0p0 Chapter 61 The eldest uncle's accident (Part 1)
Chapter 61 The eldest uncle's accident (Part 1)
"Open the door! Open the door quickly!" The Xiao family's door was pounded on, waking the Xiao family members from their sleep.
Old Mrs. Xiao hurriedly dressed and rushed out to open the door: "Stop knocking, I'm coming, I'm coming."
"Sun Ming's wife, what brings you here?" When Old Lady Xiao opened the door, she saw that the person who came in was Sun Ming's wife from the village.
"Auntie, something terrible has happened," Sun Ming's wife said, panting.
"What's wrong? Tell me quickly!" Upon hearing this, Old Lady Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly urged her to answer.
"Auntie, your third son's wife's eldest brother went hunting in the mountains this morning and ran into a wild boar. He was injured," Sun Ming's wife said anxiously, catching her breath.
She was also from Dahe Village and was quite familiar with Lin Qin. She had gone back to her parents' home yesterday, and when she learned of the incident this morning, she rushed to the Xiao family to inform them.
"Auntie, what did you say? My uncle is in trouble." Xiao Siyue happened to come out and heard the news, and immediately panicked.
"Auntie, where is my uncle now?" Xiao Siyue asked anxiously.
"The person was unconscious and has been taken to the town clinic." Sun Ming's wife was still a little frightened when she recalled the scene she saw. The person was covered in blood and she didn't know if they would make it through.
Xiao Siyue was extremely worried and wanted to go to town to check on things as soon as possible. She turned to look at Old Lady Xiao.
"Grandma..." Xiao Siyue called out to Old Lady Xiao, her voice choked with emotion.
"Yue'er, don't worry, we'll go to town right away." Old Mrs. Xiao said with heartache as she looked at her granddaughter, whose eyes were filled with tears.
"Sun Ming's wife, thank you so much for coming to tell us this time. We're in a hurry to get to town now, and we'll thank you again later," Old Mrs. Xiao said to Sun Ming's wife.
"Auntie, what are you saying? This is what I should do. You all go ahead, I'll head back first," Sun Ming's wife said, waving her hand. Not only did she and Lin Qin grow up in the same village, but the Xiao family had also helped the village a great deal over the past year, and she had benefited from it all. She hadn't been able to repay them, so what was there to thank them for—just delivering a message?
"Old man, hurry up and pack, we're going to town," Old Mrs. Xiao instructed Old Mr. Xiao as soon as she entered the door.
"What happened?" Old Master Xiao hadn't gone out yet, so he didn't know what had happened.
"My third brother's wife and eldest brother have had an accident. They're at the town clinic, but we don't know what's wrong yet. My third brother and his wife aren't here, so let's go check on them," said Old Lady Xiao as she took out some silver.
"Alright, take a little more silver, just in case." Old Master Xiao was startled and hurriedly got up from the kang (a heated brick bed) to say.
“I know.” Old Mrs. Xiao took out 200 taels of silver, then thought for a moment and took out another 100 taels.
Xiao Siyue also took out the more than three hundred taels of silver from her silver box. This was what she had received in the past two months, plus the more than one hundred taels she had left before, totaling more than three hundred taels. Xiao Siyue took it all with her.
The three of them went out and immediately took a carriage to town. This carriage was the one Xiao Qinian bought before he left. He originally intended to buy it for them to carry their things, but thinking that his family would also need one, he bought an extra one.
She stopped the carriage at the entrance of Jihetang, and before she even got out, she heard crying inside. Xiao Siyue's heart sank to the bottom. Could it be that her uncle was gone?
Xiao Siyue took a step and ran inside.
"Grandma," Xiao Siyue said as she entered the door to find Grandma Lin crying uncontrollably, along with her aunt and cousins standing to the side.
"Grandma, how is Uncle Lin?" Xiao Siyue glanced at Uncle Lin lying on the hospital bed.
"Yue'er... your eldest uncle..." Grandma Lin cried uncontrollably.
"Grandma, how is Uncle? Tell me quickly!" Xiao Siyue was extremely anxious.
"Siyue, what's going on here?" Doctor He came out of the inner room, glanced at the Lin family, and asked Xiao Siyue.
"Dr. He, this is my maternal grandmother. The one who is injured is my eldest uncle. I wonder how he is?" Xiao Siyue asked Dr. He directly when she saw that her grandmother could not speak.
"Your eldest uncle was hit in the chest, injuring his lungs and internal organs. His left leg is alright, just a fracture. He'll recover after three months of rest," Dr. He sighed.
"Can it be cured?" Xiao Siyue asked anxiously.
“Yes, but…” Dr. He said, glancing at Grandma Lin.
"Dr. He, please speak freely," said Old Master Xiao, who came in later.
"It can be cured, but it may cost a lot of money," said Doctor He. He knew that Grandma Lin's family was just an ordinary farming family, and it was already good enough that they could support themselves, let alone spend a lot of money on medicine.
Xiao Siyue breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. As long as the patient could be cured, she would figure out how to pay for it.
"Because the patient's lungs and internal organs have been damaged, ginseng is needed for medicine, and the body will also need ginseng to replenish its strength afterward, so the cost of the medicine may be at least a hundred taels of silver," Dr. He added.
"Grandma, don't cry. Dr. He said Uncle can be cured." Xiao Siyue quickly comforted Grandma Lin who was standing to the side.
“I know, but it’s over a hundred taels of silver! We couldn’t raise that much even if we sold all our possessions.” Grandma Lin was still crying beside her. Her family hadn’t been able to save any money over the years, so where were they going to get 100 taels of silver?
She had considered asking her two daughters for help, but her eldest daughter's family wasn't well-off and didn't have much money. Her younger daughter and son-in-law had gone to take up their new posts, and she really didn't know what to do. Her eldest daughter-in-law's family was a spendthrift family that never gave up money; they were completely unreliable.
"Grandma, don't worry, I have money, look." Xiao Siyue took out the money she had brought and showed it to Grandma Lin.
Grandma Lin was so shocked when she saw the pile of silver that Xiao Siyue took out that she stopped crying.
"Yue'er, you..."
"Grandma, don't worry, getting Uncle treated is the most important thing." Xiao Siyue didn't want to delay. Turning to Doctor He, she said, "Dr. He, please get Uncle treated quickly."
Seeing this, Dr. He quickly took action as well.
"Yue'er, where did you get this money?" Grandma Lin was relieved and turned to ask Xiao Siyue. A little child holding so much money.
"Grandma, this is from Grandpa and Grandma, you can use it without worry." Xiao Siyue didn't mention that she earned it herself.
Grandma Lin turned her gaze to the Xiao family couple.
Seeing this, Old Lady Xiao understood and immediately said, "Mother-in-law, don't worry, treating my elder brother is the priority. The third son and his wife aren't here. If anything happens, just come to us. How could we not help?"
"Thank you so much, my dear in-laws. It's all thanks to you." Grandma Lin said, her eyes brimming with tears as she held Old Lady Xiao's hand, deeply moved.
Aunt Lin, who was standing to the side, felt the same way, wishing she could kneel down and kowtow to Old Lady Xiao.
After the incident, she went to her parents' home to borrow money, but her mother cruelly kicked her out. At that moment, her heart turned cold. She had often taken things from her husband's family to give to her parents' home, but she never expected that at the most critical moment, her parents' home would treat her like this.
"Thank you, Aunt Lin. Don't worry, we will definitely repay this money," Aunt Lin assured her from the side.
Just then, Sister Lin and Lin Shu rushed in from outside the clinic in a panic.