Chapter 100 100 Loud “Filial Piety” (2)
Chapter 100 100. The grand “filial piety” (2)
When we went to the town hospital, the doctor took an X-ray and said that the thigh bone was broken, so we had to go to the city for surgery.
The surgery was a little difficult, so we had to go to a tertiary hospital to be safe. The reimbursement rate of tertiary hospitals was not high, and the old lady had some other minor ailments. After the total reimbursement, it was estimated that she would get 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.
We were arranging to send her to the city as soon as possible, and the children finally had time to make a phone call.
When the call was connected, the eldest son first said to his mother:
"... You don't know how to enjoy life! You have food and drink, why do you have to go to the mountains?"
The second son also called and complained:
"Mom, don't you know how important my work is now? How important it is for the children to go to school, can't you let us take a break?"
The daughter came in person and complained: "There is a hospital in the town. If you live here, I can still send you a meal every day. If you live in the city, I will have to accompany you in the hospital. The hospital beds are so tight that I don't even have a place to sleep at night..."
The old lady didn't talk much. At this time, she listened silently, tears in her eyes, and finally said nothing.
When the children asked about the medical expenses, they were even more unhappy.
According to the rules of the village, daughters need to be taken care of and served, but they don't need to pay.
In other words, the two sons' families have to pay tens of thousands of yuan.
The eldest brother sighed, and the three siblings made a group call. The younger sister simply put her voice on the phone:
The eldest brother said how much money it would cost for the child to attend tutoring classes, how nervous the family would be if the child had a headache or fever, and how difficult it was to live in the current bad market...
The second brother also sighed, saying that the eldest brother was responsible for the elderly, and I didn't care about these things out of filial piety, but the medical expenses were so high, wasn't it unreasonable?
This tertiary hospital is a rip-off, we have to find a designated hospital! More reimbursement!
The younger sister sneered and said to her parents: "Mom, see, it's not that I don't want to take care of you, but I take care of you every day, and the business of the store is delayed. Do you think my brother can make up for me like this?"
How much business can the store have? Isn't it just a small store in the town? The family of three are all there, and there is a mahjong table, and it's like a gong and drum.
The phone was hung up, and the three siblings didn't mention whether to send it to the city.
Zhang Wangjia was shaking when he heard this. He stared at his phone fiercely: "The doctor said that it is risky to have surgery at an old age! Only the central hospital is insured. You three, do you want your mother to die on the operating table?"
"A bunch of ungrateful people, I have money. I don't want yours!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his two sons exploded:
"Dad! Who said that? Who said that? Aren't you just not enjoying yourselves at home and just looking for trouble for us?"
The daughter also hung up the phone with an ugly face: "Dad, your grandson's kindergarten tuition is 3,000 yuan, and you are unwilling to support him a little! Now you have money?"
The man left after slapping his butt.
The doctor was still persuading him to hurry up. The old lady is so old, her legs don't hurt, she has suffered so much.
It's just a rough estimate. When the time comes, we will apply for it. Maybe we can get more reimbursement.
Zhang Wangjia also comforted Zhang's wife, saying that it's okay. We have saved more than 40,000 yuan for treatment, which is enough.
Mrs. Zhang didn't say anything at the time. She just kept squeezing the old man's hand and told him to go home, tears streaming down her face.
How could he go home in this state?
But Mrs. Zhang had been stubborn all her life, and this was the first time she cried like this, so Zhang Wangjia softened her heart and said okay.
Anyway, he had to go home to get his passbook, so he stumbled and asked someone in the same ward to help him make a one-stop pick-up call, and talked about the price. It cost 100 yuan to get him home from the town.
Zhang Jiawang, who had been frugal all his life, had never been so generous, but he didn't expect that when he was flipping through his passbook to get a chicken or a duck, the old lady would hang herself on the porch with her belt and kneel down to hang herself.
At this point, everyone cursed: "Bah! You bastard, you don't care about anything!"
Another one was also sad: "You raised three ungrateful people, and you're still complaining about such a big thing as a broken leg..."
Another said: "You still want to enjoy life? Aren't we rural people destined to dig for food in the soil all our lives? If we don't work at home, can we still have someone to serve us like landlords, and rice, flour, grain and oil blown by the northwest wind?"
"What you said is bullshit!"
"That's right! You don't know the personalities of Zhang Saozi and Zhang Wangjia. They would rather endure hardships than be bullied. Is it easy to dig for food in the soil to raise three children? Now I'm old, but I'm old This is the end..."
"You said that this bastard didn't know how to teach..."
"What did he teach? Sometimes it has something to do with education, and sometimes it has nothing to do with it! He is just bad at the root! People say that bad bamboo produces good shoots, but this good bamboo is more likely to produce bad shoots!"
Song Youde took a puff of his pipe and sighed: "Sancheng, their family is their family's business. You know how stubborn Zhang Wangjia is. You can be angry, but you can't just come back like this. In this case, you should lend a hand and let Zhang's wife leave in a decent manner. "
"What decent!"
Is Song Sancheng the kind of person who will turn around without caring about anything?
"It broke down on the spot!"
"The three bastards went home to pack up the old lady's things. Zhang Wangjia directly dragged a cardboard box out of the utility room and opened the plastic bag inside. It was full of money! "
"Dad, do you still remember the notes I had when I was a kid? The notes were one cent, one dime, and later five cents. The largest note was two yuan, all tied up neatly with rubber bands!"
Some of the notes had begun to mold and rot, some had been gnawed by mice and were incomplete, and some were directly stuck together, and only fuzzy colors could be seen...
But it was indeed all money, a box of sad money spanning decades.
Zhang Wangjia opened the box of money for everyone to see, and asked several sisters-in-law who were helping to count together. Several children were dumbfounded, standing there, and said to him uncomfortably:
"Dad, look at you, why didn't you tell me you had this money earlier! Now someone is recycling these old notes, and the money they give is not small."
"Give it to me earlier, and I'll help you sell it, so my mom won't be reluctant to part with the money..."
As he spoke, he reached out to touch it, and then there was a whistle, and Zhang Wangjia hit him with a hoe, and his arm was almost broken!
"Did your mother die because she couldn't bear to part with the money? She was suffocated to death by you!"
After working hard all her life, she couldn't get over it! Just for that 20,000 yuan, my mother and I would give up our lives. How could she get over it!
When the eldest son got married, I begged and asked for help to borrow 15,000 yuan to buy him a unit-funded house in the city.
The second son got married later, and he also had to raise money. 80,000 yuan for a house... There was no way, the house price had risen.
It was the daughter's turn. The 10,000 yuan betrothal gift was supplemented by her parents with 30,000 yuan, and the newly made furniture and dowry were sent over.
The couple returned to the state of extreme poverty and debt, and only in recent years have they gradually paid off their debts.
They have never let their children down in their lives!
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