Chapter 126 Chapter 126 Visiting the Sick

The next day was the weekend. Lu Yannan came just after breakfast, carrying a bamboo basket of lychees in each hand.

"Brother Yanan, why did you bring so many lychees?" Xia Qinqin walked over and pointed at the two bamboo baskets of lychees in surprise.

Lu Yannan put down the lychees and pointed to one of the bamboo baskets and said, "This is for you."

"What about this one?" Xia Qinqin asked, pointing at another bamboo basket.

Lu Yannan said: "Today we are not going to the hospital to see Teacher Zhou, we are giving it to Teacher Zhou."

Meng Yufei came out of the room with her bag, looked at the lychees in the bamboo basket and said, "Wow, these lychees are so fresh, you can tell they were just picked this morning. Yannan, did you buy them yourself?"

Lu Yannan shook his head and said, "I asked Uncle Xiao Zhao to buy it for me at the supply and marketing cooperative."

Xia Qinqin hurriedly said, "Mom, Brother Yannan said this portion is for us to eat." She pointed to the bamboo basket beside her.

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Thank you Yannan, we are lucky to have lychees today. I will make you something delicious for lunch."

"Great! Mom's cooking is the most delicious." Xia Qinqin cheered happily.

Meng Yufei patted her daughter's braids, walked to the living room counter with a smile, took out half a candy like a snack, turned to the two children and said, "Let's go to the hospital to see Teacher Zhou."

Arriving at the hospital ward, Xia Qinqin heard laughter from inside the door. She looked up at Meng Yufei and said with a smile, "It's Auntie Zhang's voice."

Meng Yufei smiled and nodded: "It's her, I heard it from far away."

Xia Qinqin happily opened the door: "Teacher Zhou, we are here to see you. Aunt Zhang, is it really you?"

When Xiao Zhang saw Xia Qinqin, he ran over happily, gently pinched her cheek, and said with a smile: "How did you know I was here?"

Xia Qinqin said with a smile: "I heard your laughter outside, and I knew it was you as soon as I heard it."

Xiao Zhang couldn't help but rub her face again, and praised her with a smile: "Wow, our Qinqin is really amazing, her hearing is very good, she recognized me right away."

Xia Qinqin said seriously: "Because I am very familiar with Auntie Zhang's voice, I recognized it right away."

Meng Yufei walked into the ward with a smile. Zhou Wenqian was sitting on the bed, looking at them with a smile. The gauze on her forehead had been removed, revealing the scabbed wound.

"Are you feeling better?" Meng Yufei asked as she put her things on the bedside table.

Zhou Wenqian smiled and said, "I'm almost well now. I plan to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow."

Meng Yufei said: "Why don't you stay a few more days to recuperate?"

Xiao Zhang also nodded and said, "That's what I said. There's no one to take care of you at home. You might as well stay in the hospital for a few more days to recuperate."

Zhou Wenqian smiled and said, "It's not a serious injury. The doctor said I could be discharged two days ago, but Zhao Zhengliu insisted that I stay for two more days. Now you want me to stay longer. You really treat the hospital as your home."

Xiao Zhang pouted and said, "Humph, I think he doesn't want to take care of you himself. His wife is in the hospital and he's been missing for days."

Zhou Wenqian mentioned Zhao Zhengliu and explained, "He has important work to do."

Meng Yufei also helped to speak up: "They have been very busy recently. Qinqin's father hasn't been home for dinner for several nights."

Xia Qinqin nodded her head and agreed: "Yes, yes, I haven't seen my father for several days."

Xiao Zhang smiled and said, "Well, since so many people have come to testify, I will not pursue him for now."

Xia Qinqin trotted to Zhou Wenqian's bedside and asked caringly, "Teacher Zhou, does your head still hurt?"

Zhou Wenqian shook her head gently and smiled, "It doesn't hurt anymore. Look, it has scabbed over. It won't hurt after the wound has scabbed over."

Xia Qinqin said, "Yes, my mother also said that the wound will heal when it scabs over." She patted Zhou Wenqian's hand and warned, "Teacher Zhou, don't touch water these few days. It will hurt the wound if you touch water."

Listening to her adult-like admonition, Zhou Wenqian's heart softened. He touched her head and said with a gentle smile, "Okay, I understand. I will be careful not to touch the water."

Xia Qinqin ran over with a smile and pulled Lu Yannan to the bedside, saying, "Brother Yannan also came with us to see Teacher Zhou." She pointed to the things on the bedside table and said, "He bought the basket of lychees, and my mother and I brought the candies and biscuits from home."

Lu Yannan pursed his lips and said, "Teacher Zhou, I wish you a speedy recovery."

Zhou Wenqian smiled and said, "Thank you for your gifts. I'm very happy that you can come to see me."

