A peasant girl travels through time with a hospital, rising to become an empress.

Tuantuan ran back to her room, climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed), and went to the wooden cabinet in the corner to start rummaging through the drawers and cabinets.

Perhaps because of the hardships she experienced growing up, Tuantuan now has no worries about food and drink, but she has a habit of hoarding food.

He bent over, head down, burying half his body in the cabinet, rummaging through it while shaking his buttocks. Before long, he pulled out several kinds of food.

He ran back to Grandpa Qiao with the food in his hands, holding it up like a treasure, "Grandpa Qiao, here, have it all. You won't go hungry if you eat it."

Old Qiao looked down at the little bean sprout, who was only slightly taller than a stool, staring at him with wide eyes. For the first time, he thought, "My goodness, how can a little kid be so cute?"

He used to think women were incredibly troublesome, needing to be pampered, coaxed, and taken up a lot of time. He preferred to use that time to practice martial arts, let alone children, whom he always avoided.

Seeing the little boy always felt familiar, a strange sense of closeness washing over him. He didn't know why, and after thinking for a moment, he sighed, probably because he was getting old...

Old Qiao took the food, coughed lightly, and said, "Thank you, little bean."

After hearing this, Tuantuan pouted and said, "I'm not called Little Bean, I'm called Tuantuan."

Seemingly worried that Old Qiao might not be able to pronounce it, they stared into Old Qiao's eyes, opened their mouths wide, and slowly repeated loudly, "Tuan... Tuan..."

Old Qiao always loved to give people nicknames. Adults would just laugh it off, but Tuantuan was still young and found his own name both funny and frustrating, so he seriously corrected Old Qiao.

Nie Qianqian smiled and said, "Haha, Old Qiao has finally met his match."

Old Qiao was both amused and exasperated. Seeing Tuantuan's earnest expression, he could only thank her again, saying, "Thank you, little Tuantuan."

"Grandpa Qiao just finished eating and isn't hungry now. He'll eat later."

Tuantuan thought for a moment, then took Qiao's hand and said, "Grandpa Qiao, let's go take a bath. Taking a bath is so comfortable, and Mommy has fragrant bubbles."

After saying that, she pulled Old Qiao to the bathroom in the new house. The bathroom was specially built by Qianqian when she built the house. The room was heated by a floor heating system, and it was very warm when the fire was lit. You wouldn't feel cold at all when taking a bath.

Old Qiao wasn't really interested in taking a bath, but he couldn't resist Tuantuan's enthusiasm and went along with it.

Tuantuan added fragrant bubbles to the hot bath water, along with the medicine her mother said could strengthen the body, and lit the calming incense her mother liked.

After everything was settled, we warmly invited Mr. Qiao to take a bath.

Old Qiao: "..."

Half an hour later, seeing that the two still hadn't come out, Nie Qianqian asked at the bathroom door, "Tuantuan, Old Qiao, are you still not done showering?"

Tuantuan ran to the door and whispered, "Shh, Grandpa Qiao is sleeping soundly..."

Nie Qianqian: "..."

Old Qiao didn't know when he fell asleep, or how long he slept before he slowly woke up. He opened his eyes and looked at the steamy room. Tuantuan was carrying a small gourd ladle filled with hot water. She carefully stepped up the steps to add water to her bathtub.

When Tuantuan saw that Grandpa Qiao had opened his eyes, she smiled happily, showing her little teeth. "Grandpa Qiao, how was it? Tuantuan said the bath was very comfortable, right? You were asleep. Don't worry, Tuantuan kept adding water so it wouldn't get cold and make you feel cold."

Old Qiao had just woken up and was still a little dazed, so he was momentarily speechless: "Little Tuantuan, you..."

After a long pause, he asked again, "How long have I been asleep?"

Tuantuan scratched her head, "I don't know, Tuantuan added water to Grandpa's water 7 times."

The room was filled with moisture, the air was humid, and even Old Qiao's eyes were wet.

