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Chapter 401: Chapter 391 Liu Jia is Discharged from Hospital
Shen Yunfang took care of her children’s matters, and by one o’clock, she hastily made her way back to school for classes. Perhaps it was the victory earlier in the day, but her afternoon class flew by pleasantly, and she listened with exceptional efficiency.
After school, Shen Yunfang picked up Pangpang and Manman, and instead of heading home to cook, she went straight to a restaurant.
Her own son, Pangpang, had been so brave today; he definitely deserved a reward.
"Pangpang, you did very well today. Here, Mommy rewards you with a piece of meat," Shen Yunfang said, picking up a piece of meat with her chopsticks and placing it in Pangpang’s bowl.
Seeing her little girl looking at her with eager eyes, Shen Yunfang smiled and added some shredded meat to Manman’s bowl too.
The children are still young; they can’t eat too much meat at once.
"Manman was also very brave today. Here’s a reward from Mommy as well."
The two children looked at each other and then both beamed with big smiles, burying their small faces into their bowls and starting to eat.
Shen Yunfang watched her children eating happily and felt joy herself.
As for whether Pangpang had used any sneaky tricks in today’s incident, Shen Yunfang decided not to delve into it. She thought it was great that her child could handle things so cleverly.
Furthermore, she felt pretty good about it, so after finishing their meal, Shen Yunfang led the two children on a leisurely stroll home. They had eaten too much, and a walk would help digest the food.
That evening, Shen Yunfang didn’t have to go to school to teach, so she conducted an unusual training session at home for the two children.
The session was about what the children should do when they encountered other kids trying to bully them. Of course, this would depend on assessing the strength of the bully.
Pangpang’s eyes shone brightly. After the training session, he seriously promised his mother, "I’ll never let anyone bully my sister again."
Shen Yunfang was comforted.
Time flew by amidst play and laughter, and before they knew it, more than a month had passed since the start of school.
Liu Jia’s illness was completely cured, and with the approval of her attending physician, Shen Yunfang took leave and brought Liu Jia and her mother to her own home. 𝓃ℴ𝓋𝓹𝓊𝓫.𝒸𝓸𝓂
"Big sister, come inside quickly," Shen Yunfang said, holding some things and opening the door for the two people behind her.
Once Liu Jia and Li Xianglian entered, they didn’t know what to do with their hands and feet. "Yunfang, you don’t have to be busy for us, we won’t go in, we should probably just leave," they said.
Shen Yunfang wouldn’t listen to them and arranged slippers for them, signaling them to change their shoes. "I know big sister you’re anxious to go home, but it’s not so easy to buy train tickets, so why not stay with Jiajia at my home for a couple of days. Come on, change your shoes and come in."
"No, your house is so clean, we better not go inside," Li Xianglian mainly felt she, a rural person, exuded an earthy scent from inside out, and it wouldn’t be good if she damaged anything in her brother-in-law’s lovely home.
Shen Yunfang understood this form of rural timidity; they just needed to overcome this hurdle. "What are you talking about, big sister? No matter how clean it is, it’s made for people to live in. Hurry up and come inside."
After much persuasion, the two were finally convinced to enter the house, and indeed, after sitting for a while, they started to relax a bit.
There were beds in all three rooms at home, and Shen Yunfang arranged for Li Xianglian and her daughter to stay in the study.
Then she headed into the kitchen to cook; since Liu Jia was discharged today, she had to make a grand meal to celebrate.
Li Xianglian, who couldn’t sit still, saw her sister-in-law busy in the kitchen and quickly followed to help out.
Liu Jia also wanted to help, but was chased out by the two of them, so she had no choice but to obey the adults and went into the room to rest.
Li Xianglian had never used a gas cylinder before, so she couldn’t stir-fry, but she could help Shen Yunfang with other tasks like picking and chopping vegetables.
As they worked and chatted, the meal was quickly prepared.
Shen Yunfang took off her apron to pick up the children from the nursery and also stopped by Ma Liguo’s house to invite their family of three for dinner. During Liu Jia’s hospitalization, Ma Liguo had been very helpful, so it was only right they invite him and his family to join the meal today.
Ma Liguo didn’t hesitate, bringing his wife and child along right away.
The dinner was enjoyable, with Ma Liguo’s jokes and banter lightening the mood. Li Xianglian also relaxed, joining in the conversation and laughter with everyone.
In the evening, Shen Yunfang noticed that Li Xianglian seemed to have something to say, so she sent Pangpang with her sister to read books in the room before asking, "Big sister, do you have something on your mind? If there’s anything, just tell me."
Li Xianglian didn’t have much to say, just that she had saved quite a bit of the money they had given her during Jiajia’s hospital stay, "Yunfang, the money you and Hongjun gave me, I didn’t spend much of it these days. Now that Jiajia is better, I will take her home the day after tomorrow, so you should take this money back." She took out a small stack of money from her pocket and handed it over.
Shen Yunfang did not refuse the offer. She accepted the money and counted it—fifty-four yuan in total. It seemed that Li Xianglian had been frugal during the hospital stay.
"Okay, I’ll keep this money."
Upon hearing that Shen Yunfang would keep the money, Li Xianglian breathed a sigh of relief; she had been worried her sister-in-law wouldn’t accept it. She felt that her child’s recovery was thanks to the help of her brother and sister-in-law. They had spent a lot on the treatment, and she had made inquiries with the hospital nurses. Now that Jiajia was well, she couldn’t keep relying on her brother and sister-in-law’s money, or else what kind of person would she be?
Shen Yunfang then took thirty yuan out of her pocket and handed it to Li Xianglian.
"Big sister, I kept the money you gave me, and now you should take this."
"Yunfang, what is this? Why are you giving me money again? I can’t take this money."
"Big sister, don’t refuse yet, just listen to me, okay?" Shen Yunfang held Li Xianglian’s hand before saying, "This money, it’s for Jiajia. The doctor said that although Jiajia is better now, her immune system is still weak, quite low in fact. We should try to give her some nutritious food when we get back home."
"You don’t need to take out money for that..." Li Xianglian knew the child still needed to be nurtured at home, but they had already troubled the couple enough, and she truly couldn’t take any more money from them.
"Sister-in-law, we are real relatives, and I won’t beat around the bush with you. Let me ask you, can your family afford to buy nutritious food for Jiajia?" Shen Yunfang asked straightforwardly and indelicately.
Li Xianglian’s hand stopped. Where would they have such money? For Jiajia’s treatment, they had borrowed not only their own savings but also from her mother-in-law, and even that wasn’t enough—they had borrowed quite a sum from others as well.
"Li Hongjun has already told me everything. Jiajia has been treated for several days back in your hometown, and I reckon that no matter where it is, the cost of medical treatment isn’t small. It was tough for Jiajia to get over this illness, and it wasn’t easy to recover. We shouldn’t let the child be in danger again just because of money. You can work on repaying the money you’ve borrowed, I won’t interfere with that. But for Jiajia’s nutrition, I’ll provide it. It’s not a handout; once you have the money later on, you’ll have to repay me, with interest."
