Landlady who likes to hoard land

At this moment, Wang Chengyu was in no mood to argue with Xu Jianren. Any conflict was insignificant in the face of birth, aging, sickness, and death.

She didn't want her mother to worry about her anymore. She knew she would have to go to the hospital frequently, and her two children at home still needed her care.

I turned on the gas, heated up the leftovers from last night, turned off the heat after it cooled down, ladled out a bowl of porridge and swallowed it whole, then took a painkiller.

I sat on the sofa, put in the eye drops, closed my eyes, and waited for the painkillers to take effect. After about fifteen minutes, the headache began to lessen, and my eyes were no longer unbearably sore!

I got up, washed up, grabbed my phone, and rode my electric scooter to the hospital.

She checked the route last night; her home isn't far from the specialist hospital.

There's no direct bus route, and at this hour in the morning, a taxi would take at least fifteen minutes, and riding an electric scooter would also take fifteen to twenty minutes. So she decided to ride her electric scooter to the hospital.

When Wang Chengyu arrived at the hospital, he was very glad that he had come by electric bike. Perhaps because of the morning rush hour, the road leading to the hospital from the main road was full of traffic, and it would take at least ten minutes to walk that stretch. Riding an electric bike was much more convenient.

After parking my electric scooter, I called Wang Chenggong. He had arrived earlier and was in the process of completing the hospital admission procedures.

After completing all the formalities, Wang Chengqing arrived at the hospital. Wang Chengqing worked as a car saleswoman at a 4S store, and she submitted her resignation after learning that her mother was ill.

Normally, it would take a month to resign. However, considering her special circumstances, her supervisor granted her special permission to complete the handover process within two weeks before leaving.

She took the day off to come here.

Wang Chengyu's younger sister, Wang Chenghua, has a young child, so she wasn't invited to come today.

After completing the hospitalization procedures, Director Zhu, who was in charge of Wang's department, first performed ascites drainage on Wang's mother. After the drainage was completed, Wang's mother felt much better and fell asleep.

The three siblings went to the stairwell to discuss their options.

Small groups of family members were sitting in the stairwell, some smoking, some eating, and some resting on the floor. This scene deeply saddened Wang Chengyu.

There were people in the stairwells on every floor, so the three of them went down to the courtyard and found a corner. Wang Chenggong spoke with a slight frown.

"Director Zhu said that it can be basically confirmed that Mom has mid-to-late stage ovarian cancer. Because of the special location of the ovary, this disease cannot be detected in the early stage. Once it is detected, it is already in the mid-to-late stage."

"First, you need to be hospitalized for two cycles of chemotherapy. Surgery can only be performed once the tumor shrinks a bit. After the surgery, you'll need to continue with six or seven more cycles of chemotherapy."

Neither of the sisters spoke; only tears silently streamed down their faces.

Occasionally, someone would pass by and see the Wang Chengyu sisters crying, but they would just sigh and leave.

In this specialized cancer hospital, crying and grieving seem to be common occurrences!

"The entire treatment process will take six months to a year. I definitely need to treat Mom, but as you know, my factory has just started to do well, and the family depends on me to work and support them. Mom's hospitalization will also cost a lot of money, so I may not have time to take care of her."

Wang Chenggong stated the facts expressionlessly.

"Brother, you can stay at the factory. Chengqing, Chenghua, and I will take turns taking care of Mom at the hospital."

Wang Chengyu glanced at Wang Chengqing, and seeing Wang Chengqing nod, he continued.

"We daughters will also contribute to Mom's medical expenses, so please don't put too much pressure on yourself."

Wang Chenggong scratched his head. His mother's illness had come so suddenly that he was caught off guard, but he was the eldest son in the family.

He couldn't let his emotions flow like his sisters; he was going to be the pillar of this family from now on, and he had to support the family during this time.

