Chengnan Community is an older building in City A.

Chengnan Community was the first batch of welfare housing built by the Xinhe Paper Mill. Zhou Rongrong's grandfather used to be an employee of the paper mill and was assigned a house here. Today, their whole family lives in this community.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Rongrong appeared in the community carrying a schoolbag.

"Rongrong, are you back from school?"

In the large flower bed downstairs of the community, there is a banyan tree that was planted when the community was originally built. More than 20 years have passed, and the original banyan tree has grown into a towering tree.

In summer, under the leafy banyan tree, it has become a favorite place for grandparents in the community to gather and chat.

The one who greeted Zhou Rongrong now was Grandma Yang, who was chatting with others while watching her naughty grandson playing nearby.

Grandma Yang used to be an employee of Xinhe Paper Mill, or it should be said that most people living in this community basically used to be.

Zhou Rongrong stopped and called out "Grandma Yang" first. After calling Grandma Yang, she greeted the other grandparents under the tree one by one. After calling them one by one, she said, "Well, school is out."

Grandma Yang stared at Zhou Rongrong's right hand for a while, then asked, "Rongrong, is your arm feeling better?"

This is the case in a community like this. Everyone is too familiar with each other. If something happened to any family, it would be impossible to hide it. Just like when Grandma Li fell ill and bit Zhou Rongrong a few days ago, almost everyone in the entire community knew about it.

Already.

Some people also know that after Zhou Rongrong’s arm was bitten, she still hasn’t recovered yet.

Zhou Rongrong said, "My arm doesn't hurt anymore, but I just can't exert my strength."

"This person's teeth are also poisonous!" Grandma Yang said, and warned her, "You have to continue to take the injections that need to be given, and you have to continue to take the medicine that needs to be given!"

"Yeah, I know."

After Zhou Rongrong walked away, Grandma Yang behind her sighed, "Jianbang's family is honest. My daughter's arm was bitten like that, and she didn't see him looking for anyone."

The Jianbang in Grandma Yang's mouth is Zhou Rongrong's father, Zhou Jianbang.

Hearing what Grandma Yang said, another old man under the big tree said, "As for the current situation of Lao Li's family, their son, daughter-in-law are doing well, and they will be gone if they don't. There are also two grandchildren, one big and one small, to raise. I

I'm sick again... How else can Jianbang go find someone to tell him?"

"That's true." Grandma Yang sighed again, "Mess Li's life is also miserable."

"Let me tell you, Sister Li, don't be so stubborn! Everyone over there came to beg in an angry voice, saying that as long as Sister Li was willing to reconcile and not let her men in, the other party promised to give her an extra 100,000 yuan! Not only did Sister Li not agree,

, and even beat the person out with a broom! It’s okay now. The driver who caused the accident went to jail and served jail time, but the other party’s family no longer works! The court ordered them to pay compensation, but they insisted on delaying

Give it or not, do you think an old lady like her with two children can do such a good job?"

"Yeah yeah......."

Grandma Li's son and daughter-in-law, who lived opposite Zhou Rongrong, had a car accident three months ago.

After the driver discovered that he had hit someone, instead of stopping to save them, he drove away in a hurry. It was precisely because of the driver's escape that Grandma Li's son and daughter-in-law missed the best time to rescue them and died.

Afterwards, the driver responsible for the accident was arrested.

So there are those things that everyone mentioned before.

People in the community felt sad and sympathetic for what happened to Grandma Li, but many people also felt that Grandma Li was stubborn.

Everyone can understand the discomfort of Grandma Li who suddenly lost her son and daughter-in-law, but sometimes, people still have to look at the reality. After all, the living are more important than those who have died.

Sending people to prison is a way to vent their anger, but with an extra hundred thousand dollars, life will be much easier!

It's fine now. The person over there was finally sentenced and imprisoned. The person over there was also angry, but he was so angry that he just delayed the compensation and refused to pay it. What could Grandma Li do to him?

Thinking of what happened to the Li family, everyone sighed together.

Zhou Rongrong walked to her home while listening to everyone's discussion behind the scenes.

Her home is on the fourth floor.

Chengnan Community is an old building, and the houses built there are not very high floors, so naturally there is no so-called elevator. There are sensor lights, but they are not very useful.

People need to cough hard or stamp their feet several times for the light to turn on.

Zhou Rongrong disliked the difficulty of coughing and the pain in her feet when she stamped her feet, so she tried not to do it every time she could.

It's the same now.

Fortunately, it was not dark yet at this point. Although it was a little dark in the corridor, Zhou Rongrong could still see the road clearly with her eyesight.

She carried her schoolbag and climbed up slowly, climbing from the first floor to the fourth floor in one go.

The layout here is two units on one floor.

At this moment, the door opposite her house on the fourth floor will be open. At the door, there is a skinny little boy sitting on a small bench, breaking off a big cabbage.

