Chapter 130
The person who was discussing hot and sour noodles with everyone 20 minutes ago fainted as soon as he got home. Everyone who heard it was moved - how strong must the willpower be to act so calmly during the discussion just now? !
Li Hongliang and his wife felt so guilty that they had to accompany Xia Juhua to the hospital. They thought that if Xia Juhua had not been thinking about talking to them about hot and sour noodles, but had gone home to rest directly, she would not have fainted from exhaustion.
But the jeep was so small, and Xia Juhua's condition was unknown so she could only lie down, and there was no room for so many people. Uncle Qi remembered that Liu Zhishuang could drive a tractor, so he asked him to go back to Ping'an Village quickly to drive the tractor, and Li Hongliang and his partner took Liu Zhishuang's tractor to the hospital.
He took the co-pilot seat in place of Liu Zhishuang and immediately ordered the driver to go directly to the county hospital. The Red Star Commune did have a clinic, but the level of the doctors there was definitely not as good as that of the county hospital.
How big is a county town? Uncle Qi was born and raised in Pingde County. The doctor in the emergency department recognized him at a glance. This is the director of the county revolutionary committee. How could the patient he personally sent to be an ordinary person?
So several doctors on duty gathered around Xia Juhua for a consultation and concluded that she had fallen into a coma because she had a severe cold and didn't get enough rest, as well as hunger-induced hypoglycemia.
As soon as the diagnosis results came out, it was Uncle Qi who took the blame: it was because he was in a hurry to return to Pingde County and deal with the matter of the military personnel as soon as possible that Xia Juhua missed the celebration banquet. And because she fell asleep on the way, Uncle Qi simply let the driver drive all the way back to Pingde County, and several of them had not eaten for two meals.
I thought there would be something to eat when I returned to Ping'an Village, but Xia Juhua was impatient and asked to meet two comrades from the army first. Once we started discussing, we forgot about time and didn't even think about eating. We were so hungry that we fainted.
Fortunately, soon after the infusion, Xia Juhua's face looked better. Even though she was not awake yet, they were relieved. Liu Zhiquan asked Uncle Qi to go home and rest first: "Director Qi, you have been running all day and you haven't eaten yet. You should go home and eat something and rest. Otherwise, you will get sick from exhaustion and the people in the county will not agree."
The driver also helped to persuade them. Uncle Qi knew that his stay here was useless, so he left the ward. He met Liu Zhishuang who had arrived later in front of the hospital.
"I think we should give Comrade Xia Juhua a few days to rest, and then study the issue of supplies after she recovers from her illness." Uncle Qi knew that the army was committed to quick decisions, so after introducing Xia Juhua's situation, he discussed this with Li Hongliang.
Li Hongliang nodded repeatedly: "Of course. We didn't expect Captain Xia to... It's all our fault for being too impatient. We forgot the time when we started discussing. Director Qi, don't worry, Captain Xia is not well, we will not discuss this matter with her again."
Liu Zhishuang couldn't stand still. Hearing that his mother had been given an IV, he ran to the hospital ward regardless of what Li Hongliang and the others said. Li Hongliang and the others saw this and hurriedly said goodbye to Uncle Qi and ran in with him.
"Oh." Uncle Qi sighed to himself, wondering if he had pushed Xia Juhua too hard, which caused her to get so angry that her condition worsened. He really hoped that he could do something to make up for it.
In fact, when Uncle Qi sent Xia Juhua to the hospital today, his treatment had been greatly improved: she was not sent to a crowded large ward, nor was she made to wait in the emergency room until a department confirmed her condition and admitted her to the hospital the next day. Instead, she was directly arranged in a single ward, and there was a nurse who was specifically responsible for taking care of Xia Juhua.
"Brother, is mom awake?" Under the guidance of the nurse, Liu Zhishuang found the single ward. When he saw Liu Zhiquan, the first thing he asked was whether his mother was awake.
Liu Zhiquan shook his head with red eyes: "Not yet, but the doctor said that after mother is given an IV, she will be fine if she eats something after she wakes up."
