"You keep an eye on Da Bao’s wife; I’ll go call Laosan."
A thousand is not a small sum.
Da Bao only has two hundred on him, and she has a little more than a hundred, which is completely inadequate.
Laoer’s family just bought a house, so they don’t have any money either.
Where did Laoer buy the house?
Mrs. Zhao hurriedly took out a piece of paper, asked a nurse, and also inquired about where to go.
Mrs. Zhao had asked for directions all the way to Zhao Tianhai’s home.
Da Shu and Xiao Shu were being beaten, and the cries of the two brothers were not small.
"Dad, someone is knocking at the door." Xiao Shu, still crying, told Zhao Tianhai.
Knocking at the door?
Zhao Tianhai put down the stick and went to open the door, shocked to see that the person outside was his mother.
"Mother, how did you come to the county town?"
He had bought the house before and even invited his mother to come to the county town to stay for a while.
Da Shu and Xiao Shu still had tears on their faces.
Da Shu’s mother craned her neck to look at the mother-in-law who came in and was surprised, how did the mother-in-law come to the county town?
Had she heard something?
"Don’t you roll over to do your homework? If I hear you’re not doing it again, I will break your legs. Da Bao scores hundreds every year, but how many marks did you get?"
The two brothers were still frightened of Zhao Tianhai and hurried to do their homework.
They even did their homework while still sniffling.
"Mother, if you wanted to come to the county town, why didn’t you tell me? I would have brought you here."
Mrs. Zhao quickly stopped him from continuing.
"Your sister-in-law is sick and needs to go to the city hospital for surgery. I came to you to borrow money, and I’m going to call Laosan’s family."
Zhao Tianhai and Da Shu’s mother were both shocked. The sister-in-law was sick and needed surgery, and they were going to ask Laosan to lend money?
Would Laosan lend the money?
"How come my sister-in-law needs surgery? Is her condition very serious?"
Mrs. Zhao sighed deeply. "The doctor said if she doesn’t get surgery, she’ll live only a year. But if she has the surgery, she could live ten or twenty years more. She will need care as well. Otherwise, nobody can say for sure."
Zhao Tianhai took another sharp breath.
"Quick, go make the call."
Zhao Tianhai immediately nodded, taking Mrs. Zhao to make a phone call. Here in the county town, they didn’t have to go to the post office to make calls; not far from their place was a house that had a telephone installed. Of course, they had to pay to use it.
Zhao Tianhai brought Mrs. Zhao over, said a word to the proprietor, and then dialed the phone.
Zhao Tianhai rarely called Zhao Tianlei—whether it was when buying a house or starting a business, he would just ask Tianlei about it.
But the person who answered the phone wasn’t Yun Xiaoxiao; it was Grandma Fang, who said that as soon as they got back, they would call right away.
So, as soon as Yun Xiaoxiao returned, Grandma Fang spoke with a rather serious look, "Your sister-in-law has had an accident."
Yun Xiaoxiao didn’t react for a moment. Which sister-in-law?
Whether it was a sister-in-law from her family or her husband’s, she only maintained a semblance of calm on the surface.
Grandma Fang pulled Yun Xiaoxiao into the living room, and only after sitting down on the sofa she said, "I heard your sister-in-law seems to be sick and needs surgery, but there isn’t enough money."
Yun Xiaoxiao was startled and blinked. She had not expected that her sister-in-law was so seriously ill that she needed surgery.
Villagers are reluctant to spend money going to the hospital, and minor aches and pains are usually endured. But what they don’t realize is that minor illnesses can easily become serious if neglected.
"How much do they need to borrow, and how can I transfer money from here?"
It’s not like decades later when you have mobile phones and direct bank transfers are convenient.
Yun Xiaoxiao didn’t continue asking and instead began flipping through the phonebook, trying to dial back to see.