Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

As he spoke, Banggeng ran towards the place he had seen that morning, and after searching around for a while, he started scratching his head.

“Of course it is! I remember Grandma hid it here. I saw it with my own eyes.”

Qin Huairu pointed to the wardrobe and asked.

"Are you sure this is here?"

Banggeng nodded.

"That's right, I happened to come back to get the bowl and chopsticks when Grandma put them down, so I saw it clearly."

Qin Huairu called out to Bang Geng.

“Come on, Banggeng, let’s move the cabinet out a bit, you two from the ‘870’ generation.”

They got right to it, but before moving the cabinet, the two of them moved the sewing machine aside so it wouldn't get in the way.

After the two of them had struggled to move the cabinet a little, Bang Geng jumped inside to look for it.

But he searched inside thoroughly and still couldn't find it, Banggeng said with a bitter expression.

"Mom, no."

Qin Huairu asked Banggeng to come out, and she went in to look for it herself, but she still couldn't find it.

Looking at the sewing machine being carried away and the wardrobe being moved, Qin Huairu sighed.

"Forget it, don't bother looking anymore. Your grandma has probably moved again."

Banggeng looked up at Qin Huairu and said.

"Mom, why don't you pay first, and Grandma will pay you back later?"

Qin Huairu's lips twitched. Children are just children, so naive.

"Mom has no money; Mom's money is for supporting you all."

“If we pay for Grandma’s medical expenses, you’ll probably go hungry, let alone eat steamed buns or meat.”

Upon hearing this, Bang Geng was furious. Nothing was more important than his eating meat.

"Mom, go directly to the hospital and ask Grandma to pay for it."

"If she can't come back, then let her tell you where she hid the money. You can take the money and then use it to pay for her medical bills."

"Didn't Grandma say that no matter how big the matter is, we can't touch her retirement money? So why don't you ask her if the money for hospitalization and medical treatment is a big deal?"

Qin Huairu thought to herself, "That's a good idea. Let's try to bluff them first and see if we can get the money out of them. If that doesn't work, I'll just pay for it myself."

Without hesitation, Qin Huairu told Banggeng to stay home and look after the younger sisters, then changed her clothes and headed out of the hospital for the Sixth Hospital.

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Jia Zhangshi lay on the stretcher, moaning intermittently in pain.

As time went on, the sound gradually faded away, and it was unclear whether the person had fainted or fallen asleep.

Although He Daqing and Liu Haizhong were both very strong, they were not young after all, one being fifty-four years old and the other fifty-three.

Despite being a level seven blacksmith who wields a sledgehammer, Liu Haizhong hardly ever does it anymore. He prefers to slack off and coast through life.

However, he also has the means to coast along; he has his own clever tricks.

Although he himself did no work, his apprentices did a lot of work. He selflessly passed on all his knowledge to his apprentices.

Once his apprentices had learned the skills, he would assign them tasks whenever needed, ostensibly to train them and give them opportunities to practice.

In this way, he rests while others work, and he rests even more when others rest.

Over time, his health deteriorated compared to when he worked harder.

The journey from the courtyard house to the Sixth Hospital should normally take only fifteen minutes on foot, but it took the two of them almost forty minutes to arrive at the hospital entrance.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? You can't just wander in here."

When Liu Haizhong saw the person who looked like the gatekeeper stopping him, he stepped forward and explained.

"Sir, this is the Sixth Hospital, right? We're here to drop off a patient."

The gatekeeper stepped forward, took a look, and pointed to Jia Zhangshi on the stretcher, asking her a question.

"That's right, it's the Sixth Hospital."

What's wrong with her?

Liu Haizhong said.

"He got injured and probably passed out from the pain."

The gatekeeper nodded.

"That's right. Anyone would faint from such a blow, let alone her."

"Alright, you can put the person down now. I'll call the doctor to come down and get them."

When Liu Haizhong heard that he didn't have to carry himself up and that the doctor would come down to help him, his face immediately lit up with a big smile.

"Thank you so much. We two old men are exhausted from the journey."

The security guard walked into the security room, picked up the internal phone, and made the call.

"The patient has been brought in; please come down and receive him."

When they came out, the gatekeeper saw that Liu Haizhong and the other person were still there and asked them what was going on.

"Is there anything else you can do?"

Liu Haizhong and He Daqing exchanged a glance and shook their heads.

"It's alright, let's take her upstairs and ask the doctor what's wrong with her, then we'll leave."

The gatekeeper waved.

"You can go back now. Just leave her to our hospital. You don't need to worry about the rest."

As they were talking, three doctors wearing masks and white coats came out of the hospital.

"Did you send her here?"

Liu Haizhong nodded.

"That's right, it was delivered by us."

The male doctor at the front gave instructions to the two people behind him.

"You two carry the patient inside."

When Liu Haizhong and He Daqing saw Jia Zhangshi being carried away by the doctor, they prepared to follow her inside.

The male doctor reached out and stopped the two of them, smiling slightly.

"Excuse me, comrades, outsiders are not allowed to enter our hospital at night."

Is it a newly established rule that people aren't allowed into the hospital at night?

Although Liu Haizhong was very confused, he thought that since it was the Spring Festival, it might be a temporary regulation.

"Doctor, we just want to know about her condition."

The doctor said calmly.

"You don't need to worry about the patient; our hospital will take care of the treatment."

"Just register your name and contact address at the reception desk, and we'll take care of the rest."

Thinking about the medical expenses, He Daqing chimed in from behind.

"Doctor, the money..."

The doctor fully understood their concerns, he explained.

"The hospital will contact you about the money later. Just make sure you provide the correct personal information."

Since the doctor had already said so, Liu Haizhong couldn't insist. He exchanged a glance with He Daqing and said...

"Okay, doctor, we won't go in. Her family will probably be here soon anyway."

The doctor asked, puzzled.

Do you know her family?

Liu Haizhong said frankly.

"Yes, of course we know each other. We're neighbors. Otherwise, why would I deliver this in the middle of the night?"

The doctor laughed.

"Oh, so she's a kind neighbor. Okay, then you can go back and tell her family that she doesn't need to come over tonight."

"It's too late and will disturb other patients' rest. If you have something to say, we can talk about it tomorrow after we get to work."

He Daqing pointed in the direction Jia Zhangshi had left and asked.

"Doctor, if her family doesn't come, who will take care of her?"

The male doctor nodded to the two of them.

"Don't worry about that, we have people to take care of you at the hospital."