Li Hehua's face turned pale instantly, and her heart sank to the bottom in an instant. The unknown panic overwhelmed her in an instant.
She pinched her palm unconsciously before asking, "Zhang Tieshan, what happened to him?"
Luo Er had a look of deep fatigue on his face. His beard was unshaven, and it was obvious that he hadn't shaved for many days. His eyes were dark blue, and his words were full of weakness. "Tieshan, he was seriously injured while hunting, and he's dying."
"Buzz--" Li Hehua felt a buzzing in her ears, and the words "I'm almost dying" kept circling in her mind.
Luo Er continued with trembling lips: "The doctor told us to prepare for his funeral. Before he fell into a coma, he said he wanted to see you and Shulin, and hoped that you could go to see him for the last time..." Luo Er couldn't go on, and his voice was choked with sobs even for a grown man.
Li Hehua blinked, unable to believe what he heard.
How could it be possible? Just a while ago, that person had been coming to her again and again, and had expressed his feelings to her time and again. How could such a lively person be dead?
Seeing Li Hehua standing there in a daze, Luo Er rubbed his face and urged: "Don't be dazed. No matter what, you go to the academy to pick up Shulin first. Come with me to see him. He wants to see you and your son." If Tieshan is really going to die... he can't let him go with regrets.
Only then did Li Hehua come back to his senses from his daze.
She knew that now was not the time to think too much. The first thing she had to do was to go see Zhang Tieshan. Maybe things were not as serious as Luo Er said. She couldn't let herself be scared.
Li Hehua took a deep breath and said to Luo Er, "Okay, wait for me, I'll arrange things and then go."
Li Hehua told Mrs. Xie, Dahe Xiaoyuan, Xiaoqing and Xiaohong that she was going to Shangshui Village, and asked them to close their stalls today and wait for her to come back, and then asked them to explain the matter to the guests.
After several people nodded to show that they understood, Li Hehua hurried home to pack up some things, and then took all his belongings to the academy.
A class was going on in the academy. Gu Zhijin was teaching the children to read in the classroom. Li Hehua didn't care about anything else and just stood at the door of the classroom and shouted "Mr. Gu".
Gu Zhijin was surprised to see Li Hehua standing at the door. He walked to the door and asked, "Why are you here? Is there something wrong?"
Li Hehua nodded, "Master, something happened at home. I need to take Shulin to Shangshui Village. I need to ask Shulin for a few days off. I'm not sure how many days it will be. Please approve a few days off for Shulin."
Gu Zhijin frowned slightly and asked worriedly, "Are you okay? Do you need any help?"
Li Hehua shook his head, "Thank you, Master, there is nothing I can help you with for now."
After hearing what Li Hehua said, Gu Zhijin said nothing more and brought out Shu Lin who was sitting behind the desk.
Li Hehua did not have time to say anything more. He hurried out of the academy holding Shulin, got on the ox cart borrowed by Luo Er and rushed to Shangshui Village.
Shulin saw that Li Hehua looked unhappy, and his little brows furrowed in worry. He stretched out his little hand to pull her sleeve, and silently asked his mother what was wrong.
Li Hehua patted his little back and said to him, "Shulin, mother wants to tell you something now, but you can't be afraid. Daddy is sick and wants to see Shulin, so we are going to see daddy now. When Shulin goes, daddy will be fine."
When he heard that he was going to see his father, the little guy was obviously happy, because he missed his father very much. But when he heard that his father was sick, he became worried and his little hands tightly grasped Li Hehua's clothes and refused to let go.
This was the only way Li Hehua could explain to her child, because now even she herself didn't know what was going on.
While they were on the road, Li Hehua finally had time to ask Luo Er, "What happened to Zhang Tieshan?"
Luo Er sighed and said, "Tieshan went hunting in the mountains a few days ago, but he didn't come back for three days. Auntie was worried and asked us to look for him. We found him in the mountains. He was lying on the ground with blood all over his body and unconscious. There was a dead tiger lying next to him."
"What tiger?" Li Hehua screamed.
Luo Er nodded, "It was a tiger. Tieshan actually went deep into the mountains to hunt tigers!" As he spoke, Luo Er became angry, "Do you think he is crazy? He actually went deep into the mountains to hunt, and he was so bold as to hunt tigers! Tigers can be hunted, how many hunters have been eaten by these beasts? He never went into the mountains before, and he never touched these beasts. I don't know why he suddenly went crazy this time!"
Tiger...beat the tiger...Zhang Tieshan actually went to beat the tiger!
Li Hehua's face turned pale and his heart was in a knot.
Although Luo Er disliked Li Hehua very much, he was too worried about Zhang Tieshan at the moment. He wanted someone to listen to him vent his frustration, so he didn't care how much he disliked Li Hehua before, and just kept talking: "When we found him, blood was all over the floor, his face was pale, and his body was covered with blood. Everyone said he couldn't make it. The doctor we found used a lot of good medicine, but he didn't wake up. The doctor said that if Tieshan still doesn't wake up in the next few days, we have to prepare for his funeral."
