Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

After dinner, the auntie prepared to go to the hospital to deliver food to the deaf old lady. Yi Zhonghai, who was lying in bed, heard the auntie go out and hurriedly shouted: "Lihua, don't leave yet, I'll go too, let's go together, I'll talk to the old lady about this first."

Just as the aunt was about to close the door, she heard Yi Zhonghai calling her, and then walked in with a lunch box, "Old Yi, why don't you just take a rest, I'll talk to the old lady later."

"It's okay. I want to talk to the old lady. I feel uneasy lying at home." Yi Zhonghai said as he got up and started to get dressed.

"Okay, put on your clothes and let's go."

"Okay, let's go." Yi Zhonghai put on his military coat again and walked towards the hospital with the old lady.

The aunt had been late in cooking today, and Yi Zhonghai was in a bad mood after returning, so they had dinner nearly an hour later than usual. The deaf old lady in the hospital was already dizzy with hunger.

"Hey, hey, who can give me something to eat? I'm starving." The deaf old lady was so hungry that she asked the family members of the patients around her for food. Everyone looked at the deaf old lady and whispered, "Whose child is so unfilial? He didn't bring food to his own parents at mealtime. After all, it was past mealtime, and supplies were not abundant these days. Who would bring an extra bite of food?"

At this time, a nurse who came to check on the deaf old lady saw how pitiful she was and handed her a Daoxiangcun cake. "Auntie, I only have one piece of this left. If you don't mind, you can have it."

"No problem, no problem." The deaf old lady waved her hands quickly. It was good enough to have something to eat, how could she dare to dislike it? She quickly took the cake from the nurse.

"Well, it's delicious, thank you young lady. Young lady, is this a pastry from Daoxiangcun?" The deaf old lady ate more and more, and it tasted better and better. She felt like she had eaten the same thing before.

"Auntie, you guessed it right. It was Daoxiangcun. My family gave it to me before they left, but I didn't eat it." Wang Lili said with a smile.

"Sure enough, the taste is not as good as before." The deaf old lady muttered, of course the taste is not as good as before. The Daoxiang Village in Sijiucheng was opened in 1895 on Guanyin Temple Street outside Qianmen. It closed in 1926. Now this store is just making money under its name. The deaf old lady did not return to Sijiucheng and came to the Siheyuan until before the founding of the People's Republic of China, so she did not know about these things.

"Girl, is there any more? I'm not full yet and I'm hungry." The deaf old lady was still not satisfied after eating and pulled Wang Lili for more, but people said it was the last piece, how could there be more?

"Auntie, there's really no more. Don't pull me anymore. I still have to go to the ward for rounds. I'll leave first." She didn't take the deaf old lady's nagging seriously and just thought of her as a poor old woman.

"Then, girl, can you help me get some food from the canteen?" The deaf old lady was really starving today. She didn't care who it was, as long as she could eat. As for the money for the meal? Old lady, I am a five-guarantee household, and you still want me to pay?

"Auntie, it's not that I don't want to get you food, it's mainly because the canteen is closed at this time. Besides, I really have to go to check on the wards, Auntie, I'm leaving first." After saying that, Wang Lili stopped pestering and went out to check on the wards.

"Hey, do you know how to respect the elderly and love the young? I'm an old lady, but you won't even let me have a meal. Your hospital is bullying an old lady like me. I'm a five-guarantee household, and my son died on the battlefield." When the deaf old lady saw Wang Lili leaving, she just started cursing behind her back.

When other people in the ward heard the deaf old lady say that her son had died on the battlefield, they looked at her with sympathy and admiration.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai and Auntie finally arrived and said, "Old lady, we are here to bring you food."

"Hey, what are you doing here? Just starve an old lady like me to death, and you won't have to worry about it. I think it's a waste of food if I'm alive. Do you want to starve me to death? You come so late?" The deaf old lady started to speak in a sarcastic tone when she saw Yi Zhonghai and the old lady walk into the ward.

The patients and their families around heard this and started pointing fingers at them.

"Oh, old lady, look at what you said. Weren't you delayed by something? We will bring you lunch as soon as we finish our work." As he said that, Yi Zhonghai handed over the lunch box.

The deaf old lady who took the lunch box didn't bother to talk, she just buried her head and ate. Everyone in the ward looked at the old lady wolfing down her food. One patient couldn't help but say, "I say, you can't ignore your old lady even if you are busy. Look how hungry she is. If the nurse hadn't given her some pastries before you came, it would be a question whether she could have survived for a while."

"Comrade, this old lady is from our hospital, not our family. We came so late today because we had something to do. Usually my wife delivers meals very early. If you don't believe me, you can ask the old lady. Old lady, does Lihua usually deliver meals very early?" Yi Zhonghai said, looking at the deaf old lady.

At this moment, the deaf old lady was busy eating and had no time to talk. She glanced at Yi Zhonghai and nodded desperately. When everyone saw this situation, they stopped talking. After all, it was already very good for a courtyard to be able to do this.

"Burp~ Xiao Yi, I know you are busy, but the old lady is old, I really can't hold on any longer. Hey, why don't you take me home?" The deaf old lady sighed and said. After all, it is quite convenient to live in the courtyard. There are meals and people to serve you. No one talks here usually. If the meal is delivered late, you will have to go hungry.

"Ah, old lady, I was inconsiderate. Let me deal with this matter when I get back. As for your discharge from the hospital, you have to ask the doctor. If the doctor says you can be discharged, then I will take you back to the courtyard. Do you think that's okay?" Yi Zhonghai said.

"That's the only way now." The deaf old lady nodded and said.

After the lady put away the lunch boxes, Yi Zhonghai sat down and said, "Old lady, I came here today to tell you something about He Daqing."

"You don't have to tell me, I've already guessed it. Will He Daqing go to defend the city with the White Widow after the New Year?" The deaf old lady looked as if she was in control of everything and looked at Yi Zhonghai very confidently.

Yi Zhonghai shook his head and said, "Old lady, you really guessed wrong this time. He Daqing is not leaving! He broke up with the White Widow. This plan has completely failed."

"What? How is that possible? Did you give too little money? Why are they fighting each other? Don't you have something on him? How dare he do that?" The deaf old lady looked at Yi Zhonghai in shock when she heard this.