Wang Caifeng was a little worried: "Where can I get food for my mother in the middle of the night? I was so busy getting money for you that I forgot to bring food coupons." No one would have thought that Xia Juhua, who was out for a meeting, would be hungry.
Li Hongliang, who had just entered the hospital, hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, most hospitals have cafeterias. I brought my food coupons and will go see if the cafeteria is still open."
Liu Zhishuang grabbed him and said, "Comrade, let me go."
Liu Zhiquan saw that his brother's body was shaking like sieve bran, and he knew that he was very frozen while driving the tractor - tractors do not have cabins like cars, and the people sitting in the cabin can cover themselves with quilts to keep warm, but the person driving the car can only freeze.
So Liu Zhiquan firmly stopped Liu Zhishuang and asked him to warm up first, and then he left the ward to ask the nurse where the canteen was and whether he needed food coupons to buy food. Unfortunately, the nurse told him that the canteen was closed at this time and he had to wait until 6:30 tomorrow to get food.
After returning to the ward and explaining the situation, Liu Zhishuang walked out the door trembling: "I'll go find Brother Qi and think of a solution."
They didn't know many people in the county town, and Liu Zhiquan didn't know where Qi Weidong lived, so Liu Zhishuang had to find him. So he didn't bother Liu Zhishuang anymore, but put his coat on his brother and told him to drive the tractor slowly - now it didn't matter whether it disturbed people's rest or not, it was more important to let his mother have a cup of hot porridge.
When Xia Juhua woke up the next day, she felt a throbbing pain in both temples. She hissed. Wang Caifeng, who had been standing by her side, asked hurriedly, "Mom, you're awake. What's wrong with you?"
Xia Juhua was puzzled. Why did Wang Caifeng come to her room? Did she oversleep today and she came to call her to eat? She looked around and saw that the white ceiling was not hers. Xia Juhua turned her head to Wang Caifeng and asked, "Where is this? Why are you here?"
As soon as I started speaking, I felt as if my throat was on fire, and I had to use some strength to force the sound out of my throat.
As soon as Wang Caifeng heard her voice, she handed the water that had been drying to her mouth. The water was neither hot nor cold. Xia Juhua drank the whole glass of water before she felt her throat felt better.
Now she could see that she was in the hospital, so she asked, "Why are you in the hospital again?"
"Mom, you scared us to death." Wang Caifeng sniffed, suppressed the tears in her eyes and said, "You fainted as soon as you entered the house yesterday. Fortunately, the driver hadn't left yet, so he took you directly to the hospital. The doctor said that you had a bad cold and didn't rest well. You didn't eat yesterday and had low blood sugar."
Hypoglycemia? Xia Juhua had heard of this term in her previous life, and couldn't help but find it a little funny: "He has hypoglycemia after just two meals? In the 1960s, there were many people who didn't eat for two or three days. Oh, this person is really getting more and more arrogant as he gets older."
"You are not coquettish." Uncle Qi pushed the door open and came in, followed by a female comrade with short hair that reached her ears. She nodded and smiled at Xia Juhua as Uncle Qi spoke.
Xia Juhua looked at the watch. It was not even seven o'clock yet, but Uncle Qi had already appeared in the ward. She said a little embarrassedly, "Director Qi, how could I have disturbed you so early in the morning? I just have a cold and can go home today."
The female comrade following Uncle Qi handed something in her hand to Wang Caifeng: "This is the porridge I cooked for Captain Xia. She can't eat anything greasy because she has a cold. Let's fill her stomach first."
Uncle Qi introduced the person to Xia Juhua. This female comrade was Uncle Qi's lover, an official of the County Statistics Bureau, named Xie Jinyan. Xie Jinyan looked very straightforward and generous, and smiled brightly at Xia Juhua: "Old Qi and Wei Dong always mentioned Captain Xia, saying that you are a capable and opinionated person. I have wanted to get to know you for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet you today."
Xia Juhua hurriedly asked Uncle Qi and Xie Jinyan to sit down, and said modestly: "What can I do? Director Qi manages such a large county. He has his own ideas."
Uncle Qi looked at Xia Juhua with disdain and said, "It seems that you are almost fully recovered. You can even lie with your eyes open. My wife is not good at talking, so don't fool her."