As he spoke, Luo Er's eyes became red. He still couldn't accept the fact that his good brother, who he grew up with, was going to die.
Li Hehua didn't believe it. "Did you invite the best doctor? Is the doctor's medical skills not good enough?"
Luo Er covered his forehead and said with difficulty: "We invited the best doctor in town to see him, and also invited doctors in the city overnight. They all said that they had tried their best. Now the doctor is using ginseng slices to keep Tieshan alive, but the doctor said that whether he wakes up depends on Tieshan himself, and there is nothing they can do."
The buzzing sound rang in Li Hehua's ears again. She knew, of course, that a wounded person could not survive for a few days without food or water. Even if he was given ginseng to hang on to, he could not last too long. In this era, there was no nutrient solution or advanced medical skills, and it was impossible to keep a person unconscious.
Li Hehua's lips trembled, and he asked in a trembling voice: "He...how many days has he been in a coma?"
Luo Er replied: "It's been almost three days. He only woke up once on the night we carried him back."
Thinking of what Zhang Tieshan said to him when he opened his eyes, Luo Er couldn't help but say to Li Hehua: "The first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to ask me to sell the tiger he had killed. He said... he said that if he died, he would leave some money to his aunt and give the rest to you. He also said..."
Li Hehua asked hurriedly: "What else did you say?"
Luo Er said painfully: "He also said that if possible, he wants you to bring Shu Lin back to see him."
As he spoke, Luo Er pounded his leg heavily, "What on earth is Tieshan thinking? No matter how valuable the tiger is, it cannot be touched. What's the point of having money if he has no life? He is not a person who is short of money, why would he beat the tiger! I really...really...ah!"
Li Hehua's face turned pale and his heart was trembling...
Zhang Tieshan is not short of money, so he does not need to go through all the dangers to fight the tiger. The only reason he fights the tiger is for her.
Li Hehua couldn't help but think of what Zhang Tieshan said to her. He told her not to worry about money and he would find a way to get the money. It turned out that his way was to fight tigers.
This man, in order to earn money to buy her a restaurant, actually went to the mountains to hunt tigers and was attacked by a tiger. How badly must he have been injured...
Li Hehua's tears flowed unconsciously, dripping down drop by drop.
Shulin felt the tears dripping down his face. He looked up and saw his mother crying. He opened his mouth in shock. His little mouth moved and made “ah ah” sounds. His little hands raised in panic to wipe the tears from her face.
Mom, don’t cry, don’t cry. Don’t cry.
As Shulin wiped his tears, he became sad. He pouted his lips, tears flowed from his eyes, and he even made a "woohoo" cry.
This was the first time Li Hehua heard Shulin make a sound, but she was not in a happy mood at the moment. She was afraid that she had frightened the child, so she wiped the tears from her face and rubbed her cheek against his, comforting him: "It's okay, it's okay, Mommy is okay, Shulin, don't cry, you see Mommy is not crying anymore."
The little guy looked at Li Hehua with tearful eyes, and when he heard her say stop crying, he stretched out his hands to rub his eyes. Li Hehua quickly stopped him and took out a clean handkerchief to wipe his tears, "Okay, okay, just now mommy was crying because of the sand in her eyes. Did you scare Shulin? It's mommy's fault. Mommy, don't cry. Shulin, don't cry anymore."
The little girl sobbed and looked at Li Hehua with a pursed mouth, looking aggrieved. Only when she saw that she had really stopped crying did she stop crying.
Luo Er, who was driving the carriage in front, felt sad when he saw this scene, but he was more surprised at the change in Li Hehua. Is this still the unreasonable shrew Li Hehua he knew?
How could Li Hehua be so gentle? And he just remembered now, why is this woman so thin? Where is the original meat?
He didn't understand why Zhang Tieshan was thinking about Li Hehua. He didn't understand why his brother would think about that woman and even send her money.
But if it was Li Hehua like she is now, he could understand it a little.
But Tieshan is like this now...what should we do?
Amid endless worry, the car finally stopped in front of Zhang's door. Li Hehua carried Shulin and followed Luo Er in, and went straight into Zhang Tieshan's room. As soon as they entered, they saw Zhang Tieshan lying on the wooden bed with his eyes closed. There was no blood on his lips, and his face was frighteningly pale. He looked lifeless.
From Zhang Tieshan's open undershirt, one could see that his entire upper body was wrapped in bandages, with blood still seeping through the white bandages.
Li Hehua couldn't believe that the man who was as strong as a mountain could be so fragile at this moment.
Zhang Lin had fainted from crying many times and was now being advised to go back to her room and lie down, but she refused to do so and held on to the head of the bed tightly, refusing to leave.
Zhang Qingshan squatted in the corner with his head in his hands, his whole body buried in sadness.
The two of them no longer had the energy to reprimand Li Hehua for coming. Only other people from the same village looked at her with strange expressions, but she didn't care about anything now.
Li Hehua used up all his strength, holding Shulin, and walked towards the bed step by step, towards the man who looked like he would break if touched. He did not stop until he reached the bed, and looked at him without blinking.
