Gu Yi was busy with the lunchti business in the store.
She was looking down, making change for soone.
"Yiyi."
Gu Yi heard soone calling and looked up.
"Second Brother, why are you here? You haven’t had lunch yet, have you? Co inside and sit for a while. I’ll ask Qianqian to make sothing for you."
Gu Yi said this and was about to go inside to call Ye Qian.
"Yiyi, I won’t eat now. I have sothing to discuss with you. You go ahead with your work; I can wait a bit."
Gu the second brother said this and stood to one side. There were many people inside, so he didn’t go in.
Gu Yi looked at her second brother’s deanor and guessed he might have encountered so trouble.
But it was a busy ti, so as soon as she was almost done with her tasks, she quickly called Ye Qian to take over.
"Second Brother, what’s wrong?"
She walked to Gu the second brother and asked.
"Yiyi, your Second Sister-in-law’s dad fell from the mountain and was seriously injured. We’ve already borrowed from everyone, and there’s still a two thousand shortfall for the surgery. I ca to ask if you’re able to help?"
Gu the second brother said while watching Gu Yi.
Gu Yi knew for her second brother to open his mouth and ask her, he had done a lot of ntal preparation.
"Second Brother, I don’t have that much on hand right now, but give a mont."
Gu Yi really didn’t have that much money at the mont, only fifteen hundred. She went inside, saw an opportunity with Ye Qian, and pulled her aside.
"Qianqian, do you have 500 with you? Can you lend it to ?"
"Yes, Sis, I have it in the credit union. If you need it now, I’ll go withdraw it."
Ye Qian, upon hearing Gu Yi needed money, didn’t ask any questions.
"Thank you, Qianqian."
"Sis, no need to ntion it. I’ll go now."
Ye Qian said this and went ho to grab her passbook, then headed to the credit union.
"Second Brother, sit for a while and have sothing to eat. Qianqian went to get it and will be back soon."
Gu Yi pulled her second brother into the house and found a seat for him.
Then brought so food for him.
"Second Brother, I’m going to get busy. You eat first."
Though anxious, Gu the second brother couldn’t rush Gu Yi.
After he finished eating, Ye Qian ca back a little later.
"Sis, I was afraid it wouldn’t be enough, so I withdrew a thousand. If it’s not enough, I still have so."
Ye Qian said when handing the money to Gu Yi.
"Alright, thanks Qianqian, I’ll pay you back later."
Ye Qian was usually very frugal. After receiving money from Gu Yi every month, she spent a bit on necessities and saved the rest in the credit union.
"No worries, Sis, you use it first."
Last ti when Gu Yi went out, she took all the money with her. She counted out 300 to use as the store’s revolving fund.
She gave two thousand two hundred to her second brother.
"Second Brother, here’s two thousand two. If it’s enough, use this two hundred to buy so food for the in-laws and Second Sister-in-law. They need to take care now. If there’s anything else, co find ."
"Yiyi, thank you..."
"Second Brother, let’s not talk about such trivial matters, hurry up and go. There’s also so food, take it to the hospital. I bet Second Sister-in-law and them haven’t eaten yet."
Gu Yi handed the food she had in hand to her second brother.
"I’m going."
Gu the second brother tightly squeezed Gu Yi’s shoulder with his hand, pressed his lips together, and patted her back.
Gu the second brother went back, divided the food among everyone, and then pulled Second Sister-in-law Gu aside.
"This was borrowed from Gu Yi; she gave two thousand two. Afraid we didn’t have money, she gave an extra two hundred. She didn’t have much on her and even borrowed from her sister-in-law."
Gu the second brother handed the money to Second Sister-in-law Gu.
"Let’s give these two thousand to Big Brother later, and we’ll keep this two hundred for now. We can use it if we need money later."
Gu the second brother was clear in his heart. It was easy to borrow money from Gu Yi this ti.
In the future, if they needed money, people would definitely think of sending him to borrow again.
"Don’t say we borrowed from my sister, just say we borrowed from a friend temporarily."
He thought about it and added.
"Mhmm, I understand, Dad of the kids. Yiyi has helped our family so much this ti. I won’t put her in a difficult situation, and thank you, and your family. I’ll surely treat them well in the future."
Second Sister-in-law Gu also understood that if the Gu Family didn’t treat her as one of their own, they wouldn’t have helped like this.
"Mhmm, together, true friendship is seen in adversity. Let’s get along well as a family, hurry and give the money to Big Brother, don’t delay Dad’s surgery."
Gu the second brother gently wiped away Second Sister-in-law Gu’s tears.
Second Sister-in-law Gu nodded.
Together with Gu the second brother, they gave the money to Brother Fang.
Brother Fang submitted the money, and the doctor scheduled Father Fang for surgery.
The next day, the doctor inford them that Father Fang’s surgery would be scheduled for tomorrow.
The county hospital is quite far from R City, but its economy was okay, so there were so good doctors here.
On the day of the surgery, the Fang family waited outside from morning till afternoon, and Father Fang was finally wheeled out from the operating room by the doctor.
"The surgery was very successful, we will move the patient to the observation room for 24 hours. If there are no problems, the patient needs to recuperate properly afterward."
The hospital staff said to the Fang family after removing their masks.
"Thank you, doctor, thank you."
The Fang family could only keep repeating their thanks.
After Father Fang was brought out of the observation room, the Fang family’s worries were completely put to rest.
After Father Fang was transferred to a regular ward, Second Sister-in-law Gu asked Gu the second brother to take her to Gu Yi.
Upon seeing Gu Yi, she repeatedly expressed her gratitude.
"Second Sister-in-law, don’t be like this, we’re all family. It’s only natural to help each other. Don’t take it to heart, and make sure to take care of yourself. Uncle’s post-op care will require quite an effort as well."
After this, Second Sister-in-law Gu also realized that in tis of trouble, family is always the first to reach out a helping hand.
It also made her realize how essential money can be in tough tis.
So when she went back, she talked with Sister-in-law Gu about this matter.
Then Sister-in-law Gu conveniently asked if she was interested in doing business together.
Second Sister-in-law Gu agreed without asking for Gu the second brother’s opinion as soon as she heard it.
"Hong i, it’s just a thought on my part. Go back and discuss with the second brother, okay?"
Sister-in-law Gu said this, which made Second Sister-in-law Gu feel a bit embarrassed.
"Big Sis, I was too hasty. I’ll go back and discuss with the kids’ dad. Also, thank you, Sis, for thinking of us."
"No worries, they are brothers after all. If there’s any good opportunity, of course, we won’t forget about you."
Sister-in-law Gu smiled. It seed that after her father’s incident, the second brother’s house matured a lot in how they interacted with people.
If it was her old self, she probably wouldn’t have wanted to get involved.
But it’s good this way too. Over ti, with gradual adaptation, she should be quite capable.
After having dinner at ho that night, Second Sister-in-law Gu discussed the matter with Gu the second brother.
"Sure, we’ve accumulated so much debt now. If we keep going like this, who knows when we can pay it off? If there’s another way, we should give it a try, don’t you think?"
Gu the second brother had been worried lately, wondering how they could pay off such a large sum.
Although they’re family, everyone now has their own life to live.
If they need money urgently soday and we can’t pay it back, what would we do?
"Yes, I feel the sa way. Let’s talk with Big Brother and Sister-in-law tomorrow. If we can work together, that would be best."
After saying this, the two went to sleep in silence, both hoping for dawn to co quickly.
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