At the sa ti, the Lu family was discussing in Lu's parents' bedroom.
Sitting on the kang bed, Father Lu looked at his sons and daughters-in-law and said, "Your maternal uncle's grandson is in poor health and he wants to borrow money from us."
Lu Han heard about the matter about his nephew before from the villagers' conversations and knew that the situation at his maternal uncle's house was not at peace lately due to the lack of money for treating the child.
"Father, how much money does my uncle need?" he asked.
Mother Lu sighed and said, "When I went there, your uncle said the treatnt would cost about 500 yuan. The child fell into the river and hit his head. After so many days, he still hasn't woken up. If he is not sent to the hospital, he may beco an idiot or even die."
"Mother, why didn't my uncle treat the child when he was first injured? They delayed the treatnt until now. Isn't this tantamount to harming the child?" Wang Muxiao asked with a doubt.
Mother Lu shook her head and said, "I asked them to take the child to the hospital, but your eldest cousin's wife refused because their family had no money. Even if I offered to lend them so money, they still refused to send the child to the hospital, claiming that it was just a common fever."
"As an outsider, what can I say? Ultimately, their decision put the child in danger. Now, even if he wakes up, he could be a burden to the family in the future," she added.
Seeing his wife's worried look, Father Lu patted her hand and said, "Wife, now we can only help as much as we can. There is no use regretting their past decisions."
After a mont of silence, Chen Anwen said, "Mother, I still have so savings. I can lend them three hundred yuan."
"Mother, I can also lend them three hundred yuan." Wang Muxiao added.
Lu Han and Lu Cheng were surprised at their generosity when they heard their wife's words. They only t with their mother's family once or twice a year, and they can only be regarded as distant relatives at best, but they are willing to lend their hard-earned money.
It's important to note that if they lend the money to their maternal uncle, it is equivalent to losing the money. The reason was because their maternal uncle's family is not doing well. They have a lot of family mbers to feed but only few could work at the field to earn work points, resulting in their food shortages every year.
If both Lu Han and Lu Cheng were surprised by their wife's decision, Mother Lu had already guessed that they would lend the money. But she didn't expect them to be willing to give so much. After all, even if they make a lot of money selling things on the black market, it's still hard-earned money.
Seeing that her mother-in-law was contemplating, Chen Anwen said, "Mother, I know it may take a long ti for my uncle to pay back the money, and I don't mind. The most important thing now is to save the child."
Wang Muxiao nodded and said, "Sister-in-law is right. Mother, you don't have to think too much about it. We can't delay the child's treatnt any longer, otherwise his life will be in danger."
Before Mother Lu could agree, Father Lu said, "Eldest daughter-in-law, second daughter-in-law, Father knows that you all have good intentions. However, lending so much money at once may not be a good thing. Six hundred yuan is not a small amount. If we can easily take out that amount, people will doubt the source of the money and we would bring trouble to ourselves."
"What reasons can you give them if this happens?" he added.
Hearing his words, they all realized this point. It has beco easy for them to earn money and they have almost forgotten that it is not easy for villagers to eat, let alone save so much money.
Although buying food from the black market is normal and everyone does it secretly, making money from the black market is another matter. If people are jealous of them, they may be reported and possibly jailed.
Realizing this, Chen Anwen and Wang Muxiao looked at each other.
After a while, Lu Cheng asked, "Then father, what should we do? We can't let the child not receive treatnt. No matter what, he is also one of our family's children."
Father Lu thought for a while and finally said, "We will still lend them the money. But the money will be given directly by your mother to your maternal uncle."
After saying that, he turned to look at Mother Lu and said, "Wife, when you see your brother, you must tell him that we don't want others to know that we lent him money."
Mother Lu looked at her husband for a while and then said, "Husband, I will do as you say."
After they reached a conclusion, Chen Anwen and Wang Muxiao returned to their rooms, took out their savings, went to Mother Lu's room and handed over the money.
When Mother Lu saw the money, she sighed and said, "Thank you, Ah Wen and Ah Xiao."
After hearing her words, Chen Anwen noticed her mother-in-law's embarrassnt. She held her hand and said, "Mother, after I married into the Lu family, you and Father treated just like how you treated Jueyu. I have always been grateful to both of you and regarded you as my own mother. So, you can take this money with confidence."
"Mother, my sister-in-law is right. We are a family and there is no need to be too polite with each other. Don't say that we earned all the money with Jueyu's help. Even if we didn't, as your daughter-in-law, this is what we should do and we are willing." Wang Muxiao said with a smile.
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