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Chapter 12: Though life was hard, kindness remained.

Li Ruihua and Wang Xueqin, a married couple, are both in their sixties.

Here, unlike in Beijing, they don't receive a monthly salary.

Here, every bite of food they eat is earned through their own labor.

The bowl of sorghum rice that Wang Xueqin brought was very good; it was very clean, with no sand mixed in, and it was clear that it had been carefully selected.

A bowl of sorghum rice weighing over a pound would require at least ten centimeters to exchange for.

For an elderly person who has never done farm work and has spent their entire life teaching and saving lives, it would take two or three days to earn ten centimeters.

For them, simply having enough to eat is harder than climbing to heaven.

Yet now, after Qiao Nian arrived, he squeezed out a bowl of sorghum rice from between his teeth to give to the Qiao family…

This sentiment deeply moved Qiao Guowen and Nian Yunci, a married couple.

Qiao Guowen didn't want to accept it, but Wang Xueqin insisted on giving it to him.

Her expression was awkward, as if she felt embarrassed to continue associating with them if they didn't want her.

Upon seeing this, Qiao Guowen looked at Nian Yunci.

Nian Yunci nodded slightly.

Wang Xueqin smiled.

Qiao Guowen found a clean, coarse porcelain bowl and poured the sorghum rice into it.

Nian Yunci placed two large White Rabbit candies in Wang Xueqin's bowl.

That was what Qiao Nian had just given her.

"Big sister, we don't have anything to give you, but here are two candies. Take them back and give one to Professor Li each to sweeten your mouths."

"Oh, no need, no need."

Wang Xueqin quickly waved her hand, refusing the candy offered by Nian Yunci.

Nian Yunci ignored this and took Wang Xueqin's hand, whispering something.

“We’ve been neighbors for so many years, and I haven’t even been polite to you, big sister. Why are you being so polite to us? If I ever have a headache or fever in the future, I won’t dare to ask you or Professor Li for help.”

Having said all that, Wang Xueqin had no way to refuse.

She declined Nian Yunci and the others' offer to let her stay by the fire and returned next door with her bowl in her pocket.

Qiao Nian watched Wang Xueqin's back. She looked older than her parents, with gray hair and a lack of energy.

If her parents hadn't told her beforehand that they were professors at a prestigious medical university, Qiao Nian definitely wouldn't have recognized them.

She felt that Wang Xueqin's hunched back, gray hair, and weathered, aged face made him look like a genuine villager.

"Oh, it's all fate!"

Nian Yunci briefly explained the situation of the two people next door to Qiao Nian.

The Li couple were separated from them by only a wall; they had arrived here earlier.

"When we came here, we lived in the cowshed for a period of time with them and a few professors from further away."

"Later, my son-in-law came over. I don't know what he talked about with Captain Tian, ​​but Captain Tian agreed to let us get a house to live in here."

The house they live in now, as well as the house next door belonging to the Li family, were all arranged thanks to Lu Xiao's efforts.

“My son-in-law is a good person and kind-hearted. When he helped us build our house, he also helped the Li family next door build their house.”

"About ten meters away from the Li family's old house, there was another house where three or four professors lived. They were all sent down to the countryside separately and lived together."

Nian Yunci and Qiao Nian explained the situation here.

There's also the situation in the village.

Qiao Nian listened attentively.

Qiao Guowen, who was cooking noodles, was also very serious about it.

He didn't add the eggs that Qiao Nian took out.

Wash the ham that was cut off, slice it into thin slices, put it in a pot, add water and cook for a while. After the ham is cooked, put the noodles in.

Once it's cooked, add salt and it's ready to eat.

Since there was ham to eat, Qiao Guowen didn't even add oil.

During the meal, the couple even put all the meat into Qiao Nian's bowl.

She said that she's now eating for two people and can't afford to go hungry.

Qiao Nian... "Mom, Dad, I can't show you what I brought, but you have to believe me, our family really doesn't need this little bit of food right now."

With a heavy heart, she put the slices of meat back into her father's and mother's bowls.

Each person received three pieces, including her.

"Now that I'm here, our family won't have to live such a hard life anymore."

Look at her father and mother, they look like they could be blown away by a gust of wind, yet they still give her all the best food. What use will all those supplies she brought be if they get sick in the future?

Qiao Nian pouted, looking somewhat unhappy.

Seeing this, Qiao Guowen and Nian Yunci had no choice but to carefully pick up the ham and put it in their mouths.

Although every time Lu Xiao came, he would improve their meals.

However, Lu Xiao's vacation time is limited, and it's already quite good if he can come to see them once every six months.

Of course, Lu Xiao would send them things from time to time, but Nian Yunci was afraid that they would implicate Lu Xiao, so she didn't let him send things here much.

"Mom, you're worrying unnecessarily. He's your son-in-law, so it's only right that he takes care of you."

Qiao Nian ate the noodles her father made in small bites, muttering to herself as she ate.

Nian Yunci smiled and said, "Didn't you have a conflict with him? And now you've acknowledged him as our son-in-law?"

"mom!"

Qiao Nian didn't expect her mother to be waiting for her here!

She was somewhat embarrassed and annoyed.

"No matter how much I argue with him, it doesn't change the fact that he is your son-in-law and the father of the baby in your belly."

"It's only natural for him to take care of you."

Nian Yunci looked at her daughter's flushed cheeks and chuckled, "Alright, alright, Mom understands. As long as the son-in-law's status can be maintained, that's fine."

"Mom thought she was going to lose her status as a son-in-law and was worried about how to repay him for taking care of me and your father all these years."

Qiao Nian...

Her mother is addicted to making fun of her.

"Dad, can you do something about Mom? How can a mother make fun of her daughter?"

Qiao Nian sought outside help.

Although Qiao Guowen is a doting father to his daughter, he is clear-headed when it matters.

"This won't work."

“I’m on your mother’s side. She’s the closest person to me, and I have to stand by her side.”

"father!"

Qiao Nian's little mouth was so pouty it could hold an oil bottle.

Nian Yunci glanced at her husband, and the two of them burst into laughter.

Snowflakes began to fall from the sky outside at some unknown time.

Laughter, a sound rarely heard before, could be heard from this small earthen courtyard near the mountain.

The winter night was quiet, and Wang Xueqin could faintly hear some hearty laughter from the Li family next door. Thinking that the Qiao family had finally reunited, Wang Xueqin was both happy for them and couldn't help but feel sad.

Other people's children are all so filial.

Their child, for personal gain, reported their own father and severed ties with them...

"what happened?"

Li Ruihua drank a bowl of very thin sorghum porridge, looked up and saw his wife secretly wiping away tears, and couldn't help but ask her what was wrong.

Wang Xueqin quickly shook her head, "It's nothing, it's nothing, I'm just happy for the girl next door."

"Her daughter came, and the family of three was reunited."

"Um……"

When the topic of children came up, Li Ruihua did not want to express any opinion.

His son is unfilial, so he has long since pretended he never had a child.

Now we're just going to slowly get through each day with my wife and see if we can survive until the day when our injustice is redressed.

(End of this chapter)