Xu Hongxing suddenly remembered when her father-in-law was hospitalized and transferred to Xiangshi. She and Li Hui had also gone there when he had surgery.
There were many people at the time, and Yu Qian was worried that Liu Yun would be too tired from cooking, so he treated everyone to a meal at a restaurant, which cost more than 100 yuan.
Moreover, she heard Liu Aiguo say that Yu Qian had treated them to several meals at a restaurant.
Although she splurged today and ate a ten-yuan meal, she told Liu Aiguo that it was vegetarian noodles, which cost only two yuan a bowl.
She was busy taking care of him at the hospital, so much so that even going out for a bowl of vegetarian noodles was a waste of money.
It's really frustrating to compare yourself with others.
Now, most of the money in the family is earned by ourselves.
Ironically, her family used to own a restaurant, and she earned most of the family's money.
But now she hasn't eaten anything good in a long time. Why? Because the restaurant can no longer stay in business, and even the shop has been rented out.
Ever since being kicked out of the house by his mother-in-law, there have been frequent disturbances at the shop, and Liu Aiguo has also encountered problems when he goes out to purchase goods. As a result, the restaurant's business has been getting worse and worse, and gradually, there are hardly any customers left.
Without business, there was no source of income. Fortunately, I had made some money in the first few years when I was running a stall and opening a restaurant.
The money I earned from setting up a stall bought this shop, and the money I made in the first few years after opening the shop bought the courtyard where I live now.
Fortunately, when Liu Aiguo saw that Liu Aidang had bought a courtyard house, he followed suit and bought one too, otherwise they would have had to sleep on the streets when they were kicked out of their homes.
Now the family's livelihood depends entirely on her earning money by washing dishes. The money earned by her son, daughter-in-law, and daughter never goes into her hands, and Liu Aiguo takes all the rent from the shop.
But the family's living expenses depended entirely on her meager salary.
She originally thought that she would be a little tired now, but it would be better when she got old. Isn't that what her parents-in-law were like?
With so many sons, she can take care of herself in her old age when she can no longer work.
But this time when Liu Aiguo was hospitalized, she seemed to feel something was wrong; she seemed to suddenly notice some problems.
That is, no matter how much Liu Aidang has opinions about her parents-in-law, she will take care of them in their old age and will come to their aid as soon as possible if anything happens.
But judging from how her children treat Liu Aiguo today, is it reliable to have someone like that take care of her in her old age?
Thinking about how Liu Aiguo treated her parents-in-law, and then looking at how her children treated Liu Aiguo, it's so similar, they're practically identical.
She doesn't even want to think that her children will treat her the way Liu Aiguo treats his parents-in-law.
It seems like all her children have gone astray; none of them are reliable, and Liu Aiguo is no exception.
She realized she needed to find a way out, but thankfully it wasn't too late. But where was her way out? She needed to think about that carefully.
When the water was brought to the ward, Liu Aiguo was still cursing incessantly. Luckily, he was the only one in the ward, otherwise he would definitely have been scolded.
Liu Aiguo: "What kind of things did you buy? They're expensive and taste terrible. You really don't know how to manage a household at all."
Xu Hongxing: "The doctor said you must avoid certain foods and eat less oily and salty foods."
Liu Aiguo: "Then go back and make it for me."
Xu Hongxing: "It was too late when I got back from the police station. I don't have time today, but I'll go back and do it tomorrow."
Hearing Liu Aiguo from the police station reminded him of Liu Aidang's matter. The thought of Liu Aidang made him angry, but the thought that he would soon be arrested and that he would take over Liu's shops and houses made him angry.
Liu Aiguo: "What did the police say? Has Liu Aidang been arrested?"
Xu Hongxing: "I don't know. The police said they'll let us know when they have the results."
Liu Aiguo was not satisfied with the result. "Useless! You can't even handle this simple matter. What use are you? Go to the police station tomorrow and see if Liu Aidang has been arrested."
A thoughtful look flashed in Xu Hongxing's eyes. "Understood."
Not long after he finished eating, Liu Aiguo started complaining that he needed to use the toilet, but he couldn't move his legs and could only use a urinal.
Xu Hongxing resignedly served him, helping him to use the toilet and then wiping him down.
That night, Liu Aiguo's legs started to throb with pain, keeping him awake. He kept cursing Liu Aidang, Liu Yun, the doctor as a quack, and the hospital as a heartless institution.
Xu Hongxing listened to his curses and couldn't sleep all night.
She only managed to doze off for a while after Liu Aiguo had finished cursing and fallen asleep.
Xu Hongxing woke up early the next morning and headed home remembering what Liu Aiguo had said the night before.
When she arrived home, there was indeed no one who had made breakfast or left any for her; they must have all gone out to eat! Seeing this, she felt a little disheartened.
She wasn't in the mood to make breakfast. After washing up, she took out her savings from over the years, counted them, and found she had a total of over two thousand two hundred yuan.
Fortunately, she had kept her business acumen a secret all these years, and they didn't know she had so much money.
They found a secluded spot to hide the money, and then searched through the places where Liu Aiguo had hidden it.
The place where Liu Aiguo hid his money was easy to find; he found it in no time. There was quite a bit of it; he counted it—more than 1,600 yuan.
Without a second thought, Xu Hongxing took all the money, hid it, put thirty yuan in his pocket, grabbed a lunchbox, and went out.
I found a breakfast shop and had a bowl of hot wontons, which made me feel much better.
She took a taxi to the police station to inquire about the report, but unfortunately, there was still no answer. The police said it was still under investigation and told her to go home and wait for the results.
Xu Hongxing didn't say anything. He took a taxi to the hospital, bought a bowl of white porridge at the hospital cafeteria, put it in the bowl he had brought, and went upstairs.
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