At noon, school is over.
Jiang Ning went to push the mountain bike and Xue Yuantong followed behind him.
"Jiang Ning, tomorrow is Friday. I'll treat you to a nice meal tonight. Do you have a good place in mind?"
"It's your treat, so you get to decide the place, right?"
"I want to eat hotpot, but I also want to eat barbecue." Xue Yuantong said in a dilemma.
"Then find a restaurant that serves both hotpot and barbecue." Jiang Ning unlocked the car.
"This kind of restaurant is too fancy. Will the food be bad?" Xue Yuantong asked doubtfully.
After she finished speaking, her cell phone vibrated twice. She took it out and saw that it was her mother's number.
Xue Yuantong answered the phone and said with a smile:
"Hey, mom, what did you ask me for? Did you buy me some snacks?"
However, the gentle voice of my mother did not come, but a little weak:
"Tongtong, can you come to the inpatient department of the Orthopedics Department of the Third Hospital?"
Jiang Ning frowned. Even though the phone was close to Xue Yuantong's ear, he could hear every sound.
The Third Hospital is the abbreviation of Yuzhou Third People's Hospital. The orthopedics department of the Third Hospital is well-known in Yuzhou.
Xue Yuantong's expression changed instantly, and he asked:
"Mom, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?"
"I'm fine. Come to the Third Hospital now and we'll talk when you get there."
Jiang Ning pushed the bicycle and said, "Come on, I'll take you there."
Xue Yuantong looked worried, but she didn't delay and jumped into the back seat.
"Hold on tight," he said.
Xue Yuantong hugged Jiang Ning obediently. She knew what Jiang Ning was going to do. It was very dangerous, but she was too worried about her mother.
Jiang Ning released his spiritual sense and scanned the people around him. He used his spiritual power to push the mountain bike. He stepped on the pedal and the bike immediately flew out and nimbly passed through the crowd.
The Third Hospital is about five kilometers away from the Fourth Middle School. Jiang Ning avoided the crowds along the way and walked through the streets and alleys. In less than ten minutes, he arrived at the gate of the Third Hospital.
He took Xue Yuantong and walked into the Third Hospital. The orthopedic inpatient department was on the first floor of the East Hospital.
As soon as she entered the hospital, Xue Yuantong felt a cold and oppressive atmosphere. When she thought that something might have happened to her mother, she felt distressed and wished she could appear in front of her mother right now.
"Do you remember the ward?"
"Ward No. 5."
Jiang Ning had never been to the Third Hospital. He did not look at the signboard and directly pressed his spiritual sense down the building. A large amount of information flowed into his brain. He identified Ward No. 5 and took Xue Yuantong directly there.
Entering the hall and walking into the long corridor, we saw some patients limping and walking unsteadily, and some visitors carrying milk and fruit.
The door of Ward No. 5 was open. As soon as Xue Yuantong entered, she saw her mother and couldn't help but burst into tears.
Aunt Gu was sitting on the edge of the hospital bed, with her right arm bandaged in front of her and a thick layer of plaster wrapped around the surface of her arm.
There was a needle in his left hand, a bottle of medicine hanging above his head, and he was receiving an IV drip.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Xue Yuantong walked over with a crying voice.
Jiang Ning scanned Aunt Gu's arm with his spiritual sense and clearly found that the bone was broken in the middle.
"Mom accidentally broke her arm, it's no big deal." Aunt Gu's face was pale. She wanted to reach out and touch Tongtong's head, then she remembered that her arm was broken and could not be used.
"Mom, does it hurt?"
“It doesn’t hurt.”
"Jiang Ning, it was you who brought Tongtong here, thank you." Aunt Gu was as kind as ever.
The doctor in a white coat came in from the door, holding a stack of materials in his hand, and said:
"Show me the film."
Aunt Gu said it was at the bedside, and Jiang Ning handed the film bag to the doctor.
The doctor took out the film, looked at it for a while, and asked:
"Are your hands numb? Try making a fist."
Aunt Gu nodded and tried to make a fist, but it seemed very difficult.
"You have a fracture of the middle part of the humerus. The numbness in your hand is generally considered to be caused by damage to the radial nerve," said the doctor.
