Famine Bride: Marry into the best in-laws and win

Chapter 297 Huge Money

I'm afraid even if all the Shen family's assets were drained out, it wouldn't be enough.

Shen Lao Er nodded, "The doctor said that even if we spend so much money, we may not be able to save the patient."

If it were anyone else in the family, they would definitely not choose to spend so much money.

Lin Luoxia was silent for a moment, "So you came back now to find your third brother's wife?"

Shen Jingming is thousands of miles away. Even if he can come up with the money, it will take some time to get it.

Unless they find Xu Manyue, both he and his wife have jobs, and although the money is a huge amount, it is not impossible to get it out.

Shen Lao Er sighed again, "I came back this time not only to discuss things with the third brother's wife, but also to get the key from her and see how much money is left in my mother's house."

Lin Luoxia thought for a moment, "If the family doesn't have enough money, then...how do you brothers divide the remaining money?"

It is definitely impossible to divide it equally because the money will bankrupt both of them.

They couldn't come up with more than fifty yuan, not to mention Boss Shen and his wife, and Shen Jianping, who was still an apprentice in the city.

Shen Lao Er's face looked a little grim. "What else can we do? Although the third brother and his wife earn more, they are not the kind of people who will suffer a loss. I called the third brother before I came here, and I could clearly hear that he probably wanted everyone to share the profits equally."

"Of course, he will advance the money first, but he still has to pay it back later."

When Lin Luoxia heard this, she looked around but didn't see Xu Manyue.

She then lowered her voice and whispered, "But this isn't fair. Why should we share it equally?"

"During the years when the third brother was in the army, you and the eldest brother have been the ones who have been supporting the family, both inside and outside. The third brother's wife has only been married for less than two years. Before that, the eldest sister-in-law and I were the ones who did most of the housework."

"We two families serve and take care of mother, so it is reasonable for us and eldest brother to pay less."

Shen Lao Er frowned, "Luoxia!"

"You forgot that although the third brother was not at home to take care of mother, he sent money back every month. After the third brother's wife started working, she also gave part of her food coupons to the family."

"As for the fourth child, he hasn't started a family yet, and hasn't found a job yet. After deducting food and accommodation from his monthly salary, he's considered lucky if he can save one dollar."

"How do you want him to pay for this?"

Lin Luoxia glanced at him and didn't continue the topic. Instead, she brought up another one. "Over the years, the two of us have only saved forty or fifty yuan in total. Are you going to take out all this money?"

Shen Lao Er was silent for a moment, "Let's take a look first to see how much is left."

Lin Luoxia glanced at him, wanting to say something but stopping herself, and ultimately didn't say anything.

In fact, she really wanted to ask, the old lady is so old, and the chance of her waking up after treatment is very small. Instead of wasting so much money on her treatment, it is better to give up so that everyone can live more comfortably.

However, she knew that the brothers of the Shen family were all very filial, and if she dared to mention this matter, Shen Jianyun would definitely turn against her.

Little did they know that Xu Manyue had just opened the window of her room to get some fresh air, and happened to overhear most of their conversation.

Because of the distance and the low voices of the two people, she didn't hear everything, but she heard most of what she should have heard.

Soon, Shen Lao Er and Lin Luoxia finished talking. He walked towards Xu Manyue's room and began to knock on the door. "Third sister-in-law, third sister-in-law, are you in there?"

Xu Manyue walked over to open the door, looked up at the person who came, and said, "Second brother, is there something wrong?"

Shen Lao Er stood at the doorway and didn't go inside. "Third sister-in-law, the thing is, Mom's condition is very serious. She needs at least 150 yuan for treatment. We definitely don't have enough money at home. I called Jing Ming."

"He said he would wire eighty dollars to you, and you would give it to us when the time comes."

Xu Manyue nodded, "Okay."

Shen Lao Er glanced at her, paused, and continued, "Third sister-in-law, I still need your help. Take the key mother gave you and take out all the money in her room."

"If there's extra money at home, then you and your wife can spend a little less."

Xu Manyue was slightly stunned and shook her head. "Second brother, I only have the key to mother's house, but I don't know where mother kept the money in the house."

"I'm afraid I can't help you with that."

The old lady seemed to be handing her some important things, but she still didn't know what was really related to the Shen family's assets.

Shen Lao Er frowned slightly, "Then please open the door and I'll go find it."

"Okay." Xu Manyue did not refuse. After all, the money was used to treat the old lady's illness.

Soon, she opened the door with the key, and Shen Laoer began to rummage through the drawers and cabinets in the house, but after searching for a long time, he found nothing.

Gradually, his expression became serious.

Xu Manyue stood at the door, holding her waist, her eyes scanning everywhere. Soon, her eyes fell on a pair of shoes hidden in the dark under the bed.

She walked over, bent down slightly, picked up the shoe, and looked inside. There was really something inside.

"Second brother, come and take a look, is this it?" Xu Manyue did not open it immediately, but called the person over.

Shen Laoer walked over quickly and took something out of his shoe. It was a handkerchief tightly wrapped in a ball, and there seemed to be something inside.

He hurriedly opened the handkerchief, but he didn't expect that there were layer after layer after layer, until he finally opened the last layer of handkerchief, revealing a stack of money inside.

There are notes of all denominations, one cent at a time, one dime at a time, and most of them are of small denominations, with only four or five Great Unity notes.

Shen Laoer counted it quickly, sixty-eight yuan and eighty cents.

Adding the money from the eldest brother and the fourth brother, the total was more than 80 yuan. He hesitated for a moment. If he paid 30 yuan, then the third brother would only need to pay more than 40 yuan.

After calculating the amount, Shen Lao Er looked at Xu Manyue and said, "Third sister-in-law, you and your wife will only have to pay 45 yuan. Your second sister-in-law and I will add the rest. What do you think?"

Xu Manyue thought for a moment and slowly said, “Second brother, since you mentioned this to Jingming first, you can just ask him about it. I can handle anything.”

Shen Lao Er shook his head, "Jing Ming said that he would send the money to you and let you handle this matter."

"My eldest brother and I know that you two contributed a lot of money, but we are all family. It doesn't matter if someone contributes a little more or a little less. It's all for Mom."

"Look at me and your second sister-in-law. We've only saved thirty yuan in these years, but we still took it all out to pay for mother's medical treatment."

"As for the eldest brother and the fourth brother, even though they didn't have much money, they still emptied out all their private savings."