frightfiction Chapter 3: Lao Wang's Family
Chapter 3: Lao Wang's Family
Wang Xiaohu ran to the hospital as soon as he got out of the door. Generally, workers in the steel rolling mill go to the steel rolling mill staff hospital for medical treatment. It is called a hospital, but in fact it is just a small clinic, so it is easy to find.
There are quite a lot of people in the hospital. The steel rolling mill is a large state-owned factory with nearly 10,000 employees. It is a heavy industrial steel plant, so this hospital is very good at treating broken bones.
"Doctor, would you please take another look and pull out the thorn?" It was the voice of my mother Zhang Hailian.
"It's okay, it has been disinfected and it will be fine in a few days." Then there was the doctor's impatient voice, and he drove the person out, and then a man with a limp walked in.
"That's really unprofessional. How do you feel, dear grandson?"
"Grandma, I'm fine." Wang San quickly raised his steamed bun-like hand and spread out a bee pupa that was still twisting. "Give it to you."
"If you don't want to drink milk, you don't have to drink it either. Give it to your sister."
"I don't want to eat it. Give it to mom. She needs to nourish her body." Wang Jiujin said immediately in a filial manner.
"Give it to your dad, he loves it." Sister-in-law Zhang Lanxi pulled the grinning Wang Xiaolong over.
"Uh... give it to your grandfather. We should be filial to him."
Wang Dalu didn't expect that he would end up here after a circle. Looking at the plump white bee pupa that was twisting from time to time, he said that although he was a little hungry, he couldn't eat.
"San Kuai, grandpa is not hungry, you eat it." Wang Dalu picked up the bee pupa and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Hmm~it's sweet and delicious." Wang Sankuai didn't hesitate and ate it in two gulps.
"Dad, why are you like this? What if you have diarrhea?" Wang Xiaolong said worriedly.
"It's okay, he's young and will get better soon."
"That makes sense." Wang Xiaolong agreed as soon as he heard it.
"What makes sense? You two grown men are so cowardly. You've grown so tall for nothing." Zhang Lanxi and her mother Zhang Hailian scolded their husbands.
Wang Jiujin pulled Wang Sankuai and asked curiously, "Little brother, do you feel uncomfortable? And is this bee pupa really sweet?"
"I'm fine, it's sweet and delicious." Wang Sankuai looked innocent.
"That's great. There are still a lot of beehives. We can go back and get them out later." Wang Jiujin smiled and was about to leave when he saw this.
As soon as she turned around, she saw Wang Xiaohu. When she left, Wang Jiujin was only five years old. Now she is eight years old. The little girl has grown a lot over the years and she almost didn't recognize her.
"Ahhh~~~~Uncle!" Wang Jiujin yelled, and everyone looked over.
"Xiaohu?" Zhang Hailian was the first to recognize Wang Xiaohu, followed by the others.
"Brother, you're back."
"How dare you come back, you little brat!"
"Mom! It's me, I'm back." Wang Xiaohu's heart was filled with joy, and he ran over excitedly with his arms open.
Zhang Hailian also ran over with her arms open, shouting, "Xiao Hu, my son, my son..."
When the two were about one meter close to each other, Zhang Hailian suddenly kicked towards him.
"How dare you come back? My son, you must miss me so much. This is the day I've been thinking about day and night all these years!" Zhang Hailian cursed and beat him.
"Mom, mother, it's me. You hit the wrong person." Wang Xiaohu covered his handsome face with both hands and shouted.
"That's right. I'm hitting you, you unfilial son. You dared to join the army without telling me. I can't kill you. Tell me! Will you go again in the future? Do you dare to go secretly again?... Wuuuu..."
At the end of the fight, Zhang Hailian hugged Wang Xiaohu and started crying, and she became more and more sad.
"Did it hurt?" Zhang Hailian, who had calmed down, began to feel distressed again, "Why are you so stupid? Why don't you run away? You used to run very fast after a fight."
"It doesn't hurt at all. I just miss my mom." Wang Xiaohu complained in his heart. If he dared to run, he would be beaten even harder, and it would turn into a mixed doubles match between men and women. It would be better to just endure the beating obediently.
"Stronger and taller. Is your hand okay?"
"It's okay, I'm fully healed now. I retired from the army because of this injury." There was a cut on Wang Xiaohu's wrist that had already scabbed over, but had not completely healed.
"It's good to be transferred to a new job. Dad, go buy some meat so we can have a good reunion dinner tonight."
“Okay, I’ll go right away.” Wang Dalu took two steps out, then came back and said hesitantly, “Um… money and tickets?”
"You only know how to ask me for money every day. Have you used up the five yuan pocket money I leave for you every month?" Zhang Hailian said as she took out money and tickets. "Remember to buy more meat. If there is a place to exchange tickets, it would be better to buy a chicken."
"Still buying chicken? You may not even be able to buy meat. Let's go." Wang Dalu walked away complaining.
"Okay, let's go home too." Zhang Hailian led the way, with Wang Jiujin and Wang Sankuai on both sides, one on the left and one on the right.
The advantage of the Wang family is that they do not favor boys over girls. Zhang Hailian even prefers girls, but they are more casual about naming them.
"Brother, I just went back to the courtyard. There was a meeting going on there. Did something happen?"
"Something happened. Jia Dongxu was crushed by a machine in the factory yesterday morning and is now in the hospital for emergency treatment." Wang Xiaolong said simply.
"Yesterday? Then could it be that they're holding a meeting today?" Wang Xiaohu thought, could this be a request for donations?
"Today we are discussing how to arrange Jia Dongxu's funeral."
"Cough... cough cough... what did you say, Jia Dongxu?" Wang Xiaohu really admired this elder brother who spoke only half of his words.
"Yes, he died at 1 o'clock this afternoon. A meeting will be held at 2 o'clock to discuss whether to hold a large or small funeral." Wang Xiaolong said and pointed forward.
"When the meeting was held, Jiujin chased Banggeng back to fight, and then Sankuai secretly dug bee pupae to avoid being stung. Our family took the opportunity to come out and ignored them."
"Who took this hornet's nest back?" This question is very important.
"Jiujin just said that she was the one who stabbed it down, and Banggeng was waiting for it, wrapped it up in clothes and snatched it away..."
"That's really brave."
"Who said it wasn't? Now we have to fight for this hornet's nest when we go back." Wang Xiaolong said this with a proud look on his face because Wang Jiujin won the fight.
Wang Xiaohu could understand it after thinking about it. What time is it now? In the era when tree barks have been eaten up, people in the countryside have already starved to death. A hornet's nest? Good stuff!
"Well, I just kicked a hornet's nest away in the courtyard. I didn't know it was a hornet's nest. The courtyard must be in a mess right now."
Zhang Hailian, who was walking in front, stopped and turned around and said, "This is the hornet's nest that Banggeng brought back. He is the one who bears the greatest responsibility."
Wang Jiujin's eyes rolled, and she said quickly, "Yes, it was Banggeng who took it back, and he was the one who stabbed it. I just saw it first, and he got it first, so I chased him because I couldn't accept it."