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Chapter 797 Let Mother Be a Witness

Chapter 797: Chapter 797 Let Mother Be a Witness

Everyone in the whole hospital knew that this patient’s family owed the hospital money, his wife needed surgery, but they didn’t have enough funds and still begged the doctor to save her first.

It wasn’t just a hundred or two hundred— it was over five hundred.

That was certainly not a small sum.

"I’m here to pay...."

As the billing staff announced a number, Brother Zhao took out a stack of money and counted it out for them.

Coming to the hospital for treatment, of course, meant patients, but there were others as well.

Once they reached the ward, Zhao Tianhai whispered to Brother Zhao, "Brother, you should keep some money with me, there are quite a few thieves around these days."

"Have Mother be a witness." If it were before, Zhao Tianhai really wouldn’t want to deal with these matters.

But now, with the eldest’s situation as it was, if the money were lost, it was hard to say what might occur.

"Okay."

After arriving at the ward, Zhao Tianhai said this in front of Sister-in-law Zhao and Mrs. Zhao.

"Alright, just yesterday I heard an old lady in another ward cursing because her money had been stolen."

"Adding some more for medicine, bed, and food costs, it’s likely another hundred."

Paying over five hundred and returning more than a hundred to Mrs. Zhao, they had spent seven hundred and kept a hundred, thus totaling eight hundred, leaving seven hundred left.

Brother Zhao quickly counted the money for Zhao Tianhai.

"There, don’t skimp; to get better during the hospital stay, you need to eat well," he said. "Laoer and I will head back. The situation here with several folks, and Dad alone at home, I’m not at ease."

"Mother, thank you." Sister-in-law Zhao didn’t know when she would be discharged, and the house would have to be left in the hands of the in-laws.

"Okay."

Mrs. Zhao had been uncomfortable staying here these past few days.

Now she was heading back to the county town with Zhao Tianhai, then onward to the town, walking a stretch of the road and catching a ride to Zhao Family Village Team.

Upon her return, someone saw her and asked,

"How is your eldest son’s wife doing?"

Many had seen Sister-in-law Zhao faint the other day, and that she was taken to the town by Brother Zhao.

These past few days, neither of the couple had been seen.

"She’s sick, and should be discharged in a few days," Mrs. Zhao did not mention Sister-in-law Zhao’s surgery, the hospitalization, the significant expenses, or the money borrowed from Tianlei.

Whenever someone asked her, Mrs. Zhao responded just so.

As she pushed open the door and returned home, her co-wives came over.

"Sister-in-law, how is Xiao Mao’s mother now?"

Drinking a sip of water, Mrs. Zhao began, "She fell ill, was sent to the city for surgery; there wasn’t enough money, so Laosan transferred some."

What?

Surgery?

Last year, Xiao Mao’s family had sold quite a lot of grains—how was the money not sufficient?

"The doctor said it was serious. If she didn’t have the surgery, she’d only live about a year, but with surgery, she could live another ten or twenty years. However, she shouldn’t do heavy work after being discharged, and must keep up with her nutrition," Mrs. Zhao explained.

Little Aunt Zhao was startled for a moment, not expecting such an outcome.

Live another ten or twenty years?

She remembered Xiao Mao’s mother was only in her thirties.

Little Aunt Zhao mentioned another issue, "The matter of Xiao Mao’s mother has also spread to her maternal home, but no one from there showed any care, as if whether she lives or dies is none of their concern."

Mrs. Zhao certainly knew which among her in-laws and mother-in-law was responsible.

Honestly, when initially choosing a match for her eldest son, she really hadn’t favored the eldest son’s wife.

The eldest son’s wife had even secretly taken things from their home to her maternal home, which she caught and reprimanded several times. At that time, the wife gave birth to a daughter, and besides after the festivals when she allowed her to take things back, she hadn’t sneaked anything since.