beginning of autumn

Hearing that he wanted to urinate, Li Qiu knew that it was not convenient for him to get up, so she hurriedly picked up the potty in the corner, took off his tight pants and continued.After Xiaohui finished his toilet, he cleaned up the bedpan and hid in the distance again.Xiaohui glared at him, and said in a tone that sounded like an order: "Come here! Lie down here and sleep well." Although Liqiu was afraid, he didn't dare to refuse him, so he had to bite the bullet and come over and lie down obediently beside him, Not daring to move.He waited until Xiaohui fell asleep, and then slowly fell asleep.

When he opened his eyes, it was already broad daylight, and he hurriedly got up from the bed.A young nurse in white was helping Xiaohui change his dressing. Seeing that he woke up, he smiled and said, "When I first came in, I wanted to wake you up, but he refused, saying that you were too tired." , let you rest for a while. I also have several brothers and sisters in my family, and no one has ever cared about me so much, so I envy you." Li Qiu secretly glanced at Zou Xiaohui, and that guy was also looking at him coldly.Li Qiu hurriedly put on his coat, washed it briefly, and ran to the kitchen to get two breakfasts.Seeing that the nurse sister had gone out, he helped Xiaohui wipe his hands and face with a wet towel, cooled the porridge, and fed it into Xiaohui's mouth spoon by spoon. It was already so cold that I was confused, so I had to make do with it.

Xiaohui's health gradually improved, and his attitude towards Liqiu was no longer as cold as before, and sometimes he would smile at him.Li Qiu had never seen him smile before, but thought it was weird.One day he suddenly pointed out the window to the nurse who took care of him every day and asked Li Qiu: "Qiu, do you think that girl is good-looking?" "I'm asking you something, are you deaf?" Li Qiu regained his composure and stammered, "It's... nice."

"You said such a pretty girl, I will marry her home and be your sister-in-law, okay?" Looking at his lustful eyes, although Li Qiu verbally agreed, he really wanted to kick him twice in his heart. Said that this sister would be really blind if she really followed him.

Her name is Jiang Xiaoyan, she is a fresh graduate of the Provincial Medical School, she just got assigned to work here this year, she has a diploma, she is pretty, and she is almost the thorn in the eyes of all the girls in this hospital.It is said that many people in this town want to chase her, and even some married old men in this hospital have unreasonable thoughts about her, but she doesn't like these people at all.According to Li Qiu's guess, the prince charming in her heart should be someone like the male protagonists in the movie, and someone like Zou Xiaohui is purely wishful thinking.

Jiang Xiaoyan changed Zou Xiaohui's dressing every day, but that guy didn't dare to touch him, but sometimes he would blush and stutter when he spoke, Li Qiu thought it was funny.Jiang Xiaoyan likes to come to the ward when she is free, but she does not come to see Xiaohui, but to chat with Liqiu.Unexpectedly, this aroused Xiaohui's jealousy, sometimes he would act like a child and ignore Liqiu, and Liqiu gradually got used to it.

The weather is getting colder and colder, the shabby ward is ventilated everywhere, the fire has not been lit, and the temperature is as low as an ice cellar.Jiang Xiaoyan walked in with a smile and said to Xiaohui: "I tell you two good news, Dean Qin said that you can be discharged from the hospital today."

"What? I'm leaving the hospital today?" Seeing Zou Xiaohui's reluctance, Jiang Xiaoyan was a little surprised, so she teased him with a smile and said, "Why? Do you have feelings for this house? If you really don't want to leave the hospital, I can talk to the dean Say it, so that you can continue to contribute to our country's medical and health care for a few more days." Zou Xiaohui blushed to the neck when he heard her teasing himself, and quickly explained: "I...I didn't mean that, today It happens to be my birthday, so I just want to stay here for one more day, tonight...How about treating you to dinner tonight? First, thank you for taking care of us brothers these days, second, second..." Jiang Xiaoyan heard this Suddenly realized, he said with a smile: "So that's the case, then I'd rather be respectful than obedient. But I have to ask you instead. In addition to helping you celebrate your birthday, I also congratulate you on your complete recovery. Let's make an agreement and bring it with you when the time comes." Your good brother, we will see you at Mengxiang restaurant tonight." After speaking, he opened the door with a smile and went out.Hearing what she said, Zou Xiaohui was overjoyed immediately, turned his head and winked at Li Qiu and said, "Qiu, you can wait and see how your brother behaves at night."

