Ge Yinmei's loud voice immediately rang out, "What? Five cents of silver?"
Chuntao is no longer the timid little wife she used to be. Facing Ge Yinmei and Xu Yongfu, she is not panicked at all and looks calm.
"Dad is now paralyzed and needs someone to take care of him. He has to take medicine and see a doctor all the time. It's not convenient to go to the village. We are all filial children. Naturally, we should send Dad to the county town, give him good medical treatment, and strive to get him out of bed one day. Don't you agree?"
Ge Yinmei subconsciously wanted to refute, are you kidding, the old man is already paralyzed in bed, to put it bluntly, half of his body is already sick, why does he still need to see a doctor?
Xu Yongfu tugged at her and said, "Dad is sick now, so he'd be more comfortable at home. He can't get used to living in that charity hall."
Ge Yinmei nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, yes, Dad has lived in his house for so long, he's used to it. How can we ask him to move to another place all of a sudden?"
Chuntao had long known that the couple would never agree to send Old Man Xu to a charity. The two families would each pay 2.5 yuan a month, which was almost the same as saving Ge Yinmei and the others' lives.
Moreover, Old Man Xu was already so angry with them because of the money issue, so it was absolutely impossible to ask them to pay for his treatment.
"Then we have to ask Dad what he thinks. If Dad is willing, both of our families have to pay the money. After all, filial piety is more important than anything else. Big brother and big sister-in-law, don't you agree?"
After listening to this, Ge Yinmei really wanted to tear her mouth apart. This little bitch Chuntao has learned from that evildoer and is becoming more and more difficult to deal with!
Xu Yongfu's face wasn't looking good either. The couple knew exactly how Old Man Xu became paralyzed. If it was the second son, they would just go home and ask him, wouldn't that be the end of it?
"Sister-in-law, you really don't need to worry so much. I'm the eldest, and it's my job to take care of Dad. You guys are busy working in the county town to earn money, so just don't work and pay, and we won't blame you."
Xu Yongfu spoke in a high-sounding manner, and Ge Yinmei nodded as well. The two of them stared at Chuntao, wishing they could snatch the silver from her right away.
"Oh, you two are so nice to say, but I heard that Old Man Xu was paralyzed by the two of you?"
Jiang Jiuyue just happened to be driving back with Xu Yonggui in a carriage. He said something sarcastic to Xu Yongfu and his wife, and Ge Yinmei was so scared that she quickly hid behind Xu Yongfu.
Last time, Jiang Jiuyue pierced her tongue, and it took a lot of effort to heal it. Now, whenever she looked at Jiang Jiuyue, she felt that her tongue didn't feel right.
Seeing that Jiang Jiuyue was also frightened, Xu Yongfu smiled and said, "How is that possible? That's just nonsense from the village ladies. My father is just sick."
Xu Yonggui didn't say whether he believed it or not, and said, "We have borrowed a carriage from Jiuyue, and we will go back to the village to ask Dad what he thinks. If Dad is willing to go to the county town for treatment, our two families must pay for it no matter what."
Xu Yongfu and Ge Yinmei's faces became even uglier. Xu Yonggui insisted on going back to see Old Man Xu, and they couldn't stop him at all.
Chuntao carried the two children to the next door and asked the grandmother next door to help look after them for a while. Then she turned around and said, "Let's go. I've taken care of the children. Let's go back to the village to see how Dad is doing."
Jiang Jiuyue was happy to watch the excitement and got on the carriage first, followed by Chuntao and Xu Yonggui. There were no empty seats left in the carriage.
Today Jiang Jiuyue deliberately picked the smallest carriage with a table inside, which could only seat four people at most.
When Xu Yongfu and Ge Yinmei wanted to get on, Jiang Jiuyue lifted the curtain of the car, with a look of regret on her face, "We were in a hurry to get out today, so we rushed the car, which can't accommodate so many people. You can only go back the same way you came."
Even in front of others, Xu Yongfu and Ge Yinmei would have to curse a few words, but Jiang Jiuyue could not. She could only watch the carriage go away until it was almost out of sight before she dared to spit at her.
But they didn't dare to curse for too long. After all, the carriage was much faster than a person, and they had to hurry home.
After a while, the carriage passed by the gate of Xu's courtyard.
Xu Yonggui and Chuntao jumped off the carriage and went directly to Old Man Xu's room.
Old man Xu was lying alone in the room at this time, talking weakly about wanting water to drink.
After hearing this, Xu Yonggui didn't say anything else. He quickly poured the water over and fed it into Old Man Xu's mouth.
Old man Xu drank several gulps before he came to his senses. He saw clearly that the person in front of him was actually the second son Xu Yonggui.
"Yonggui... Yonggui you're back..."
Xu Yonggui felt bad when he saw the miserable state of Old Man Xu.
"Dad, why are you like this? Where's mom? Why doesn't she come home to take care of you?"
Old man Xu burst into tears, "Yonggui! Dad was so stupid! Dad believed your mother's lies. Dad is so sorry for you!"
Xu Yonggui didn't respond, but wiped his tears for him, "Dad, don't talk about this, where is mom? You were paralyzed in bed, why didn't she take care of you?"
Old Man Xu shook his head. "I don't know. Ever since I became paralyzed, she has despised me for being a useless person and doesn't like to talk to me."
Xu Yonggui sighed, "Dad, why did you suddenly become paralyzed? How did you become so sick when you were fine?"
Old man Xu was already in such a state, so he didn't care about his face anymore. He said angrily, "That bastard Xu Yongfu forced your mother and I to take out the coffin money to build a house for Darong and marry him off. I didn't have any money, and they scolded me like I was worse than an animal! I was so angry that I couldn't stand up. I fell down and couldn't stand up when I woke up..."
Just then, Old Lady Xu came back suddenly. She saw Jiang Jiuyue's door and Xu Yonggui and Chuntao's room, and a guilty look immediately appeared on her face.
She really didn't care about Old Man Xu at all. Looking at him like this, Old Lady Xu also felt that he was probably dying soon, and she didn't have the heart to take good care of him.
Jiang Jiuyue looked back at her with a half-smile on her face, "Aunt Xu, you really have the leisure time. Your husband is paralyzed in bed, and you still have the mind to go out and play?"
Old Mrs. Xu felt very guilty. She didn't expect them to come back. She thought the second son and his wife would never come back.
Today, the eldest brother and his wife went to ask them for money, and Old Lady Xu thought that they could just give them some money to get rid of them. She never thought that the second brother, who was heartbroken by them, would come back.
Chuntao also heard the sound of Old Lady Xu coming back, and couldn't help but come out to question, "Mom, Dad was so sick, why didn't you take care of him? When we came back, Dad was so thirsty that he didn't even have a sip of water to drink!"
Old Mrs. Xu looked guilty. "Well, I went out to borrow something, and now I'm back..."
Jiang Jiuyue sneered, "Borrowing something for half a day? Old Xu is dying of thirst, and no one gave him a sip of water. If Chuntao and the others hadn't come back, Old Xu would have died of thirst at home today, right?"
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