Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Zeng Wangcai and Zhang Xiuzhi returned to Union Hospital talking and laughing all the way. They both went to see their grandmother as if nothing had happened and felt that she was much better now.

Afterwards, the two of them rushed to find Dr. Lin who was on duty. They learned from her that grandma's condition was no longer serious. She would have one last day of treatment tomorrow and would be discharged the day after tomorrow.

All in all, grandma recovered after less than four days in the hospital.

Zeng Wangcai asked in Dr. Lin’s office whether he wanted to consolidate the treatment for another two days.

He brought the word "consolidate" from a hospital in the future. Unexpectedly, Dr. Lin directly lectured Zeng Wangcai, saying that he had money but was in a hurry to have a fever, and that the patient should be discharged from the hospital when he recovered and not delay other people's treatment.

Can you imagine this in the future?

"Didn't your uncle just say that grandma can be discharged from the hospital the day after tomorrow? Why did you go to see Doctor Lin?" Zhang Xiuzhi didn't understand Zeng Wangcai's unnecessary action.

Zeng Wangcai chuckled, sat on a stool in the corridor and said, "Just wait and see, someone will come to our courtyard soon."

"Someone's coming? Who?" Zhang Xiuzhi didn't know much about the people in the courtyard.

"Liu Guangtian, three uncles."

"Liu Guangtian? Didn't he say..." Zhang Xiuzhi was confused at first, but then she understood instantly, "You mean he said one thing and meant another, right? He's going back to complain? That's not right. Didn't you say you usually don't tell your family about fights?"

"That depends on the person!" Zeng Wangcai smiled. "Most people are like this, but it doesn't guarantee that all of them are like this. Liu Guangtian was beaten badly today. He can't report back home. If he doesn't tell the truth, the second uncle in our hospital will beat him up."

This seems unacceptable. Their child is injured like this, and not only is the child not comforted, but he is also beaten. Are there any parents like this?

Zhang Xiuzhi didn't want to believe it at first, but then she thought of her father... and she believed it.

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. Zeng Wangcai and Zhang Xiuzhi took care of grandma until she fell asleep. The ward was not very quiet. From time to time, there were patients coughing and some patients getting up to go to the bathroom.

Zhang Xiuzhi seemed to have gotten used to it. She went to the corner, took out a cool mat and spread it out beside her grandmother's bed, preparing to continue the evening.

During these few nights, Zhang Xiuzhi had been sleeping on the floor next to her grandmother so that she could wake up as soon as she got up at night. Zeng Wangcai, on the other hand, was a guerrilla fighter, looking for beds without patients to sleep on. No one cared anyway, and no one asked him to pay for the bed.

After doing all this, Zhang Xiuzhi lay on the mat with her clothes on. Zeng Wangcai did not go to sleep, but sat on a stool beside her, waiting for people and things that might come.

I don’t know how much time had passed. Just when Zhang Xiuzhi was about to fall asleep, she heard the sound of footsteps in the corridor.

Zhang Xiuzhi woke up suddenly and tapped the chair where Zeng Wangcai was sitting with her foot, and the dozing Zeng Wangcai woke up immediately.

Fortunately, Liu Haizhong knew that quarreling in the hospital ward would anger everyone, so he did not let Liu Guangtian make a scene. He took the lead and went into the ward together with Yi Zhonghai, Yan Bugui and Zeng You.

"Why are you here?" Zeng Wangcai asked in surprise.

"Come out and talk, don't wake up your grandma!" Zeng Youqian whispered.

Zhang Xiuzhi stayed behind to take care of her grandmother, while Zeng Wangcai went out with them and came to the top of the corridor, which was far away from the ward.

"It's like this, Liu Guangtian said that you and Xiuzhi beat him up in an alley tonight." Zeng Youqian explained briefly.

"No, why would I beat him?" Zeng Wangcai said in shock, "Liu Guangtian, are you okay? We just made peace in front of your factory director today. I gave you a peony, and I was just bored and made peace with you before beating you up..."

