This place is formal and can be called a hospital. It has all the basic facilities. The familiar white walls and the smell of disinfectant make people feel at ease.

Pei Deyi carried Pei's father down and rushed him inside.

The driving was delayed for a while, and Pei's father's face became even paler. When Pei's mother saw this, she burst into tears again.

When the people in the hospital saw his condition, they all gave up their seats to make way for him. He was successfully admitted to the emergency room and sent to the examination room.

Jiang Xi took Pei's mother and Shi Zhonghua to run errands to handle the payment procedures.

The doctor who treated Pei's father exclaimed when she saw the cut on Pei Zhong's leg: "Such a big cut, blood..." She checked the situation and found some bleeding, but not much, especially the area around the wound was quite clean, with a smell of alcohol disinfectant.

At the same time, I also saw the two needles. Otherwise, the blood would not have been so little.

She exclaimed: "This barefoot doctor is really good. He stopped the bleeding."

Pei Zhong was not in high spirits, but when he heard this, he nodded deliberately.

Most doctors in the village use acupuncture these days, so the doctor was not surprised. He pulled out the needle deftly and handed it to Pei Deyi, who then handed it to Jiang Xi.

Jiang Xi opened the acupuncture bag and inserted the two needles back.

The doctor here had already started treating the wound, and the nurse rushed them out so as not to disturb them.

Mother Pei leaned against Jiang Xi, weak and limp. She could only find a place for her to rest for a while. Mother Pei kept patting her chest: "The old man scared me to death."

"It's okay. Look, the doctor isn't nervous, so it must be nothing serious." Jiang Xi comforted.

Mother Pei nodded with tears in her eyes: "Thanks to you, otherwise, an old woman like me would be lost."

Jiang Xi smiled and said, "My second brother is here too. He must have been tired from carrying me all the way."

When Pei's mother mentioned the second child, her nose was no longer a nose and her eyes were no longer eyes as before, and she nodded silently.

An hour later, Pei Zhong's wound was treated, and the doctor came out and told them: "Stay in the hospital. The bones are not injured, but the muscles on the leg are injured. Be very careful when changing the bandage. It's easy to have a fever in the next two days. And you can't use force on this leg for at least three months. It's best to come for a checkup every half a month. If there is anything special, such as the stitches falling off..."

Several people listened carefully and then discussed what to do.

Mother Pei looked at her son and Jiang Xi. Naturally, they were the ones who made the decision. She was old and didn't know anything.

Jiang Xi said: "You still have to stay in the hospital. We'll see how Dad recovers."

She is also a doctor, but her conditions are definitely different from those of doctors in the hospital. It is better to be assured in the hospital.

Seeing this, Pei Deyi also nodded: "Yes!"

Xiang Yiyang took the initiative to say, "We have something else to do. We estimate that we will leave in five days. We will stay in the hospital for five days first and see if we can be discharged after five days. If we can, we can send him back."

"Sorry for the trouble, comrade!" Pei's mother was overjoyed and shook his hand vigorously.

Xiang Yiyang smiled and shook his head.

Jiang Xi said, "Then my second brother will take care of him here. Let's go to the ward first. Mom, you take care of Dad for the time being. My second brother and I will go get some money and buy some things. We need some things to live here."

"Okay." Mother Pei nodded and looked at the second child, a little hesitant and embarrassed: "Thank you for your hard work these two days."

Pei Deyi glanced at her and shook his head: "It should be."

Only he can do this kind of thing.

The group went to the ward first and settled Pei Zhong down.

It was already one o'clock in the afternoon. The ward was a triple room, which was relatively expensive, so there were not many people there, but the room was filled with the aroma of food.

The other two patients and their families had just finished their meals.

Only these few people were busy all day and hadn't had lunch yet, so their stomachs were growling with hunger.

Jiang Xi said, "I'll go buy some things first. Comrade Xiang, Comrade Shi, thank you for your hard work. Let's go to the state-owned hotel for a meal first?"

At this point, I guess there is still something left.

Otherwise it would be not good to ask others for help while you are hungry.

Pei's mother also said: "Yes, let's go eat first, I'll just watch over here."

Xiang Yiyang waved his hand: "No, no, I can't eat at this time, but Uncle Pei still wants to eat something, I'll go buy it and come back to eat."

Shi Zhonghua immediately said, "Yes, I'll go buy food. You guys go do what you need to do. We'll take care of the food."

