At eight o'clock in the morning the next day, Lu Yao and Liu Jing went downstairs to have breakfast, Lu Yao held the baby in the living room and happily circled, Liu Jing went upstairs and went back to the room to call her aunt to discuss going home to hold a wedding.

In less than two minutes, Liu Jing hurriedly ran to the staircase and shouted with a panicked expression: "Lu Yao! Hurry up and call to help me book a plane ticket, I want to go back to my hometown! Auntie was admitted to the hospital on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and she is not out of danger until today!"

Lu Yao hurriedly handed over the baby to Ali, immediately grabbed the landline phone in the living room, and booked two air tickets from Nanguang City to Hao City.

As soon as he put down the microphone, Liu Jing carried a large suitcase and ran down the spiral staircase in a hurry.

"Liu Jing, don't worry, it's only half past four in the afternoon today, there is a flight to Haoshi, and I have already booked a ticket. I'll go up and collect some clothes, and I'll go back with you. After Lu Yao finished speaking, he went upstairs directly.

"Bring only winter clothes, it's cold over there!" Liu Jing reminded.

"Understood, you take a break! Let's have lunch early, and at eleven o'clock, let Wenyuan drive us to Nanguang Airport!" Lu Yao responded.

Lu Yao greeted Zeng Youliang and Ah Ying, and he and Liu Jing left on time at eleven o'clock to take a flight to Nanguang City, and arrived in Hao City at eight o'clock in the evening. The two of them got into a taxi at the airport, and after more than an hour of rapid driving, they came to the road outside the courtyard of Aunt Liu Jing's house.

This is a residential area at the junction of urban and rural areas in Haoshi, and when you look at it all the way along the headlights, there are rows of bungalows, and you can't even see the two-story building.

Due to its remoteness, there are no street lights on the country roads at night, and it is dark all around. After the taxi turned off the headlights, they were still used to the darkness for a while, and Liu Jing walked to the door and knocked on the door.

"Master, wait a minute, we will say hello to the family and will go to the hospital soon. Lu Yao said to the taxi driver.

"Okay, I'll wait for you, it's not easy for you to call a taxi at this time. After the driver in the driver's seat finished speaking, he immediately rolled up the glass window.

In the middle of the night, the temperature in the northern cities is above minus 20 degrees. Fortunately, they were prepared before leaving Yunhai City, and at this time he and Liu Jing were both wearing thick down jackets and a windbreaker, and their whole bodies were wrapped like zongzi. Due to the whistling of the night wind, I was still a little overwhelmed after standing outside for a long time.

About five or six minutes passed before the courtyard door slowly opened with a creaky sound. A tall man wearing a fur hat and a leather jacket appeared at the door with a flashlight. He used a flashlight to shine a picture of Liu Jing, who was tightly wrapped, and then to Lu Yao, who was standing behind, and the taxi parked on the side of the road, and asked in the vernacular dialect: "Who are you looking for?"

"Uncle, I'm Liu Jing! He's my fiancé Lu Yao, let's come back to see Auntie, is she okay now?" Liu Jing pulled down the scarf that covered her face and asked loudly.

"Jing'er, you're coming back so soon, you just called me in the morning! Come into the house, it's windy outside, and the temperature is low, and you'll freeze to death!" said the uncle excitedly.

"Uncle, Lu Yao and I will go to the hospital to see my aunt first, and then come back later. Which hospital does Auntie live in?" asked Liu Jing hurriedly.

"Then I'll go in and lock the door, and I'll take you there." She lives in the city hospital, far away. Get in the car and wait, I'll be out right away!" said the uncle, turning and running into the house.

Lu Yao helped Liu Jing into the taxi, and the uncle also went out of the hospital. He quickly locked it and ran to the passenger seat to pull the door. Because he was tall and strong, and he was still wearing a thick leather jacket, he didn't sit in it for a long time. In the end, Lu Yao changed his seat and asked the uncle to sit in the back seat with Liu Jing, and the taxi closed the door and drove towards the city.

An hour later, the taxi stopped in front of the city hospital. After Lu Yao paid the fare, he also told the driver to send them back later.

Haoshi is close to the national border and is an economically backward provincial capital. The traditional Chinese medicine hospital is not too big, and the conditions are still very bad. When they walked into the hospital gate, it was still cold, not much better than the outside. The lights in the aisles are still incandescent, and they are unusually dim.

Led by the uncle, they zigzagged through four aisles, climbed two flights of stairs, and stopped at the end of the aisle on the third floor of the inpatient department, at the door of a side ward. The uncle gently pushed the door open, and a stream of heat poured out of the room. Although there was a strong smell of disinfectant water, after all, it was not a biting cold wind, and they felt much more comfortable.

They walked into the ward and saw four beds opposite each other, each with a patient sleeping. In the middle of the ward is a stove with a chimney, on which the patients in the ward are kept warm.

They followed the uncle to the innermost bed, and the uncle whispered: "Jing'er, Lu Yao, she is your aunt." She suffered a sudden stroke at the end of Chinese New Year's Eve and is still in a coma today. This afternoon, the doctor had already asked me to prepare for her. ”

"No! No, my aunt's health has always been good, she will definitely get better!" Liu Jing said excitedly in a low voice, tears streaming down her face. She walked to the side of the hospital bed and saw that the aunt lying on the bed had her eyes closed, her face was bloodless, and only the faint sound of breathing came from the ventilator.

She knelt beside the bed, grabbed her aunt's wrinkled left hand with both hands, and shouted softly: "Auntie, auntie, I'm Jing'er! Lu Yao and I are back to see you! Wake up!"

Lu Yao turned around and saw a wooden chair next to the hospital bed opposite, he walked over and lifted it, and then helped Liu Jing up and sat on the chair. Then he gently patted the uncle's right arm and motioned for the uncle to come to the door to speak.

When they came to the door, Lu Yao didn't open the door and went out because it was too cold outside. He approached his uncle and whispered, "Uncle, is there a better hospital in Hao City?"

"If you want to talk about public hospitals, this hospital is good. There is also a private hospital, which is run by Russians, and ordinary people cannot live in it. The uncle said with a frown.

"Is it a matter of money?" Lu Yao asked.

Uncle sighed and nodded.

"Uncle, you don't have to worry, Liu Jing and I are back, these are not problems. You go and stay with Auntie, and I'll go to the doctor to discuss the transfer. After Lu Yao finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to open the door of the ward and walked out, closing the door casually.

He went to the doctor's office and saw a male doctor in his forties, dressed in a doctor's gown, sitting by the fire and drinking hot water. He walked over and greeted politely: "Hello doctor, can the patients in bed No. 4 of ward 309 be transferred?"