Back To The 80s: President's Doted Wife

Chapter 1067: Chapter 1068: Struggling to Survive

With Cheng Su and the others around, there’s no way to default on medical bills. Qi Taiguo immediately went to pay them, while Cheng Su stayed and talked with Little Yu.

”...For all these years, Taiguo has been supporting our lives. Without him, we women would have died long ago. Our family only has Old Zheng as a son, two sisters below him, and two elderly parents, with no other hopes. I need to take care of the elderly and bring up the young ones, so I can only pick up odd jobs, which don’t earn much. The old folks are getting on in years and have many ailments. Sometimes they suffer silently, preferring to find wild herbs and boil them for medicine.”

Little Yu wiped away a tear and said, ”There are two little ones... The money Taiguo has given us in recent years, if used sparingly, is enough for our living expenses. But in these past two months, first the two elders got seriously ill, costing a huge amount, and then Xiao Bin got into a fight at school because a classmate insulted his father, injuring someone who ended up in the hospital, costing another sum. This is when our situation began to unravel.”

”So, when you called a while back, you were trying to...” Cheng Su tentatively asked.

Little Yu bowed her head in shame and said, ”The family has no money, we can only skimp it through. The child is in the growing age, how can they get nutrients from only eating vegetables every day? Niannian is a posthumous child, she’s been weak since her birth. She’s very obedient and sensible, she knows how tough life is at home and won’t pester for food. Sometimes I see her staring longingly at others eating candy, licking her lips, and my heart just aches!”

”Recently, she fainted at school, they said it was due to poor nutrition. Then she got a high fever that wouldn’t go down for days, so she had to be hospitalized. But the family really has no money left, I don’t know who to borrow from, I could only think of Taiguo... I’m sorry, I’m really...” Little Yu was extremely embarrassed, saying, ”At wit’s end!”

”Sister-in-law, don’t say that. You called but didn’t leave a message, so we didn’t know who it was. You should have spoken sooner, you wouldn’t have had to be so embarrassed!” Cheng Su said.

Little Yu chuckled bitterly, ”I’ve troubled you enough, how could I feel at ease!”

”But the child shouldn’t suffer!” Cheng Su said, ”How did you get the money later for hospitalization?”

Little Yu’s face changed slightly, she bowed her head and stayed silent, rubbing one hand against the other.

Cheng Su felt uneasy, ”Sister-in-law, you...”

”I... I sold blood twice!” Little Yu hesitated for a long time before murmuring.

Cheng Su’s face suddenly changed, ”Sister-in-law, you are really confused. Blood is fundamental to life, how can you sell it? If you collapse, what will happen to the kids and elders?” It’s no wonder she is so thin and pale, managing to hold on is already the limit.

Little Yu covered her face with hands, the tears seeped through those dirty black fingers, sobbing, ”I had no choice, I had no choice!”

The reprimanding words in Cheng Su’s mouth swallowed back down as he raised his head, seeing Qi Taiguo standing over there, sighing inwardly.

When people reach a dead end, to survive, what won’t they do?

These days, having no money but being forced to spend it, not finding a way to earn, it’s highly likely one would resort to selling blood. Little Yu is like this, and Chen Shouwang was too.

”Sister-in-law, don’t do that anymore, money is never more important than people, people are fundamental. If you really need money urgently, you can come to us.” Cheng Su asked, ”What are you doing for work now?”

”I... I went to join people to dig mines for a few days.” Little Yu replied.

Cheng Su was taken aback, mining? A woman doing this, if there’s a mining accident, this family would truly despair!