Chapter 101

The two brothers exchanged a glance and left. Bai Lanhua and Yun Guilan watched their husbands leave and followed them, not wanting to stay and serve the old woman.

The old woman had always disliked them when she was younger, never giving them a good look. Now, whoever wanted to serve her could.

Anyway, the old woman had a daughter, three daughters-in-law, and many grandchildren to serve her, so they could take turns.

Xia Daquan quickly arrived at the captain’s house and shouted outside, “Captain, are you home? We have something to talk to you about.”

The captain’s mother, Xu Pozi, leaned on her cane and said, “It’s Daquan, my son is in the field, you can go find him there if you have something to do.”

“Okay, Mother.”

The two Xia brothers hurried to the field. After looking around, they found the captain in the field weeding. Xia Daquan said, “Captain, my father has something to talk to you about, he wants you to go back.”

The captain stopped his work and asked, “It’s Daquan and Dayong, why are you two running here to find me? What’s the matter?”

Xia Daquan smiled awkwardly and said, “Captain, it’s about my mother. You know we brothers are not capable, so we can only trouble you, Captain.”

“Trouble me? What good am I? I’m not a doctor, I can’t see a doctor. You guys should take her to the hospital.”

Xia Daquan said, “Captain, we don’t have money, the hospital won’t give her medicine without money. If we don’t treat her, she won’t get better.”

The captain really didn’t know what to say to these people. Such a big family, they couldn’t even afford to see a doctor. They were afraid of doing too much work and getting tired when they worked, but now they didn’t have money when they needed it.

He didn’t want to say that this big family had so many laborers but the least amount of work points. When Yun was still in that family, they had a little bit of work points, but now that Yun is gone, they probably couldn’t even feed themselves.

The captain washed his hands in the field and went to Xia Lao’s house. He arrived in a few minutes and shouted outside, “Uncle, I’m Xia Daming, what do you need to see me for?”

Xia Lao came out with a stick and said, “It’s Daming, you see your aunt is like this, I want to borrow some money from the team to take her to the hospital.”

The captain said, “Uncle, you know the situation of our team, we really don’t have much money. At most, I can lend you 20 yuan, which will be deducted from your work points.”

“That’s fine, I’ll borrow 20 yuan from the team first. If it costs too much, I can’t do anything about it.” Xia Lao thought that he could get some pension money from his sons by using his wife’s life as an excuse, but these guys were very smart and didn’t want to pay.

His wife was like this, obviously she couldn’t be cured. She was so old, why bother treating her? He was just going through the motions, so that others wouldn’t say he was heartless.

He could send her to the hospital to buy some medicine, he had already done his best. He was not willing to spend so much money on someone who was about to die.

Sigh, the captain sighed, found the accountant in the field, explained the situation to him, and asked him to write a promissory note for Xia Lao to sign, then gave him 20 yuan and explained that it was a loan.

The accountant also quickly wrote the promissory note, went to Xia Lao’s house, read the content of the promissory note, and asked him to sign it. The accountant thought that he really couldn’t trust the character of the Xia family. If they reneged on their debt, they would definitely have to argue.

Xia Lao signed and pressed his thumbprint, the accountant took out two 10 yuan bills and gave them to Xia Lao, said nothing and left. He really didn’t want to say anything more to the Xia family. Such a good family, no one cleaned up the house, the smell was really too strong.

Xia Lao was happy after getting the money, he found Lao Zhangtou, asked him to send him and his wife to town. Now he had 30 yuan, he could buy medicine for his wife, he would only spend a few yuan, he would definitely not spend more.

As for repaying the money, he had so many sons, he would let them repay it later. He couldn’t let himself, an old man, starve to death.

Xia Lao’s sons didn’t know that they had been tricked by their own father again. He was really good at tricking his own family, he was really a scourge.

Lao Zhangtou drove the ox cart to Xia Lao’s house, helped to carry He Lao’s wife onto the ox cart, took the whip and drove the ox away. He didn’t say a word to Xia Lao, because he knew what kind of person he was.

Xia Lao and He Lao’s wife arrived at the hospital, the doctor examined her and said that she needed to be hospitalized, but the cost was high.

Xia Lao said with a troubled look, “Doctor, we are poor farmers, we don’t have that much money, what should I do?”

Xia Lao pretended to shed tears, the doctor could understand, in this era, it was good to be able to eat, who had extra money to see a doctor and buy medicine? Xia Lao finally only bought some medicine for He Lao’s wife and left in a hurry.

After returning home, Xia Lao hid the remaining money. He Lao’s condition deteriorated, she kept drooling and couldn’t speak. When Xia Lao’s sons heard the news, they blamed their father for not taking good care of their mother.

However, Xia Lao argued that he had done his best, and made excuses saying that the doctor was helpless anyway, “Besides, it would cost hundreds of yuan to treat her, do you have the money?

If any of you can pay for it, I’ll send your mother to the hospital immediately. Do you think I don’t want to? The key is that I don’t have any money, what do you want me to do?”

Xia Dayong and Xia Daquan also knew that they didn’t have that much money, so they left dejectedly.

In the following days, the Xia family was constantly in conflict, the good show of the Xia family was one after another, and Xia Lao often secretly counted the few banknotes, secretly pleased with himself.

Xiao Yichen and Gu Beihuai finally didn’t have to carry water today, they went to the field to weed. Sometimes they could even slack off, it was so comfortable.

Gu Beihuai: “Big Brother, since Sister-in-law is not a child of the Xia family, who do you think she is a child of? Sister-in-law is so good, how could that family be willing to abandon her?”

“Also, Big Brother, don’t you think Sister-in-law’s looks are a little like Grandma Gong?”

Xiao Yichen: “Your imagination is wasted if you don’t become a screenwriter. The Gong family is a big family, wouldn’t they know if their own child was lost? With their current conditions, finding a child is a matter of minutes.”

Gu Beihuai: “Big Brother, I just think they look a little alike, what if Sister-in-law is a child of the Gong family?”

“Then you two are a strong alliance, in the future, no one will dare to bully you two big families.”

Xiao Yichen: “You’ve watched too many movies, hurry up and work, it’s almost time to stop work. You’ve done so little work today, are you not going to eat? You just want to slack off.”