Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

In the hospital, Jia Dongxu woke up in the middle of the night. He turned around and saw Jia Zhang lying beside his bed, asleep.

On another bed were Bang Geng who was sleeping and Zhang Guihua who was lying prone.

Jia Dongxu moved and immediately woke up Jia Zhang.

Jia Zhang immediately shouted, "Dongxu, my son, you finally woke up! You scared me to death, did you know that?"

Zhang Guihua also woke up after hearing Jia Zhang's cry.

"Dongxu, you're awake. I'll go call a doctor now." After saying that, Zhang Guihua ran to find a doctor.

Soon, the doctor came and gave Jia Dongxu a thorough examination, and found that apart from being a little weak, there was nothing abnormal.

"Family member, the patient has just had surgery and the wound has not healed yet. You can bring some light food like rice porridge to fill the patient's stomach. Remember not to eat anything else, especially spicy food. Remember that."

The doctor instructed.

"Okay, doctor, I'll go make some porridge right away," said Zhang Guihua.

"Then I'll leave first. Call me if you need anything." The doctor said and left.

"Mom, I'll go get some food for Dongxu first. You take care of him." Zhang Guihua said, and went to the hospital cafeteria to get food.

After Zhang Guihua left, Jia Zhang held Jia Dongxu's hand and asked with concern: "Dongxu, how do you feel? Is there any pain anywhere?"

Jia Dongxu looked pale and shook his head weakly, "Mom, I'm fine, just a little hungry."

"That's good, that's good. Just wait, your wife will bring the porridge soon." Jia Zhang comforted.

After a while, Zhang Guihua came back with a bowl of steaming porridge. She carefully fed Jia Dongxu the porridge. After Jia Dongxu drank a few sips, he gradually recovered his strength and suddenly realized something, "Guihua, mother, why can't I feel my left foot?"

Zhang Guihua silently shed tears when she heard this. Jia Zhang also cried a little, "Dongxu, I'm glad you're okay. I can't live without you anymore!"

When Jia Dongxu heard what Jia Zhang said, he knew that his left leg was gone. No wonder he couldn't feel it! His eyes suddenly became dull and he couldn't drink the rice porridge anymore.

"Dongxu, you can't be so depressed. You are my only son. You can't let me die before my time!"

Jia Zhang cried louder and louder and begged.

"Mom, don't cry. I just can't accept it for the time being. You should take a rest first." Jia Dongxu said with reluctance when he saw Jia Zhang crying so painfully.

"Mom, don't cry. Dongxu finally woke up. Let's not upset him. I'll help you to rest nearby." Zhang Guihua also advised.

"Okay, okay, I won't cry anymore, I won't cry anymore." When Jia Zhang heard this, she stopped crying and sat on another hospital bed with the support of Zhang Guihua.

Jia Dongxu’s mind is now full of thoughts about how he will walk in the future without his left leg. Will he have to sit in a wheelchair or use crutches?

Alas, it was all my fault for being careless. I didn’t notice that the steel frame was unstable, and I lost my left leg.

"Dongxu, it's okay. The doctor said that we can get a prosthetic limb when the time comes, so we can still stand up. Don't think too much." Zhang Guihua comforted Jia Dongxu seeing how uncomfortable he was.

"Really? Can I wear a prosthetic limb?" Jia Dongxu's eyes lit up when he heard the word prosthetic limb.

"Yes, it's okay. The doctor will definitely not lie to us." Zhang Guihua nodded.

"So you mean I can still go to work in the factory?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"Dongxu, let's not worry about so much for now and heal our injuries first, okay?"

"Okay, okay, Guihua, I'm still a little hungry, feed me some more."

"Ok!"

Just like that, Jia Dongxu became disabled...

……

Due to the Jia Dongxu incident, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill began a large-scale investigation into safety hazards.

He Lai's Technical Department 3 began to get busy. Even He Lai went to the workshop every day. After all, many small problems could cause big accidents, so they had to avoid any small mistakes.

"He Lai, you should go to the workshop more often. Look how much the workers there like you!" Liu Mu joked.

He Lai rolled his eyes at him speechlessly and said nothing.

However, there were basically no major accidents in the workshops where He Lai worked. At most, workers accidentally injured their hands.

Because most of the workshops in Helai are newly built and all the machines and equipment are new, as long as the workers operate them carefully, nothing will go wrong.