"Okay then." Seeing that they really didn't want to do it, Jiang Xi didn't say much. He smiled, gave a few instructions, and called Pei Deyi to go out together: "When we just came here, I saw a post office not far away. Let's go and get some money first."

Pei Deyi was not familiar with Jiang Xi, so he nodded sullenly and followed behind.

Jiang Xi walked up to her familiarly and took out five hundred yuan in one breath, which made Pei Deyi dumbfounded. He looked around in fear and took the initiative to walk to her side, as if he was afraid of being robbed: "Why did you take out so much?!"

Jiang Xi said: "I don't know how much the medical bills are yet. I also need to buy some blood supplements for Dad. The more money the better."

Pei Deyi looked at her deeply.

Jiang Xi handed over ten yuan.

He was stunned: "What?"

"This is for you. This is the food and care expenses for your five days of hospitalization." Jiang Xi said.

Pei Deyi: “?”

Pei Deyi felt that Jiang Xi was insulting him.

A wave of shame surged up his cheeks, and he was shocked and angry: "This is my biological father. I take care of my biological father, and I still want you to give me money?"

When he saw her withdrawing money just now, he was thinking that it was no wonder that his parents always sided with her. She was really willing to spend money to take care of his parents. You have to know that even if they received the pension, they might not be so generous in spending it on their parents.

It's nothing else, I just can't bear to let go.

I have learned to be frugal almost since I was born, and I rarely spend money so casually.

You have to know that even factory workers only earn 20 to 30 yuan a month, and temporary workers earn more than ten yuan or even less. If she gave him the ten yuan, at least half of it would be saved. For five days, that's more than one yuan a day as care fee for him!

What does she take herself for?!

At the same time, he was surprised again in his heart. Her generosity was really beyond his imagination. He seemed to fully understand his parents' choice.

Jiang Xi smiled apologetically: "I said before that I have taken over the care of my parents, so this time it is naturally my responsibility. There should be another day of autumn harvest and threshing next. I am sorry for delaying you. This is compensation."

Pei Deyi took a deep breath and wiped his face to calm himself down.

If Jiang Xi had not scolded him like that before, and if his son had not fallen ill in the middle of the night, he might have really accepted it, thinking angrily that it was what he deserved. He was so angry that he even said that he would not support his parents in their old age.

But now he said with a straight face: "No, I am taking care of my own father and I still charge money. If people tell others about it, they will laugh at me. As for Dad's medical expenses, we... we three brothers will split the bill. You pay for it first, and we will talk about it later."

He left in a hurry this time and didn't bring any money.

Seeing him say this, Jiang Xi did not stop him and still stuffed the money into his pocket: "Okay, you should take the money first, and don't skimp on food and drink."

Pei Deyi looked better. He took the money, said nothing more, and followed her silently.

Jiang Xi was actually quite familiar with this county town. The original owner had attended high school here for two years. Although she seldom went out shopping, she was still familiar with the streets. She even attended classes here four months ago.

So she decided what to buy and headed straight to her destination.

When Jiang Xi came out, he knew he would have to spend money this time, so he took his passbook and tickets from home with him. He went to the mall at that time instead of the supply and marketing cooperative, and bought things at each counter with the tickets.

Basin, towel, toothbrush...

There are many things at home, but for example, the toothbrush is very old. However, Pei's parents are reluctant to replace it. The quality of the toothbrushes in the supply and marketing cooperative is not very good, so Jiang Xi can only use them reluctantly. The things in the mall are much better, and she is generous in buying them.

Pei Deyi standing aside was different.

It was obvious that this person was generous from the fact that she spent a dollar a day for the care fee, but it was only when he saw her buying things with his own eyes that Pei Deyi knew what kind of person this sister-in-law was.

Isn’t that too cruel?

It made him feel that what she was holding in her hand was not money, but paper.

If there were enough tickets, she would have wanted to use them all.

In the end, he even bought a set of clothes for Pei's parents.

Pei Deyi looked at the eight-yuan dress, and felt a sense of longing in his heart. He suddenly thought, how great it would be if Jiang Xi was his daughter-in-law? Of course, it was only for a moment. When he saw her giving him the money, he immediately came back to his senses.

I can't afford a daughter-in-law like this.

Fortunately, his parents have good tempers. If they were more searchable in-laws, there would have been several fights in the family because of this matter.

After buying the things, the two went back.

They all had quite a lot in their hands. When they returned to the ward, Pei's parents were stunned: "Are you going to buy supplies?!"

"Oh my god, Xiaoxi, have you run out of money?"

