So far, the hospitalization fees, surgery fees, and daily medications alone have cost over six hundred yuan. The most crucial point is that although my son's surgery was successful...
But the doctor has made it clear that even if my son's leg injury heals, he will be left with a disability. Now that you are here as Song Jiaojiao's father, tell us about your family's plans.
Furthermore, my son Xiaozhou is not yet married. He became disabled while saving your daughter, so finding a wife will definitely be difficult for him. We are all intelligent people, so I won't say more; I'm sure you understand what I mean.
Song Weiqiang looked slightly embarrassed. He smiled and said, "Our family will cover Comrade Zhao's surgery, medical expenses, and hospitalization fees, but our family's situation isn't hard to find out about at the steel plant."
With the recent passing of Jiaojiao's older brother's wedding and her sister's marriage, the family simply didn't have much money left.
However, when we came here, Jiaojiao's mother still managed to scrape together a thousand yuan and gave it to me. I'll give it to you now.
Song Weiqiang took out the thousand yuan from his pocket and placed it on the table next to Zhao Yuzhou's hospital bed.
She then put down the nutritional supplements she was still carrying and said, "The child has suffered so much, he definitely needs to be well nourished. It's not much, just a small token of my and my husband's appreciation."
Zhao's mother thought Song Weiqiang would at most come up with six or seven hundred yuan, but to her surprise, he pulled out a thousand, showing he was quite sincere.
Therefore, her complexion improved slightly.
Song Jiaojiao wiped away her tears, her eyes never leaving her. She glanced at the thousand yuan on the table and secretly resented Zhao's mother for being so heartless and causing her family to suffer so much.
This isn't enough? He wants her to marry Zhao Yuzhou? Is he dreaming?
Worried that her biological father, Song Weiqiang, might propose marrying her off to Zhao Yuzhou to smooth things over, or rather, not wanting to offend the Zhao family, Song Jiaojiao, with tears streaming down her face, looked at Song Weiqiang and choked out:
"Dad, you know I have someone I like. Besides, Zhao Yuzhou saved me of his own free will; I didn't ask him to save me."
But ultimately, he injured his leg saving me, which will leave him with a disability. However, you've already given me a thousand dollars as compensation.
This means that the matter of Zhao Yuzhou saving me is even. I will absolutely not sacrifice myself again and marry Zhao Yuzhou, suffering a lifetime of grievances!
"What do you mean you'll be wronged for life if you marry my son? What's wrong with my Xiaozhou? He became disabled because he saved you, and you still look down on him? Where's your shame?!"
"Auntie, you've misunderstood me. It's not that I dislike Zhao Yuzhou, it's that I don't want to be a miserable couple with him. I have someone I like!"
Song Jiaojiao cried her heart out.
Zhao Yuzhou had been irritable ever since he learned that he would be disabled, and now, hearing Song Jiaojiao's sobbing, he couldn't control himself any longer and shouted, "Fine, I won't marry you! I never intended to marry you anyway!"
"Zhao Yuzhou, I'm sorry, I really only considered you a friend. Please don't blame me, sob sob~"
Song Jiaojiao cried, feeling utterly wronged.
“My son was just saying that in anger. If he didn’t love your daughter so much, would he have risked his own safety to rush into the fire and rescue her?”
Zhao's mother ignored Zhao Yuzhou and Song Jiaojiao. She looked at Song Weiqiang expressionlessly and said, "Don't think that the thousand yuan you've brought out today is a lot."
Compared to my son's ability to walk normally, no amount of money would matter to me!
"Now, you decide whether or not the two families should arrange a marriage."
As everyone worked at the steel plant and were cadres there, Zhao's mother naturally knew who Song Weiqiang was.
She believed that the other party would not refuse the marriage proposal from both families.
"I have no objection to the marriage of the two children, but I think it would be best if our two families could find another time to discuss it. Right now, the most important thing is Comrade Zhao's leg injury."
Even if he wanted to marry his daughter into the Zhao family—no, he was forced to agree to marry his daughter into the Zhao family—he couldn't just make a hasty decision.
At the very least, there must be a matchmaker, and both families must sit down face to face and formally discuss the marriage.
Otherwise, aside from what others say, if their youngest daughter, Jiaojiao, were to marry into the Zhao family, she would probably find it difficult to stand up straight.
"Dad! I told you I don't want to marry Zhao Yuzhou!"
Song Jiaojiao wanted to escape the ward, but she didn't know where she could go...
Back to Shisong Village?
Zhao Yuzhou's mother said that if she didn't stay at the hospital and didn't stay by Zhao Yuzhou's bedside, and dared to run back to the village, she would be dragged back to the hospital!
Yes, while Zhao Yuzhou was asleep, Zhao's mother called Song Jiaojiao outside the ward and threatened her.
If Song Jiaojiao returns to Shisong Village to avoid taking care of Zhao Yuzhou, then she will make it impossible for Song Jiaojiao to stay in the village.
The consequence of not being able to stay would be that the brigade leader would report to the commune's educated youth office, and the brigade leader would transfer the student to a brigade with even more difficult conditions.
Once their reputation is ruined, a whole host of troubles will follow. The production brigade will naturally be unwilling to keep such an educated youth in the village, lest one bad apple spoil the whole bunch.
Song Weiqiang didn't go to see Song Jiaojiao; he and Zhao's mother were talking about Zhao Yuzhou's injured leg.
At this moment, neither of them—no, neither Song Jiaojiao nor Zhao Yuzhou, nor any of the four people in the ward—knew that a nightmare was about to unfold for Song Jiaojiao.
...
About seven or eight days later, Zhao's mother completed the discharge procedures for Zhao Yuzhou and brought with her the injury certificate issued to Zhao Yuzhou by the brigade.
After completing all the formalities at the commune's youth affairs office and household registration office, the mother and son boarded the train back to Beijing.
Because Zhao Yuzhou had difficulty walking, the brigade specially arranged for an oxcart to take Zhao Yuzhou and her son to the county train station.
Before leaving, Zhao's mother needed to get the certificate issued by the brigade for Zhao Yuzhou, which required a trip to the village. In her attempt to win over Song Jiaojiao, she frequently told villagers that Song Jiaojiao was Zhao Yuzhou's girlfriend.
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