Everyone was happy to be able to stay in the county town for a few more days.
"But sister, we didn't bring any changes of clothes. Should Xiaoxue and I go back to town to get some tomorrow?" Lin Chacha quickly realized the key point.
"I don't want to go back. If you want to go back, go back yourself." Lin Xiaoxue said with a sullen face. She was still angry and very dissatisfied with Lin Xiazhu.
She tried to play the victim and get her mother to scold her, but her mother ignored her completely. She must have lost her mind.
Lin Xiazhu glanced at Lin Xiaoxue indifferently. This child was born to be a villain, and it would be a long and arduous task to correct her.
"No need to go back to get things, just buy new ones. Buy two sets of clothes for each person, then buy a bucket and a washbasin, some bowls, plates and cups, and clothes hangers..." Later, Lin Xiazhu simply wrote down a list to avoid forgetting later.
Hearing that she could buy new clothes, Lin Xiaoxue was overjoyed, and the corners of her mouth turned up.
"That would cost so much money, it's such a waste!" Lin Chacha felt extremely distressed.
"It won't cost much, don't worry, I know what I'm doing, it's all just small change." Lin Xiazhu's voice was gentle, and her gaze towards Lin Chacha softened even more.
In the late afternoon, Lin Xiazhu told Xiao An to play by himself for a while while she went out to buy some things. Xiao An felt uneasy, but he was too weak to get out of bed to go shopping with her, so he could only nod in agreement helplessly.
"Let's go to the department store. I heard they have lots of things there." Lin Xiaoxue smiled happily, temporarily putting the unpleasantness from earlier behind her.
"Okay, let's go to the department store first." Lin Xiazhu wanted to go to the department store that day, but she couldn't. Thinking about the situation back then, she felt quite regretful.
Lin Xiaoxue looked at the dazzling array of food, clothes, and toys in Langya, pursed her lips, and didn't touch or look at everything like the others.
She ran to Yan Xin's side, took her hand, and said sweetly, "Mom, look how pretty that dress is! You'll look great in it. And look, there are White Rabbit candies over there. I remember you love them the most..."
Yan Xin: "..." She really wanted to shake off Lin Xiaoxue's hand. She wasn't anyone's mother, and she didn't care about these things at all.
Don't recommend anything to her. Even if these clothes are so ugly that she can't stand them, they're still things she can't have, since she doesn't have the money.
Yan Xin, who was talking until her throat was dry, didn't react at all. Lin Xiaoxue's eyes darkened, and she was annoyed, but she didn't dare to show it.
This mother is really useless; I can't count on her at all. Looks like I'll have to find a different target.
She glanced at Lin Xiazhu walking ahead, and her mood worsened. Her eldest sister was not someone to be fooled, and she usually doted on Taozi and her second sister more.
I bought a snack for each of my three younger sisters at the department store, and then bought some household items before leaving.
"Sis, we haven't bought clothes yet," Lin Xiaoxue finally couldn't help but remind her.
The older sister is so stingy. She only bought one snack for each person. She clearly had a lot of money in her pocket. She's so generous to others, paying hundreds of yuan in medical bills without batting an eye, but she's so stingy to her own sister.
"We won't buy the clothes here, we'll go to the market, it's cheaper there." Lin Xiazhu smiled. Although she had many grievances against Lin Xiaoxue in her previous life, she was still a child now, so Lin Xiazhu tried her best to be tolerant.
Upon arriving at the market, Lin Chacha and Lin Taozi happily picked out two outfits, but Lin Xiaoxue was unhappy and declared, "I don't like the clothes here. I want to buy the clothes sold in the department store."
Lin Xiazhu picked out two sets for herself and Yan Xin each. Hearing Lin Xiaoxue's words, she immediately picked out two sets for her as well, and then had them packed up.
Each set of children's clothes cost 25 yuan, and each set of adults cost 30 yuan, totaling 160 yuan. Lin Xiazhu quickly paid the money and took the clothes back to the hospital.
Lin Xiaoxue burst into tears, "I don't want these clothes, I want the clothes from the department store, waaaaah..."
It's not that we can't afford the clothes in the department store, but people in the countryside dress very simply now. Although no one wears patched clothes anymore, many families with poor conditions still have children wearing hand-me-downs from older children, and some even wear adults' clothes.
Their family can't be too high-profile, or it will make others envious. Cha Cha and Xiao Tao are the normal ones; they're overjoyed when they get new clothes, unlike Lin Xiaoxue, who's so picky.
She had no idea that her family had always been so poor that they had nothing to eat with their rice.
In short, Lin Xiazhu will not indulge her. The money is earned by Lin Xiazhu, and she can spend it however she wants.
"Waaah... Am I not your real sister? You bought new clothes for that wild child, but why didn't you buy me any nicer clothes? Why did you spend money on someone else?" Lin Xiaoxue complained on her way back to the hospital.
"Just because I earned the money, I get to call the shots," Lin Xiazhu replied domineeringly.
Yan Xin remained a background figure throughout. Since she had no money and knew that resisting was useless, she obediently watched Lin Xiazhu make arrangements.
After paying the medical bills again, Xiao An moved back to the ward. In those days, the inpatient department was not crowded, especially the surgical ward. There were five beds in the ward, but only four patients were admitted.
The empty bed was right next to Xiao An's, against the wall, so Lin Xiazhu put the clothes she had bought on the empty bed.
The family member of the person in the first bed, an elderly woman around fifty years old, suddenly stood up, kicked the stool away, and the stool hit the foot of the bed and fell to the ground with a "bang".
The old woman's eyes were sharp as knives as she stabbed at Lin Xiazhu, shouting shrilly, "That bed has always been mine! Where did you come from, you lowlife, daring to steal my bed? You little bitch, you rotten-hearted scum!"
For a full minute, the old woman cursed without taking a breath, spittle flying everywhere. At one point, she stood like a wine jug, one hand on her hip and the other wildly jabbing in the air.
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