Chapter 137 Grandma Qiao faints and is hospitalized

“Yes, we’re not leaving. Little sister, wait for me. I’ll open a beef noodle shop for you in the future!” Meng Zihuan, who was standing to the side, didn’t really understand what was going on, but he still echoed Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Changdong smiled and put two more pieces of beef on Qiao Qiao's plate: "Eat quickly, or your cousin, that big eater, will finish it all later."

"Uncle, I'm not a big eater!" Meng Zihuan muttered unhappily.

But Qiao Changdong picked up a piece of beef with his chopsticks and teased him, "Really not?"

He immediately abandoned his stance, staring at the beef still stuck in mid-air, nodding repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I'm a big eater!"

"What a disappointment." Qiao Xiaoyun couldn't bear to look at him.

Meng Zhengcheng chuckled and said, "That's good. We won't suffer any losses if we go out like this."

After moving on from that topic, the family naturally started talking about something else.

Qiao Xiaoyun asked Qiao Changdong, "The thing you asked me to inquire about before has been settled a bit. It seems that the Cao family on the second floor of the east side is preparing to move out and sell the house. Do you want to go and take a look?"

"Sis, I'm still planning to buy land and build my own house."

Qiao Changdong mentioned the heater he saw at the Pei family's house last night: "I'm planning to install one for my baby too, and then I'll invite Mom to come and stay with us, so you can stay here in the winter."

"That's not cheap, is it?" Qiao Xiaoyun frowned.

The Pei family made quite a fuss when they renovated their house. She had heard some rumors about it. Since they didn't have the technology here, it seemed that they specially invited professionals from Kyoto to come and survey the house before they renovated it. It seemed that it cost several thousand or even tens of thousands of yuan.

This is not something an ordinary person can afford to do.

Not to mention that this thing burns coal, and a single coal briquette costs five cents. With a house as big as the Pei family's, they probably wouldn't be able to burn less than fifty or sixty briquettes a day.

At this rate, it costs two or three yuan a day, and at least eighty or ninety yuan a month, which is three months' salary for an average person!

"It's not cheap, but it's worth it."

"Well, as long as you know what you're doing." Although Qiao Xiaoyun thought it was expensive, she also knew that Qiao Changdong and Qiao Qiao had made a big profit this time, so she didn't interfere too much.

But he still added, "When you find the foundation and talk to the people, bring your brother-in-law with you. Don't be silly and get scammed."

No sooner had Qiao Xiaoyun finished speaking than Qiao Qiao remembered another important matter.

She asked Qiao Xiaoyun, "Auntie, Uncle, when do you get your holiday for Chinese New Year?"

"What's wrong?" Qiao Xiaoyun looked at her with some confusion.

"I want my whole family to go to the provincial capital's hospital for a full-body checkup," Qiao Qiao explained, pointing to the purple-gold bracelet on her wrist.

Finally, she said, "It will be about forty days before we can eat this herb, but Mom said we can only eat it when we are in good health."

"Really?" As a legitimate medical student, Qiao Qiao's words were undoubtedly a challenge to Qiao Xiaoyun's entire knowledge and learning.

Can it detoxify the body? And prolong life? Are you sure it's not a miracle herb?

This is just too incredible.

“Really, I’m not lying,” Qiao Qiao said earnestly.

Afraid they wouldn't believe her, she said, "It's true. I've been studying the books my mother wrote for me very carefully lately. As long as the dragon marrow grass grows well, I can eat it."

Surprised, Meng Zhengcheng suddenly remembered the mother and son he had seen the previous night.

As far as he knew, Madam Shen was almost fifty years old, but she looked to be only thirty-five at most.

He asked suspiciously, "Qiaoqiao, did your mother feed that Madam Shen? Yesterday, if I hadn't been introduced, I would have really thought that Madam Shen and her son were siblings, not mother and son."

"That's so exaggerated?" Qiao Xiaoyun was a little skeptical.

Grandma Qiao is only fifty-five years old this year, but she already looks like an old lady, with white hair at her temples.

Even if city dwellers take great care of themselves, it's impossible for their actual age to be fifteen years different from their appearance.

After Meng Zhengcheng said that, Qiao Qiao suddenly realized what was going on.

She had been wondering why that grandma looked so young and beautiful.

Now that Meng Zhengcheng brought it up, she nodded repeatedly: "Maybe so, but Mom didn't tell me."

“Okay, we’ll take some time during the Spring Festival to go to a big city for a check-up. This is something that should be done every year.” As a doctor, Qiao Xiaoyun knows better than anyone how important an annual physical examination is.

It's just that no one organized this before, but now that we have this opportunity, the whole family can go to the provincial capital for a check-up.

However, neither Qiao Xiaoyun nor Qiao Qiao expected this.

Before they could even investigate, a major incident occurred at the Qiao family's residence.

She was supposed to be on the night shift today, and her shift was supposed to end at 2 PM, but after breakfast around 9 AM, Meng Zhengcheng and Qiao Changdong went out to inspect the foundation.

She was sitting in the living room with her two children, watching TV with the door closed, when suddenly there was a rapid knocking at the door.

"Auntie! Auntie! Open the door!! It's me, Qiao Kun, please open the door!"

After a frantic knocking, Qiao Kun's panting voice could be heard.

The urgent shouts made Qiao Qiao's heart pound inside the room.

Qiao Xiaoyun frowned, put on her shoes, and came to open the door. She saw Qiao Kun standing at the door with his back bent, elbows on his knees, panting heavily.

While helping the person catch their breath, she scolded, "Why are you in such a hurry, child?"

"Grandma, Grandma..." Qiao Kun raised his head, took a deep breath, and continued, "Grandma had an accident. She fainted at home this morning and was just taken to the hospital. My third uncle and aunt asked me to call you over quickly!"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Xiaoyun's expression changed drastically.

Without a second thought, he bent down to take out his shoes from the doorway, put them on, then put on his overcoat, told Qiao Kun to take good care of his younger siblings at home, and hurriedly left.

But Qiao Qiao couldn't stay there any longer.

She immediately climbed down from the incubator and begged Qiao Kun, "Brother, please take me to the hospital too, okay?"

Qiao Kun was actually a little worried, but he agreed to Qiao Qiao's request without much hesitation.

However, before leaving, he still tidied up the incubator.

First, he carried the quilt to the sofa and folded it neatly. Then, he removed the top layer of the railing frame and finally covered it with an iron ring to prevent the coal inside from continuing to burn. Only then did he take Qiao Qiao and Meng Zihuan out.

Last night, Hongfeng Town had another heavy snowfall, and the snow on the roads was very thick. Qiao Qiao and Meng Zihuan were led out of the tenement building by Qiao Kun, one on each side.

Just as I stepped out of the large iron gate outside the tenement building area, two figures rushed over quickly.

Especially the one at the very front, which was so fast it was like a blur, rushed towards Qiao Qiao.

"Little darlings, little darlings, where are you going?" came an excited female voice.