The hospital bills were covered by Old Mr. and Mrs. Hunt’s savings for now.
Old Mr. Hunt said that his children 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 at hand.
The old folks might be money-hungry, but they knew their children