At the age of 20, Zhong Hui married Ge Zhihua, a man from the same village, despite her parents' objections.
Eight years into the marriage, they had a lovely daughter. She thought that al...
Chapter 51 The Battle of Borrowing Money
Zhong Hui told Yang Fangqin her thoughts, and Yang Fangqin expressed her understanding.
"Okay, I'll tell your elder brother when I get back to stop matchmaking." Yang Fangqin didn't agree at first, but Zhong Xiong insisted that Wu Xinwei was really good-looking, so she became half-believing and half-doubting.
Now that she heard that Bai Yueguang had become as worthless as mosquito blood, there was no hope at all. She also didn't want Zhong Hui to find such a person.
I have nothing, what are you doing here? Paying for it? Don't even think about it.
"I was worried that you saw your first love and still had feelings for him." Yang Fangqin suddenly joked.
"Sister-in-law, that wasn't even first love. It was an unrequited love when I was young and ignorant. It's long gone, okay?" Zhong Hui said righteously.
"Yes, yes, that's unrequited love. It's a thing of the past, a thing of the past." Yang Fangqin said hurriedly, don't let Zhong Hui make you angry.
Life is better now, and Zhong Hui has become a lot younger in mentality. Most importantly, she gets along well with Yang Fangqin and can act coquettishly with her from time to time. Yang Fangqin can't stand Zhong Hui like this.
The two sisters-in-law laughed and joked for a while, and suddenly they heard a commotion outside: "It's this house, this is it."
"Brother Zhong Xiong, please open the door quickly, my mother is dying."
"Nobita, I'm your aunt, your real aunt, you can't just stand by and watch me die..."
Zhong Hui and Yang Fangqin hurried out to take a look, and saw two men carrying a stretcher. On the stretcher was an old woman groaning and crying, and there were several women following behind.
What is this? Yang Fangqin and Zhong Hui looked at each other and felt that trouble was coming.
Seeing them, Zhang Youcheng, who was carrying the stretcher, hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, Zhong Hui, my mom, my mom has stomach cancer. The doctor said it's in the late stage."
"Ahem, no, no, big brother is wrong. My mother is in the middle stage, not the late stage. As long as she gets proper treatment, she can definitely be saved." Zhang Youqiang said quickly.
"Yes, yes, it's mid-stage gastric cancer. There's still hope. Zhong Hui, you and Zhong Xiong must help. My mom is also your aunt."
"Xiaohui, Daxiong, I feel so uncomfortable. Auntie is really, really in pain. It's a pity that my two sons are not very successful and can't afford much money to treat my illness. I have no choice but to come to you with a thick face." He Shufen, lying on a stretcher, was in tears and looked like she was about to collapse.
Zhong Hui frowned. Zhang Shufen was indeed their aunt, but her aunt was the most snobbish. Her family used to be the poorest, but her aunt never paid any attention to them. Even when they went to pay New Year's greetings, she ignored them. Therefore, after their parents passed away, they and their brothers and sisters had long since cut off contact with their aunt's family.
Although they have lost contact, they are still family after all. No matter how cruel Zhong Hui is, she cannot drive them away.
"Come in and sit for a while." Zhong Hui made way for them to enter her house and winked at Yang Fangqin.
Yang Fangqin nodded and went out to call Zhong Xiong.
There are quite a lot of people coming this time. Zhong Hui looked at her aunt's two sons and daughters-in-law in the living room. Oh, her daughter didn't come. She couldn't help but twitch her lips.
"Please sit down. My eldest brother will be back soon." Zhong Hui sighed and asked them to sit down. "Please bring Auntie down and have her sit for a while."
"No, no, I'll just lie on the stretcher. My body aches and it's uncomfortable to move." He Shufen waved her hands repeatedly.
"Okay." Since she didn't want to, Zhong Hui didn't mention it. She suppressed her unhappiness and poured a glass of water for them.
"Brother Youcheng, how did you find this place?" Zhong Hui asked with a smile.
"I found out from others, I found out from others." Zhang Youcheng rubbed his hands and said with a smile.
Oh, it looks like it took a lot of effort.
"When was this disease diagnosed, aunt? And in which hospital was it diagnosed?" Zhong Hui suddenly asked.
Several people from the Zhang family immediately became nervous and looked at Zhang Youqiang.
Zhang Youqiang immediately said, "Just a while ago, my mother always had stomachaches, so I took her to the town hospital for a checkup, and they said she had a tumor.
I was terrified, so I called my eldest brother and we took Mom to the city's central hospital. After a checkup, they said it was stomach cancer, already in the middle stages. Luckily, we went early, so she could still be saved.
As Zhang Youqiang spoke, a grown man wiped away his tears.
Zhong Hui frowned. Her aunt looked very energetic. She was in her seventies, but she still looked quite strong.
After sitting for a while, Zhong Xiong came back soon. Naturally, the Zhang family started crying to Zhong Xiong again.
"Nobita, you have to help your aunt. I don't want to die. When you were little, I took you to buy candy." He Shufen said with tears and snot.
Zhong Hui stepped back repeatedly when she saw this and even bought some candy. When they were young, they couldn't even get a grain of rice from their aunt's house, and they had to go home with an empty stomach after visiting their aunt during the New Year.
It has been many years since they last saw each other, and Zhong Xiong felt a little embarrassed being pulled by the old lady like this.
After struggling to break free from the old lady's hand, Zhong Xiong nodded solemnly and, like Zhong Hui, asked about the old lady's condition.
"This is the medical record and examination form." Zhang Youqiang handed over a thick stack of papers.
Zhong Hui and Zhong Xiong looked at each other. It seemed that they came prepared.
Zhong Xiong took it and glanced at it casually. They were all examination forms from the Central Hospital. The doctor's instructions on them were written in a flamboyant manner, saying that the patient was in the middle stage of gastric cancer.
Well, it seems that he is indeed sick. Zhong Hui had some doubts before, but now she has to believe it.
"What did the doctor say?" Zhong Xiong returned the examination form to them after reading it.
"The doctor said I needed surgery, and after that I would need chemotherapy and maintenance, and so on. We didn't understand anything, so we just listened to the doctor."
"You should listen to the doctor." Zhong Xiong nodded.
"That's what we thought too. My dad is gone, and now my mom is the only one left by our side. We definitely have to find a way to treat her, but you know, my brother and I aren't very successful. We work all year round and earn very little money. We also have children to raise, so there's nothing we can do."
"Yeah, it's all our fault. We can't even afford to treat my mother's illness."
Zhang Youcheng and Zhang Youqiang spoke one by one, two grown men with tears in their eyes, which made Zhong Hui and Zhong Xiong not know what to say.
The two daughters-in-law of the Zhang family were also crying. Zhong Hui felt a headache. Her aunt was still alive, okay?
"So how much did the doctor say the treatment would cost?"
Finally getting to the point, Zhang Youcheng and Zhang Youqiang stopped crying. Zhang Youqiang wiped his tears and said, "The doctor said we need to prepare at least 500,000 yuan."
After Zhang Youqiang finished speaking, the whole family looked at Zhong Xiong expectantly.