I shoveled snow in the morning and then went back inside. It took me half a day to get back in, and now it's already noon.
I was so nervous and it was cold outside that I didn't even notice.
After drinking the sweet and spicy ginger water, I felt warmed up, and my stomach started growling.
The cold wind this morning had left the three children listless, their little faces flushed and hot. Jian Dan quickly got out of bed.
"Sister, go cook. You all go change out of your wet clothes and take a nap after dinner."
At noon, it was lunchtime at her house. In a hurry, she quickly made a pot of dumpling soup with a handful of shrimp. Jian Xin slurped down two bowls, and the two boys finished off the rest.
After quickly tidying up the kitchen, the three of them lay sprawled out on the kang (a heated brick bed) and fell fast asleep.
Once it snows, winter officially begins.
The heated wall and the heated kang bed are standard actions for me every day as soon as I open my eyes.
After this incident, no one from the village went up the mountain for many days.
Two days later, Jian took the child to the Liu family and went with Mingzhu and her husband to the county hospital to see Li Yan and Chen Jianguo.
The two men were in the same hospital room. Chen Jianguo had been shot in the thigh and back with a homemade gun and had already undergone surgery.
Li Yan was well protected by Chen Jianguo and had no gunshot wounds, but she still couldn't escape the torture inflicted by the two men.
His back was a bloody mess from being dragged around, and there were hardly any unscathed patches on his scalp. Two of his ribs were broken from being kicked. The most unfortunate thing is that the baby was almost seven months old and had to be delivered via cesarean section. He is still not out of danger.
Tan Yajun stayed here to take care of him. Knowing that this matter was related to Liu Guoping's brother-in-law, Liu Guoqiang and Lin Zhaodi also came the next day to help take care of him.
"Are they awake?"
"He woke up once yesterday. As long as Chen Jianguo's injury doesn't get infected, he can just rest and recover."
Li Yan's external injury is not bad, and it is not easy for it to become inflamed now. It's just that her ribs need to heal for a while, and her hair also needs to grow back slowly.
However, this premature birth, occurring so far in advance, has taken a toll on her health, making it impossible for her to do any heavy work later on.
Simple silence followed. Lin Zhaodi, standing to the side, also felt a pang of self-reproach. If she hadn't married Liu Guoqiang, Wu Lianhua wouldn't have had such a vicious idea, and she almost dragged an innocent life into the mess.
If we're talking about whether it has anything to do with her, there's another reason: Jian Dan and Tan Yajun didn't know how to persuade her, so they simply didn't bring it up.
"Sister Yajun, we can't let you suffer here alone. How about I go back to the village and find a wife?"
"I'll stay here. They've been implicated because of me."
The two looked at each other, wondering what to say.
"Don't take all the blame on yourself. To put it bluntly, the root of the problem is jealousy. You two are quite innocent, having such relatives."
Lin Zhaodi has cried several times already, and her eyes are still swollen.
"These past two days, we've been thinking, what sins have we committed? If they don't want us to be together, they should just say so. Why do they have to make things like this? They have nothing to do with this. They're just nice kids, and then..."
Jian Dan and Tan Yajun both knew that regardless of whether it was directly related to her, Li Yan and Lin Zhaodi would never be able to return to their previous intimacy. Just thinking about this made them grit their teeth with hatred for Wu Lianhua.
"How did the village handle it?"
Jian Dan hasn't left the house for the past few days and knows nothing about the outside world.
Mingzhu wasn't that close to Li Yan, so she didn't say anything and just listened quietly.
Upon hearing this, he said,
"They were sent to the police station that very night. Dongfang came back and said that it happened to be during a crackdown by higher authorities. Those two people who possessed weapons and intentionally injured people, as well as those who intentionally insulted women, would definitely be severely punished. It was uncertain whether they could save their lives."
It's about Wu Lianhua and her younger brother; things aren't settled yet, but Wu Lianhua definitely won't be coming back.
“Yesterday, the village chief of Chengjiabaozi also came to visit, paid their hospital fees, and bought them nutritional supplements. They were still unconscious at the time, so we didn’t say anything. Anyway, we accepted the money on their behalf since he gave it to us. It’s not like we were in the wrong.”
He simply nodded.
"That's for sure. Even if they were awake, we'd have to persuade them to accept it. They're suffering without knowing anything, and..."
By the way, where's the baby? C-section? Is the baby still alive?
Tan Yajun's gaze darted away, she pursed her lips, and her voice was unsteady.
“Still alive, but,”
Alive?
That's a premature baby. My first thought is an incubator and a ventilator.
Where is the child?
Tan Yajun quickly grabbed her.
"Shh! Don't let her hear. She only woke up once. I haven't told Li Yan yet; I'm afraid she can't handle it."
"Sister Yajun, where is the child? I want to go see him. You know, my brother and my uncle are both in the army."
Mingzhu also remembered the wounded woman who shared a room with her when she gave birth; her wound had become infected, but later...
"Ya-jun, is the child really with the doctor? Let's think of something, just in case it helps, right?"
So she joined in the persuasion.
After hearing what they said, Tan Yajun wavered a bit. She didn't dare tell Li Yan, for fear that if the child really didn't survive, it would be another big blow to Li Yan.
"Really, you have a way? Right?"
"Many hands make light work. Let's ask the doctor what we need to help the child, and then we'll think of something. People can always find a solution."
Lin Dongfang also came out of the ward and gently closed the door.
"Yes, as long as there is hope, we can't give up like this. Let's think of a way together."
Tan Yajun felt a glimmer of hope and got up to lead them to the doctor's office. Coincidentally, it was the same doctor who had delivered Mingzhu's baby before.
Next to the office was a separate, enclosed ward. A tiny child was lying on the bed. To be precise, only the tiny head was sticking out; the whole body was inside that enclosed box. Beside the bed was a machine with various tubes inserted into it.
The little person, with a face no bigger than the palm of a hand, was yellowish and wrinkled. You could imagine how the tiny arms and legs were curled up under that box.
"The child is too young and his development is not yet complete. He can only rely on a ventilator to help his lungs circulate. This congenital deficiency cannot be cured; it can only be treated slowly."
Furthermore, once you return home, you must be constantly careful. What you might consider a common cold or chill could be fatal for this child.
This pearl deeply understands this.
It's her son who's incredibly resilient. Even a single cold makes them worry sick. If this kind of frailty becomes the norm, not only will the family need to take meticulous care of him, but the expenses will also increase significantly.
Li Yan and her family started from scratch, unlike her and Lin Dongfang, who had elders secretly helping them. They had to rely on themselves, and the days ahead would be the most difficult.
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