Chapter 420

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Li Xiulan's inner thoughts, to tell the truth, were a bit cold, a bit unfeeling.

This was also very normal.

The feelings between her and Wang Zhanggen had long since been worn away completely in these years of quarrels.

When this happened to Wang Zhanggen, she indeed cared more about the various negative impacts it brought to the family, rather than prioritizing Wang Zhanggen's health and life.

However, at least she did not stand by and watch him die; she did not let Wang Zhanggen just wait for death like this.

She sent Wang Zhanggen to the hospital, and moreover had made the psychological preparation to spend a lot of money.

In the end, Wang Zhanggen was sent by the Town Health Center's ambulance to the County Town's People's Hospital for emergency treatment.

After the emergency doctor examined him once through, he came before Wang Xiaohua and Li Xiulan, and said Wang Zhanggen's cerebral infarction had recurred, and the situation was not optimistic, requiring immediate surgery.

Previously Wang Zhanggen had suffered a cerebral infarction before.

However, he did not have surgery, but was hospitalized in the hospital for conservative treatment.

Even so, that time still cost over twenty thousand yuan.

This time surgery is needed; the money that will be spent will certainly be much more than twenty thousand.

So when Li Xiulan heard these words, she immediately seemed to suffer a heavy blow, her eyes involuntarily trembling:

"Doctor, how much money does the surgery cost?"

The doctor replied:

"The patient needs an arterial thrombectomy; this cost is around fifty thousand yuan. Additionally, a stent needs to be implanted inside the blood vessel, needing around forty thousand. Plus other miscellaneous expenses, if things go smoothly, around one hundred thousand total."

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly asked:

"Then what if it's not smooth?"

The doctor then said:

"If unexpected circumstances arise, he may need to be transferred to a Guangzhou Major Hospital for surgery; that will certainly cost even more money. Also, if postoperative sequelae appear, such as stroke, paralysis, and the like, the subsequent rehabilitation treatment expenses are estimated to be many times more than the surgery cost."

"Specifically how much?"

Wang Xiaohua pressed.

The doctor, however, did not give a definite answer:

"This depends on the specific situation; every patient's condition is different. Some patients recover quickly after discharge and don't need to spend much more money. Some patients have various sequelae complications; the subsequent rehabilitation treatment — several hundred thousand, one or two hundred thousand, even up to a million — are all hard to say. You all need to have psychological preparation; this kind of cerebral infarction disease is very hard to predict."

Wang Xiaohua was somewhat dumbfounded.

Li Xiulan, on the other hand, hurriedly said:

"No matter what, I must have him alive. If he dies, Xiaohua will probably feel guilty for a lifetime. Doctor, hurry up and do the surgery on him. Do the surgery first, then we'll talk; later matters we'll consider later."

The reason Li Xiulan wanted Wang Zhanggen to live on was precisely not wanting Wang Xiaohua to feel he was the chief culprit who killed his own biological father, not wanting Wang Xiaohua to carry this kind of guilt for a lifetime.

She considered her youngest son more than she considered Wang Zhanggen.

"Alright then, I'll write you a slip. You all go pre-pay the surgery fee first. Right, does the patient have medical insurance?"

"We have Rural Cooperative Medical Care."

"That works too. Rural Cooperative Medical Care can also reimburse a portion, but you have to go back to the Town to process the procedures before it can be reimbursed. The surgery fee right now still needs you all to pay out of pocket first."

The doctor immediately wrote a surgery slip. Li Xiulan and Wang Xiaohua received the slip and discovered they needed to pre-pay thirty thousand yuan.

They came in a rush just now; Li Xiulan did not bring the passbook. Running back a trip would probably delay quite a lot of time again.

Wang Xiaohua said, why not go find Niu Chunsheng to borrow first, and pay him back later.

Niu Chunsheng is right in the County Town; borrowing from him would be much faster time-wise.

Li Xiulan nodded in agreement.

However, she did not know how to open her mouth.

Wang Xiaohua said, let him make this phone call.

Wang Xiaohua made a phone call to Niu Chunsheng:

"Uncle Chunsheng, can you help my family with a favor?"

"What matter?"

Over the phone, Niu Chunsheng's tone was very calm, even carrying concern as he said:

"Rest assured, as long as I can help, I will definitely help."

Wang Xiaohua then said:

"My dad's cerebral infarction recurred; he needs surgery. We brought him to the County Town. We left in a rush and didn't bring money or the passbook. Can you lend us some first to pay the surgery fee? We'll return it to you later."

"How much?"

"Thirty thousand."

Wang Xiaohua answered truthfully.

"At which hospital?"

"County People's Hospital."

"Good, I'll bring the money over right away."

Niu Chunsheng didn't say anything else, directly agreeing.

He's just this kind of person; his conduct is generous and heroic.

Li Xiulan was once his friend. Now Li Xiulan's husband has had an accident and needs money for surgery; he certainly is willing to lend it.

Anyway, thirty thousand isn't a lot; it's just a small favor.

Most importantly, he still hoped Wang Xiaohua would tutor his daughter; if this matter delayed his daughter's studies, it definitely wouldn't be worth it.

"Uncle Chunsheng, thank you, you've helped my family again."

Wang Xiaohua thanked Niu Chunsheng from the bottom of his heart.

He even considered Niu Chunsheng to be his family's matchmaker.

Niu Chunsheng had repeatedly offered to help his family on his own initiative, and almost every time, his help was full of sincerity, such as opening a convenience store together, such as transferring a restaurant, etc.; even if his parents refused due to various concerns, Niu Chunsheng didn't mind it at all.

This time borrowing money from him, he didn't say anything and agreed with one kiss.

"No need for politeness, it's just a small favor; that's all for now, I'm driving to the County Hospital now."

Niu Chunsheng hung up the phone, took thirty thousand yuan in cash, and set off immediately.

"Where are you going?"

Lin Xiaofang saw Niu Chunsheng in a hurry and couldn't help but ask one more sentence.

"Li Xiulan's husband had a cerebral infarction and is hospitalized; she had her Youngest Brother call me to borrow thirty thousand yuan, and I'm taking it to her now."

Lin Xiaofang, hearing this, couldn't help but complain:

"Li Xiulan again, why do you always help her?"

Niu Chunsheng smiled helplessly, but still patiently communicated and explained:

"What can be done about it? She has a hard life, but we're not helping her for nothing; isn't her son Wang Xiaohua still going to tutor our daughter? Her son studies so well, maybe he'll make something of himself in the future; helping out a little now and accumulating some favor/debt of gratitude might be of great help to us later; let's just call it a long-term investment, there will definitely be returns later."

Lin Xiaofang, hearing this, felt Niu Chunsheng made a lot of sense.

Her husband had always had a keen sense for business, which was also an important reason why her family had been able to make money over these years.

"Fine, fine, anyway you're the one who makes sense, but I have one requirement: you take the money over there and come back to me immediately; you're not allowed to linger, and you're not allowed to show any extra concern."

Lin Xiaofang said this in an annoyed tone.

Niu Chunsheng smiled gently and kissed her once:

"Wife, you're the most considerate/understanding; rest assured, I'll stay at the hospital for at most five minutes, then say I have company business to attend to and withdraw quickly."

Lin Xiaofang kissed him back once:

"Then hurry up and go; when you come back, pick up our daughter from school on the way."

"Okay, no problem!"

Niu Chunsheng took the money, turned around and went out, came to the Underground Garage, drove his BMW, and headed to the County People's Hospital.

On the way, he recalled the bits and pieces of his past dealings with Li Xiulan, and couldn't help but sigh.

This woman, originally so beautiful, and so gentle and considerate, and so capable, why was her life so hard?

This really couldn't be explained clearly.

Perhaps, this is fate.

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