Chapter Forty-Nine: The Venerable Old Man
"Hey, Uncle Shi, and Aunt Hua, when did you come?"
When Yu Zehai pushed open the door of the special care ward, he saw Yu Zhenshi and Liu Cuihua, two elderly people sitting on the edge of the hospital bed wiping tears. They are Yu Zecheng's parents, as well as Qiaowa's grandfather and grandmother.
Yu Zehai was more naughty when he was a child, so he took it upon himself to give the two of them the titles of 'Uncle Stone' and 'Aunt Hua', and later among those small characters, this title was also spread to 'Grandpa Stone' and 'Granny Hua'.
After walking into the ward, Yu Zehai nodded to Yu Zehu and Yu Zekai in the ward, and then walked quickly to the hospital bed and said, "Qiaowa, wake up, Uncle Yu has come to see you." ”
"Uncle!" When she saw Yu Zehai, Qiaowa's tears flowed out at once, and a mosquito-like voice sounded, if it weren't for Yu Zehai's keen perception and amazing hearing, I am afraid that he would have ignored the past. This girl has been pitiful since she was a child, and she is very weak.
"Sister doesn't cry!"
At this time, a seven or eight-year-old boy next to him said angrily, and stretched out his little hand to wipe the tears of Qiaowa on the hospital bed.
"Kuankuan is also here!" Yu Zehai reached out and touched Kuankuan's head, and then touched Qiaowa's head, and said, "Qiaowa doesn't cry, everything will be fine!" After speaking, Yu Zehai asked Huzi to take the bowl and scald it with boiling water, and then poured two large bowls of broth from the thermos pot for Kuankuan and Qiaowa.
The pungent aroma instantly spread throughout the ward, and seeing everyone shrugging their noses, Yu Zehai said: "This is the wild boar rib soup that my mother specially stewed for Qiaowa in the morning." Qiaowa, your injury is in the leg, it does not affect your eating, so you have to eat more, these broths have a lot of Chinese herbs in them, which will help your wound recover. Kuankuan, you stained your sister's light today, and you also ate a bowl. ”
"Thank you, uncle!"
"Thank you, uncle!"
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"Boss, Qiaowa woke up in the middle of the night last night. Huzi scratched his head and said, "After the little girl woke up, she neither spoke nor shouted pain, so she kept shedding tears, and coaxed me and Brother Kai to say good things all night." After a slight pause, Huzi seemed to suddenly remember something, and added: "By the way, I also gave the bottle of spring water to Qiaowa in batches according to your instructions." It's just that after drinking, Qiaowa was covered in dirt, thanks to the nurse on duty last night. ”
"yes, I see. ”
When Yu Zehai heard this, he nodded to Huzi and Yu Zekai, and said, "Okay, Huzi and Brother Kai, you two go to dinner." After eating, find a hostel and have a good night's sleep, and talk about what you have to do when you wake up, let's go!"
"Yes!"
After the two left, Yu Zhenshi and Liu Cuihua thanked Yu Zehai again. Because after the village chief Yu Zeming went back last night, he had already told them about Qiaowa's injury and the hospitalization, and Yu Zehai had also arranged it, and the two old men were 10,000 grateful to Yu Zehai.
"Uncle Shi, Aunt Hua, why are you polite to me? Everyone is a member of the family, shouldn't we help each other with something? Not to mention anything else, I have been going to school outside all these years, and it is not once or twice that our village has helped my family. Also, a few days ago, my father was digging medicine in the mountains, and it wasn't up to everyone to help pool money and send it to the hospital for treatment in order to recover his health. ”
Yu Zehai smiled, and then said: "What's more, if you want to thank the land, go and thank Old Man Li after returning to the village." If it weren't for the early first aid bandaging of his old man, I am afraid that Qiaowa would have lost too much blood and caused more serious consequences. As for Qiaowa's injury, Uncle Shi and Aunt Hua can rest assured, I have already seen it just now, and in three or five days, I guarantee to return you a lively little girl. ”
Through the exchange, it was learned that in order to understand the situation and take care of the hospitalized granddaughter at the first time, the two elderly people took their little grandson Kuankuan before dawn and walked more than 30 kilometers to the town hospital. How fast can a family of three people walk on foot? Therefore, they only arrived half an hour earlier than Yu Zehai.
Yu Zehai sighed again when he heard this.
Two old men who were over the age of six, and a seven or eight-year-old child, set off before dawn and walked more than 30 kilometers to the town hospital...... If this were placed in a big city, it would never be possible. But for the villagers who have done farm work all their lives, it seems so ordinary.
Over there, the two little ones ate all the broth in the thermos pot, and they were addicted to eating it with their mouths full of oil. As expected, Kuankuan, who had eaten Lingquan for the first time, hurriedly covered his stomach and ran towards the toilet before he could put down the dishes and chopsticks.
"Kuankuan, what's wrong with you?" Seeing the strange appearance of the little grandson, the two old men hurriedly asked.
"It's okay!" Yu Zehai smiled and waved his hand, and said, "A variety of precious medicinal materials are specially added to the broth, so people who eat it for the first time will have a detoxification process. Detoxification is also very simple, that is, go to squat a large size, and then you will sweat. Yu Zehai was worried that the two old people didn't know what detoxification was, and specially added.