Li Hehua put Shulin down from his arms and laid him on the bed.
Shulin crawled two steps on his knees, crawled to Zhang Tieshan, stretched out his little hand to touch Zhang Tieshan's face, gently, as if he was afraid that he would break his father. As he touched, his eyes turned red again, and tears fell, crying silently.
Although he didn't understand what happened to his father, he could sense that his father was seriously ill. So he felt very sad.
Zhang Lin suddenly regained strength when she saw her grandson coming back. She hugged Shulin in her arms and cried, "Shulin, Shulin, call your father quickly. Tell him not to leave and not to abandon us. Tell your father to come back quickly!"
Shulin struggled to get out of Zhang Lin's arms and stretched out his little hands towards Zhang Tieshan.
He wants daddy...
Li Hehua shifted her gaze away from Zhang Tieshan's face. Everything in front of her made her heart feel uncomfortable.
Zhang Tieshan, why are you so stupid? Do you want me to suffer for the rest of my life? Wake up, don't lie down.
Finally, Luo Er couldn't bear it anymore, so he took Shulin out of Zhang Lin's arms and put him next to Zhang Tieshan. Then he said to Zhang Lin, "Aunt, let Shulin stay with his father for a while. Maybe Tieshan will wake up. You've been tired for so many days. Go and have a rest. If you get hurt, you won't be able to take care of Tieshan when he wakes up, right?"
The people around agreed and advised Zhang Lin to go and rest, saying that Zhang Tieshan would definitely wake up, and asked her to recuperate before taking care of Zhang Tieshan.
After repeated persuasion from everyone, Zhang Lin finally nodded and agreed. She was helped to stand up. When she left, she saw Li Hehua, but said nothing and ignored him.
Zhang Lin's attitude actually made Li Hehua feel relieved.
Luo Er asked all the relatives in the room to leave one by one. Finally, he even pulled Zhang Qingshan out. Only Li Hehua and Shulin were left in the room.
Originally, Luo Er would not do this, but after Zhang Tieshan asked him to secretly sell the tiger and give the money to Li Hehua, and after he wanted Li Hehua to come to see him, Luo Er understood what his brother meant. So, he wanted his brother to have no regrets, and at the same time he held on to the last hope, hoping that Li Hehua and Shulin could wake up his brother.
Maybe it's possible? If Tieshan couldn't bear to leave the mother and daughter, he wouldn't be willing to go with the Black and White Impermanence, right?
Luo Er closed the door of the room from the outside, took a bench and sat at the door to guard it so that no one could disturb him.
The room fell silent. Li Hehua rubbed his eyes, then slowly sat down and reached out to hold the hand of the man on the bed.
Why are my hands so cold...
In the past, every time he approached her, he would feel a wave of heat in his face and he was very hot-tempered. But now, even his hands were so cold.
All this is for her...
How could she deserve him to treat her like this?
Li Hehua put the big hand against his face, trying to warm it up. Maybe if it warmed up, he would wake up.
"Zhang Tieshan, wake up."
The person on the bed didn't make any movement, except for the slight rise and fall of his chest, which would have made one think he was dead.
Seeing him like this, Li Hehua felt a tightness in her chest, and she didn't know why she felt so uncomfortable. She didn't like seeing Zhang Tieshan like this at all. The Zhang Tieshan she knew could lift a table with one hand, push a mill easily with one hand, and sit with Shu Lin on his shoulders easily with one hand. How could he be like this now?
Li Hehua said: "Zhang Tieshan, you can hear me, right? Shulin and I have come back to see you, open your eyes and look at us, don't sleep anymore, you have slept for three days, you know, you can't sleep anymore!"
Shulin, with tears in his eyes, grabbed Zhang Tieshan's arm and shook it gently, trying to wake him up with Li Hehua, but his father did not respond.
With tears in his eyes, Shu Lin looked at Li Hehua helplessly, and opened his mouth to make a "woohoo" sound that sounded like crying or shouting.
Li Hehua hugged Shulin in his arms with a distressed look, and said to Zhang Tieshan: "Zhang Tieshan, did you hear that? Shulin is crying. He has spoken. Please wake up and check on him. He can't call you dad yet. Please wake up and teach him, okay?"
However, the man on the bed was still immersed in his sleep, and only the slightly rising and falling of his chest could give people a little comfort.
Li Hehua sniffed and wiped her tears, thinking that just sitting there and waiting to die was not a solution. Zhang Tieshan couldn't die, he must not die. She must find a way to save him.
Since even the best doctor in the city has been invited and ginseng has been used, it means that it is definitely not a problem of medical skills. It really depends on Zhang Tieshan’s own will to survive. If he wants to wake up, a miracle will definitely happen.
At this time, the most important person needs to talk to him and awaken his desire to survive.
Li Hehua decided that she would not leave until Zhang Tieshan woke up. She would stay here with Shulin and call him to wake up. Even if others said harsh words, they were not as important as Zhang Tieshan's life.
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