In addition, He Lai provides some pork to Shazhu Canteen every month, which results in the food here being more or less greasy, so the workers will not be too hungry to work.

"Oh, look at you. Asking you to go to the workshop more often is like asking for your life. What can you do by staying in the office all the time? Are you researching something new?" Liu Mu said, putting his arm around He Lai's shoulder.

"There's nothing new here! Right now, it's best for us to do nothing but help the workers solve the equipment problems, so that they can lighten their load and avoid any more accidents."

He Lai said.

"Yeah, everyone is hungry now, so it's really not appropriate to create new things." Liu Mu nodded.

"What's wrong, Brother Liu? Are you hungry?" He Lai asked deliberately.

"You kid dare to tease your brother Liu, but thanks to you these years, I might really starve!" Liu Mu sighed.

In recent years, He Lai has often provided pork to the people in the technical department, and Liu Mu has seen it.

"Hey, I just happen to know a little bit about hunting, so it shouldn't be difficult to get some meat."

He Lai smiled.

"Sometimes I really want to go hunting with you. I also want to try what it feels like to eat all you can eat."

After Liu Mu finished speaking, he began to imagine the scene of eating meat in his mind.

"Okay, don't think about it. I'll take you there some other day."

"This is what you said, don't go back on it!"

"No regrets!"

……

On weekends, He Lai took Liu Mu and Zhang Zhiwen to go hunting.

The three of them sat on the lawn and watched the two golden eagles constantly catching prey.

"Come on, is this what you call hunting?" Zhang Zhiwen asked in surprise.

"Yeah, what's wrong? Do you have any opinion?" He Lai said with a smile.

"Didn't you see that I even brought a gun? You just let me sit there!" Zhang Zhiwen said, pointing at the Type 56 rifle in his hand.

"Zhiwen, this is great! It's both a wild rabbit and a pheasant! Take it home and stew it, it will be delicious."

Liumu was very happy holding the hare and pheasant.

"Uh, well, I just feel like I'm a bit redundant. Come on, why don't we go in and let me fire a few shots!"

Zhang Zhiwen still wants to go into the mountains.

He Lai rolled his eyes, lay on the grass and ignored Zhang Zhiwen. He didn't want to take Zhang Zhiwen into the mountains.

Last year, He Lai rarely went into the mountains. When he went there, he just released some wild rabbits. Large animals such as wild boars were basically killed and sold in Gangcheng.

If we go deep into the mountains, it is probably impossible to encounter any wild boars within a short distance!

Even Xiaohu and his friends still have to rely on He Lai's golden eagle to help them occasionally find some wild boars.

Seeing that He Lai had no intention of going into the mountains, Zhang Zhiwen could only lie down.

Just at this time, the two golden eagles came back and brought back two more hares, one of which was still alive.

He Lai took the live hare from the golden eagle and said to Zhang Zhiwen, "Brother Zhiwen, how about we make a bet?"

"What bet? What are you betting on?" Zhang Zhiwen became interested as soon as he heard about the bet.

"Let's bet on whether you can hit this living rabbit. If you do, I'll take you deep into the mountains. If you don't, you have to treat me and Brother Zhiwen to a meal at Lao Mo!

How about it? Do you dare to bet? "

He Lai shook the rabbit in his hand and said.

"Okay, let's bet!" Zhang Zhiwen said, and immediately picked up the gun on the ground, loaded the bullets, and turned on the safety.

He Lai walked to a place about ten meters away and shouted, "Are you ready?"

"Okay! Go ahead and shoot!" Zhang Zhiwen raised his gun and took a shooting stance.

After hearing the answer, He Lai threw the rabbit in his hand far away.

Only three gunshots were heard, "bang", "bang", and "bang", and the hare ran smoothly into the grass!

"Haha, Brother Zhiwen, are you convinced?" He Lai ran over and said with a smile.

"This hare is small and runs fast, so it's hard to catch! If it's a big wild boar, I guarantee I can catch it!" Zhang Zhiwen said unconvinced.

"Brother Zhiwen, I have to admit defeat, Lao Moha!" He Lai said with a smile.

"Right, right, Lao Mo, Lao Mo!" Liu Mu also said, and then thought of the hare that had just escaped, and added, "Alas, what a pity, a hare was wasted. The golden eagle had worked so hard to catch it."

Zhang Zhiwen almost vomited blood after hearing this! Alas, he is worse than a bird!