Chapter 82 Return
The two of them sat on the chairs in the hospital lobby and finished the fried rice on their hands.
Zhang An went to the doctor to ask about the situation. It would take more than two hours to complete the bone setting and put on the cast.
After looking around, there was no place where he needed to help in the hospital, so Zhang An thought about going to the street to sell cherries before returning.
"Brother Shuanglin, it's still early for my sister-in-law. I'll go to my friend's place. Since my sister-in-law doesn't need to be hospitalized, I'll come to pick you up before three o'clock."
Zhang An estimated the time and could come back in about two or three hours.
"Okay, if you have anything to do, go ahead and get busy. We have nothing here."
Zhou Shuanglin originally wanted to give Zhang An some money to buy a bottle of water or a popsicle to cool down. Yes, the weather outside is really too hot.
But Zhang An refused without thinking. He told Zhou Shuanglin that they were all members of his own family, so he could save a little while traveling, so he didn’t need to be so polite.
Zhang An's words moved Zhou Shuanglin to the point of being moved. Not only did he help to send him to the hospital, but he was also very busy, and he also considered saving money for his family.
This favor is not an ordinary one. Most people will help deliver it. You have to deal with it for food and drink. Otherwise, it will be unreasonable after word spreads, and no one will be willing to help you next time.
Zhang An doesn't care about this. Even if he changes his family in a few days, Zhang An will do this. Everyone in the village is not in good condition, so it would be nice to help save a little.
In addition, Zhou Shuanglin’s family has a good relationship with his family.
His son Zhou Yang and Zhang An were classmates from elementary school to junior high school, and they have always had a close relationship.
Although the two have always been classmates, since childhood, every time Zhou Yang saw him, he would call him Uncle An, Uncle An.
There is no way, Zhang An is senior, Zhou Yang’s grandma is Zhang An’s cousin, she is relatively close to her.
When he was young, Zhou Yang used to call Zhang An by his first name, but after being caught and lectured by Zhou Yang's grandmother several times, he kept calling him uncle.
At that time, Zhang An was quite troubled. Every time Zhou Yang would not call him uncle, but only call him by his first name, he would complain to Zhou Yang’s grandmother, so Zhou Yang was always My grandma taught me a lesson, but I didn’t know that it was Zhang An who made the accusation later.
But later, when both of them grew up, Zhou Yang got used to calling Zhang An uncle, but Zhang An became unaccustomed to it. He told Zhou Yang every time that it was enough to call him by name, and there was no need to call him uncle. Uncle.
It is true that some children have a psyche, which is probably a psychological sense of superiority.
Rural people care too much about the etiquette of this title. No matter what they think in their hearts, they never want to be offended by others. Especially the elderly in the family are afraid that if something is not done well, their reputation will be ruined if word spreads, especially among relatively close relatives.
Of course, except for the old woman’s house across the door, Zhang An had no good impression of their family as a family. When he was a child, the dead old woman often quarreled with his mother and cursed at every turn. The most outrageous thing about this old woman was, They often curse their family, and they will never be able to live with it in this life.
Zhang An drove to the place where cherries were sold before. On the way there, he took out several baskets of cherries from the space and placed them on the car seat.
My family has been spending a lot of money recently, so I have to get some money to make up for it. I can’t just go out and not go out all the time, or I’ll be left with nothing.
But today’s business was unexpectedly good. People were coming and going under the overpass. Zhang An didn’t expect that as soon as he put the cherries out, a group of people gathered around him before he even started shouting.
He still had impressions of many of them and had come to buy them before.
He sells space cherries for six yuan a pound, the same price as last year.
But even so, there are still many people buying. Although some people still ask Zhang An to bargain for the price, this is probably because they find it interesting.
The result is not important, just enjoy the process.
This may be related to the fact that the weather is too hot. Now is the real summer. Most of the cherries have been sold out, and only a few late-maturing varieties are still hanging fruits on the trees.
Zhang An was on the roadside when he saw an older lady selling cold noodles. He got a little greedy, so he bought a bowl of cold noodles and ate them while selling them beside the car. It was so refreshing to eat on a hot day.
In more than an hour, all three baskets of cherries that Zhang An brought out were sold out. Many people asked Zhang An if there were any more. Then Zhang An brought out another basket, which was picked up in a few seconds. It's over.
You can’t take them out anymore. The back seat of your pickup truck can only hold three or four baskets at most, and it’s almost time. You have to go back to the county hospital to pick up Brother Shuanglin and his wife.
Remembering the cold skin he just ate, Zhang An ran to the farmer's market for a stroll. I bought a few kilograms of cold skin from a noodle stall in the vegetable market. The weather outside was too hot and it was not easy to store the cold skin in the car, so Zhang An threw it into the space.
