Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 23 Patient Lao Liu
  "Uncle Liu, this is my dad's brain X-ray." Zhang Heping took the X-ray, held it in front of the window with his left hand, pointed at the film with his right hand, and said:
  "Look at the back of the head. The top of the occipital bone has been hit with a blunt object. There are still cracks in the inner plate that have not healed. Dr. Zhao said that my dad is unconscious and it may be caused by congestion. I am looking at the possible locations of congestion. .”

Old man Liu took the X-ray film and looked at it carefully, "What can you see from this?"

"It's difficult to see bruises on X-rays. I want to follow these cracks and the wounds on my father's head to guess the bleeding point."

Old man Liu lost interest in this and lay back on the bed silently.

Zhang Heping glanced at Old Liu's tired face and wondered what kind of illness the old man had, but his body had returned to his father's side of the sofa.

In order not to disturb Old Liu's rest, Zhang Heping stopped looking at the X-rays, put his right hand under the white quilt, put it on Cheap's father's left wrist, and began to quietly diagnose the pulse and hang up the traditional Chinese medicine techniques.

When lunch was approaching, there was a sound from the hospital cafeteria staff asking for food at the door.

"Come on!" Old Man Liu shouted fiercely and sat up, holding his right hand as if holding a big knife, and then froze.

Guard Xiao Zhang quietly came in to take a look, waved Zhang Heping out, and then pushed Zhang Heping to the cafeteria staff.

The cafeteria staff pulled Zhang Heping aside, asked Zhang Bing's bed number "2", recorded his diet "liquid diet", and then went to ask other patients' family members, leaving Zhang Heping confused. Didn't they charge money?
  Blocked by guard Xiao Zhang, Zhang Heping was blocked from the door. He only listened to the full-time nurse in the special needs ward asking what Old Man Liu had just dreamed about, and then heard Old Man Liu's particularly irritable answer.

After the full-time nurse left, Zhang Heping was put in.

"Uncle Liu, do you know how much the hospital cafeteria charges? Why did you only ask my dad's bed number and diet? Does the hospital give out eggs every day..."

"Don't ask me, bother..."

"Then do you like fishing? I'm a very good fisher, and I'm invincible in fishing all over Houhai!"

"I don't know how to fish, but I know how to fry fish! The kind that blows up a big piece of fish!" Old Man Liu said in a very aggressive tone.

Seeing that Old Liu's attention was diverted and his complexion calmed down, Zhang Heping stopped talking.

Zhang Heping calmed down, but Old Man Liu stopped. "Why didn't you say anything? Are you scared by me?"

"No!" Zhang Heping shook his head, guessing that Old Man Liu might have some kind of mental illness and a sleep disorder. Should he stay vigil with his mother tonight?

After hearing this, Old Man Liu felt a little sad and turned to look out the window...

When mother Ma Xiuzhen and eldest sister Zhang Zhaodi brought food, the hospital cafeteria also happened to deliver food.

When Zhang Heping saw that the canteen had brought a bowl of meat porridge, a steamed egg, and fried noodles to his father, he couldn't help but asked hurriedly: "Uncle, how do you settle the meal bill?"

"I don't know. We are not responsible for collecting money."

After the cafeteria uncle left, Zhang Heping ran to ask the full-time nurse in the special needs ward and learned that the meal expenses were included in the treatment fee and reimbursed by the factory; the standard for each meal was one patient and one escort.

Because supplies are tight right now, I can’t order food, so I just eat whatever the canteen does.

In the ward, Ma Xiuzhen and Zhang Zhaodi both put on white coats over their clothes, and their short ear-length hair was covered by white hats, making them look much cleaner.

"Xiao Zhang, you..." Old Man Liu waved his hand to drive away the guard who stood up, "Go, go, you didn't yell!"

Guard Xiao Zhang gave Zhang Heping a resentful look and continued eating mixed noodles.

"Uncle Liu, you called me?" Zhang Heping walked over in confusion and saw a bowl of miscellaneous sauce and a bowl of noodles in front of Old Liu.

"Hehe!" Old Man Liu looked at Zhang Bing's bedside table and asked in a low voice: "Have you finished your father's share of crucian carp soup?"

"I'm worried! If you can't finish the drink, it will be wasted." Zhang Heping understood the other party's meaning instantly and went to bring over the large enamel cup on the bedside table.

At the same time, guard Xiao Zhang also walked over vigilantly, took the enamel cup, and took a sip without ceremony before being glared at by Old Man Liu.

