"Boss, boss, why are you here!"
Jiang Chuangen was so excited that he couldn't say anything bad. His eyes couldn't help glancing behind Jiang Liu. Seeing that the two children did not follow him together, the light in his eyes dimmed a lot.
"What's wrong, Jiang Juan came to my house and scolded me without thinking, and ran away without saying anything."
Jiang Liu used his feet to hook out a chair from under the bed next door, then sat on it and asked.
"Cancer, lung cancer."
Miao Caifeng replied for her husband: "You don't have to come over because of Juanzi's words. When we split up, we agreed that if your father and I were seriously ill, you only need to share one-third of the burden."
According to the local rules, married daughters are not responsible for the alimony of their parents, so when the family split up, Jiang Juan did not share the family's property. Correspondingly, in the matter of pension, she did not make much demands on her. Since Jiang Hai has a lot of property, he should pay a lot for the pension. If Miao Caifeng and his wife get sick, he should pay two-thirds of the medical expenses.
But despite the rules, Miao Caifeng thought about the money that she had secretly stuffed into the little girl over the years, not only the dowry gift she sent back intact when she got married, but also the fifty dollars at the bottom of the box that was secretly given to her on her back. , was very angry.
She didn't have to ask her daughter to pay for her filial piety, but now the other party came to the hospital to take care of the old man, helped with feces and urine, and delivered food and vegetables. She felt that this girl was not wrong, but now the other party does not pay and does not care. She even seemed to be afraid that she would find her, so she simply didn't show up in order to avoid trouble, which made her not feel cold.
Even two children who dote on them are so unfilial. Miao Caifeng really doesn't have any hope for the eldest son who has been heartbroken by them. She doesn't have the face to let the other party out of the three points agreed when they split up. one of the medical expenses.
"Didn't you ask Yangyang and Xingxing to persuade you to stop smoking?"
Jiang Liu frowned and said with hatred that the identities of the father and son seemed to have changed. He was the old man, and Jiang Chuangen on the bed was the son.
"I'm used to smoking, how can I quit."
Jiang Chuangen smiled bitterly, isn't it okay for a man to do this? Besides, there are too many troubles at home, so I can feel more comfortable when I smoke.
"Wait a minute, Yangyang and Xingxing, boss, you know that I'm talking to the two children when you're not paying attention."
Jiang Chuangen suddenly realized this, his eyes widened and he looked at the eldest son with hope.
It turns out that his son has always been aware of the secret things he thought he did. No wonder the two children called Grandpa the first time they saw him. No wonder he always found a chance to spend time with his two little grandsons every time the eldest family returned to the countryside. play talk...
It turned out that the son knew it from beginning to end.
Thinking about how Xiao Sun Sun often persuaded him to stop smoking, it seemed that he was still very concerned about what his son taught him behind the scenes.
What has he done over the years to hurt such a filial son who is away from them, only willing to let the two children be close to them, but he is no longer willing to be close to them.
Jiang Chuangen rubbed his eyes heavily, fearing that if he could not control it, he would cry in front of his son.
What he could think of, Miao Caifeng naturally also thought of it. At this moment, the old lady turned her face away, and already started to regret it.
"Does the doctor say Dad's disease can be cured?"
Jiang Liu still had a straight face, indifferent to his parents' emotions, and did not take this opportunity to ease the relationship between father and son.
"The doctor said that it's not too late to discover his disease, and if he treats it early, he will still have a chance to live. I heard that a similar problem occurred several years ago. After the operation, he is still alive and well. At that time, he The technology and equipment are not as developed as they are now.”
Miao Caifeng calmed down and said: "But I also listened to the doctor, I don't understand those things, but the doctor will not lie to me, he said that there is a chance to cure, I can't look at your father. wait to die."
"How much will it cost?"
Jiang Liu asked.
"I don't know, it should be a large amount, at least 30,000 to 40,000."
Miao Caifeng lowered her head. The most money she has ever held in her life is only four or five thousand. This is because she took care of the work in the fields and the extra money of straw weaving. The house in her hometown is not valuable, plus she and The few acres of land under the old man's name would be rented out, at most another six or seven thousand yuan, barely able to make up part of the surgery fee.
At first, she thought that the younger son would help. After all, the salary of teachers has been rising in recent years. Although the younger son is only an ordinary teacher in a township primary school, his monthly salary has risen to 120 yuan, which is higher than that of ordinary workers. Their salary is still a lot higher. Not long ago, the couple spent nearly 5,000 to buy a house in the county seat.
As long as they are willing to sell the house in the county seat and borrow some from a colleague, the surgery fee may be able to be collected, but it is not enough. She has the cheek to ask the boss for a little, and she should be able to collect enough.
But the younger son said something nice, and he was not willing to take out a penny at the moment, which completely chilled the old lady's heart.
"Discharged."
Jiang Liu said coldly.
"What!"
Miao Caifeng raised her head suddenly, staring at him in disbelief.
