The train driver in the courtyard

Yi Zhonghai looked at Xu Jixiang, then at the Jia family with their doors tightly closed, and he already had an idea in his mind.

Needless to say, it was that old woman Jia Zhang who was gossiping again.

In the past, Yi Zhonghai would have turned around and left, allowing Xu Jixiang to rush into the Jia family's house and fight to the death with Jia Zhang.

But Yi Zhonghai turned his head to look at Li Aiguo who was watching the fun, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

He strode over and took Xu Jixiang's arm with a smile: "Brother, do you know who spread this behind your back?"

"If we want to investigate but still can't find out, we can ask every resident in the compound one by one, and we will eventually find the guy who is gossiping behind our backs."

Xu Jixiang's eyes were always looking into the Jia family's house. He almost grabbed Yi Zhonghai's ear to tell him that it was Jia Zhang who was behind the plot.

Yi Zhonghai was a master of Tai Chi and pretended not to notice: "This will take time. What are you doing here making so much noise?"

When Xu Damao came back from the vegetable market after buying vegetables, he was so scared when he saw Xu Jixiang's appearance that his face turned pale.

"Dad, what are you doing?"

Xu Jixiang frowned and said, "Da Mao, don't worry about it. Go home with your mother and cook."

"Dad, if you do this, how can I face people when I go out?"

Xu Damao felt like he had no place to put his face, so he grabbed Xu Jixiang's arm and refused to let go.

Yi Zhonghai saw Xu Jixiang and Xu Damao arguing, and smiled at the residents and said, "Okay, today's incident is all a misunderstanding. Everyone should go back first. You still have to go to work tomorrow. Eat and rest early, don't delay production."

Seeing that the commotion was about to fizzle out, the residents, who were still hungry and in no mood to watch the fun, left after talking about it.

Most residents felt that there was something strange about the baby in Liu Lan's belly, while some thought that Xu Damao's illness might have been cured.

Yi Zhonghai turned his head and looked at Xu Jixiang and Xu Damao again: "You two should go back first. If there is anything, we can talk about it later."

"Yes, yes, yes, Dad, let's go back first and don't embarrass ourselves here." Xu Damao took the opportunity to say, "Liu Lan is back to her parents' home today. If someone is making up stories about her behind her back, she will definitely be unhappy."

"Yes, Liu Lan is pregnant. Old man, please don't be stupid."

Xu's mother had originally opposed Xu Jixiang's causing trouble, so she walked up and grabbed Xu Jixiang's arm.

"Let's do it this way this time, but this matter is not over yet!" Xu Jixiang returned home reluctantly after being persuaded by Xu's mother and Xu Damao.

As soon as he entered the room, the anger on Xu Jixiang's face disappeared, and a smug smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

This stark contrast made Xu Damao a little confused: "Dad, I don't understand what you did tonight."

"If you could see clearly, you would have been the manager long ago."

Xu Jixiang gave Xu's mother a look and asked her to close the door.

He took out his pipe, struck a match, lit it, and sat on a chair, puffing on it.

This old man went back to the countryside for a few days and actually regarded himself as a country old man.

Xu Damao took out a Da Zhonghua cigarette, lit it, and squinted at Xu Jixiang: "Dad, what do you want to do? Just tell me straight, don't play tricks on me."

"Son, dad wants to save you!" Xu Jixiang held the pipe in his hand, smoke coming out of his nostrils.

"Save me? Dad, what nonsense are you talking about. I'm fine now. I'm going to have a son soon, and I won't hook up with a young wife when I go to the countryside to show movies. Do I need you to save me?" Xu Damao was shocked.

Xu Jixiang held his pipe and pointed at Xu Damao, saying, "Son, you can lie to me, but don't lie to yourself. I don't mind if you lie to me. I can just laugh it off."

It's not that Dad wants to break your defense. Wipe your tears and think carefully. Who else but Dad would believe these words of yours? Can you really deceive the residents of the compound?"

"Is the baby in Liu Lan's belly really yours? Could it be that it's not Deputy Director Li's?"

"But Daddy doesn't blame you. Daddy won't look down on you."

"Dad has to praise you! You are better than Dad, and you can endure more than Dad. You will definitely become a high-ranking official in the future."

"You helped Deputy Director Li raise his son. Deputy Director Li will definitely use you in the future."

"Dad supports you!"

After hearing these words, Xu Damao was stunned.

Xu Damao never expected that the person who least believed in him was Xu Jixiang.