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The town, which is extremely lively during the day, becomes deserted at night. There are almost no pedestrians on the entire street, and the surrounding small shops are dotted with a few lights. Even the Mengxiang Restaurant, which is known as the number one restaurant in the town, There are only a handful of guests inside.Xiaohui and Liqiu sat there and waited for nearly two hours, but they didn't see Xiaoyan. The hands of the clock in the shop were almost pointing to the cross. Zou Xiaohui sighed, completely disappointed.He asked the waiter to serve a bowl of rice and two exquisite side dishes first, and let Li Qiu eat first, then he went to the counter to get a bottle of white wine and sat there drinking alone.Seeing him drinking alone there, Li Qiu hurriedly said, "Brother Hui, your injury is just right, and you can't drink." Xiaohui looked up at Li Qiu, was silent for a while, put his hand on Li Qiu's shoulder and said: " Qiu, you are the best for brother in this world, the others are all fucking liars."

When he returned to the ward, it was already very late. Xiaohui told Liqiu to go to bed first, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. He lit a cigarette by the window and looked at the dormitory of the medical staff across the street in a daze.About half an hour later, the lights in Jiang Xiaoyan's dormitory suddenly turned on, and there seemed to be a figure moving inside through the curtains. Could it be that she came back?Zou Xiaohui put out the cigarette in his hand, and quietly walked to her window by the dim light in the courtyard.The door was closed, and Xiaohui heard someone crying inside. Xiaohui knocked on the door quickly and asked, "Xiaoyan, are you inside?" The lights were suddenly turned off.Zou Xiaohui suddenly lost his mind and stood there for a long time.

"What are you doing here?" The voice came from behind. Xiaohui turned around and saw that it was Director Feng of the hospital. people.Zou Xiaohui gave him a blank look, and left in a hurry without saying a word.

After breakfast, Xiaohui went to discharge from the hospital. The hospital not only confiscated him a penny, but also gave him a lot of supplements for him to take home.Seeing that Xiaohui didn't understand, a doctor at the billing office secretly told him that someone had already paid for his medical expenses when he was admitted to the hospital. Except for the various expenses during the hospitalization, the rest of the money would be given to him according to the above. It became a supplement.Xiaohui once heard from Liqiu that it was Yunfei's father Qiu Yuanchao who drove him to the hospital, thinking that Lao Qiu must have helped to pay the money in advance.

Zou Xiaohui packed up his things and took Liqiu out of the ward.Strangely, there were many people standing in front of the dormitory of the medical staff, and there seemed to be crying among them. He wanted to go over to find out the situation, but saw the police in front of him maintaining order, so he had to give up.Zou Xiaohui also asked the staff in the hospital, but no one told him what happened, and then the matter disappeared.

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After returning from the hospital, Zou Xiaohui didn't go out to find those cronies anymore. When he was free, he liked to wander around the village.There is a dilapidated temple on the east side of the village. Because no one has repaired it for a long time, half of the main hall has collapsed, and the yard is overgrown with weeds, desolate everywhere.Xiaohui was staring at the ruined walls in a daze, when suddenly someone patted his shoulder heavily, and when he looked back, it was that boy Qiu Junlong.He smiled all over his face and said, "Brother Hui, why are you wandering around here alone? Brother, I really want to treat you to a drink, but every time I go to treat you, the old lady always says that I am not at home. I know you are a very busy person, but no matter how busy you are, you have to give brother this face. Why don't you make an appointment tonight, and I will call San'er and Gangzi over, how about we brothers? " Zou Xiaohui knew that he wanted to return It's hard to refuse the favor, so I smiled and said: "What is there to do for me? I haven't gone anywhere these days, and I have been at home. My mother must have deliberately lied to you because she was afraid that I would drink and make trouble. How about it, I will Never mind, just ask your wife to prepare some special dishes." Hearing what he said, Qiu Junlong said goodbye to him, happily humming a ditty and going home.

In the evening, as soon as Xiaohui came in with a few bottles of wine, Gangzi and San'er dragged him to the wine table, insisting that he was late and punished himself with three drinks.Zou Xiaohui opened the bottle cap, and after drinking three glasses, Qiu Junlong raised his glass again, and said to Xiaohui, "Brother Hui, brother, I would like to toast you, if it wasn't for you that day, all the hard-earned money of the past few years would have been taken away by those gangs." The bastard was snatched away. Don't say anything, if I dare to do something wrong to Brother Hui in the future, I will be struck by lightning when I go out." Hearing what he said, Gangzi interrupted and asked: "Did you just say What's going on, why don't I know anything?" Qiu Junlong sighed and said: "The brother-in-law in Dongzhuang Village wanted to build a house, so he came to ask his sister to borrow money a few days ago, and Xianglian is just such a brother, and I am the brother-in-law. If I don’t have a lot of help, I can’t justify it. I took out the more than 1 yuan in the bank. Who knew that when I first walked to Hutou Bay that day, seven or eight people from Henan stopped me. , the leader insisted that I stole something from their factory and wanted to search me. Of course I didn’t want to, but those people said that I was a guilty conscience and forced me to the ground. I knew they were looking for The reason is to rob me of money, but even if the voice is broken, no one passing by dares to care about it. At this time, Brother Hui happened to be passing by, so he dragged me out of the crowd and told me to ride away first. I stayed there by myself to deal with those people. I regretted it after thinking about it when I got home, but fortunately Brother Hui is fine now, if you say something happened to him, would I still have the face to be a man here in Qiujiagou?" Three He laughed and said, "Thank you for leaving, otherwise you will only be a stumbling block for Brother Hui." Turning his head, he gave Xiaohui a thumbs up and praised: "Brother Hui, it's still you Niu X, you single-handedly killed so many people, it’s as if Guan Gong is alive.” Xiaohui snorted and said with a smile: “I drank too much that day, otherwise I’m really not afraid of those bastards I only remember beating and picking up a few, and then I fainted when I woke up. When I woke up, I was already in the hospital. In the hospital, brother Yuanchao also paid for my medical expenses. These days I go to their house to pay back the money, but the door is always locked, and the money has not been paid yet." Sister Xianglian was about to go out at this time, Hearing that he was hospitalized, he hurriedly interjected to ask him where the injury was and whether it was serious. Xiaohui smiled and said nothing, but Qiu Junlong gave his wife a look and said, "You're not talking nonsense, you can sit still if you have something to do." Here." Turning around and smiling, he said to Xiaohui: "Brother Hui, I should have paid for the medical expenses, and I will pay the money for you, so don't worry about it." Xiaohui disagreed , insisted on paying it back by himself.

