Chapter 165 What Happened Back Then
Han Chunli and the Qiu couple only said that the children should go there first to adapt to life there, and they would talk about other things later. The Qiu couple were already conflicted, so they did not reveal too much to Qiu Qingmei.
They regretted sending their daughter away. They really shouldn't have been selfish in the first place: "Old man, how about we go back and find the family. If that doesn't work, just tell the truth to Han Chunli."
Qiu Gouxuan smoked hookah one after another: "Yilan County is so big, how can we find it?"
Huang Yufeng said with a cry: "Will the hospital have records?"
Qiu Gouxuan put out the hookah in frustration: "That family only had a sick child who was hospitalized. After so many years, how can they still keep records?"
Huang Yufeng said worriedly: "What should we do?"
Qiu Gouxuan leaned back and leaned on the folded quilt: "How do I know?"
The times were not good at that time. Although they had selfish motives, they did not have the courage to harm anyone. Just when they were hesitating, the child fell ill again.
He just had an opportunity at that time, and used part of the money Han Chunli gave him to exchange for a job. It was really inconvenient to go on the road with a sick child.
It happened that at that time, his wife also gave birth to a daughter, who was only nine months away from the baby girl. Thinking of what Han Chunli said at that time, he had the idea of letting his own daughter take the place of the child.
Unexpectedly, after discussing it with his wife, the two hit it off immediately. In order to do well in the future, they quickly paid for it and got the job.
I thought that when I arrived in a new place, no one knew the details of my family. In the future, my daughter could take over the identity of the child without any trouble.
They did not lose the child. The couple who took their daughter to seek medical treatment in the hospital were very poor and had no money to treat their daughter. They made a fuss and they agreed.
In order not to be blamed by my conscience, I gave the family three hundred yuan.
In order to have peace of mind for myself, so that the couple would not treat their children badly, they deliberately said that they would pick up the children in the future, and forced them to swear that when the children grow up, they will send them to study.
When leaving, he wrote the child's birthday and the name Han Chunli said to the couple.
Unfortunately, he was so panicked at the time that he forgot to ask which village the family was from. When he went to find them later, the family had already left the hospital. Yilan County was so big, where could he go to find it.
He retracted his thoughts and sighed: "Let's wait and see. If Qingmei adapts well, there will be no need to mention this matter again. It is better for Qingmei to come to the capital than to follow us."
Back then, Han Chunli's first purchase was a thousand yuan. He spent 500 yuan in exchange for work, and gave the family another 300 yuan to house the child. He still had 200 yuan left in his hand, which allowed his family to survive the famine years.
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In the capital, when Han Chunli and Ji Linfeng arrived at the nursing home, Han Jingchen had just returned from physical therapy.
Seeing them, he just said calmly: "Sit down."
Ji Linfeng always felt a little unable to stand up because his family had borrowed money from his second uncle: "Second brother, how has your health been recovering recently?"
Han Jingchen motioned for him to sit down: "It's still the same as before. I'm afraid recovery is impossible, but I just have to suffer less."
Han Chunli was thinking about her daughter: "Second brother, you said before that we would come together. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Han Jingchen asked Su Jinsong beside him to get a notebook. He opened the notebook and put it in front of them: "This is the money you have borrowed from me over the years. Can you take a look at it?"
Han Chunli was a little confused. She looked at the open book and thought: What does the second brother want to do?
After thinking this way, he asked: "Second brother, what do you mean by letting me see this?"
Han Jingchen took a sip of tea and said, "Let you confirm whether the number is correct."
Ji Linfeng took the notebook from his wife's hand, read it one by one, and calculated it in his mind. He was really shocked that he had borrowed 1,800 yuan from his second uncle over the years.
He frowned and looked at his wife: "Why are there so many?"
Han Jingchen drank tea and kept watching the changes in expressions and eye interactions between the two. He did not interrupt, but waited for them to confirm.