He felt as if a shell inside his heart was slowly crumbling.

How can this child be so well-behaved...?

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Old Qiao changed into clean clothes and came out of the bathroom. It was getting dark, and the mountains outside the window were bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, bringing a touch of warmth to the cold winter day. Wisps of smoke rose from the houses in the village.

He stood by the window for a long time, lost in thought.

Liu Yan and Liu Xiong have returned. When Nie Qianqian saw them, she told them that Old Qiao was the mysterious expert who saved them that day, and that she had invited Old Qiao to her home.

The horror of that day is still vivid in my mind, and I still feel lingering fear when I think about it. At the time, I didn't know what the group's purpose was, and Liu Xiong was thinking that he was going to die the moment he pushed Liu Yan away.

Fortunately, they were able to escape with the help of a wise person and survive the ordeal.

They racked their brains trying to figure out which wise person had saved them, but to their surprise, it turned out to be the old beggar who always came to the small restaurant to sunbathe and rub his hands in the mud.

As expected, appearances can be deceiving; this old beggar turned out to be a mysterious master.

Liu Xiong thought to himself, if it weren't for Yan's kindness and pity for the old man, who brought him a lot of food and a meal, would they have been saved that day?

Liu Yan was naturally very grateful to Old Qiao. Although she was very tired after a day of setting up her stall, she changed her clothes and went straight into the kitchen without stopping, wanting to cook Old Qiao a dinner herself to express her gratitude.

Unable to help, Liu Xiong first went to the main room to prepare hot water and fine tea, waiting for Old Qiao to come out.

While waiting, Liu Xiong, as usual, counted coins in the main room, with Tie Dan helping him. Tie Dan and Tuan Tuan had been studying with Gu Xiao for a while and could already recognize simple characters and count...

Tie Dan had a candy in his mouth that Liu Xiong had bought from town. During this time, he looked forward to his father coming home every day to count the money together. He didn't know how much money could buy, but the little boy already knew that with money, the family could buy lots of delicious food, he could have new clothes to wear, and his father and mother wouldn't sigh every night.

One, two, three, four…

With each additional coin, Liu Xiong's smile deepened.

During this period of time, Liu Xiong has deeply felt the happiness and sense of accomplishment of opening Liu Family Restaurant.

He used to work in town, working himself to the bone every day just to make ends meet. His foreman would beat and scold him, and he had no dignity whatsoever. But now, although he is tired every day, he earns enough, and his work is busy and fulfilling. The customers all call him "Manager," and he can feel respected and can hold his head high when he works.

Of course, there are also picky and difficult customers, but Qianqian said that they work in the service industry, and they must always smile when dealing with customers, so he always greets customers with a smile.

After Liu Xiong finished counting the money and put it away, he looked up and saw Tuantuan pulling Old Qiao into the main room.

Liu Xiong was taken aback. Old Qiao had changed a lot since the last few times he had seen him.

After taking a bath, Old Qiao was clean all over. His usually messy and tangled hair was much neater and was simply tied up. He was wearing Gu Xiao's clothes, which didn't fit him very well and were a bit too long for him, but they were still much cleaner and tidier than his previous tattered clothes.

Clothes make the man, and with his new clothes, Old Qiao was no longer a beggar at all. He looked just like any other elderly person in the village, except that he was thinner than the average old man.

Liu Xiong was an honest man. He knew the weight of a life-saving grace. He walked a few steps to Old Qiao and knelt down on the ground with a thud. "Old Qiao, a life-saving grace is greater than the sky. Although I, Liu Xiong, am a rough man, I know how to repay kindness. Please let me be your godson and take care of you in your old age!"

Old Qiao: "..."

Having weathered countless storms, Mr. Qiao almost lost his footing.

Nie Qianqian, who had come to call the group for dinner, stood at the door, dumbfounded.

She wanted to keep Mr. Qiao with her, but she never imagined doing it this way...

Is she going to have another maternal grandfather?

My uncle is a ruthless man...