Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

"Has Xu En found that child?"

The villagers who surrounded the place in three layers all shook their heads.

"That guy usually hangs around in the village. We should be able to find him by the river or by lowering our heads, but we almost ran all over the mountain just now and still didn't see a trace of him."

The young men who went out to look for someone were panting with exhaustion.

"Found it, found it!"

Just when everyone was racking their brains for where else to look, there was a sudden noise outside. Xu En was surrounded by several young men who were more than a head taller than him. He walked into the house reluctantly with his head lowered.

"Where have you been? Do you know that your father is in this state? If he doesn't see you before he leaves, you will have to live with guilt for the rest of your life!"

Before Xu Lan and Xu Mei could speak, the villagers nearby couldn't help but criticize Xu En's behavior.

"Don't mention it. When the young man saw that everyone in the village was looking for him, he was scared and ran away. He hid in the cowshed. If I hadn't gone to change the feed for the cows just now, I wouldn't have found him hiding there!"

The young man who captured the man patted Xu En's head in dissatisfaction.

Surrounded by so many people, Xu En didn't know whether he was scared or cold, his whole body was shaking, and his physique, which was obviously beyond his age, looked shaky.

"Ever since our dad came back from the clinic, you haven't wanted to stay at home. You keep running out from time to time. I'll let it go, but you don't even look at our dad's current situation. You're still out there and not coming back. What's on your mind? Do you still have this family in your eyes?"

When the second sister Xu Mei saw Xu En's look, she immediately became furious. Before she could say a few words, tears started rolling down her cheeks again.

"Doctor, how is Lao Xu doing?"

"Not very optimistic." Doctor Zhang stared at the infusion tube and shook his head. "Based on the clinical symptoms, Mr. Xu is likely to have a secondary infection, but our conditions are limited and we cannot do any tests."

“What does secondary infection mean?”

The village chief Su Yang asked questions on behalf of everyone that they did not understand.

"The damaged part of the chest cavity may also be damaged nearby, but the conditions are limited, we don't know where the specific pathogen is, and we don't have any medicine."

This is equivalent to directly announcing the death of Old Man Xu.

There was another sigh from the crowd, and even Su Wanwan felt an indescribable sadness in her heart.

"Xu En, kowtow to your father."

The village chief Su Yang moved slightly and left Old Man Xu's side. Xu Lan and Xu Mei also vacated their seats next to Old Man Xu.

Although gender equality has been implemented in this era, in the village, the incense of a family is still inherited by the son. Xu En is the only son recognized by Old Man Xu. Asking Xu En to kowtow at this time is equivalent to asking his only son to say goodbye to his father.

"I don't knock."

With a body that was too fat for his age, Xu En lowered his head and spoke in a muffled voice, and was about to rush out after he finished speaking.

But the place was already surrounded by villagers in three layers. Before Xu En could take two steps out, he was pushed back and fell heavily on his buttocks to the ground.

"Do you have any conscience, kid? You are so old and still don't understand the world. Do you know that your father is going to die?"

Xu En fell to the ground with his shoulders shaking. Tears of grievance dripped down his fat face. He muttered softly, "It stinks so bad. It would be better to die."

His words were actually heard clearly by several people nearby.

The second sister Xu Mei immediately slapped him hard, making a crisp sound.

"Xu En, are you talking like a human being? When have you not been treated like a treasure by your family? Haven't you been given priority in everything delicious and useful? Is this how you view our father?"

Xu En covered the red mark on his left cheek and cried even harder.

Seeing this, Su Wanwan also wanted to go up and slap him twice more.

“Let us go…let us go.”

The village chief Su Yang, who was lying on the kang, was thinking about how to deal with this matter when suddenly there was a noisy sound outside and a car was parked at the door.

"Why is Secretary Wang back? Why did he come back by car?"

In the crowd, Secretary Wang, looking exhausted, came straight to the kang where Old Man Xu was sitting, followed by several people wearing the uniforms of county staff.

Without having time to say anything, these people raised their hands and transferred Old Man Xu to the simple stretcher they brought.

The villagers were all stunned for a moment. Even the village chief Su Yang only arrived when the person was about to be carried out of the house.

"Old Wang, what's going on?"

Village chief Su Yang pointed at the uniformed men carrying the stretcher and frowned.

"When I went to the county town this morning, I heard that Mr. Xu's condition was not good, so I reported it to them. As a result, the county leader directly said that the medical environment in the county was good and asked me to take Mr. Xu to the county town for treatment and recuperation."

After hearing what Secretary Wang said and looking at Old Man Xu who had been carefully lifted into the car, Village Chief Su Yang was immediately confused.

"Isn't the case of the third son of the Xu family about to be determined? When did the family members of criminals receive this kind of treatment?"

"I don't have time to tell you the details. I have to send him to the county hospital before dark. And looking at Mr. Xu's condition, I can't wait any longer. I don't know the details either. After all, this is an order from above, so we just have to execute it."

Secretary Wang responded to the village chief Su Yang with a few words, and at the same time stuffed the bottle in Old Man Xu's hand into the car. The car soon disappeared at the end of the village.

Under the leadership of Secretary Wang, two of the three staff members from the county gave up their seats because Old Man Xu was going to get on the bus, and stayed in the village to conduct some other investigations, and then returned to the county on their own.

"Didn't Secretary Wang just say that? This is the arrangement of the county's higher-ups, and we are just the ones who are carrying it out. Oh, and the person has been taken away now. Your village should quickly send some people to check out the road in the town. When we came, there seemed to be a person lying on the side of the road. He must be dead."

"Huh? Who? What does that person look like?"

Hearing someone continue to ask, Su Wanwan couldn't help but pursed her lips.

The county leaders would not send someone back to take Old Man Xu away for no reason.

"He's tall and thin. Oh, and his skin is a bit dark."

The two people who stayed behind took out some documents and followed the village chief Su Yang to the village chief's office, one after the other.

The rest of the villagers swarmed to the intersection of the only road leading to the town at the entrance of the village.

Su Wanwan also walked a few steps in that direction in a trance, but there seemed to be something hanging in her heart.

Ever since Secretary Wang’s car arrived, she felt that the whole thing was like a dream.

Logically speaking, if Xu Yan was taken to the county as a criminal, no matter what the outcome was, the most that would be involved would be to come to the village to investigate and collect evidence, and there would be no question of taking Old Man Xu to the county for treatment.

And looking at Secretary Wang's actions, it was clear that the county leaders asked for it to be completed as soon as possible, so Secretary Wang did not have time to explain to others and just took Old Man Xu on the road.