mingfeng.
"Brother, we're getting off the train tomorrow. What kind of transportation do we need to transfer to after we get off?"
"No need to transfer. Before we came back, I asked the regimental commander to call the local police station directly from his office. The police station chief, Zhang Jianjun, was my brother's and my old squad leader. I asked him to drive us to the county, then pick up my wife and sister-in-law from the county hospital, and then we could take the village tractor back."
"Really? That's great! Not having to change trains so frequently will be good for your injury. I was actually a little worried that if I had to take a bus back home, I might accidentally touch your wound."
The two chatted for a few minutes and then stopped talking, preparing to spend their last night on the train.
Unbeknownst to them, there was another person on the train traveling from Taipei to Liaoning Province heading in their direction.
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