novelraw Chapter 55 Going to the coal yard or the woodworking factory is fine; our family can even benefit fr
Chapter 55 Going to the coal yard or the woodworking factory is fine; our family can even benefit fr
Cheng Damei mysteriously pulled Tong Yuheng aside and whispered, "Yuheng, did you put antidote in my water? I clearly saw the empty soda bottle that contained pesticide on the ground..."
Tong Yuheng thought for a moment and said, "Aunt Cheng, I won't lie to you. An elder in my family is a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, and he gives each of us sisters some life-saving medicines to carry with us. When you went to get the water, I fed it to Xiaojun."
"Oh dear, that was such a precious thing! And this brat ruined it!" Cheng Damei confirmed her guess. Otherwise, how could she explain that the child was in such a state, but is now lively and energetic?
"Aunt Cheng, you have to keep this a secret. I only have one or two of those things. If everyone comes asking me for them, it'll be terrible, it'll kill me!"
"I know, I know, how can I thank you enough! This is all I have at home, is it enough for you?" Cheng Damei took out a bankbook with seven hundred yuan in it, which was less than a fraction of her savings.
"I'm already calling you 'Auntie,' why are you bringing up money? You can't do that. We're an outsider family, and we're counting on you to take care of us..."
"No problem at all. Not only my family, but even your uncles would be no objection. If you ever need anything in the future, we'll do our best to help you!"
"Okay, then I'll thank Aunt Cheng in advance!"
Back at the Jiang family home, Xiao Qi and her two older brothers were having a great time, which reminded her of her little cousin in the cowshed and the news she'd heard at noon, so she wasn't in a very good mood. She took the return gifts Cheng Damei had given them, put her younger sister on the crossbar of her bicycle, and rode home.
The reason she was in a bad mood was that she heard at the county hospital that a policeman had been seriously injured while arresting a criminal and had been unconscious for several days. That person was none other than Liu Fengyi, the police captain she wanted to use to fight against "money-grubbing bastards"!
The matter of Liu Fengyi's injury was somewhat related to Tong Yuheng. When she came here alone last time to arrange for her family's accommodations, she met Li Chengsong on the train. They helped each other capture several enemy agents who were causing trouble.
This matter had far-reaching implications, so Li Chengsong made her, an "ordinary citizen," disappear from public view for her safety. Afterwards, the military and local authorities cooperated to launch a large-scale, covert manhunt. Due to insufficient police resources in the county, Liu Fengyi, the captain, also participated in the staking out and continuous frontline work.
During a raid, several enemy agents, armed with guns, wounded police officers and fled, posing an extreme danger. Liu Fengyi gave chase and wounded them in a frozen reed bed.
Unexpectedly, the two agents had backup. He was shot in the abdomen, and in the struggle, he killed the two agents, but was hit on the head by another agent and knocked unconscious, allowing him to escape!
When his comrades found him, there were two enemy corpses beside him, and he himself was almost like a corpse, completely unconscious. He was rushed to the county hospital for emergency treatment, but he became a "vegetative state" patient.
At that time, it wasn't called that; it was just said that they had fallen into a coma and were unconscious. It was uncertain how long they would recover, and they could only be given some glucose solution and some liquid food to keep them alive.
If it weren't for his still weak swallowing ability, he would be no different from a dead person!
Liu Fengyi was wounded on the battlefield when he was young and was deemed unlikely to have children. Because he was discharged from the army only a few years ago, he did not marry or have children.
His parents have passed away. He has two older brothers, two nephews, and two nieces. In his early years, his brothers and sisters-in-law treated him very poorly, but they took advantage of him quite a bit. He even paid for the construction of the house in his family home.
In the past two years, they have been openly and secretly preventing him from getting married, and they want to give their daughter to him for adoption. Isn't it all because they want to leave everything he has to the Liu family and distribute it to their own children in the future?
Since he can't have children anyway, it's better for him not to marry a widow and raise someone else's child than for him to marry a widow and raise his own nephews and nieces.
The company sent someone to help take care of them, and of course, their own families also had to provide someone to accompany them. The two families who used to be so eager to help are now quite disgusted.
At this time, it was Liu Fengyi's second brother and sister-in-law who were taking care of him. His second brother, Liu Fengnian, roughly pried open his younger brother's teeth, and his wife impatiently scooped up a large spoonful of prepared milk powder and forced it down his throat. Half of it spilled out, and his sister-in-law wiped it with a towel, then forced a few more spoonfuls down his throat before stopping. He then drank the remaining half bowl of milk powder in one gulp.
"Two years! When will this situation with the third son ever end? It's already the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. Are we even going to celebrate the New Year?" The woman's tone was full of disdain.
"What's the point of celebrating then! With this living dead lying in the hospital, how can anyone have a proper New Year? Let's go back first when my older brother and sister-in-law come over, and let them stay until the first day of the New Year!" Liu Fengnian also wanted to take a break and spend New Year's Eve at home.
"My sister-in-law is so greedy, would she agree to this?"
"Why shouldn't we agree? They've benefited the most, so how can they not put in the effort? They should be the ones holding on! His son also wants the third son's job; how can he not perform well?"
His eldest brother Liu Fengyu's son is nineteen and can take over his third uncle's job. His second brother's son is only fourteen, so he's not in a good position to take over the job.
"I heard that if the third brother dies, he'll be considered a martyr and will receive a two-thousand-yuan pension!" The second sister-in-law's eyes darted around, and she set her sights on the money.
"Stop talking nonsense! My third brother isn't dead yet! He might wake up any day. Even if he can't become a policeman, he can still retire early!" The second brother also wanted to take advantage of the third brother, but after all, they were brothers, and he didn't want him to die.
"Tch! When have I ever wanted him to die! Look at your dog face, turning on me like that. You can take care of your own brother, I'm not going to!" Liu Ersao left angrily, leaving only the two brothers in the ward.
Liu Fengnian began nagging at his unconscious younger brother: "Third brother, you've got some serious bad luck. How did catching someone almost cost you your life? You have a weapon, don't you? Just leaving it there as decoration!"
"Let me tell you, you can't work as a policeman anymore with this injury. Once you wake up, you can find another job, like at a coal mine or a lumber mill. Our family can still benefit from that..."
At this moment, inside Liu Fengyi's body, who was lying motionless on the hospital bed, there was a soul that was sometimes depressed and confused, and sometimes irritable and crazy, struggling: He wanted to go out, he wanted to protect his wife and children!
This soul has been trapped in this body for several days, but it is as if it is bound by some invisible rope and cannot control this body!
After his death, he stayed with his family, watching them cry in pain and helplessness, watching them be bullied and schemed against, and then followed his eldest daughter to this strange place!
If Tong Yuheng and the others were to see this spirit's image, they would be greatly surprised, because it is none other than Tong Linsheng, who has been dead for more than half a year!