The next morning, after dropping the child off at the daycare, we were walking towards the main hospital.
“I just told Section Chief Wang that you should tell Lou Xiao’e to take the child and go directly to Section Chief Wang in the Logistics Department.”
"Did Section Chief Wang agree?"
"Well, but this won't happen again. He can't accept too many outsiders. This time, they're giving him face."
"Okay, you know my man has a lot of face." Ding Qiunan flattered him with a smile.
"Tch!" He ignored his wife.
When Li Chu arrived at the hospital, he was surprised to find Lin Sanshou waiting for him at the office door.
"Uncle-Master, is there something you need?"
"Let's talk in the office first."
Looking at Lin Sanshou's serious expression, Li Chu suddenly had a bad feeling and hurriedly opened the office door to invite him in.
Lin Sanshou walked into the office and closed the door behind him.
"Xiao Chu, isn't Lao Liang from Peking Union Medical College Hospital your former director?"
"Old Liang?" Li Chu was taken aback. "Oh, you mean Director Liang? Yes, he used to be our director, but he retired from the hospital and focused on teaching students at the medical school. Uncle-Master, what happened to Director Liang?"
Lin Sanshou took a slip of paper out of his pocket and handed it over.
"This is Lao Liang's current address. He's been reassigned to cleaning toilets. You can go see him if you want."
Li Chu took the note and glanced at it.
He remembered that Director Liang used to live in the hospital's staff quarters, but he didn't know where the address had been moved to.
There are so many hutongs in Beijing that he can't remember their names. He'll have to look for them later.
After seeing Lin Sanshou off, Li Chu looked at the note again.
It's obvious they were forced to live in a tenement, which must be due to the school.
My good mood was ruined by this news.
He wasn't really in the mood to continue writing, so he sat there thinking for a while, then went over to say hello to Lin Sanshou and rode his bicycle out.
He was determined to go and see him right now; he couldn't rest easy until he saw Director Liang.
Director Liang used to treat him very well.
I rode my bike through the alleys in the east of the city, asking several people before I finally found the place.
After noting down the location, Li Chu didn't rush over. It was daytime, and Director Liang certainly wouldn't be home.
Uncle Lin said that Director Liang had been sent to clean toilets, so it shouldn't be too far from where he lived. He then pushed his cart around the area.
Persistence pays off, and he spotted Director Liang from afar.
It hasn't been that long since we last met, and Director Liang's hair has turned completely white.
Uncle Lin was wrong. He not only has to clean the toilets, but also empty them and remove the contents.
When Li Chu saw him, he must have just finished cleaning the toilet and was pushing the manure cart away.
The man pulling the manure cart in front was a younger man; if I'm not mistaken, he should be his eldest son.
There was also a young man pushing the cart; he seemed to be his second son.
I didn't see his third and fourth sons, or his two daughters who were already married.
Li Chu didn't walk up directly, but instead pushed his bicycle and followed at a distance, wanting to see where they planned to take the manure cart.
It seemed there were people supervising them as they worked.
Even from nearly a hundred meters away, Li Chu could smell a pungent stench, let alone the three people pushing the cart. He didn't know how they managed to keep going.
After walking for a while, Li Chu noticed that the two people who were supervising him had left, so he got on his bike and chased after them.
Before Uncle Liang even got close, Li Chu called out to him.
To be honest, he really couldn't get close; the smell was too strong.
Director Liang, who was pushing a manure cart, was startled when he heard the familiar voice. He thought he had misheard and turned to look.
He had just turned his head when he saw Li Chu, who was about ten meters away from him, sitting on a bicycle, wearing a military uniform and supporting himself on one leg.
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He was so startled that he didn't even dare to recognize it. He took another careful look before he was sure he wasn't mistaken.
In that instant, Director Liang really wanted to lower his head and leave. He was too embarrassed to face his old acquaintances in his current state.
Especially since this acquaintance was a former subordinate in his department.
The second son, who was pushing the cart on the other side, saw his father stop and hurriedly called out, "Brother, stop for a minute, Dad, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
He wondered if his father was unwell, given his advanced age.
The older brother, who was pulling the cart ahead, slowly stopped when he heard his younger brother's call. The two brothers carefully parked the manure cart.
Only then did they notice Li Chu behind them.
Director Liang's three sons all know Li Chu, although they are not very familiar with each other, they can still recognize each other when they meet.
They just didn't expect that the person who used to work at the same hospital as their father was now wearing a military uniform.
Seeing that they had stopped, Li Chu got out of the car and pushed it over.
Without saying much, he simply took out a stack of grain coupons and various food coupons, along with a dozen or so yuan, and stuffed them all into Director Liang's pocket, not caring that he was dirty.
"Uncle Liang, I don't mean anything by it. Please accept it first, consider it a loan from me. Remember to have your son pay me back later."
After saying that, Li Chu didn't wait for them to say anything, got on his bicycle and left.
The father and his two sons didn't say a word from beginning to end, not because they didn't want to, but because they didn't know what to say.
It wasn't until Li Chu left that they realized what had happened. The second brother took a few steps forward and shouted, "Brother Chu, thank you! Don't worry, I will definitely pay you back."
Li Chu didn't turn his head, but simply raised one arm and waved.
He was in a hurry to leave for two reasons: first, he didn't want to embarrass his former boss any further, and second, he didn't want to waste their time.
They must have had time constraints for delivering this truckload of manure.
Director Liang stared blankly at the departing figure, unable to hold back his tears.
Since the incident in their family, many people have heard about it, but Li Chu is the first, and probably the only, person to actually come to see him.
His two sons walked to his side and took his arm with some concern.
Director Liang waved his hand: "I'm fine, don't worry."
As he spoke, he took out the thing that Li Chu had just stuffed into his pocket.
Eighteen yuan and seventy-three cents, 110 jin of grain coupons, five jin of oil coupons, two jin of meat coupons, and one jin of sugar coupons.
Looking at the money and tickets in his hand, Director Liang's tears fell again. These were no longer just money and tickets; they were lifesavers.
The two sons also had tears in their eyes.
Director Liang wiped away her tears, looked up at her two sons, and said, "No one can tell you about what happened today. You can't even tell your mother when we get back, understand?"
"Okay, Dad, don't worry."
"Sigh," Director Liang sighed, glancing again in the direction Li Chu had walked.
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