According to tradition, parents are usually taken care of by the eldest child in their old age.
With Ma Qiangguo and Ma Fuguo determined to get rid of the burden, the division of the three brothers went very smoothly.
Although the three brothers of the Ma family still lived together, their money and property were separated and each of them was in charge. Of course, the three brothers were now penniless.
After dividing the property, Ma Jianguo was unwilling to give up and started to worry about the medical expenses.
The hospital is already in arrears with the bill, and if they don’t pay the money, they will have to send Ma Jinhua back home.
Ma Jianguo wanted to lend money, but with Ma Qiangguo and Ma Fuguo's publicity, everyone in the village understood that if they lent money to Ma Jianguo, he might not be able to pay it back.
They are all rural people who grow crops in the fields. They are lucky to have enough to eat. They can't make much extra money in a year. It will take a long time for Ma Jianguo to pay back his money by relying on farming!
The Ma family, that is, Ma Fuguo, is the one who makes money, but Ma Fuguo, who has a fixed salary, almost said it clearly: The money borrowed by my eldest brother has nothing to do with me!
So, only a few kind-hearted households lent him a few cents or a dollar. Ma Jianguo ran around the village and borrowed less than five yuan in total.
This amount of money is obviously not enough for medical expenses.
Ma Jianguo was so anxious that he ran around in circles and finally ran to the old village chief's house and begged him for help.
The old village chief, who had been dismissed from his position, naturally didn't want to pay out of his own pocket. After all, borrowing money would be like throwing meat buns at a dog. The old village chief played the victim in various ways, saying that his family had no money and could not help. Finally, he said, "The last time I was in town, I heard that someone bought a job at the cannery for 300 yuan. Otherwise, how about asking your third son to sell his job?"
After hearing this, Ma Jianguo immediately went home to find Ma Fuguo.
Ma Jianguo said that, and Ma Fuguo immediately jumped up and down, "Brother, you are really my good brother! Selling my job? Huh? Why don't you sell your fields, your blood, your wife and daughter, and then sell yourself! The money you and second brother spent when you got married, all belong to me! As a younger brother, how much work have I done for the family, and how much money have you taken home? How much do I get now that the family is divided? It's a lot! I have paid so much! I don't expect you, as an older brother, to arrange a marriage for me, but you want me to sell my job, are you trying to force me to death..."
Ma Fuguo was so angry that he almost jumped up and pointed at Ma Jianguo's nose and cursed: Get out!
Finally, under the pressure of Ma Jianguo crying, "That's our mother...", Ma Fuguo finally had no choice but to give in and sell the three old hens given to him to raise money, as he had nothing else.
After sending Ma Jianguo away, Ma Fuguo packed up his bags as quickly as possible, locked his room, and went back to the factory, staying away from everyone.
Seven hens would cost at least twenty yuan.
After making this calculation, Ma Jianguo talked to Ma Qiangguo about this matter, but was met with Ma Qiangguo's firm opposition.
Ma Qiangguo has made up his mind not to waste money.
His son needs to eat eggs every day to supplement his nutrition, so the old hen must not be sold!
What's more, if he nodded, this time he would sell old hens, and next time he would sell grain!
He didn't want to end up with his wife and children separated and starving to death at home.
No matter how Ma Jianguo mentioned Ma Jinhua, or how he talked about the hardships she had gone through in raising them, Ma Qiangguo remained unmoved, always saying, "I tried my best!"
Finally, Ma Jianguo and Ma Qiangguo borrowed an ox cart and went to the town with the five old hens belonging to Ma Jianguo and Ma Fuguo, and most of the food in Ma Jianguo's family.
After selling it for nearly fifty yuan, the two brothers went to the hospital again.
The family business was divided, money was borrowed, and the day ended with the two brothers driving an ox cart to town.
Li Hongmei, who watched all these changes, stood in the yard with mixed feelings, looking in the direction where the two brothers left, unable to calm down for a long time.
"Mom, my second uncle said the two old hens belong to his family, and the eggs are also his. Why?" Lin Xiaoman put on an innocent face and began to ask curious questions like a baby, "Will I not be able to eat eggs again in the future?"
Li Hongmei sighed, patted her head, and comforted her self-deceptively, "It will be fine. There will be eggs."
"That's great!" Lin Xiaoman cheered, then touched her stomach, "Mom, I'm hungry, I'll go cook!"
"Xiaobao will probably wake up soon. You go and watch over him while I go cook." After giving these instructions, Li Hongmei went into the house. Seeing the tiny amount of food left, which was only enough for more than ten days, she couldn't help but feel panic in her heart.
During the famine, the scene of people starving to death once again came to her mind.
Are we going to starve them to death just for a mother-in-law?
But what can she do?
Although Ma Jianguo treated her very well, when it came to Ma Jinhua... he was stubborn and there was no way around it.
Sell everything you have to treat the disease!
What should the mother and daughter do? !
Full of sorrow, Li Hongmei simply cooked a full meal and stewed a freshly baked hot egg, which she shared with Lin Xiaoman and Ma Xiaobao.
The mother and daughter ate a big meal.
After dinner, Li Hongmei washed the dishes and cleaned up, while Lin Xiaoman took Ma Xiaobao to Ma Jinhua's room to play.
Letting Ma Xiaobao crawl around in the room, Lin Xiaoman ran to the vicinity of the bed while chasing him. Then, while he was not paying attention, he stretched out his hand and waved it under the bed. A pile of newspaper wrapped in something rolled out from the space to the innermost corner under the bed.
Hehe, she embezzled some money from the marriage fraud mission, and now this mission comes in handy.
Of course, we can’t take out all of it, only a part of it.
The whole play was played out. After a while, Lin Xiaoman, who had also crawled under the bed and followed Ma Xiaobao, accidentally saw the paper ball.
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