Chapter 385 He Mei Gives Birth
"They have seen less darkness, and they will understand after they leave." Zhuang Mingxu is knowledgeable and does not care about such trivial matters at all. "Don't waste time with them. Considering the crude oil and several square kilometers of islands on the oil island, giving each of them some food is the most you can do."
Having said that, he called out to Wu Yue outside.
"What's wrong?" Wu Yue was slurping on the freshly-baked crayfish with a half-can of beer in one hand, "Would you like some? It's great that our uncle is here. I didn't know the captain had this treasure."
"No, I want to ask you, how is the recovery of the machinery on the oil island going?"
"Ninety percent," Wu Yue laughed when he talked about this, "Han Jing told me that the group of people planned to attack them that night, and Han Jing and Lin Mo led people to execute the six leaders on the spot. The rest were afraid of death, so they repaired the machinery day and night."
"After the machine mechanic we went to inspect it, he said that it would be ready for use after some delicate repairs. He asked me what would be the power source for the machine?"
Zhuang Mingxu slapped his head and said, "Electricity again! Is there no equipment that does not require electricity?" The petroleum and diesel they accumulated in a year is simply a drop in the bucket compared to the consumption of a base. If they continue like this, they may not be able to afford daily electricity before long.
Wu Yue spread his hands, indicating that he could not help.
"Now that the repairs are almost done, ask them to count the number of people willing to leave, and say that there is a team going to the Kyoto base, and then send them back with Lin Mo. Otherwise, if they stay there unsafely, it will also leave hidden dangers for our members."
"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible."
The two of them were talking, not paying attention to the people outside. Lu Xiao listened carefully and asked, "Are you taking people back to the Kyoto base?"
"Yes, there was a small island where crude oil was discovered. There are some people living there, about three hundred people. Some of them want to go to the Kyoto base, so I thought of letting you take them back with you as compensation for occupying that place." Wu Yue closed the door for Zhuang Mingxu and explained to Lu Xiao.
"Okay, it's on the way. But we're not responsible for the food on the way. Also, as for the supplies entering the Kyoto base, just bring everyone safely to the gate of the base." One hundred people is not a small expense, and Lu Xiao was not generous enough to make up for it himself.
"Oh, yes. There is also a base fee. We don't charge it ourselves. I forgot about it."
"Stop talking nonsense. Do you think I haven't seen the contract of your base? They haven't collected the money yet, so it's obvious that they are writing an IOU, okay? Even the houses they live in are not owned by anyone, they are all rented. This means that no matter how long they live here, they are just tenants. You are so selfless..." Lu Xiao despised them.
Wu Yue shrugged his shoulders and pointed to the bedroom. "This is what your nephew wanted. He said this is his private island. Why don't you go and give him some advice? I also want to buy some real estate in advance and rent it out later to make some extra money."
"Me, me too..." Xu Sa immediately raised his hand.
Ning Yuan looked over expectantly and even poked Antonio beside him.
"Huh? Me?" Antonio was very unsociable. "I like villas and I am very happy living on private islands."
After Wu Yue finished complaining about the "traitor", he immediately looked at Lu Xiao again.
Lu Xiao choked, coughed lightly, stood up and walked towards the kitchen, "Brother Xi, is this the taste of spicy crab? I want to eat it as soon as I smell it."
"Yes, this batch of peppers is grown very well, the braised edamame and peanuts are also tasty, and I just brought some good wine."
“This is a must-have side dish.”
While Xi Shi was talking to Lu Xiao, someone brought out a small basin from the kitchen.
"Uncle, remember to drink some ginger tea after eating crabs. You can't eat too many crabs if you have a cold stomach." The study door opened and Zhuang Mingxu asked, stretching his neck and walking out.
"Okay, got it."
He went to the storage cabinet and took out a small bag of ginger tea that had been packed in advance. "I'll have someone load a few compartments out of your truck. When the time comes, I'll use a water-based psychic to condense ice to make a refrigerator and freeze some seafood. It will be enough for you to eat for a while."
"That's great, I can eat meat all winter."
"Why do I feel that Mingxu is full of the aura of a bootlicker?" Ning Yuan looked at Zhuang Mingxu quietly and said in a low voice.
Lu Xiao looked over with a smile.
"He's half your father-in-law, but you'd still be a lackey if it were you," Wu Yue replied, and immediately reminded, "Speak softly, otherwise..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhuang Mingxu, who had heard their conversation, asked in a friendly manner, "Ning Yuan, you have great special abilities, can you help condense the ice layer? Make it thicker."
Ning Yuan felt a cold wind passing over his back. He would have this feeling every time Zhuang Mingxu wanted to plot against someone. He immediately sat up straight and said, "Don't worry, I will complete the task."
For dinner, we set up a table in the yard, with various side dishes placed randomly, and beer and drinks available to everyone.
They had only taken a few bites when Li Zhuang's intercom started to buzz, followed by Dong Hongyuan's voice, "Brother Zhuang, my daughter is about to give birth. Can you call a doctor for me?"
