Ma Xiulan took it for granted: "It costs money to hire a car, right? What's wrong with the police? They serve the people. I went to their door crying and making a fuss, and they just sent a car to take me away after I pestered them."

Seeing Ma Xiulan's extremely stingy look, and considering the way Zhao Xingguo usually ate one grain of rice as if it were two, it didn't seem like they had a close relationship and could command the police to send a car to pick them up.

Li Weimin felt relieved: "The village doesn't welcome outsiders. After you've seen your son, go back quickly. It's getting late and you won't be able to leave."

Ma Xiulan supported Zhao Xingguo and said, "My son is so injured. I have to take him to the county to see a doctor."

Li Weimin would not let Zhao Xingguo leave now: "It's just a minor injury, the village can treat it. Shunzi, take Zhao Xingguo to Old Man Zhou's house in the village to treat his injury."

"Your son's injuries are treated by someone, so you can go back without worry."

"I'll be back soon, Village Chief, go and get busy."

Seeing that Ma Xiu Lan refused to leave, Li Weimin winked at Li Shunzi, asking him to keep an eye on Zhao Xingguo and send Ma Xiu Lan away as soon as possible.

Seeing the village chief leave, Li Shunzi looked at Zhao Xingguo with pride and said, "If you want to stay here with us, you and your sick mother should shut up."

Zhao Xingguo lowered his head. He really thought He Tingting had changed her mind.

He was also worried about his mother's health, so he didn't dare to cause trouble again.

It's okay for him to suffer a little, but his mother can't stand the stimulation.

Ma Xiulan pretended to nod obediently.

When she arrived at Old Man Zhou's house, Ma Xiu Lan saw her eldest daughter-in-law Zhou An'an from her previous life.

Zhou Anan, who was drying medicinal herbs, saw Zhao Xingguo injured like this and her eyes suddenly turned red: "How did you do this?"

Her home was at the foot of the mountain, far away from the village, and she had no idea what had just happened.

Zhao Xingguo didn't want to make her worry: "An An, I'm fine."

Zhou Anan hurriedly called her father who was farming in the backyard to check on Zhao Xingguo's injuries.

Li Shunzi was annoyed by the hassle of waiting for Zhao Xingguo to see his injury, so he went to the kitchen and took some of Old Man Zhou's medicinal wine.

Old man Zhou has a bad background, and I drink his wine just to give him face.

If he dares to make trouble, Uncle San will assign heavy tasks to Old Man Zhou's family.

Old man Zhou looked at Zhao Xingguo lying on the bed and checked his whole body: "Don't worry, there are no broken bones, only flesh wounds."

Zhou Anan finally breathed a sigh of relief and noticed Ma Xiulan's gaze: "Who is this?"

Zhao Xingguo quickly introduced them.

Zhou Anan knew Ma Xiulan's identity, and a blush appeared on her round face: "Hello, Auntie."

Ma Xiulan nodded happily: "An An is good."

Old Man Zhou called Ma Xiu Lan out alone.

With a complicated expression, he asked, "Can I take your pulse?"

Ma Xiulan didn't understand why, but she had to meet the demands of her in-laws.

Seeing that Old Man Zhou's face was getting more and more gloomy, Ma Xiulan was a little scared. Did she have a serious illness? Or could her in-laws tell that she had lived a new life?

"Why are you pretending to be sick?"

Ma Xiulan was surprised: "When did I pretend to be sick? Why do the villagers call me a consumptive?"

Old man Zhou told Zhao Xingguo about what had happened in the past few years. While other educated youth received subsidies from their families and could at least eat about 80% full, Zhao Xingguo would keep half of the money he earned and secretly sell it to exchange for money to send back home. He would also go up the mountain to pick some wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger.

It was only three years ago that he saved that silly girl from his family.

The silly girl saved her own rations and sent them to Zhao Xingguo.

He was so angry that he beat and scolded the silly girl. The silly girl's heart was hanging on Zhao Xingguo. He could only cook an extra egg when making breakfast every day to prevent Zhao Xingguo from eating it and his silly girl from having nothing to eat.

He only has this one daughter, and he wanted to find an honest and decent son-in-law.

But his daughter was completely focused on Zhao Xingguo, so he could only worry.

It happened that Zhao Xingguo's mother came today, and he wanted to ask what Zhao Xingguo's mother thought. Unexpectedly, he found out that Zhao Xingguo's mother was pretending to be sick. How could he marry a mother who was bent on exploiting her children?

Listening to Old Man Zhou's accusations, Ma Xiulan quickly explained: "Brother, there really is a misunderstanding. Let me first understand the situation with my son."

Ma Xiu Lan returned to the house and Zhou An An was called out by Old Man Zhou.

"Xingguo, who told you that I was sick?"

Zhao Xingguo didn't understand why Ma Xiulan asked this, but he still answered it.

"At that time, I had just gone to the countryside, earned few work points, and had insufficient food. The ten yuan you brought me when I went to the countryside was all spent on food, so I wrote home. Unexpectedly, my second brother said that you were overworked and were in the hospital. The family really had no money, but they still sent me five yuan.

How can I have the nerve to spend these five dollars? I want to earn more work points, take the food and exchange it with the villagers for money to support your health.

Compared to what my second brother does for you, what I do is really too little. I don’t earn much money every year by working in the fields, but I try to save as much as possible. Don’t worry, Mom. I will earn more money to keep you alive.”

Hearing this, Ma Xiulan asked with a dark face: "What did your second brother do for me?"

Zhao Xingguo was embarrassed: "My second brother said to keep it secret, I can't tell you."

Ma Xiulan looked at Zhao Xingguo, who looked like a fool who had been sold and was still counting money for others: "Hurry up and tell me, your mother will be furious if you don't tell me."

She couldn't control her hand that wanted to slap.

Seeing Ma Xiulan's excitement, Zhao Xingguo hurriedly said:

"My second brother has been secretly selling blood to pay for your medical treatment. He's so weak. He was afraid that you would feel burdened if you knew about it, so he told me not to tell you about it, not to tell you about your illness, to avoid putting too much pressure on you."

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