Chapter 137: Discharge from the Hospital and Shame

Yesterday, the twenty yuan from the Sun family was used up, but no one from the Sun family came to pay it back. So, the person in charge added the ten yuan left by Doctor Gao.

After completing the procedures, they had Shitou climb into the back seat of the Jeep and headed back to the village. Driving fast, they arrived at the village in just over ten minutes.

When villagers saw Lu Yichen in the car of the military comrade who had come to see Luo Qiao yesterday, bringing Shitou back, someone asked, “Why did you bring him back? Didn’t you get him treated?”

“I knew it. Who has the extra money to treat him? Just as soon as he took over, Shitou was brought back from the health center. Sun’s family at least sent Shitou to the health center.”

Captain Gao Jiefang stepped forward and said, “Don’t speak nonsense. Lu Yichen brought back special medicine from the provincial capital and Shitou still needs to receive intravenous fluids from Doctor Gao for five days after returning to the village. He just brought him back for easier care.

You know nothing yet you chatter endlessly here. When you have nothing to do, go home and tidy up your own yard, it looks like a pigsty. Don’t blame your husband if he decides not to stay with you one day.”

The person who’s scolded was Sun Yushan, a well-known lazy woman in the village who did nothing all day except eat. Her house was so dirty that one couldn’t even step in, and her family’s clothes were often black and hard, meaning they were worn until they were dirty and stiff.l

After hearing Captain Gao’s words, she chuckled awkwardly and said, “Don’t you know that already? I won’t say anything more.”

Now Captain Gao Jiefang is definitely 100% supporting Lu Yichen. He’s comrades with Yuan Weicheng, and Lu Yichen had already mentioned today’s plan to bring Shitou back, knowing that someone had found special medicine.

Everyone couldn’t help but gasp when they saw the blisters on Shitou’s back. It’s really a tragedy. How could it be so severe? After the blisters were drained, much of the skin had changed color, and the ointment applied by the center in recent days was yellow.

The back looked particularly dreadful. The villagers started blaming the Sun family again, especially cursing Sun’s second wife, Kong Yuru, for being heartless and causing such harm to a good child like this.

Sun family’s second son, who is also Shitou’s uncle, Sun Baoqing, was among the crowd. Earlier, he had heard from his wife that it wasn’t a big deal, but now seeing his nephew’s back, he truly felt ashamed and embarrassed.

As he listened to the villagers blaming their Sun family, he finally understood why his elder brother and third brother weren’t supporting them this time. This was truly something that shouldn’t have happened.

Sun Baoqing silently withdrew from the crowd, feeling a mix of emotions in his heart. Others didn’t know, but he knew deep down that his current job was obtained at the cost of his sister’s life.

His family didn’t know, not even his wife Kong Yuru, to whom he had never mentioned this. It was a promise made privately by the person responsible for the incident: as long as he quickly resolved and suppressed the matter, they would find him a temporary job.

Now that his wife had scalded their nephew like that and didn’t get him treated, they collectively pushed their nephew onto others. He was thinking that even after a hundred years in the underworld, his younger sister probably wouldn’t forgive him.

Lu Yichen carried Shitou back home. Captain Gao shouted to the onlookers, “Go home now, go home! Don’t delay getting to work after lunch.”

Lu Yichen had already cleaned the bed in the west room last night, so Shitou could rest on it now. Luo Qiao had already brought breakfast over.

There was millet porridge, steamed buns, a bowl of egg soup per person, cold cucumber salad, and homemade pickles, all packed in two full baskets.

After Shitou returned home, he remained silent for a while. When he saw Luo Qiao come in, tears uncontrollably dripped down.