Chapter 80: Poor Couples Have Many Sadnesses

On Saturday morning, Jiang Xianli was still asleep when her cell phone rang.

I pressed the answer button in a daze.

"Hello."

Her sister's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone, "Lili, I just came to the hospital for a prenatal checkup and met Xianming and his wife and our father who brought our mother to the hospital. She broke her leg while washing clothes."

Jiang Xianli's mind became clearer. "Do you want to have surgery?"

"The doctor said that it's not necessary for now. I'll just put on a plaster cast for a week and then see how it goes after a week. If it's serious, I'll still need surgery."

"Okay, don't worry, I'll go over and take a look later."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xianli got up, washed, changed her clothes, drank a bowl of porridge, and prepared to go over.

When she was leaving, Xie Jingcheng was practicing Tai Chi at the door and asked her, "Are you going out?"

"Well, my mom broke her leg. I'm going to the hospital."

Xie Jingcheng looked at her with unspeakable emotions in his eyes.

"I'll go with you."

This girl still didn't treat him as a family member. His mother-in-law was in the hospital, and he didn't ask her, and she didn't even tell him.

"Okay, let's go."

Xie Jingcheng changed his clothes and the two drove to the hospital.

All the Jiang family members except Jiang Xianhui were in the ward. Zhao Xiumei was half lying on the bed, crying in pain.

Xie Jingcheng put the fruit basket he bought on the bedside, "Mom, do you want to tighten your legs?"

Zhao Xiumei shook her head. "It's not a big deal. Time is not kind to me. I'm old now. I just slipped on the water and broke my bones. I'm sorry to have made you run all this way."

"Look at what you said. It's my duty as a son-in-law."

Xie Jingcheng took out 1,000 yuan from his wallet and said, "Mom, Lili and I didn't buy anything from you. You can use this money to buy some nutritional supplements. You also need to pay for medical expenses."

Zhao Xiumei's face lit up with joy, and she was about to take it, but when she saw Jiang Xianli's cold face, she had to give up.

"No need Jingcheng, Mom... has money."

Xie Jingcheng stuffed the money directly into her hand, "Mom, you don't have to look at Lili's expression, this is your son-in-law's gift to you."

After saying that, he tugged at Jiang Xianli's arm again, "Come on, Mom is like this, if I don't show some appreciation as a son-in-law, am I still a human being?"

Jiang Xianhong quickly changed the subject, "Mom will probably be in the hospital for ten days or half a month. We are all working and going to school, how can we take care of her?"

Xie Jingcheng said, "I can hire a nurse for my mother."

"I don't want to hire a nurse." Zhao Xiumei was very determined. "I heard that nurses abuse patients. Besides, I have so many children. If I have to hire someone to take care of them when I get hurt, I will be laughed at."

The purpose of having children is to have a large house full of grandchildren and to be around them. How miserable she would be if she didn't have any children to take care of her even when she was in the hospital.

Jiang Xianhong looked at Ding Yuanyuan, "Yuanyuan, you tell us what to do. We will listen to you."

She knew that her mother felt that once her daughter was married, the daughter-in-law should be the one to make decisions on all matters at home.

Ding Yuanyuan said, "Yangyang is busy with his studies right now, so he definitely can't take care of Mom. Xianming and I, you and Dad, let's each take a day off and take turns to look after Mom."

Jiang Xianming asked, "What about Lili?"

Ding Yuanyuan rolled her eyes at him and said, "Lili has paid for the medical expenses. Now that she has paid, we can't ask her to contribute anymore."

"Oh, sure."

But Jiang Xianli said, "I'm fine. I can come and take care of mom. Also, my eldest sister has been feeling unwell recently. I'll take her place on that day."

Jiang Xianhong quickly said, "Lili, no need, I can do it myself."

Jiang Xianli pulled her hand and whispered, "Mom is an experienced person. You've been with her for a long time. If she finds out you're pregnant, she'll definitely ask you to have an abortion. Try not to show up in front of her in the future. Wait until you're more pregnant."

