Chapter 616 - 614 Kick the Door Open
Wang Laozhu’s face was waxen yellow, his eye sockets had sunken in, his cheeks were severely emaciated, and his lips were so dry that they had started to peel. He laid there breathing faintly, completely unconscious.
The bedding on the bed was stained with indistinct yellow marks, and the kang was ice-cold to the touch.
Wang Yongzhu’s face darkened instantly, "On such a cold day, why didn’t you even light the kang for dad? He’s sick now, can he endure the cold? Is this how you take care of dad?"
Lady Qian hurriedly covered her nose and stepped forward to explain, "Little sister, you’ve got it wrong! It’s not that we don’t want to light the kang for dad, it’s just that these past few days the money spent on the doctor has been flowing out like running water. Here in the city, it’s not like the countryside where you can just chop some firewood from the mountains without paying. Everything costs money in the city, buying firewood requires silver!"
"Besides, the Lunar New Year isn’t over yet, and there are few people selling firewood in the countryside, so we simply ran out. We only stop during the daytime, but at night we still light it."
Wang Yonggui also felt the kang and immediately flew into a rage, "Cut the crap! Do you think we’re fools? If you really lit the kang at night, it’s only morning now, would it have no warmth at all?"
Upon hearing this, Old Granny Zhang didn’t waste words and rushed out the door, heading straight to the main room to feel the kang – it was warm.
Then she rushed to the room on the left, pushed the door, but it was bolted from the inside and didn’t budge.
"Laosan, Laosi, kick the door open for your mother!" Old Granny Zhang ordered.