Chapter 174: Strangeness and Argument

So Gao Shunyi originally went back to the village to get Li Xiulan’s change of clothes, but now he brought an injured person along as well. Gao Taohua hasn’t fully recovered yet, and now there are two more injured people.

After the doctors at the commune health center helped Gao Rushen mend his ribs and sent him to Li Xiulan’s hospital room, Li Xiulan anxiously asked, “Shunyi, what exactly happened? Oh my heavens, how did it get this bad?”

Gao Shunyi had a dark expression. Clearly, he hadn’t kicked his son that hard, so how could his ribs be broken?

But by now, the news had probably spread throughout the village that he had broken his son’s ribs. With a gloomy face, he said, “How would I know he’s so fragile?”

Li Xiulan endured the pain, asked tearfully, “Son, what exactly happened?”

The nurse who was about to come in to change the IV said, “Don’t cry. Your face must not get wet, not even with tears, or it won’t heal properly.”

Li Xiulan quickly stopped her tears upon hearing this. After the nurse left, she asked again, “Son, can you tell Mom what really happened?”

Gao Rushen endured the pain and weakly said, “I think I encountered something weird. I distinctly remember jumping in from the side of the male educated youth courtyard, but when I woke up, I was on the mountain. Could I have encountered some evil spirit?”

Li Xiulan asked, “Are you sure you’re not mistaken?”

Gao Rushen shook his head and said, “I wouldn’t forget. I distinctly remember entering the yard and opening her room’s door, but after that, I don’t remember anything.”

Gao Shunyi heard someone approaching and said, “Someone’s coming. Stop talking about these things for now. We’ll discuss it when we get home.”

Li Xiulan and Gao Rushen both kept quiet. This incident was indeed quite strange.

Gao Shunyi was now worried. The medical expenses for both of them were a huge burden. The money he had extorted from Zhang Degang earlier was not enough to cover their medical bills.

Gao Rushen said to Gao Shunyi, “Dad, I’m hungry.”

Li Xiulan was also distressed now. Thinking about the doctor saying her leg might have lasting effects even if it healed, she still feels very resentful.

The doctor had said her injury wasn’t very serious, and if she had been taken to the hospital earlier, the outcome would have been different. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, and she started resenting the few families living on the other side of the river.

After all, she had shouted so loudly, but none of the families across the river had come out to see what was happening. They just made her wait.

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In Ji City, the final mediation results had also arrived at the Luo family. Geng Zhenyu could soon leave the hospital. The medical expenses and lost work fees would be shared by the two families, totaling 23 yuan.

The Wang’s family really couldn’t come up with that much money this time. So Wang Sanqiang’s mother went to blame the Luo family. She made two trips to the shoe factory and one to the steel factory in a day, and even went to Luo Fei’s school to look for her.

Wang Sanqiang’s mother was determined now. Anyway, she wasn’t afraid of losing face anymore. This whole thing was caused by her younger son, but it was Luo Bin who had bled Geng Zhenyu. With no money in their family, she kept running around one trip after another.

In the evening, Wang Sanqiang’s mother found the Luo family again, and there was another session of crying and wailing, causing the neighbors to complain bitterly about the Luo family.

Luo Tiancheng also spoke up, urging Luo Tianming to resolve this quickly and not let a minor issue affect his work.

Luo Tianming and Feng Hui could only grit their teeth and accept it. They handed over a total of 46 yuan, and also spent a few yuan on supplements during the visit, leaving them another 50 yuan short.

When they got home and saw their idle son, the couple got into another argument once again.