"Oh well."

Jiang Xianli said to Ding Yuanyuan, "Let's settle it, sister-in-law. I'll take two days, and you'll each take one day. The rest will be arranged after we review the situation next time."

"Okay, then you can schedule it on Saturday and Sunday. It won't interfere with your classes on Monday."

"Okay, you all go back first."

After the Jiang family left, Xie Jingcheng moved Zhao Xiumei to a VIP single room and bought some daily necessities so that Jiang Xianli could stay more comfortably in the hospital.

Xie Jingcheng went to the company only after everything was arranged.

Zhao Xiumei half-leaned on the bed, watching TV and eating an apple, and said to Jiang Xianli with pride: "Back then, your mother insisted on forcing you to marry into the Xie family. Now you know why, right?"

Jiang Xianli sat on the sofa and said unhappily, "So that you can stay in a single room while in the hospital."

"If you want to say that, I won't refute it. Your father and I are both incompetent, your brother is also a nobody, and Yangyang is still young. If our family wants to improve our lives and live a good life, I can only hope that you three sisters marry well.

But given our family's financial situation, even if you marry someone well, you can only marry the son of a factory leader. At most, you will have no worries about food and clothing, but don't expect to become wealthy.

It's not easy to get a wealthy family like the Xie family to propose marriage. If you marry into their family, let's not talk about whether you can help your mother's family. At least you won't have to worry about anything in your life. Moreover, your child will be the son or daughter of a wealthy family as soon as he is born. This class is completely different.

Let's take a step back and say that if your brother, your younger brother, or your older sister really doesn't have a job, wouldn't it be just a matter of a word from the Xie family to find them a job?

We don't have to worry about food and drink. As for your so-called love, let me tell you, you are still young now and think it is priceless, love is enough to satisfy you, but after a few years, you will know that it is worthless, it can't buy you a piece of clothing, or a piece of meat.

When you have elderly parents and young children to take care of, and you need to spend money everywhere in your home, you will understand how important money is. Poor couples have many troubles!"

Jiang Xianli lowered her head and said nothing.

She knew it, she knew it too well.

So in this life, she has come to understand a lot more about her mother's behavior.

But the suffering she had endured since childhood and her mother's preference for boys over girls made it impossible for her to let go.

"It's noon. What do you want to eat? I'll go buy it."

Zhao Xiumei didn't choose, "Whatever, just buy whatever you like."

Jiang Xianli ate a bowl of mutton noodles at the hospital entrance, and brought a bowl of chicken soup noodles with a chicken leg for Zhao Xiumei.

Jiang Xianli lay down on the sofa and said, "You eat, I'll take a nap."

"Okay, okay, go to sleep."

Zhao Xiumei gnawed on a chicken leg while looking at the glittering gold bracelet on the lady's wrist and the 1,000 yuan in her pocket.

She couldn't help but sigh in her heart again, how wise it was for her to insist on letting this stubborn girl marry into the Xie family.

In the evening, Jiang Xianli was peeling oranges when there was a knock on the ward door.

When I opened it, it turned out to be Lan Mo.

"What brought you here? How did you find this place?"

Lan Mo smiled and said, "I ran into Xianming on the street today. She told me that my aunt was in the hospital. I went to the hospital and asked, and I found out that you were here."

Zhao Xiumei asked, "Who is it?"

"Auntie, it's me!" Lan Mo walked in and sat down in front of Zhao Xiumei. "Auntie, do you still remember me?"

"Hey! Isn't this Momo? We haven't seen each other for three years, right? Where have you been?"

"I went to Shenzhen to make money. I won't go back here any more."

Lan Mo put all the bags she brought on the table, "Auntie, look at the good things I bought for you, cereal, black sesame paste, milk powder for the elderly, walnut cakes, and bird's nests..."

She had often eaten at Jiang Xianli's house since she was little. Although the food was only pickled vegetables and porridge, at least she didn't go hungry when her grandmother was not at home.

Now that she has money, it is only right for her to buy something for Jiang's parents.