newbobooks Chapter 503 Leukemia
Chapter 503 Leukemia
Feng Yuanqing was so panicked that he kept backing away, waving his hands like rattles. "No! No! Aren't you afraid that I'll take the money and run away?"
"I trust you!" Lin Panpan stuffed the money into his hand and said, "Just think of it as a deposit. Use it for emergencies."
Feng Yuanqing's eyes suddenly turned red, and he raised his hand to wipe away his tears: "To be honest, my little son has had a fever for several days. He has been to the hospital several times and has spent all his money, but the disease is still not getting better..."
Hearing this, Lin Panpan's heart skipped a beat.
In her previous life, she remembered that Feng Yuanqing had a son whom she lost.
She immediately said:
"What a coincidence! I studied medicine! How about I come to your house now?
If I can help, I'll do my best."
As he said that, he picked up his bag and walked forward, completely ignoring Feng Yuanqing's attempts to refuse.
The fat man came close to Gu Mobai and asked in a low voice, "Brother, where did you find your sister-in-law? How come she knows everything?"
Gu Mobai's eyes never left Lin Panpan, with a smug look on his face: "How can the wife I carefully selected not be amazing?"
The fat man was puzzled. He used to think that Gu Mobai was as cold as ice, but now he seemed to be drugged.
The group followed Feng Yuanqing to his courtyard house.
As soon as I entered the gate, I heard a shrill voice shouting, "Hey, Feng Yuanqing, you're back at last? And you brought all these people with you. Are you here to extort money?"
Feng Yuanqing's face darkened, and he replied unhappily, "Don't worry about it, sister-in-law."
The woman put her hands on her hips and spoke like a machine gun:
"Who cares about you? I'm just afraid you'll come here and eat and drink for free!
Look at you, you are old and still don’t have a proper livelihood. You just stay at home and rely on your parents for support all day long.
Your son is a sickly person, lying in bed taking medicine every day. I wonder how long he will be a burden to the family!"
The more she spoke, the more excited she became, her saliva flying everywhere, and her eyes were full of disgust.
Feng Yuanqing's eyes were red and his voice was trembling: "Sister-in-law, no matter how difficult it was for me and my son, I never touched a single needle or thread in your house. Why do you curse the child?"
My sister-in-law put her hands on her hips and stiffened her neck:
"You didn't eat mine? You were chewing on your parents'!
"The two elders gave all the delicious food and drinks to your sickly child, and my three sons couldn't even have a sip of meat soup! Why?"
Feng Yuanqing rubbed his hands anxiously: "I brought guests here today for serious business, can you please stop being so unreasonable?"
My sister-in-law slammed the wash basin to the ground with a clang, and the splashing water soaked her skirt. "No! We must separate today! You're just living out there, eating and waiting to die. Why should we support your family?"
The quarrel alarmed the old couple in the house.
Father Feng came running out, trembling on his crutches, his brows knitted into knots. "Why are you howling in broad daylight? Don't you think it's embarrassing enough?"
My sister-in-law turned around suddenly, pointed at Father Feng's nose and jumped up and down:
"You two old people are so partial! That sick grandson should just die.
He left his three healthy grandchildren alone. What was he thinking?
The spit flew far away, and Feng's father was so angry that his face turned purple. He picked up the broom in the corner and was about to hit someone.
Feng Yuanqing's younger brother heard the noise and ran out, frowning and shouting:
"What are you arguing about? This isn't the first time you've talked about this! Mom and Dad, you're spoiling my eldest brother's family too much.
"Dad's entire pension is spent on his nephew's medical treatment. Who wouldn't be furious?"
Father Feng was so angry that he was shaking. He poked his son's nose with his finger and said, "Spend my money however you want! You have no ability, you just sit at home and rely on your parents all day, and you still have the nerve to criticize others?"
My brother's neck stiffened:
"How can this be the same? Even the big hospitals won't admit that kid from my eldest brother's family. He's just a bottomless pit!
Rather than wasting money, it’s better to let him fend for himself.”
Before he could finish his words, Father Feng picked up the bench next to him and was about to throw it at him.
"Is it your turn to point fingers here?" Father Feng's face flushed red, and veins popped on his forehead. "You want to divide the family business today, right? Fine! Divide it now!"
Feng Yuanqing stood by, his clenched fists trembling slightly.
The sister-in-law's eyes were red as she shouted at the top of her lungs, "Let's break up! Who wants to stay here and be bullied? Haven't we suffered enough cold shoulder over the years?"
More and more neighbors gathered to watch, and Feng's mother was so anxious that she kept wiping away tears. She wanted to persuade them but couldn't get a word in.
The yard was in chaos, with the sounds of smashing pots and bowls mixed with shouting and cursing, making the entire alley restless.
Father Feng was so angry that his chest was gasping for breath. He turned around and called several elders from the clan.
Soon, a table was set up in the yard and the documents for dividing the family property began to be written in black and white.
My sister-in-law stood on tiptoe, and the abacus beads clattered:
"Each family must occupy half of this two-story old house!
We want one with a patio in the front and a damp area in the back, perfect for the elderly family."
Lin Panpan stood by with her eyes wide open. This person was not just dividing the family business, it was like he was robbing something.
Before she could react, her sister-in-law started yelling again, "The money Mom and Dad have saved over the years should be divided into two parts! Why should the old family get the most?"
Father Feng slammed the table loudly: "Then who will take care of your mother and I when we get old?"
My sister-in-law pouted and hid behind her husband:
"Of course the old family should take care of it! All your pensions have been used to support their children's medical care over the years. Do you really want us to support them too?"
Are we three children going to be raised on empty stomachs? With only one son and one daughter, isn't it easy for the old family to support two elderly people?
The elders of the clan frowned and advised: "We are all family, dividing us up like this would hurt the harmony..."
Before he could finish his words, his sister-in-law put her hands on her hips and retorted, "How much is peace worth? If we don't sort it out today, our family will suffer huge losses in the future!"
As soon as the ink was written on the red paper for the division of the family property, Feng's parents divided the only 500 yuan they had in half.
The door curtains of the front and back yards were pulled, and the courtyard was split into two halves.
Feng Yuanqing wiped his face with a wry smile: "Everyone, come inside and take a look!"
As soon as Lin Panpan stepped into the inner room, a smell of medicine mixed with the sour smell of sweat hit her.
A boy of about ten years old was lying on the bed with his eyes tightly closed. His arms were as thin as straw and even the outline of his bones could be seen clearly under the thin quilt.
Feng Yuanqing's wife was applying a cold towel to the child's forehead. When she saw someone come in, her eyes suddenly turned red: "He has a fever and is confused again today. He vomited a lot of blood..."
Feng Yuanqing squatted beside the bed and said in a muffled voice: "I was just about to go see an old Chinese doctor..."
Before she finished speaking, the wife quickly offered her seat to Lin Panpan: "Big sister, thank you for coming to help."
Lin Panpan squatted down beside the bed and gently placed her hand on the child's wrist.
The room was so quiet that I could hear the sound of my brother and sister-in-law chopping vegetables outside. After a long while, she raised her head and said, "The child has leukemia.
"Yes!" Feng Yuanqing's wife seemed to be grasping at a life-saving straw:
"The doctor at the hospital said the same thing, but we country folk don't know what leukemia is.
I just have to take medicine and get blood transfusions all the time, and all the money in the family has gone into it..."
She touched the child's hot face, and tears fell on the quilt.