Chapter 139 Raising Money
I noticed that my daughter's hand trembled in my big looked at my daughter's color and found that her face turned pale and bloodless in an instant.
The little girl is already in the fifth grade. She is sensible and knows things well. She knows what 40,000 yuan means to our family.
I heard her lips moving slightly, and she said in a trembling voice, "Dad, Dad, we...we can't be cured..."
Although she said this, her big eyes clearly showed her desire to live and her attachment to this world.
My heart is broken.
I pulled my daughter into my arms and hugged her tightly.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Dad will sell everything he has to cure you."
My daughter buried her head in my chest. She tried her best to hold back her tears, but her little body twitched uncontrollably. The clothes on my chest were soon soaked with her tears and stuck to my chest.
I was comforting my little daughter in my arms, not realizing that my own face had turned frighteningly pale and tears were flowing uncontrollably from my eyes.
Even though the doctor at the side was used to seeing such scenes in the hospital, he still couldn't stand it and turned his head away and wiped his eyes.
My throat was dry and I choked with sobs: "It's okay, it's okay, Daddy is here!"
My daughter finally burst into tears. She raised her head from my chest, her face was already bruised, and her tender voice seemed to be broken: "Dad, Dad, I, I want to live... I don't want to die..."
"Dad will definitely cure you..."
This is the only way I can comfort her.
……
But where can I get 40,000 yuan?
I returned home in a daze. My wife was shocked by my appearance and came over to ask me what was wrong.
It was impossible to keep such a big thing secret, so I had to gather everyone together and tell everyone in the family about my daughter's condition, but I concealed the cost of treating the disease.
When the whole family heard this, they all looked very unhappy, and my wife burst into tears.
That night, she hid in the quilt and choked, and her intermittent speech was heard by me as I hadn't slept all night.
The next day, I packed up my things at home and took my wife and two children, one big and one small, to the hospital for matching.
The matching results will take two weeks to come out, so we went home and waited for the results.
Although I concealed the price of the treatment, my family members guessed that this disease would cost a lot of money.
I don’t know where my father got the price from, but he got angry with me that very day and asked me to give up treatment.
My father pulled me aside and said to me secretly without telling anyone in the family: "This is a serious disease that may not be cured, and it costs so much money. Besides, Xiaoxia is a girl..."
Anger suddenly rose in my chest: "What do you mean, besides, she's a girl?"
I almost half shouted, "Are girls any different than boys?"
My father was stunned by my yelling.
My eyes turned red: "Even if I have to sell my blood and organs, I will definitely treat my daughter's illness."
Seeing my firm attitude, my father did not insist any further. He just shut up and walked away.
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I started running around to borrow money.
The mines have gradually resumed work, but I have no choice but to take leave. I have relatives living in other places, and I want to go and see if I can borrow money.
At that time, everyone was having a hard time, so after much persuasion, I was only able to borrow a few thousand yuan in the end, and that was because my child was seriously ill.
But this is only a little over 1,000 yuan, far from 40,000 yuan. I can't stop working. If I stop, I will have no source of income at all.
I calmed myself down and was about to go back to work at the mine when I saw my neighbor coming out of his house.
I was somewhat surprised: "Why didn't you go to work in the mine?"
The neighbor said, "Don't you know? There was an accident at the mine. Everyone thinks it's not safe there, so they're on strike!"
I murmured, "What happened at the mine?"
My neighbor told me what happened recently.
There was a support worker who went in to do support work after the blasting and ventilation. Because the third layer of stone wall was loosened by the blast, the vibration of the operating machine brought the loose stones down from the stone wall.
As luck would have it, it hit a miner on the head.
"That person was not dead when he was carried out! He was later sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. We don't know his condition yet, and we don't know whether he is dead or alive.
No one dares to go down the mine now, for fear that there are still loose fallen rocks gathering at the edge of the mine and causing a strike!
I don’t think I can solve this problem in a short time, so I decided to come back and take care of the vegetables in the field.”
My neighbor was still chattering away, but I didn't have the heart to listen.
I can't lose this job. My daughter's life is waiting for me to save.
When I arrived at the mine, there were many people gathered near the mine. The most conspicuous were the family of a co-worker who had died in the mining accident.
They held some scrap copper and iron in their hands and banged them hard on the ground, making a harsh noise, accompanied by crying and shouting words like "murder for money" and "evil-hearted and rotten-hearted".
Among them are young and strong men, elderly people with unsteady steps, and children less than one meter tall.
Among them must be the miner’s wife, brothers and sisters, wives and children. In short, they are immersed in the pain of their family’s misfortune and have come here to ask for an “explanation”.
I can understand and sympathize with them, but this is not something that a small foreman can solve.
There is no way the boss would show up at this time. Showing up now would seem to have no other purpose except making himself a target of attack by this family.
It is possible that family members might hurt others when they are so emotional.
So there are only a few foremen in the mine now.
The foremen tried to calm the family down while organizing everyone to go back to the mine.
But everyone gathered at the mine entrance and no one wanted to go down.
I heard the foreman shout, "Does anyone dare to go down?"
No one dared to go down.
Everyone was afraid of getting into danger, thinking that if one piece of rubble fell, there would be a second, a third...
What if these rocks fall on your head? Or even if there is a landslide or a mining accident?
No one wanted to die, so in the end they all just stood around the mine, looking around and shrinking back.
There is certainly nothing wrong with doing this. After all, no one dares to risk their own life.
What's more, this family that has suffered is still saying that the mine is disregarding human lives. If you agree to this at this time, it would be equivalent to going against this family openly. No one wants to be accused of "disregarding life".
I watched as a foreman walked aside and made a few phone calls, then discussed things with a few other foremen. In the end, he ignored the family's crying and continued to shout at the top of his voice, "The reward for going down to the mine is 500! Anyone going down?"
Some people around were already eager to make the move. At that time, 500 yuan was almost our monthly salary, and it was hard not to be tempted.
The scene was still completely silent; even the family that was banging and hammering stopped wailing and what they were doing.
Seeing that no one came out to answer, the foreman continued to shout: "1000! Only the first 10 people! Go down to the mine and check the situation!"
I couldn't bear it any longer, so I borrowed from all my relatives and acquaintances, but in the end I could only borrow 1000 yuan. I could get yuan as long as I went to the mine next time. I immediately squeezed through the crowd, raised my hand and said:
"Me! I can go down into the mines!"
