Chapter 423

When they arrived at Xiaocheng county hospital, they saw a three storey building in disrepair. A layer of wall fell off outside, revealing the red brick inside, with four characters on the top.

On both sides of the small building are two rows of large tile roofed houses, where willows and holly trees are planted everywhere. There is no road construction, but simple bricks.

"I didn't expect that there were hospitals with such poor conditions in China." Ruth often lives abroad, and she often stays in Suzhou when she comes home, where she knows the situation of the real small town in China.

"Xiaoqing, where is uncle?" Duan Hong asked Xu Qing, who had been frowning all the time. The latter shook her head and said, "I don't know. I just heard my mother say that she was in the intensive care unit."

"Let's ask." Duan Hong asked them to stay outside and walk into the small building alone.

As soon as I entered the door, there was a bad smell of disinfectant. The dirty floor had not been cleaned for a long time, and there were few people on the whole floor.

Looking for a long time, Duan Hongcai found the duty room in a corner and knocked on the door. A response came from inside. Duan Hong pushed the door and went in.

The duty room is very simple. There are two desks on which some materials are scattered. There is also a storage cabinet beside it. Duan Hong saw a female nurse sitting in front of the desk who was busy writing. She asked carefully, "Hello, doctor, where is the intensive care unit?"

The middle-aged nurse looked up, took off her presbyopic glasses, narrowed her eyes and said, "are you coming to see the patient? What's your name? "

"Er - my name is Duan Hong."

"I didn't ask you. What's the name of the patient you're looking for?"

"I forgot to ask. He lives in the intensive care unit, surnamed Xu, suffering from cerebral congestion."

The nurse suddenly realized, "Oh, you're talking about old man Xu. Who are you? He doesn't seem to have a son. His wife has been looking after him for so many days. It's said that he has a daughter who goes to college

"I'm her daughter's colleague. Her daughter works as a manager in a big hotel, earning tens of thousands of yuan a month." Duan Hong speaks for Xu Qing.

The nurse was slightly moved. She got up and said, "I said that old Xu's family is poor and empty. How can he have so much money all at once? It turns out that his daughter is making money, or college students are making money! It's going to be OK. I'll take you

They went out of the duty room and walked in the corridor.

Duan Hong asked, "doctor, why is there no one in the hospital?"

"You don't know that our hospital will be demolished soon. Now the number of residents in the small city is decreasing, and the people who live here are all rich. All the poor people can walk away."

"Rich man?"

"Yes, the small town has a beautiful environment, far away from the downtown, few factories, good air quality and simple customs. Many retired cadres love to live here, and some rich people also build villas here. Anyway, the land is very cheap, but it's hard for the poor to maintain here. They can sell money by planting rice in the field or fishing in the river in good times, When it's bad, the fish stink. After all, the population of the small town is limited. So few people come here to see a doctor. The rich people go to the big hospitals in the provincial capital, and only the poor people come here. Two days ago, old man Xu's family suddenly took out 100000 yuan, and I had a hunch that he would also stay here for a short time. Isn't that right? You're not just coming to see him, are you? I'm sure I'll pick him up. "

"Well, yes!" Duan Hong suddenly has a kind of tragic feeling. Maybe the decline of the small town has brought him this kind of desolation similar to the last years of heroes.

Find Ruth and Xu Qing, Duan Hong made a little introduction, the nurse led them to almost the back row of tile roofed houses in the hospital, stopped in the first room, pointed to the inside and said this is it.

Entering the ward, there was an old doctor checking the sick old man. The room was not big. There was only one bed, one bedside table, several chairs, and the new white paint on the wall. It looked very clean.

Xu Qing looked at the sick lying old man and cried out. As soon as her legs softened, she went down: "Dad! How are you doing? " Duan Hong and Ruth hurry to help her.

Xu Qing crawled in □, looking at the old man's face waxy yellow, eyelids closed, cheeks deep, pale hair without a trace of light, at that time, her heart was like a knife. At this moment, she was glad to return to her father.

The old doctor quickly motioned Xu Qing not to make a noise, waved to the crowd and motioned to all of them to go out.

Outside, the old doctor looked at Xu Qing and said, "are you old man Xu's daughter? Thanks to the money you sent in time, your father is still in danger, but it's better than the last two days. "

"Doctor, I beg you to save my father." Xu Qing pear with rain, flustered do not know what to say, just grasp the old doctor's hands have been shaking.

Duan Hong thought of his uncle and felt deeply about his family's illness. He patted Xu Qing and said, "don't be sad. I believe his uncle will be OK."

The old doctor said: "old man Xu has drunk too much and suffered from cerebral hemorrhage. Fortunately, he was delivered in time. Although he is still in danger now, from the point of vital signs, he should be able to survive. After all, he has been in good health. Of course, if he didn't have your 100000 yuan, he would not be able to find an expert from the provincial capital."

"Experts are so expensive!" Duan Hong sighed.

The old doctor smiles and says with deep meaning: "it's not expensive, it's not an expert!" Duan Hong and his father stayed in the hospital for three days in a row. Xu's father was in a coma all the time. In this state, he couldn't be transferred to Hai traditional Chinese medicine hospital. If something happened on the way, it would be over. During this period, Duan Hong met Xu Qing's mother, a kind-hearted middle-aged man in her 50s. It was said that Duan Hong was a colleague of her daughter and kept asking Xu Qing how she was working? Tired or not, can you have enough, etc. Duan Hongxin was moved: "his wife is sick in bed, and has been concerned about their children, this is the power of maternal love." She remembered that she had disappeared for four or five years without saying hello to her family. She didn't know how sad her mother should be. She felt guilty. Ruth didn't care. At first she was able to stay, but later she was too bored. She drove around the city by herself. There were only a few main roads in the town, and she could cycle around in half an hour by bike. So after a long time, she came back and complained that there were no two decent bars here. On the third day, Xu's father finally woke up. He opened his congested eyes and looked at the people around him. He felt a little uncomfortable. He could only speak in a yiyiya way, but he couldn't speak clearly. In this way, Xu Qing's mother and daughter are also happy to thank God. Under the care of the old doctor and nurse, after another three days, Xu's father can have some porridge. Xu Qing holds a bowl and feeds Xu's father with a small spoon. Whenever it comes out of her mouth, she carefully wipes it with a towel, as if feeding her own child. Seeing this, Duan Hong's heart is very warm, and Xu Qing's heart is still very filial. A filial person, even if she has done something wrong, what's more, what she has done is for the sake of her family. Why can't she be forgiven?