Silly Zhu's Moving: The Old Neighbor's Nightmare

Chapter 152 Conversation Speculation

Aunt Yi's voice arrived before she did. When Aunt Yi reached Yi Zhonghai's bedside...

The other patients in the ward looked at Yi Zhonghai lying on the hospital bed in surprise.

These patients were all wondering if this person was the unlucky guy who was hit by the calf the first time.

Yi Zhonghai noticed that everyone else in the ward was looking at him with surprise and suspicion.

I awkwardly closed my eyes; these old women always make a fuss over nothing.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground, but unfortunately, his condition was very poor.

Eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping all happen in bed. It's extremely difficult to sit up; even if there were a crack in the ground, there's nothing you can do.

Aunt Yi looked at Yi Zhonghai, who had his eyes closed, with a puzzled expression, and was about to speak.

Yi Zhonghai suddenly opened his eyes, reached out his right hand and grabbed his wife's hand, ignoring the gazes of the patients beside them.

He asked, "Did you catch that little yellow calf? Whose calf is it?"

Yi Zhonghai looked at his wife with expectant eyes, his hand trembling slightly as he grasped hers.

Aunt Yi pushed Yi Zhonghai's right hand away, frowned, and said,

Why are you using so much force! Forget about it.

That bull that rammed you showed up at a casino last night and injured a dozen or so people.

Then he ran away with his owner.

Several people were hit even more badly than you; I even heard that two people died.

Yi Zhonghai's eyes widened, and he tried to speak, but suddenly he couldn't help coughing.

Her rapid breathing, accompanied by an incessant cough, startled Aunt Yi.

"Old Yi, what's wrong?" Aunt Yi hurriedly helped Yi Zhonghai sit up and patted him on the back to help him catch his breath.

It took quite a while for the cough to stop, and after catching my breath,

Yi Zhonghai asked weakly, "The cow's owner has also appeared. Do you know who it is? Cough, cough..."

"I know what you want to ask. You just want to find the owner of the cow so that your medical expenses will be covered."

The old lady asked me to go to the police station to inquire about information early this morning.

The staff inside told me that the owner of the cow was a poorly dressed countryman, and many people in the gambling den had witnessed it.

Some say it was an old beggar with two pistols in his hands.

They shot and killed several people before the patrol arrived.

After the patrol arrived, they called the calf and ran off together.

"They ran away again," Yi Zhonghai closed his eyes in disappointment, his mind deep in thought.

Since this cow was able to appear at the gambling den with its owner, and even bump into people inside the gambling den,

It must be able to understand what the cattle herder is saying, so was the cattle herder's instruction when it hit me last time?

If that's the case, then was it also this cattle herder who orchestrated my apprentice's wedding?

And could it be the same person who was hung up last time?

Suddenly, Yi Zhonghai remembered that before he was hung up, he seemed to have asked Dongxu to go find Shazhu.

This time, being hit by a cow was also because he went to find Sha Zhu with Jia Dongxu. Could it be that He Daqing was behind all of this?

After all, He Daqing knew some people from all walks of life before the liberation. Even though he was gone, he could still find someone to keep an eye on me.

He Daqing must have discovered the news that I had someone spread.

Or rather, He Daqing couldn't be sure that it was me who spread the news, but it definitely originated from within the compound.

Otherwise, why were Jia Zhangshi, Liu Haizhong, and I all hung up last time, while Jia Dongxu and I went to find Sha Zhu this time?

I was the only one who got hit; my apprentice was pulled away by someone and escaped being hit.

Liu Haizhong and Jia Zhangshi are both fine.

It must be that He Daqing hired someone to secretly watch the people in the courtyard. Whoever goes to Sha Zhu is doomed.

How come Yan Bugui is alright? Does He Daqing think that Yan Bugui, as a teacher, wouldn't do something like spreading rumors?

That son of a bitch He Daqing, you left, but you still had people watching me.

I said that the reason why Sha Zhu never returned to the compound was definitely because He Daqing instructed him to do so.

"Old Yi, are you alright?" Aunt Yi asked worriedly.

Yi Zhonghai weakly shook his head, "Yesterday was the first day of the Lunar New Year, He Yuzhu, oh..."

"Is it Zhu Zi, He Daqing's son, who came back to the courtyard to wish the old lady a Happy New Year?" Yi Zhonghai asked tentatively.

Aunt Yi shook her head, thinking of the time before the New Year when she followed Zhu Zi's advice and went to Peking Union Medical College Hospital to see a doctor about her illness.

Unexpectedly, everything Zhu Zi said was right. It's a pity that although it was found out I was also infected...

But after taking medication haphazardly, she could no longer conceive.

I fled to Beijing during the war; I have no relatives left.

Moreover, the deaf old lady had someone in her family who could save her life, so how could she just leave without a care in the world?

Although I don't agree with some of the things they do, what else can I do or where can I go?

Yi Zhonghai saw that his wife didn't speak, but just shook her head.

"It seems that Zhu Zi really didn't go back to visit his old neighbors." He can only focus on getting his health back first.

We can't go see Sha Zhu for now.

But considering my physical condition, I'm afraid I'll be bedridden for a year or two, so where would I find another job?

"Old Yi, don't go looking for Zhuzi anymore," Aunt Yi said sadly.

Yi Zhonghai was startled. "Why?"

"The day you were admitted to the hospital, Zhu Zi came and took me all the way to the hospital."

His life wasn't easy either; he had to take care of his younger sister.

They even gave me ten yuan back, for your medical treatment.

On the way, he told me that before liberation, when he went out to sell steamed buns, he often saw people from our compound running to the Eight Great Hutongs.

That includes you.

Zhu Zi told me that he doesn't like the people in our compound, especially you. He said you often go to the Eight Great Hutongs, have bad character, and often pretend to be an elder to lecture him.

So he doesn't really like you.

Old Yi, since Zhu Zi doesn't like you, let's not go looking for him anymore.

"Once you're better, let's find a way to adopt one ourselves," Aunt Yi said, half-jokingly.

She thought about it for a long time and felt that she couldn't leave Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady.

But she didn't want Zhu Zi to tell her bad things about Yi Zhonghai, or to say such things to Yi Zhonghai.

Even if I told them, what good would it do? My loved ones are gone, and I can't have children anymore.

I can't live without them.

When Yi Zhonghai heard his wife say that Sha Zhu had seen him going in and out of the Eight Great Hutongs since he was a child, he was a little confused.

It turns out that Sha Zhu isn't stupid at all; he was just pretending in front of me.

He even told his wife about his trip to the Eight Great Hutongs, and in his excitement,

He had difficulty breathing and coughed violently, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He collapsed into Aunt Yi's arms and fainted.

"Old Yi, Old Yi, doctor, doctor..."

……,

Around noon, after running around outside with my friends all morning in the rain, I ran into the small restaurant, all dirty.

There were still firework debris in his hair.

The customers dining in the lobby saw this and joked,

"Little Rain, your new clothes are almost like beggar's clothes. Did you run around all morning asking your brother for food?"

Rain looked at his clothes; they were dirty after less than two days of wear.

What if my brother sees me and makes me go pick up coal cinders? (She stuck out her little tongue.)

"I'm not looking for my brother, I'm looking for my second uncle," she said, and ran towards the direction where Cai Quanwu was not in the small restaurant.