Break out of the courtyard

As for the treatment of his father Zhang Bing, the most important thing at the moment is to ensure the household registration and food supply.

Therefore, Zhang Heping is going to raise some money and tickets to go to the countryside to do errands in a few days.

When I came to the middle courtyard, I saw the third uncle Yan Bugui sitting on the chair behind the table and taking a nap on the right side of the second door.

Zhang Heping quietly walked over and patted Yan Bugui on the back, startling him. Before he could get angry, Zhang Heping asked in a low voice: "Are you going fishing?"

Yan Bugui's eyes lit up, he looked around, and responded in a low voice, "Go to my house first, get two sacks, put the fishing guys in them, and wait for me at the entrance of the alley."

After Zhang Heping took the things and left the courtyard, Yan Bugui suddenly cried out in pain, "Ouch! Ouch... Silly Zhu..."

"Hey! What's going on, Third Master?" He Yuzhu came over with some gloating.

"My stomach hurts! Ouch..." Yan Bugui stood up holding the table and said with a painful look on his face: "I have to see a doctor. Please ask He Yuyu to come out and keep accounts."

Then, Silly Zhu saw the third uncle going home and pushing his bicycle out.

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Steel rolling mill, director's office.

"Xuanwu Hospital special needs ward, security department Zhang Bing?" Director Yang looked at the expense application form handed over by the finance section chief and asked doubtfully:

"I remember that at the last meeting, this person's children were approved to take over. Why is this person still incurring treatment expenses?"

The finance section chief said: "I'm not sure about this. I didn't receive this person's resignation notice here."

The secretary to the factory director was behind the factory director and said, "I heard from the personnel department that Zhang Bing's wife refused to take over, and they also want to cure Zhang Bing."

Director Yang looked at the word "special needs", raised his pen to sign, and asked: "What is the relationship with this person? Have you expressed condolences before?"

The factory director's secretary waited for the finance section chief to leave, then whispered: "This person happened in the early morning of the first day of the new year. Deputy factory director Li took people to express condolences that afternoon. At the last meeting, the security section chief proposed that Zhang Bing's My wife took the post, but was voted down. You see..."

"You will bring something to the hospital to show your condolences and see what the method is and whether the relevant rewards and commendations are in place."

An hour later, the factory director's secretary returned to the factory director's office, closed the door, and whispered a few words to Director Yang.

"The guards prevented us from entering the ward..." Director Yang touched the beard on his chin, thought for a moment and asked, "The six members of his family only live in a small penthouse?"

"Yes! When I delivered canned fruits and pastries to Zhang Bing's house, what I saw was a small wing room without windows. Zhang Bing's mother, wife, and second daughter were all dressed simply, nothing special."

"That's the previous relationship with the army. I'll follow up on his commendation."

The factory director's secretary hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Jia Dongxu's death...if it gets bigger, the director of the forging workshop may be targeted. After all, it was a safety accident in their workshop."

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"Qin Huairu, have you thought clearly?" Mrs. Jia Zhang sat in front of the mourning hall holding Jia Dongxu's photo, her triangular eyes lowered as she looked at Qin Huairu who was kneeling by the brazier burning paper, and said in a faint tone:

"Don't think I don't know what you were doing with Yi Zhonghai last night!"

"As long as I'm here, even if you sleep with Yi Zhonghai, you won't be able to take over Dongxu's job!"

Qin Huairu stared at Jia Zhang with eyes swollen from crying, sobbing and unable to speak.

Mrs. Jia Zhang raised her head, looked at the empty middle courtyard, and snorted coldly:

"You are also a widow. Listen to my advice as an old widow. Only your son will be nice to you. Those stinky men like Yi Zhonghai and Silly Zhu just want to take off your clothes."

"Forget it, I'll give you one more night. If you still can't figure it out tomorrow morning, you can take your two daughters back to the countryside, and I'll take Bangge to take over!"

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At 7 o'clock in the evening, Yan Bugui pushed the cart and returned to the courtyard with Zhang Heping, talking and laughing.

