"Is grandma feeling better?" Li He went in to ask but the old lady had tubes all over her body. Her eyes were closed and she didn't move at all. Only her lips were moving. It seemed like she wanted to say something but couldn't.
Looking at his emaciated grandma lying on the bed, he felt bad even though the two of them didn't have much affection for each other.
"Yesterday she could still open her eyes and speak. Today she's silent. It's all up to fate." Grandpa sat on the bed beside him. His face was expressionless as if he could accept anything.
Second Uncle Wang Yuguo asked, "Erhe, you're so late. You haven't had dinner yet, right?"
Li He replied, "There's no rush."
Grandpa said, "Go and eat. Your grandma is like this. It'll depend on these two days."
Xi Zi said, "Brother, I'll go with you. There's a night stall nearby."
Li He didn't reject. He accompanied his grandpa and his two uncles in the ward and chatted for a while. Then, he followed Xi Zi and the rest out of the ward. He couldn't be of much help here anyway.
Besides Li He, his brothers and Zhang Bing, a few of his cousins, cousin-in-law, and brother-in-law were also going for dinner.
There were barbecue stalls on both sides of the road not far from the hospital. Most of them were husband and wife stalls. A row of plastic tables and chairs were filled with people. Li He randomly found an empty spot and sat down.
When he went to order, he only ordered some vegetables. Although he liked to eat meat, the meat on the skewers was only 50 cents a skewer. He wouldn't dare to eat it even if he was beaten to death!
He couldn't even tell if it was lamb or not!
"Eat more vegetables and less meat." He didn't forget to remind them. However, he couldn't say that it was fake meat. Otherwise, people would say that he was being too naive.
"Beer?" Xi Zi asked.
Li He smiled and said, "Drinking white wine in this horrible weather is killing me. Get some cold beer. We have a lot of people. Let's move five or six boxes."
He was sweating profusely. He took off his shirt and was just like all the men around him. He was bare-chested. He didn't care that there were women beside him.
Li Long came back after receiving a call. "Four and the rest will be here soon. Let's drink first."
"They came in the middle of the night. They don't have to work tomorrow." Li He gulped down a bottle of cold beer and felt better.
Li Long said, "He has more than ten people at the buyout station here. It's not his turn to work. He just needs to make sure that he doesn't get drunk and can contact customers every day. He doesn't have to worry too much."
After that, he opened a bottle of beer and clinked glasses with Zhang Bing.
Li He asked, "Who else is there besides Four?"
Li Long said, "Li Hui is here too."
"What is he doing in the provincial capital?" Li He was puzzled.
Li Long said, "Both of his cars have been rented by Four, and he's working for Four."
Li He clinked his cup with another old cousin, Wang Jun, and turned to ask Da Zhuang, "Where's Fatty?"
"Are you talking about Chen Yongqiang?" The one who answered was Yin Zongke, the husband of one of Li He's cousins. "The price of pigs this year is crazy. Pigs are bought for four RMB, and meat, regardless of fat or lean, is sold for at least seven RMB. Everyone says he's lucky."
"Yeah, our old sow gave birth to 16 babies this year. According to the current market price of six RMB, I can also get some." Xi Zi said happily.
Li He raised his cup to Yin Zongke and said, "Brother, let's drink up."
He heard the old lady complaining the day before yesterday that the price of meat had risen to more than ten RMB per catty! It was even more exaggerated than Wanbei!
This was the best time in the history of pig farmers!
It could be described as unprecedented!
As for the specific reason, Li Lao 'er did not know!
When Liu Four and Li Hui arrived, Li He and the rest had already finished at least three bottles.
Liu Four wanted to propose a toast to Li He, but Li He said, "Don't panic. Look at the empty bottles in front of me before you raise your cups."
"Then I'll drink three bottles first." Liu Four did not mind.
"Me too." Li Hui first opened three bottles for Liu Four, then three bottles for himself.
Li He asked, "You two drove here, right? How can you drive after drinking? "
Liu Four said, "What do you mean by going back? We're just staying in a room next door. I'll bring you to my place to drink tomorrow. "
Li He said, "I don't think there's time. I don't know how the old lady is. However, you've grown bolder now. You dare to stay out at night? "
Li Hui smiled and said, "He doesn't have the guts. Look, even if he's staying outside, he'll have to call home to report. Otherwise, he'll be in trouble tomorrow."
"I can't lower myself to her level. Moreover, that kid of mine can't sleep if he doesn't see me at night. I'll have to call him to coax him." Liu Four chuckled.
As they chatted, they talked about business again. Li Hui said to Da Zhuang, "Did you get the job of demolishing the old textile factory?"
Da Zhuang shook his head and said, "It's not that easy. I'll sell the bricks and steel bars, and then calculate the labor and expenses. It's not worth it. The people inside are all under a lot of money. I don't have that much spare cash to give away. Whoever wants to do it can do it. I'm not doing it."
Li He asked curiously, "You're doing demolition in the provincial capital now?"
"I'm trying to do it. I have a lot of free time now and the money is pretty good. But I think it's going to be tough. I took a job at the beginning of the year and I just finished it last month. It was a loss. There's nothing to do in the provincial capital. There are too many messy things involved. "Da Zhuang finished pouring the wine and put the empty bottle on the ground. He then said," Some of them are doing it at Pu River. They said that there's more work there and the people are well-behaved. I want to go there to try my luck. "
"Don't trouble yourself, kid. Just stay at home and guard it. All the crows in the world are black. Which place is better than the other?" In terms of seniority, Liu Dazhuang was Liu Four's uncle. If it was in the past, Liu Dazhuang would not be able to talk to Da Zhuang in such a tone. But things were different now. He was talking to Da Zhuang like an elder.
"Take it slow. There's no hurry. If you can't even handle it at home, how can it be better than at home?" Li He did not want him to go out either. After all, with him around, he could help Li Long.
In many matters, Da Zhuang's mind was much clearer than Li Long's.
"Then I'll wait and see." Seeing that Li He was not in a good mood, Da Zhuang did not insist.
After the wine, Li Long paid the bill and left.
He was not picky. Li He found a hotel nearby. Just as he took a shower and lay down, he heard a hurried knock on the door.
"Brother, Grandma is gone." It was Li Long's voice.
Li He got out of bed in a hurry. He was half-sober.
He opened the door and asked, "So fast?"
He realized that Li Long was not alone. Xi Zi and the others were beside him.
Li Long nodded. "Yeah."
"Wait for me. Let's go together." Li He went back to his room to get dressed. As he was getting dressed, he asked, "Have you arranged a ride home?"
The old lady would definitely be parked at home for two days.
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