Chapter 55 Eavesdropping

"Xiuniang! I'll go get the money from my mother right now, and go to the city to get medicine tomorrow morning. Didn't Doctor Yin say that as long as you take the medicine well and get more rest, you can still be cured?"

Lian Dahai wiped away his tears and quickly helped his wife to sit down on the bed.

"Don't sew clothes anymore. Let Hehua do it in the future. She's grown up now and she should help you share some of the burden."

Li Xiu opened her mouth and finally just sighed.

How can the lotus be of any help?

When she was asked to learn needlework, she said it hurt her hands. When she was asked to learn cooking, she said the smoke was irritating. She would coax her into sweeping the floor and would not even wash her own clothes.

As much as she had hoped to have a daughter before, she is now as disappointed as ever.

Lotus doesn't look like herself, but rather like her grandmother. She is lazy, greedy, and domineering.

I have taught her and scolded her before, but she has her mother-in-law to protect her and her younger brother and sister-in-law to help her, so in the end I ended up in a difficult situation.

In order to prevent her from hating her mother, Li Xiu finally let her do as she pleased.

After all, she is her own daughter, and no matter how disappointed she is, she still loves her. In fact, the relationship between mother and daughter has been pretty good over the years.

Until the year before last, she caused me to have a miscarriage, and she refused to admit her fault. Since then, there has been a gap in our relationship.

But looking at the lotus, I don't care much.

She has her grandmother and her aunt to love her, so what does her sick mother matter to her?

So when Dahai asked Lotus to help her, she just listened and didn't take it to heart at all.

"Da Hai, the doctor gave me two prescriptions. I think they should be quite expensive. What if mom doesn't pay?"

"How could it be!"

Even the sea looked determined.

"This is a matter of life and death, and it's not a trivial matter. Isn't your life worth that little bit of money?"

As he said this, he gave his daughter-in-law a reassuring look and then went to the house where the two elders lived.

At this time, his parents were still awake, so they let him in when they heard him knock on the door.

Living in the same courtyard, they did not even try to lower the sound of Dahai knocking on the door, and the second brother and his wife also heard the sound.

"Dayou, big brother has gone to our parents' room!"

"Just go, there's nothing to be surprised about."

Lian Dayou was paralyzed on the bed, motionless, without even opening his eyes, which made He Xiaocui so angry that her teeth were almost broken.

She really wanted to go up and give him a hard claw, but she didn't dare.

Because her husband was not a good-tempered man, he often beat her in the early years and scared her. If she hadn't had a son later, she didn't know how many more beatings she would have received.

So now I can only be angry by myself.

"Dayou, you don't know, my sister-in-law went to see a doctor today. When she came back, she didn't look well. It must cost money."

"Just spend the money, it's not mine anyway."

Qian Dayou didn't care about what his wife said. He now had food, drink, shelter, children, and a wife to take care of him. He lived a very comfortable life.

The little money we have at home comes from my eldest brother and his friends fishing, and the little I earn at the dock is gone after I drink a little wine every day.

If my sister-in-law gets sick and she doesn't spend her own money, what can I say?

"Great! We haven't divided the family, and we also have a share of the money from our parents! Don't you think about yourself and our son? Xiaoshan will be getting married in two years."

I thought her husband would be moved when talking about her son, but Lian Dayou just opened his eyes and said calmly: "If you want to marry a wife, you have to make money yourself. I, his father, have no ability and can't help him."

He Xiaocui:!!!

How could there be such a man!

In the past, she didn't have a son, so she wanted a son with a gloomy face every day. Now that she has a son, she doesn't take it seriously.

She naturally didn't understand Lian Dayou's thoughts. It can be said that many people in this era could not understand Lian Dayou.

Lian Dayou wanted a son, but he just didn't want to be called a family without a family line. He was definitely not someone who liked sons. He never took care of his sons from childhood to adulthood. Regardless of whether he took care of his sons or not, he would take care of them until they died.

He is a person who just wants to live a comfortable life.

First, he doesn't want to take care of his children, and second, he doesn't want to take care of his parents. If he didn't get married, he would be criticized by others, and he wouldn't even want to get married.

Look how upset she is now.

Lian Dayou's disgusted look hurt He Xiaocui's heart. She couldn't stay there any longer, so she went out angrily and ran to eavesdrop outside her parents-in-law's house.

She didn't hear any movement inside for a long time and thought everyone had gone to her eldest brother's room. Just as she was about to move to another place and squat in the corner, she heard her mother-in-law's unhappy voice.

"Boss, your wife has been like this for a long time. She just didn't take good care of herself after giving birth. She will get better naturally over time. There is really no need to spend so much money on medicine."

"Mother, I'm not here to discuss anything with you. I'm here to get the money."

Even the sea, with its red eyes and stern face, is still very intimidating.

The old couple looked at each other, and the old man nodded silently.

The old man is not stupid. The eldest son is strong and healthy, and the eldest grandson can take over and work on the boat. They are the main earners of money in the family.

The second son is in such a bad shape that he would starve if the family were to be divided. He can't be relied upon at all, so we still have to rely on the eldest son.

Therefore, the eldest daughter-in-law has to buy medicine for her illness, otherwise the eldest son will be alienated from them.

"Go get two taels of silver for the boss."

Lian Dahai frowned, held the reluctant A Niang and said, "Take three taels of silver. If there is any left, I will bring it back to you."

If his parents gave him three taels of silver and he took another two taels from his own pocket, it should be enough to buy medicine. He also wanted to buy some pig liver and red dates for his wife, as Dr. Yin had mentioned. Of course, the more money the better.

The old man thought that since he had already agreed to give two taels, an extra tael wouldn't make a difference. Although he felt a pain in his heart, he still nodded.

Lian Dahai smiled only after he got the silver.

"Dad and Mom, I won't thank you enough for being a family. I will work harder to earn money in the future, and Xiuniang will be filial to you."

The old man smiled. All he wanted was for his son and his family to be filial.

"Oh, Doctor Yin said that Xiuniang's illness is too serious. She can't do housework and has to lie in bed to rest. She has to eat her fill and not drink any cold water. Xiaohe and I are usually on the boat and can't take care of her, so please take care of her at home, Niang."

"What?! She doesn't even do a little work? And she wants me, her mother-in-law, to serve her?!"

The old lady was so angry that she couldn't hold it in any longer.

Lian Dahai quickly interrupted A Niang's anger.

"Who said you should serve your daughter-in-law? We have Hehua at home, so you can let her do the usual things like fetching water. Mother, just take care of her and don't let anyone disturb her while she is recovering from her illness."

When 'some people' outside the wall heard this, their faces turned green.

"Mother, think about it, since we've spent all this money, we should make sure Xiuniang recovers sooner, right?"

The old lady sat there with a stern face and said nothing.

She finally realized that her son is no longer under the control of his mother when he grows up.

The old couple stopped talking, obviously they had no opinion. He Xiaocui outside the wall was so angry that she almost exploded.

Just like that, I gave three taels of silver to my sister-in-law!

From now on, she doesn’t have to work and can just lie in bed every day!

And they have to be served with delicious food and drinks every day!

Who does she think she is, a rich man's wife?

How can this be possible!!