The second aunt was shocked: "Oh, isn't this a terminal illness?"
"Poor thing, poor thing..."
Ye Li pulled the curtains in the room and left a small gap to peek out. She saw the two people whispering to each other as if they were discussing her "illness".
Now it's settled.
Second Auntie is the "loudmouth" in this compound. She is always busy with mischief. If she knew about it, everyone in the compound would know about it in less than a day.
Next, she doesn't have to do anything. She just needs to act at the critical moment and then wait and see what happens.
As she expected, everyone in the entire compound knew that she was seriously ill throughout the day.
She took advantage of the time when her neighbors got off work and came out of the house to get water to wash vegetables. When there were many people around, she deliberately vomited twice, then covered her stomach and groaned in pain twice.
"Hey, what happened to Ye Li?"
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"Does your stomach feel uncomfortable?"
Ye Li nodded, opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of "blood" with a "wow" sound.
"Ye Li vomited blood!" Someone shouted.
Upon hearing the noise, everyone in the yard gathered around, staring at the "blood" on the ground with wide eyes.
"Why is he vomiting blood?"
"Ye Li, is your illness serious enough?"
"Let's go to the hospital."
The neighbors were talking at the same time, one after another, and it was very lively.
Some comforted Ye Li, and some gave her advice.
Ye Li's eyes turned red. He took a basin of water and poured it on the ground to dilute the bloodstains.
"I'm fine, thank you for your concern."
After saying that, she took the vegetable basin back to the kitchen and rinsed her mouth with water to get rid of the fishy smell of chicken blood in her mouth.
On the way back today, she saw someone slaughtering a chicken, so she asked for some chicken blood to use for her performance.
Ye Chunwang and Ye Mei were playing poker in the house. When they heard the noise outside, they came out to watch.
Ye Mei: "What's wrong?"
Ye Chunwang: "What happened? What are you all watching?"
Everyone looked at the two men and shook their heads and sighed.
Everyone felt sorry for Ye Li's bad luck. How could he get such a serious illness and have such a relative?
"What's wrong? Why don't you talk?" Ye Mei was still wondering why everyone just kept shaking their heads and not saying anything.
The second aunt pulled Ye Mei and Ye Chunwang aside and said, "Don't you two know? Ye Li has a terminal illness!"
"What?" Ye Chunwang sneered, "Are you kidding?"
"Second Aunt, please don't talk nonsense! My sister is fine! Please don't curse her!" Ye Mei yelled.
"Oh, you two..." The second aunt pointed at the two people with a look of disappointment, "She is your sister, she is almost dying, and you don't know anything! Look, what is this!"
The second aunt said this and handed the checklist to the two people.
Ye Chunwang and Ye Mei came over to take a look, and both of them gasped.
"Got it?"
Ye Chunwang grabbed the checklist in his hand and told the second aunt: "Shh, please keep your voice down! Don't shout or everyone will know!"
Second Aunt: “…”
Too late!
She has told every household about it!
"You didn't tell everything, did you?" Ye Mei felt something was wrong when she saw her expression.
The second aunt laughed twice: "I mean well..."
Ye Mei stamped her feet angrily: "You talk so fast!"
When it was dark, Ye Jinshan and Zhuang Shihong came back together.
Ye Li had already prepared the food and put it on the table, but he did not come out to eat.
Zhuang Shihong washed his hands, sat at the table, picked up his chopsticks and prepared to eat.
"Mom, I have something to tell you." Ye Chunwang took out the medical check list from his pocket and placed it on the table, "Ye Li has a terminal illness!"
Zhuang Shihong paused: "What? What disease?"
"Terminal illness!" Ye Mei pointed at the two words above, "Stomach cancer! Do you see it?"
Zhuang Shihong was shocked, put down his chopsticks and hurriedly picked up the checklist.
When she saw the words written on it clearly, her face turned pale.
"How...how could this happen?" The marriage had just been arranged and the betrothal gift would arrive next week.
She was diagnosed with a serious illness at this time. If the Jiang family knew about it, would they still be willing to marry her?
"You're not pretending, are you?" Ye Jinshan said.
Zhuang Shihong shook her head: "She can't pretend."
Ye Mei also remembered that Ye Li had indeed been complaining about stomach discomfort a few days ago.
I didn’t expect it to be such a terrible disease.
"Dad, this illness shouldn't be fake!" Ye Chunwang pointed at the medical checkup sheet, "It's clearly written in black and white. And, I heard that she vomited blood this afternoon!"