"Dad, what nonsense are you talking about! How could Liu Lan be that kind of person? Not only have you insulted me, you've also insulted Liu Lan." Xu Damao became furious as soon as he realized what was happening.

His face turned red instantly, his hands clenched into fists, and he kept shaking.

Mother Xu looked at Xu Damao and nodded in appreciation: "Old man, your son is indeed better than you. Even at this time, he is still acting in front of the two of us."

Xu Jixiang was proud: "This is called the disciple surpasses the master!"

"You reap what you sow," said Xu's mother.

Xu Damao: "."

Looking at Xu Jixiang and Xu's mother praising each other, he suddenly found that he couldn't explain himself clearly no matter what he did.

But this is not the crux of the problem.

The key to the problem is to get Xu Jixiang to stop causing trouble.

It’s okay for Xu Damao to be wronged, but Liu Lan is pregnant. With her hot temper, if she knew about this, wouldn’t she be furious?

Xu Damao waved his hand at Xu Jixiang and interrupted them: "Dad, even if this child's origin is a bit questionable, you can't make a fuss. Isn't that just smearing your own face?"

"What do you mean by even if, Damao, why don't you admit it yet?"

"Dad, if you keep chatting like this, I will send you back now."

"."

Xu Jixiang nodded in appreciation: "Mother Damao, look at our Damao, he is so realistic in acting. With the help of Deputy Director Li, he will surely improve rapidly."

Xu's mother tilted her head and nodded: "That's right, don't you see whose seed Damao is from? You reap what you sow."

Well, a new round of flattery has begun.

Xu Damao felt that Xu Jixiang was here just to cause trouble.

boom!
Xu Damao slapped the table, stood up and put on his coat: "I'll take you back now!"

Seeing that Xu Damao was serious, Xu Jixiang got back to the main topic.

He knocked his pipe against the sole of his shoe, making a banging sound. He squinted his eyes and said, "Da Mao, the public has sharp eyes. Sooner or later, word will get out about you helping Deputy Director Li raise his son. Rumors can melt metal. By then, you will be in a passive position. Even Deputy Director Li will not protect you. I am doing this for your own good."

Mother Xu tilted her head and nodded: "Yes, your father is doing this for your own good."

Xu Damao was almost laughing out of anger: "You are showing off all over the compound now, don't others know about it?"

Xu Jixiang: "Just catch the person who talked behind my back and make an example of him. Even if the residents know about it, they won't tell anyone. If something is not told, it doesn't exist. I'm doing this for your own good."

Mother Xu tilted her head and nodded: "See? Your father is doing this for your own good."

Xu Damao: "."

He felt as if he understood.

Instead of letting others talk about you behind your back, it is better to just confront them and call out the people who are talking about you.

In that case, even if others want to comment, they will not dare to do so.

Xu Jixiang's trick was indeed vicious.

But all this is based on the premise that the child is not Xu Damao.

Xu Damao still felt that he was very wronged.

But there seems to be no other choice at this time.

If we don't follow Xu Jixiang's method to calm the whole thing down, then when Liu Lan comes back, something serious might happen.

"Dad. I'll listen to you." Xu Damao finally nodded.

Xu Jixiang was delighted, and pointed at Xu Damao and said to Xu's mother: "Look at this child, he finally admitted it."

Xu Damao: "."

Xu Damao simply stopped explaining, stood up and went into the kitchen to cook.

Looking at Xu Damao's back, Xu Jixiang narrowed his eyes slightly.

Who would like to see their son wearing a colorful hat?

But Xu Damao is unable to have children.

Liu Lan was a young widow herself and brought her two sons with her.

However, those two sons were not raised by Xu Damao, they were not close to Xu Damao, and even their surnames were not changed.

Xu Jixiang was a very insightful person and had long realized that these two children could not be relied upon.

You have to know that Dorgon of the previous dynasty was not good enough, let alone Xu Damao.

Now Liu Lan is pregnant with another child.

No matter who the child belongs to, as long as Xu Damao raises the child personally, then the child is Xu Damao's child, and belongs to the Xu family!

But the most important thing now is to shut up the residents of the compound.

As an old father, he is really worried about his child.

Thinking about these things, Xu Jixiang picked up the chopsticks.

When Jia Dongxu came back from playing cards, he was curious to see the door was closed.

After knocking on the door, he was even more confused when he saw Jia Zhang's sullen expression.

"Huai Ru, what happened to our mother?"

"I don't know who was spreading rumors behind the scenes that the baby in Liu Lan's belly was not Xu Damao's. Today Xu Jixiang came back and made a big fuss in the courtyard."

