The longer you stay in the hospital, the more serious the condition was. But the situation should be better after two or three months of rest.
Outside, the children, young and old, were talking in low voices. Xu Xiangjuan and Zhou Chengning went into the ward to talk to their aunt.
Seeing that her aunt looked okay, Xu Xiangjuan felt relieved. The bedside table of her aunt's single room was already filled with fruits and eggs, and there were also many things on the floor. She put the things she brought from home on the floor.
Now, my aunt was the only one in the ward, half leaning on the bed.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aunt, why didn't you let Ping'an tell us that you were in the hospital? If Ping'an hadn't come for a long time and the two families hadn't been in touch for a while, we wouldn't have known you were in the hospital when we went to your house."
Zhou Cunxin: "What's there to say? I'm almost well, don't worry... Don't tell your grandfather."
Xu Xiangjuan: "How can I not worry about this? Aunt, do you have enough money? If not, we have more."
She understood her aunt's thoughts. As a child, she didn't want to make her parents worry, but as a parent, how could she not worry about her child?
Although the family doesn't have much money, she can ask Erdie or Guan Qian's family for a loan. They are not narrow-minded, and she is not the kind of person who would borrow money and not pay it back.
I don’t know how much money it will take, but I can always scrape together enough.
Xu Xiangjuan is now glad to have met Guan Qian and Shan Nandie. Working and living in a foreign place, it is fine if nothing goes wrong, and there are people who can lend a helping hand if something does go wrong.
Zhou Cunxin: "Keep your own money for yourselves. I have enough. Your uncle thinks the money is too much. I can be discharged from the hospital, but he still wants to keep me in the hospital to waste money... You don't need the younger generation to give you money. Your uncle has money."
Xu Xiangjuan listened to her aunt's words, and felt relieved when she saw that her aunt's expression did not seem fake.
"The plaster has just been removed and he still has to use crutches. Why should he be discharged from the hospital?" Song Weili had just gone out to buy lunch and saw his son talking to two children at the door. He probably knew that they were his wife's nephew's children. Ping An often went to see the two children before, and would also mention how cute and smart the two children were at home.
Both he and his wife are busy. His wife is not from Huadu. Before his nephew and niece-in-law came, there was no relative around. Although he is from Huadu, his parents and children are not in Huadu. They have settled outside. He is an old man. His mother died when he was a teenager, and his father died when Ping'an was in the first grade.
When my parents were still alive, my brothers and sisters would come back once every few years. Now that my parents are gone, my brothers and sisters rarely come back. Ping An has no relatives, and no one of his age is around him except his classmates. He has been well-behaved since he was a child, and it is hard to tell what his preferences are.
He felt that this was not a good idea, as Ping An needed to get along with people of the same age so that he wouldn't be too lonely.
But when I think about it, the couple are busy and the child has no parental companionship. They owe the child a lot and further educating him is really too much, so I simply don't mention it.
When Ping An talked about the two children, he realized that his son liked to get along with children.
The two little kids here are my nephew and his wife who came to visit the patient.
After saying hello to the two children, Song Weili went in and heard his wife say this.
My uncle is tall and middle-aged, with thick hair, handsome looks, and no big belly. He looks reliable.
Maybe it's because he's been taking care of his aunt recently, his face is filled with sadness and newly-born unhappiness.
The displeasure on his face was not meant to be a rude expression. He simply couldn't bear to hear that his aunt didn't take her fracture seriously.
When my uncle came back, my aunt became like a mute and didn't say a word.
Of course Xu Xiangjuan could understand that if Aning did such a job and was seriously injured at work and didn't take it seriously, she would be angry.
If the patient insists on working, he should feel guilty. My aunt feels guilty, and she is obviously afraid that my uncle will be angry and stop her from working.
Zhou Chengning said, "Yes, auntie, I heard that after removing the plaster, you need to walk for exercise. You don't need to walk too much, just get used to walking slowly."
Song Weili seemed to have found an outlet to vent his feelings. He complained to his nephew and his wife, "Your aunt is really worrying me to death. She was walking desperately before the plaster was removed. She wanted to be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible. The doctor said that she couldn't walk so much, but she refused to listen. She had to make me angry before she would calm down. She never cherishes her body."
Zhou Cunxin: "I can walk on my own with a cane now, so don't worry about me. Just focus on your own things. You have to walk more, otherwise your body will be ruined."
Xu Xiangjuan: "If possible, you should stay in the hospital for a while longer and go home when you are almost recovered. After all, the medical conditions in the hospital are better than at home, and the doctor can come in time if anything happens."
Song Weili: "Just treat it as giving her a long vacation."
Zhou Cunxin didn't want to talk about this anymore, so she changed the subject: "Juan, you, Xiaoning and the two children haven't eaten yet, right? Wei Li, give them 50 yuan and ask Ping An to take them out for dinner. The food in the hospital is not tasty. What I'm eating now is what your uncle brought me outside the hospital."
The last sentence was spoken to the couple.
Speaking of lunch, Xu Xiangjuan found the lunch box with duck feet and duck head, and opened it. It was still warm. "This was originally meant to be a dish for your family's lunch. I brought it here while it's hot. I didn't expect you wouldn't be home. But it's the same in the hospital. Uncle, I don't know if Aunt can eat it now. If not, you and Ping An can eat it. Aning, the two children and I can go out to eat. We're here to visit, so if you need money, bring your own money."
Xu Xiangjuan handed the lunch box to her uncle, and told her aunt and uncle that she was going to have lunch first and would come back after eating.
The lunch my uncle brought seemed like enough for the whole family, so we didn’t bother them.