It was really hard to tell who was fooling whom between the two of them, so Xia Juhua ignored her uncle's words and focused on talking to Xie Jinyan. Xie Jinyan's main purpose was to deliver porridge, so naturally he wanted Xia Juhua to eat it as soon as possible. So while talking, he reached out to take the thermos on the bedside table, only to find that there was another thermos on the bedside table.
"Did you get the porridge in the cafeteria? The porridge in the cafeteria is too watery. You'd better not eat it for now. Eat the one I brought." Xie Jinyan said directly to Wang Caifeng without any awkward politeness as if they had just met for the first time.
Wang Caifeng smiled and said, "It wasn't made in the cafeteria. Zhishuang went to Xiaoqi's place and cooked it at night." She turned around and explained to Xia Juhua, "Xiaoqi also came to see you at night with Zhishuang. I thought it would be useless for so many people to stay here, so we should take turns to rest for a while, so I asked him to bring two comrades from the army to Xiaoqi's place to squeeze in."
Xia Juhua thought her arrangement was very good and nodded approvingly to Wang Caifeng, which made Wang Caifeng's face turn red, like a primary school student who was praised by the teacher.
Xie Jinyan asked, "This is your eldest daughter-in-law, right? She looks like a good, filial child. Yesterday I heard from Lao Qi that both brothers can enter the supply and marketing system, which is a good thing I have never heard of. I am afraid that you are too used to the hustle and bustle, and will avoid you when the children leave."
Before Xia Juhua could tell her two sons about this, she could only smile and say, "They are just lucky."
"What good luck?" Xie Jinyan didn't believe in luck: "If you hadn't made such a great contribution to the supply and marketing system, no one would dare to recruit both children at once no matter how lucky they were. It was you, as a mother, who earned it for them."
王彩鳳不由回頭看劉志全，發現男人也一臉蒙的看着親娘，完全插不進話去，只好把疑問咽到肚子裏。