Qin Huairu also felt that Jia Zhang was acting abnormally in the afternoon, so she kept staring at her.

"Xu Damao is infertile. This is something everyone knows. What does it have to do with me?" Jia Zhang lowered her head guiltily.

Jia Dongxu's heart also skipped a beat.

Jia Dongxu has always been suppressed by Xu Damao in the compound. He is not as good as Xu Damao at work, and Xu Damao always carries a stainless steel pot on his back when they fight.

The only thing that makes him better than Xu Damao is that he has a son, and Qin Huairu is pregnant again.

Now that he saw that Liu Lan was also pregnant, he couldn't help but tell everyone about it while chatting with the residents of the compound.

Qin Huairu originally suspected Jia Zhangshi, but now seeing that Jia Dongxu's expression was not right, she couldn't help but touch her forehead.

Well, it turns out that both of them participated.
Can't these two just be quiet for a few days?

Qin Huairu didn't want to chat anymore, so she stood up and went into the kitchen to cook.

When Yi Zhonghai returned home, he didn't even bother to eat dinner. He first ran to the deaf old lady's room and muttered for a long time. After returning home, he held the enamel pot and drank water continuously.

The lady saw his expression and knew that he was going to cause trouble again. "Old man, you just got better, don't mess around with that."

Yi Zhonghai put down the enamel pot and said coldly, "My illness was caused by the anger of that bastard Li Aiguo. This is a good opportunity. If I can divert Xu Jixiang's anger to Li Aiguo, my illness can be cured without taking medicine."

"What does this have to do with Li Aiguo? Aiguo is not the kind of person who spreads gossip." An old lady frowned.

Yi Zhonghai sneered: "Everything depends on human effort, just wait and see!"

After dinner, Xu Jixiang and Xu Damao came to the door.

"Old Yi, you can't just ignore this matter. If you can't catch the guy who is gossiping behind my back, I will report it to the neighborhood office."

Xu Damao also shouted at this time: "My wife is pregnant. If she knew, there might be two deaths."

Yi Zhonghai gave a look to the aunt and asked her to pour tea for the two of them, adding some sorghum.

The enamel pot was placed in front of the two men. Yi Zhonghai looked at Xu Damao with a warm expression and said, "Damo, don't worry. I am the eldest uncle in the compound. I can definitely help you investigate it clearly."

"I remember that Lou Xiao'e had a good relationship with Li Aiguo and she often visited Li Aiguo's home.

Could it be that she told Li Aiguo that you couldn't get pregnant, and then Li Aiguo spread the gossip? "

When Xu Damao heard Yi Zhonghai mention Li Aiguo, he was stunned.

"Uncle, those rumors about my infertility were fabricated by Lou Bancheng, who even hired someone to come to our compound to spread rumors. Now that Lou Bancheng is dead, what does this have to do with Li Aiguo?"

Yi Zhonghai asked calmly, "You seem to often go to Li Aiguo's house to buy wine? That wine seems to be able to cure infertility?"

"Yes, yes, yes. I suspect that it was because of the Spirit Turtle Wine that the disease was cured."

Xu Damao slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Doctor, my infertility was not congenital. It was caused by the beatings I received, which caused organ deformation. Linggui wine is good for men and has a strong effect. Maybe it can open up some tubes and make women pregnant."

Is it really that weird? Yi Zhonghai shook his head and took the opportunity to ask, "Li Aiguo has a good relationship with Lou Xiao'e, and in order to prevent others from asking him to borrow the Linggui wine, he saw that Liu Lan was pregnant and deliberately made up stories about Liu Lan behind her back?"

"." Xu Damao tilted his head and thought for a moment, then frowned and said, "That's not right. Li Aiguo didn't want to lend me the Linggui wine, so he just refused. Is it necessary to resort to such tricks?"

Yi Zhonghai frowned and knocked on the table: "Just tell me if there is such a possibility?"

Mars hitting the Earth is also possible! Who can guarantee that it will not happen? Xu Damao did not dare to make a promise, and stood there in a daze with a stern face.

Xu Jixiang saw that Yi Zhonghai kept tying the matter to Li Aiguo, and now he finally understood.

Xu Jixiang wanted to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, while Yi Zhonghai wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife. They both had their own ideas.

But it doesn’t matter, as long as Xu Jixiang can achieve his goal.

Seeing that Xu Damao still wanted to explain for Li Aiguo, Xu Jixiang coughed twice and interrupted Xu Damao.

"Da Mao, I'll listen to your uncle on this matter."

