"He definitely won't honor it! When, when we arrived, they, they asked us to inspect the goods, and we inspected them ourselves. They said, they said if we were satisfied, they, they definitely wouldn't, wouldn't admit it."
"After so many years as relatives, they would still cheat us? They're not human! They only bully us, a widow and her child!"
"Zhu Zi, it's all my fault for dragging you down. Your father left early, and your mother and you have worked hard for so many years, saving 60,000 yuan. To have it all scammed away like this, what are we going to do!"
Zhu Zi calmed her down.
"Please, please don't cry. I, Aunt Zhang, has a point. What if, what if she's lying?"
"She, whatever she says, is, is what it is. What if..."
Zhu Zi's mother realized, "Then quickly go invite Dr. Zhang from Shili River to examine her and see if she's really sick."
"Look at me, I was so anxious, I forgot everything!"
Zhu Zi hurried out again.
Melody waited in the room for a long time. After a while, Zhu Zi returned with a middle-aged man wearing glasses and looking rather refined.
Zhu Zi's mother quickly greeted him, offered him tea, and then called Melody out.
There were few medical facilities in the countryside. Besides treating illnesses based on experience, the most advanced method doctors had was taking a pulse.
Melody very cooperatively extended her wrist to him. Everyone held their breath, watching him as he occasionally frowned and pondered.
After feeling Melody's wrist for nearly a minute, he withdrew his hand.
"How is it?"
Zhu Zi and his mother eagerly pressed him.
"The condition is not good."
"Ah? Is she really sick?"
The doctor shook his head, "Her pulse is very weak and irregular. I can't treat this illness. You should take her to the hospital."
So serious?
It seemed Melody hadn't lied.
The mother and son fell into despair.
Naturally, Zhu Zi didn't dare to touch her that night.
Unable to bear the thought of spending tens of thousands of yuan on such a jinx, his mother didn't give Melody dinner that night and didn't provide her with a place to sleep.
Zhu Zi's mother lay on the bed, while Melody sat on the floor.
However, this was much better than the previous night.
Seeing her tossing and turning, unable to sleep, her mind full of worries, Melody kindly offered a suggestion.
"Seeing as you and your son have had it tough, spending a large sum to buy me, and still not being satisfied, I also feel quite embarrassed."
"How about this, tomorrow you take me to the county town to find a bank. I saved some money from my previous job. I'll withdraw the money and give it to you as compensation for your losses, and then you let me go."
There was such a good thing?
Zhu Zi's mother sat up abruptly.
However, she quickly found a loophole.
"Where's your card? How will you withdraw money for me? Stop trying to trick me."
"Let me tell you, even though it's useless in our home, there are plenty of widowers who like women like you. Tomorrow I'll discuss with Old Li about reselling you to him. Don't try any funny business with me."
Melody quickly cried out in injustice.
"Who's playing tricks? I'm telling the truth."
"Banks now have facial recognition systems. You can withdraw money without a card. As long as you agree to let me go, I'll give you all the money in my card."
"All my money? How much is it?"
"200,000 yuan. Enough for your son to marry three new brides. How about it?"
"Really?"
"If it's true or not, won't you know for sure when you see it tomorrow?"
Zhu Zi's mother feared she was playing a trick. "What if you're lying to me..."
"Then tie me up. Untie me when we get there. Sister, I genuinely feel you've had it tough. I'm not going to live much longer anyway, so the money is useless to me."
Zhu Zi's mother's eyes lit up.