Chapter 3124 Heartache
Feng thought about it and stopped objecting. "Alright, but let's make it clear first, the main house has to be occupied by our family, otherwise it will look awkward to outsiders."
"Oh, Madam Shi lives here, so it's not convenient for Li Zhong to move in. Let's talk about it later. Madam Shi is ahead, so go and greet her with your sister-in-law."
Feng could only ask He to go and entertain the guests.
When Zhou Lizhong brought the doctor back, Mrs. Shi was sitting on a chair crying sadly, her voice almost heartbreaking. Feng and He were comforting her on both sides, handing her a handkerchief to wipe her tears, while Mr. Shi was sitting on the doorstep with his hands holding his head.
He couldn't help but pause and asked, "What's wrong?"
Uncle Shi raised his head and supported himself on the door sill, trying to get up. "Nothing, thank you, Doctor Zheng."
Doctor Zheng sighed slightly, shook his head and said, "You're welcome. Let's go see the patient."
Mrs. Shi also stopped crying, but she still couldn't help sobbing, her body trembling, but she quickly caught up with them and went into the house to see Shi Xiaolang.
Doctor Zheng was already very familiar with the boy's illness, but he still reached out to take his pulse, listened carefully, and then shook his head and said, "You still have to take care of him."
Uncle Shi and Mrs. Shi looked disappointed, but they were mentally prepared and didn't say anything. One of them went out with Doctor Zheng, and the other stayed to take care of Shi Xiaolang.
Mrs. Shi covered him with the quilt and sat beside the bed, staring at him blankly.
The young man also stared at her blankly. He endured for a long time, but finally suppressed his fear and whispered to her, "Mother, I don't want to be cured, right?"
"No!" Mrs. Shi said sharply, "You must get treatment. How can you not? Don't worry about the money. I'll go to your uncle tomorrow to ask for it. That's the money to save your life..."
"Mom," Shi Xiaolang suddenly called out softly and affectionately, saying softly, "Don't want her anymore. You, you should divorce him and don't go back to your parents' home. Find someone else to marry. This time, find someone honest who doesn't gamble..."
Mrs. Shi covered her chest and cried out in pain. She felt as if someone was holding and twisting her heart in her chest, and the pain was so severe that she could hardly breathe.
Uncle Shi ran in upon hearing the noise and saw her kneeling beside the bed. He quickly picked her up and placed her on the couch in the outer room. With red eyes, he said to her, "Don't worry. I'll go ask my uncle for the money tomorrow and I'll definitely get it back."
Mrs. Shi felt a pain in her heart and wanted to push his hand away, but she was too weak and felt that she had no right, so she could only lean on the couch and remain silent.
Zhou Lizhong took a look inside and asked Doctor Zheng curiously, "What disease is this?"
"Heart disease."
Zhou Lizhong: "...then can you give me some comfort? What's the matter with you that's so serious?"
Doctor Zheng: "...The heart disease I'm talking about is not that heart disease, but a real heart disease."
He said, "Yang deficiency and heart failure, now all we can do is take care of him. My medical skills are not very good, so I can only keep him alive temporarily."
Zhou Lizhong thought for a moment and then asked, "Could you please write down the pulse and the prescription? I'll have someone send a letter to my aunt."
Doctor Zheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this. "Of course you can, but Doctor Zhou's prescription will be back..."
"I'll show it to you right away."
Doctor Zheng was very satisfied and went to the hall with Zhou Lizhong to write a prescription and take a pulse diagnosis.
"How long has he been ill?"
Doctor Zheng thought for a moment and said, "In fact, he has been weak since he was a child, but at that time his family was rich, he had good food and a good house, and his life was smooth, so this little weakness was not worth mentioning."
"It really started to get worse four years ago. Alas, Uncle Shi basically squandered the family fortune. After they moved out of the Shi family mansion, his health got worse and worse. Since last year, he's basically been bedridden."
Doctor Zheng said that if the Shi family had always been wealthy, this disease would not be worth mentioning and he could have lived a peaceful and stable life. However, his family fell into poverty and under various stimulations, his originally good health deteriorated rapidly.
Doctor Zheng shook his head, thinking that Shi Xiaolang was really unlucky to have such parents.
Yes, that also includes Mrs. Shi.
After seeing off Doctor Zheng and paying for the consultation and medicine, and agreeing that the pharmacy assistant would deliver the medicine later, he went to meet Zhou Erlang and the other three. Then he heard He sigh, "Mrs. Shi is so unlucky to have such a family."
Feng said viciously, "Not all families in this world are real families. If I were to ask her, it's because she can't stand on her own feet, otherwise why would she end up like this?"
He spoke up for her, "She didn't expect her brother to be like this, right?"
"Bullshit! How could she not know who her own family is?" Feng said. "Besides, money is something that should be held in one's own hands. She can't even trust her husband, yet she trusts her brothers. Their family has become like this. Did her family ever help?"
Zhou Lizhong was confused and asked quickly, "What's going on?"
"Nothing much. It's just that we gave the money to buy this courtyard a few days ago. Mrs. Shi was afraid that Mr. Shi would take the money and go back to gambling, so she secretly gave the money to her brothers, thinking that when the children needed money for medicine in the future, they would ask Uncle Wu for it." Zhou Erlang shook his head. "Who knew that Uncle Wu would take the money and then deny it, insisting that the couple were working together to blackmail him."
She gave it in a hurry at that time, and she wanted Uncle Wu to pay for the medicine, so why would she write a receipt or something like that?
At the time, she had to keep it a secret from Uncle Shi, so no one except her son knew that she had given the money to Uncle Wu. Even her son only found out after Uncle Wu left.
"Looking back, Shi Xiaolang was the one who got it right. He told Madam Shi to get the money back, but unfortunately, she didn't go," Zhou Erlang shook his head and sighed. "Yesterday, when they went to buy medicine, Madam Shi went to ask Uncle Wu for the money, but she didn't get it and was even kicked out. That's when she realized how bad things were."
Zhou Lizhong frowned. "It's just one side of the story. Without any evidence, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get the money back."
"That's right, and Mr. Shi is in that situation," Zhou Erlang shook his head. "If he were an honest family with the deed to sell the house but couldn't come up with the money, even if he didn't have any receipts or anything like that, the county magistrate would still consider Mrs. Shi's explanation. But Mr. Shi is a notorious gambler. Alas..."
Zhou Sanlang and Zhou Lizhong said, "You're in the county government office now. Why don't you come with us to the Wu family? Maybe we can scare them into giving us some money."
Zhou Lizhong: "...Uncle San, who taught you this?"
Zhou Erlang said confidently, "Who doesn't know this? You don't have to say anything when you go there. Just stand aside and show your identity."
Before Zhou Lizhong could say anything, Uncle Shi came out and went straight to the kitchen, then came out with a knife...
Zhou Lizhong's eyes widened, and he quickly ran out to stop him. "Uncle Shi, what are you doing? Using a knife is a serious crime."
Uncle Shi smiled at him and said, "Don't worry, I just want to scare him, I'm not really going to do anything."
Zhou Lizhong was skeptical, "Really?"
Good night, it's almost time to go to bed. I'll make up for it tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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