Chapter 88 Dad feels uncomfortable because he is perfunctory towards his daughter.
As soon as my uncle entered the door, he became the target of everyone's criticism. The group of people who had been making a big fuss just now immediately turned their attention to Dong Fuyun.
Dong Hongfu: "Hey, our most filial youngest is here."
Then he went to shake Old Dong: "Dad, Dad, look, your most filial son is here."
Old Dong opened his eyes, looked at Dong Fuyun, and stumbled over his words, "Old, youngest, come, come." Besides his spine, he had been injured in the fall, and no one knew where else. Old Dong, who used to speak fluently, now stuttered.
Old Dong stared at Dong Fuyun, and as for Xu Heye who was following behind Dong Fuyun, Old Dong simply ignored her.
Xu Heye didn't care. She had never had any feelings for her grandfather, Old Dong. The last time Old Dong made a scene in Chen Yuru's office, he completely destroyed the little affection she had for him.
"Dad." Dong Fuyun called him Old Dong, carefully examined his face, and asked, "How are you feeling now?"
"My hand had the operation. There is a sore spot on it. It's a little painful. The doctor prescribed some painkillers. I feel much better after taking them." Old Dong stuttered and spoke to Dong Fuyun in an almost submissive manner.
"That's good." Dong Fuyun nodded. Looking at his old father like this, he didn't know what to say.
Dong Hongfu put his hands on his hips and looked at his younger brother coldly: "Have you finished talking to Dad?"
"That's all, I have something to tell you."
Dong Fuyun turned around and said, "Brother, you say."
Dong Hongfu took out a stack of prescriptions and counted them one by one: "This is the medicine the doctor prescribed for Dad today.
Four bottles of IV drip for inflammation, costing 2.8 yuan. Two bottles of painkillers, costing 1.6 yuan. One bottle of iodine for wound disinfection, costing 50 cents. One bag of cotton swabs for rubbing, costing 20 cents. One packet of oral painkillers, costing 20 cents.
The doctor said Dad was old and weak, which wouldn't be conducive to recovery. He prescribed two bottles of amino acid drips to boost his immunity, which cost two yuan. The total was seven yuan and thirty yuan. No, I didn't include the hospital bill. The hospital bill was seventy cents a day, so it came to eight yuan.
"I paid all this money in advance. You, the youngest, should pay 30%, which means you should give me 2.40 yuan."
Dong Hongfu finished the calculation and held out his hand: "Give me the money."
Dong Fuyun pulled a wad of banknotes from his pocket. This was the money he had earned from selling socks today. It looked thick, but it was actually just coins and dimes. If you counted them carefully, there wasn't much money at all.
Dong Fuyun counted out two yuan and forty cents and handed it to Dong Hongfu.
Dong Hongfu took the money, then snatched the remaining coins from Dong Fuyun's hand: "Youngest, you won't ask me to pay for it every day, will you?"
He put the two wads of money together, licked his fingers, and began to count the money.
He counted twice and said, "The total here is three dollars and sixty-eight cents. Two dollars and forty cents is what you should pay for my medical expenses. The remaining one dollar and twenty-eight cents is not enough for Dad's medical expenses tomorrow."
"Give me another dollar and 12 cents. No, you have to give me two dollars and fifty cents. Besides the medicine, Dad needs money for food and drink. This extra dollar and thirty-eight cents is his daily nutrition allowance."
Dong Hongfu: This is naked revenge.
It was the youngest brother’s fault for not showing any mercy yesterday and even going to the gate of his factory to ask for money.
Dong Fuyun: “…”
Seeing that Dong Fuyun was still hesitant to pay, Dong Hongfu snorted and said sarcastically, "Old man, look at this youngest son of yours, he's so filial to you. If you don't have enough money tomorrow to pay the medical bills and the doctor refuses to give you pain relief, don't cry if you're in pain. People don't care about you."
Dong Fuyun didn't expect that his elder brother was so despicable that he actually threatened him by cutting off the old man's medicine.
He didn't want to be threatened by the boss, but - Dong Fuyun glanced at Old Dong lying on the hospital bed.
Old Dong looked at him with moist and pleading eyes.
"I really owe you." Dong Fuyun's heart softened. He unbuttoned his jacket, took out all his money from his inner pocket, counted out two dollars and fifty cents, and hid the rest back in his inner pocket.
The already thin amount of money looked even more shabby after taking out two dollars and fifty cents.
Dong Fuyun handed the money to Dong Hongfu. Dong Hongfu went to take it, but Dong Fuyun quickly withdrew his hand. Dong Hongfu's face turned cold: "Youngest, what do you mean by this?"
Dong Fuyun said: "Brother, I am not a fool."
"The old man's living expenses are only one dollar a day. If divided equally among his three sons, each only needs to pay 33 cents. Even if the old man has had surgery and needs to buy some meat and eggs to replenish his body, an extra 50 cents will be enough. You asked me to pay more than that."
Dong Hongfu: "Does this mean you don't want to go out?"
Dong Fuyun shook his head: "No."
"On the contrary, I'll add a little more. This way I'll take four dollars a day, two dollars and four dollars for medical expenses, and the remaining one dollar and sixty-two will be used as my nursing fee after adding it to the old man's living expenses. Whoever helps me take care of the old man will take the extra one dollar and sixty-three. Is that okay with you?"
Dong Hongfu and his wife Dai Ying looked at each other and said, "Okay, no problem. The extra money can be considered as your contribution to the old man's nursing expenses."