Made peace?

A pack of Peony cigarettes?

Everyone, including Liu Haizhong, turned their heads and looked at Liu Guangtian. They did not understand the situation.

"Is this true? Why are you making peace? Is there anything else we don't know?" Liu Haizhong asked with a serious face.

Liu Guangtian cursed Zeng Wangcai more than a thousand times in his heart. He could now guess a little bit about Zeng Wangcai's operation, but if he denied it, he couldn't deny it because the factory had certification.

Zeng Wangcai saw that Liu Guangtian was hesitant and didn't say anything, so he spoke for him: "It's like this, uncle one, uncle two, uncle three, there may be a misunderstanding between Liu Guangtian and me. It was because of a piece of meat bone that the second uncle beat him up. So after school started, Liu Guangtian went to the hospital to block the second and third uncles in our family, asking them for candy and cigarettes, and said he would beat them if he didn't give them.

"I thought, we are all neighbors, there is no need to make a big deal out of it, it's just cigarettes, it's not good to hurt the relationship, so I went to buy a pack of Peony, but I was afraid that the second uncle's parents were strict, so I didn't dare to give it to him at home, so I gave it to the machine tool factory. It happened that their factory director Xie Hongjun recognized me and wanted to invite me to their factory to explain the spirit of the document to the comrades in the propaganda department, so he took me in and called Liu Guangtian, and we talked about this matter in front of Xie Hongjun and the factory director..."

These words are both true and false. The true part can be verified, but the false part is that Liu Guangtian had no idea about the banner hanging at the factory gate and there was no way he could question it.

So, after hearing this, Liu Haizhong couldn't help it and went to rummage through Liu Guangtian's bag. As a result, he found a whole box of Peony cigarettes and half a box of Peony that had been opened but not finished.

The chain of evidence formed a perfect closed loop. Apart from the fact that only a small amount of cigarette was left that needed to be explained, everything else was gone.

At this time, Yan Bugui added fuel to the fire: "Old Liu, your second son is not filial enough. He got a good cigarette but instead of showing it to you, he traded it for wine. Judging from his behavior, he probably drinks a lot."

Hearing this, Liu Haizhong could no longer suppress his anger, and asked through gritted teeth: "Where did you go for dinner tonight, who did you drink with? And where are the cigarettes?"

"Uh, Dad..." Liu Guangtian felt the murderous intent. He dared not say anything after being suppressed for more than ten years. He said with a sad face, "I went to Donglaishun with two co-workers from the factory and my master and had a meal of shabu-shabu... He took away all the other cigarettes. Dad, believe me, he really took them away..."

"I don't believe you..." Liu Haizhong couldn't bear it any longer and slapped Liu Guangtian on the face, "She gave you cigarettes and you snatched them back. Is she bored or something? If you don't tell the truth, I'll beat you to death..."

Liu Guangtian was stunned. What the hell... I just smoked less than a pack of Mudan, and ended up being beaten by outsiders. After being beaten by outsiders, my own father beat me. Is there any meaning in living like this?

Now he finally understood all of Zeng Wangcai's operations, just to make him helpless afterwards. This kid is too insidious...

Zeng Wangcai took the initiative to intervene and held Liu Haizhong's arm, saying, "Second uncle, stop hitting him. He's already miserable enough, why are you hitting him? It's just a cigarette, it's no big deal. Our family doesn't need the money, but Guangtian's lying character is unacceptable. You'd better ask him how he got this, so that I won't be wronged."

Look, this is what benevolence and righteousness are!

Yi Zhonghai nodded repeatedly: "Old Liu, stop fighting, Wangcai is right."

However, the more people said this, the more embarrassed Liu Haizhong felt, and the harder he beat them.

The noise of beating alarmed Dr. Lin at this time, which gave Liu Haizhong an excuse to stop and save the life of the inhuman Liu Guangtian.

Liu Guangtian shouted unwillingly: "Didn't the Third Uncle just note the time? You can tell when he returned to the hospital..."