The child's eyes were closed, his face was blue and purple, and he showed no signs of life.
Wang Xiaolan reached out and touched the child's ear, shook her head with a sigh, and put down the stethoscope.
Xia Wei asked anxiously: "Sister-in-law, why don't you check it?"
She looked at Xia Wei with a gloomy face, shook her head, and said, "There is no hope. The best time for treatment has been missed."
When Xiaohua heard this, he fainted immediately.
Xia Wei couldn't believe what he saw, and tears immediately streamed down his face. He cried, "Sister-in-law, please, please save him again! Maybe he can still be saved."
Wang Xiaolan looked at Xia Wei's distressed expression and said, "It's not that sister-in-law doesn't want to save him. The child is too young, and he suffers from a serious congenital heart disease. Even a small collision would be life-threatening, not to mention the heavy pressure he's under."
Xia Wei shook his head, not believing it was true.
Wang Xiaolan pointed at the baby's nostrils and said, "There's blood there. It wouldn't bleed if it wasn't under heavy pressure. And the color on the baby's face shows he was suffocated to death."
Xia Wei had to accept the fact and knew that his sister-in-law was not the kind of person who would stand by and watch someone die. He no longer asked Wang Xiaolan to save the little life, but just kept crying.
He raised his head and looked at the captain angrily. Without saying a word, he walked to Xiaohua with his head lowered and looked at her who was unconscious.
"Sister Xiaohua, you, you..."
Before he could finish his words, Xia Wei turned around and left helplessly.
Wang Xiaolan looked at Captain Shi, who took a few steps back guiltily.
"Don't look at me like that. It's none of my business..."
Wang Xiaolan gritted her teeth in anger and said, "I don't want to interfere in your affairs, and I don't care what happens between you. But the child is innocent. I have repeatedly warned you that this child is special and cannot be touched casually."
"It's no use telling me this. Xiaohua is the child's mother. It's her responsibility."
After Xiaohua regained consciousness, she heard the captain put all the blame on her. She screamed hysterically, "It's all your fault, it's all your fault. You did it..."
Before she could finish her words, the captain slapped her in the face.
"I'm here to supervise your transformation, not to babysit your child. His death has nothing to do with me."
Xiao Hua, who was beaten, looked at Captain Shi in confusion and stood there for a long time without saying a word.
Until I heard Wang Xiaolan say: "Take this child back and bury him! Don't argue here with me. Go to the police station to resolve who is right and who is wrong."
Only then did she react.
She burst into tears.
"You...you...hit me?"
The captain stared at her with wide eyes and a ferocious look, trying to stop her from continuing.
"You crazy woman, you don't know what's good for you. I was just taking care of you out of kindness because your mother wasn't around, and you turned around and hit me."
"You take care of me? Don't you know what you're thinking? You can actually say that. You are..."
Wang Xiaolan, who was standing by, heard some hidden meaning in their quarrel. She knew that the death of the child was directly related to the captain.
I thought to myself, "This woman is both pitiful and hateful. She deserves what she has suffered today. Who told her to help the evildoers?"
Xiaohua looked at Wang Xiaolan with a very complicated look, and just said: "Sister-in-law..."
Seeing this, Captain Shi rushed up, slapped her again, and dragged her out. Xiaohua struggled and refused to go.
She kept yelling, "I want to say...sister-in-law..."
If it wasn't Xiaohua, Wang Xiaolan would have rushed to rescue the victim without hesitation. But she didn't want to intervene in the woman's plea for help. Who knew if they were just playing a trick?
At this moment, the captain's vicious voice was heard again.
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'm going to send you to the police station. You've had affairs with multiple men before, and you think I don't know? You want me to take the blame, but you're not going to do that."
Watching their backs as they walked away, Wang Xiaolan felt mixed emotions.
…
Here, Zhao Lihan was discussing the construction of a factory at the captain's house.
Captain Xiao brought a cup of tea to Zhao Lihan who had just entered the room.
"Li Han, I've already told my sister-in-law and I about the village pharmaceutical factory. I'm sure you know about it."
Zhao Lihan took a sip of tea and said, "She said so. I came here this time to discuss the details of our cooperation with you."
Captain Xiao offered Zhao Lihan a cigarette, but he declined.
"My wife told me that smoking is harmful to the body, so I quit completely."
"It seems that you still listen to your sister-in-law."
"She has a point. Of course I listen to her."
Then, Zhao Lihan turned the topic to the matter of setting up a factory.
"Captain, you set up this factory to help the villagers get rich together. I agree with you."
"Everything is difficult at the beginning. The key is insufficient funds."
"We'll provide 60% of the funds, and the village will handle the rest. What do you think?"
"You helped me solve a big problem. Li Han, do you have any other requests?"
"We don't have any demands. We want 30% of the profits, and the rest will be at the village's disposal. What do you think? If it's okay, we can sign a contract."
"Li Han, didn't you suffer a loss?"
"It doesn't matter if we suffer a little loss, as long as the villagers live a good life."
"Thank you!"
"That's what my wife meant."
"On behalf of the villagers, I want to thank you and your sister-in-law. Your sister-in-law is not only a good doctor, but also kind-hearted. Li Han, it's hard to find a daughter-in-law like you. You must cherish her. She is also our family's savior."
"My wife said that you helped her a lot when I was not at home. I should thank you."
The captain's wife came over, put a plate of freshly fried sunflower seeds on the table and said, "My sister-in-law is a very good person. She is capable and enthusiastic. She doesn't have any city airs at all. I like her."
When Zhao Lihan heard them praising his wife, he was overjoyed.
"Thank you for the compliment, sister-in-law."
"You guys are talking about business, I won't bother you anymore."
The captain's daughter-in-law turned and left the main room.
Zhao Lihan and the team leader then discussed the matters concerning factory construction.
"Captain, before I return to the army, I will voluntarily help you build the factory."
"Li Han, we can't let you work for free. The village will give you a little subsidy."
"No need. I get a salary every month. My wife doesn't want my money. She lets me spend it as I please. The village is short of funds to run a factory. Don't waste your money."
"You've helped me so much, I don't know how to thank you enough."
"You're not right. You're doing good things for the village. I should support you."
"Li Han, I'm sorry to trouble you with this equipment."
"Okay, just build the factory. I'll go to the provincial capital tomorrow to ask my old comrades for help."
Zhao Lihan came out of the captain's house and had just walked not far from his own home when a figure jumped out from the darkness.
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