Although his mother's injury was not serious, Liu Handong stayed with him in the hospital for a few days. His stepfather bought and cooked food and rode his bicycle to the hospital to deliver meals. During this period, his grandfather came to visit once. The uncle and his family never showed up because they were said to be too busy.
Can't find time.
"Xiaodong, you go back, as long as your Uncle He is here." The mother was worried about her son's work and repeatedly urged him to go back to work.
Liu Handong couldn't find an excuse to stay, so he had to take out a thousand yuan and put it on the bedside table. His mother became anxious when she saw it: "You spend a lot of money in the provincial capital, how can I ask for your money? Take it, take it, I have medical insurance."
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My stepfather also said that I don’t need your money, the family’s money is enough.
Liu Handong was very ashamed. His mother lived in a large ward with eight rooms. The conditions were very poor. At night, the hospital bedmate kept snoring and it was difficult to have a good rest. However, he could not afford to let his mother live in a single room. Even with this thousand yuan
The money was borrowed from Huo Ying. The cost of repairing the damage to Fukang has not yet been calculated. It is estimated to be a large expense.
"Then I'll leave first." Liu Handong lowered his head and left. As soon as he left the ward door, he saw a familiar figure at the end of the corridor. It turned out to be Ma Ling.
Ma Ling was asking the nurse about something. When he looked up and saw Liu Handong, he hurried over, carrying a flower basket and a pastry box in his hands.
"Why are you here?" Liu Handong was extremely surprised.
"Why, I'm not allowed to come?" Ma Ling said angrily, giving him a blank look.
Liu Handong told Ma Ling about his mother's injury on the phone, but he didn't expect that she would come directly to visit him. This meant that the close relationship between the two would be disclosed, which he couldn't wish for. His mother was looking forward to marrying her daughter-in-law. When she saw Ma Ling,
Ling must be in a good mood. His injuries heal quickly when he is in a good mood. Ma Ling's merits are immeasurable.
Liu Handong hurriedly apologized: "Yes, that's too much. Let's go this way."
Taking Ma Ling into the ward, her mother was getting up with the help of Uncle He to go to the bathroom. When she saw her son bringing a tall girl in, she suddenly became confused: "What is this?"
"Auntie, my name is Ma Ling, and I am Liu Handong's friend." Ma Ling didn't recognize strangers at all and said openly.
"Xiao Ma, for those of you who have seen photos, you look even better in person than in the photos. I almost didn't recognize you. Sit down quickly. I'm going to wash my hands first." Mom was extremely surprised.
"I'll help you go." Ma Ling couldn't help but said, picking up her mother's other arm and helping her toward the bathroom in the corridor.
"This girl is so nice." My mother was overjoyed and did not refuse.
After a while, the two came back, and the stepfather gave up the bench. The patient in the next bed also wisely went out for a walk and gave them space.
Ma Ling sat down and asked about her aunt's injury. She spoke Mandarin with a provincial accent, which made her mother very proud. She glanced at the patients with proud eyes and said to the effect that my son was looking for a girlfriend from the provincial capital.
"Xiao Ma, eat some fruit, Lao He, go and wash some apples." Mom was so happy that she couldn't help but stepfather was also very busy. He went to the bathroom and washed three apples, then sat in front of the hospital bed and peeled them with a fruit knife.
Apple peel, the apple peel he peeled was thin and continuous, and the whole piece fell into the trash can.
The stepfather peeled three apples and gave them to everyone, but he refused to eat them and remained silent on the sidelines.
After chatting for a while, the mother still persuaded her son to go back: "It's not easy for Xiaoma to ask for leave for a trip. You can take her around Jiangbei and travel for a while. Go quickly."
Unable to resist his mother, Liu Handong had no choice but to take Ma Ling to visit the city.
After the young couple left, the mother ordered her stepfather: "Lao He, hurry up and pack up and clean up the house. The children need to stay."
Stepfather nodded and left.
"Throw away all the junk, such as the broken TV, old refrigerator, and the chest of drawers. My legs are broken and I can't bear to throw them away. It would be bad for people to see me." Mom explained again.
"I know." Stepfather said.
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Liu Handong and Ma Ling were strolling aimlessly on Binjiang Avenue. It was getting late, and a neon-lit building on the bank of the river had the sign of "Summer Holiday Hotel".
"Let's go back tomorrow and I'll give you a room to rest." Liu Handong pointed to the hotel.
"You bastard, you have a beautiful idea. I have bought the tickets for the evening train. I will leave the first train at five o'clock tomorrow morning. There is no delay." Ma Ling hit him.
Liu Handong sighed sadly.
The phone rang. It was from my mother: "Xiaodong, don't waste your money staying in a hotel. It's not like we don't have a house at home. I asked your Uncle He to clean it and stay at home tonight, do you hear me?"
"Ma Ling will take the train back in the evening. He has to go to work tomorrow, so don't worry about it." Liu Handong said and hung up the phone.
"What did your mother say?" Ma Ling asked.
"My mother was afraid that we would waste money by renting a house, so she asked me to take you home to live there."
"She is really your mother." Ma Ling pinched Liu Handong's arm hard.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Liu Handong invited Ma Ling to dinner and sent her to the train. They had to linger for a while on the platform. The train left on time. Liu Handong left the station and was about to take a taxi back. A police car stopped in front of him.
