Chapter 465: Right! This Is Retribution.
These past few months, there had been no income at home. Due to Si Weimin’s decision to sell Song Yu’s property, they were unable to farm the fields anymore. Both he and Zhang Lijuan had been relying on their previous savings to get by.
The money they’d saved was enough for several years. But Lin Fengying’s hospitalization had already consumed one-third of it. If her bed-ridden condition were to extend, it would only add to the hardships of their already impoverished family.
Tong Yao nodded, "It does sound serious. You should hurry to the hospital to see her! I suspect she won’t be pleased to see me even if I went, so I won’t accompany you."
Now that Tong Yao had divorced his brother and was even willing to help with the medical expenses, Si Boyi was incredibly grateful. How could he dare to ask her to accompany him to the hospital?
After bidding farewell to Tong Yao, he gloomily rushed to the Inpatient Department. Si Xiaohui was feeding Lin Fengying breakfast. As she fed her, she complained about Fengying eating too slowly.
The old lady in the next bed chastised Si Xiaohui for being unfilial, saying that her daughter was a waste of upbringing. This comment infuriated Xiaohui, almost causing her to angrily throw her chopsticks and break the bowl.
Finally, when Si Boyi arrived, Si Xiaohui vented her anger at him without holding back.
"Second Brother, our mom has broken her back and is hospitalized! Why are you only arriving now? Everyone says ’Raise sons for old age’, but you and Elder Brother are so great; one of you is abroad and the other in Li City. When mom is in trouble, it’s only me, her daughter, who’s taking care of her in the hospital, yet people still call me disobedient."
The mention of these words made her glare at the old woman in the next bed. To her surprise, the old woman shot back fearlessly, "You are indeed disobedient."
"You..."