Early the next morning, the male doctor on duty asked me to go to the hospitalization procedures. I followed him to the doctor's duty room. He told me seriously that the child might not just have a cold. I suddenly became nervous and asked what might be wrong? He did not answer clearly. The child had a heart problem, but the specific questions would need to be confirmed after the morning consultation. He asked me to be mentally prepared first, especially to comfort Sister Hong, because women's feelings may be relatively fragile.

I was a little confused. I took the hospitalization form and took out all the money in my pocket at the payment window, so I barely collected Xiaozhuang's hospitalization deposit. After paying the fee, I was going to buy some breakfast, so I quickly left the hospital gate.

The snow had stopped, and the strong wind was still storming in the gray world. The velvet on the branches was swept down by the wind, and it was poured into people's clothes with a cold cold.

I covered my cold cheeks with both hands and walked on the street. After the snow on the road was trampled and crushed by vehicles, it turned into sticky and dirty black water. Only the snow on both sides of the road was like a complete white blanket, with several small footprints deliberately stepping on them when children were in school.

I bought four vegetable buns from a breakfast shop opposite the hospital, and I picked them up with warm hands. Sister Hong was looking forward to it and was anxiously waiting for me in the observation room.

"Hurry up and eat, the buns are still hot." I handed over the buns.

"How is Xiaozhuang's situation?" Sister Hong did not accept the hot buns I handed over, but held my hand.

"I said I wanted to be hospitalized for observation." I replied lightly.

"Where... did the doctor say something?" Sister Hong asked persistently.

"Xiaozhuang may have acute pneumonia and needs to be hospitalized for observation and treatment for two or three days. The doctor will come to consult in the afternoon." I didn't want to tell her the doctor's words, "You have dinner first, I'll call you later and ask for leave from the factory."

"Oh..." Sister Hong didn't say anything, "You eat first, I'm not hungry yet."

In the morning, after Xiaozhuang was staying in the pediatric ward, I borrowed a phone number from the doctor's office and asked Squad Leader Xu for a day off. As soon as I returned to the ward, I saw a large group of people listening to Xiaozhuang repeatedly. The last bald old doctor issued a list and sent me and Sister Hong to carry Xiaozhuang to check. Sister Hong told me that this was Director Yu of Pediatrics. He graduated from university in the 1950s and came to support Huaibei region from the south. His business was very good. Later, we took Xiaozhuang and according to Director Yu's requirements, we did a series of fluoroscopy, electrocardiogram and other examinations, and we struggled for a whole morning.

At noon, the wind stopped, and the sun burst into thick clouds. After snow, the temperature dropped, and the heart was so cold that it was so cold that it was terrible. As soon as I went to work in the afternoon, Director Yu called Sister Hong and me to the office and said that Xiaozhuang was acute pneumonia caused by a cold, and had basically been under control, but the heart might have some problems. Sister Hong was so scared that she almost stopped. I was prepared and helped her. Director Yu smiled and said that through preliminary diagnosis, the child may suffer from a relatively serious congenital heart disease. Because the conditions of the county hospital are limited, he needs to go to a large hospital for further diagnosis and treatment.

This result was like a bolt from the blue, which made Sister Hong fall into panic. For the afternoon, we were all dizzy and felt like we were in a dream.

Because Sister Hong works in the hospital, many people took the time to comfort her when they heard about Xiaozhuang. Especially the sisters in the registration fee office where she was, took turns to come and talk to us for a long time.

Sister Hong may rarely talk about her situation with others. Everyone knows that after her husband died, it is not easy for her to take care of a child. When she saw me by her side for the first time, she showed a surprised look. I didn’t want to make things difficult for Sister Hong at this time, so I quickly said that I was her cousin who works in the county.

Because Sister Hong was arranged by the Zhao family to go to the hospital, everyone knows her relationship with Director Zhao, and I don’t know who disclosed the news to the Zhao family. It was almost evening, Director Zhao, accompanied by the director, appeared in Xiaozhuang’s ward with more than a dozen people from the Peng family. This was the first time they met since the Zhao family and Sister Hong had a falling out.

Next, the conversation between Sister Hong and the Peng family was very intense, full of tension. The main purpose of the Peng family was to persuade Sister Hong to give up Xiaozhuang's custody and let them be responsible for Xiaozhuang's future treatment and life. The Peng family said that since Peng Dazhuang's sacrifice, Xiaozhuang will be their only one. As long as Sister Hong promised them to give up the custody of Xiaozhuang, they would consider giving Sister Hong a certain amount of financial compensation. As for Sister Hong's remarriage in the future, they would not ask about any questions.

When the Peng family was negotiating with Sister Hong, I leaned on the door frame of the ward to watch quietly, feeling an extreme absurdity. All human relations and family affection were no match for the illusion of inheriting the family line. Sister Hong hugged Xiaozhuang tightly, her apricot eyes widened, and rebelliously rejected the Peng family's request. The Peng family was probably mentally prepared, and they persuaded each other with kind words, using both soft and hard, and chatting endlessly. Finally, they saw that there was no hope, and they even made a harsh statement. If Xiaozhuang had any shortcomings and had no fault of their Peng family, they would kill Sister Hong.

It was at this moment that my blood was ignited, and anger that could not be stopped burned in my heart. I was like an angry lion, and I couldn't bear it and roared unbearably: "Why do you bully people? Xiaozhuang was born from her ten months of pregnancy, her flesh, her "root" and her "cross", and it's all hers in terms of emotion and reason!"

I whistled unyieldingly, causing the Peng family to stop their voices. They didn't take me seriously at first and didn't care about my relationship with Sister Hong, but at this time they were frightened by my roar. Seeing my teeth clattering and looking like they wanted to eat people, the Peng family looked at each other, and no one dared to chew on them anymore.

"You...who are you? Come and take care of our Peng family's affairs?" After a while, Director Zhao, who had bangs on his forehead, recovered and asked with a harsh and timid look on his face.

"I don't care about your Peng family's bullshits! But I have to care about Sister Hong, because she is my sister, I am her younger brother, and Xiaozhuang is my nephew!" My eyes were breathing fire, as if I was going to burn everything in front of me, as if I was going to tear people apart, "What are you all? Get out of here! Get out--"

"I won't argue with you." Director Zhao looked at me and brushed the bangs on his forehead awkwardly, revealing the scars of the black beard. "Yin Hong, I advise you to think about it carefully and don't make things boring. You... don't be ignorant of good people. If you figure it out, come to me."

Director Zhao found a step for himself, ran out of the ward in disappointment, and retreated first in shame.

"Where... then we'll leave first." The seven aunts and aunts recruited by Director Zhao, who were recruited by Director Zhao, immediately stopped and left the ward one after another, dispersing as birds and beasts.

The sunset sprinkled a touch of blood red into the room and applied it to the snow-white wall. Sister Hong, who was already exhausted, sighed and couldn't stop staggering and collapsed in my arms.
Chapter completed!