Xu Jixiang turned his head and looked at Yi Zhonghai, nodding: "Old Yi, you are a senior, you stand higher than us and see farther, this matter still depends on you to investigate. You can investigate however you like, but you must find the bad guys for me."

Seeing Xu Jixiang cooperating with his actions, Yi Zhonghai said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely find out who is plotting against Liu Lan behind the scenes!"

"Okay, then we'll wait for your news."

The two old foxes reached a deal tacitly, and Xu Jixiang took Xu Damao and left.

After the two left, the lady closed the door and approached Yi Zhonghai: "Old man, how can Li Aiguo's medicinal wine be useful? Can it cure Xu Damao's infertility? If you buy some medicinal wine, do we have hope?"

Yi Zhonghai chuckled: "What's the use? Only Xu Damao, that idiot, would believe it. Didn't you see that even Xu Jixiang didn't believe it?"

"Are you sure?" The auntie was really tempted. "Just tell me if this is possible?"

If they could have their own children, would they have to look for someone to take care of them in the old age, and would they have to clean up after Jia Zhang all day long?

The sentence "Just tell me if there is such a possibility?" made Yi Zhonghai's face change immediately.

This was what Yi Zhonghai said just now to control Xu Damao. Now that it happened to him, he also began to have doubts in his heart.

"Could it be that Liu Lan's child is really Xu Damao's? Could it be that the Spirit Turtle Wine is really that effective? No, that's not right. I also bought the Spirit Turtle Wine from Xu Damao before, so why didn't it work?"

Yi Zhonghai quickly denied his idea and sighed deeply.

"It can't be useful. The Linggui wine was used by Li Aiguo to trick Xu Damao."

It was the first time that Xu Jixiang heard about Linggui Wine.

Upon learning that Xu Damao spent 10 yuan every time to buy a glass of Linggui wine, Xu Jixiang shouted: "Moutai is only 4 yuan a bottle, but Li Aiguo charges 10 yuan for a glass of wine! Damao, you are my son, how could you be fooled?"

"But Linggui wine is really useful. Deputy Director Li is willing to spend fifty yuan to buy a glass of wine every time! I have even sold a few glasses to Yi Zhonghai. Brother Aiguo gave me a preferential price because we are neighbors." Xu Damao argued.

The old ones are the wisest. Xu Jixiang got to the point directly: "Yi Zhonghai also drank Linggui wine, so why didn't Auntie get pregnant?"

Xu Damao said: "What I sold him was fake wine, mixed with loose wine."

Xu Jixiang: “.”

Counting the days, Chen Xueru was already three months pregnant. Li Aiguo didn't have to drive, so he prepared to take Chen Xueru to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot Hospital for a check-up.

Originally, Chen Xueru had already made an appointment with her sister-in-law. Liang Ladi happened to be on vacation today, so when she found out about it, she also expressed her desire to go along.

Women are always particularly nervous when they are pregnant with their first child.

Liang Ladi gave birth to five children in total. No one in the courtyard knew more about giving birth than her, which was just the right thing to do to comfort little Miss Chen.

Li Aiguo agreed.

Along the way, Liang Ladi kept telling Chen Xueru how easy it was for her to give birth.

"When a woman gives birth, it's just like a hen laying an egg. Cluck, cluck, cluck, and the baby is born."

"When I gave birth to Xiu'er, the factory was in the middle of a big production. I was still tightening screws in the workshop, and Xiu'er was born in the blink of an eye."

When Li Aiguo heard this, he knew that his choice was right.

The group rode their bicycles to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot Hospital and met the eldest sister-in-law.

Accompanied by his sister-in-law and Liang Ladi, Li Aiguo didn't need to follow them in. He squatted on the flower bed at the entrance of the obstetrics and gynecology department, lit a cigarette, and smoked it slowly.

After taking two puffs, he saw Huang Shuxian walking out angrily from the inpatient department next door.

"Sister-in-law, what happened?" Li Aiguo squatted there and waved at Huang Shuxian.

"They are patriotic brothers."

Huang Shuxian greeted Li Aiguo, turned her head to look at the obstetrics and gynecology department, and said with a smile: "Is Xueru here for a check-up?"

"I've already gone in for a checkup." Li Aiguo stood up and raised his chin towards the inpatient department: "Is it about the flowered headscarf?"

"You guessed it right! This is the first time I've met such an unreasonable woman." Huang Shuxian told the story with a wry smile.

After the case of stone smashing glass was solved, according to the verdict, the husband of the woman with the flowery headscarf received compensation, a total of seven dollars and thirty cents.

