Chapter 322 The Feng family is in trouble

1.

On the evening of February 28, Feng Shu returned to Hushan Middle School from Dongzhou People's Hospital with exhaustion and fatigue.

Feng Shu's trip brought back bad news, his wife Liu Shuzhen has been diagnosed with mid-stage lung cancer and is receiving systematic treatment at Dongzhou People's Hospital. Feng Shu came back this time, firstly, to arrange Liu Shuzhen's work, secondly, to raise money for Liu Shuzhen's treatment, and thirdly, to do his best to win the support of the school and the town government to see if he could reimburse Liu Shuzhen for part of the medical expenses.

2.

After Feng Shu returned home, he rested for a while, and hurried to Zhao Zhiqiang's house.

Zhao Zhiqiang and his wife Tan Yan were preparing to cook dinner at home, and when they saw Feng Shu coming to the door, the couple hurriedly stopped what they were doing. Seeing the haggard Feng Shu sitting in front of him dejectedly, Zhao Zhiqiang couldn't help but feel a sense of pity and sympathy in his heart, and Tan Yan shed a few tears in Feng Shu's narration of Liu Shuzhen's condition. "Middle-aged widowhood" was originally one of the three major misfortunes in life, and this kind of thing is unbearable for anyone. Liu Shuzhen's current situation is even more tormented than letting Feng Shu be a widower. However, since this kind of thing has been put on the table, Feng Shu can only face it correctly, and they all say "one day husband and wife for one hundred days", the more this time, the more you can see the depth of affection between husband and wife. Although he knew that the treatment might eventually be a crime for both people and money, whether it was out of husband and wife feelings or humanity, Feng Shu could not let it go at present.

Faced with the conditions put forward by Feng Shu after a long sigh, Zhao Zhiqiang sighed for a moment and replied on the spot. First, on the issue of Liu Shuzhen and Feng Shu's work, Zhao Zhiqiang said that the teaching office will be rearranged next Monday, and Feng Shu can accompany Liu Shuzhen in the hospital for treatment these days; second, on the question raised by Feng Shu to strive for the school and the town government to reimburse Liu Shuzhen for part of her hospitalization medical expenses, Zhao Zhiqiang also gave a clear answer, at the school level, the school committee will meet next Monday to study, and do its best to solve some practical difficulties for Liu Shuzhen, and the town government needs Feng Shu to write an application report, which will be stamped by the school and the education committee and then sent to the town government for approval。 Zhao Zhiqiang's arrangement is not wrong, because Liu Shuzhen is a private teacher, and cannot enjoy the treatment of reimbursement for publicly-funded medical treatment, and she pays out of pocket for medical treatment on weekdays. However, after all, Liu Shuzhen had a rare serious illness, and it might be a big expense to treat this kind of disease, and if the poor teacher had difficulties, who else could he find if he didn't look for the party committee and government? Zhao Zhiqiang had never encountered such a thing before, and he also planned for Feng Shu with the idea of giving it a try.

There are more than 100 private teachers like Liu Shuzhen in Hushan Town, and many private teachers laugh at themselves as "second-class meritorious people", doing the same work as public teachers, but receiving one-third of the salary of public teachers, shedding the same sweat, but eating food grown in their own fields, looking down on doctors who can't afford to get sick, and relying on the sky to carry major illnesses for minor illnesses, if they encounter a disease like Liu Shuzhen, there are only two choices, either wait for death or go bankrupt. Therefore, these private teachers summarized the "three fears" for people like them: first, they are afraid of serious illness because they look down on them, second, they are afraid of happy events, because they have to be courteous, and third, they are afraid of troublesome people, because they can't afford to pay for favors.

3.

Feng Shu, who was comforted, said goodbye to Zhao Zhiqiang and his wife, and didn't care that the road was difficult to walk in the dark, so he rode a motorcycle back to Shimengouzi Village.

Feng Shu returned to his hometown to find his family to raise money for Liu Shuzhen's treatment, and also to arrange for Liu Shuzhen's care during her medical treatment. Liu Shuzhen's illness this time, he had to stay in the hospital for at least a month before and after the operation, Feng Shu carefully calculated, he couldn't stay in the hospital for a month, he couldn't let go of the position of Hushan Middle School, he was afraid that during the days when he was not at home, his position would be replaced.

When he arrived at his home in Shimengouzi Village, Feng Shu's father, Feng Changxi, was drinking in the hall, while his mother was still busy in the kitchen.

