Chapter 118

The old lady had seven living children, a large number of grandchildren, but it was the first time Yan Xiang had seen one.

This child was different from the children at home. Not only did he look exactly like the second son when he was a child, but his eyes were also particularly clean and clear.

The call of "Grandma" was extremely natural and came from the heart, bursting with joy because of the first blood relationship.

Yan Lei's mother's heart softened instantly.

"Hey--" she responded, "Xiang'er, Xiang'er, right, come... let grandma take a look."

She bent down and stretched out her arms.

Without Qiao Wei saying anything, Yan Xiang happily rushed over, naturally without any sense of strangeness or defense towards her grandmother.

Yan Lei's mother quickly squatted down and hugged him, indescribably happy: "Good boy, good boy."

Yan Xiang called grandma twice happily, and suddenly paused, sniffed, and the expression on his face changed slightly.

Qiao Wei told Yan Xiang a long time ago that when you find something strange about someone, don't shout it in public, you can say it quietly, or don't say it.

In this case, to be more specific, it is to tell Yan Xiang not to directly shout that Junjun stinks.

From Junjun, it can also be extended to anyone else.

Therefore, Yan Xiang said nothing. But Yan Lei's mother immediately noticed the abnormality. She hurriedly let go of the clean and tidy child in white shirt and stood up awkwardly: "Xiang'er's mother, come on, go inside."

"Mom, my name is Qiao Wei." Qiao Wei went over, held her arm, and called the village party secretary, "Second uncle, sit in our house!"

A group of people came in, and many others followed in to watch the excitement.

These people did not exist in Qiao Wei's inherited memory, and she didn't know who they were. Anyway, they all followed in at once.

There is no such thing as privacy in the countryside.

As soon as she entered the yard, an old man was being supported by his sons.

The old man looked like he had never seen the world, and was a little embarrassed: "You're here?"

Qiao Wei knew this person.

She hugged her mother-in-law as usual and shouted, "Dad, I'm Qiao Wei, do you remember me?"

This old man was Yan Lei's father, Qiao Wei's father-in-law.

Probably because of his illness, he looked bad, listless, and had a sad look on his face. He just nodded: "Hey, hey."

"Xiang'er." Yan Lei's mother said, "This is your grandpa. His father, this is Xiang'er, Lei Zi's son."

The old man saw this grandson for the first time in his life, and there were tears in his eyes: "Good, good, it's good to be able to come back, I can still live to see the baby..."

Yan Zhu hurriedly said: "Dad, don't talk nonsense!"

He directed his brothers to help his father in.

Qiao Wei observed that Yan Lei's father did not lose the ability to take care of himself, but the pain brought by the body made him uncomfortable. This kind of pain always exists, and people can almost be regarded as losing their labor force.

The layout of the main room is typical of a rural main room. But it is very clean.

In this rural society with a clear division of labor between men and women, this situation shows that the women in the family are diligent and love cleanliness. Qiao Wei clearly knows that this is the result of Yan Lei's mother's labor.

Everyone rushed into the main room together, and there was a flurry of activity. All kinds of stools, benches, and stools were put out and placed in a circle.

In the end, Yan Lei's father sat at the top seat of the eight-immortal table, and everyone asked the secretary to sit on the other side. No matter it is now or in the future, the party secretary of a village is equivalent to the sky of this village. The party secretary did not give way and sat down directly, but called Qiao Wei: "Qiao Wei, come, sit here."

He directed Qiao Wei to sit in the first seat below Yan Lei's father, and then others took their seats one by one.

"Don't worry, Leizi's father. Leizi told me everything on the phone," the secretary said. "Qiao Wei came back this time just to take you to see a doctor."

Qiao Wei asked, "Dad, how are you now?"

Yan Lei's father didn't say anything. He sighed for a long time, his face full of pain, obviously suffering from illness: "I have taken several doses of medicine, but it doesn't work. The acupuncture is useless. I am afraid... I am afraid... the time will come..."

"Puh, phuh, phuh. Don't say such sad words." The secretary interrupted him.

The disappeared women appeared again, bringing out water. When

Yan Lei's mother appeared, Qiao Wei was about to stand up and give her her seat. Yan Zhu and the Party Secretary reached out their hands at the same time: "You sit down, you sit down!"

The Party Secretary said: "Zhuzi, find a stool for your mother."

Then someone stood up and made way for a stool. Yan Lei's mother had a place to sit. She sat down uncomfortably and quietly pulled the stool away from the crowd.