"Oh, that's good, that's good!" Hearing Yu Zehai's explanation, the two of them were clearly relieved. But then Liu Cuihua glanced at her granddaughter again, and asked suspiciously: "Hey, isn't that right? Haiwazi, according to what you say, why didn't my Qiaowa react?"
"Haha......"
Yu Zehai laughed when he heard this, and said, "Aunt Hua, don't believe it, you ask Qiaowa if she was sweating all over her body last night?"
"Uncle Mi is right!" Qiaowa wiped her mouth, burped with satisfaction, and said crisply: "Grandpa, mother-in-law, last night I had a layer of black stuff all over my body, it stinks so bad, and in the end, Uncle Huzi found a doctor sister to take a bath for me." ”
"Those things are all toxins in your body!By the way, Qiaowa, how do you feel now?" Yu Zehai touched the little girl's head with some distress, under the dual effect of vitality and spiritual spring, Qiaowa's face is now much ruddy, and her mental state is also very good.
"Thank you, uncle!"
The little girl said sweetly: "When I first woke up last night, my leg was still very painful, but after drinking the water fed by Uncle Huzi, it slowly stopped hurting." Until now, although it still hurts a little, it is not so intense. ”
"Well, that's good!" Yu Zehai nodded and said, "Let's sleep for a while when you're full, it's good for recovering from your injuries." ”
Before they could talk a few words, the little girl had already yawned, and Yu Zehai knew that it was only because of the other party's previous body overdraft, so he beckoned the little girl to sleep.
"Uncle Shi, Aunt Hua, what crops have been planted in the field this year?" Seeing that Qiaowa had fallen asleep, Yu Zehai led a few people to the rest area and asked with a smile.
"I know, I know!" At this time, Kuankuan, who had just finished detoxification and changed into a new set of clothes, hurriedly came over and said, "Uncle, there are buds, artichokes, red roots, peanuts and so on in my field. ”
Yu Zehai looked at the two old men in front of him, who had been working in the ground for many years facing the loess with their backs to the sky, their bodies had already transformed into a "bow" shape, full of flower hair, and their dark faces were crawling with criss-crossing ravines, this is the lovely working people!
The biggest difference between peasant uncles and enterprise workers is that they have never retired to provide for the elderly, and they have lived until they are busy and old, and their lives are endless. Unless they are seriously ill and bedridden, or they can't crawl anymore, you can see them busy in the fields.
"Uncle Shi, Aunt Hua, you are all so old, you don't want to rest at home, you grow so many crops, you can't talk about it, and you can't sell it for a few dollars, and in the end, you won't feed all the pigs......" Yu Zehai said tentatively.
"Haiwazi, you don't know, like us countrymen, how can we have leisure to eat at home and wait for death?" Yu Zhenshi took out the cigarette bag and filled the leaf cigarettes, thought about it and put it away, and said in a low voice: "As for those lands, they can't be deserted there, they can sell some of them, and they can buy some things for the dolls." ”
"Didn't you think about contracting out these lands?"
"Uh...... Haiwazi, don't tell jokes! In a place like our Yujiaao Village, will someone contract the land?"
"Yes!"
Yu Zehai nodded seriously and said, "I am preparing to contract all the cultivated land in the village, and then engage in special planting." So Uncle Shi, and Aunt Hua, you are so old, just take good care of Qiaowa and Kuankuan at home in the future, as for making money, isn't there still a Chengzi brother. ”
After a slight pause, Yu Zehai continued: "I know that we countrymen can't be idle, and we don't go to the field for a day to panic. In the future, I will contract the land in the village, and then leave one or two acres for each family, and you can go and grow some vegetables or something by yourself. ”
When Uncle Shi heard this, he glanced at his wife next to him, and then looked at Yu Zehai and said seriously: "Haiwazi, are you serious?"
"Of course!"
Yu Zehai nodded and said, "I only talked to Brother Ming about this matter, what I mean is that after all the crops in the field are harvested, the land in the village will be contracted by me." When the time comes, I will pay the contract fee first, and as for the price of the contract, don't worry, boy, I won't cheat my own people, will I?"
"In the past few days, there have been rumors in the village, saying that your baby is going to pay money to build roads for everyone, I didn't believe it at first, but now I believe it!" After a slight pause, Uncle Shi continued: "However, your baby is also building roads and engaging in land contracting, have you thought about such a big plate this time?"
"The two are not in conflict!" Yu Zehai shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "When it comes to contracting land, I will have to trouble Uncle Shi to help me do the work in the village." My plan is this: everyone will contract me the land, and if there is a labor force in the family, they can also work for me and get paid. In this way, the annual land contract fee and the salary I get for my work are definitely more cost-effective than the little crops you have planted yourself. Everyone is a smart person, and I think this account should be calculated. ”
After listening to Yu Zehai's words, Uncle Shi and Aunt Hua all laughed, this kind of good thing was unimaginable before. Seriously, at this time, they were like a dream, which made the old couple's faces bloom with joy.
It's just that joy is one aspect, but they have to go home and discuss the matter of land contracting. Although the son and daughter-in-law work outside all the year round, they are the masters of this family.