Sitting there were actually Han Guang and Wang Xing.
"Are you almost done with the family affairs?" Wang Xing asked.
"Your Audi has been sent to the 4S store." Liu Handong said.
"I didn't ask you about your car. It's covered by insurance. Don't worry. You got into so many accidents on the highway. Do you think you should go to the Public Security Bureau to explain the situation?" Wang Xing said with a smirk.
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Liu Handong laughed loudly, opened the car door and got in. The other person was very humane and gave himself enough time to take care of his family. It took three days to write the transcript. It was very interesting.
Wang Xing handed over an envelope, and Liu Handong took it. Inside was a stack of banknotes, estimated to be at least two thousand yuan.
"What do you mean?"
"This is what Song Ding means. Because the police did not do their job properly and your mother was injured, I must accept it."
"They already knew that Gu Changjun was not dead?" Liu Handong was furious.
"I know, but I can't confirm the location, and I didn't expect to use a tactic to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so... in short, this is the apology expressed by the police."
Han Guang also said: "The criminals are in the dark. The police cannot cover everything and protect the relatives of all those involved. No one wants something like this to happen. Fortunately, no one was killed. Xiao Liu, you have to understand them."
Liu Handong still accepted the money, but in his heart he scolded the provincial capital criminal police officers.
Wang Xing's Audi car was owned by Qingshi Hi-tech, and he bought enough insurance so that he didn't have to worry about the repair costs. Liu Handong's Fukang had to be repaired by himself. He first went to the criminal police team to record a confession, and did not finish it until one o'clock in the night and returned to the hospital to continue accompanying him.
Early the next morning, when her mother woke up, she told Liu Handong that people from the Public Security Bureau had come and sent flower baskets and fruits. A leader said that your son helped us catch the criminal, which is worthy of praise. He also said that the public security team needs young people like this.
miles.
The leader was quite good at giving him the ecstasy soup, and Liu Handong felt less angry.
My mother said: "My incision heals quickly and I can go to the provincial capital next month."
Liu Handong wondered: "Mom, who are you looking for in the provincial capital?"
"Let's meet my in-laws. My pony has come to see me. We can't lose our etiquette. It's time for the parents of both parties to meet. We will get married on May 1st next year, and we can have grandchildren the year after that. I have endured it for so many years, and finally it has come to an end.
Now, I am worthy of your father and your old Liu family." My mother looked full of longing at first, but then she wiped away tears.
Liu Handong swallowed his words as he spoke. At this moment, how could he bear to hit his mother, saying that Ma Ling's family did not approve of the relationship between the two of them at all.
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In the morning, Liu Handong went to the traffic police parking lot to take Fukang out. Because the fuel tank was damaged, Wang Xing contacted a tow truck and sent the car to a small repair shop.
This repair shop is called "Xuanchao" Auto Repair. It is said that the previous owner's business has expanded and he has immigrated overseas. The current owner is a young man in his early twenties, wearing Shell work clothes full of oil stains, and his name is very distinctive.
He has the same name as one of the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period. His surname was Ma Chao.
Ma Chao touched the hole in the car body and asked, "Did you shoot with a pistol?"
"Yes." Liu Handong didn't want to say anything more for fear of scaring the other person.
"It looks like it was shot with a pistol, and the bullet hole of the rifle is larger." The young owner of the repair shop seemed to be well-informed, and he didn't ask any questions and just let the workers start repairing.
Fukang's fuel tank is made of polyethylene. It would be too expensive to replace the entire tank if it was punctured by a bullet. Ma Chao suggested repairing it, and Liu Handong accepted it.
"The holes in the car body can only be put on putty and then painted, but there will be color differences unless the entire car is painted." Ma Chao circled around Fukang and said with his chin in his hand.
"There's no need to patch it up." Liu Handong said, handing Ma Chao a cigarette. "The car is worthless and the brand is fake. There's no need to patch it up. I'll just use a band-aid to block the hole later."
Ma Chao took the cigarette and clamped it to his ear, walked around Fukang twice, and said, "Why don't I decorate it for you to cover up the past? Don't worry, a friend recommended it and I'll get it for you for free."
"Thank you then." Liu Handong said in his heart that Wang Xing has so many friends.
Ma Chao took paint and a brush and painted four more lifelike bullet holes on Fukang's body, which exactly matched the original three bullet holes to form the shape of the Big Dipper. Adding some black and red tones to render it, the iron-blooded smell immediately came out.
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The dirty little worker was holding a wrench and pointing at the side: "Just write a few more words on the car body and it will be ready. I would rather have no grass growing on the mainland than take back the Diaoyu Islands."
"Get out!" Ma Chao kicked the boy away.
Fukang was repaired in this way, and it only cost a few dozen yuan in total. Liu Handong drove this car with a Big Dipper-shaped bullet hole painted on the side through the city. He first went to his grandfather's house in Binhe Community to sit for a while, then went to the hospital to say goodbye to his mother, and then drove
Went back to the provincial capital.
In order for his mother to visit the provincial capital next month, he must solve two things. One is to settle Ma Ling's parents, and the other is to straighten out the lie about his work.
Liu Handong often lied to his mother when he was a child, saying that the school charged book fees and so on, and used the money to buy ice cream and play video games. Unexpectedly, as a man in his twenties, he would continue to lie.