County hospital.
Xu Changan could not afford the medical expenses, so the hospital arranged for him to be discharged forcibly.
"No! My son's injuries haven't healed yet. How can you just discharge him? If someone dies, can you bear the responsibility?" Zhao Hongying yelled at the top of her lungs, "I'll fight anyone who dares to touch my son!"
Zhao Hongying knew that the safest place to stay was in the hospital.
Xu Guoyong stood by silently, tightening his grip on the crutch.
He is useless.
Xu Changan frowned, "Mom, please stop making a fuss. We can't afford the money, so it's normal for the hospital to let us go."
"No!" Zhao Hongying shook her head. "No, son. You were still running a fever last night. Who knows what will happen tonight? We can't be discharged from the hospital!"
"If you don't want to be discharged from the hospital, find a way to pay the medical bills and don't occupy the bed here!" The nurse saw that they were not going to be discharged on their own initiative, so she could only find a few more nurses to send them out.
"Mom, listen to me," Xu Changan tried to sit up, and a severe pain came over him in his chest. He almost fainted. It hurt so much!
"Don't move," Zhao Hongying hurried forward to support Chang'an. "What should we do if we have a fever tonight? We can find a way out if we don't have money. The worst that can happen is we can sell our house!"
"Mom, stop talking. Can you please give me some face outside?" Xu Changan shouted in a suppressed voice, sweating profusely in anxiety.
"Discharged." Xu Guoyong said these two cold words and turned to leave the ward.
Zhao Hongying could only follow her son out of the hospital with tears in her eyes. During the two days of hospitalization, she owed nearly 200 yuan in medical expenses, which she could not pay even after being discharged.
Xu Changan gritted his teeth and said, "I'll write you an IOU."
"Write down your detailed home address and pay the outstanding medical bills as soon as possible." The nurse frowned and spoke with a hint of disgust in her tone.
"Thank you," Xu Changan didn't dare look into the nurse's eyes. He lowered his head, wrote the IOU, and limped home with his parents.
Zhao Hongying, considering her son's difficulty walking, originally wanted to rent a tricycle. But when she asked the price, she was stunned. "Thirty cents for one trip? Why don't you just rob one?"
"Your son is so heavy, it will be very hard for me to pedal." The old man looked at him and waved his hand, "Forget it if you don't want to sit."
"Sit." Xu Changan had no way to go back by himself now, so he sat on the tricycle, and Zhao Hongying and Xu Guoyong followed.
Whenever he encountered bumps on the tricycle, his chest would hurt.
Xu Changan didn't meet many people along the way from the county to the village entrance, which made him feel relieved.
When approaching the village entrance, a tricycle blocked the road and the car behind it honked its horn to urge it on.
Xu Changan saw Li Hanting sitting in the passenger seat clearly, "..."
In addition to the car in front, there are two more following behind.
Xu Changan clenched his fists. The huge sense of disappointment made him feel embarrassed.
Unfortunately, the old man riding the tricycle was hard of hearing and could not hear the car behind him, so he was slowly blocking the road in front.
The driver honked the horn again to urge them on.
Xu Changan gritted his teeth and patted the old man's shoulder, "Get out of the way!"
The old man realized it belatedly and exclaimed "Ah!", and moved the tricycle to the side.
Vehicles can pass normally.
Xu Changan also noticed that through the windows of the three cars, he could see that they were filled with things, and some of them even had wedding characters pasted on them.
Li Qingge is getting engaged to Li Hanting.
Realizing this, Xu Changan felt as if his heart was hit hard, and the bitter taste of blood surged in his throat. He coughed lightly, subconsciously covered the corner of his lips, and then opened his hand, revealing a small pool of blood on his palm.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Hongying hurried over to check on her son. She nervously noticed the blood on his palm, and her eyes turned red. "No, we need to go back to the hospital. Why is he vomiting blood again out of nowhere? Is his lungs injured?"
"It's okay," Xu Changan felt a lot more relieved after spitting out the blood.
The old man on the tricycle refused to do it. "It's too heavy. I'll just take you here. Thirty cents!"
"No, you agreed to send us home. What do you mean by sending us halfway? If my son could walk, why would he need to take a tricycle?"
Zhao Hongying argued at the top of her voice, "If you don't deliver it to our home, you can forget about the thirty cents!"
"I can only give you money if you take me home. We just came out of the hospital and we are penniless now." Xu Changan said seriously.
The old man waved his hand unhappily, "Forget it, I shouldn't have taken you on this trip. What a loss!"
Zhao Hongying opened her mouth to curse back, saying that it would be fine if the old man didn't want to send her home, so she wouldn't have to pay the 30 cents for the fare.
Xu Changan once again looked at her to remind her "stop talking". It was useless to say any more. This was happening in the village and it would be too embarrassing.
Xu Changan knew that his family was short of money, so he originally wanted to see if there was anything valuable at home that could be worth three cents, or even just some food.
Who knew that when they got home, they found that the house looked like it had been in trouble, with things thrown all over the place and even the iron pot on the stove taken away!
You don’t have to think about it to know that it must have been done by the group of people who beat Xu Changan!
Zhao Hongying slapped her thigh, "These wicked people! How could they take all our things? How are we going to live from now on?"
"Mom, stop crying. See if there are any valuables in our house and give them the travel expenses." Xu Changan ordered.
Zhao Hongying couldn't find anything valuable, so she simply confronted the old man and said, "Look around my house and see if there's anything you like. Take it!"
"What's the meaning? Why are you riding a tricycle if you don't have money!" What the old man wanted most was money. Seeing the situation of their family, he felt that if he didn't take something, today's trip would be in vain.
All the bedding in the room has been taken away, leaving only a table with a missing leg. Let’s take this!
Move it home, repair it and it can still be used.
Zhao Hongying thought: This table is the only furniture in their house, and they just took it away like that?
Xu Guoyong sat on the steps, his face as pale as death.
This family was ruined by them and their mother.
When Xu Changan returned home, he didn't even have a place to lie down. He could only sleep on the hard earthen kang. His chest bones ached and his back hurt.
Zhao Hongying was worried, "Son, what should we do next?"
"Mom, you and Dad, let's pack up and go to the city." Xu Changan cleared his throat. "We'll come back when life in the city gets better."
"Okay," Zhao Hongying nodded repeatedly. Leaving here seemed to be the only way now. She had to listen to her son Chang'an.
But, "You two aren't engaged yet? At least get engaged before you leave!"
"Wanruo originally said she would be back in the next two days, but now she hasn't come back yet. I guess something must have happened in the city." Xu Changan covered his chest and said in a deep voice, "I have to go see what's going on."
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