After the Yan family secretly divided the accounts, Zhang Heping took the meal tickets and was about to leave, but was stopped by Yan Bugui.

"Peace! I'm ashamed to say that your dad has been hospitalized for so many days and I didn't even visit him." Yan Bugui went to the stove, opened the lid of the casserole, and a strong aroma of medicinal soup came out, and said with a smile:

"I managed to get an old hen two days ago, and I asked your third aunt to stew it all afternoon today."

"Look, how about we send some chicken soup to your dad now?"

"Third uncle, thank you! You can prepare the chicken soup first. I'll come back as soon as I tell you." Zhang Heping said and ran to the backyard.

Zhang Heping was very satisfied that Yan Bugui was able to deliver chicken soup today, and it was worthy of the 50-50 bill he gave to the other party.

As for giving only chicken soup and no meat, is it considered stingy...

Um! Very stingy!

Zhang Heping put the food tickets and money home, said hello to his grandma and two sisters, took two large white steamed buns, and ran out again.

When he arrived at the Yan family, Zhang Heping gave a steamed bun to Yan Bugui, thanked the third aunt, and said hello to the Yan family brothers and sisters, then sat on Yan Bugui's bicycle, holding a green marching water bottle, and went out again. .

In front of Ward 601 of Xuanwu Hospital, Yan Bugui was stopped by guard Xiao Zhang and was not allowed to enter.

Zhang Heping had no choice but to borrow a chair from the full-time nurse and let Yan Bugui sit in the corridor. Then he entered the ward with a military kettle.

After a while, Ma Xiuzhen came out of the ward wearing a white coat and work clothes, thanked the somewhat confused third uncle, and then entered the ward again, leaving Yan Bugui in the corridor to guess what happened to the Zhang family.

Zhang Heping saw old man Liu in the next bed reading a newspaper and asked casually, "Uncle Liu, would you like some chicken soup?"

As a result, guard Xiao Zhang immediately ran in and looked warily at the pot of chicken soup that Zhang Heping had just poured out of his hand.

This time, there was no need for guard Xiao Zhang to test for poison. Zhang Heping took a sip directly and rinsed it twice before drinking it into his stomach.

"The neighbor in our courtyard gave it to us. It's a bit salty." Zhang Heping and Ma Xiuzhen helped Zhang Bing sit up together, and then continued to ask: "Uncle Liu, do you want to try some?"

"No!" Old Man Liu responded without raising his head and continued reading his newspaper.

Guard Xiao Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and went to stand guard at the door.

By the time Zhang Heping finished feeding the chicken soup and returned to the courtyard with the third uncle, it was already past 9 p.m.

At the door of Yan's house in the front yard, Yan Bugui finally couldn't hold it back and asked the question he had been holding back for a long time, "Heping, are there high officials living in that ward?"

"Third uncle, don't think too much. Our family and he are just ordinary patients, and we happen to live in the same ward."

When Zhang Heping returned home again, he learned that the secretary to the director of the steel rolling mill had sent canned fruits and pastries to his father Zhang Bing to express condolences.

He thought for a moment that this sudden condolence might be related to his father's transfer to the special needs ward.

Grandma told her what she thought about these gifts. She said she could take them with her when she went to the countryside to apply for household registration in a few days.

If the sealing goes smoothly, it will be given to Ma Xiuzhen’s natal family.

If things don't go well...

Later, Zhang Heping discussed with his second sister about going to the canteen to buy steamed buns as solid food.

In order to ensure that as many workers as possible can eat, the factory limits the number of steamed buns that each person can buy at a time.

Therefore, my mother and second sister have not bought many steamed buns recently.

That night, Zhang Heping woke up from urinating. When he ran to the sink in the backyard to solve the problem, he suddenly heard two voices, a man and a woman, coming from the direction of the Moon Gate to the west.

"Master, can you tell me here instead of going to the vegetable cellar?"

"Huai Ru, if this matter is heard and told by others, there will be no room for negotiation!"

"Master, I went down to the vegetable cellar with you tonight. If someone finds out, how will Banggeng and I see anyone in the future!"

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