Chapter 52 Pretending to be Sick
Five hundred thousand is not a small amount. For a moment, Zhong Xiong and Zhong Hui were silent.
"Ouch, ouch..." He Shufen began to wipe her tears again.
"Nobita, Xiaohui, Auntie doesn't want to die yet. Please, please help me."
"Yes, Noxiong, Xiaohui, you received millions in relocation compensation. Five hundred thousand is just a drop in the bucket for you, but my mother only has one life." Zhang Youqiang said, looking at them with some resentment.
Zhong Xiong frowned. Lending money was a favor, not being forced to lend money. In short, Zhong Xiong was unhappy.
But when he saw He Shufen still crying, Zhong Xiong couldn't bring himself to say no.
"Aunt, there are Brother Cheng and Brother Qiang. The thing is, my brother used his money to buy a piece of land and invested it all. He doesn't have that much money right now." Zhong Hui smiled and explained.
"Don't we still have you? I heard that the demolition compensation you received was no less than your brother's. Besides, as a woman, what do you need so much money for?" He Shufen opened her mouth.
Zhong Hui rolled her eyes. If it weren’t for her illness, she really wanted to kick her out.
Zhong Hui took a deep breath and said, "Aunt, this is what happened. Where's my money? Didn't all the banks come to the village a while ago? You also said that as a woman, I was worried about the safety of holding money, so I deposited it all in the bank on a fixed deposit. I can't withdraw it for a while."
Zhong Hui spread her hands and acted helpless: "If only we had known about Aunt's condition earlier, alas."
"I told you to come earlier." Zhang Youqiang clenched his fists and muttered.
Zhong Hui frowned as she listened, feeling something was not right.
"You can withdraw the money on a regular basis, but you won't lose the interest. Xiaohui has so much money, she definitely doesn't care about the interest of a few hundred yuan." Suddenly, Zhang Youqiang's wife stood up and said.
Zhong Hui laughed. This whole family seemed very anxious.
"Then I'll go ask tomorrow. Auntie, just focus on your recovery and don't worry too much."
"Then you must go and ask tomorrow. Auntie is waiting for money to save her life. Zhong Hui, you have to save Auntie." He Shufen held Zhong Hui's hand, tears streaming down her face.
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After finally seeing off the Zhang family, Zhong Hui, Zhong Xiong and Yang Fangqin looked at each other in bewilderment.
"The Zhang family is so arrogant. They asked for 500,000 yuan right away. I'm afraid they really think we are being taken advantage of." Zhong Xiong said in a somewhat cold tone.
"If he is really sick, we really can't be so cruel as not to lend him the money. The problem is, I feel like there is something fishy here." Zhong Hui no longer believes what the Zhang family says.
"That medical record is indeed from the Central Hospital." Zhong Xiong looked at it and saw a signature and a stamp on it.
The three of them sat on the sofa, looking at each other in silence.
“Knock, knock, knock…”
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Zhong Hui got up to open it: "Brother Daming, is there something wrong?"
Zhong Hui opened the door and saw Zheng Benming coming, so she let him in.
"I just saw Zhang Youcheng and Zhang Youqiang carrying my aunt downstairs. What's going on?"
"Nobita, your sister-in-law is here too." Zheng Benming said, and sat over.
Zhong Hui explained in a few words, leaving Zheng Benming stunned.
"Ah? Auntie has stomach cancer. No, I saw her the day before yesterday. She was chatting with the villagers and her face looked rosy." Zheng Benming thought he had misheard.
"But Brother Zhang Youcheng came to borrow money with his medical records. His family said he had mid-stage gastric cancer and wanted to borrow 500,000 yuan." Zhong Hui said.
"There's also a medical record?" Zheng Benming was also confused. "How about I call my mom and ask if she's heard anything about my aunt being sick?"
"Okay, you ask." Zhong Xiong nodded.
Zheng Benming immediately called his mother. When he heard that He Shufen was sick, Wang Qihui quickly denied it: "No, isn't your aunt fine? I ran into her yesterday afternoon when I went to the fields to pick vegetables. She was in good spirits and seemed very happy. You must have heard it wrong.
I'm telling you, you can't let her hear it, otherwise, she'll definitely scold you."
"Got it, got it. Please take good care of yourself at home. I'm hanging up now."
"I can't even take care of myself. You should work hard over there and save money to marry a wife. Don't spend it recklessly." Wang Qihui reminded again.
"Yeah, yeah." Zheng Benming responded one by one.
After hanging up the phone, there was no need to tell Zhong Hui and the others anymore. My cousin's voice was loud and they could hear it.
"My cousin and my eldest aunt live in the same village, so my cousin must know more. It seems that my eldest aunt is not sick." Zhong Hui said.
"Judging from the Zhang family's behavior, I guess they just want to pretend to be sick in order to borrow money." Yang Fangqin said angrily.
There is not a single good person in this Zhang family.
"A while ago, several people came to borrow money, but I rejected them all. It seems that the Zhang family knew that we would not lend money, so they came up with this idea." Zhong Xiong was so angry that he wanted to curse.
"But they have medical records?" Zhong Hui thought of this again.
"Medical records are easy to forge, just like ID cards."
"All right."
"What should we do now? I made excuses to delay today because I was afraid they would come again." Zhong Hui didn't want to be blocked by the Zhang family every day.
"What else can we do? Just expose them directly." Yang Fangqin said with some surprise.
"We have no evidence to expose them directly. The Zhang family is difficult to deal with. After all, they are still relatives, and we don't want to make things too ugly." Zhong Xiong said, finally taking his relatives' feelings into consideration.
"Okay, don't worry about this matter. I'll find a way." Zhong Xiong said.
"What can you do?" Yang Fangqin asked worriedly.
"You will know in two days." Zhong Xiong also started a lawsuit.
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After not seeing the Zhang family members come to visit for two consecutive days, Zhong Hui had a vague feeling that her eldest brother must have done something, but Zhong Xiong didn't say anything, which made Yang Fangqin and Zhong Hui curious and anxious.
"Tell me how you did it." Yang Fangqin was so curious.
Suddenly, Zhong Xiong's phone rang. Speak of the devil, He Shufen called.
"Nobita, I'm telling you, Auntie isn't sick. It's all those quack doctors who misdiagnosed me. I'm in good health, there's nothing wrong with me. We don't need to borrow money. Tell Xiaohui that Auntie is fine, don't worry. I'm going to die."
On the phone, He Shufen was cheerful, while Zhong Hui and Yang Fangqin who were listening beside her were stunned. This change was too big.
"How did you do that?"
"The hermit has his own clever plan." Zhong Xiong shook his head proudly.
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