On Zhang Heping's side, he had poured the noodles from the bowl in front of Old Liu into the miscellaneous sauce bowl, and put the empty bowl on the small table in front of Old Liu.

Then, the old man and the young man all looked at the guard Xiao Zhang.

Zhang Heping saw that the guard Xiao Zhang had a troubled look on his face. He guessed that the crucian carp soup cooked by his mother Ma Xiuzhen was not delicious, so he asked tentatively: "How about pouring a little less and letting Uncle Liu have a taste?" "Hurry up!" Old Liu said softly. He patted the small table and said, "It's grinding, just like your mother."

have to! Listening to what this means, Lao Liu and Xiao Zhang have a close relationship. No wonder Xiao Zhang can guard the door and prevent Lao Liu from going out.

Guard Xiao Zhang followed Zhang Heping's instructions and poured some into the bowl first.

Old Man Liu drank it in one gulp, smacked his mouth and said, "It tastes like the old days! Have another bowl, fill it up!"

After Old Man Liu drank another bowl, he continued: "It still tastes almost the same! The fish soup I drank during the war is so delicious!"

"A few small fish can cook several pots of soup, and the fish meat will be cooked to pieces and scattered in the soup."

"Sometimes when a cannonball explodes, you can sprinkle some mud into the pot to use as green onion. It would be great if you could sprinkle some salt..."

"Uncle Liu, are you bragging?" Zhang Heping saw that the other party was in a low mood and interrupted Old Man Liu's memories. "You must want to say to the enemy: Look! Even if my team drinks mud soup, they can defeat you." Beat him to scum!"

"Uh..." Old Man Liu was so distracted that he forgot what he had just said.

Zhang Heping took back the enamel cup, took a sip of the fishy crucian carp soup, and ate the steamed bun his mother brought him.

What Old Man Liu just said made Zhang Heping feel a little bit. Although life today is a little tighter, it is much better than the previous war-torn times, and it is worth cherishing!

After Ma Xiuzhen and the others finished feeding Zhang Bing, Zhang Heping picked up a portion of mixed noodles. After his mother Ma Xiuzhen and eldest sister Zhang Zhaodi both ate some, he gave up and ate the remaining half.

Then, while Zhang Heping was washing the dishes, he took them into the bathroom and briefly explained how to use the toilet, which surprised the two women.

On the way back, mother Ma Xiuzhen said something about the courtyard. The Jia family was setting up a mourning hall and wanted to give a gift when they returned. After all, they were from the same courtyard.

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When I returned to the courtyard, I saw a black cloth shed set up outside the east wing of the central courtyard.

He Yuzhu was moving tables and chairs under the shed, and the third uncle Yan Bugui was keeping accounts behind the square table under the shed.

There were cries in Jia's house, and a black coffin could be seen inside through the door.

After returning home, her mother Ma Xiuzhen took out a piece of navy blue cloth, folded it neatly, and took Zhang Heping to the middle courtyard.

Walking to the sink in the middle courtyard, Zhang Heping handed the cloth to the third uncle in charge of accounting.

Just when the mother and son turned to leave, the elder Yi Zhonghai stopped them.

"Peace, why don't you go and pay homage to your Uncle Dongxu?"

Damn it!
  I am not related to him, and we have a feud with each other.

Zhang Heping cursed in his heart, but he waved to Yi Zhonghai with a mysterious face and said:
  "The chief doctor said he is at risk of infection! We are afraid of infection. What if we infect my father?"

Zhang Heping and Ma Xiuzhen left. Yi Zhonghai looked at Yan Bugui who was moving the square table to the west of the second gate, shook his head and went back to his home.

By the way, Yi Zhonghai spent 1 yuan to rent Yan Laoji's bicycle last night and took Qin Huairu to the hospital until very late. He had time to go back to the courtyard this morning to catch up on his sleep.

After Zhang Heping returned home, he first shared the lunch meal at the new hospital with his second sister Zhang Pandi. He described in detail how white and thin the bowl of noodles was, what vegetables and how much meat was in the fried sauce, which made the second sister very hungry. Hu is going to the hospital tonight to deliver meals.

Later, Zhang Heping asked his grandma about delivering the cloth.

Grandma said that the cloth was given to others to make shrouds; it could also be used to press the coffin and put it in the coffin as stuffing to prevent the dead from rolling around and eventually rolling face down, causing harm to future generations.

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