Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

Li Jiandang ran to find the old village chief.

The old village chief took out the account book and asked him to record today's income.

Li Jiandang took money out of his pocket and reported all the accounts.

After finishing his work, the old village chief wanted to put away the account book. Li Jiandang asked him if he could advance some money first.

The old village chief took a sip from his teacup and said slowly, "Okay, how much do you want to advance?"

"Ten thousand!"

The old village chief almost choked and coughed for a long time. He wiped his mouth and rolled his eyes at Li Jiandang, "How dare you imagine how much money we can get in a year! Don't you have any idea at all?"

At the end of last year, they only had a total profit of 2500 yuan. Li Jiandang's family received yuan. He took four years' dividends in advance. He was really bold!

Li Jiandang also knew that his request was a bit unreasonable. He thought about it and said, "I have 1,000 yuan at home, so I'll advance 9,000 yuan."

"Nine thousand is not even possible. I can only advance you three thousand at most." Seeing him in such a hurry, the old village chief looked him up and down with a suspicious look, "Why do you suddenly need so much money? Are you addicted to drugs?"

They like to drink and play cards, and they are addicted to them. Li Jiandang's wife is not at home now, and his children are studying in other cities, so now is the time when no one is taking care of them.

"No. My mother needs a heart bypass surgery, which costs 50,000 yuan. My second brother borrowed money from someone, but he's still short of 10,000 yuan." Li Jiandang had no other choice but to come to him. "Please be more flexible."

Seeing that he was not up to no good, the old village chief thought about it and agreed, "We live in the same village. If you need money, it's a serious matter. I will definitely help you. But we are a wholesale company, so we must keep some cash for the villagers to pay. Otherwise, how can we purchase goods?! How about this, I can give you an advance of up to 4,000 yuan at most."

Although it was still a long way from 10,000, Li Jiandang was content. “Thank you, old village chief.”

The old village chief counted the money for him and after confirming the amount, Li Jiandang took the money back to his second brother's home.

Li Jianguo saw that he had taken back 4,000 yuan, "What's the difference between 6,000 yuan and 6,000 yuan?"

"I still have one thousand in my passbook. I'll go to the bank to withdraw the money tomorrow." Li Jiandang thought about it and wanted to borrow the phone.

Li Jianguo opened the cabinet for him, took out the phone, and went out first.

Li Jiandang called his wife, but because it was not Hongwu's home number, Xu Chunying called him an hour later.

Li Jiandang told him everything about his biological mother.

Xu Chunying burst into tears on the phone, "Why is this happening? Oh, God, are you going to let us live?"

She had finally helped Hongwu reduce his burden, but now, there was another 25,000 yuan hole waiting for them to fill! This was endless.

"Ask Hongwu if he has any money? We need emergency treatment first. My mother is currently waiting for a date. If it's not her turn, she will have to wait for another date. That will delay her treatment." To be honest, rural people are most afraid of getting sick. Ordinary diseases can be cured by taking some medicine, but if it's a serious disease, it may not be cured even if you empty your family's savings. Her mother's disease is very severe. If she doesn't get treatment, her second brother won't forgive her. Li Jiandang was also anxious, but that was her biological mother, and he couldn't not get treatment.

Xu Chunying blurted out, "Where does Hongwu get the money? He gets a fixed salary and has to pay a huge mortgage every month. His wife is having a baby and she has no job. She depends on him for everything."

"That's something I have to ask. I'm still short of 5,000 yuan." Li Jiandang's tone became bad when he heard her complain.

Seeing that he was angry, Xu Chunying also got angry, but finally she softened her heart and agreed to ask Hongwu.

Li Jianguo went to the old village chief's house to check the bills. The goods for his two small shops were all sent by people arranged by the wholesale company. He only needed to check the accounts and settle the accounts with them every month.

It was spring and vegetables were selling very well. Li Jianguo saw that the sales volume was also considerable.

The old village chief comforted him, "Your mother will be fine. She is a blessed person."

Li Jianguo nodded.

After staying at the old village chief's house for half a day, Li Jiandang returned home and had received news about Hongwu. He was a little embarrassed to say, "Hongwu needs to pay off the mortgage, and he can only get together 500 yuan."

It’s not Hongwu’s fault. The child has to pay off the mortgage and support the family. The five hundred yuan was saved by them from their teeth.

Li Jianguo sighed, "Then I'll think of a solution."

Li Jiandang nodded, "I don't have Fengjiao's phone number, do you have it?"