“I asked Director Zhu, and she said it would cost about 100,000 yuan. Our mother doesn't have insurance, but there's a new national policy that reimburses 50% to 60% of such serious illnesses. So it won't cost much in the end. Here, you get paid after each chemotherapy session, not in one lump sum. I'll pay first, and we'll get more if we really need it.”

Wang Chenggong thought that his sisters had helped him a lot, and that his parents should be cared for by him, their son. His sisters were already doing enough by coming to take care of them and serving them.

He provides the money, and his sisters provide the labor; that's a good arrangement.

"I'm at the hospital today, you two should go home. You'll be spending a lot of time in the hospital in the future, no need to crowd here. You won't be of much help anyway!"

After Wang Chenggong finished explaining, he urged the two sisters to leave.

"Okay, let's go back first. Cheng Qing hasn't finished her resignation procedures yet. I'll take over your shift first thing tomorrow morning."

"I'll go up first, take care on your way."

Wang Chenggong turned around and went back upstairs, and Wang Chengyu followed Wang Chengqing to her car.

“Although my brother said we don’t need to contribute, we know our family’s situation, so we still need to contribute a portion,” Wang Chengyu discussed with Wang Chengqing.

"We definitely have to pay. Let's discuss it with Chenghua and see how much we can pay."

Wang Chengyu called her younger sister, Wang Chenghua. The three sisters discussed it and decided that each of them would contribute 10,000 yuan to give to Wang Chenggong before their mother's surgery, and then decide on the cost later.

After the three sisters discussed it and made a decision, Wang Chengyu rode her electric bike home.

That evening, I told Xu Jianren about it, and he didn't say a word.

"You sisters should discuss it together. Once you've decided on the amount, we'll contribute that much. I'll go ask Dad for it this time."

Xu Jianren has many flaws but also some merits. He is filial to his parents, does not cheat or swindle, and does not indulge in drinking, gambling, or prostitution.

Although he doesn't earn much money, he doesn't smoke, drink, or play video games. His only hobbies are growing flowers and raising fish.

He handed over all his salary, and as long as he had money, Wang Chengyu could spend it however she wanted. This was the reason why Wang Chengyu was able to stay with him for so many years.

"Don't ask Xu Wen's grandfather for money; I'll figure out a way to solve the money problem."

Even at this point, Wang Chengyu still didn't want to use Xu Chenxing's money.

"What can you do? Just ask my dad for it. I really don't understand what you're so upset about."

Xu Jianren was used to asking Xu Chenxing for money whenever he was short, so even though Xu Chenxing had a strong personality and a bad temper, Xu Jianren could quickly make amends and back down after every argument.

This greatly satisfied Xu Chenxing's desire for control. Therefore, Xu Chenxing became even more insistent on controlling the money.

Even though he is already sixty-six years old, he doesn't let Xu Jianren interfere with anything in the factory.

Last year during the Spring Festival, some uncles came to our house for dinner. At the dinner table, the uncles advised Xu Chenxing...

“You’re so old now, and Jianren is almost forty. His children are all grown up. It’s time for Jianren to take over the factory’s affairs.”

Xu Chenxing flatly refused.

“He’s no good. He has a terrible temper. He’s always arguing with people over the slightest disagreement. He’s offended all the workers in my factory.”

"You had a bad temper when you were young too, but you were there to teach him. You kept him on his toes, letting him learn for a few years, and he'd gradually learn. How can you learn if you don't learn? You have to learn to let go."

Uncles continued to persuade him,

Xu Chenxing reiterated his previous statement.

"He can't do it, he's not capable, he's used to a comfortable life and can't handle this kind of work."

Seeing his insistence, his uncles changed the subject and stopped trying to persuade him. After all, it wasn't a family matter, and the fact that they could even exchange a few words with him meant they had a good relationship.

After the argument over money, Wang Chengyu was determined not to spend Xu Chenxing's money anymore. The couple's distorted facts, their domineering and unreasonable behavior, and their inability to distinguish right from wrong, along with Xu Qian's words "poor seed," remained firmly in her mind.