Chapter 340 — Tang Yun's Cousin
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As the Tang family sat talking, a knock came at the courtyard gate. Tang's mother set the bowl and chopsticks in her hands on the table and walked out of the house into the little yard. "Who is it?"
"Auntie, it's me and Xiaowei..." From beyond the courtyard gate came a girl's voice.
"Is that Xiaodan? What brings you here so late?" Tang's mother recognized the girl's voice. It was Xiaodan, the childhood sweetheart of her nephew Xiaowei. With that, she opened the gate.
Xiaodan, her face drawn tight with worry, was pulling along a boy whose expression was somewhat stubborn. The moment she saw Tang's mother, she looked as though she had seen a savior. "Auntie, quick, talk some sense into Xiaowei. He's going to sell a kidney!"
"What?" Tang's mother was badly startled by Xiaodan's words. "What's going on? Xiaowei, you're going to sell a kidney?"
"Auntie, just leave it alone. Xiaodan insisted on dragging me here so you could talk me out of it, but talking is no use. No matter who tries, I am selling my kidney!" Xiaowei's expression was set, his words cut with finality.
Tang Yun had heard her cousin's voice from inside the house as well. When she heard he meant to sell a kidney, she was startled too and hurried out. "Xiaowei, what are you saying? What do you want to sell a kidney for? What kind of nonsense is that?"
"Big Sister, it's none of your business, and you can't help anyway! I have to sell my kidney, or Xiaodan will be in danger!" Xiaowei said.
"Xiaodan, take Xiaowei inside first, then we'll talk. Tell Auntie first, what on earth has happened? How can you go off to sell a kidney without rhyme or reason?" Seeing that her nephew did not look as if he were joking, Tang's mother grew anxious too. Selling a kidney was no laughing matter. How could it be sold just like that?
Xiaodan pulled Xiaowei into the house, nearly weeping with anxiety. "Sister Tang Yun, please talk to Xiaowei. No matter what I say, he won't listen. He is bent on selling his kidney..."
"Xiaowei, tell your sister, why do you want to sell your kidney?" Tang Yun was thrown into confusion by the news. She had thought it a joke before, but from the look of Xiaowei, he was not joking at all!
"Sister, there's no use even if I tell you. I need money now, but your family is hardly better off than mine. If I don't sell a kidney, how am I supposed to raise the money?" Xiaowei shook his head.
"What problem cannot be solved? We can find a way to borrow the money. There is no need to go selling a kidney!" Tang's mother came over then and tried to reason with him. "Xiaowei, how much money do you need?"
"A hundred and fifty thousand! Where would we borrow that? Uncle is sick and bedridden, and they haven't even raised the surgery fee yet. If we could borrow, wouldn't we have borrowed already?" Xiaowei sighed. "Auntie, Big Sister, I know you mean well by me, but I have no other way!"
"A hundred and fifty thousand?" Tang's mother and Tang Yun were both shocked. What did Xiaowei need so much money for?
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