Chapter 978
Chapter 978: Chapter 962: Let’s Start a Fund Chapter 978: Chapter 962: Let’s Start a Fund “No,” Mrs.
Chen was also very stubborn, “I should do the selling.
You’re the pillar of our family.
If you collapse, what would our mother and daughter do?”
Not far away, Tang Yuxin listened to their conversation and suddenly felt a heavy heart.
She picked up her bag and took something out of it before she turned around and left.
A nurse came over shortly afterward and squatted in front of Mr.
and Mrs.
Chen.
She held two blankets in her arms and set them down.
It was normal for the hospital beds to be in short supply, and many family members slept in the corridors.
It wasn’t a big deal, but as the nights grew colder, sleeping without blankets could indeed be chilly.
She handed the blankets to Mr.
and Mrs.
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Chen.
“These should keep you warm for now.
If you’re still cold, come to the nurse’s station, and I’ll get you another one,” she said.
“This is enough, thank you,” Mr.
Chen quickly took the blankets.
It truly was sufficient; the hospital was heated, so it didn’t feel too cold.
The two of them could huddle together, and that would see them through the night.
Then the nurse took out a meal card and placed it in Mr.
Chen’s hand, “This is Dr.
Tang’s meal card.
You can use it.”
When Mr.
Chen heard that it was Dr.
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Tang’s meal card, he couldn’t possibly accept it.
They had already troubled the doctor too much.
He had heard that Dr.
Tang was supposed to leave work today, but in the end, she stayed because of them.
They had already taken up so much of that doctor’s time.
How could they have the face to take her meal card as well?
“It’s no trouble; just take it,” the nurse insisted, pushing the card into Mr.
Chen’s hand.
“Dr.
Tang usually doesn’t eat at the hospital, so she never uses the money on this card.
Even if you don’t use it, it will expire.
So go ahead and eat without worries.”
The nurse kindly lied to them, fearing they would refuse.
In reality, how could the money on the card expire?
Even if it was unused and untouched, the card was still purchased with money—it couldn’t expire.
She was afraid that the honest couple would refuse if she didn’t say it like this.
Upon hearing that the money would expire if not used, the elderly couple finally accepted the card.
Gratitude was written all over their honest faces, tears welling up in their eyes, which made the nurse feel very distressed.
Thinking about that college student who attempted suicide by drinking pesticide, she felt both angry and heartbroken.
“What kind of child does this?
Knowing what we know now, it would have been better if he had never been born.
The family can barely scrape by as it is, and he goes and does something like this.
Now look at him, he’s brought himself to death’s door.”
“Spend the money on the card however you need,” the nurse said again.
“Even if you don’t use it, after your son wakes up, he will need to eat.
Let’s not talk about everything else for now.
It’s essential to keep up his nutrition.
If he doesn’t get good nutrition, his recovery will be slow.”
“Okay, okay,” Mr.
Chen said, gripping the card in his hand, holding back the tears that were about to spring from his eyes.
That was indeed their current worry: they had almost no money left.
The borrowed money they brought, along with the funds donated by the school, had been nearly spent.
Even if they only ate plain bread soaked in water, they couldn’t save much.
Once their child woke up and needed to eat well, they didn’t know where to find the money.
Mr.
Chen had already decided that once his son’s condition improved and he woke up, he would go out and look for work.
Whether it was sweeping floors, washing dishes, or cleaning toilets, he didn’t care.
As long as he could earn money, he was willing to do any job.
Regarding the hospital fees for his child, he thought, if it really came down to it, he could sell a kidney.
He had heard that selling a kidney could bring in more than two hundred thousand yuan.
With that money, he could pay for his child’s medical bills and maybe even have some left over to buy him some nutritional supplements.
Now this meal card was like sending coal in snowy weather, a timely help.
At the very least, they wouldn’t have to worry about their child’s meals.
The two of them could eat anything or even go without, but they had to ensure their child ate well.
Without proper nutrition, how could his body recover?
The nurse stood up and went back to the nurse’s station, where she told the others that Dr.
Tang was truly a good doctor.
Not only were her medical skills excellent, but her heart was also kind.
However, what they didn’t know was that Tang Yuxin was capable of such thoughts, not because she was exceptionally kind-hearted, nor because she was a person of great benevolence, but rather because of her own past experiences, which had been rather harsh.
That evening, when Tang Yuxin returned home, she brought up the matter with Tang Zhinian.
And as soon as Tang Zhinian heard about it, he was so angry he felt pain in his lungs.
“How can there be such children in this world?”
As a father himself, if his daughter encountered such things, wouldn’t that be the end of him?
What on earth were these children thinking?
Back in their day, life was so hard, but they never thought of death.
Life is not easy indeed, but no matter how difficult it gets, one must live on.
But to devalue one’s own life so lightly, in the end, the individual might find peace, but what about the elderly parents left behind?
Should they carry the burden of their child’s debts for a lifetime until they die?
How could these children be so heartless, so cruel?
Listening to Tang Zhinian’s righteous indignation, Tang Yuxin knew that her dad was still her dad.
In essence, he was still the honest farmer at heart.
He had left the countryside, but the most fundamental part of him had never changed, even now that he was considered quite wealthy.
For instance, if there were family matters in Li Tang Village, he would still intervene.
Even though he had settled here, Li Tang Village was his root and essence.
“Dad, I’d like to discuss something with you,” Tang Yuxin brought up the idea she had in mind to discuss with Tang Zhinian.
“Sure, go ahead.”
Tang Zhinian glanced at the time.
It wasn’t that he was impatient, but rather because the kindergarten was about to finish for the day, and he needed to pick up his grandson.
He had to be there as soon as possible.
If Xiaobai and Little Bai didn’t see their grandfather, they’d get scared.
“Dad, how about setting up a fund?”
Tang Yuxin suggested, “It could be specifically for helping patients who can’t afford medical care.”
She had actually just thought of it that day.
Their family’s situation wasn’t bad especially since her dad now had a considerable fortune.
She just felt that these past few years had gone too smoothly for him, fearing that a full moon was followed by its waning.
“Why didn’t I think of that?” Tang Zhinian thought more and more that it was a feasible idea.
“There have been so many problems at home lately.
First your aunt, then your brother, and even Douzi nearly got lost.
Then there was the incident with Gu Ning getting hit with a chair.
I’ve been thinking, maybe we should burn some incense and worship the gods to dispel this bad luck.”