"Yuxiu, wait a moment. I'll discuss this with them." Principal Xu didn't hang up the phone. Instead, he looked up and said to the people in the office, "I have a question. Are you free today?"
There were three people in total in the office, two middle-aged men and one middle-aged woman; the two men were wearing Mao suits, their faces were weathered, and their hair was white; they were both implicated and unwilling to sever ties with their father, so they were demoted, and their bodies could no longer bear the burden over the years.
The middle-aged woman looked a little better, she was dressed smartly, had wheat-colored skin and dry yellow hair. The three of them had just been rehabilitated and when they found out that their father had stomach cancer, they immediately came to see Principal Xu.
"When you're free, Uncle Xu." The oldest man among the three spoke.
"Is your father still able to walk?"
The middle-aged woman said, "Uncle Xu, to be honest, my father can no longer get out of bed. He's in the hospital on an oxygen tank. We thought he was in good health and didn't suffer much, but when he collapsed, we went to the hospital for a checkup and found out he had advanced gastric cancer."
"The old man has been holding on all the time, just wanting to see us come back; he knew he had a terminal illness, and the pain was unbearable, but he didn't go to the hospital or buy medicine, so his condition waited until it became so serious." If he had been treated earlier, I'm afraid it wouldn't have reached this point.
As she spoke, the middle-aged woman's eyes were filled with tears.
The two middle-aged men shook their heads and sighed helplessly. They had no idea that their father would be so seriously ill. It would have been better if they had discovered it earlier!
Principal Xu felt sad. His old friends had left one by one, and only a few stayed. Now another one was suffering from illness, but he could do nothing.
"I understand. Don't worry, I'll discuss this with my apprentice." Principal Xu picked up the phone again. "Yuxiu, you heard it just now. The other person can't get out of bed. He's in the hospital, relying on an oxygen tank to keep him alive."
"Teacher, I can't do anything about this." Zhong Yuxiu couldn't bear it, but she wouldn't joke about her own body.
She is five months old now, and she may not be able to take care of her own safety if she gets hurt.
Principal Xu said sadly, "Look, his father is in the First Hospital in the west of the city. Let's go and see him together, okay? I have fewer and fewer old friends."
"teacher......."
"Teacher, please bring a few more people to protect you."
Zhong Yuxiu couldn't say any more words of refusal. She looked towards the kitchen and said, "Okay, when are we going?"
"Right now, I'll wait for you at school to go together." Unless it was absolutely necessary, he didn't want to make his pregnant apprentice tired on this trip.
"Okay, Grandpa and I can borrow the car." Zhong Yuxiu paused, then said, "How many people are there with you? Besides my guard and me, there's only room for two people in the car."
Principal Xu glanced at them and said, "Including me, there are four of us. Don't worry, I'll let two of them go to the hospital first. Another junior and I will wait for you to leave together."
"That's okay too."
After the conversation was over, he hung up the phone.
Zhong Yuxiu went to the kitchen door and said to Hao Nan and Tian Shangguo, "Comrade Hao, Comrade Tian, I need to go out for a while. Please change your clothes and come with me to the Yan family to borrow a car. We will go to the Medical University first, pick up my teacher, Principal Xu, and then go to the West City First Hospital."
"Is it because of that patient?" Tian Shangguo roughly guessed.
"Yes, the condition is very serious. The teacher and I will go to the school to check it out ourselves. Please hurry up, I will go upstairs to change clothes and come down later." The weather is hot now, and she wears a loose long skirt at home. It is okay to wear it at home, but it is not appropriate to wear it outside, so she has to change into something more formal.
Fortunately, the pregnant woman who went out had several sets of equipment, which came in handy at this moment.
She returned to her room and retrieved a vintage azure dress from the cabinet. It was loose at the waist and had long sleeves. She added a matching pearl necklace and pulled her hair back in a circle, securing it with a hairpin. She also wore white cotton and linen shoes, a breathable material. This outfit would remain timeless in the future.
This dress was made by the garment factory run by Yan Rushan. The drawings were provided by her. The dress is embroidered with cranes, auspicious clouds, mountains and flowing water. It is very beautiful. No one would have dared to wear it like this a few years ago, but now!
It’s been 1980 and no one cares anymore.
She took out a matching handbag from the closet. The bag was also embroidered with mountains and flowing water, blending in with the clothes. She stuffed a hundred yuan and her work ID into the bag, went downstairs to the bathroom, looked in the mirror, and nodded with satisfaction.
She is tall and can support this dress. Her appearance does not play the role, but her temperament supports the quality of the dress.
"Perfect!"
"Comrade Zhong, we've changed our clothes. We've also borrowed a car. We didn't borrow it from the Yan family, but from someone in the compound." Hao Nan encountered Zhong Yuxiu upon entering the house. Although he felt it was inappropriate, he couldn't help but look at her several times. "You look like a lady from an ancient family dressed like this."
It’s so beautiful.
"Ladies from wealthy families weren't like that. Real noble ladies in ancient times wore silk and satin, and there were strict rules about how they styled their hair and what kind of pearls and jade they wore. Noble ladies of different ranks had a set number of maids to serve them, and the gold and silver jewelry they wore was even more elaborate. For someone like me, I just dress casually. It's convenient, simple, and looks good, so I don't embarrass myself when I go out."
Having seen real ladies from noble families, she really didn't think that this outfit was ladylike.
"Have you seen it?" Haonan couldn't imagine such a scene.
Zhong Yuxiu chuckled and didn't respond directly to him, "Let's go. We have to rush to school."
The two men went out one after another, and when they left the compound, they saw a small car parked outside the gate; Tian Shangguo rolled down the window, welcomed the people into the car, and drove away from the compound.
Zhong Yuxiu sat in the back seat and asked, "Comrade Hao, who did you borrow the car from?"
"It's the Cheng family. When I asked them, they said they had a car, so they agreed right away. Don't worry, I paid for the gas and also gave them a piece of meat." Haonan said.
"That's good. We can't let others lend it to us for free." No one in the compound needs that piece of meat, and no one needs that little bit of gas money. Whether others need it or not is their business, and whether we give it to them or not is our business. It's a matter of attitude.
Haonan turned around and smiled, "The fourth son of the Cheng family, Cheng Minglang, is in business with Comrade Yan. The Cheng and Yan families are old friends and have always had a good relationship."
"It's Cheng Lao Si! Come to think of it, I haven't seen them for a long time. They talked about getting together many times, but they all had their own things to do, so we never got together again." Yan Rushan's side has transformed from a black market business into a company, and there are too many things to do. I'm afraid he will be busy for the next five years.
The key point is that Yan Rushan and his brothers expanded the business a bit too much.
Now the operators in clothing, electronic appliances, and real estate are doing well in the first two, while the second is still in a cold period; they have seen the prospects and started operations in advance.
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