"Do you know where Dr. Niu lives? I need to see him about something. Can you show me the way?"

The two children immediately became interested upon hearing this.

"Of course I know, come with us!"

The two of them, like monkeys, were jumping and leaping ahead, leading the way.

Jiang Jingxue and Yue Keqi followed them toward the small fishing village.

"Dr. Niu! Dr. Jiang is looking for you!"

Even from a distance, the two started shouting at each other.

Upon hearing this, Dr. Niu quickly came out of the house.

"Dr. Jiang, oh my, it's been so long! Please come in, please come in!"

Dr. Niu was very excited to see Jiang Jingxue again.

"Alright, you guys go have fun."

Jiang Jingxue sent the two away and followed Doctor Niu into the house.

"Dr. Jiang, what brings you here today? I really need to thank you for teaching me the acupuncture techniques, which have greatly improved my medical skills!"

"I came here to discuss work and happened to run into those two children, so I stopped by to stop by. I just wanted to ask, Dr. Niu, what's the current situation of those two children?"

Dr. Niu sighed softly and began to recount the two men's experiences.

In that tsunami, Er Gouzi's mother and Tie Zhu's father both perished.

Er Gouzi's father married a stepmother.

Er Gouzi's stepmother treated him badly, never even giving him enough to eat.

Tiezhu wasn't much better off.

After their father passed away, their uncles seized their family's land, and the mother and son lived a very miserable life.

"Sigh, they're all poor children. Their families can't even afford to eat, let alone go to school. Besides helping with chores, they spend the rest of their time playing wildly outside like unruly kids. What are we going to do if this continues?"