齊小叔自然明白，夏菊花昨天沒有時間跟兒子們說這事兒，就打斷謝金岩的感嘆說：“你們兩有啥話，等夏菊花喝了粥再說還不行？要不一會兒又低血糖了，到時候別又賴人不給飯吃。”
謝金岩被他說的笑出聲：“可不是，我就是想給你拿粥的，結果說話一投機，就忘了。”
王彩鳳已經拿起謝金岩帶來的保溫筒，從裏面倒出一碗冒着熱氣的小米粥，本想自己喂夏菊花，卻被夏菊花接過碗去說：“我又不是不能動，等我不能動那天，有你們伺候煩的時候。”
說到這兒不能不想起上輩子，自己還沒到不能動的時候，人家就已經不許自己上門了，現在自己只是感個冒，床前就圍了這麽些人，對比不要太強烈。
好在很快他們該搬地區的就搬地區、搬省城的搬省城，自己也不用老受刺激了。
想到自己上輩子的悲憤，夏菊花喝粥都喝的惡狠狠的，看在別人眼裏就是她餓的太狠，所以吃的又快又急。王彩鳳忙把一碗鹹菜遞過去：“娘，你就着點鹹菜，要不光喝粥嘴裏沒味。”
夏菊花一聲不吭的挾了塊鹹菜，就着粥喝進肚裏，心裏的郁氣漸漸平了：這輩子跟上輩子完全不同，她每天有幹不完的事兒，以後還會有更多的事要做，不該總受上輩子影響。
那些讓她絕望的事兒不會發生，她也不允許發生——那兩貨眼看着都要搬離平安莊了，再為他們影響情緒，那就是自己想不開鑽牛角尖了。
現在她的任務，就是把養老錢賺的足足的，別的事兒都跟她無關。
想明白的夏菊花，喝粥的動作慢了下來，也沒有那股子惡狠狠的勁了，王彩鳳回頭欣慰的與劉志全對視了一眼，都覺得這是親娘肚子裏有了底，才不吃得那麽急了。
就連齊小叔與謝金岩也是同樣想法，正要勸夏菊花別一下子吃太多，醫院院長已經帶着幾個大夫出現在病房了——今天沒到上班時間，急診值班大夫就向院長報告了革委會主任親自送人就診，還帶着愛人一大早給病人送飯的事兒。
院長自然無法如往日一樣，按部就班的吃完早飯，慢悠悠來上班。而是一個電話打出去，召集了好幾個相關科室的大夫，跟着他一起來看病人的情況。
一下子就跟齊主任來了個“巧遇”。
齊主任是位沒有架子的領導，一點兒也沒因自己的身份，耽誤院長帶人給夏菊花重新确認病情，還耐心的聽完了院長對夏菊花後繼保養的建議，最後親切的跟院長握手，請他費心多關照一點兒夏菊花同志。
因為夏菊花同志是平德縣的功臣，她生病是因為代表平德縣參加博覽會，積勞成疾，加上年輕的時候勞累太過，這一次才會被病魔打倒。
所以平德縣所有的人，都有義務幫助夏菊花同志好好休養，以便她康複之後，為平德縣做出新的更大的貢獻。
病床上被強制不許坐起來的夏菊花，把被子的一角攥出了好些褶子，牙也咬得死緊，臉更是漲得通紅，吓得院長馬上讓人給她重新量體溫，生怕她剛才坐起來的時候閃了風，發起燒不利用藥。
夏菊花對院長的安排一律搖頭，就是咬着牙不說話。直到齊小叔讓院長帶人去研究一個更有效的治療方案，院長帶着大夫們離開病房，夏菊花才低吼一聲：“齊主任，我是不是要死了？”
大家都是一愣，劉志全和王彩鳳急着向夏菊花解釋，說大夫沒有那個意思，她就是重感冒，再輸一天液就好了。倒是齊小叔聽出夏菊花是因為自己那句被病魔打倒生氣，哈哈笑了兩聲，拉起謝金岩就走。
謝金岩這才反應過來，剛才齊小叔說的确實有些過火，誰探望病人不祝人早日戰勝病魔，反而咒人家被病魔打倒的？難怪夏菊花氣的說不出話來。
她不得不回頭替齊小叔道歉：“菊花姐，他就是這麽有口無心的人，不會說話，你別跟他一般見識。你中午想吃啥，我給你送來。”
雖然知道不該遷怒謝金岩，可想想自己這病，齊小叔別想脫了幹系，夏菊花就在床上躺平了：“我已經被病魔打倒了，沒個十天半個月的出不了院。”
這下謝金岩都繃不住笑出了聲，到醫院門口上車的時候，還埋怨齊小叔：“你平常說話不是挺靠譜的嘛，咋今天連話都不會說了？”
齊小叔回頭透過車窗，看了醫院病房一眼，說：“你剛跟夏菊花接觸，不了解她的性子。那是個好強的人，有點兒事不幹完了死活都不肯歇着。”
“剛才你沒聽院長說，她年輕的時候勞累太過，身子都虛了，就是憑一口精氣神撐着呢。這回從省城到羊城、博覽會跟着連軸轉好幾天，又從羊城回省城、到地區，好幾天還是不得消停。”
“要是沒部隊來人的事兒，平安莊大隊有李長順盯着，她還能輕快點，慢慢緩過來。可現在部隊的人等着呢，她能躺得住？”
謝金岩的确不了解夏菊花的性子，可是齊小叔的性子她了解呀，這要不是真看重夏菊花，齊小叔不會費這樣的心思，只為讓人多休養兩天。
于是她笑着打趣齊小叔：“看不出來呀，你還這麽關心下屬呢。”
齊小叔沖媳婦一樂：“這可是個寶貝，我不關心讓別人搶走了，哭都找不着調。”就把夏菊花在博覽會上咋大放異彩，咋受楊司長和省供銷系統看重，楊司長主動出面給協調聯合收割機、省供銷系統出面給協調拉電不說，為了籠絡夏菊花，馬上要把她兩個兒子都招工告訴謝金岩。
“你看着吧，省供銷系統肯定不死心，不管夏菊花哪個兒子進了省城，都會破格給待遇，就是要讓夏菊花看出他們的誠意來。咱們平德縣有啥，有的也就是讓她故土難離，有的也就是點兒人情味。”齊小叔說到最後都替自己心酸。
縣統計局幹部謝金岩同志都聽呆了：“那你不說好好捧着她點兒，還處處跟她嗆着幹？”