Qiao Wei said: "Dad, I read the situation in the letter. I want to ask you, do you have pain in your waist, back, and ribs? Sometimes your stomach suddenly cramps? Does it also hurt from your lower abdomen to the inner thigh?"

Yan Lei's father nodded quickly: "Yes, it hurts."

"Sometimes you sweat profusely?"

"Yes, yes!"

Qiao Wei asked: "Do you have blood in your urine or urine pus?"

The father-in-law asked this, and the old man was a little embarrassed.

The secretary said, "This is a medical consultation. Please answer truthfully. We cannot keep secrets when we are seeing a doctor."

Yan Zhu answered for his father, "At first it was blood in the urine, and later there was pus. It was only when the condition became serious that I wrote to my second brother."

Qiao Wei nodded and said, "Before I came, I consulted with the comrades in the Health Bureau. The comrades in the Health Bureau said that if there is blood in the urine and pus, there can be no delay and surgery is required."

Yan Lei's father remained silent, and Yan Lei's mother was even more scared. Normally, she would not speak carelessly in a situation with so many men around, but this was related to her man's life, so she had to ask: "Wives-in-law Leizi... then shall we go to the county?" "

Mom, just call me Qiao Wei." Qiao Wei said, looking up and down at Yan Lei's father, "Dad, can you walk by yourself now? Can you walk normally?"

Yan Lei's father said: "Yes, but it's uncomfortable."

The pain in the body will not kill people immediately, but the pain will really kill people.

Qiao Wei asked the secretary again: "Second uncle, how far are we from the provincial capital? What means of transportation do we use to go to the provincial capital? How long does it take?"

The secretary was slightly surprised: "We still have to go to the provincial capital? Isn't the county hospital okay? Can we go to the city?"

Qiao Wei said, "The medical resources of the provincial hospital are simply incomparable to those in the county, and the city is not comparable. In case we have to go through more trouble, it is better to go directly to the province." "

Besides, I don't know how far the construction of the Revolutionary Committee here has progressed. But generally speaking, it starts from the provincial capital and then radiates to the surrounding areas. I just got off the train in the county, and I saw that the streets were a bit chaotic. It should be that the Revolutionary Committee has not stabilized the situation. In this case, I am worried whether the county hospital can guarantee effective medical conditions?"

"In the provincial capital, if the Revolutionary Committee has been stabilized, all systems should have resumed normal operation. Even if something happens, there are more medical resources, and the safety rate is much higher than in the county. Instead of going to the county or the city, it is better to go directly to the provincial capital and use the provincial-level medical resources."

As soon as she said this, the room became quiet because there were not many people who could continue the conversation.

Yan Lei's mother wanted to ask questions, but was confused by this string of words. It seemed that she could understand it, but it was beyond her cognition. For her, going to a county was a long journey.

Going to the provincial capital? She didn't even dare to think about it.

Someone spoke up: "Lei Zi..."

The secretary interrupted the man: "Qiao Wei

." "Oh, Qiao Wei," the man asked, "Qiao Wei is quite clear about these things?"

Without Qiao Wei's answer, the secretary said: "Qiao Wei works in the county party committee office there. She is a writer. The articles she writes are all published in newspapers and win awards. People's Daily reprints them! Right, Qiao Wei?"

There was a gasp in the room, and everyone looked at the woman in the white shirt. Don't tell me, looking at her like this, she really looks like an official.

In fact, Qiao Wei is not an official at all. Her level is just a clerk. But at this time, in the hearts of the people, everyone who works in the government is an official.

Qiao Wei looked at that person, then at the branch secretary: "This..., what should I call you?"

The branch secretary said: "This is Director Li of our village committee."

Director Li asked: "Qiao Wei, do you really work in the county committee office?"

"Director." Qiao Wei said, "Our county committee office no longer exists. The new revolutionary committee has been established. My old leader... has been overthrown as the ruling clique. The leadership structure in the county has been separated from the party and government and has completed a unified transformation. The new top leader, the director of the revolutionary committee, used to be a member of the standing committee. But the new first deputy director used to be in the same office with me, and we are very familiar colleagues."

"The structural transformation has been completed, and the cadre representatives, mass representatives and military representatives have all taken their positions. Because of my relationship with Bocheng County, Yan Lei directly won the military representative of Bocheng, and we can take care of each other."

