Chapter Eleven Cruel Life
"Who are you a rich man in the Kingdom?"
In the nurse station of the inpatient department, the head nurse looked at Li Mao up and down, with a hint of contempt in his eyes.
The old man was sent in with the ambulance last night.
Unlike the other two injured in the car accident, the old man was unaware of it after asking questions. He could not provide family information and could not even afford medical expenses.
Although the hospital is public, it is not a charity after all, and it needs to bear its own profits and losses under independent operation.
If everyone is hospitalized like an old man and doesn’t pay for money, then what will the hospital use to support such a large group of medical staff?
The head nurse obviously misunderstood and regarded Li Mao who was visiting him as the old man's family.
"Comrade, you misunderstood. I have nothing to do with Wang Guofu."
"Then are you the perpetrator of the car accident?" The head nurse became more alert and even signaled to the nearby nurse with her eyes, as if she was asking the other party to call the security guard.
Li Mao waved his hands repeatedly; "No, I'm just an eyewitness."
"Wang Guofu didn't come to the hospital yesterday, but I advised him to come."
It was a misunderstanding, but it was clear that the head nurse not only did not express her apology, but instead blamed her sarcastically: "You did this good thing..."
"I've caused a big trouble for our hospital!"
"Okay, he is in bed 4407, and after seeing the person, he will leave quickly."
Li Mao was already angry, and the head nurse's words were even more harsh, and his liver began to tremble.
He said coldly: "Isn't it just the hospitalization fee? I'll give it to you."
"The hospital was originally a place to save lives and heal the wounded, but you guys have to make a business!"
Faced with the ridicule in Li Mao's words, the head nurse not only did not feel annoyed, but instead breathed a sigh of relief, "Are you responsible? The hospitalization fee plus the treatment fee is 2,000 yuan, just deposit it directly in Wang Guofu's account."
"I'll save it right away!" Li Mao decisively went downstairs and found the charging place to save the money.
When I returned to the hospitalization department, I met the head nurse again.
She pushed the medical cart and followed him to bed 4407. The old man was wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown, squinting his eyes and looking at the medicine bottle in his hand, muttering something in his mouth, as if looking for a price.
When he saw the head nurse, he waved his hand and refused, "No change of medicine, girl, can I be discharged from the hospital?"
"The dishes from yesterday have not been delivered, and the Langga merchant wants to complain..."
"Uncle, you have a needle on your knee. You can't do physical labor recently. You'd better keep it in the hospital."
"Anyway, your medical expenses have been paid."
"Hello, uncle, do you still remember me?" Li Mao walked out at the right time.
The old man looked happy and shouted excitedly: "Oh, it's such a young man."
"A doctor said yesterday that the wound on my leg was too deep. If I didn't deal with it, I'd probably have the root cause of the disease."
"Hmm? Did you help me pay my medicine?"
"This, young man, I'll find you for the money at home when I go back..."
"It's okay, as long as you can recover the injury." Li Mao sat down and stared at the head nurse to change the dressings.
Not to mention, the old man is really cruel. He had more than thirty needles sewn under his right knee, thinking of saving money and not even taking anesthetics.
At this moment, when changing the anti-inflammatory medicine, he also said nothing, just like the wound is not his own.
The head nurse was quick and changed the medicine in less than a minute. After she got out, the old man grabbed Li Mao's hand tightly.
"Young Master, I really want to thank you this time. If it weren't for you, my leg might not have been able to be kept."
"Then you should listen to the doctor and recuperate in the hospital, and then be discharged from the hospital after the injury is cured." Li Mao advised with great sincerity.
Then he asked, "By the way, Mr. Wang, where is your family? Do you need me to help you contact us?"
When he mentioned his family, a trace of loneliness flashed in the old man's turbid eyes, and he waved his hand and said, "There is no need."
"I'm not afraid of such a joke. Old man, I have no children and my wife left early. I have lived alone all these years."
"But so worry, I still have the hospitalization fee, and I will be so when I go back to the house."
The old man did not dare to deposit the money in the bank, but hid it at home, which led to the inability to pay the hospitalization fee.
"Uncle, it's not a matter of hospitalization. Your leg injury cannot be cured for a while. Even if you go home, you still need someone to take care of it? Do you have any relatives? I'll contact you for help."
"Yeah..." The old man looked embarrassed, and after thinking about it, he still took out a notepad from his worn jacket.
Li Mao took it and saw two names on the last page, namely Wang Taixing and Wang Taiqin and contact information.
"This is my niece and nephew. My elder brother died early. I have raised him since I was a child. Please help inform them."
"No problem, I'll contact them later." Li Mao agreed and saw the other party frowning, and probably something else was there.
So he asked, "You still have concerns? Are you worried about the car accident last night?"
When talking about the car accident, the old man sighed uncontrollably.
He vomited bitterly and said, "The person wearing uniforms has come several times, saying that the responsibility for this car accident is all my fault."
"What other things are involved in unlicensed transportation? Young man, tell me if I will be in prison?"
He helped deliver goods to the vegetable market, without a motorcycle driver's license, nor a transportation license, and was driving in the opposite direction at the time of the incident.
It would be fine if something happened, but if something happened, it would definitely be the primary responsibility, and it would even be judged as full responsibility.
Sun Qian drove a Volvo, a luxury car, and with the identity and background of a bank executive, it is difficult to compensate for the losses alone, let alone the responsibilities they have to bear.
But things have happened. What else can you do besides facing the big ones?
Li Mao comforted: "Uncle, the boat will naturally be straight when it reaches the bridge. You must trust the traffic police and the law. They will definitely handle this matter fairly."
"It's not impossible to go to jail. Judging from my experience, it is definitely necessary to pay a penalty."
"Then, how much does it cost?" the old man asked with a sigh, wrinkles on his face piled up in one place, and turbid tears slowly fell down countless gullies.
Li Mao hurriedly handed over a tissue and comforted him: "It's hard to say about the loss, it probably costs tens of thousands of yuan."
"You should take good care of your illness, don't think about these things..."
Hearing the words tens of thousands of yuan, the old man's body was trembling slightly, holding on to the sheets with both hands, lamenting: "It seems that there is only one who sells land."
"I just don't know if my little land is worth the money..."
Unexpectedly, the old man was still a landlord, but now there is no private land. The property rights are usually in the brigade or village collective. Not to mention buying and selling, it is difficult to deal even if it is transferred.
Thinking of this, Li Mao took out the only two thousand cash in his wallet and stuffed it into the old man's hand without saying a word.
"Uncle, you can take this money, and I'll contact your nieces and nephews now."
As he said that, regardless of the other party's refusal, he quickly got up and left the ward. When he walked out far away, he heard the other party shouting, saying that he could not take the money.
Li Mao is not the kind of good man with the Virgin Heart, but he just remembered his father through the old man.
Li Jianguo is similar to Wang Guofu in front of him. He has aging before he grows old, with wrinkles and pale hair. The former is dedicated to the police cause for the rest of his life.
The latter devotes his whole life to a cruel life.
Chapter completed!