Zhang Jisheng regretted it, regretted it like never before. If he hadnât done such a reckless thing back then, would he not have divorced Qi Fenglian? Wouldnât the familyâs situation have been less dire now, and they wouldnât have a seriously ill son waiting for them to sell their pots and pans to save him?
If he had silently kept working with the renovation team, and Qi Fenglian had also been working, even if they werenât rich, wouldnât their days have been harmonious and beautiful?
Unfortunately, thereâs no medicine for regret in this world, and this is the price he pays for his mistakes!
"...Selling the fields and house wonât be enough. If we sell them, what will us two old folks eat? Where will we live? Anyway, I refuse to agree!" Mother Zhang said angrily.
"Mom, thatâs your grandson. If you disagree, are you just going to watch him die?" Zhang Jisheng said, holding back his anger.
Mother Zhangâs eyes flickered: "Heâs not my only grandson, and besides, youâre still young. If you canât save him, just have another one."
Zhang Jisheng felt a coldness in his heart, incredulously looking at his mother: "You, what do you mean? Are you planning not to save Xiao Can?"
"Who has that much money, even borrowing all around isnât enough. Having another one doesnât cost that much!" Mother Zhangâs heart was uneasy, but she pretended to be calm as she spoke.
Zhang Jisheng said, "You...I thought you loved Xiao Can so much, but thatâs all it is!"
He laughed self-deprecatingly, the laughter was mournful with a tinge of mockery. He really had been so wrong.
Mother Zhang found his words extremely harsh, retorting sharply: "I didnât say anything wrong. Speaking of it, itâs all your fault, bringing such a wife into the house, giving birth to children who arenât strong and healthy."
"Mom. Youâre the one who had a matchmaker introduce her, you always said she was good, a thousand times better than Fenglian." Zhang Jisheng loudly said, "If you hadnât said so, how would I have married her?"
"Pah! Just because I said she was good, you took your pants off? Ultimately, you couldnât hold yourself back, and now you blame me?"
The son and mother started to blame each other, their voices getting louder and louder.
"Enough!" Father Zhang suddenly slapped the table, saying: "Whatâs the use of talking about this now? Better think of a way to gather money!"
"I canât gather it!" Mother Zhang turned her head away: "Even if you kill me, I donât have that much money!"
Zhang Jisheng said with a dark face: "I will definitely save this son, sell the familyâs fields and land."
"Youâre crazy, your brother has a share in that too!" Mother Zhang said shrilly: "No way, if you want a son, simply take Xiao Bao back."
Even now she favored the younger brother, afraid heâd suffer a loss, bringing up Xiao Bao, mentioning that child always pained Zhang Jishengâs heart, he said, "You have the nerve to bring up Xiao Bao. Heâs not coming back, and heâll never return. This grandson, consider him gone, even if you die, he wonât come back to see you!"
Mother Zhangâs face changed: "You..."
"Am I already considered dead!" Father Zhang shouted angrily again.
Only then both stopped talking.
"Eldest, even if we sell the fields, it wonât be enough, how can we treat him?" Father Zhang was deeply troubled, missing the healthy grandson and virtuous daughter-in-law, but sadly, it was all in the past.
"Iâll go beg, if thatâs not enough, Iâll kneel, Iâll kneel until we get the money back!" Zhang Jisheng said through gritted teeth.
Father Zhang smoked in silence, glancing at Mother Zhang who was about to speak. After a while, he said: "Then just sell it, but we canât sell this house, it has to be kept for your mother and me to live in retirement. You all need a place to live too, you canât stay in a barn."
Mother Zhang stood up angrily and said: "No, I absolutely disagree. If we sell it, your brother must get a share, canât take it all!"
With that, she went back to the room, ignoring Zhang Jisheng and his father, and no one noticed the child hiding at the door.