Chapter 55: Money That Worries People
The conversation between the doctor and Gao Chao was very simple, Mantian was due to a fall, which caused a cerebral hemorrhage, and the current situation is not optimistic, but he can sustain his life.
To put it bluntly, at this moment, Man Tianye has become a vegetative person, but a vegetative person is not the same as announcing death, Mantianye's brain waves show that he still has brain activity, not completely brain dead, and may wake up, but when he wakes up, it depends entirely on luck, maybe today, maybe tomorrow, or one day in a few years, which is medically unexplainable now, but such cases abound.
However, the doctor also told Gao Chao that although it is possible for Man Tianye to wake up, but after all, the old man is old, and it is actually very hard for the old man to hold on like this, and he may not be able to hold it until the day when Man Tianye wakes up.
And the cost of maintaining life in the hospital is also quite huge, and the medical insurance can only reimburse a small part, and most of the costs have to be borne by the family, roughly calculated, the daily equipment medical expenses will be nearly 10,000 yuan, not counting the nursing fees and physical therapy fees, in short, this is not something that the average family can afford.
Therefore, although the doctor did not say it explicitly, he also gave his own advice, if the old man has no unfulfilled wishes, then let him not suffer this sin......
Although the doctor's suggestion is so, to put it bluntly, it is to make him give up the treatment, but such a suggestion, Gao Chao can not accept it in any way, although this suggestion seems rational, but it is far beyond the boundaries of anyone's feelings.
In Gao Chao's opinion, if he voluntarily gave up the treatment, it would be tantamount to killing his father with his own hands, so he immediately rejected the doctor's advice.
He told the doctor that no matter how much it would cost or how much time it would take, he would not give up because he was his father.
Such a decision is correct, but such a decision immediately brought a lot of problems to Gao Chao.
Isn't money always a big problem?
Gao Chao's Qibaoxuan, is a century-old brand of antique hall, although there was a prosperous scene in the Republic of China, the family wealth is sufficient, it can also be said to be one of the few in Changsha, but later the liberation of the country, how can this kind of antique business still be done, during the period and experienced ten years of catastrophe, people almost died, not to mention what is left in the family.
Later, in the eighties and nineties, the antique industry finally rose again, at that time some advanced intellectuals, antique cultural relics are still quite interested, which led to the recovery of the antique industry, so take advantage of the opportunity at that time, Qibaoxuan's Mantian only reorganized the banner of the hall, with a skill, only slowly turned over, and carried the name of the Gao family to the Qingshui Pond of old Changsha.
In the blink of an eye, decades have been like a day, Mantianye has a good reputation, as long as someone on the street of Changsha mentions the name of Qibaoxuan, they all give a thumbs up and praise it, and they all say that Qibaoxuan is wide open, and the price is not much shouting, and what Mantianye earns is definitely conscience money.
What others said is true, conscience money, definitely has a conscience, but there is no money, after so many years, how much family wealth is in Qibaoxuan's hall, I'm afraid only Lao Gao's family knows it.
It wasn't until a few years ago that Gao Chao took over the big shopkeeper and calculated the accounts, and he knew that although Qibaoxuan had such a reputation outside, the money in the family was really not much.
Then, Gao Chao's father advocated investing in real estate, and bought a house in Renrui Xiaoxiang, in fact, he prepared a wedding house for Gao Chao, and spent some money in this way, and there was nothing left on the books, but the business in the market was good at that time, no matter what, it could be maintained.
However, it did not take a year, just in time for the rectification of the antique industry in Changsha, Qingshui Pond really became Qingshui Pond, the water is clear, there is no fish, the antiques can not be sold at a price, and the people who come are less than half.
Gao Chao was also forced to be helpless, and the rent of this store made him scratch his head, so he and the fat man went to Yunnan to shovel the land.
Saying a thousand and ten thousand, this superb family really has no money, if according to the doctor, the cost of a day is about 10,000, then he may not be able to support it for even a month now.
Gao Chao returned to the ward, looking at his father lying on the hospital bed, there was really an indescribable feeling in his heart, that from childhood to adulthood, the voice and smile of his father by his side, seemed to have returned to his eyes at once.
So Gao Chao said to himself, he can't give up, his father has never given up on himself, and he will never give up on his father, he believes that his father will wake up, even if he smashes the pot and sells iron, he must persist until the day his father wakes up.
Gao Chao stood in front of the hospital bed in a daze, and the fat man looked at Gao Chao from the side, after all, he was a friend who had played since childhood, and he was no different from his own brother, so the fat man had already seen some things, so he whispered to Gao Chao to go out and find a place to smoke a cigarette, and to chat with him.
The two men went to the hospital garden, sat on a bench, and lit a cigarette each.
The fat man knew Gao Chao too well and knew how to talk to Gao Chao, so the fat man took a puff of cigarette and deliberately said to Gao Chao lightly: "Lao Gao, I have been loose recently, and I have a spare amount of money in my account, and I am worried about how to manage my money, or you can use it first, I will cheapen you, how about a cent of interest per month?" ”
The fat man said this, in fact, he was already very smart, and he had a strong temperament, even if he went to ask for food, he probably wouldn't borrow money, so the fat man said so at the moment, and he also wanted to help his brother.
But Gao Chao shook his head in a sullen voice, took a deep puff of his cigarette, and didn't say anything.
When the fat man saw him like this, he already knew Gao Chao's thoughts, and it seemed that he would not use his own money anyway.
Thinking about it like this, the fat man was a little anxious, so he said to Gao Chao: "I said Lao Gao, don't talk to me, am I still your brother?" Your old man is my father, and his old man is in trouble now, what's wrong with using my money? I won't let you use it in vain, you still have to pay interest! Don't make a mistake now, I won't spare you if you do! ”
The fat man took a puff of cigarette, stood up, and continued: "Lao Gao, I will transfer the money to your account in a while, although it is not much, there are more than 200,000 yuan, how can it be enough for you to use for a while, let's not think about anything now, and then cure the old man quickly!" ”
Gao Chao hung his head, the cigarette was in his hand, but the tears fell to the ground, he couldn't say a word, but he still shook his head.