"Discharged from the hospital, my illness is just a waste of money. I am at this age. Even if I can be cured, wouldn't I live a few more years. And the doctor also said that the operation is to cut the necrotic things in my body. Take it out, if the knife is still not cured, isn't my body incomplete?"
Jiang Chuangen was stunned for a while, then he smiled and agreed, but he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart.
Even the most filial son was unwilling to let him heal. Sure enough, they broke the child's heart.
"Since the doctor said that it can be cured, why not treat it, but the equipment in the small county hospital is still not good. I will go through the discharge procedures today. I have someone I know in the provincial capital. Let's go to the provincial capital for treatment."
Jiang Liu didn't seem to see the despair in the eyes of the old man and the old lady, and said in a calm tone.
"Province, provincial capital!"
Jiang Chuangen's voice trembled. The meaning of his son's words was not that he was unwilling to pay him to see a doctor, but that he disliked the backwardness of the county's medical level.
"Going to the provincial capital will cost a lot of money."
The level of doctors in the provincial capital is definitely higher than the doctors in the small hospital in the county town, and they can have a better treatment environment. Miao Caifeng is of course willing, but she has lived most of her life, and the farthest place she has been to is their small county town. , I heard from those who have been to the city that the standard of living there is high, and a bowl of Yangchun noodles usually costs 80 cents, and I can’t find any shredded pork. bigger.
"After spending tens of thousands of dollars, there is still a lack of money? Anyway, I will find a way to deal with money, so you can see a doctor with peace of mind."
Jiang Liu scratched his hair, and since entering the door, for the first time, he showed a little anxious mood. It can be seen that he said it casually, but the tens of thousands of dollars was not an amount that he could take out all at once.
But even so, he still did not hesitate to send the old man to see a doctor.
"Old, boss, Dad, I'm sorry for you."
Jiang Chuangen couldn't hold back after all, and he burst into tears.
"I still have some money there, and I don't want you to pay it all."
Miao Caifeng was more tensed, not out of control like the old man.
"Come on, keep that money for your future retirement with my dad, do you still think your second child can be depended on now? The ugly words are in front of you. When we split up before, it was agreed that the matter of retirement will not belong to me, so don't think I am After the medical expenses are paid, I will help you to retire in the future, keep the money well, and take care of the fields at home, so you can live on."
Jiang Liu was going to collect money, he walked to the door, looked at the people in the room and said indifferently.
After hearing his words, Miao Caifeng and Jiang Chuangen didn't think it was too much. On the contrary, they regretted what they had done.
"I originally didn't want to come here today, but who made you my dad?"
With his back to them, Jiang Liu sighed in a low voice, then closed the door and left.
"I'm sorry, we're sorry for this son."
Jiang Chuangen was even more grief-stricken. Miao Caifeng sat in the position where Jiang Liu was sitting before and lowered her head. There were a few darker circular marks on the cement floor of the ward. Miao Caifeng stared straight at them. A piece of cement, and then wiped away tears.
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"Ding - Raiders mission Jiang Chuangen's favorability +5"
"Ding - Raiders mission Jiang Chuangen's favorability +10"
"Ding - Raiders mission Jiang Chuangen's favorability +12"
"Ding - Raiders mission Miao Caifeng's favorability +25"
"Ding - Raiders mission Miao Caifeng's favorability +15"
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A series of reminders of rising favorability sounded in Jiang Liu's mind. Now Jiang Chuangen's favorability value for him has reached the full value, and Mrs. Miao, who had the lowest favorability rating for him at the beginning, has also reached his favorability rating. 98, only two points away from completing this mission.
"The host did a great job."
001 felt that his system view had been severely hit. Jiang Liu had obviously ignored the two strategy characters all these years. Why did the strategy come to an end after the medical expenses were paid.
But not understanding does not hinder 001's ability to praise the host. As he said before, the process doesn't matter, the result is the most important.
Compared to the systematic surprise, Jiang Liu felt that all the developments were within his plan.
Human is a very strange animal. You have been sacrificing and giving, and people will only take it for granted after a short period of gratitude. Therefore, from the beginning, Jiang Liu did not intend to continue to work hard as Jiang according to his original temperament. The old ox at home.
The Jiang family had long been accustomed to the sacrifice of the original body, and suddenly, Jiang Liu no longer condoned them, and the two sides did not interfere with each other like strangers.
He made them realize that he was not born to be a laborer for them, made them realize the blatant partiality that they didn't feel, but actually existed, and that Jiang Liu didn't take the initiative to tell them, but he Through the mouths of others, through the public opinion in the village, let them realize it themselves.
In the end, when they were in the most difficult time and needed help the most, while their beloved children stood by, Jiang Liu appeared like a savior again. At this time, people's emotions were intensified and magnified in the collapse, and they could also achieve the maximum benefit.
Jiang Liu just figured out the psychology of Jiang Chuangen and his wife by using the experiences of various characters he saw on the construction site, and made good use of this to complete the task.