When Xu Daming left his car repair stall and ran back, he saw that his things were thrown all over the floor. Fortunately, he arrived in time and the place had not been visited by scavengers.

"This is too bullying! This is too bullying!" Xu Daming was so angry that he was shaking with anger at the scene before him.

They have rented a house in this village for more than ten years. He is at least familiar with everyone in the village. Now he is being slapped in the face by the landlord, and he really can't swallow this humiliation.

"Dad, what happened?" Liu Xiaocui came hurriedly with a bag of vegetables. She went to the vegetable market as soon as she came out of the ward, and planned to make lunch at home before going to work. As soon as she entered the village, she saw her husband running. She shuddered in her heart: Could something have happened to her youngest son?

Seeing her coming, Xu Daming seemed to have found an outlet for his anger. He pointed at the pile of things on the ground and said, "They are so bullying. We have not lost a cent of our rent. Even if your family needs it and you don't want to rent it out, you can talk it over nicely. How can you just throw things out like this?"

These words were not only said to Liu Xiaocui, but also to the surrounding neighbors.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the onlookers stood up for him and said, "How could you do that? Damin, look and see if anything is missing. If anything is stolen, you need to call the police immediately!"

Before Xu Daming and Liu Xiaocui could recover from their shock, the landlord, