Chapter 1842: Uncle-in-Law's Illness

The next morning, Lin Lin Xiuqing drove her uncle-in-law to the hospital for a checkup.

Meanwhile, Ye Yaodong went with Pei Guang and Ye Ye Huimei to the sales office. By the time they arrived, Director Zhang was already there.

When he saw Ye Yaodong, he was pleasantly surprised.

Ye Yaodong was now the God of Wealth—seeing him, how could one not be pleasantly surprised, how could one not be happy?

After that one building closed, he directly took home a commission of one or two hundred thousand, plus the commission from the sales office—equivalent to him getting a house for free.

These past two days he had also been mulling over whether to just take the commission money and get a place here too, to be neighbors with the God of Wealth, stay a bit closer, and maybe catch some more of that good fortune later.

He just hesitated because this complex was too upscale, too expensive, and it was a new development.

There was a neighboring complex that a few years ago had only been sold to overseas Chinese—a high-end complex that required overseas Chinese status and foreign exchange to purchase.

The two complexes were adjacent, both high-end, and the new one was newer, so the price was already not cheap to begin with.

"Boss Ye, good morning. Didn't expect you to still be in Modu—I thought you'd gone to Zhoushi to handle business."

"Went back a few days ago, just finished the things on hand, came over again yesterday to handle things here. My sister and brother-in-law asked me to swing by and take a look together, help them get some reference."

"Ran around for several days, pretty much seen what needed seeing. They're just short of deciding how much area they want."

A Guang said, "We've already discussed it. We're set on two units of 110 square meters, not next to each other."

"That's easy. Just pick from the available 110-square-meter floors, then have the sales rep calculate the price, and I'll go negotiate the price down for you."

"Sorry for the trouble."

"No trouble at all, it's only right. Boss Ye's brother-in-law—naturally all friends."

Ye Yaodong also said, "By the way, ask for me—when will my contract come through, when can I sign it? While I'm in Modu these few days, let's get it all done at once, save me running back and forth. I'm very busy too."

"Got it. Once the prices are calculated, I'll go ask all together."

After they went in, under the sales representatives' greeting, they found a place to sit and then calculated the prices.

Director Zhang also picked a unit around 100 square meters and had someone calculate the price for him.

Ye Yaodong watched him with a grin. "Director Zhang is buying a unit too?"

"Heh, my grandson's about to start school, and it's a bit cramped at home. I figured maybe I could follow your example and buy one to set aside, then move him over here for school when the time comes—the education conditions are better too."

"Making that much money, you really should improve the family's life a bit, live more comfortably."

Director Zhang nodded repeatedly, then carefully asked, "I don't know when Boss Ye plans to start renovating after getting the house. As for the renovation work…"

"Oh, that. I've got plenty of people on hand—several dozen, with some talent among them. When the time comes I'll round up a few and have them take it over, just do a simple renovation. I've got plenty of places to live, I won't be moving here. When the time comes, a simple renovation and rent it out. When it's ready to rent, I'll have to trouble Director Zhang then."

"Oh, good, good. When it's ready to rent, list it with me, leave it to me, I'll make sure it gets rented out. The location here is great—you could rent it out with your eyes closed."

Ye Yaodong nodded, sat with his legs crossed, and waited.

After that it had nothing to do with him—they negotiated the price themselves, signed the initial purchase agreement themselves.

As for his purchase contract, they said he'd have to wait another two or three days, until notified. After all, an entire building was a lot, the contract might be a bit more complicated.

Let him wait then—two or three days was fine. He figured once the matter was handled, he could come back to sign the contract.

Director Zhang was also very decisive—had the price calculated, negotiated along with them, and once it was settled, paid the deposit together.

After A Guang signed the big deal of buying the house, he was eager to head back to Zhoushi.

"I'm planning to take the boat back to Zhoushi this afternoon, and if there's a fresh-fish collection boat docking, I'll follow it out to sea."

"That urgent? Not going to wait until the purchase contract is signed before leaving?"

"It's fine for Ye Huimei to sign. Putting the house in her name is the same. If I stayed behind to wait, it'd be a whole week of waiting—too much of a delay."

"Never saw you in such a rush before. The moment your uncle-in-law mentioned that, you're suddenly in a hurry."

"Isn't it just wanting to prepare early? After all, it's only a little over a month. You guys go back and put in a word for me. I'll leave after lunch."

"Alright then."

Ye Yaodong had his own things to handle in the afternoon and had no time to see him off. He only saw him and Ye Ye Huimei into their respective cars, then said goodbye to Director Zhang and went off to handle his own business.

Lin Lin Xiuqing also spent the whole day at the hospital accompanying the checkup. The basic exams were done in the morning; other exams that needed appointments were scheduled for the afternoon and the next morning.

Some of the reports came out the next morning, and the rest in the afternoon.

However, just the morning's reports alone were already not good. High blood pressure, osteoporosis, chronic stomach problems, arthritis and rheumatism—those went unsaid. The serious ones were that the exam found a kidney tumor and cerebral infarction, requiring further hospitalization and examination.

When the exam reports came out, not only was the uncle-in-law himself panicked, Lin Lin Xiuqing was also startled, unable to believe it—such a serious illness.

