Cheng Yue and the other two quickly followed. When they passed the village head's house, Zhang Shaowen shouted a few times, but no one responded even though the door was open.
Cheng Yue said, "Let's go together. They must have gone to the other end of the village by now."
As the village head, he always takes the lead in everything.
Before the three of them had even reached the end of the village, they heard a loud bang from ahead.
Chen Lin clenched his fists and said anxiously, "Something's wrong! It's the sound of a house collapsing!"
Before Cheng Yue could react, another shout came from ahead.
"Come quick! Uncle Hunchback's house has collapsed too!"
"Quickly, save them! Several of you, go over there, hurry, hurry, hurry!"
It collapsed too? That means someone else's house collapsed before this! No wonder people are crying.
"Let's hurry over there!" Cheng Yue quickened her pace to catch the carriage.
A house that can collapse in such a rainstorm must be a very difficult place for the people living there. People can die when a house collapses. We all live in the same village, so we should help each other out if we can.
Zhang Shaowen jumped out of the car and ran towards the area, shouting as he ran, "Aunt Cheng Yue, I'm going first!"
Chen Lin jumped out of the car too, "Mom, I'm going too!"
The two ran off in a flash, and Cheng Yue could only anxiously remind them, "Be careful! Stay away from the house!"
The house was in a terrible state, no matter what. The two children were just kids and instead of helping, they got injured.
Cheng Yue was extremely worried, but she couldn't stop them, so she had no choice but to rush over there.
"He's still breathing! He's still breathing! Doctor, come quick!"
When Cheng Yue arrived at Zhao Changyong's house, she found it empty and knew that the incident had not happened at his house.
It was unusually noisy behind their house, so Cheng Yue rushed over and saw several men carrying a person out of the ruins. The person was covered in a mixture of red and yellow liquid, blood and mud.
As soon as the commotion started, the village doctor was dragged over by the village head to wait.
Seeing the person being carried out, he quickly stepped forward to treat them. After quickly treating the wound, he said anxiously, "This injury is a bit serious. I can't treat it myself. I have to take them to town!"
"How can we go in this rain? Uncle Hunchback is in such a state, he can't even move!"
Human lives are at stake, so Cheng Yue stepped forward and said quickly, "Let's go by oxcart. Are there any other injured people? Send them along too! Don't delay!"
Everyone was so focused on saving people that they didn't see Cheng Yue coming over. But when they suddenly heard her shout, they all snapped back to reality.
The village headman waved his hand anxiously, "Quick! Lift them onto the cart, including Er Laizi's wife, lift them all up!"
Zhao Luoguo's son, Zhao Datou, immediately kowtowed to everyone in excitement, saying incoherently, "Thank you everyone! Thank you, Sister-in-law Cheng!"
Cheng Yue didn't want to help him up, so she could only urge him, "We can talk when you get back. Hurry up, saving lives is the priority!"
The crowd quickly helped Zhao Datou up. The village headman then rummaged in his clothes and stuffed all the copper coins into Zhao Datou's hand. "Go quickly! Don't delay!"
Seeing this, everyone took out some money. Zhao Luoguo's house had collapsed, so he had nothing to take out and naturally had no money to go to the doctor.
"You lazybones, why aren't you bringing your wife up here? What are you dawdling for!"
When the village head turned around and saw Erlaizi hiding in the corner, he was furious. His house was the first to collapse.
Erlaizi, hands clasped in his pockets, cursed in dissatisfaction: "A woman's injury is nothing, why bother seeing a doctor! She wouldn't even weigh two ounces if she died! I have no money!"
Wouldn't it be better to buy some wine and enjoy it? Giving medical treatment to an old woman? Does she even deserve it?
Qian Yulan was furious and cursed, "You beast! Qiufen is your wife! She's the mother of your child! Are you even human?!"
"This is a matter of life and death! How could you say such a thing!"
Erlaizi grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and said with a long face, "What kind of mother is she! She can't even give birth to a boy, and she wants me to save her? You could get a new wife with this money!"
She only gives birth to daughters, three in one lifetime. If it weren't for his father-in-law being so domineering that he couldn't afford to offend him, he would have given up on this kind of wife long ago!
It's good that he's dead, that's fate! It's a sign that Heaven has eyes, making way for his new wife, so that his family line won't end.
"Father! Please, please save Mother!"
Three girls, all under ten years old, knelt on the ground, hugging Erlaizi's legs and crying.
Their mother's face was covered in blood, and they didn't know if she could be saved. They didn't want to be motherless children.
Erlaizi kicked them away: "Cry, cry, cry! All you do is cry! Do you think my money grows on trees? I'll sell you all out sooner or later! You worthless trash!"
You are worse than a pig or a dog!
He refused to help his wife when she was in danger and beat his child. Everyone was so angry at Er Laizi's behavior that they didn't know what to say. They could only point at him and curse him, saying, "How can there be such a person!"
Zhang Dashan, unable to bear it any longer, stepped forward and punched Er Laizi in the face, yelling, "Go to hell!"
Erlaizi tried to continue cursing, but Zhang Dashan punched him several times with both fists, leaving him lying on the ground unable to get up.
"Never mind him! Quickly get his wife into the car!"
After the village head finished speaking, Qian Yulan, Wang Chunmei, Wei Lanfen, and the other women quickly carried the person out of the house.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" The two patients got into the car, and everyone urged them on. The village headman told Zhang Dashan, Qian Yulan, and Zhao Datou to go together.
Erlaizi's wife was also there, and Zhao Luoguo was lying in the car; they couldn't do without a woman.
As soon as the group left, Er Laizi got up from the ground, muttering, "Damn woman, couldn't she have died a quick death!"
If he had just kicked the bucket, it would have saved us from all this fuss and getting him beaten up. Zhang Dashan's fists could take down a bull, and he almost got beaten to death himself!
"It's all your fault! If you hadn't been lying in bed all day, why would your mother have gone to save you?"
And you didn't even appreciate it! You crawled out yourself and pushed your mother to the ground. If it weren't for you, your mother wouldn't have been hit! It's all your fault, all your fault!"
Er Laizi's three daughters were covered in mud and their faces were filthy. They looked at Er Laizi with fierce eyes, as if he were their enemy.
Why is my mother so unlucky to have been born into this family? It's one thing for them to beat and scold us normally, but when it comes to life and death, they only care about their own lives and make my mother go down with them!
They don't have a father like that!
"Damn it, you bunch of lowly girls dare to criticize me? I should smother you all inside!"
Erlaizi reached out to hit someone, but after taking only two steps, the village headman struck him with a stick, knocking him to the side.
"Shut up! You good-for-nothing! What can you do besides bully your wife and kids?!"
"You just kept everyone waiting to get a doctor. If anything happens, you won't get away with it; you'll be dealt with according to village rules!"
The village head used all his strength. Although he was old, he often did heavy work and was very strong.
Unlike Erlaizi, who lies around in the house all day without any energy, a few blows and he starts howling.
Seeing him dodging left and right, the village head didn't want to waste his energy and simply threw the stick away.
Erlaizi peeked out from the side and saw that the village head's face was dark and his eyes were sharp. He knew that this was no joke, so he immediately shut his mouth and dared not breathe.
The village rules stipulate that he should be expelled from the village, which would make him a rootless person. Without protection, how could he survive?
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