Grandma was so happy when she saw Qiao Xin's photo. With Zheng Gan and Jiang Fusheng's constant persuasion, she finally agreed to go to the hospital.
Time was running out, so the two of them helped grandma onto the donkey cart as quickly as possible, carefully headed to the town, and then chartered a car to go to the nearest hospital in the city.
It took a whole day to get to the hospital. Grandma was so weak that she had fallen into a coma.
"You must be Wang Guihua's family members, right? Her condition is not very good now and she needs surgery. You go and pay the fees." The doctor at the hospital examined grandma and said with a serious expression.
Wang Guihua is my grandmother’s full name.
Zheng Gan did not dare to delay. He took the receipt and went to the payment counter. He swiped his card to pay 60,000 yuan, 50,000 of which was for the surgery, and the remaining 10,000 yuan was kept in case of emergency.
After paying the money, Wang Guihua was pushed into the operating room, and the two waited outside.
"It's all because of my uselessness that your grandma has suffered so much." Jiang Fusheng blamed himself very much. It was because of his uselessness that Wang Guihua suffered this pain. "If you hadn't come here, your grandma would have..."
"It's okay uncle, grandma will be fine."
Zheng Gan knew that Jiang Fusheng was in trouble. His mother ran away from home and he was the only one left to take care of the family. He had no way to go out to work.
The two chatted like this, but it was basically Jiang Fusheng who talked and Zheng Gan who listened, and they were all talking about things in the past.
More than an hour later, Jiang Fusheng's children and wife also rushed over, exhausted.
"Dad, how's grandma?"
"Fusheng, I borrowed some money to see if I can make some concessions with the doctor."
When Jiang Fusheng left, he asked someone in the village to take a letter home, so the two of them didn't know the specific situation.
"Don't worry, Mom has already entered the operating room. Xiaogan paid for the surgery."
Jiang Fusheng's wife Liu Cuiping, Zheng Gan's aunt, looks like a typical rural woman. She is dark, thin, and looks weathered. She is fifty years old, but looks like she is sixty.
"How old is Xiao Gan and how much money can he have? Besides, how can we let him pay for it?" Liu Cuiping was stunned for a moment, then said excitedly. She knew that Zheng Gan was coming back today, so she killed a chicken at home to entertain him, but she didn't expect him to come directly to the hospital.
Zheng Gan really didn't expect that grandma's family was so nice. If it were someone from outside, they might be shirking responsibility now.
"It's okay, aunt. I have some money, which is enough to treat grandma's illness."
"That won't do. This is originally a matter between your uncle and me. How can I let a child like you..."
When Liu Cuiping was about to say something, Zheng Gan interrupted her.
"Okay, aunt, that's it. Let's talk about it after grandma gets better."
There's no way around it. Since Zheng Gan has said so, we can only put this matter aside for now and talk about it later.
"Thank you, brother. If it weren't for you, grandma might really not be able to make it." The speaker was Jiang Fusheng's son, Jiang Feng, who was also a skinny black boy, eighteen years old.
This family all look dark and thin, and it is obvious that they are not well off and lack nutrition.
"Don't be polite, we are all family." Zheng Gan patted Jiang Feng's shoulder.
Jiang Fusheng told us that the kid was just about to go out to work to earn money for Wang Guihua's medical treatment, but he died before he even left.
After the four of them chatted briefly for a few sentences, they fell into silence. For the time being, they could only wait anxiously outside the operating room. During this time, Zheng Gan and Qiao Xin briefly explained the situation here and reported that they were safe.
More than three hours later, the lights in the operating room finally went out and Wang Guihua was pushed out.
"How is the doctor?" Zheng Gan asked first, and Jiang Fusheng's family of three also looked at him eagerly.
"Thanks to your timely arrival, the patient's condition has stabilized. He will require long-term care in the future."
Hearing this, the four of them breathed a sigh of relief and worked together to push Wang Guihua into the ward.
"Uncle, let's go out for dinner first, and then get a room at the hotel. You guys go and have some rest." Zheng Gan looked at the time. It was already past nine o'clock in the evening.
After a busy day without eating anything, Wang Guihua's condition has stabilized and it's time for them to take a break.
"You go eat by yourself. We won't go out. Just bring some dry food from home." Liu Cuiping took out the dry pancake from her bag and prepared to make do with it.
"Let's go. Grandma's anesthetic will take more than an hour to wear off. It's useless for us to stay here."
Let him watch his uncle and his family eat dry flatbread? What a joke! If he really dared to do that, his mother would definitely come to him in his dreams to fight him to death.
At Zheng Gan's repeated request, Jiang Fusheng and his family of three had no choice but to follow Zheng Gan to a restaurant near the hospital.
"Xiao Gan, just make two vegetarian dishes. The food here is not cheap." Jiang Fusheng said reluctantly as he looked at the price of the dishes.
Zheng Gan didn't want to refute and ordered four meat dishes, two vegetable dishes and a staple food.
"Uncle, let's eat first. We've already ordered and there's no way to cancel." Looking at Jiang Feng who was swallowing his saliva, Zheng Gan picked up a piece of pork ribs and gave it to him.
After hearing what Zheng Gan said, Jiang Fusheng and the other two were speechless. They ate their food with big mouthfuls, which made Zheng Gan feel really sad.
It’s not that he is such a saint. He didn’t know the situation at his grandma’s house before. Fortunately, he came here. He really couldn’t bear to watch them suffer like this and not even be willing to come out for a meal.
After having a hearty meal, Aunt Liu Cuiping wanted to secretly pay the bill, but was stopped by Zheng Gan.
"The bill has been settled. Didn't my family kill a chicken? I'll eat it myself when we get back."
Zheng Gan packed a bowl of rice soup and brought it back to the hospital. Wang Guihua had just had surgery and couldn't eat normal meals yet, so the rice soup could help her replenish some energy.
"Grandma, how do you feel?" Wang Guihua woke up not long after the four of them came back.
The effect of the anesthetic had not completely worn off, and Wang Guihua's consciousness was not very clear. She simply nodded and fell asleep again.
"Xiao Gan, you go and have a rest. We will take care of you here." Jiang Fusheng said.
"Let's do this. Aunt will take the trouble to watch over you for one night, and the three of us will go out and find a place to sleep." Zheng Gan was indeed tired. He had been traveling all day and felt a little exhausted.
Jiang Fusheng quickly refused upon hearing this, "We are both here too, so we can lend a hand."
This was not asking for help, it was obvious that he was reluctant to spend money. Zheng Gan dragged and pushed the two of them out of the ward. He first went to the hospital supermarket to buy some daily necessities for Liu Cuiping, and then took the two of them to find a motel.
Originally they wanted to book three rooms, but Jiang Fusheng refused to agree no matter what and almost planned to squeeze in with Zheng Gan. In the end they could only book two rooms, one for him and one for Jiang Fusheng and his son.
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