Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

Ming Guanghui was lying on the bed. He had just undergone surgery and was not very convenient to speak yet, but he stared at Yu Ru with wide eyes, looking a little excited.

Yu Ru looked at him with a smile and waved at him.

Han Mei walked around to the other side of the bed and moved a stool to place it in front of Yu Ru, and called out, "Xiao Ru, come and sit down. Have you eaten yet?"

Yu Ru nodded, sat down on the stool, took out her cell phone and sent a message to Han Mei: Auntie, I haven’t eaten yet.

Han Mei suddenly looked anxious and said, "Child, you only care about us and not yourself. But when auntie bought the meal, I was afraid that you would not eat, so I bought an extra portion."

As she spoke, she walked to the cabinet next to the bed, picked up a large lunch box on it, and brought it back to Yu Ru, "Xiao Ru, eat now. It's still hot. Sui Sui told me about your taste before, and I bought everything according to your preference."

Yu Ru nodded and took the lunch box.

After seeing that she had finished her meal, Han Mei sat back by the window and fed Ming Guanghui while talking to her at the same time.

"Xiao Ru, thank you so much for giving me so much money. It's really life-saving money. Good child, don't lie to me. Do you really have any more money? If you give me that money, I will give 10,000 yuan to the hospital. If you have no money left, I will return the rest to you."

Yu Ru raised her head and looked at her, then took out her cell phone and typed. Soon, Han Mei received a message on her cell phone: Auntie, don't worry, I still have money. You can keep it for now. There's no rush to pay it back. Pay it back when you have money.

"Okay." Han Mei nodded, "Xiao Ru, thank you, thank you."

Yu Ru sent another message to Han Mei on her phone: You're welcome, Ming Shisui is my good friend. If your family is in trouble, it's reasonable for me to help.

Han Mei looked at Yu Ru seriously, tears welling up in her eyes. She wiped her eyes vigorously with her hands and said, "Xiao Ru, Sui Sui is lucky to have a friend like you. It is also a blessing for our family. She is not very smart sometimes. Her father and I are very worried that she has no friends and is lonely. Thank you for accepting her."

Yu Ru smiled and shook her head. Just as she was about to type on her phone, Han Mei spoke again, "Xiao Ru, you can communicate with us using sign language. I have been learning from Sui's father for more than a year. Sui also told us about your special sign language habits. We all remember them. Do you want to try it?"

Yu Ru nodded, put down her phone, and gestured slowly with her hands, "I am also very happy to be friends with Ming Shisui. I think anyone who really knows her will like her."

After the gesture, she sent her a message on her phone: Great straightness seems to bend, great cleverness seems to be clumsy, great eloquence seems to be silent. Ming Shisui is probably like this. I think the behavior she showed can also be regarded as the hidden and introverted life. The simpler you think, the happier you will be. She is a simple person, and you will feel happy when you are with her.

"Okay, okay." Han Mei nodded excitedly, "Xiaoru, I feel relieved with your words. Thank you, thank you."

……

Yu Ru found a hotel where her parents were in Mingshi and stayed there for one night. She then stayed with them for a day the next day and then returned to Huacheng.

Ten days later, she went to Han Mei again to look for her.

Ming Guanghui collapsed suddenly this time and felt very uncomfortable, so he was unable to return to the place where he was insured to receive medical treatment. Fortunately, the local medical insurance policy allowed medical treatment first, then filing for reimbursement. This time she went there to take Han Mei back to her hometown to apply for labor reimbursement. Her hometown was not too far away, in the next city, and she could drive there.

This reimbursement procedure is very complicated, and the reimbursement amount is not that much if you seek medical treatment outside the insured area. But as the situation at home is not very good now, any reimbursement is better.

Her parents were originally junior high school teachers with a regular job in the city. Among ordinary families, their financial situation was relatively good. However, an incident that happened more than ten years ago completely overturned their family.

When Han Mei was teaching in the city, she encountered a school bullying incident. Both the victim and the victim were in the same class she taught. She was a teacher with good professional ethics, so she naturally would not condone such a thing. She immediately took measures to actively resolve it.

However, the abuser's family had some background and was related to a senior leader in the school. The measures she took did not lead to the abuser being properly punished, but instead brought disaster to herself.

The other party was related to the underworld. When things got to the extreme, the victim, a 13-year-old girl, committed suicide by jumping off a building. She herself had half of her leg chopped off by some underworld people sent by the other party. Ming Guanghui's heart started to fail at that time. The bloody scene was too exciting.

This was a very bad thing, but calling the police was useless. The perpetrator's family had some powerful connections, and they secretly colluded with officials to suppress the incident. The local police station and public security bureau did not care about it, and some relevant staff even threatened their family not to make a big deal about it.

When they were at their wits' end, they tried to appeal to higher authorities, but were stopped.

Finally, in order to save their lives, the couple resigned and quickly moved out of the city to live in the small town they live in now. Before that, they signed a settlement agreement, but only received 3,000 yuan in compensation from the other party.

They also work as full-time teachers in this small town, teaching elementary school students, but their salary is about half of their previous salary. Their basic salary is 4,500 yuan, and if there are some additional subsidies, the maximum salary is a little over 5,000 yuan.

In fact, it was quite good. After all, one of them had a bad heart and the other was disabled. It was basically impossible for them to be teachers again. Fortunately, some regulations and requirements of small town schools were relatively relaxed and casual, and there was a real shortage of teachers, so they were able to take advantage of the opportunity.

But the money they had together was not enough. They often lived a tight life. Heart check-ups cost money, supporting the elderly at home cost money, Han Mei's broken leg cost money, Ming Shisui's living expenses cost money, rent cost money, debts owed cost money, everything cost money...

"Xiaoru, thank you today. It's really troublesome for you to run around for our family. Auntie doesn't know how to thank you. Fortunately, you are here, otherwise I really don't know what to do." Han Mei said to Yu Ru while sitting in the co-pilot seat.

Yu Ru looked straight ahead and nodded with a smile.

"Xiao Ru, after the claim is reimbursed, I should be able to get some money back, and I will return it to you then."

Yu Ru shook her head.

Han Mei sighed and counted with her fingers. After a moment, she spoke again, "Xiao Ru, Sui Sui's father is out of the hospital now, so everything will be easy. I will give you the money I can pay you back. You are too kind-hearted. Don't give so much money to others at once next time. The most important thing for a girl is to have money of her own, the more the better. You may not be short of money now, but I will still try my best to pay you back."

As she spoke, she thought of Ming Shisui again, and murmured somewhat dejectedly, "I don't know if Suisui still has money. She told me she has, but where does she get the money? If I had known, I wouldn't have let her buy such an expensive prosthesis for me. I should have persuaded her again..."