The hospital bills were covered by Old Mr. and Mrs. Hunt’s savings for now. Old Mr. Hunt said that hischildren and grandchildren should chip in to pay the bills once old Mrs.
Hunt could be discharged from the hospital.
As for the cost that Old Mr.and Mrs.Hunt had borne, the children and grandchildren were to return the money to them.
It did not feel right for old folks like them to carry on living without any money athand.
The old folks might be money-hungry, but they knew their children and grandchildren would not be so nice if they had nothing left to their name.
It was better to count on a wad of cash than their birth children Since the old couplehad savings of several hundred thousand dollars, the children would only receive about a hundred thousand bucks per family if split evenly.
Still, nobody was going to say no to free cash.
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