Chapter 78 Unexpected
“This hospital is sold!”

"Deming, we'll be waiting for you to come back so we can move!"

The smile on Wang Deming's face slowly froze, and his eyes scanned the faces of his sister Yan Baozhen and Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu was fine, but Yan Baozhen's complexion was obviously not good. She no longer had the rosy complexion of the past, but looked a little sallow and haggard.

Slowly putting down the two large packages, Wang Deming turned his head to look at the west wing and asked, "Sister, Master Chang, he..."

"Well," Yan Baozhen's mouth moved, his eyebrows gathered together, revealing a helpless expression that looked like he was about to cry, "On the third day of your trip to the countryside, the old man passed away."

Wang Deming asked in disbelief: "What kind of emergency was it? How could he die so quickly? Didn't the hospital treat him properly?"

"Alas," Yan Baozhen sighed, forced a bitter smile, and said, "He has actually been hiding it from us."

"His illness had been delayed for a long time, and he had secretly gone to the hospital for a checkup. The Union Hospital told him that he would need surgery to remove the tumor, and he would also need to be given an IV drip and take medicine."

"The old man said that he didn't want to suffer that kind of torture when he was about to die."

"." Wang Deming was silent for a while, a little confused, and asked again: "Then why didn't you consult a Chinese doctor? There are four famous doctors in Beijing."

Qin Huairu silently stepped forward to help Wang Deming unpack, preparing to take out the clothes and bedding and wash them. Wang Deming stopped her, "Xiaoru, it's too messy and too heavy. I'll take it to the room first and sort it out myself."

"Sister, let's go inside and talk."

"Well," Yan Baozhen said as they walked, "The old man said: I went to see him, he prescribed a prescription, and I took the prescription to Tong Ren Tang to inquire about it. Wow, a prescription costs at least ten yuan a day."

"The old man said self-deprecatingly: Opium smokers didn't lose all their money, but he lost all his money by going to the doctor. It's not worth it."

"He has enjoyed what he deserves in his life, and it's worth it." Yan Baozhen's voice was full of fatigue. "In fact, I know that when Step Eighth Grandma was hit by a carriage and was hospitalized, didn't the family sell a house?"

"The old man is worried that if he sells the yard again, we mothers will be left with nowhere to stay."

Old man Chang is really open-minded!
Yes, even though medicine has become so advanced in later generations, there are still many examples of people losing both their lives and their wealth after falling ill.

Otherwise, how can the hospital generate income?

But after entering the main hall of the west wing, Wang Deming poured himself a glass of water to moisten his throat, and asked the question in his mind: "Then why is this courtyard still here?"

"Why do you say it never rains but it pours?"

Yan Baozhen looked bitter as if she had eaten coptis, and said, "Just a few days after the old man passed away, we received a letter from the prison. They said that the old lady's withdrawal reaction was too severe. She had a high fever and had big blisters all over her body, with yellow pus coming out."

"The prison clinic can't treat him. We have to go to a big hospital, but we have to pay for it ourselves."

"Alas, I don't know if it was because he learned that the old man had passed away suddenly."

"In order to treat the old lady," Yan Baozhen looked around the room with a hint of nostalgia, "I even gave up the ancestral grave of your brother-in-law's family."

So that's why. No wonder my sister finally sold the yard.

"Oh what about Grandma Ma now?"

"He was finally rescued. They said he has returned to the Qinghe Chadian Farm in Tianjin."

"Well, that's fine."

This is how unpredictable life is.
A line from the song "The Unicorn Bag" rang in Wang Deming's mind.

The dead are gone, the yard has been sold, and now my sister can only move to her two rooms in Nanluoguxiang with her two children?
It’s true that plans can’t keep up with changes!
But Wang Deming glanced at Qin Huairu. Isn't this asking for trouble?

I should first ask Old Man Chang if he has any backup plans.

"Sister, did Grandpa Chang leave any words when he left?" Yan Baozhen, who was sitting opposite, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The thing Grandpa regretted most in his life was that he didn't train Youguang well."

"I always feel that since I have earned so much money, my children and grandchildren will definitely have no worries about food and drink in the future! Who knows?"

"Before leaving, you told me to educate my children well in the future, and to consult you more often when something happens." "But if it's about your brother-in-law Chang Youguang and his three daughters, you must not be consulted!"

