At night, the Xu family became chaotic.
As soon as Old Mrs. Xu took off her clothes and lay down, she heard a scream coming from her yard, followed by the wailing of children.
It sounds like it's coming from the third brother's room.
"Li Yuan, Li Yuan, what happened to you?" Liang Lanlan hugged her husband who had fallen to the ground and cried loudly. The two children also surrounded her and hugged her thighs and cried.
Liang Nengneng looked at Li Yuan, whose eyes were closed, lips were purple, face was bloody, and two front teeth were missing, and asked Liang Lanlan cautiously, "Aunt, is my uncle-in-law dead?"
Liang Lanlan was already frightened, and after hearing what Liang Nengneng said, she panicked and cried even harder: "Nengneng, hurry up, go to the yard and call for help!"
"I'm going to jump right now!" Liang Nengneng jumped off the kang, opened the door and rushed into the yard without even putting on his shoes, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Help, help! My uncle-in-law fell to his death!"
Old Mrs. Xu didn't even put on her pants, she ran out in a hurry with her hands full. When she heard Liang Nengneng yelling, she rushed over and slapped him in the face: "What are you yelling about, you naughty kid? What are you talking about? Life or death!"
Liang Nengneng felt very aggrieved. His own aunt didn't even hit him, but this old lady hit him first.
He pouted and cried, "He's dead. He's in the room. You can see for yourself!"
Old Mrs. Xu rushed into the house in a hurry. When she saw the situation in front of her, she gasped in shock: "How could it become like this?"
"Mom, I don't know either! I was talking to him happily, but there was no response from him for a long time. Finally, when I turned around, I saw him frozen in a daze, as if motionless. I touched him with my hand, and he fell down. It's been like this since then..." Liang Lanlan cried to Grandma Xu.
"Stop crying, it's useless! Hurry up and pack your things, we have to rush to take him to the hospital!" After all, Old Mrs. Xu had experienced a lot of life, and she was much better than Liang Lanlan when faced with this situation.
"Mom, what about you?"
"Me? I'll call other brothers to help you!"
When Old Mrs. Xu came out of the third brother's room, the rest of the brothers had all arrived.
"Mom, what happened to the third brother?" The eldest brother Li Gang and the third brother's house were separated by a wall, so they could hear clearly any movement on the other side.
"I don't know what's going on, but he's unconscious now. Come on, brothers, help take him to the hospital!"
"Then my team will look for ox carts." Li Yao said.
He was more familiar with Old Yang in the cowshed, and also with Qin Niu, the driver of the team. They had a lot of interactions on weekdays. As long as he said a word, the ox cart could be harnessed and brought out in less than ten minutes.
"Then let's help carry the person out!" Li Gang called the other two brothers and rushed into the third brother's room.
Li Yao acted quickly. He asked Qin Niu to drive a car over.
Liang Lanlan had already packed her luggage. Li Gang looked up and saw Li Xu and Li Chuan each lifting one leg to carry the third brother, Li Yuan, out.
"One car can't hold so many people. You can only get on three at most!" Qin Niu said.
Liang Lanlan had to go, and there was still one person left to go with her. Li Gang volunteered: "I'll go with my sister-in-law. You all should go back to bed in the middle of the night."
Unexpectedly, Liang Lanlan was still unwilling to let Li Gang go. She pointed directly at Li Yao: "Sixth brother, you run around all day and are familiar with the town. Why don't you follow me? Let the eldest brother rest early!"
Li Yao had no intention of saying no, but since she had said this, he could only agree: "Then I'll go back and tell Ning Jia."
"Sixth Brother, don't worry. Let Lao Liu talk to Ning Jia. The situation is urgent. I believe my sister-in-law can understand us!" Liang Lanlan seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and did not dare to let Lao Liu leave for a moment.
Human life is at stake and the matter cannot be delayed.
"Okay, I'll trouble you, brother."
The ox cart left the Li family and headed for the town. The people in the yard dispersed one after another, leaving the three children in the third child's room still crying there.
Old Mrs. Xu had no choice but to stay and sleep alone with her three children.
Thinking of what Liang Nengneng had said in the yard just now, Old Lady Xu was so angry that she grabbed his ear and twisted it: "Children have poison in their mouths. Think carefully before you speak next time. If you say nonsense again, I will punish you!"
Liang Nengneng was slapped in the face and then had his ears twisted. He was very angry and said, "You bullied me. I will complain to you when my aunt comes back!"
"I'm afraid you'll complain? You little bastard, you gave my family a few eggs and a few pounds of millet, and you've been eating at my house for almost half a year! I'll have someone send you back tomorrow, so you don't have to be an eyesore here!"
Old Mrs. Xu kept her word and asked Yue Gang to send Liang Lanlan back to her brother's home early the next morning.
When the brother and sister-in-law saw the child coming back, they wanted to complain to Liang Lanlan.
After some inquiries, I found out that Li Yuan died last night and was sent to the hospital. It is still unknown whether he is dead or alive.
So, my brother and sister-in-law shut up and stopped complaining.
Liang Lanlan's parents' home is in the town. After arriving in the town, Yue Gang decided to go to the town health center to check on Li Yuan's condition.
However, he searched every ward in the hospital but couldn't find anyone.
Finally, I asked at the nurses' station and found out that the patient who was admitted yesterday had been transferred directly to the county hospital.
"So serious?" Li Gang was also surprised. "What disease does he have?"
"We don't know about this either. If you want to find out, go to the county hospital and ask for information."
When Yue Gang brought back the news, Old Lady Xu was stunned for several seconds before she came to her senses: "Dong County Hospital?"
"Yes! We don't know the specific situation! Mom, if you are really worried about your third brother's condition, why don't you let the seventh brother and his wife take you to the county hospital to inquire about it?" Li Gang said.
Old Mrs. Xu raised her hand to wipe away her tears and nodded slowly: "Okay, then I understand. I'll go find Xiaochuan right away."
Li Chuan and Lin Xiaoxi were eating melon seeds and chatting in the house. There was nothing to do in winter and it was freezing cold outside, so they just stayed on the kang and didn't go out.
Lin Xiaoxi's parents gave her a lot of food when she got married. If she doesn't eat now, when will she eat?
The young couple was having fun when Old Mrs. Xu opened the door and came in.
Li Chuan saw that Old Lady Xu had tears in her eyes, so he asked her about the situation: "Mom, what's wrong with you? Did my first and sixth sisters-in-law bully you again?"
"No." Old Mrs. Xu shook her head and denied, "Chuan, your third brother's condition is quite serious. Your eldest brother was not seen at the town health center today. I heard that the town couldn't treat him, so he was sent directly to the county hospital!"
"Then don't worry, there's no point in worrying. The person is in the hospital, what are you afraid of?" Lin Xiaoxi grabbed a handful of melon seeds and stuffed them into the old lady's hand, "Mom, you can eat the melon seeds in peace. My third brother is lucky and will not die. You can rest assured."
That being said, how could Old Lady Xu dare to keep it in mind?
The fortune teller told her that she would have another disaster when she got old, and she was worried that this third child would be the disaster in her life.
If the third child died at a young age, what would happen to her two children? Who will raise it?
She is old now, would she be the one sending off her loved one?
"Xiaochuan Xiaoxi, your third brother and mom can't eat. How about this, you two take mom to the county town? I want to go to the county hospital to see your third brother!" Old Mrs. Xu said.
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