"Since we've reached an agreement, I'll give you the money now." Dong Fuyun handed the money to Dong Hongfu and continued, "I've already given you the money. Give the old man all the medicine the doctor prescribed tomorrow. Also, don't be too perfunctory with the food. Buy some red dates, red beans, and millet, and make some porridge for the old man to nourish him. If I find out that you've withheld the old man's food, don't blame me for going back on my word if I don't pay him later."
"No problem." Dong Hongfu snatched the money and put it in his pocket, "Don't worry, this is my biological father." Since he didn't have to spend any money, he wouldn't deduct the old man's food.
Then he added, "By the way, youngest, what you're giving me now is for tomorrow's medical expenses, food expenses, and nursing expenses. Don't forget to come back tomorrow and give me the money I need for the day after tomorrow."
Dong Fuyun was silent for a moment before he said, "Don't worry, you won't be left out." It was pathetic that his brother had come to this point.
He turned around to look at Old Dong and said to him, "Dad, I'm leaving now. I'll come back to see you." Then he called Xu Heye, "Heye, let's go. It's getting late. I'll take you home."
"Okay." Xu Heye responded with a smile.
As the two of them left the ward, Xu Heye heard Wang Sumei say in the room, "What a heartless girl! She came to see her grandfather and she couldn't even bear to buy a bag of egg cakes."
Xu Heye: “…”
Oh, and also buy egg cakes.
The old man has only been able to eat liquid food for the past two days. I don’t know which one is cheaper after buying this egg cake.
Dong Fuyun also heard it, and he said to Xu Heye, "Heye, next time you come to see your grandfather, come with your uncle, don't come alone." When Xu Heye, a little girl, came to this group of monsters, it was like Tang Monk entering a spider cave, waiting to be plotted against.
He didn't know that Xu Heye was no longer the simple-minded and somewhat weak girl she used to be. Wang Sumei and Dong Hongfu might not be able to figure her out.
"Heye, lock the door, your uncle is leaving." After Xu Heye was sent to the rental house by bus, Dong Fuyun left with his big package.
Thinking of the four dollars he had to pay tomorrow, Dong Fuyun felt a little heavy in his heart. Apart from a big bag of socks, he really didn't have much cash on hand.
As for the surgery fee he had collected from Dong Hongfu and Liu Qiang yesterday, he had given it to Lu Jun that night for safekeeping. Now that he was about to spend the money, he was afraid that he would be tempted to spend it all.
In this way, the brothers really have no money left.
Dong Fuyun shook the large package on his back, feeling hopeful again. Fortunately, he still had these socks. Although business was slow right now, if he worked hard and made more sales, he could still make some money.
In the days that followed, Dong Fuyun went out early and came back late every day just to earn more money.
As December approached, a heavy snow fell in Hucheng and the weather became colder.
Mr. Dong has been discharged from the hospital, but he is still unable to get out of bed and walk.
On the weekend, Xu Heye went to visit him, and the old man's condition was worse than after the operation.
His face was pale, he was extremely thin, and his eyes were almost caked with mucus, making it difficult to open them. His hair, which had probably not been washed since his fall, hung greasy on his forehead, and if you got close you could smell a particularly disgusting odor.
The clothes he was wearing were also dirty, with vomit left on the collar.
Dong Fuyun was a little unhappy.
Dong Hongfu saw Dong Fuyun's dissatisfaction and said unhappily, "Youngest, if you don't like it, just take the old man to live with you."
Dong Fuyun sighed. Even if he wanted to take his father away, he had no place to live. Furthermore, socks were becoming increasingly difficult to sell, and it was already difficult to earn enough money to pay for his father's medical expenses and his own food every day.
He could only gently remind Dong Hongfu: "Brother, this is my biological father."
Dong Hongfu was even more unhappy: "I know, could it be that you feel bad for Dad? I go to work every day, and your sister-in-law can take care of him at home, but she's a woman, and she has to do housework and take care of Dad. She can cook for Dad on time every day, feed him, and not let him go hungry or freeze. That's already good enough. What more do you want?"
"Then at least wipe Dad's face and change his clothes." The speaker was Dong Xinghua. She filled a basin with water, wet a handkerchief, and wiped the eye mucus from the corner of Old Dong's eye. "This eye mucus is almost as big as soybeans. Isn't it uncomfortable to have it stuck in your eyes?
"I can't do anything else, but wipe Dad's hands and face every day. Can't I do it? It's uncomfortable for people to lie in bed, can't I let him feel refreshed?"
I can do it, I just don't want to do it.
The three sons were each taken care of for one day. Since Dong Fuyun was too busy to come, he paid for his sister-in-law Dai Ying to take care of him.
This means Dai Ying will take care of him for two days and Wang Sumei will take care of him for one day.
It was fine at the beginning. The two of them would wipe the old man's hands and face and turn him over every day.
One day, someone was lazy and didn't wipe the old man's face, thinking that someone else would do it the next day.
But these two people are not generous saints who eat everything but never suffer any loss. The person in front of you didn't wipe it, leaving it to me to wipe it. If I wipe it, wouldn't I suffer a loss?
Since you don't wipe it, I won't wipe it either.
Both sides are competing with each other, and no one wants to suffer any loss. The one who feels uncomfortable is Mr. Dong.
After Dong Xinghua wiped away the eye boogers for Old Dong, the obstruction stuck on his eyelids was removed and he was finally able to open his eyes smoothly.
The fog in front of his eyes was no longer there. When he saw clearly his little daughters standing by the bed to wipe and wash his face, Old Dong could no longer hold back his tears.
"Xiaonan, Daddy is feeling bad."
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