齊小叔在媳婦面前沒啥好藏着掖着的：“你知道啥。你看現在她跟我說話，象是農村婦女跟領導說話嗎？是不是跟平常姐兩說話差不多。還有衛東那小子，一到秋天就恨不得長在平安莊，一口一個嬸子叫得比叫你還勤呢。”
“這就是我剛才說的人情味呀。”齊小叔覺得自己的方向是正确的：“所以你別看她說話沖，可那兩臺聯合收割機，肯定能給協調來。全縣農機、汽車的輪胎，她也能給磨來。”
如此無賴的丈夫，謝金岩不想承認是她自己的，可是前頭還有司機在，她也不能把這話說出口，只好暗暗掐了齊小叔一把，對司機說：“我到了。”
不知道自己為啥被掐的齊小叔，從車窗裏探出頭喊住媳婦：“那你今天中午再辛苦辛苦？”
謝金岩自己在醫院都跟夏菊花說了，中午會給她送飯，自然覺得齊小叔這是馬後炮，沒好氣的瞪他一眼：“我是給我姐送飯，跟你那些彎彎繞沒關系。”
沒有我這個男人，你能認識夏菊花，還叫姐叫的這麽麻溜？齊小叔心裏不忿，卻不敢把媳婦得罪狠了，賠着笑臉直點頭，眼看着謝金岩進了統計局，才長出了一口氣。
他們這裏只是夫妻鬥嘴，夏菊花所在的病房簡直象趕集。
原因是李長順惦記着大隊部裏住着的兩名部隊幹部，早起想叫夏菊花一起去大隊部，請人吃早飯。不想到劉家才知道，夏菊花昨天一回來就昏倒了，連門都沒進就被送到醫院。
這可把老頭兒給吓壞了，急三火四的找人帶他到縣醫院看望夏菊花。這一找人消息自然守不住，沒一會兒全平安莊的人都知道，他們的隊長開博覽會回來了，可是人卻累的進了醫院，到現在還不知道是啥情況呢。
誰還能坐得住？！
不說李大丫、安寶玲這兩個妯娌，也不說紅玲紅翠這兩侄女，趙仙枝、常仙草、張翠萍這幾個都不肯留在平安莊等消息的。
要不是陳秋生按着，張翠萍是一定要跟來的，可是陳秋生告訴她，要是她也跟着到縣醫院，那編席組沒人看着就亂了，夏菊花就算是治好病回來又得着急上火，再病了咋整？
張翠萍還不幹呢：“上回就是我留下，憑啥這回還是我？”
陳秋生只好說：“誰讓你男人不争氣，非得做這個生産隊長？”
張翠萍一下子說不出話來了——她可不覺得陳秋生是因為不争氣才當的生産隊長，現在平安莊生産隊的日子誰不羨慕，這裏除了她們隊長外，就數她男人功勞大呢。
So Zhang Cuiping was no longer in the ward, but she asked Zhao Xianzhi to give Xia Juhua a message, telling her to rest assured and recuperate, and not to rush to be discharged from the hospital until she was fully recovered: she was on duty in the editing team.
These were Zhang Cuiping's original words. Zhao Xianzhi even imitated her facial expressions and tone perfectly, making everyone in the ward laugh out loud.
As a result, Zhao Xianzhi didn't wait for everyone to finish laughing, and her eyes turned to Li Hongliang and Lin Junqing: "Comrades, you have also seen that our captain is not in good health. No matter how important you have, should you wait until she gets better?"
In Zhao Xianzhi's opinion, Li Hongliang and Lin Junqing showed up in the ward before them, which meant they wanted to squeeze Xia Juhua and prevent her from recovering from her illness. Zhao Xianzhi didn't care how these two tortured those men in the powder leaking room. But their captain was exhausted and fell on the bed. It was said that he was exhausted from discussing some problem with them. They actually had the nerve to chase into the ward to squeeze people, so Zhao Xianzhi had to talk to them.