If it weren't for Xiao Hongxu's sake, Xiao Jingchuan would have slapped this woman to death. Her own son is in trouble, and she still doesn't know how to watch her mouth.

"Second Aunt, please don't treat me like an enemy. Instead of wasting your time here, you should hurry to town to find a good doctor for Hongxu. That's the most important thing!"

Xiao Jingchuan was displeased to see Qiu Shi staring intently at him, but he couldn't help but offer his suggestion.

Qiu was extremely anxious. Finding a doctor would cost money, and she had no money to find a doctor for her youngest son.

On a sudden impulse, she immediately began to play the victim.

"Jingchuan, I...I was just too anxious, that's why I...that's why I misunderstood you. Please don't hold it against me."

Xiao Jingchuan looked at her expressionlessly, "Second Aunt, I won't hold it against you. But Hong Xu's life or death is still uncertain. You need to calm down and think carefully about what to do next."

Qiu sobbed, "I'm just a woman, without a man, and now I don't even know if my youngest son is alive or dead. How am I supposed to go on living..."

Xiao Jingchuan snorted coldly, "Second Aunt, stop crying. Hong Xu is a lucky man, he will be fine. Besides, even if you cry yourself blind, he won't get better immediately. What you should do now is raise money for his treatment."

Qiu was stunned; she hadn't expected Xiao Jingchuan to say that. She looked at him with a mournful expression, "But where would I get the money to treat his illness..."

Xiao Jingchuan sighed helplessly, "Second Aunt, don't you still have some land? You can rent it out and get some money for his medical treatment."

Shen Yunsheng sneered. Qiu Shi started by complaining about being poor, clearly trying to make them, the couple, take the fall.

Qiu knelt before Shen Yunsheng, weeping, "Jingchuan's family, I know you have some money. Please, have mercy and give it to Hong Xu to tide him over."

Shen Yunsheng couldn't help but roll her eyes. Although she did have some silver, she would never take it out easily. If she started giving Qiu Shi silver now, it would probably never end. She also decided to continue using her healing ability to help Xiao Hongxu.

After making up his mind, Shen Yunsheng looked up at Qiu Shi and said, "Second Aunt, I have already returned that money to Steward Zhou. We are also in a difficult situation right now!"

Xiao Jingchuan didn't want to give money either. Even if he were to give money, he would secretly give it to Xiao Hongxu's wife, Qiu Shi, because he didn't trust her character.

"Second Aunt, you can ask the old lady for help. After my grandfather passed away, he left her a sum of money that she can use to help Hongxu."

Before Xiao Jingchuan could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Granny Yang, who rushed in through the door.

“I don’t have any money to treat Hongxu’s illness. Although your grandfather left me some money, I’ve already spent it all.”

Before Yang Pozi returned home, she had already figured out what to do.

What's the use of keeping a useless grandson? She can't possibly take out the money to treat his illness.

Granny Yang's reaction was entirely expected, and Xiao Jingchuan understood perfectly well. In his previous life, Xiao Hongxu was a pitiful, neglected, and dispensable person. After that wicked old woman returned to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion with her own son, she began to force Xiao Hongxu to abandon his wife and child. However, Xiao Hongxu resolutely refused to compromise, so the wicked old woman imprisoned him, ultimately leading to his tragic death.

Not only that, Xiao Hongxu's wife and two sons also met a tragic end.

"Mother! I beg you, you must save Hongxu!" Seeing her mother-in-law refuse to help, Qiu Shi was so anxious that she burst into tears.

Although she favored her eldest son, her youngest son was also her own flesh and blood, whom she had carried for ten months and gave birth to. She couldn't just watch him die of illness.

"It's no use begging me. You'd better hurry up and think of a way to raise the money."

Granny Yang's attitude was very firm. Before she finished speaking, Xiao Hongxu's wife, Min Xiaoqian, brought the two children into the room.

Seeing Min Xiaoqian crying her eyes out, Shen Yunsheng rushed over and reached out to support her.

"Sister-in-law, I know you're very sad, but you have to be strong. If even you collapse, what will happen to the children?"

Min Xiaoqian had already heard from the villagers that her husband had taken the Heart Nourishing Pill, which was extremely valuable and rare.

Xiao Jingchuan, however, gave such a precious elixir to her man without hesitation, a sentiment and generosity that is truly touching.

"Second brother, thank you for bringing my husband home."

Min Xiaoqian wiped away her tears and bowed deeply to Shen Yunsheng and his wife. She had always known that her husband was not favored, and even if he lay dying in bed, the old lady would not feel sorry for him.

When she heard the devastating news, she was terrified. The reason she tolerated her in-laws was because she loved her husband. Now that her husband was in trouble, she no longer needed to tolerate them.

Xiao Jingchuan's expression was solemn. "Sister-in-law, although Hong Xu has survived, whether he can wake up or not depends entirely on his fate."

"Second brother, what... what are we going to do?" Min Xiaoqian couldn't help but shed tears again. She simply couldn't accept this reality. Her husband was only in his early twenties, in the prime of his life. How pitiful it would be if he turned into a mindless, walking corpse! His life hadn't even truly begun, yet it had already come to an end.

Min Xiaoqian felt that fate was too unfair to them, and she felt extremely painful and desperate.

Just as Xiao Jingchuan was about to say a few words of comfort to Min Xiaoqian, he was interrupted by Granny Yang's loud voice: "Jingchuan's wife, you are mainly responsible for Hong Xu's accident! If you hadn't called everyone to go pick bamboo shoots together, how could he have ended up like this?"

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