Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 203

Chapter 203: Chapter 200: Truly Disturbing Troubles [-44 more]

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Zhang Shanni arrived, which confirmed that it was already the fourth day of the new year. Everything else could be negotiated, but Fan Jiefang had to go back. After all, the vehicle he drove belonged to his work unit, not his personal property.

Moreover, with only his wife at home tending to several children, he couldn’t afford to be away for too long.

Yet, looking at his mother-in-law’s condition, it was clear that she wouldn’t recover quickly.

The doctor had said she needed to stay in the hospital for at least half a month, to receive injections and treatments, which would aid her recovery.

Money was not the primary concern, but having everyone gathered here was definitely not a solution.

Fortunately, there was Xie Zhongsheng, the clan’s uncle, so people like Xie Jingyang had a temporary place to stay.

One could say they were lucky with the timing, as people of this era still avoided seeking medical treatment during the festive season.

It was Xie Tiesheng who valued his partner, and upon realizing something was wrong, immediately took her to the provincial hospital.

According to Xie Zhongsheng, the old lady had already shown signs of a stroke warning, and if she had not paid attention and sought treatment, an onset could occur at any moment—a minor stroke, facial paralysis, speech impairment at the least, or severe paralysis on one side of the body at worst, leading to a lifetime of suffering, not to mention if it was a full paralysis.

These words really scared the entire Xie Family into a cold sweat!

Even Zhou Xiuhua, upon hearing this later, also said ’that was close’, feeling relieved that the old man made a decisive choice. After all, it was a couple that had lived together through hardships for most of their lives, their profound relationship was not something the younger couples could match.

Knowing his old lady was out of danger, Xie Tiesheng became anxious about the fields back home. For a peasant, the most precious asset was the land, and with Zhou Xiuhua clearly unable to leave the hospital, his anxiety was flaring up.

With only the oldest son’s family at home, Xie Tiesheng truly felt uneasy.

Seeing her father’s anxious demeanor, Xie Jingzi softly discussed with her Third Sister-in-law.

"Third Sister-in-law, look how agitated Dad is. It’s clear we lack strong labor at home, why is he still not willing to split the family?"

What Xie Jingzi said was true. If this were a few years earlier [before 1975], when everyone was working at home, a family’s strong labor force could cultivate nearly twenty acres of land quite quickly even if it was tiring.

But then Xiao Si went to the town to work, and his wife followed. Later on, Fifth went to study, leaving only Boss and Dad to till the land. These past two years, however, Boss constantly took on private jobs and with the undertow of seeing the younger brothers finding their own paths in life, he was instigated by his wife to drift apart!

Xie Jingzi couldn’t blame her eldest brother, because the nephews had indeed grown up and would be ready to start their own families in four or five years. It was normal for his sister-in-law to have a sense of a ’small family’ consciousness!

"Youngest child, old folks all hope for unity among brothers, to make the family prosperous together," Zhang Shanni pondered for a while before coming to a rough conclusion.

"But that’s just not realistic. After establishing their own families, doesn’t everyone prioritize their ’small family’ first, and only then, if capable, take care of the ’big family’? Dad has good intentions, but the brothers each have their own paths. Binding them together might not necessarily be a good thing."