Old Mrs. Guo received 100 yuan in compensation. After lying in the hospital for a few days, she started to complain that she couldn't get used to living there and wanted to go back to her hometown for treatment. There was a village doctor in the village who specialized in orthopedics. He was very good and most of the villagers were treated by him. He was much better than the doctors in big hospitals.
She asked Guo Xiangdong to take her to the train station and sleep in a sleeper, and then asked her second and third sons from her hometown to pick her up after she got off the train.
Guo Xiangdong couldn't persuade her, so he asked the army to borrow a car and took her to the train station. He greeted the conductor at the train station and asked him to help take care of Mrs. Guo and gave him some hard work money.
After her son left, Mrs. Guo deliberately made things difficult for the conductor, refusing to accept his care and demanding that he hand over the money.
She can take care of herself, so why waste that money.
Old Mrs. Guo touched the 150 yuan hidden in her underwear through her clothes, and grinned while holding her stiff and painful waist.
This trip was not in vain. One hundred and fifty yuan is enough for the living expenses of twelve people in my family for three months. No, the grandchildren have to pay tuition next semester, so it should only be enough for two months.
No, I’ll wait until next month and ask my eldest son for more.
Later, she will see which son is filial and comes to pick her up at the train station, and then give the other son's family more living expenses.
When I arrived at the train station, I saw my two sons and two daughters-in-law had all arrived, riding a three-wheeled bicycle.
The sons and daughters-in-law in the family are still filial.
The one from the old house was specifically against her.
"Mom, do you want some water?"
"No, I'm not thirsty. I have some water in the car."
"What's going on, big brother and big sister? Mom, an old lady, is worried that Xiaolei has gone to the military district to help take care of the children. It's not easy to entertain Mom. Someone even broke his waist. Now he won't be treated in the military district hospital. Send him back immediately."
"If it were me, I would definitely worship my mother as my ancestor, and not drive her away like my elder brother and his wife did, like they treated her like a plague."
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Old Mrs. Guo looked at the four people who were surrounding her and asking about her well-being, and felt warm in her heart.
When they were happy, they wanted to give away their money, so I gave each of them a reward of ten dollars.
When the sons and daughters-in-law who had received the money saw her take out so much money, greed flashed in their eyes.
"Mom, did you take so much money this time?"
"One hundred of them were given by Xiangdong's wife, and the other hundred were extorted from me because I broke my wallet."
Chen Fang, the second daughter-in-law, who was following the bicycle, said, "Mom, Wenlong wants to buy a watch. All his classmates have one, but he doesn't. He came home this time in a bad mood and didn't like to talk. He didn't dare to tell us why. I secretly asked Xiaohu and found out that it was because he didn't have a watch and was looked down upon by his classmates at school.
We, as parents, felt bad and really wanted to buy him one, but our means were limited. We worked in the fields every day to earn a few cents, and we couldn't afford a watch for several years. He couldn't hold his head up in front of his classmates. We were such failures as parents, eh!
Guo Wenlong is the eldest grandson of the Guo family and attends high school in the county town.
Old Lady Guo doted on her eldest grandson the most. When she heard someone look down on her grandson, she was furious. "Bah, a bunch of idiots who look down on others, how dare you look down on my eldest grandson?"
"Buy! I'm going to buy a watch right now, but... I can't buy it without a watch ticket."
"Forget it, I'll buy it when I have enough tickets."
Guo Xiangnan parked his bicycle on the side of the road, wiped the sweat from his face with the towel hanging around his neck, turned around and held out his hand to Mrs. Guo, "Mom, why don't you give me the money? I know someone who can buy illicit goods."
Black goods are goods on the black market.
Mrs. Guo asked, "Is it reliable? Be careful not to be cheated. A watch costs dozens of dollars, which is a month's living expenses."
"It's absolutely reliable. That guy is my classmate from the next village. He went to junior high school in the city. He's capable, knowledgeable, and knows a lot of people. He's helped many people get smuggled goods. He specializes in this business. Mom, give me the money first. I'll talk to him and put down the deposit. Then we can get the watch when it's available."
"...Okay." Old Mrs. Guo didn't doubt it and gave her second son another fifty yuan.
"Mom, what good watch can you buy with fifty yuan? If you want to buy one, buy a better one. Give me fifty more. A common Shanghai watch costs about one hundred and twenty yuan."
Old Mrs. Guo is also a miser. She gave out seventy yuan at once and asked for fifty more. She felt bad and her waist hurt. There were only ten yuan left. This trip was in vain. What was she trying to do? Her waist still needed treatment.
"Wouldn't it be enough to buy a second-hand watch? We can't afford a new one."
"Mom, if you buy a second-hand watch, you will be laughed at by others. It's better not to buy it and waste dozens of dollars. Since you are reluctant to part with it, we will return the money to you. Let our grandson of the Guo family be laughed at, looked down upon, and unable to hold his head up in front of his classmates." Chen Fang took the fifty yuan from her husband's hand and returned it to Mrs. Guo.
Old Mrs. Guo felt bad when she heard that her beloved eldest grandson of the Guo family was being ridiculed.
He gritted his teeth and took out the remaining sixty yuan, "Alright, I'll give it all to you."
When Li Fang reached out to take the money, she took out another one and gave them 20 yuan and 50 yuan respectively. Now she gave them another 50 yuan, which was enough to buy a new Shanghai watch.
Then, before she could even warm up the remaining 10 yuan, her third daughter-in-law took it away with the excuse that she needed cloth to make clothes for her second grandson Xiaohu.
When she returned home, she found that she had no money to see a doctor. The next day, she was pushed to the village chief's house to call her eldest son who was in the army to ask for 50 yuan to treat her back injury.
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