"Auntie, are you alright?" After asking Nurse Chen to prepare the medicine, Li Chu looked at Aunt Wang and asked.
"I'm fine."
As long as everything is alright, once he relaxed, he realized that he felt sticky all over. He figured he had been so nervous that he hadn't even noticed he was sweating, but he didn't care about that now.
Nurse Chen came in quickly; the work of dispensing and decocting the medicine had been taken over by someone else, and another nurse came in with her.
Seeing this, Li Chu asked Nurse Chen to help Aunt Wang back to rest. She was getting old, and if she stayed any longer, it was hard to say who would take care of whom.
He followed them to the living room, where no one was. At the main gate of the courtyard, Dean Liao was giving instructions to several staff members.
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Inside the courtyard, the head guard, who was supposed to be on leave today, was replaced by two other guards.
He's really unlucky. He just said he was going to take a day off, and then this happened. He even got a scolding from his boss.
Li Chu didn't stay in the living room; he went straight to the yard.
"Chen An, you were supposed to be on vacation today, right?"
"Director Li, please don't mention it again. Is the old man's injury serious?"
"No problem, what about the other two?"
"They were taken back by the bureau. With such a big incident, they're bound to get a severe scolding."
Li Chu squatted down under the eaves, looked up at the sky, and said, "They said it would rain today, but it's already noon and it still hasn't rained. The clouds in the sky are getting heavier and heavier."
"By the way, Chen An, you know Liu Dazhuang from your bureau, right? What's he doing now?"
"Liu Dazhuang? Director Li, are you referring to the one who followed you for a while?"
"Yes, that's him!"
"He has been transferred to Elder Shen's side. He just went there a week ago. Before that, he was training new people in the bureau."
"You've reached Elder Shen's side? Not bad."
"I heard that Elder Shen is planning to send Sun Chao to the troops."
No wonder!
Li Chu nodded; under normal circumstances, he wouldn't change people casually.
"Uncle Li!"
As the two were talking, a person suddenly appeared at the gate of the courtyard, carrying a bag in his hand.
"Jianshe, what are you doing here?"
"This is the food the commander asked me to get for you from the canteen. He wants you to eat it as soon as you have a chance."
Upon hearing this, Li Chu quickly got up and took the cloth bag from Zhang Jianshe. Inside were two lunch boxes, which were still warm to the touch.
Uncle Wang is still so thoughtful; he even forgot that he hadn't eaten lunch.
"Okay, go back to Jianshe and tell the commander that I'll come over once everything's settled here."
"Okay, Uncle, you should eat now."
"Okay, thanks for the construction!"
"Why are you being so polite with me?"
...
Old Wu slept until after 3 p.m. before waking up.
It's not bad, there's nothing seriously wrong with my body, except that I still can't move my ankle.
Aunt Wu is fine now after drinking the medicine she was prescribed.
"Alright, Xiao Chu, that's all for now. Just rest and recover. Go do whatever you need to do."
Uncle Wu, sitting in his wheelchair, finished drinking the medicine he had just brewed and waved to signal Li Chu that he could leave.
"By the way, I heard you guys have been in meetings these past few days, are they over yet?"
"It's over, it just ended at noon."
"Yes, remember to bring the kids over for a visit when you have time."
"Okay, we're all coming over this weekend. Wenhui is pregnant too."
"Oh? Hui'er is pregnant too? When did this happen?"
"It was only confirmed last night."
"Haha, Old Chen is overjoyed! He's been waiting for this for so long!"
“When Xiao Yi called him last night, Old Shen wanted to go over right away. It took a long time to calm him down.”
"That's normal, that old guy just has a short temper."
Uncle Wu was also happy for his old friend, whose long-cherished wish was about to be fulfilled.
"Uncle, I'll go over there first. I'll go and visit those old gentlemen. They've been quite worried about you today."
"Go ahead! Tell them I'm fine and won't die."
"Auntie, please take care of yourself. If anything happens, they can call me."
"Okay, remember to bring the kids over this weekend."
"no problem"
...
After leaving Uncle Wu's place, Li Chu spent the next period of time visiting all the elderly comrades currently living in the sanatorium.
It's not bad; there aren't any major health problems. Some of the underlying health conditions that older people have are impossible to completely cure; we can only do our best to help them manage their condition.
It was already past 5 p.m. when we finally arrived at Uncle Wang's place.
When he arrived, Uncle Wang was sitting in a recliner in the living room, leisurely listening to opera playing on the radio.
Aunt Wang, wearing her reading glasses, sat on the sofa doing needlework. She was sewing a little cotton-padded jacket for the baby in Li Qiaoyun's belly.
"Is everything alright with Lao Wu?"
Upon seeing Li Chu enter, Uncle Wang asked.
"It's nothing serious. He just needs to rest for a few days. He'll be in a wheelchair for the next couple of days."
"Sigh, such a big commotion caused by a small pebble."
"By the way, Xiao Chu, I heard you were firing off another shot at the meeting today?"
"Heh, it's already reached you so quickly." Li Chu chuckled and shook his head. "Isn't this exactly what they wanted to see? Otherwise, why would they have handed me the microphone?"
"Haha, it's you!" Uncle Wang laughed and pointed at his nephew.
"Uncle, did you come here to complain or something?"
"What's all this talk about reporting or not reporting?" Uncle Wang shook his head and continued, "The matter you mentioned at the meeting has already been reported to the Supervisory Commission. The Supervisory Commission will, based on the actual situation, instruct the local authorities to open a case for investigation. Of course, they will continue to follow up and won't let it go so easily."
Li Chu was stunned. He hadn't expected the higher-ups to react so quickly this time, only a short time after he finished speaking.
Uncle Wang could tell at a glance what his nephew was thinking. He sat up slightly, picked up the jar on the table next to him, and took a sip of water.
"Look at your rank now. Even though you're in the military, no one will pretend nothing happened when you say it. So from now on..."
Just as Uncle Wang finished speaking, Li Chu smiled and chimed in, "Uncle, I know. You should be careful with your words and actions in the future."
"Yes, you have to be careful with your words and actions, because everyone is watching your every move."
"As you probably know, these past two years, besides teaching students, I've been seeing patients in the outpatient clinic. I try to attend as few meetings as possible, or even avoid them altogether. I'd love for them to hold their meetings outside of Beijing so I could have a legitimate excuse not to attend, all so I can speak less."
"Drink water," Uncle Wang pointed to the water cup that the staff had just placed next to Li Chu.
"Have your meal here before you go back."
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