Xia Qinqin said sweetly: "Teacher, when you get better, can you come back and teach us new songs? We have learned all the songs you taught us last time."

“Really? Then sing it for the teacher,” Zhou Wen Qian suggested.

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Okay, we will sing it for you now." Then, she tilted her head and said: "Brother Yannan, let's sing together for the teacher."

Lu Yannan: “…”

It was almost noon when Mrs. Zhang came into the ward carrying a lunch box. Seeing so many people inside, she smiled and said, "Oh, it's so lively today."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you are here too. If I had known you were coming here today, I would have asked you to come along."

Mrs. Zhang said, "I came to bring you a meal. I made fish soup today. It's the best for wound healing." She smiled and put the lunch box on the bedside table. "Teacher Zhou, I also made scallion oil flower rolls today. You said they tasted good last time, so I brought you two more this time."

Zhou Wenqian said hurriedly, "Mrs. Zhang, you are too polite. I feel embarrassed that you have sent me meals several times in the past few days. I will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, so I don't need to bother you running around anymore."

Mrs. Zhang said, "What's the problem? You saved our Fangfang. You are such a great favor. I am just giving you some food. We are embarrassed."

Zhou Wenqian said: "I didn't do anything. It was the soldiers in the army who saved us."

Mrs. Zhang said, "We still have to thank you very much. My Fangfang said that the damned criminal wanted to kill her at first. It was thanks to you, Teacher Zhou, that they didn't do it. You saved Fangfang's life. When your injury is healed in a while, our whole family will go to your house to thank you."

Zhou Wenqian waved her hands and said, "Don't bother. I'm her teacher. It's my job to protect my students."

Mrs. Zhang said, "One thing is another. We will definitely acknowledge this favor."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, how can you force yourself to repay a favor like this? How about this, when Teacher Zhou's injury is healed, you can take Fangfang to thank Teacher Zhou. The whole family will go, and Teacher Zhou will be embarrassed because he is thin-skinned."

Hearing her say this, Mrs. Zhang smiled and nodded: "Okay, then I'll listen to you, sister."

Mrs. Zhang put down her lunch box, said a few words and hurried home. The meal at home was not ready yet.

After sitting for a while, Meng Yufei got up and left the ward with her two children. Xiao Zhang stayed. Since she had nothing to do all day, she stayed to accompany her friend.

In the corridor, Xia Qinqin suddenly shouted to the front: "Oh, it's Sister Jianhong!"

Meng Yufei lowered her head and said, "Qinqin, don't speak loudly in the hospital."

Xia Qinqin covered her mouth, nodded, lowered her voice and whispered, "Mom, the person in front is Sister Jianhong."

Meng Yufei then looked up and found that it was really Han Jianhong, who was standing not far in front of them. She also saw them and walked over with a smile.

"Aunt Meng, Qinqin, why are you here?" Han Jianhong asked curiously.

Meng Yufei said: "Qinqin's teacher is in the hospital. Let's go see her. What about you?"

Han Jianhong said: "We heard that Instructor Yan was injured and hospitalized, so we came to see him."

"Instructor Yan?"

"Yes, he is the instructor who led our militia training last year."

Meng Yufei asked: "Which ward is he in?"

Han Jianhong pointed to the ward in front and said, "This is the ward."

Meng Yufei walked over curiously and looked at the plate on the door which read: Company Commander of the Third Company, First Battalion, First Regiment, of a Certain Division.

It was indeed him. Meng Yufei said, "So he is your instructor."

Han Jianhong asked, "Aunt Meng, do you know our instructor? Oh, yes," she patted her forehead and said, "I forgot that Uncle Yan is the head of the regiment, and Instructor Yan is his subordinate."

While the two were talking, the door of the ward suddenly opened and a little girl rushed out, saying in a brisk voice: "Jianhong, I extorted two taels of meat tickets from my sister. Come on, I'll treat you to shredded pork noodles."

Meng Yufei looked at the girl in front of her with a slightly flamboyant smile, and at first she did not recognize that she was the daughter of the family she had gone to make furniture for before. She just thought she was Han Jianhong's friend.

Han Jianhong turned to Meng Yufei and smiled, saying, "Aunt Meng, I'm leaving first."

Meng Yufei nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, okay."

She looked at the two little girls running and laughing, and her mood unconsciously improved.

Xia Qinqin touched her head and suddenly remembered who that sister was. She tugged at the corner of Meng Yufei's clothes and said, "Mom, that sister is the one who gave me mangoes last year."

Meng Yufei thought for a moment before realizing who she was talking about. She was surprised and said, "You still remember something that happened so long ago."

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Yes, because the mango is delicious." - That was also her first time eating mango, so of course she remembers it very clearly.

Meng Yufei pinched her nose in amusement, "Then let's go buy a mango later, okay?"

