NOVEL NEXT Chapter 331 Family
Jiang Laoshi took a look at his mother and advised Jiang Xiaoxiao, "Stay here with your grandma, I'll step out for a moment and be right back."
Jiang Laoshi calculated the family's savings.
The 10,000 yuan Jiang Xiaoxiao had given was now spent on buying a house for Xiao Xiao, and with everything settled, there was only about 1,000 yuan left.
He and his wife had saved over 2,000 yuan, but combined, it still wasn't enough for the surgery.
Although his eldest brother said he would go back to raise money, he had a feeling that even after his brother went back, the money wouldn't be sent quickly. He couldn't press his brother this hard, otherwise, who knows when his mother's surgery would be delayed to.
He could only advance the money himself first.
But it wasn't enough, so he would have to use the gold bar Xiao Xiao had and sell it for money. The money originally intended for their son and daughter would have to be forwarded, and they could talk about it once they made more money in the future.
No choice, given the current situation at home, he had to prioritize the old lady first.
Song Moting had already come in from outside.
As soon as he heard about the surgery, Song Moting quietly went out alone. He knew very well that the surgery wouldn't be a small cost.
His father-in-law and mother-in-law were both hardworking ordinary workers, asking them to come up with a sum of money was truly life-threatening.
He and Xiao Xiao, no matter what, had earned quite a big sum from selling ginseng when they were at the forest farm. With that money sitting here and watching his in-laws worry, he wasn't that kind of person.
Although Xiao Xiao hadn't said it, he knew that Xiao Xiao would certainly do so. Instead of letting his wife worry, he might as well do it in advance.
He went to the bank outside and withdrew 10,000 yuan, estimating it was probably enough. If it wasn't, he'd take out more later.
Thankfully, they brought the money back, or else they truly would have been at a loss.
After just depositing it, now he withdrew it immediately.
In a hurry, he took the money back to the ward and put it in his father-in-law's hand.
Jiang Laoshi wanted to say something, but how could he use his daughter and son-in-law's money? It didn't make sense no matter what.
But he was stopped by Song Moting.
"Dad, we're family, Xiao Xiao's grandma is also my grandma, both emotionally and rationally, we should all do our best to help. Dad, don't be polite with us, I'm your son-in-law, as they say, a son-in-law is half a son. Let us do our part."
Jiang Laoshi nodded heavily, look at this, this is the difference between people, look at his elder brother and sister-in-law, and then look at his daughter and son-in-law.
The son-in-law was afraid he would be in a tough spot, didn't even discuss it with him, and the first thing he did upon hearing was to go withdraw money.
Unlike his elder brother and sister-in-law, it's been half a day, and there's not a word from them.
Moreover, upon hearing about the money, their first reaction was so disheartening.
No one saw the tear that fell from the corner of the old lady's eye lying in the hospital bed.
The old lady had just woken up and already knew about these things, just by listening to her son and granddaughter's conversations in the ward, she knew that at her old age, she would still get sick and need surgery in the hospital.
Spending so much money all at once, how could the old lady not know how much this kind of money meant to ordinary families like them?
She was not a factory worker, so wanting reimbursement was simply a joke.
The eldest son had gone without a word, the second one's family was anxious here.
The grandson-in-law said he'd pay for the surgery once they brought it up.
The old lady was remorseful at heart, what kind of things had she done back then?
If she hadn't been so biased, would she have spoiled her eldest son to become like this?
If she had treated them equally, would her eldest son have turned out this way, the son she always cared about and loved, ultimately became an ungrateful wretch.
The old lady was pushed into the operating room.
Fan Xiuying and Jiang Lei both hurried over, after all, something so big had happened.
Neighbors in the family had already notified the two of them, and Fan Xiuying was also terrified.
The old woman had an accident at their house, how could they not be terrified? They hurried to the hospital.
Jiang Laoshi shook his head at his wife, the doctor also said that given his mother's age, the surgery is very risky, even if it is successful, she needs to be properly taken care of in the future, can't get upset or angry.
The whole family waited outside the operating room, five hours later, the old lady was pushed out, the expression on the doctor's face seemed relaxed.
Jiang Laoshi finally let out a breath.
"Doctor, how is it?"
"The surgery was successful, but after all, the old lady is old, whether she can recover to her original condition isn't certain. You need to take good care of the old lady. And besides the surgery costs, the hospitalization fees will also be a significant expense."
Jiang Laoshi nodded, it was fortunate that the son-in-law brought 10,000 yuan, otherwise, even if he gathered all the money from home for the old lady, it might not be enough.
It's been so long, the elder brother and sister-in-law haven't even shown up, it's clear they are unwilling to give money, deliberately not even appearing.
Jiang Laoshi felt disappointed.
His elder brother wasn't like this before, but now, with age, his brother seemed to grow backward.
But now was not the time to dwell on it, he needed to first take care of his own mother.
Jiang Laoshi started to arrange things.
"You all can go back, I can stay here on my own, no need for everyone to keep vigil here, those who need to work, go to work, and those who need to go home, go home. Wife, go home and make something for mom to eat, the doctor said if she's okay for 24 hours, after that she can have some liquid food.
Make some millet porridge, chicken soup isn't suitable now."
A patient who just had heart surgery definitely couldn't drink chicken soup now.
Fan Xiuying, unwilling to leave, said, "You stay here, and I'll keep watch, you go rest, and tomorrow you can come back to switch with me. Xiaoxiao, you take care of the millet porridge, that's your task."
After all, as a woman looking after her mother-in-law, having a woman's touch can be more convenient. And being a woman herself, she was naturally more attentive than her husband.
Jiang Laoshi wanted to say something else, but Jiang Xiaoxiao also persuaded him.
"Dad, let mom stay here, my grandma just got out of surgery, she needs careful attention now. There are some things you may not think of, but mom is more meticulous than you. If you really want to do something, now's the chance, hurry back and find uncle and aunt!
Some things can't be dragged out. Mom, I'll go back to make porridge, and bring you some food too, I'll deliver it shortly. Let's go, brother, you must have driven here, please take us back."
Jiang Xiaoxiao wasn't being polite, what's there to be polite about, they are family, having her mom stay put everyone at ease.
Of course, she wasn't staying behind mainly to go back and make millet porridge, and also to cook for her mom.
Taking this opportunity, she could use some stuff from her own space.
Grandma's vitality was likely greatly diminished after heart surgery, if some of her peach juice was added to the millet porridge, grandma's recovery might be much quicker.
Of course, she also wanted to take this opportunity to nourish her own mother, taking care of a patient was exhausting work, Jiang Xiaoxiao worried her mom might get worn out because of it.
Letting her dad go back was honestly to put the problem of uncle and aunt to them.
This whole thing was stirred up by them, they caused trouble and after causing it, they left the old lady alone in the hospital and vanished, where could there be such easy benefits?