Chapter 225 Uncle, are you okay?
Li Caiyun smiled and took over the conversation: "Sister-in-law, Brother Cao dares to scold you?"
Zhao Chunhua opened the lunch box and said with a smile: "He scolded me a lot, but you just don't know it."
Li Caiyun didn't believe this. Everyone knew how tough Zhao Chunhua was.
If Cao Biao made her angry, she would really beat her man to death.
Only a woman like Zhao Chunhua could calm Cao Biao. If it were the wrong woman, she would probably be bullied to death by Cao Biao.
Zhou Yong smiled as he listened to their conversation. Zhao Chunhua placed the food on the bedside table one by one.
"Hurry up and eat!"
Zhao Chunhua made braised pork ribs and stewed tofu with soybean sauce for the couple.
"Sister-in-law, how much is a pound of spare ribs in the county?"
"One dollar and three cents. How much is a pound of commune ribs?"
Li Caiyun picked up the chopsticks and handed them to Zhou Yong: "One piece of spare ribs."
Zhao Chunhua sighed: "The commune is not far from the county town, and the price of a pound of spareribs is 20 cents different..."
Two cents could buy ten boxes of matches, enough for a family to use for cooking for half a year.
Li Caiyun took over the conversation: "Sister-in-law, have you noticed that prices have risen sharply this year..."
Last year a candle cost three cents, this year it cost four cents...
Zhao Chunhua had discovered this a long time ago, so she told Cao Biao that living expenses in the county town were too high.
After listening to Li Caiyun's words, she realized that it was not only the county town that had prices rising, prices in the commune had also risen, but not as much as in the county town.
Zhou Yong ate quietly and listened to the two of them chatting. He thought to himself: Prices are just starting to rise. In a few years, prices will be higher every year.
When we entered the 1990s, prices started to rise...
Li Caiyun and Zhao Chunhua chatted about prices, and then they talked about what happened in the village.
When women get together, they always talk about gossip. However, because Li Caiyun was at work, Zhao Chunhua didn't get any gossip from her.
After the couple finished their meal, Zhao Chunhua sat for a while and then went back with the lunch box.
Zhou Yong took a nap in the afternoon, and Li Caiyun also dozed off for a while. At around three o'clock, Liu Dazhuang and Xing Laoqi came.
Although they work in the local police station, their work is not idle at all.
Zhou Yong could tell from their expressions that Liu Dazhuang and Xing Laoqi both looked tired.
"How long has it been since you two had a good night's sleep?"
Xing Laoqi took over the conversation: "Don't mention it, I haven't had a good sleep for half a month..."
Due to the rise in prices this year, the black markets in the county are overcrowded, resulting in particularly poor public security and frequent fights.
Zhou Yong frowned slightly: "Aren't you very busy?"
Xing Laoqi nodded: "Let's talk about this morning. We caught a few people fighting in the black market. We were so busy that we didn't have time to eat until the afternoon..."
Zhou Yong and Xing Laoqi were chatting, and Liu Dazhuang fell asleep while sitting.
Seeing this, Zhou Yong woke up Liu Dazhuang and asked him to sleep on another bed.
Liu Dazhuang was really sleepy and he started snoring loudly soon after lying down.
Li Caiyun looked at the time, said hello to Zhou Yong, and got up to go to the grocery store.
She bought two kilograms of apples, and also some bananas, mahua fruit and other foods.
When Li Caiyun came back with her things, Liu Dazhuang and Xing Laoqi had already left.
"Comrade, please make way."
Li Caiyun stood aside as a patient was sent to Zhou Yong's ward by doctors and nurses.
After settling the patient, the doctors and nurses left together. Li Caiyun looked at them and sat down on the stool in front of Zhou Yong's bed.
The new patient was over 50 years old, with gauze wrapped around his head and half of his face bruised.
"How did he do this?"
Zhou Yong shook his head, he didn't understand what he meant.
Soon several doctors and nurses returned to the ward to put a plaster on the patient's leg.
After arguing for more than an hour, the doctors and nurses finally left. Li Caiyun glanced at the man's hanging leg and said, "His leg is the same as yours, probably broken too..."
Zhou Yong nodded, Li Caiyun sat down, and then two men and three women came into the ward.
The five people started making a lot of noise as soon as they came in. They first checked on the patient's condition, and then started arguing in the ward.
Li Caiyun frowned slightly, unable to bear it any longer, and said, "This is a ward, please keep your voice down."
The five people looked at Li Caiyun and lowered their voices, but they were still arguing.
"You stupid girl, from the moment you were born, I knew you were a jinx. As expected, you teamed up with outsiders to bully your own family. Are you planning to rebel..."
Faced with the accusations and curses from the older woman, the woman in her early twenties opposite showed no sadness or joy on her face.
One man may not be able to listen any more: "Mom, please let Yulian explain."
The woman in her early fifties glared and said sarcastically, "What's there to explain? Obviously this girl is a traitor, otherwise how could Honglian suffer such an injustice?"
Zhou Yong frowned. Although he didn't know what had happened to the family, he felt that the man was a mama's boy.
At this time, the woman in her early twenties cried bitterly: "I don't want to live anymore..."
The quarrel continued, leaving Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun confused.
Another woman in her early twenties watched coldly. Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun saw everything.
After a while, the person on the hospital bed slowly opened his eyes, tears streaming down his face, shouting about the misfortune in his family.
The woman in her fifties raised the corner of her mouth, reached into her pocket and took out the letter.
"Old man, look at what this is?"
The patient who had just woken up was struck by lightning when he read the contents of the letter. The old man sat up trembling in disbelief. Before he could read the contents of the letter, the person who handed him the letter tore it to pieces without any explanation.
As things have developed to this point, anyone with a bit of common sense and a bit of compassion should realize that things have become a bit complicated.
Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun looked at each other. Since they didn't know each other, the couple could only wait and see what would happen.
Soon, the hospitalized elderly man started arguing with the woman who came to see the doctor. Gradually, Li Caiyun and Zhou Yong realized what had happened.
Two men and three women were driven away by the hospitalized elderly person, and Li Caiyun and Zhou Yong looked at each other again.
"Uncle, are you okay?"
Half of the old man's face was bruised and his nose was full of tears from crying.
Li Caiyun is a kind-hearted person. She can't stand this kind of injustice, so she couldn't help but ask.
The old woman cried uncontrollably, which made Zhou Yong frown slightly.
"What sin have I committed? Why do I have to have these children?"
After listening to the old man's statement, Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun learned that among the two men and three women who had just visited the old man, one was his wife, two of the remaining four were his biological children, and the remaining two were his stepchildren.
"Uncle, don't cry. If you have something to say, speak slowly."
The hospitalized elderly man looked at Li Caiyun who was trying to persuade him, burst into tears, and started talking, telling about his sufferings.
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