Father Pei looked listless and was almost asleep from the IV drip. Seeing her like this, he became so alert that he almost sat up.

Jiang Xi put everything in order, and finally gave the clothes to the two of them, smiling and saying, "No, don't worry, Mom, I know what I am doing. Dad has suffered a lot this time, and he needs to be taken care of. Of course, these things must be prepared, otherwise it will be bad to stay in the hospital, and he will lose weight. These new clothes will be worn by Dad when he is discharged from the hospital. His clothes and pants have been cut..."

Mother Pei felt extremely pained, but looking at the things that were all bought for the old man, she couldn't bear to say anything to her. She just covered her heart and felt sad in silence.

After hearing what she said, I could barely accept it.

Until a piece of clothing fell into her hands.

Mother Pei took a breath: "How come I have it too?"

"Mom is sad today, and I can't make Dad get better immediately, so I'll give you a gift to make you feel better." Jiang Xi said with a smile.

Mother Pei: “…”

I've never heard of such a valuable gift for crying twice.

If she knew, she might have kept it to herself to prevent her daughter-in-law from wasting money.

Xiang Yiyang and Shi Zhonghua were both happy and relieved. The former consoled them, "This is the filial piety of the daughter-in-law. You should just accept it. I think Comrade Xiao Jiang is a person with rules. Even when the family was in such a mess before, she still remembered to bring the bills and money. She will definitely not spend it recklessly."

"Oh..." Pei's mother felt happy yet complicated at the same time.

I am not that sad now.

Although the husband was injured, he was admitted to a big hospital, seeing excellent doctors, and his wounds were treated in time. They could not be sad anymore because their daughter-in-law still treated them like this.

She looked at her husband and said, "You must take good care of yourself and don't let this money go to waste."

Pei Zhong smiled and nodded silently, muttering, "Good boy."

Mother Pei nodded and came back to her senses and quickly invited them to have lunch: "Eat quickly, it's already two o'clock, you have to hurry up, otherwise you will get sick from hunger."

Jiang Xi always nagged patients to eat on time, otherwise their stomachs would get into trouble, and she took note of it.

Xiang Yiyang and Shi Zhonghua bought lunch, which was quite a large portion, including three meat dishes, one vegetable dish and a soup. Although Pei's father had injured his leg, he was still able to eat. He happened to be in good spirits, so he ate with everyone else.

There was still something to do at home, so after dinner, Pei's mother kept talking about going home.

Pei's father spent money here, so she has to work harder to earn it back.

Xiang Yiyang said he could take them back, and just in time he gave Jiang Xi all the gifts that had not been unloaded from the car, so the four of them hurriedly left. Jiang Xi left some receipts for meals and the like, and reminded him to buy a bowl of meat soup every day. After making sure that Pei Deyi had listened, he left.

After the people left, the noisy ward suddenly became quiet.

A man in the next bed said enviously, "You really have a good girlfriend."

The old man looked for a long time, and not only him, but another person in the room also looked for a long time. They saw mud and straw stalks on the trousers and legs of the new patient. They also knew that this person was not from the city. They were wondering why he would be willing to live in a three-person room, and then they saw these scenes.

It turns out that the family was willing to give it up.

Pei Zhong's wrinkled face showed a little smile, and he explained: "She is not a daughter-in-law, but a daughter-in-law."

"Oh! Daughter-in-law?" The eldest master was surprised.

The middle-aged man in the other bed was also shocked. After thinking for a moment, he sighed and said, "Then your son must be quite capable, right?"

Otherwise, how could my daughter-in-law be so extravagant?

Speaking of the third son, Pei Zhong shook his head: "What kind of ability is that? He was a soldier. It's just that I have good vision and I chose him for my son early on."

The two were amazed, but still a little envious. It was good to be a soldier these days. They looked at Pei Deyi who was cleaning up the mess and asked, "Is this it?"

Pei Zhong shook his head again: "No, no, this is the second child in the family. The one who is in the army is the third child, and he is also a filial child."

The two fellow patients praised him for his good fortune, and Pei Zhong was so happy that he felt no pain in his legs after the anesthesia wore off.

Pei Deyi worked silently, and sat on a chair beside to rest when he was done. This time he was not angry at his father for being partial to the third brother, and he praised him instead. He found that Jiang Xi was very generous and bought things for his parents without blinking an eye.

This reminded him that Pei Hejun had been so generous before, but he had never faced the shock of paying.

When it comes to filial piety, he is indeed not as good as her.

If he were his father, he would definitely like the third child more.