"Lest the relationship between you and me fade away"

After hearing what his sister told him, Wang Deming remained silent. It turned out that this was what Old Man Chang meant when he told him, "Don't be dragged down by your family. Say no."

I also feel that Old Man Chang is a little too self-conceited. Not to mention you, even Sheng Huaixuan, the richest man in the late Qing Dynasty, who was said to have left behind assets worth 4000 million taels of silver, didn't he squander it all in one generation?

In just one night, a street in Shanghai was sold out, with hundreds of luxury houses!

Hey, I remember watching a video in my previous life. It seems that Sheng Huaixuan's fourth son Sheng Enyi starved to death in the gatehouse of his own house in Suzhou. His dying wish was to eat meat.
Can I pick up a leak myself?
Wang Deming laughed at himself in his heart. It’s already this time, and why am I still thinking about this?
When he looked up, he found that his sister Yan Baozhen was looking forward to seeing him, with a hint of uneasiness in her eyes. He immediately understood her worries and quickly said, "Sister, although the yard at home has been sold, don't I still have two rooms?"

"It's a little small, but it will be no problem for me to make the transition for a while."

"I make 35 yuan a month repairing sewing machines, and with the tailoring work we usually do, we definitely don't have to worry about our daily life. Once my new novel is published, I will buy a nice house and we will move there."

"Sister, the most important thing for you now is to be strong, everything will be fine in the future!"

After hearing what Wang Deming said, Yan Baozhen felt relieved, and a long-lost smile finally appeared on her face. She smiled faintly and said, "Well, I know, there are Renchun and Yichun at home, and this one in my belly."

"It's also thanks to Xiaoru and Shouchun that I've been with them lately."

"You were not at home, and your brother-in-law was locked up and couldn't get out. Shouchun hired someone to help arrange the old man's funeral."

"But." Yan Baozhen hesitated to speak.

But what? Did Zhang Shouchun and Qin Huairu not get along with each other and have many conflicts? Did they start fighting in front of my sister?
Wang Deming rolled his eyes slightly and glanced at Qin Huairu with his peripheral vision, and found that her face looked normal;
Turning to look at Yan Baozhen, Wang Deming saw that her sister was looking down and couldn't see her face clearly. He frowned slightly and asked anxiously, "Sister, what happened to Shouchun and Xiaoru?"

"They?" Yan Baozhen looked up at Wang Deming and instantly understood his doubts. She smiled and took Qin Huairu's hand, patted it a few times, and praised: "Deming, Xiaoru is really a good girl."

"No wonder you can't stop thinking about it."

"Xiao Ru has been following Miss Shou Chun around all the time, and the two of them have never had a quarrel!"

Yan Baozhen paused and explained, "It's tailoring work."

"The Shouchun girl said: Now her family doesn't dare to make new clothes anymore. It was just published in the newspaper that someone criticized their family for being too wasteful and spending more than 1000 yuan a month."

"In addition to their family in Jinyu Hutong, her second brother-in-law Zeng's family in Qinlao Hutong were also criticized by name. They spend more than 2000 yuan a month! It's a serious waste!"

"It is a serious violation of the thrift and diligence advocated by the country!"

"So, there may be no more tailoring work from her side in the future."

Wang Deming breathed a sigh of relief. So that's it? If there weren't so many enemy agents at that time and I didn't dare to spend money recklessly for fear of being targeted, my life would have taken off long ago, right?

Do I need to look for obvious ways to make money?
"Sister, don't worry, I have extra money. I have plenty of money in my pocket, and it's no problem to maintain our current daily expenses!"

"No, Deming, I just feel that this whole family is a burden to you, right?" Yan Baozhen said very seriously, "Deming, don't worry, as soon as we move into a new home, I will find some other tailoring work to make money."

Wang Deming quickly dissuaded her, "Sister, you don't have to worry about the rice, flour, grain and oil at home."

"But if you want to find a job, I won't stop you. I'm mainly worried that you won't get bored at home. It's good to find something to do."

"In short, always take care of your body!"

"Well, Deming, don't worry, I know my own body. But..."

"No, sister, why are you breathing heavily today?" Wang Deming was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Yan Baozhen also realized that her attitude had changed subtly today. She sighed inwardly but smiled on the surface and said, "But Miss Shouchun knew that you were going back to the city today, so she told me that she was going back to live in the house over at Qihe Tower. You should pay more attention to that place in the future."

(End of this chapter)