"Now? Are you sure?" Li Zhuang remembered that the hospital check-up showed the baby was only eight months old when they first arrived, so it was impossible for the baby to be born immediately.
"He Mei fell down, Brother Zhuang..." Except for a surgeon on duty, no one else could be found in the hospital. Dong Hongyuan had no choice but to contact Li Zhuang.
"I'll contact someone right away." Li Zhuang stood up and looked at Dean. Dean had already stood up very attentively, but he was still holding a bunch of skewers dripping with sauce in his hand.
"I contacted the person on duty at the police station and asked them to call the gynecologist back as soon as possible. The hospital is well equipped for surgery. Please contact me if necessary." Zhuang Mingxu immediately contacted the person on duty at the police station close to the hospital and asked them to find the doctor's residence and pick him up directly.
"Thanks." Li Zhuang quickly ran towards the electric car parked in the corner of the yard, followed closely by Dean. Walking at the end was Antonio, who took the soaked skewers on their table together and put them in a bowl.
As he jumped into the car, he shouted to his tablemate Gu Qingyue, "Qingyue, eat next to you."
Gu Qingyue pinched a skewer that was still dripping juice, "…"
There was no obstetrics department in the base hospital. After He Mei arrived, Li Zhuang temporarily transferred Zhong Qi's lover Song Qin from the surgery department, intending to take care of her until she was born.
Who knew that she would be born in just a few days.
When Li Zhuang arrived, Song Qin had already arrived and was preparing instruments in the already set up operating room. He Mei was connected to various instruments and her face was covered with a brocade handkerchief with flowers of mutant ivy extracted on it to act as an anesthetic. Clear water marks mixed with traces of blood could be seen on the operating table beneath her.
Seeing Dean coming in, she said to Dong Hongyuan, who was looking at the detector nervously, "The operation is about to start. You go out first. Also bring a set of prepared children's supplies over. By the way, ask if there are any baby incubators at the base to increase the survival rate of premature babies."
"My girl will die?" The dull Dong Hongyuan seemed like a different person, with a fierce look on his face, as if Song Qin was sure that he would attack him immediately.
Li Zhuang patted him on the shoulder and replied to Song Qin, "I understand, I'll go find it now."
"Didn't you prepare swaddling cloth or something like that for the baby? What about the milk powder and bottles?" Li Zhuang asked Dong Hongyuan.
Dong Hongyuan shook his head. How could he possibly know this? "Don't all women have breasts?"
"Tsk." Li Zhuang motioned him to leave first and said to Song Qin, "I'll go get it right away and be back soon. Thank you for saving the child."
Song Qin knew the importance of this child, not only to Dong Hongyuan, but also to their base, and nodded when she heard this.
Dong Hongyuan didn't look much different at this time, but in fact he was at a loss. Li Zhuang asked Antonio, who was eating skewers outside the operating room, to watch him, and he went back to Nakajima.
He asked Lu Weiyi to get a child incubator from the laboratory, and asked Yin Jin to borrow a complete set of baby supplies - no one thought about children's supplies, Qin Nian took advantage of the first child, and Xi Shi found a lot for him from the warehouse.
Back in the operating room, he could hear the crying of a child. Not long after he handed the clothes in, a little red monkey came out.
Dong Hongyuan's hands were as stiff as machines. In the end, Li Zhuang took the child to him. Of course, he would not say that this was his experience gained from secretly holding the child in Qin Nian's arms.
"She...she is so beautiful," Dong Hongyuan smiled innocently.
Antonio came closer to take a look, then looked at Dong Hongyuan with pity, as if to say that this man might have some problems with his eyes.
Li Zhuang saw the changes in Qin Nian in a month, but didn't say anything. With the help of the nurse, he put the child into the preheated incubator and then asked about the premature birth.
"A woman from the island came to see her. I don't know what she said, but she fell down in a trance." Dong Hongyuan saw that He Mei was calm, and then followed the base's fishing boat out to catch seafood. Who knew that something like this would happen.
"It should be that the people from the Kyoto base left these days, and a few women wanted to leave with them," Antonio explained after hearing Bai Miao's complaint.
"You are really something. You knew that the last few months would be dangerous, but you still went out to sea. Didn't I give you the crystal core? The base also compensated you with a lot of food, enough for you to live for a while." Li Zhuang didn't know how to evaluate his behavior.
Dong Hongyuan put his big hand on the incubator, like a helpless gorilla, and said, "I want to save more for the baby."
Li Zhuang didn't say anything else. Within two minutes, Dean completed the task and left the hospital with Antonio while eating skewers.
"I had someone repair her injuries. The team from the Kyoto base should be leaving in the next few days. What do you plan to do?" Li Zhuang and Dong Hongyuan waited for He Mei to come out together.
"Look at herself." Dong Hongyuan's face did not reveal his attitude towards He Mei.
"Life out there... isn't that easy." Especially He Mei, although she feels that her life is not going as she wished, she is obviously well taken care of by Dong Hongyuan. It is easy to guess what the fate of a beautiful woman without ability will be.
"Yeah," Dong Hongyuan responded without saying much.
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