After a few laps, the gangster spoke through his drunkenness: "Speaking of Qiu Yuanchao, Brother Hui, you probably don't know about it. Something happened to their house a few days ago. I heard that the county has come to investigate several times. The people in the team said that someone from their unit wrote a letter to report him for accepting bribes, and some of the stolen goods were hidden in their home. But after a long time of tossing, they didn't find anything of value. Some said that Lao Qiu relied on his contacts in the county to settle the matter, and some said that the relevant departments were still secretly investigating the matter, and it would take a while for the results to come out. He was seriously ill, and his wife took the two children to take care of him in the county during the winter vacation. She probably won't be able to return home during the Chinese New Year. Let me tell you, this official doesn't have a good thing. Look at that Qiu Yuanchao A person who is usually honest and honest, is so dark behind his back, let alone the others." San'er heard and retorted: "Who is black, you are the black, Brother Yuanchao is not that kind of person at all, There is a classmate in my county who also works in the government department. He secretly told me that a deputy in Brother Yuanchao’s unit is the door-to-door son-in-law of a leader in the county. Occupying that position. He wanted to secretly catch some of Brother Yuanchao’s tricks so that he could make trouble. He gave the accountant in the unit a lot of benefits, and the two of them teamed up to find something they thought was valuable. I even wrote a letter of report anonymously. Who knew that Brother Yuanchao had never confiscated those things, but after a long time of tossing and fetching water from a bamboo basket, it was all in vain. "

Gangzi didn't like to hear these things, so he continued: "Qiu Yuanchao is your elder brother, you must have benefited from him at ordinary times, so you protect him so much, let me tell you, you little commoner knows Qiu, this is where officials and officials protect each other, and no major case can be found out. If he does things openly and aboveboard, then he is sick. This official treats it like this, and he will not surrender even if he dies."

"Who are you cursing to death? Try saying something again?" San'er stood up dazedly, and stretched out his hand to grab Gangzi, but Gangzi didn't show weakness, and the two became entangled together.No matter how hard Qiu Junlong pulled it, he couldn't pull it away, Zou Xiaohui took an empty wine bottle and threw it on the ground, both of them froze there.Zou Xiaohui said coldly: "If you say that this wine is really not a fucking thing, I just drank two cups, and even farting can cause a big problem. It doesn't matter if you don't drink it." Qiu Junlong hurriedly smiled and pulled the two people away. When he arrived at the table, he said: "Brother Hui is right, we brothers finally met together, we can't hurt each other's friendship because of this trivial matter, right?" Gangzi sneered: "Brother? This is a brother on the surface, but secretly I know better than anyone what I did secretly." When Zou Xiaohui heard this, it seemed that he was targeting himself, and his face suddenly changed. Just as he was about to get angry, Xianglian ran in from the outside and said, "Oh, what happened again? Something happened. I just heard from others that Chen Jianguo from Xitou was in a car accident when he was returning home. All the people in the passenger car fell into a ditch, and none of the dozen people survived. The heartless daughter-in-law heard After talking about this, she didn't think about this man, she took all the family's money and ran away with her own daughter, she was lucky enough to do this."

When Zou Xiaohui heard this, he was so shocked that he woke up from the wine, sat there thinking for a long time, frowned and said: "This old Chen family has no relatives, and now the burden is all on Brother Liqiu. On one person. No, I have to take care of it."

"Brother Hui, can you control this matter?" San'er asked strangely.Zou Xiaohui ignored it, picked up a glass of wine on the table and drank it down, got up and went out.