Wang Kaifu sighed, "I've lived enough. It would be better if I died sooner. Please stop wasting money on me. I don't want to be a burden to you."

"Dad, what are you talking about! You are not a burden to us." Wang Yanmei said with red eyes and a reproachful tone.

Xu Qingzhi patted the back of his grandfather's hand and said softly, "Don't say bad words anymore. Don't worry about money. Just take good care of your illness."

Hearing Xu Qingzhi say this, Wang Jinlan immediately smiled happily, "Yes, Dad, we have a big star like Qingzhi in our family, so there is no need to worry about money. Just focus on recuperating. Qingzhi is really a filial granddaughter."

Wang Yanmei frowned.

When it comes to paying money to take care of the father, it is naturally the responsibility of the children, and it can never fall on the head of a granddaughter.

Over the years, Wang Yanmei has always found ways to raise whatever amount of money Wang Jinlan asked her to give her. She has spent at least 500,000 yuan, if not 800,000 yuan.

She didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but now she felt something was not right.

Wang Yanmei said bluntly: "If Qingzhi is a filial granddaughter, shouldn't Linlin, the granddaughter, also show some respect?"

Wang Jinlan sighed when she heard this, "Sister, Linlin is a loser. She got married the year before last and had a child this year. She doesn't have a lot of money, and I don't have the heart to ask her for money."

Wang Yanmei knew that she shouldn't care about it, after all, he was her father, but she felt uncomfortable hearing these words.

Wang Kaifu was also a man who knew what was going on. He said with a serious expression, "You two are idle at home every day, either playing cards or doing nothing. Go out and make some money."

Wang Jinlan was unhappy, "Dad, aren't Hongwei and I here to take care of you?"

Just as a quarrel was about to break out, someone came.

Xu Qingzhi's grandmother, Chen Xiaoqing, came in with a lunch box and shouted loudly, "What are you arguing about? I can hear you two arguing from far away. The nurse will have to come and remind you to keep your voice down later."

There were a few women following behind him, three of my grandmother's seven sisters.

When Xu Qingzhi saw this, he called out to everyone, "Grandma, Third Aunt, Fourth Aunt, Fifth Aunt."

"Qingzhi, you're back."

"Qingzhi is a big star, and she has become more beautiful."

"Qingzhi, what kind of powder are you using? Your skin is so white, it's like it's glowing."

"No powder." Xu Qingzhi said with a smile, but he felt that such occasions of praising others were so awkward that it made him dig his toes into the ground.

Fortunately, after a while, grandma and aunts remembered that grandpa had not eaten yet, and quickly put the lunch box on the small cabinet next to the bed and opened it.

Wang Jinlan helped to roll the bed up and put a small table on it.

On the small table, there was a bowl of white porridge, a bowl of cabbage, and a bowl of tofu.

"Hey, old man, you are picky about food. If you don't like it, I won't cook it next time. You can just eat air." Chen Xiaoqing would not indulge him.

Xu Qingzhi asked: "Grandpa just had surgery, can he eat these meals right away?"

"It's not a serious operation. My calf was just swollen, and the doctor made an incision to clean it." Grandma replied.

Wang Yanmei's face changed and she looked at Wang Jinlan, who lowered her head guiltily.

Xu Qingzhi raised her eyebrows. She heard it clearly that her aunt asked for 30,000 yuan.

Wang Yanmei didn't say anything, and Xu Qingzhi naturally didn't bother to expose her.

Xu Qingzhi remembered the purpose of this visit and reminded her, "Mom, ginseng water."

"Oh, right, right." Wang Yanmei suddenly remembered that she was holding something in her hand. She put it on the table and unscrewed it while saying, "Dad, this is the ginseng that Qingzhi brought back from the state capital specially for you to replenish your body. I boiled it into soup, you can try it."

When the third aunt heard this, she immediately praised: "Qingzhi is really filial. She even bought ginseng specially."

Zhou Hongwei took a look and burst out laughing, "This ginseng is almost as big as my fingernail, hahahaha..."

The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.

"It's better than some people who buy nothing." Wang Kaifu defended in a harsh voice. His hands were weak, so he asked the old woman to put the drinking straw into the ginseng water, thinking of drinking some ginseng water to moisten his throat.

When the ginseng water goes down the throat, a light sweetness immediately slides down the throat. After two or three seconds, there is still a slight aftertaste of ginseng in the mouth.

Wang Kaifu dealt with traditional Chinese medicine when he was young, and he could tell whether something was good just by tasting it.

Everyone was watching, thinking that Wang Kaifu was only drinking a few sips to save Xu Qingzhi's face, but after drinking one sip, he drank several more in succession.

He drank all the ginseng water! Chen Xiaoqing was surprised and said, "Old man, don't just drink ginseng water. Water is not enough to fill you up."

After Wang Kaifu finished drinking it, he felt more energetic.

He looked at Xu Qingzhi and asked directly: "This ginseng...isn't it expensive?"

(End of this chapter)