Lu Yuan frowned. What was Jian Qiuhua doing? Kneeling down to apologize—was it a genuine apology or emotional blackmail and moral pressure?
Mo Mingde frowned, looking at Wen Moxue and Mo Yitao with stern faces. He cursed them as idiots in his heart and reminded them, "Second brother, what are you doing? Why don't you help your wives up? Can't you talk things out properly?"
Upon hearing this, Mo Mingxiu's heart skipped a beat. Had they made a mistake again? He hurriedly tried to pull Jian Qiuhua from the ground, but Jian Qiuhua refused to get up.
"Don't pull me. If Taozi and Xiaoxue don't forgive me today, I'll kneel here and die."
Lu Yuan scoffed, "What, threatening us?"
Jian Qiuhua was taken aback. She looked up and saw that Mo Yitao and the others didn't look well, and realized that she might have done something wrong.
She quickly waved her hands, "No, no, no, I really want to apologize."
Mo Yitao said, "I don't see that you are sincere. I just feel like you are cursing us. If you like kneeling so much, go home and kneel there. Don't kneel in our house."
Mo Mingxiu lifted her up, "You damned woman, get up!"
Then, with a forced smile, she said, "Peach, Xiaoxue, I'm sorry, she doesn't understand anything, please don't take it to heart. But she really knows she was wrong, so please forgive her this time."
Mo Yitao glanced at her second brother indifferently. Actually, what chilled her heart more was him. If this were her, and her own child did something wrong, she would only blame her own child and not others, especially since he was the victim.
But instead of apologizing for the child, her second brother blamed them. When the child was sent to the countryside, the couple came to their door to criticize and berate them. Now they say they've come to apologize, but he doesn't realize he's wrong at all. He only lets Jian Qiuhua, a woman, come to admit her mistake and kneel down to apologize to them, acting as if everything was caused by his unreasonable wife and had nothing to do with him.
What a lack of responsibility in a grown man.
The reason the relationship between the two families has become like this is mainly due to his attitude. If it weren't for his attitude back then, how could Jian Qiuhua have dared to come to their house and act so recklessly, causing such a strain on the relationship between the two families?
"Never mind," Mo Yitao rubbed her temples. "Relationships between relatives are all about fate. If you can't get along, there's no need to force it."
"It's not a matter of forgiveness or not. Let's just leave it at that. Let's avoid contact with each other in the future."
“Peach…” Mo Mingxiu said anxiously.
Mo Yitao raised her hand to interrupt him, "You've come here today just to ask for medicine, but I really can't make that decision. It's no use begging me."
Mo Mingxiu wanted to say something more, but Wen Moxue could see that her mother was getting impatient, so she said, "Second Uncle, my mother has already made herself very clear, so please don't make things difficult for her. As for the medicine, we can get you another one, but there is one condition."
Mo Mingxiu and Jian Qiuhua were overjoyed. They disregarded what Mo Yitao had just said and said, "Just name your conditions. We'll agree to anything, even ten."
Wen Moxue said, "It's just what my mom said. The two families shouldn't have any contact anymore, and we shouldn't go near each other unless necessary. My mom really can't stand seeing you."
She could tell that her mother was really upset about her second uncle and aunt. Since that was the case, she decided to keep the two of them out of sight in the future, and then there wouldn't be so much trouble.
Mo Mingxiu choked, still hesitating about how to respond, when Jian Qiuhua eagerly agreed.
"Okay, we promise you, we won't bother Peach anymore, and we'll avoid her when we see her on the street."
Wen Moxue nodded, "Okay, I hope you keep your word. Here's the money for the medicine, twelve thousand."
"Twelve thousand? Isn't it ten thousand?" Jian Qiuhua exclaimed in surprise.
Wen Moxue sneered, "Ten thousand was the price the leaders gave to the military hospital back then. Do you think it's appropriate to ask for medicine for ten thousand now?"
Mo Mingxiu was worried that his wife might say something bad again, so he quickly said, "No, no, 12,000 is a low price. I know that 12,000 is a favor price. Thank you, Xiaoxue."
He hurriedly took out his money, "Xiaoxue, we can only scrape together 6,000 yuan for now. We'll give you an IOU for the rest, and you can pay us back a little bit every month when you get your salary. Is that okay?"
Wen Moxue knew that they had probably borrowed from all their relatives and friends to come up with 6,000 yuan, and that was the best they could do.
"Okay, you two should both sign and put your fingerprints on the IOU. I'm afraid someone might deny it later." This was practically an open statement expressing concern that Jian Qiuhua might renege on the debt later.
Jian Qiuhua said awkwardly, "How could that be?"
Stacks of 6,000 yuan were piled on the table, three of which were large sums of money, and the rest were in five-yuan, two-yuan, and one-yuan notes.
Wen Moxue asked Mo Dajiu and his two sons to help count the money, and Mo Mingxiu and Jian Qiuhua wrote IOUs, signed them, and put their fingerprints on them. After the three of them finished counting the money, Lu Yuan also had Mo Dajiu sign and put his fingerprint on them as an intermediary.
"We'll wait a few days for the medicine; once we get it, we'll send it to the hospital," Wen Moxue said.
Jian Qiuhua suddenly became a little uneasy. She stammered, "We can definitely get the medicine, right? What if we spend the money but still don't get the medicine?"
Lu Yuan pushed the money over, saying, "Since you're so worried, I think we don't need to go ask for medicine."
"No, no, no, I'm not worried. That's not what your second aunt meant."
Uncle Mo hurriedly pushed the money back and glared at Jian Qiuhua, saying, "If you can't speak, then shut up. No one will think you're mute if you don't speak."
Jian Qiuhua felt wronged. She was just asking casually, was that not allowed? So much money, all the savings of the family had been emptied, and they were still heavily in debt. Now there was another IOU for 6,000 yuan. Wasn't she allowed to worry for a moment?
Mo Yitao sneered, "If that's not what you mean, then what do you mean? Aren't you just worried that Xiaoxue and the others are greedy for money? If you're so worried, why did you make them beg for medicine? Don't forget you only gave 6,000 yuan, and the other 6,000 yuan was an IOU. You don't think you can get an IOU for medicine from someone's leader, do you?"
She got angrier and angrier as she talked, and pushed the money back at him.
“I told you we shouldn’t help people like that who don’t know what’s good for them. Ah Yuan and Xiao Xue, you two should leave this to yourselves. You’ve spent 6,000 yuan and they don’t even appreciate it. They’ll just think you’re trying to embezzle their money.”
Mo Mingxiu was really anxious now. "Taozi, we really didn't mean that. We've remembered Xiaoxue and Ayuan's kindness. Please, we'll pay them back as soon as we have the money."
Jian Qiuhua also realized that it made sense. It was impossible to ask someone for medicine and then sign an IOU. The remaining 6,000 yuan would need to be paid out. Feeling guilty, she quickly apologized.
"I'm sorry, I'm bad at speaking, I'm just clumsy with words."
He then slapped his mouth a few times and bowed.
"Xiaoxue, thank you. It was just that my second aunt misunderstood something. We will definitely pay back the rest of the money as soon as possible. Well, Zifeng is alone in the hospital, and we need to take care of him, so we'll have to go now. Please take care of the medicine."
As he spoke, he grabbed Mo Mingxiu and ran off, as fast as if a dog was chasing them.
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