The wound healed well after the operation but it still hurts from time to time.
Even if a cut on the stomach heals well, it's impossible not to feel anything.
In the evening, when Li Mingqing got off work, he felt helpless as he looked at the struggling old hen in the bag.
Wu Gang's family is not well off, and the whole family depends on his salary. If he really accepts the money, he will not be able to sleep at night.
Carrying a sack, I rode my bicycle to Wu Gang's house.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw Zhang Xiaocui sitting on a wooden bench talking to an old woman who was washing clothes.
When she saw Li Mingqing, she immediately stood up and asked, "President Li, why are you here?"
"Old hen," Li Mingqing took out a sack from the cart basket and put it on the ground.
The old woman wiped her hands with the hem of her coat and said, "Hey, Dean Li, please come in and sit down."
"Auntie, I have something to do and I'll leave first."
"Since you're here, have a glass of water before leaving." The old woman said awkwardly.
Li Mingqing said, "That's really not necessary."
"Please accept this old hen. Why was it sent back? You are so busy and it is still a big trouble for you to make this trip. It would be great if you could take it home for your children to eat," the old woman said embarrassedly.
Zhang Xiaocui said, "Yes, Dean Li, please take him back."
"Life is not easy these days, and you are not well-off. Please don't give me gifts next time."
Li Mingqing persuaded.
I'm really afraid that Wu Gang will go to the hospital again in a few days to bring him something.
Upon hearing this, Wu Gangniang burst into tears. "Director Li, why is my family so unlucky? Xiao Cui is such a wonderful child, how could she get such a serious illness? We always thought she was pregnant, but we didn't expect it to be a serious illness."
"Mother-in-law, don't cry," Zhang Xiaocui was very sad and felt that she had added too much burden to the family.
Wu Gangniang wiped her tears and said, "I've figured it out these past few days. It's good enough that people are together. At least our family won't break up."
Li Mingqing felt sad after hearing her words.
Fortunately, the mother and son of the Wu family are kind people. If it were someone else, they would have kicked Zhang Xiaocui out of the house long ago, let alone paying for her medical treatment and taking care of her daily life.
Zhang Xiaocui felt upset and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Wu Gang came back sweating profusely. Seeing the bicycle at the door, he thought something had happened at home and ran to the yard in a hurry.
Seeing Li Mingqing was stunned for a moment, he said, "Dean Li!"
"Nothing else, I'm leaving."
Wu Gang looked at Zhang Xiaocui in confusion, and when Zhang Xiaocui pointed at the old hen on the ground, he understood everything.
He sent Li Mingqing to the main intersection before going home.
Wu Gangniang said: "The director is a good person. He knows that it is not easy for our family and specially sent the old hen back. No one else can do it."
"Let's keep the old hen. She can lay eggs every day to provide Xiao Cui with nutrition."
"Brother Gang, I'm not doing any work at home, so you're the one who really needs nutrition. You're busy from morning till night, and you're tired all alone outside."
Zhang Xiaocui said with heartache and guilt.
The old woman said: "We are one family and we can have two different opinions. I will make egg soup for the three of us to drink."
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In the blink of an eye, midsummer is here and it’s summer vacation again.
Xiangdong and several others discussed going to Gangcheng to do business.
Only when they had almost reached an agreement did they go to see Li Mingqing to see if their plan was feasible.
Li Mingqing: "You're not going back to the village?"
"Uncle, let's go to the port city first and then come back to the village to buy a big gold necklace for my mother there," Xiangnan said confidently.
Si Niu complained: "My dear brother, my mother must be so happy that she will shout at the textile factory with a loud speaker."
Xiangdong: "It's something that Third Aunt can do."
"Uncle, do you think it's safe for us to go to Hong Kong?"
"What's so unreliable about this? Going to Hong Kong is the same as going to Shanghai. It's just that the language is different. You may not understand Hong Kong dialect on your first visit."
Li Mingqing reminded them.
"Is Hong Kong dialect so difficult to understand?" Xiangdong asked nervously.
"You guys are learning English, right? It would be fine if we could communicate in English, as English is widely used there."
Xiangdong said modestly, "Our English is pretty good, so it's enough for us to communicate."
Niuniu smiled and said, "Brother, you are too modest. Your English is not just good, it's so good that you can even help the teacher translate English textbooks."
Si Niu: "Don't you see who taught us English? It was my uncle who taught us!"
Li Mingqing smiled and said, "You are smart and willing to learn."
The older girl also said, "The teacher said my English pronunciation is quite authentic. At first, the teacher thought I had been abroad for a while."
Niuniu took her arm and said, "Sister, please come with us."
"Little sister, I won't go. I'm going back to my hometown."
"Go ahead, we'll go back to our hometown together. If my mother sees you going back and I don't, she'll probably scold me," Si Niu said aggrievedly.
To the east: "Sister, let's go together and see the scenery of the port city."
Li Mingqing envied, "I really want to go with you guys. We should go out and see more while we're still young. We won't have so much time after we start working and start a family. Big girl, you've always been steady. Your aunt and I will feel at ease if you go with Niuniu and the others."
"Yeah, then I'll go with my little sister."
The girl agreed immediately.
When they heard that she agreed, Xiangdong and the others laughed happily.
The two brothers, Xiaohong and Xiaozhe, looked at each other and turned around and said, "Dad, Mom, let's go with sister too."
"Okay, but you have to listen to your brothers and sisters."
Li Mingqing instructed.
"Don't worry, Dad, we will definitely listen to you," Xiaohong vowed.
"Don't cause trouble outside. I don't want to go to Hong Kong to rescue you. The hospital is very busy every day," Li Mingqing warned them again.
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