After leaving the ward, Xu Xiangjuan asked Ping'an to go in for dinner, and took Guagua Niu Niu out of the hospital to have lunch outside.
It was not until they left the hospital that Niu Niu spoke: "Mom, my cousin said my aunt's leg is not broken."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Of course my aunt's leg wasn't broken, it was just the bones inside that were fractured. It's healed now, but it's still difficult for her to walk."
Guagua: "I have seen old men and women walking with canes. Is it harder for me to walk than them?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "It's about the same... If the grandpa and grandma weren't very old, then it would be my aunt who would have to work harder. Guagua Niuniu, remember not to run too fast in the future. If you fall, you might break a bone. Be careful."
The old grandpa and grandma really can’t walk anymore. They basically sit in a wheelchair or sit or lie down at home.
Zhou Chengning: "My aunt was injured because of work. Anyway, she was seriously injured. You don't work, but it doesn't mean you won't break bones. You should listen to your mother and walk carefully. Broken bones are very painful."
Niu Niu: "Don't break any bones!"
Zhou Chengning: "Walk carefully in the future if you don't break any bones."
My cousin's family of four went out to eat. When they returned safely to the ward, they saw my father setting the table and helped: "Mom and Dad, is this what my cousin and his wife brought?"
Song Weili: "Yes, it smells pretty good."
Song Pingan: "It not only smells good, but also tastes good. I've tried it."
Song Weili: "Cunxin, don't eat anymore. There are chili peppers. Ping'an and I can just eat them together."
Because Zhou Cunxin was hospitalized due to a fracture, I have been eating with her during this period, and the meals have been relatively simple. Today, meat is delivered to my door, so of course I have to eat it.
Zhou Cunxin didn't say anything and just ate in silence.
There were two duck heads, and the father and son each got one.
When more than half of the duck feet in the lunch box were gone and the bones filled almost a plate, Zhou Cunxin couldn't help but ask his son, "Ping An, these duck feet aren't spicy, are they?"
Her husband would definitely not tell her the truth.
"It's a little spicy, not very spicy." Song Ping'an is not like his father, who stopped working and business to take care of his mother.
In the first month, Ping'an came to the hospital after class every day. This month, his mother's condition got better, so his parents let him go back to school and only come during weekends and holidays.
Strictly speaking, I have only been a vegetarian for one month. I still ate meat in the cafeteria this month, but I was worried about my mother's recovery. Her appetite has not been good for two months. Today I ate delicious braised duck feet. Not only did I almost finish the duck feet, but I also ate a lot of rice.
There was actually meat in Zhou Cunxin's meals this month, but the meat was cooked almost like vegetables, as if the grease had been boiled away. It was even less flavorful than the vegetables and was a miserable pale color.
"It's not very spicy, so it's okay for me to eat some." As he said that, Zhou Cunxin picked up a duck's paw with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth.
It was only when I ate the duck feet that I realized how much I had been suffering in the past two months.
Song Weili: "Eat less, at most one more. The soup should freeze soon. Pour it into our lunch box later. I'll go clean my nephew's lunch box. It will be delicious with this duck feet jelly when we have noodles tonight... You can't eat duck feet jelly, it's oilier and spicier than duck feet."
Zhou Cunxin had no objection, but although she agreed verbally, she was thinking, if she wanted to eat, she could just pick it up at night. It’s not like they were eating behind her back.
...
After having a meal outside, Xu Xiangjuan brought Aning and the children back.
Children eat slowly, so by the time they go back, my aunt and her family should have finished eating.
The meal was indeed good, and Song Weili even washed the lunch box and put it in a net bag.
"Can you please stop saying what you mean?" Zhou Cunxin got angry after hearing what Song Weili, his nephew and his niece-in-law said.
Xu Xiangjuan didn't dare to intensify the family conflict, but her uncle's words...
Xu Xiangjuan hesitated: "Uncle, it is really difficult for Aunt to go back home with her leg. How about waiting until the injury is healed before going back?"
"Uncle, there are so many people in the big car that it's not easy to walk." After finishing their lunch, Niu Niu and Gua Gua gritted their teeth and followed their parents in. It was Niu Niu who spoke.
It wasn't as scary as they had imagined, and the two children's nervousness eased.
The big car that Niu Niu was talking about was a train. It was difficult for my aunt to walk. There were so many people around, even if he could walk, he wouldn't want to walk, not to mention that my aunt can't walk now.
Song Weili: "After the injury heals, your aunt will have to go back to work. How can she have time to go back to her hometown to see Dad? Your aunt and I have been married for nearly 20 years, and I have never seen Dad. I will take this vacation opportunity to let Dad see how his troublesome daughter lives outside. Anyway, there is still more than half a month. By then, she will not need my support. She can catch thieves with crutches by herself, not to mention going back to her hometown."
Xu Xiangjuan almost couldn't help laughing when she heard the last sentence. Her uncle was really good at making fun of people. But then she thought that what his uncle said made sense. If her aunt really returned to her post, she would definitely be very busy.
But I don’t know how worried my grandfather would be if he saw my aunt like this.
She still didn't say anything. Family conflicts should be resolved within the family, and anything outsiders say would offend others.
Xu Xiangjuan didn't say anything, but Zhou Chengning said, "Aunt, when I was a child, I lived with my grandfather, and he always talked about me, saying that I only reported good news but not bad news.
Grandpa knows that it is not easy for my aunt to live outside and that her job is dangerous, so he hopes that she won’t have to shoulder everything on her own.
I remember the letter you sent home mentioning your marriage. It was the first time I saw Grandpa cry. Grandpa said that at last there was someone to take care of Auntie outside, and she didn’t have to shoulder everything by herself. As a father, he could rest assured.
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