Chapter 125 Shen Qingyan goes to the police station to investigate Qiao Family Village

They went to the hospital.

The hospital said that although the tumor was benign, it still needed to be removed, otherwise it would eventually affect the boy's bone growth.

It's not a major surgery.

However, the surgery fee plus subsequent medical expenses are not cheap.

The total cost will be around two hundred yuan.

Two hundred yuan is something an ordinary family could probably scrape together by gritting their teeth.

However, for the three people who were already struggling financially, this was a huge sum of money.

Grandpa Jiang has no skills to make a living. He only has two plots of land. In addition to providing for the three of them, he also has to pay for the school fees of his two children.

They already lived a frugal life.

There are absolutely no savings.

This year, he figured out how to build his own oven, hoping to sell some roasted sweet potatoes and make some money.

But in those days, every family had land, and sweet potatoes were something that every family had; they weren't rare.

Few people would be willing to spend money to buy sweet potatoes outside.

After the sweet potatoes were harvested, Grandpa Jiang started selling roasted sweet potatoes outside, but sometimes he couldn't earn much money even with his stall set up outside.

Most of the time, there's no business.

This morning, Qiao Qiao did him a 50-cent business deal, which was Grandpa Jiang's only income for the day.

In order to raise money for Jiang Min's surgery, Jiang Shengnan, who was already in junior high school, would go to hotels and restaurants at night after school to collect and sell recyclables.

Today she sold all the scrap she had accumulated over time, but on her way home she encountered the robber.

The robber initially thought she had a lot of money because she was protecting the bag so tightly and it looked bulging. Little did he know, it was full of small bills, totaling only a little over two yuan.

When the topic of Jiang Shengnan's robbery came up, Qiao Changdong said, "She should go to the hospital for a check-up. I think that guy kicked her pretty hard."

“Yes, let the bad guys pay for my sister’s checkup,” Qiao Qiao nodded and added.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shengnan's eyes lit up for a moment, but she quickly lowered them again.

She shook her head and said, "It's okay, I'm fine."

Seeing how stubborn she was, the others had no choice but to give up.

After leaving the Jiang family and returning to their hotel room, Qiao Qiao lay in Qiao Changdong's arms, her small hands unconsciously pinching his earlobe.

"Go to sleep. Dad will go help them first thing tomorrow morning." Qiao Changdong sighed. How could he not know his little girl's little thoughts?

Qiao Changdong didn't think there was anything wrong with helping others.

Before, I didn't have the means. I was already struggling to make ends meet myself, so I didn't have time to care about others.

But now that we have the ability, we should naturally help as much as we can.

Not for any other reason, but simply to accumulate good fortune for her little daughter.

"Dad is so good." Qiao Qiao then closed her eyes and went to sleep.

When I woke up the next day, the sun was out.

But the weather was getting colder. Qiao Qiao was wearing the sweater that Qiao Changdong had bought yesterday. Through the cold air from the window, she saw a familiar figure at the street corner in front of the hotel.

It's Grandpa Jiang who sells sweet potatoes.

The old man was wearing a worn-out military overcoat, his hands tucked under his sleeves. He kept glancing up at the hotel entrance, seemingly wanting to go in but not daring to.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Changdong, who had finished tidying up, walked over from behind.

Qiao Qiao pointed her little finger at the figure outside the window: "It's Grandpa Jiang."

Qiao Changdong was a little surprised.

The guesthouse where they bought sweet potatoes yesterday is about two miles away from this big hotel.

Did the old man really push his modified oven with two iron wheels all this way?

“Dad, let’s go do some business for Grandpa,” Qiao Qiao said.

The hotel provides a free breakfast.

Qiao Qiao and Xiang Dongyan made a promise last night before going to bed that they would go out for breakfast together this morning.

But Qiao Qiao couldn't bear to see the old man suffering so much.

"No problem." Qiao Changdong smiled, bent down and picked the person up.

The father and daughter went downstairs, where Xiang Dongyan and Pei Yiyang were already sitting in the hall.

Xiang Dongyan was holding a drink in her hand, sipping it carefully. When she saw the two of them come down, she immediately waved to them warmly.

"Good boy, over here, over here."

"Aunt Xiang, let's go out and buy some roasted sweet potatoes." After getting off Qiao Changdong, Qiao Qiao ran to Xiang Dongyan.

She glanced at Pei Yiyang sitting next to her and smiled sweetly, "Good morning, big brother."

Pei Yiyang returned the same warm smile: "Good morning, Qiao Qiao."

Xiang Dongyan was surprised: "Why does my little one want to eat roasted sweet potatoes again? Do you like them that much?" She remembered that they had bought some yesterday.

Qiao Changdong, who came later, explained what had happened last night.

After listening, Xiang Dongyan looked at Qiao Changdong with some disapproval.

"You're incredibly reckless! You're going on this risk yourself, and you're bringing your little one with you! If something happens to you, you'll regret it!"

Xiang Dongyan genuinely likes Qiao Qiao.

Anyway, if she were in that situation, she would definitely help.

But she would absolutely not take the child with her.

No matter how miserable or unfortunate a stranger may be, how can they compare to one's own family? Asking her to sacrifice the safety of her own family to help others? Sorry, she's not that kind-hearted.

She found it somewhat difficult to understand.

Normally, Qiao Changdong seems to love Qiao Qiao so much and is so reluctant to part with his daughter, so why does he make such a blunder at the crucial moment?

Qiao Changdong couldn't explain Qiao Qiao's abilities either, so he could only laugh it off.

"Aunt Xiang, it's not Dad's fault. I wanted to go myself. Please don't say anything bad about Dad." Qiao Qiao couldn't stand hearing others speak ill of her father, so she quickly explained.

Seeing the little girl's anxious expression, Xiang Dongyan chuckled and patted her head.

He hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I won't talk about your father, I won't."

Xiang Dongyan thought for a moment, and before getting up to go out with Qiao Changdong to buy sweet potatoes, she went upstairs again and brought down two hundred yuan.

Outside the hotel.

When the old man saw the four people come out, his cloudy eyes lit up.

But he still didn't dare to step into the hotel. Instead, he peeked out from the doorway and greeted Qiao Qiao: "Little girl, Grandpa brought you roasted sweet potatoes."

The old man is a grateful person.

Last night, Qiao Changdong and Qiao Qiao essentially saved his granddaughter's life.

He was poor and had nothing of value to give away.

This morning, in addition to bringing Qiao Qiao some roasted sweet potatoes, I also brought all the only valuable things in the house, about twenty eggs.

Seeing Qiao Changdong and Qiao Qiao approaching, he couldn't wait to pick up a cloth bag from beside the oven.

They carefully scooped it up and placed it in Qiao Changdong's arms.

"Comrade Qiao, you helped my granddaughter so much last night, and this old man has nothing to give you. These are eggs from my own chickens. Take them and give them to the little one."