Ye Mei also nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it's real blood! The neighbors in the yard saw it! Everyone knows that Ye Li is seriously ill!"
"This is troublesome." Ye Jinshan put down his chopsticks, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and smoked it slowly, "If the Jiang family knew about this, I'm afraid this marriage would be ruined."
At this time, Ye Chunwang's mind was spinning rapidly: "The marriage is ruined, which is secondary! She has such a serious disease, we have to pay for her medical treatment, right?"
Zhuang Shihong was no longer in the mood to eat and put down his chopsticks: "This disease cannot be cured."
Ye Jinshan blew out a puff of smoke from his nose: "I'm afraid it won't turn out well in the end, and I'll end up losing both my money and my life."
"Mom, what should I do?" Ye Chunwang was happy just one day, but now he was depressed again. "I'm afraid I won't get the betrothal gift, and I don't have the girl anymore."
"Yes." Zhuang Shihong sighed deeply, "Why is it so unlucky?"
The Ye family did not sleep well that night, and everyone was thinking about his own affairs.
Only Ye Li was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly.
The next morning, Ye Li did not get up. He curled up in bed pretending to be sick.
Ye Mei called her several times, wanting to ask about her situation, but she ignored Ye Mei.
She knew very well that no one in this family really cared about her.
What they care about is whether she can be used to exchange for a generous dowry, and whether she can make money to support the family.
The value of her existence is to create value for this family. If she loses her value, this family will no longer have room for her.
The neighbors in the yard started their busy day, and the sounds of washing their faces, brushing their teeth, cutting vegetables and cooking could be heard constantly.
The water pipe in this yard is public and is not far from Ye Li's window.
She heard the neighbors asking Zhuang Shihong about her situation.
"Aunt Zhuang, how is your Ye Li?"
"With a disease like this, you're definitely not going to feel very good, right?"
"It is better to get treatment early. Maybe a life can be saved."
Faced with the concern of the neighbors, Zhuang Shihong's face darkened and he said fiercely, "What nonsense are you talking about? Ye Li at home is fine. It's just a common stomach disease. Don't spread rumors!"
"Oh my, he's vomiting blood. Is this just a common stomach problem?" The second aunt came out with a vegetable basin and came forward immediately when she heard the commotion.
Zhuang Shihong was particularly displeased with the old lady at this moment: "Second Aunt, why are you everywhere? Just take care of your own family affairs and worry less about other people's affairs. Maybe you can live a few more years!"
"Oh, you bastard! Is your mouth filled with poison or has it eaten shit? Why is it so smelly and mean? I am concerned about your Ye Li!"
"No need to thank you! We're fine!" Zhuang Shihong snorted coldly and walked back with the basin.
"Look at this, it really requires people to move forward instead of backward! What a thing!" The second aunt walked away cursing.
Ye Li was listening in the room and sneered. Something interesting must be about to happen today!
Breakfast was ready, Zhuang Shihong woke Ye Li up and asked her to go eat.
"I don't want to eat. My stomach feels uncomfortable." Ye Li twisted her back.
"If you don't want to eat, then just watch us eat! We're just pretending, but you have to come! Otherwise the neighbors will say we don't care about you and abuse you!"
"Mom, you don't need to pretend! Everyone in this courtyard knows what kind of people are like!" Ye Li threw a few words to her harshly, then pulled the quilt over his head.
Her attitude directly annoyed Zhuang Shihong: "Okay, you can eat or not. If you don't eat, I will just save food."
Zhuang Shihong returned to the dining table in a huff. She took a bite of the steamed bun and suddenly said, "Dad, did you hear people in the courtyard talking about Ye Li this morning?"
Ye Jinshan nodded: "I heard it."
"If this continues, this matter will definitely spread to the Jiang family!"
"That's for sure."
"Then we can't let the Jiang family come over to give the betrothal gifts! I guess if the Jiang family finds out that Ye Li is seriously ill, they will definitely come back to make trouble!"
"So what do you mean?"
"I didn't sleep well last night. I tossed and turned and thought about it for a long time! Why not marry Ye Li directly to the Jiang family!" Zhuang Shihong said, "If you don't want the betrothal gift, then don't ask for it! Just give her to the Jiang family! If the Jiang family has a conscience, they will definitely pay for Ye Li's medical treatment in the future. If the Jiang family is unconscionable and doesn't pay for Ye Li's medical treatment, then after Ye Li dies, the Jiang family will have to take care of the funeral, which will save us the money to buy a cemetery!"
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