Tongdao Xu ate very quickly. After a few minutes, he finished the noodles in his bowl.
After getting up and putting the dishes and chopsticks on the desk, Xu Tongdao said: "I'm going to deliver some noodles to the man in the east. You wash the dishes and chopsticks after eating, and then wash up and go to bed early! Don't wait for me!"
"Xiaodao, it's so late, why are you still giving it to him? We are not his people..."
Xu Tonglin persuaded him habitually.
Comrade Xu smiled and took a bowl to hold the noodles, "You are just trying to persuade me. If you really don't want to give it to him, why did you cook an extra portion of noodles? And an extra egg?"
Xu Tonglin pouted, "That's because I knew you definitely wanted to give it to him, so I cooked more. If you said you wouldn't give it to him tomorrow, then you see if I would still cook so much tomorrow morning!"
Comrade Xu still smiled and shook his head slightly.
…
After carrying the noodles out of the room and walking to the east end of the yard, Xu Tongdao narrowed his eyes slightly again, with a look of thought in his eyes.
He was thinking about whether he should try to ask Qingzi in the easternmost room to help deal with the threat of Bald Zhang.
Showing kindness without expecting repayment, he does not have such noble moral integrity.
It can't be said that his decision to save Qingzi a few days ago was impure. In fact, he decided to save Qingzi who was seriously injured at that time purely because he would be able to repay him with something in the future.
Otherwise, given his family's current situation, his current situation in the county, and his rationality, could he risk being implicated to save Qingzi, who was seriously injured at the time?
Can……
Qingzi's current injury is still far away from recovery. It is definitely unrealistic to expect Qingzi to personally come forward to warn Bald Zhang for him.
As for...who of Aoko's brothers are expected to help?
Xu Tongdao shook his head slightly and felt it was inappropriate.
Because he remembered that the landlord, Uncle Li, said accidentally: Xiao Zheng rarely lives here.
The "Xiao Zheng" in Uncle Li's mouth undoubtedly refers to Qingzi.
Therefore, Xu Tongdao suspected that the easternmost room in the courtyard was a nest specially prepared by Qingzi just in case. He did not come to live there usually, but only when he was in danger or lonely, he would come and stay there.
This can be seen from the fact that no one has come to Qingzi in the past few days, and Qingzi has not asked him to contact anyone for help.
Therefore... it is very likely that Aoko, who is currently seriously injured, does not trust any brothers.
Therefore, in this case, asking Qingzi to contact any brother should be very difficult for Qingzi.
It may even lead to Qingzi falling into a more dangerous situation.
At that time, he, the person who treated and took care of Qingzi for several days, might also be implicated.
With these thoughts swirling in his mind, when Xu Tongdao knocked on the door as a habit, then pushed the door open and entered Qingzi's room, he had given up the idea of asking Qingzi for help.
Bald Zhang is just the owner of a small barbecue stall.
No matter how awesome the competition is, where can it go?
The moment he walked into Qingzi's room with noodles in hand, Comrade Xu had already thought of a way to deal with Bald Zhang.
These days, rural people...who doesn't know a few people who are hanging around outside?
Which village doesn't have a few spooks hanging out in the county or city?
…
"Are you here? It's so late... I thought you wouldn't come tonight!"
When Comrade Xu turned on the light in the room, Qingzi's weak voice came from the bed.
"It's quite late to finish work today. I just came back. Are you hungry?"
Tongdao Xu smiled faintly, walked over, put the noodles on the bedside table, and reached out to touch Qingzi's forehead. Tonight, Qingzi's face was paler and his eyes were duller.
The temperature on his forehead showed that the fever on his body had not completely subsided.
"Call it done? Little brother, you are so young, are you going out to do things?"
Qingzi's expression was a little surprised. After asking, he sniffed his nose gently, frowned and asked: "What does your body smell like? Why does it smell like barbecue? It's such a strong smell..."
"Well, the conditions at home are not good, so I have to go out early to make money, right! I'm selling barbecue these days. By the way, do you want to eat noodles first, or change the dressing first?"
Xu Tongdao answered a few words casually and then asked about business. It was getting late now and he wanted to go back to rest early. In addition to buying ingredients tomorrow, he also had to find people! So he had to get up early tomorrow morning and couldn't sleep tonight.
Too late.
"oh……"
Qingzi nodded, looked at Xu Tongdao with complicated eyes, squeezed out a smile, and said: "Let's eat noodles first tonight! I'm a little hungry."
"good!"
Comrade Xu had no objection and patiently fed Qingzi. During this period, Qingzi smiled and praised: "Not bad, not bad! Today is no longer smooth, there are eggs and meat..."
Comrade Xu smiled and did not answer.
After feeding the noodles, he went to get the medicine box and changed Qingzi's dressing and gauze.
After removing the original gauze, Xu Tongdao noticed that the wound on Qingzi's chest had begun to heal, but the wound was still very hideous and scary.
"Are you worried?"
When Xu Tongdao frowned and changed his dressing, Qingzi looked at his face and suddenly asked in a low voice.
Tongdao Xu was a little surprised that Qingzi's observation was so sharp. He couldn't help but turn around and glance at him. With just one glance, Qingzi seemed to confirm his judgment, smiled, and said: "If you have anything on your mind, why don't you tell me?
Maybe I can help you solve it!"
Tongdao Xu looked at him, remained silent for a few seconds, shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "It's okay! The most important thing for you now is to take good care of yourself, and forget about the rest!"
After saying that, Tongdao Xu continued to concentrate on changing his dressing.
Qingzi looked at him with a frown and said nothing for a while.
It wasn't until Comrade Xu helped him change the medicine and gauze, put the medicine box back in the closet, took the dishes and chopsticks to say goodbye, and prepared to leave that Qingzi said again: "Little brother, if... you encounter something yourself
If you can't solve the trouble, don't resist on your own, remember to tell me! I, Zheng Qing... am still somewhat powerful in this county!"
Hearing this, Tongdao Xu stopped, turned around slowly, and looked at Zheng Qing on the bed with slightly narrowed eyes.
Zheng Qing...
Tongdao Xu wrote down the name.
His intuition told him that Zheng Qing was not bragging.
But precisely because of this, he became more determined not to ask Zheng Qing for help this time.
Just kidding! How could he repay his life-saving favor to Zheng Qing with such a small thing? What a beautiful thought!
Thinking like this, a smile appeared on Comrade Xu's face and he nodded slightly, "Okay! Don't worry! If I really can't solve it, I won't be polite to you!"
"That's good!" Zheng Qing also smiled slightly.
Comrade Xu waved his hand to him, turned around and left.
After coming out of Zheng Qing's room, the smile on Xu Tongdao's face faded. He knew that his kindness was dishonorable, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
But when he looked up at the bright moon in the night, his heart hardened again.
I am a poor man, a poor man who shoulders the burden of the whole family's life. What qualifications do I have to be noble?
I saved his life and I hope he will repay me in the future. Is this too much?