What’s going on?!
What else could be going on?!
It’s just like this.
The Qiao family in Beijing was considered wealthy, but their family had been in business for generations and had no backing or support.
Indeed, four years ago, their family ran into trouble. First, their family’s assets were taken by those people, followed by their houses.
Then, in order to force out all the Qiao family’s wealth, these people ended up causing the loss of two sons, the eldest daughter-in-law, and the youngest daughter-in-law ran away.
If it weren’t for so many grandchildren to raise, Grandpa Song and his wife would have wanted to join their sons long ago.
For the sake of the children, the two elders could only grit their teeth and endure. The place they live in now is still one of the Qiao family’s worst houses from before, yet even this was taken away for the most part, leaving them only these few rooms to barely shelter the grandparents and grandchildren.
Not to mention, they never ate their fill on normal days, and now it’s still cold. The family had no money to buy charcoal for warmth, and the quilts in the cold room weren’t warm enough, so they naturally fell ill.
“This is fine, but these past few days, people from the neighborhood committee came to the house to inform us that Xiao Luo has reached the age for going to the countryside and needs to go.”
“It’s good for Xiao Luo to go to the countryside. There are wild vegetables everywhere, and no matter what, he’ll have food to eat.”
“Grandpa, Grandma, I don’t want to go to the countryside. If I go, what will you do?! What about my younger siblings?! They’re still so young.”
After the Qiao family’s situation was explained, Grandma Song suddenly sighed, her face full of worry as she brought up another current predicament.
However, contrary to her thoughts, Grandpa Song believed that his eldest grandson going to the countryside was not a bad thing, but rather a good thing, even a way to survive.
But as soon as the old couple finished speaking, Song Luoyun, who was beside them, excitedly objected.
He couldn’t be so selfish, only caring for himself and not the lives of his family; he couldn’t do that.
Qiao Jiuru and Su Huaiyuan looked at the old, weak, and sick in the room, and then at Song Luoyun, this boy who was reportedly almost seventeen. They had thought he was only fifteen, but unexpectedly he was seventeen.
“Xiao Luo, you have to go to the countryside; it’s not up to us.”
Grandpa Song could only say helplessly that now, every family with a child of age had to send one to the countryside. In their family, only their eldest grandson had reached the age, so he had to go.
Moreover, given their family’s situation, it would be best for Xiao Luo to go to the countryside in the south. In the south, crops are harvested all four seasons, and the south is not as cold as the north. The family doesn’t have extra quilts or padded clothes for Xiao Luo to take, which is also the biggest reason.
Song Luoyun stopped talking, only continuously wiping away tears. He couldn't bear to leave his grandpa, grandma, and younger siblings.
“Grandpa, Grandma, my younger siblings seem to have recovered from their fever.”
At this moment, a joyful and clear voice broke the oppressive silence. It was Song Shuyun, Song Luoyun’s second sister, who had been silently listening and had little presence.
She had been quietly observing her two feverish younger siblings, which was why she was able to notice their fever breaking at the first opportunity.
What?!
The fever broke?!
That’s wonderful.
The Qiao family was both surprised and delighted, as if they had heard celestial music. They never expected the fever to recede so quickly, which made them incredibly surprised and happy.
“It’s gone, it’s really gone.”
“Good, good, good.”
Grandma Song reached out to check the foreheads of her two grandchildren and found that they really weren’t very feverish anymore, and their faces weren’t as hot. She quickly said excitedly.
And Grandpa Song also became continuously excited, though in reality, he let out a huge sigh of relief in his heart.
“Oh, I don’t seem to be coughing much anymore either.”
Just now, while speaking and getting excited, he had been coughing violently and couldn’t help but take one of the cough medicines Qiao Jiuru gave him.
As a result, after talking for so long now, he hadn’t coughed once. He immediately couldn’t help but widen his eyes, his face full of disbelief.
This, the effect of this traditional Chinese medicine pill is really good. The fever breaks quickly, and the cough stops quickly and effectively.
“Comrade Qiao, Comrade Su, we truly don’t know how to thank you enough.”
Alas, their family now had nothing; let alone money, they couldn’t even afford a decent breakfast to treat others.
Grandpa Song’s face was flushed. He quickly got up and bowed to Qiao Jiuru and Su Huaiyuan.
Meanwhile, Song Luoyun, knowing his family’s situation, could only fall to his knees with a grateful thud and kowtow several times to Qiao Jiuru and Su Huaiyuan.
“No need, no need, child, get up quickly, get up quickly. It’s just a few medicines, it doesn’t cost much.”
“Yes, this medicine is very cheap. Anyone who sees it would lend a hand; it’s no big deal.”
Qiao Jiuru and Su Huaiyuan were startled by the actions of the grandparents and grandson. Mainly, their movements were too fast just now, and the couple didn’t react in time, only managing to help Song Luoyun up from the ground.
“In these times, not everyone is willing to lend a hand when they see it. You are good people.”
Grandma Song couldn’t help but weep and wipe her tears, lowering her head and saying choked up. If it weren’t for these two people just now, they really wouldn’t know what to do.
“Comrade Qiao, you just said your surname is Qiao, are you from the Qiao family of Jisentang?! I vaguely heard that the neighboring courtyard was Madam Qiao Lao’s dowry. Comrade Qiao, are you from the Qiao family who practices medicine to help the world?!”
After the two children's conditions improved, Grandpa Song's worries were lifted, and his mind began to return to normal. Looking at Qiao Jiuru in front of him, he recalled some past events.
“Yes, I am from the Qiao family who runs Jisentang. My grandfather, father, and eldest brother are all doctors.”
With her identity revealed, Qiao Jiuru nodded and admitted it. She truly wasn’t worried that the Qiao family were enemies of the Qiao family. The Qiao family had practiced medicine for generations, saving countless lives, and always doing good, thus only forming good karma.
“Indeed, they are from the Qiao family. The Qiao family are good people.”
Grandpa Song was now truly and completely relieved. No wonder the medicine given had such a good effect.
“Comrade Qiao, what a coincidence! Your father, Qiao Xingcheng, and I were classmates when we were young. It’s just that later, I only finished middle school and started taking over the family business. Afterwards, I heard that Xingcheng went on to high school. I never thought that decades later, I would actually meet his daughter, and his daughter even saved my grandson.”