Xue Yuantong asked: "Doctor, what is the radial nerve? Can it be restored if it is damaged?"
"The radial nerve is a nerve that runs along the arm. If it is damaged, it may affect the function of the fingers and cause symptoms such as paralysis and wrist drop."
"Whether it can be recovered depends on the extent of the damage."
The doctor said, "I'll write you a few prescriptions. You should have a checkup in the next two days. In your current condition, you must undergo surgery and have a steel plate inserted into your bone so that it can heal."
"Your arm is quite swollen. I'll perform surgery on you after the swelling subsides for two days."
The doctor gave some instructions and left the ward.
Seeing that the medicine was gone, Jiang Ning pressed the bell in front of the bed and called the nurse to come and change the medicine.
After the nurse changed the medicine, Xue Yuantong asked:
"Mom, how did you break your arm?"
"I fell accidentally, it's nothing serious." Aunt Gu didn't want to say more.
Ward No. 5 has six beds. Opposite is a fifty-year-old auntie with a bandage wrapped around her foot. After hearing what Aunt Gu said, she continued:
"How did you break your arm? You normally don't break it in that position."
"The person in the bed in front of you just passed away. His arm was broken in the same place as yours. He broke it by arm wrestling. It cost him over 30,000 yuan. If you fell, you would have to pay all the 30,000 yuan yourself. Do you have medical insurance?"
Aunt Gu's expression froze when she heard the number was over 30,000.
“There is a rural medical insurance.”
"That won't work. Even if you register it, it will still cost more than 20,000 yuan." The auntie was obviously experienced.
More than 20,000 yuan is almost Aunt Gu’s annual income. At first, she only knew that the fracture was serious, but she didn’t expect it to cost so much money. Her mood sank instantly.
Seeing that Aunt Gu seemed to be worried, Jiang Ning asked:
"Aunt Gu, what happened?"
Aunt Gu no longer concealed the truth and told the story of how she got hurt.
She finished her work at the restaurant today and was riding her electric scooter back. When she reached Xingda 2nd Road, a car suddenly rushed out from the intersection. She was about to be hit, so she was busy dodging and accidentally fell. Her arm hit the curb and broke it.
"Are there any cameras on that road?" Jiang Ning asked.
Aunt Gu often walks that road: "No."
"That's a difficult problem to solve." Jiang Ning said. In this case, even if it was the car's fault, it would be difficult to hold someone accountable without a camera.
Although Aunt Gu was injured because she dodged a car, as there was no direct collision, as long as people deny it and just think that Aunt Gu fell, then generally nothing will happen.
"Did the owner see you fall?"
"I saw it. She drove away directly." Aunt Gu said.
It is even more difficult if evidence is not collected immediately.
The aunt next to me continued, "These drivers have no conscience at all! They didn't even bother to send you to the hospital. Xingda 2nd Road is not close to here."
"Mom, how did you get here after your arm was broken?" Xue Yuantong asked. Tongda 2nd Road is more than one kilometer away from here.
Aunt Gu: "I took a taxi."
Xue Yuantong burst into tears again. My mother would definitely not want to take a taxi. When I thought about the long distance, my mother dragged her broken arm to the Third Hospital...
Seeing this, Jiang Ning looked at Xue Yuantong and said, "You stay here and watch. It's already noon. I'm going to buy something to eat. When I come back, this bottle of medicine should be finished."
"By the way, Auntie, do you still remember the license plate number?"
"I can't remember clearly, the last two digits seem to be 6 and 2."
"Well, wait until I come back."
The aunt next to him praised: "Your son is so handsome."
Aunt Gu said: "He is my daughter's classmate."
The aunt was surprised and said, "This classmate is so nice that he can accompany me."
Aunt Gu didn't say anything. In recent days, she has become more and more satisfied with Jiang Ning. He is independent and sensible, and his grades are pretty good.
My daughter is happy every day when she is with him, and her complexion looks much better.
She had found a job and everything was going well until this accident happened. Perhaps God couldn't bear to see her family like this.
Aunt Gu sighed inwardly. It cost more than 20,000 yuan, and she would have to recover for several months.