Xia Qinqin's eyes lit up and she said happily, "Okay! I like eating mangoes."

Meng Yufei turned to Lu Yannan and asked, "Yannan, how about we go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy mangoes together?"

Lu Yannan nodded: "Okay."

Meng Yufei continued walking forward with her two children. When she passed the door of the nearby ward, the door was left a gap by the girl. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a young girl sitting next to the bed, feeding Captain Yan.

Meng Yufei took two steps before she reacted. Wasn't it Captain Yan's leg that was injured?

Is your hand injured too?

…

When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, there was a man standing at the fruit stall in front of Zheng Sanmei, pointing and talking.

"Your mangoes don't look fresh anymore. Are they bad? I'm telling you, I'm very rich now. If I get sick from eating them, I'll smash your fruit stand."

Meng Yufei frowned. Tong Caifeng was such an annoying person. Every time she saw her, she was always making trouble. She never had a moment of peace.

Zheng Sanmei was not used to such a challenge, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, then don't buy anything. I have leftover fruits from this morning. If you want to eat the freshest ones, come back tomorrow morning."

Tong Caifeng put her hands on her hips and shouted, "How do you do business? I buy your stuff to give you face. Who is your leader? You little girl has such a sharp tongue..."

"I want this mango." Meng Yufei walked forward and spoke.

When Zheng Sanmei saw that it was Meng Yufei, the smile on her face became much more sincere, and she quickly responded, "Okay, sister, these mangoes are not very fresh, I'll give you a discount, just give me 20 cents."

Tong Caifeng was so angry that her eyes widened. "Why give her a discount? I was the one who saw this mango first!"

Zheng Sanmei said, "Sister-in-law, didn't you say it's not fresh? If it's not fresh, it should be sold at a discount."

Meng Yufei took out two cents and handed it to Zheng Sanmei, then took the mango with a smile.

Tong Caifeng refused to give in and held Zheng Sanmei's hand, saying, "I don't care. You sold my mangoes to someone else, so you have to compensate me!"

Zheng Sanmei was so angry that she laughed: "Sister-in-law, you are relying on me. I can sell mangoes to whoever I want. Besides, you didn't pay for them, so how can they be yours?"

Meng Yufei reached out and grabbed Tong Caifeng's wrist. With a little force, she pulled her hand away from Zheng Sanmei as Tong Caifeng wailed.

"Sister-in-law, please don't make things difficult for the girl." Meng Yufei looked at her and said lightly.

Tong Caifeng covered her hands, angrily saying, "You...you...I'm telling you, I'm very rich now. Just wait. If I have any problems, I will definitely let Lao Fang go to trouble you!"

Meng Yufei raised her eyebrows: "Oh? It's so expensive? Then let's go to the hospital now. I can't afford it if you really damage it." Then she pulled Tong Caifeng to go to the hospital.

Unexpectedly, Tong Caifeng suddenly started to struggle violently, "I, I won't go to the hospital! Let me go..."

Meng Yufei let go of her hand.

Tong Caifeng glared at her fiercely, turned and left. Meng Yufei looked at her back, her eyes were stunned, she saw Tong Caifeng covering her waist with one hand and her stomach with the other.

Could it be that...

After returning home, Tong Caifeng hurried to her room, opened the closet, took out a bag from the innermost part, poured out a black pill and put it into her mouth.

She breathed a sigh of relief after she finished eating.

Outside the door, a pair of small eyes were watching quietly.

"Sister, she is eating the black thing in the closet again. Is it delicious?" Xiangdi ran into the room and whispered to her sister.

Lai Di said, "It's definitely not a good thing. Didn't you smell it yesterday? It stinks to death."

Then, she turned around and said, "After school this afternoon, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy you some candy."

Xiangdi smiled and nodded: "Okay."

…

After buying the mangoes, Meng Yufei went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a bar of soap as the supply at home was almost used up.

Yang Panjun saw Meng Yufei coming over and smiled and pulled her aside to talk for a while. She was living a good life now and her face was much rosier than when she first entered the island.

"I plan to bring my brother over during the summer vacation." Yang Panjun said with a smile, "My husband Jin suggested it. He also said he would see if he could transfer my brother to study here."

After Yang Panjun came to the family compound, the reputation of Captain Jin's family improved a lot. She managed the family very well and had a good relationship with the neighbors.

This year they did not go back to their hometown for the New Year. Yang Panjun's younger brother spent the New Year at his teacher's house. Yang Panjun had been worried about his younger brother, so Team Leader Jin suggested taking him over.

Meng Yufei was also happy to hear this and said, "You can go and consult Section Chief Wang of the Personnel Department to see if you can transfer the relationship. Then you can go to the high school in the town under the name of the army."

Yang Panjun smiled and nodded: "Yes, OK, I'll go and ask when I have time."