After eating it myself, I wanted to buy some for my parents to try. If my family wanted to eat this, they had to go to town to buy it, so Zhang An wanted to buy more.
Then I went to the store and bought two cans of canned fruit. Zhang An bought this for Sister-in-law Zhou.
Generally, if a relative or friend in the village is sick or injured, everyone will bring something to visit. Anyway, when I see it, I buy two cans and take it back to my mother for a visit. Most people choose to bring canned food when visiting patients, so Zhang An followed suit.
It was just after two o'clock when Zhang An arrived at the county hospital, and he quickly found Zhou Shuanglin and his wife.
Now the plaster on Sister-in-law Zhou’s leg has been put on and bandaged.
But the doctor was giving the two people medical orders, and then they had to go get the medicine. Although the doctor had asked Zhou Shuanglin to pay the medical bills after Zhang An left, he still had to go to the window to check out after prescribing the medicine.
After sitting in the hospital lobby for half an hour or so, it was already done over there.
Wait until the doctor explains what they need to pay attention to and when they will come back for a review.
Zhang An helped Brother Shuanglin help Sister-in-law Zhou into the car, and the group was ready to go back.
Although Sister-in-law Zhou will not be able to go to the ground for a long time in the future, after all, it will take a hundred days to break her muscles and bones.
But this result is already very good. At least I don’t need to be hospitalized. Otherwise, it will cost a lot of money to be hospitalized, not to mention that someone at home will have to take care of me.
When I return home, at least I don’t have to bear extra expenses, and it will be much easier to take care of.
On the way back, Zhang An drove much slower. It was a special situation in the morning and we had to race against time. Now that we are not in a hurry, we should drive slowly. Safety is still the most important thing.
Arrived in the village, Zhang An sent people to the gate of Zhou Yang's house before leaving.
Zhang An returned home and handed the cold skin and canned food he bought to his mother.
"Have you eaten? How about I make you something to eat."
Wang Fang saw that Zhang An would be coming back soon, so she first asked her son if he had eaten.
"Mom, we have already bought food on the street, there is no need to cook."
"Mom, take these two bottles of canned food to see Sister-in-law Zhou tonight, and bring some more Duck eggs, this cold skin will be made later, and I will make some red oil chili pepper to mix with the cold skin. We also have root and spring onions in the vegetable garden at home, so I will get some to mix with it at night."
Wang Fangjie. After passing the things Zhang An handed over, she didn't say that Zhang An liked to spend money randomly, because Zhang An's family made a lot of money this year.
Then he remembered Mrs. Zhou who went to the hospital and asked Zhang An.
"Is your sister-in-law okay?"
"The situation is not too bad. Although the bone is broken and the doctor put a plaster on it, the best result is not to be hospitalized. Go home. I came to Haosheng to recuperate, but I won’t be able to go to the ground for a short time. The crops in the field will have to depend on Brother Shuanglin this year.”
“Hey, what can I do? This person’s luck is not good. I came here and encountered it. I have been injured for a hundred days. I need to take a good rest. It’s better to come back. It’s easier to do whatever I want at home. I can also find some herbs for bone injuries.”
After Zhang An rested at home, he took the hoe to the vegetable garden to dig up the root of the ear.
Coriander root, coriander, and chives are all indispensable.
Zhang An dug these folded roots from the mountains and buried them in the garden when he couldn't finish eating them. I didn't expect them to grow so well. In the past, it was too troublesome to go dig them in the mountains every time he wanted to eat them. Yes, it's fine now. If you want to eat, just go to the garden with a hoe and dig.
Of course we had cold noodles for dinner that night, and Zhang An mixed a bowl full of cold noodles.
The red oil chili peppers made by Wang Fang were poured in, and Zhang An added a lot of chopped root and coriander, as well as some sauerkraut.
In Zhang An’s eyes, this is a rare delicacy in the world.
Zhang An tastes better than the ones sold by the elder sister on the street. The reason is that Zhang An’s red oil chili is made by Wang Fang himself.
She has her own special recipe for making this red oil chili pepper. Not only does it taste delicious, but it smells delicious.
Anyone in the village who makes a big banquet will ask her to help make a pot of oily chili.
In the past, when Wang Fang made red oil chili, he only used oil and chili, adding at most some peanuts and fried beans. But now that the conditions at home are better, Zhang An would buy red oil chili every time. Some meat is cut into minced meat and cooked together.
So now Zhang An’s red oil chili can be used as a seasoning or directly with rice.
(End of this chapter)