Chapter 73 Borrowing Money

"Do you have a cold? You can't drink alcohol if you have a cold." Su An reached out and took the granddaughter's bowl first.

Su Jinxia quickly picked up the bowl.

"No, I just felt a little uncomfortable in my nose and sneezed."

"It's better to drink less." Su An sat back.

Su Jinxia stirred the pot with chopsticks, then poured the chopped mutton directly into half a plate, and then added various vegetables. She learned all this from those people.

Soon the meat came up and the dish was almost cooked.

Su Jinxia gave them some meat and said, "It's time to eat. We need to have a big meal tonight so that we can have enough energy to deal with them tomorrow."

"You're right. Let's eat well today." Su An picked up the chopsticks and ate the meat. He found that it tasted better than he imagined. "It tastes really good. Xia Xia, who did you learn from? How can you eat like this?"

"I heard it from my teacher, otherwise I wouldn't know hot pot is so delicious." Su Jinxia made up a lie.

I feel my left eyelid twitching more violently. Is there something wrong over there? I can’t care less. I can’t avoid the trouble anyway. I’ll just wait for it to come. I should eat and drink now.

Xiao Yuanshan struggled hard and finally pulled the cart to the hospital entrance. He was so tired that he collapsed to the ground. He really tried his best and he didn't even have the strength to speak.

Gu Yan climbed onto the cart and whispered "Dadong!" a few times. When there was no response, he moved close to his heart and listened to the sound of his heart beating. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

So they hurried back in to call for help, and soon the doctors and nurses took the person to the emergency room on a stretcher.

They could only stand at the door and wait.

"Yuanshan, what are we going to do with your father's condition? It looks serious. I don't know how much it will cost."

"Mom, now we can only take one step at a time."

"It's all your aunt's fault. If she hadn't started the fight, you wouldn't have joined in the fight. Your dad is in this state now, all because of your aunt."

"I think so too. Actually, Xiao Xia did nothing wrong. It's just that Auntie is being overbearing."

"You said your dad is like this, is it because Xia Xia kicked him?"

"I don't know either. We need to ask the doctor. If we were injured because of Xiao Xia's kick, then it's our own fault. If we hadn't supported Auntie, we wouldn't have been kicked at all."

"Your brother and sister are at home, and I don't know if anyone is taking care of them." Gu Yan was worried about her husband and the two children at home. Although rural children are very sensible and know to go back to bed after dinner, she felt worried when she thought that her mother-in-law would not give the children too much food when she was not around.

"Mom, let's split up." Xiao Yuanshan had long been fed up with the crowded life of his family, where they didn't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes, and all their earnings had to be given to the elders.

"Who doesn't want to split up? I want to split up too, but your father said that we can't split up while the old man is alive. So many years have passed in the blink of an eye. You have grown up, and your brothers and sisters are still young. We really can't split up at this time." Gu Yan squatted on the ground slowly. "Besides, your grandmother's behavior completely chilled my heart. She only gave us 5 yuan. What can this little money do?"

"Mom, I want to borrow money from Xiao Xia." Xiao Yuanshan expressed his thoughts, because he knew that even if he went back to his grandparents' place, he wouldn't get a penny. They would just say they had no money.

Gu Yan raised his head, "Son! Will Xiao Xia lend you money?"

Xiao Yuanshan shook his head. "I don't know whether I will lend her the money or not, but I want to give it a try. She is different now."

"You went to my house and beat someone up during the day. Now if you go to borrow money from someone, can you get it? If you want to borrow money, I'll do it!" Gu Yan straightened her clothes. "Once your aunt brought Xiao Xia back. She had a fever and I took care of her for the whole night. You were all young at that time and you probably don't remember anything."

Just then, the door of the operating room opened.

The doctor was the first to come out and take off his mask. "The patient is in a coma due to gastric bleeding and needs surgery."

"Doctor, I want to ask, is there any connection between this gastric bleeding and the kick?" Gu Yan asked.

Doctor, "You mean the patient was kicked in the abdomen?"

Xiao Yuanshan pointed to his stomach with his hand and said, "Yes, I think I got kicked in this spot."

The doctor said, "It's far from the stomach, so it won't cause gastric bleeding. Besides, I think his stomach problem is probably caused by being hungry for many years. It's possible that the kick made his stomach problem worse."

Judging from their attire, they didn't look like they were wealthy. The doctor continued,

"It's like this. He will have surgery next. You need to go downstairs to pay the deposit."

"How much do I have to pay?" Gu Yan had a bad feeling in her heart that this amount of money was definitely not a small sum.

"Pay 100 yuan first." The doctor softened his tone. "If the patient does not undergo surgery, his gastric bleeding will become more and more serious. According to his current bleeding volume, the possibility of self-healing is very low. If it causes massive bleeding in the abdominal cavity, even the gods will be unable to save him!"

"Can you do the surgery first? We can figure out the money issue when we get home," Gu Yan pleaded with the doctor. "We are from the countryside, and our family is not well off. We can't come up with that much money all at once. You need to give us some time to borrow money."

The doctor said, "Let me sign the consent form for you to have the surgery, but you must pay the money as soon as possible, otherwise the subsequent treatment will not be possible."

Gu Yan knelt down and kowtowed to the doctor, then stood up and said, "Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble."

The doctor then put on his mask and went back to the emergency room to prepare the patient for the next surgery.

I saw the door closed again, and only the mother and son were left at the door.

"I'm going to go find Xia Xia. You stay at the door and watch over your dad."

"I'll go with you, otherwise I'll be worried. Xia Xia has become different from before, and I'm afraid you'll quarrel with her."

"Don't worry, I'm not your aunt, I won't do anything stupid."

"Then if she doesn't lend it to you, don't make a fuss about it."

"I understand."

Gu Yan took one last look at her son and then left resolutely.

I have delivered things to my sister-in-law several times, so I know the road well and can tell the approximate location even when walking at night.

It felt like the chances of getting the money were slim, but how could she know without trying? It wasn't that she hadn't thought about going home to get the money, but she knew very well that she wouldn't get much money. It was even possible that she would bring the two elderly people back home to die because of the money!

Su Jinxia drank a little wine and was a little tipsy. She heard a knock on the door in a daze. She thought she had heard it wrong, so she turned over and continued to sleep.

The knocking continued, so she put on her shoes in a daze and walked to the door.

"who?"

"I'm your aunt!"

"Tell me again, who are you?"

"Xia Xia, I'm Yuanshan's mother!"

Su Jinxia sobered up instantly, and they opened the door and looked at each other. The moon was very round tonight, and the light shone in from the window in the corridor, so they could barely see each other's faces.