"It's also because of the new military representative who took office. Now the county is still constantly uncovering class enemies hidden among the people, and the struggle is very fierce. So Yan Lei really can't get away now. We received the letter and discussed it for a long time. Fortunately, I am familiar with the first deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee, and he approved my leave, so I came back to see how Dad is doing."

The men in the room were no longer chatting idly. They unconsciously began to straighten their backs, raise their ears, and their expressions became serious.

The branch secretary said, "It's also very chaotic in our county. We don't understand it, and now we don't know who to listen to."

Qiao Wei said, "The brigade listens to the commune, and the commune listens to the upper level. They will fight for who has the final say above. Whoever wins the revolution will give instructions to the subordinates. Before that, under any circumstances, we will not listen to orders from higher levels. We will never make mistakes."

The branch secretary agreed very much: "Yes."

He thought about it and asked tentatively: "Qiao Wei, we are all confused about this matter now, and the wind direction is a mess. There is no one at the top who can explain it clearly. Can you explain it to us?"

Qiao Wei nodded: "Okay, but branch secretary, my father's matter is important. Can you tell me first, how to get to the provincial capital? How long will it take?"

The branch secretary embarrassed himself. I came back to treat my father-in-law, how could I forget this?

He said: "If we want to go to the provincial capital, our donkey carriage and horse carriage will not work. We must go to the county town and take a long-distance bus."

Qiao Wei looked at the sky, recalled the time it took to come back from the county town, and asked: "Can we leave today?"

The secretary was surprised: "Leave today

?" Qiao Wei asked: "Is it in time?"

The secretary calculated the time: "It's in time, but if you don't stay at home for two days..."

Qiao Wei said: "It doesn't matter whether I stay or not. Seeing a doctor is the most important thing. My father's condition is very serious now. If he has started to urinate, it means that the internal infection is serious and his life may be in danger at any time."

Yan Lei's father's condition has worsened this year and he can no longer go to the fields to earn work points. The rural people were ignorant and stupid. If the barefoot doctor in the village couldn't cure him, he would feel that he didn't have much time left and was about to die. He was pessimistic.

When Qiao Wei said this, the old man's lips trembled.

No matter how pessimistic he was, he didn't want to die. The strongest instinct of a person is the instinct to survive.

When Yan Lei's mother heard that he might die, tears came out: "His second uncle, his second uncle!"

Going to the provincial capital was such a big thing that it felt beyond their ability to decide. They could only ask the village party secretary for help and ask him to make the decision.

The village party secretary calculated the time and said, "No matter what, you can't leave without even eating. After eating, I'll take you to the county to take a long-distance bus. The bus runs fast and we can reach the provincial capital by dark."

"But everything after we get to the provincial capital depends on you."

Qiao Wei said, "Then please get us a letter of introduction. We need it for buying tickets and staying at a guesthouse. It's best if you can get two more for me to keep in case I lose them. It's very difficult to lose a letter of introduction."

At that time, the first generation of identity cards had not yet been issued, and a letter of introduction was equivalent to an identity certificate. It was needed for buying tickets and staying at a hotel. Without a letter of introduction, it was impossible to move forward.

The secretary said, "I'll give you two more blanks, keep them ready."

Qiao Wei said, "Okay."

She looked around and said, "Then I'll take my father, mother, and my elder brother, Xiangxiang, and we'll set off after lunch."

Yan Lei's father is a patient.

Yan Zhu is a laborer. When we go to the provincial capital, we must have a strong laborer to do any physical work or errands. It also ensures safety on the road.

Yan Lei's mother is a communicator. Qiao Wei and Yan Lei's father are father-in-law and daughter-in-law, and Yan Zhu is the eldest brother and sister-in-law. It must be inconvenient to communicate about some things. It will be much better if there is a woman as a bridge in the middle.

Yan Lei's city wife arrived within an hour and had already arranged the itinerary and personnel, and was leaving in the afternoon. No matter if it was the people who were sitting in the house or the people who were blocking the door and leaning against the door frame to watch the excitement, they were all dumbfounded

.

I have never seen a daughter-in-law come back and not stay for a night, but just leave.

This kind of disrespectful thing should be jumped up and pointed at her nose and scolded. But no one can refute what she said. My father-in-law's life is important, and no one can say that she did something wrong.

Qiao Wei smiled slightly.

Since this place has never opened the door to welcome me, there is no need to stay.

I came and I left.

I do what I should do.