Zhou Bingxing felt both regretful and sad.
Why should he listen to Xiao Cui and steal his father's gold bars at night?
Now, a jar of gold bars is missing. Dad will be furious tomorrow. And Xiao Cui, if she hadn't gone to the backyard to steal the gold bars tonight, she wouldn't have been poisoned.
Why was Ding Xiaocui poisoned? Was there a snake in the backyard?
Impossible, how could Xiao Cui not know that she was bitten by a snake?
Zhou Bingxing was puzzled.
Zhou Bingxing covered his head and ran forward, while Ding Ermei and the two children from the second wife chased after him.
When he saw the hospital gate, Zhou Bingxing's legs went weak and he almost fell down.
Just now, I was thinking that I could hurry up and save Xiaocui if she got to the hospital. Zhou Bingxing didn't feel tired at all. Now he relaxed with a sigh of relief, and felt his whole body was limp and he had no strength left.
"What are you doing?" The security guard saw Zhou Bingxing standing at the hospital entrance with someone on his back, breathing heavily, and couldn't help but stick his head out to ask.
"Uncle, my...my wife has been...poisoned. I'm here to find...a doctor...to help her." Zhou Bingxing answered while gasping for breath.
"We can't delay if you're poisoned. Young man, follow me quickly." The security guard was shocked and hurried out to take Zhou Bingxing to the emergency department.
Doctor Wang is on night duty today.
Doctor Wang quickly checked Ding Xiaocui's hands and lips, and frowned tightly.
Judging from Ding Xiaocui's appearance, she was indeed poisoned.
However, Dr. Wang had never seen such a strong poison before.
"How long has she been like this?" Doctor Wang asked, pointing at Ding Xiaocui's palm.
"About fifteen minutes ago, as soon as I saw something was wrong, I came to the hospital immediately," said Zhou Bingxing.
Doctor Wang was shocked.
The palm of Ding Xiaocui's left hand had already become necrotic, and Doctor Wang thought that Ding Xiaocui had been poisoned for more than half a day!
"You are the patient's husband, right? Your wife needs to have surgery immediately. Please go to the cashier to pay the money and I will arrange the surgery right away." Doctor Wang said seriously.
"Surgery? What kind of surgery?" Zhou Bingxing was a little confused.
"Amputate! You see, her entire palm is already necrotic, and the poison is beginning to spread to her arm. If we don't do it quickly, the poison will spread to her heart and she will die." Doctor Wang said anxiously, "Time is of the essence now. Go pay the money quickly. I'll make a cut on her hand first to let some of the poisonous blood out."
Doctor Wang became busy.
Zhou Bingxing stood there, stunned.
Pay? Ding Ermei hasn't arrived yet! Zhou Bingxing has no money in his pocket.
Besides, wouldn’t Ding Xiaocui become disabled after cutting off her hand?
"Hurry up! What's wrong with you?" Doctor Wang picked up the cotton ball stained with poisonous blood with pliers, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it. The smell of dead fish and rotten shrimp made Doctor Wang's face change drastically.
Oh no, this poison is too strong. If the poison is not detoxified, the patient may not be saved even if the limb is amputated.
Thinking of this, Dr. Wang quickly picked up the phone and called people frantically.
"Bingxing, what's going on? Is Xiao Cui saved?" At this time, Ding Ermei arrived breathlessly, supported by her two children.
"Mom, wuwuwu..." Zhou Bingxing cried.
"Don't cry, just tell me quickly!" Ding Ermei was very anxious.
"The doctor said I have to amputate. Mom, what should I do?" Zhou Bingxing asked, wiping away his tears.
"Amputation? Doctor, how much will the medical expenses cost?" Ding Ermei is worthy of being Ding Ermei. She didn't ask about the efficacy of the treatment, but how much it would cost.
"The surgery fee is 120 yuan for now, and the subsequent payment will be settled by the inpatient department." Doctor Wang answered, having just finished a phone call.
"I have to pay an additional 120 yuan? Are you trying to rob people in this hospital?" Ding Ermei jumped up.
Ding Ermei now has only one hundred and thirty yuan left in her savings.
I don't know how much money Ding Xiaocui will spend on medicine this time. In other words, Ding Ermei will become a pauper, oh no, maybe she will be in debt.
"Auntie, our hospital's charges are all open and transparent. You can call the Health Bureau to ask. If you don't want to be treated, you can leave. You can't slander us for charging exorbitant fees." Doctor Wang was angered by Ding Ermei.
"Bingxing, let's go." Ding Ermei gritted her teeth and said.
"Auntie, I have the obligation to remind you that without treatment, the patient may not even survive two hours." Doctor Wang glanced at Ding Xiaocui with pity in his eyes.
Not saving is equivalent to waiting for death.
It has only been a few minutes since I entered the door.
The bluish-gray color on Ding Xiaocui's palm had reached her wrist.
If things continue to develop at this rate, the poison will definitely spread to the heart in two hours at most.
"Mom, please save Xiao Cui! On the way to the hospital, Xiao Cui was still saying that she didn't want to die." Zhou Bingxing's eyes were red.
"Bingxing! Didn't you hear what the doctor said? One hundred and twenty is the cost of tonight's surgery, and we don't know how many more hundred and twenty will be needed later! Our family doesn't have that much money! Xiao Cui's illness is a bottomless pit!" Ding Ermei said with a bitter face.
"Mom, don't worry about the money. Just lend it to me first, and I promise to pay you back in a few days." Zhou Bingxing gritted his teeth and said.
Zhou Bingxing thought of those gold bars.
A few days later, he went to the county town to sell the gold bars. Xiao Cui was sincere to him, and she had been with him for so many years and gave birth to two children for him.
Four gold bars should be enough to pay for Xiao Cui's medical expenses... right?
"Oh my, are you stupid? Do you understand that Xiao Cui needs to have her limbs amputated? Even if she is saved, she will be a cripple! With this money, you might as well marry a new wife!" Ding Ermei said the last sentence with a pause in her throat.
However, Zhou Bingxing understood.
Zhou Jiaxiang was standing next to Ding Ermei and also understood.
Zhou Jiaxiang was very angry.
How could grandma do this?
Isn't mom grandma's biological niece? Why did grandma prefer to save the money for dad to marry a stepmother rather than let dad save mom when dad said he was willing to spend money to save mom?
No, stepmothers are bad people. He doesn't want a stepmother.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jiaxiang glanced at Zhou Bingxing and Ding Ermei.
Zhou Bingxing and Ding Ermei were busy arguing. Zhou Bingxing insisted on saving the girl, while Ding Ermei tried to persuade Zhou Bingxing to stop caring.
Zhou Jiaxiang secretly walked to the bedside and whispered in Ding Xiaocui's ear: "Mom, did you hear that? Dad wanted to save you, but grandma said she didn't have the money and wouldn't save you."
Perhaps because of her strong desire to survive, Ding Xiaocui suddenly opened her eyes after hearing Zhou Jiaxiang's words and said with a big tongue: "The gold bars are in the box. Sell them and you will have money for treatment."
Zhou Jiaxiang was overjoyed and rushed to Zhou Bingxing, saying, "Dad, Mom said there are gold bars in her box. If we sell them, we will have money to treat the disease."
"Jiaxiang, what nonsense are you talking about? How could your mother have gold bars?" Ding Ermei's face was full of astonishment.
Zhou Fugui never told Ding Ermei about the gold bars.
The Ding family had been poor for three generations. Ding Ermei didn't believe that Ding Xiaocui had received gold bars as a dowry when she got married.
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