Considering that the incident happened on a train, the Qianmen Locomotive Depot not only waived the medical expenses of the husband with the flowery headscarf, but also compensated him an additional five yuan.

Huang Shuxian was responsible for transferring the money.

Originally, I thought that once Hua Toujin accepted the money, the matter would be settled. After all, Hua Toujin’s husband had been in the hospital for a month and his injuries had healed long ago.

Who would have thought that the flowery headscarf would keep her husband in the hospital.

Huang Shuxian’s attempts to persuade her were useless, and today she was even driven out by the girl with the flowery headscarf.

My goodness, making trouble at the hospital in this day and age?
Li Aiguo stood up and said, "Come on, take me to have a look."

Huang Shuxian had no choice but to take Li Aiguo to the inpatient department. She also gave Li Aiguo some instructions on the way.

"This flowered headscarf is not to be trifled with, so be careful later."

"Not easy to deal with? Wait a moment." Li Aiguo saw that the door of the doctor's office was open and a doctor's white coat was hanging on the back of the chair.

Under Huang Shuxian's surprised gaze, he walked in, picked up the white coat and put it on.

He took out the gold pen from his pocket and inserted it into the pocket of his white coat.

Seeing Li Aiguo turning into a doctor in the blink of an eye, Huang Shuxian was shocked: "Brother Aiguo, what are you doing?"

"Of course, I treat people. Some people are physically ill and need treatment from regular doctors. Some people are spiritually ill and need a freelance doctor like me to come forward."

As he spoke, Li Aiguo put on a cotton mask, walked quickly to the door of the ward, pushed it gently, and the door opened.

I saw the girl with the flowery headscarf leaning on the hospital bed, drinking a bowl of millet soup with an egg in it.

This is the patient meal at Qianmen Locomotive Depot Hospital.

The real patient was squatting on the ground and rubbing her legs.

Seeing the door open, Huatoujin calmly put down the aluminum lunch box and patted her husband's arm: "Lao Chen, you have exercised enough now, go sit for a while."

Old Chen raised his head and looked at Li Aiguo awkwardly, thinking that it was the doctor who came, and sat down on the chair carefully.

Huang Shuxian frowned: "Zhou Dacui, didn't you say your husband had a headache? Why did you let him work while you were lying on the hospital bed?"

Zhou Dacui took out a toothpick and picked her teeth. She squinted her eyes and said, "Little girl, you don't understand. The doctor said that when a person is sick, he can't lie down all the time. He should exercise moderately. Old Chen is my boss. How can I harm him?"

She turned her head and looked at the middle-aged man: "Old Chen, don't you think so?"

"Yes, yes, yes, my wife is doing this for my own good." The middle-aged man nodded repeatedly.

Li Aiguo walked into the room with his hands behind his back and looked around. There were quilts, newspapers, thermos bottles, and playing cards. This girl with the flowered headscarf really treated the ward as her own home.

"What are you looking at? My name is Lao Chen and he's still sick. I don't believe you dare to kick him out!" Zhou Dacui saw the white coat and didn't care.

Several doctors came these days, but she drove them all away.

In the Railway Hospital, there are meals for patients. Breakfast is millet porridge with an egg, and lunch is corn grits rice, with a side dish of scallion leaves soaked in soy sauce.

For dinner, we had stir-fried noodles with sesame oil, which was delicious.

This kind of life is much better than at home.

Besides, it is said that the longer you stay in the hospital, the more money you will get in the end.

It would be a fool not to take advantage of it.

As a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative, could Zhou Dacui be a fool?

"You misunderstood. I'm here to treat your old Chen." Li Aiguo walked around Old Chen, asked him to stick out his tongue, and then took his pulse.

Li Aiguo let go of Lao Chen's hand and nodded heavily: "Your Lao Chen's injury has indeed not healed, and it has become more serious. If he is not treated quickly, his life will be in danger in a few days."

After hearing this, Zhou Dacui was stunned.

No one knew it better than her. Old Chen was alive and well and could jump hard.

The purpose of pretending to be sick is to stay in the hospital for a longer period of time.

"Doctor. Hey, have we met before?" Zhou Dacui looked at the doctor carefully and felt that the doctor looked familiar.

"Maybe. I'm a well-known Chinese medicine doctor! I'm very famous in Beijing." Li Aiguo said perfunctorily, then stood up and pointed at the middle-aged man and said, "Hey! If he doesn't get treatment right away, he won't live for more than two days!"

(End of this chapter)