Her own parents and in-laws also had a pile of ailments, but they were all minor things, the kind middle-aged and elderly people generally had. Not like the uncle-in-law's—just hearing it sounded terrifying, sounded deadly.

The uncle-in-law's hands were shaking, he was at a loss, the whole person so panicked his lips were trembling.

Lin Lin Xiuqing could only quickly soothe him, saying maybe it could be a mistake, to do further exams first and see, then confirm, and also asked the doctor to help arrange hospitalization.

After handling the paperwork, she also used the hospital phone at the first opportunity to call Ye Yaodong and explain the situation.

"…If you have time, come over. I saw him lie down and he was about to cry. It's not easy for me to stay, it'd be awkward, but it's also not okay to leave him alone."

"That serious? Have all the reports come out?"

"Not yet. Went over this morning to queue up first, picked up yesterday's exam slips along the way, showed them to the doctor first. Hospitalization is arranged now, just waiting for the notice to do more exams."

"I'll head over in a bit."

"Should we call home and tell them?"

"I'll go over first. Once the specific exams are confirmed, then we'll talk. In case it's a misdiagnosis, we don't want his family worrying for nothing."

Ye Yaodong had just taken delivery of ten big Da Jiefang trucks, but now he couldn't be bothered to stay there and took a car over to check first.

He said he'd definitely be able to find something wrong with the exam, but everyone thought they could tough it out and be fine. He didn't know if there was still a cure.

Fortunately, it was still a few years earlier than in his previous life—maybe it could still be treated.

He hurried to the hospital. Lin Lin Xiuqing was sitting by the bed waiting, watching the nurse draw blood again.

"How is it?"

"After arranging hospitalization, they have to redo all the exams. Checked yesterday, have to check again today."

The uncle-in-law also protested on the side, "Isn't this ridiculous? Just checked yesterday, today they have to redo it. It's not like we switched hospitals—reports just issued by them and they still want to recheck, it's just a money grab. I'm definitely not sick, this hospital is definitely messing around. Let's just go back, stop the exams."

Lin Lin Xiuqing looked helpless. "Check again to be more accurate. You said it yourself, maybe they made a mistake? Checking again is safer."

Her uncle kept muttering, "It's just scamming money. Who checks and rechecks, draws so much blood? You'll get sick even if you weren't before."

Lin Lin Xiuqing whispered to Ye Yaodong, "Ever since we got the hospitalization papers, he's been muttering like this, saying the hospital is scamming money, doing random checks and such..."

"Old people are all like this. Let him finish the checks honestly first. Once the results are out, we'll see what the doctor says. He's just stubborn. Actually, he knows exactly where he feels uncomfortable, he just can't bear to spend the money."

"Mm."

"What about the kidney tumor and cerebral infarction you mentioned earlier?"

"Further checks are needed. But I secretly asked the doctor. The doctor said 95% of kidney tumors are bad... I didn't dare tell him that, afraid he couldn't take it all at once."

"That serious?"

"Mm. Then they said his cerebral infarction is in the early stage, something about major arteriosclerosis. I didn't understand the specifics anyway. They just said that can't be cured either, only controlled with medication. There's also a whole bunch of other minor issues. Basically, he'll be on long-term medication from now on."

"So that one is relatively better?"

"Not at all. If it strikes, this one can also take a life. After all, it's a brain problem."

Ye Yaodong frowned and sighed. "Once you get old, illnesses just come knocking automatically. You can't even guard against them."

"So we really have to do as you said: check regularly, treat diseases early, so it doesn't develop too severely later on."

"Now you see I was right. Like your intestinal polyps, glad you had them removed early. Now you're fine, jumping around lively."

The two whispered back and forth. After the nurse drew blood and left, her uncle finally said, "When can I go back? The boat captain is waiting for me to board."

"It's not a matter of these two days. Didn't we ask before? They need to dock for supplies for a week. You finish your checks peacefully first. If it turns out you're not fit for the sea, I'll tell the boat captain directly on your behalf."

"It's almost time. Work two more months and you can rest for two months straight. Work two months, get paid for four. If you can't work, you'll lose so much money."

"Is money more important or life? You're in this state, and you're still thinking about going back to sea? Get your illness checked clearly first."

"This is such a loss... worked so long, just two more months until rest..."

Ye Yaodong didn't listen to his nagging, only asked Lin Lin Xiuqing what else needed checking in the afternoon, and asked Lin Lin Xiuqing to take him to the doctor to inquire about the specific situation.

The doctor said that if confirmed, part of the kidney would need to be removed, which would still preserve some kidney function.

At this age now, after surgery, he can only rest and recuperate. He's not suitable for Nanming Nanming Lihuo or heavy labor anymore. It's time to start retirement.

Plus, it's not just this one ailment. There are many other minor and major issues. Like the cerebral infarction, he can't do heavy labor anymore.

Going to sea is absolutely out of the question now. If a cerebral infarction happens at sea, there's no way to save him.

PS: My whole body hurts, sneezing and running nose non-stop. I feel like I have the flu. That's it. Going to the hospital tomorrow to check, will update when I get back.