After Feng Shu sat down, he devoured food and drink, looking at his haggard son, Feng Changxi sighed deeply. To tell the truth, in addition to her daughter-in-law Liu Shuzhen's identity is not a public office, she is definitely one in a hundred in terms of appearance and temperament, and Feng Changxi has always been proud that the old Feng family can marry such a good daughter-in-law. But who would have thought that "there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good fortune and misfortune", Liu Shuzhen said that she would fall ill when she fell ill, which often caused Feng Changxi to sigh for a long time. But Liu Shuzhen's illness, the old Feng family in the village to hide very well, almost no one knows, that is, on Chinese New Year's Eve, there are people who worship the New Year, and the Feng family also unanimously said that Liu Shuzhen is taking care of her sick mother at her mother's house and cannot get out.

After two glasses of wine, Feng Shu's body warmed up. Taking advantage of his mother's absence, Feng Shu hurriedly told his father Feng Changxi about Liu Shuzhen's illness and what he was going to do at the moment.

Feng Changxi was silent for a long time after hearing this, except for a few deep sighs. Feng Shu also knew that what he said made his father embarrassed. However, since the good-looking Feng Shu didn't want to ask for help in the school compound, he could only go home and ask his old father for help.

After being silent for a long time, Feng Changxi spoke: "I still have five or six thousand money in my hand, this time you take it all, if it's not enough, go to your uncle's side after eating, if this kind of thing happens, you can only rely on your own family." As for the bed, it's not appropriate to ask someone else to go, I think I'd better go..."

Feng Shu was speechless for a while, he knew that his father Feng Changxi was really helpless to arrange it like this. It stands to reason that it is not appropriate to serve the daughter-in-law's father-in-law, after all, there is a difference between men and women, and it is definitely inconvenient to take feces and urine; but the old Feng family is currently in this situation, Liu Shuzhen and Feng Shu's mother have not had a good relationship since they got married, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are either noisy or noisy when they meet, and when they are quiet for a moment, the reason is that Feng Shu's mother is a hypocritical and good-looking person, and she has always disliked Liu Shuzhen as a private teacher, saying that she has dragged Feng Shu's hind legs. With the current situation of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, if Feng Shu's mother is asked to accompany the bed, Liu Shuzhen will be angry to death if she does not die of illness.

Therefore, Feng Shu and Feng Changxi quietly agreed that Liu Shuzhen's affairs should be temporarily hidden from Feng Shu's mother to prevent extraneous complications.

4.

The next day was Saturday, and Feng Shu's figure appeared in the compound of Hushan Middle School.

Washing his hair, shaving his face, and changing into clean clothes, Feng Shu, who was walking on the road, looked radiant and energetic. Feng Shu's current posture is not all about showing the teachers in the family home, the cost of his wife Liu Shuzhen's treatment and the matter of accompanying the bed have been solved, and Feng Shu's heart is like putting down a big stone. If you are in a good mood, you will naturally be in good spirits, and Feng Shu doesn't want the teachers at the school to see her bald appearance.

When Feng Shu's figure appeared in Hushan Middle School, many teachers and individual good people who cared about Liu Shuzhen's condition asked Feng Shu about Liu Shuzhen's condition in various forms. Feng Shu is naturally not stupid enough to talk about his wife Liu Shuzhen's illness everywhere he goes, except for Feng Shu and his father Feng Changxi, who are insiders, no one else in the family knows about it; in Hushan Middle School, only the principal Zhao Zhiqiang and his wife Tan Yan are insiders, and in addition, Feng Shu has not told anyone, including Spring and Xu Dan, who have been concerned about Liu Shuzhen's condition. Therefore, in the face of the teachers' inquiries of concern or curiosity, Feng Shu always said "small problems, being treated, and will be back soon..." and other excuses to prevaricate.

Spring and Xu Dan didn't know that Feng Shu was back at school at ten o'clock in the morning, and Spring hurriedly asked Xu Dan to prepare wine and food, and invited Feng Shu to come to the house for dinner, Feng Shu followed Spring with a smile.

When the two of them were drinking, Spring quietly asked Xu Dan to go back to his parents' house to borrow two thousand yuan, and was going to let Feng Shu take it later, no matter how much money he had, it was still a little help. No matter how Feng Shu had treated Spring before, but now that the Feng family is in trouble, Spring will not stand idly by.

However, in the face of Spring and Xu Dan's kindness, Feng Shu refused on the spot. Feng Shu told Chun and Xu Dan that Liu Shuzhen only had "emphysema", and it was not a big deal, and she would return in two days. Since Feng Shu said so, Spring and Xu Dan had no choice but to give up.

After lunch, Feng Shu took a short rest, and then set foot on the road to Dongzhou City again with the treatment money raised for Liu Shuzhen. The day after tomorrow will be the day of Liu Shuzhen's official surgery.