"She didn't give me any." Li Jianguo knew that he wanted to ask Fengjiao to pay for the medical expenses, but Fengjiao couldn't come back for a while. "Even if she came, she would only pay for nutrition. The medical expenses still have to be shared by the two of us brothers."

Li Jiandang's little trick was exposed, but he did not feel ashamed. "My sister is also my mother's. She works in the south, and her children are grown up. She is under much less pressure than us."

Li Jianguo reminded him, "In our rural areas, we don't have the custom of asking married daughters to pay."

There are two sets of rules in Chinese society. One is the equality of men and women stipulated by law. The family property is divided equally, and the obligations are divided equally. This is a new idea and a new trend. However, most rural areas still have the old ideas. The family property is given to the son, and the daughter is given a small part of the dowry or simply accepts the betrothal gift without any dowry. Then the son takes care of the old age, and the daughter is regarded as spilled water. If there is a little conscience, she will come back to visit her parents and pay some nutrition expenses. If there is no conscience, it is common not to pay a penny.

In Li Jianguo's view, family property and obligations are relative. The more family property you get, the more responsibility you should bear for the elderly. You can't have both, which is quite despised. He never thought of asking his younger sister to bear the responsibility of support. After all, when his younger sister got married, her mother didn't build a house for her, but only gave her a little dowry.

His words were quite explicit, and Li Jiandang was a little angry. "Fifty thousand yuan. We work so hard, but we can't even make five thousand yuan a year. It will take at least five years to make fifty thousand yuan. I also have a daughter and a son who have no place to go. I have to think about them, too."

Li Jianguo allowed him to vent his dissatisfaction, but no matter what, his mother's illness had to be treated. "Hongxia has graduated. Hongwen doesn't have to pay tuition for the university he attends. You don't have any pressure."

"How can I not feel pressured? Hongxia needs a dowry, right? Hongwen needs to buy him a house, right?" Li Jiandang felt that he was almost suffocated by the pressure of life. "I want to quit every night. It's really too hard. I work like an old ox, but the hunger is getting worse. I can't stand it any more."

Li Jianguo listened in silence, without expressing any opinion or sympathizing with his elder brother. Because he also had to pay back the money he owed. Besides, farming really didn't make much money.

He wanted to open a brewery, but the area was not open yet, so he couldn't come even if he wanted to.

Then we can only raise more foxes!

After complaining, Li Jiandang stared at his second brother and said, "Jianguo, are you sure our mother can be cured after the operation?"

Li Jianguo couldn't give him an answer. "No matter what, we have to try our best. That's mom!"

This sentence made Li Jiandang speechless. He couldn't bring himself to tell his brother to "give up, stop the treatment." Finally, he lowered his head in resignation, his back seemed to be bent by life, and he looked ten years older. "I understand. Let's do our best to treat him."

The next morning, Li Jianguo went to two small stores in the county to collect the sales revenue of the past few days.

Li Jiandang took out 1,000 yuan from the bank and gave it to him, and Li Jianguo rushed back to the capital. The money was enough. The next step was to wait.

Li Jianguo went to the hospital every day to wait for an appointment, to see if anyone could raise the money so that he could have the surgery earlier.

His idea cannot be said to be selfish, because 50,000 yuan is not a small amount. There are many filial children, but there are very few families who can raise so much money. In most cases, the patient is already terminally ill before it is his turn.

On the seventh day, the doctor told him that he could be hospitalized because the previous patients had suffered too long and there was no possibility of recovery, so they went home directly to deal with their funeral affairs.

The nurse spoke very cryptically, but Li Jianguo still heard the subtext.

Li Jianguo and Youcai waited outside while their mother was wheeled into the hospital. Zhang Xiuhua was still at work and would not be able to get off the train until six days later.

"Uncle, didn't you come to the capital?" Youcai was a little curious.

"He can't come. He has to deliver food to his hometown." Li Jianguo asked him, "Have you told Yaoyao?"

"She has to take an exam." Youcai sighed for Yaoyao, "She really shouldn't have applied to be a medical student. She has a small exam every three days and a big exam every five days. I didn't tell her so that she wouldn't be distracted. Even if she came, she can't help much."

Li Jianguo thought about it and said, "If you don't want to tell, then don't tell. We are enough for our family with just the two of us." He paused and asked, "Have you told Hongxia?"

Youcai nodded, "I told her, she said she would come."

He looked at the empty corridor. Sister Hongxia clearly said she would come today, so why hasn't she come yet?