In the hospital, Father Shen and Mother Shen looked at the bill with sad faces.
In addition to the 40,000 yuan deposit paid yesterday, the family still has less than 100,000 yuan in savings. However, now it owes the hospital 120,000 yuan. This means taking out all the money at home. , I still owe the hospital more than 20,000 yuan.
Moreover, Father Shen’s leg has just been put in a cast and he refuses to leave the hospital at all. I don’t know how much the follow-up treatment will cost?
"How about we ask a friend to borrow some money first and pay off the hospital bills first?" Shen's mother tentatively asked Shen's father.
Unexpectedly, Father Shen shook his head and said, "Others are not well-off either. Lao Li, Lao Han and the others (Father Shen's friends) are not as good as our family, and the family has no savings for a long time. Now they all rely on their sons. Those two are living on a tight budget. Even if we borrow money from them, they won’t have it!”
After hearing what Father Shen said, Mother Shen was silent for a while.
Yes, since the end of the world, prices have risen so fast that every family member is having a hard time. Unless someone in the family works in a government military hospital and still has some money to make, people in other jobs are struggling. No one's life is easy.
Borrow money? Who will lend it to them at this time? Don’t even think about it!
But if I can’t borrow money, what will I do with the hospital’s treatment expenses?
Do they really have to seize and sell their house to pay off their debts? Without this only shelter from the wind and rain, the old couple would have to sleep on the street in the middle of winter?
Moreover, once it is seized and sold by the court, how much can this property worth tens of millions be sold for?
Everyone knows that before the end of the world, houses worth millions and tens of millions may not even be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars after a court auction.
As for where the difference in price went, no one could figure out. They just saw that this cheap house fell into the hands of a few rich and powerful people.
After the end of the world, the judicial order will become even more chaotic. If this house is seized and auctioned by them, the selling price is unknown. It may only be enough to pay off the hospital bills. The Shen family may not even get a penny.
Now, is there a better way to solve this problem? What should I do?
Father Shen and Mother Shen looked at the colorful and flimsy bill, as if they had seen a life-threatening charm, it was very hot to their hands.
Hey - hey - the Shen family is sighing, and the newly admitted patient next door is also sighing. They are all sighing for the high medical expenses and life-threatening bills!
"Bang -" A loud noise was heard in the ward, and the door of the ward was suddenly kicked open by someone from the outside. The person used such force that the door knocked down the wall behind the door and bounced back.
Click, click, click, under the shocked gazes of the Shen family and the family next door, a sharp-mouthed woman wearing high heels and permed long wavy hair rushed in.
Behind her was a young man with a drooped head and no energy at all. He was also holding a small bag of apples that lacked water and had been wilted for a long time, just like him. No sparkle whatsoever.
"Son, daughter-in-law, why are you here?" asked the injured old man in the next bed. Beside his bed stood an elderly woman who had just been startled by the sound of the huge door and sat up.
"Why am I here? Why am I here! I don't have to ask you that!" As soon as the woman opened her mouth, she spat aggressively at the old man.
"You two immortals, didn't I ask you to stay at home and take care of the children? What did you do when you ran out so early in the morning?" The woman stood in front of the old man's bed with her waist clasped, gesturing with one hand. The old man asked them.
"I, I'm going to buy a toy for my child. There are no toys at home. I'm thinking of buying him a cheap one." The old man did not dare to look directly at his daughter-in-law, as if he had done something wrong.
"Buy a shitty toy. It's so expensive now, and you still buy him a toy? And you're so fucking old, but you're still going out on a snowy day. Aren't you looking for trouble!" the woman said to the old man. There was no sign of respect, and he even scolded loudly, spraying spit foam continuously onto the faces of the old couple.
This rebellious move left Shen's father and Shen's mother stunned for a while.
However, the old couple remained silent, obediently lowering their heads and letting their daughter-in-law scold her. The old man's son still looked so exhausted, as if he hadn't heard, and stood aside as if he was in a trance.
"You don't know how much we spent on treating your leg for an old man like you! Ah? The deposit alone was 40,000, and the hospital was still asking us to pay the bill just now! They also said that we would sell it if we couldn't pay off the hospital bill. Our house. After selling the house, where will we live? Ah, where will we live?" As she cursed, the woman became even more excited and even started to gasp.
"No, daughter-in-law, don't get so angry, your grandson still has to be taken care of by you." The elderly woman looked at her timidly and uneasily.
"You still know your grandson. If you know him, you shouldn't buy any toys and break his leg! After selling the house, your grandson and son will all live on the streets and freeze to death!" It's okay not to mention the children, but when it comes to the children, this The woman jumped up as if her hair had exploded.
"I'll let you break your leg, let you break your leg, and you still eat fucking apples, eat, eat, eat you two old guys to death! Hahaha -" The woman snatched the apple bag from the man's hand and waved her hand. He hit the old man's broken leg which was in plaster hard.
Suddenly the old man screamed, covering his broken leg and his face changed color.
The crazy woman didn't give up, raised her seven-centimeter high heels and kicked the old man's legs.
"No, you're crazy. That's my dad. You can't hit him!" The man who had been standing aside silently reacted quickly this time. He hugged her and pulled her away from the old man's bed.
The crazy woman felt free in the man's arms, stretching her arms and kicking her legs in crazy ways.
Before the end of the world, their daughter-in-law was not this crazy. She was once a very gentle and kind-hearted woman. The family lived in harmony, respected their parents-in-law, and lived happily.
But after the apocalypse, the family's livelihood gradually became difficult. The money the two of them earned was simply not enough to cover the family's expenses. The government has not increased their parents' pension since the apocalypse, and prices have risen so high that they are still only a few thousand a month. Yuan. The life of this family is extremely difficult.
If we were all adults, we would just make do and live frugally. But there is a child under two years old at home. So we can't save any money.
The pressure of life is too great, like an invisible mountain weighing them down.
Gradually, my daughter-in-law's temperament began to change, and she became extremely stingy. She calculated every penny of her expenses. Her mental temper became worse and worse, and she began to scold the elderly at home.
At first, the young man's family quarreled and argued a few words, and later they even thought about divorce.
However, due to the huge financial pressure, they cannot survive a divorce. The elderly have no choice but to pretend that they have not heard every insult from their daughter-in-law.
The young man had no choice but to accept the reality, listen listlessly and endure it silently every day.
There was a commotion here, and a figure flashed in from outside the door.