The cabbage was so big that the little boy couldn't hold it with one hand, so he simply put it on the ground. He broke off a leaf and slowly tore it apart in his hands. The leaf was thrown into the plastic basin in front, but the cabbage clasps were placed in another plastic basket.

Hearing the footsteps, he raised his head and saw that it was Zhou Rongrong. The little boy raised a smile and shouted, "Sister Rongrong!"

This is Grandma Li’s little grandson who just celebrated his fourth birthday.

Zhou Rongrong responded and asked him, "Tongtong, where is your sister?"

Tongtong said, "Sister went to sell bottles."

The bottle in his mouth is a waste product that the two siblings picked up from outside when they had time.

Zhou Rongrong relented.

She was about to take the key to open the door, but she turned around, squatted in front of Tongtong, helped to break up a piece of cabbage, and asked him again, "Have you cooked the rice?"

Tongtong, "Sister is ready."

"Oh." Zhou Rongrong asked again, "What about grandma? Is grandma feeling better?"

Tongtong, "Grandma is out."

Zhou Rongrong didn't ask where she went. But after hearing Tongtong say that Grandma Li was not at home, Zhou Rongrong didn't know why, but she suddenly felt much more at ease.

She helped Tongtong break the cabbage and did not go home immediately. Instead, she followed Tongtong into the house.

As soon as we entered, we smelled an unspeakable stench.

It smells like something that has been left for a long time and has rotted.

Zhou Rongrong smelled a little uncomfortable, but she still helped Tongtong wash the cabbage leaves. Although her right hand was bitten and she couldn't use it hard, but in any case, she could work better than a four-year-old child like Tongtong.

Be neater.

After washing the cabbage leaves, cut the cabbage sticks into pieces as Tongtong said.

Then wash the pot and start cooking.

A stir-fried cabbage leaf, a stir-fried cabbage stick with soy sauce, and some chili noodles in it are the dishes for the three of them tonight.

Zhou Rongrong looked a little sad, but she was still a student herself. Even if she wanted to help, she was a little helpless.

After finishing cooking, when Zhou Rongrong helped bring the dishes to the table, Tongtong's sister, Li Tingting, came back.

Although Li Tingting is the older sister, in fact, she has just turned ten this year. However, her parents suffered a sudden accident, which forced her at a young age to bear some burdens that she should not have to bear at her age.

As soon as she entered the door and saw Zhou Rongrong, Li Tingting immediately called her "Sister Rongrong."

Zhou Rongrong agreed and said to her, "I'm going back. If anything happens to you, come and find me!"

After coming out of the house opposite, my door also opened.

Zhou Rongrong pushed the door open and found that her parents had returned from get off work.

When her mother Xu Aili saw Zhou Rongrong coming out of the room opposite, she asked her, "Are you going to see your Grandma Li?"

Zhou Rongrong, "Grandma Li was not at home... When I came back, I saw Tongtong picking vegetables by himself at the door, so I helped him do something."

After hearing this, Zhou Jianbang said, "My neighbors are also pitiful on the other side... Hey, if you can help me with anything, if you see it, please help me."

Zhou Rongrong said "hmm", walked to the sofa and put down her schoolbag.

Xu Aili noticed her movements and looked at her worriedly, "Rongrong, why isn't your right hand getting better?"

"It's not good."

Xu Aili, "Pull up your sleeves and let me see."

Zhou Rongrong rolled up her sleeves.

A circle of dark purple skin looked particularly scary at the moment. The hand gently touched the surrounding area, but what he felt was not soft skin, but hard skin, like old tree bark.

"Oh, the wound is bigger than yesterday. And the color is also darker!" Xu Aili said, "No, we still have to take a look again." After saying that, she picked up the key and said, "Let's go."

Come on, go now."

"Mom, it actually looks scary, but it doesn't hurt at all." Zhou Rongrong said.

I just don’t know what’s going on, but I can’t exert my strength. Or rather, I feel that my right arm is very stiff and I can’t control it very well.

"Then you have to go and see her!" Zhou Jianbang said, "You have to change to a specialized hospital and don't go to our community."

Xu Aili said, "At this point, you shouldn't even be able to register, right?"

Zhou Jianbang said, "Then I will apply some of the previously prescribed medicine tonight, and then take Rongrong to queue up for a consultation tomorrow morning!"

Zhou Rongrong: "But I have to take the exam tomorrow!"

Zhou Jianbang, "Then take a day off!"

No matter how important the exam is, why should my daughter’s arm be more important?

That's how things settled.

Xu Aili started to prepare dinner, while Zhou Rongrong sat on the sofa and watched TV with Zhou Jianbang.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door several times.

Zhou Rongrong stood up, walked over and opened the door, and found that standing outside the door was Grandma Li opposite.
To be continued...