Old Mrs. Guo called her son to ask for living expenses, but Guo Xiangdong's salary this month was deducted by Jiang Xiu'e to pay for her son's medical expenses and subsequent treatment costs first. She did not give him money to send living expenses home.
After she called him twice in one day, Guo Xiangdong had no choice but to tell her.
His son Xiaolei was bitten by a poisonous snake and urgently needs money for hospitalization. His wife took all his salary this month, and he has no money to send home, so he can only let them find a way out on their own this month.
He has helped the family a lot over the years. His two younger brothers are healthy but lazy and often pretend to be sick to avoid going to work.
When the old lady heard this, she couldn't sit still and wanted to come to the army to visit.
She was not worried about that silly grandson, but she was worried that her son’s money was actually being managed by his wife. If his wife refused to let him send money home in the future, wouldn’t there be no money to send back, and their family of twelve would be left with nothing!!!
Guo Xiangdong can send 50 yuan home every month. If she didn't have this 50 yuan, it would be like her life was in jeopardy. Her grandson still needs money to go to school and learn to read and make a name for himself.
She immediately ran to the village chief's house and said that her grandson was in the hospital and was half dead. She wanted to visit him in the hospital and asked the village chief to issue a letter of introduction. She took a car to the army. She just arrived this morning. The soldier standing guard at the door asked someone to notify Guo Xiangdong to pick her up at the door. After confirming her identity, he took her directly to the hospital.
Before she came, Guo Xiangdong and his wife didn't know she was coming.
The old lady gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Guo Xiangdong was her eldest son and the one she was most proud of.
Everyone in the village envied her for having a capable son.
The village cadres also immediately gave her a letter of introduction because she was the mother of a regimental commander.
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The adults were talking in the ward.
Xiaoxuan put down the schoolbag behind him and handed the homework book to Xiaolei.
Xiaolei did his homework on the spot.
The old lady went back to fetch some water, but she didn't know where she went and didn't come back for a long time.
Guo Xiangdong went out to look for her, and after asking around, he learned from the nurse that the old lady had gone to the toilet.
Don't ask the nurse how she knew that.
Because the old lady went to the office to borrow paper.
I thought the person was missing and it was a false alarm.
Guo Xiangdong muttered to himself, he knew that they had brought toilet paper from home and placed it in the ward, so why did they have to borrow it from others?
He really doesn't change his habit of taking advantage of others no matter where he goes...
Ten minutes later the old lady came back and as she stood at the door she could smell the aroma of chicken soup.
Xiaolei finished drinking the chicken soup and was about to eat the chicken leg.
The old lady suddenly pushed the door open and came in, squinting her triangular eyes as she stared at the chicken drumstick in his hand. "Oh, Xiaolei, you are such a heartless boy! Your grandma broke my old bones just to come to the army to visit you, and you actually ate it behind my back. I didn't expect it, did you? I could smell the fragrance right outside the door. Your mom is really good at hiding it. She secretly gave it to you when I was away. Don't learn to be unfilial like your mom, or you will be struck by lightning. Your mom is nowhere near your second or third aunt."
Xiao Lei glanced at Jiang Xiu'e, who looked very unhappy. He quickly put the uneaten chicken leg back into the bowl and handed the bowl over. "Grandma, I don't want to eat it anymore. I'll give it to you. Please don't scold my mom."
Li Jiyue immediately explained, "Grandma Xiaolei, you misunderstood. I brought the chicken legs to nourish Xiaolei."
The old lady then noticed that there were a few more people in the ward. "Who are you?"
Guo Xiangdong stepped forward and introduced them to the two parties, saying, "Mom, these are our comrades from the family compound, Captain Fu and Battalion Commander He. Those two are their wives, and the two children are Captain He's children. The boy is Xiaoxuan and the girl is Xiaoyao. They are Xiaolei's good friends. Xiaoxuan even brings Xiaolei's homework back from school for him."
The old lady smacked her lips and said nonchalantly, "You're already stupid and injured, why are you doing homework? You're pretending to be diligent. As for our Xiaolei's grades, oh my, I don't even dare to tell the villagers. I'm afraid of being embarrassed if I tell them. No matter how hard you try, you can't compare to your cousins. Your two older cousins have good grades and have been admitted to junior high school, and your two younger cousins are also preparing to take the junior high school entrance exam. You are so stupid, don't study anymore, save the money for your cousins to go to school."
She walked to the head of the bed, rolled up her sleeves and prepared to eat the chicken leg.
Jiang Xiu'e felt very uncomfortable when she heard her belittle her son, and she became even more angry when she saw that she ignored her advice and insisted on taking the chicken leg. She said in a bad mood, "Mom, those are given to Xiaolei to supplement his health. You can't eat them."
The old lady gave her a sidelong glance and said, "I've been dragging my old bones around for two days on the bus. I'm tired and dizzy from hunger. What's wrong with me eating a chicken drumstick?"
Guo's father was old and had difficulty walking, so he could not do farm work. His two younger sons each got married and had three children, two boys and one girl. He had a total of six grandchildren, the youngest of whom was over ten years old. The half-grown children were eating their father out of poverty.
Although prices were lower in this era, family expenses were still considerable, especially on food and clothing. The most important thing was that it cost money to educate several children.
Fifty yuan a month is all he needs, and sometimes when his grandson needs to pay tuition and textbooks, he has to secretly ask Guo Xiangdong for more money.
Every month when it comes to paying tuition, she has to pay more than ten yuan, but Jiang Xiu'e doesn't know all this.
Guo Xiangdong didn't dare tell her, for fear that she would make trouble for him.
The whole family lived on the fifty yuan sent home by the eldest son.
Old Guo's family's life was not very comfortable, but it was much better than that of his fellow villagers. They no longer had to get up earlier than the chickens and sleep later than the dogs every day, working in the fields with their backs to the sky to earn a few worthless work points.
However, no matter how well-off the Guo family is, they cannot afford to buy a chicken leg for each person.
She hasn't eaten such delicious chicken legs in more than ten years.
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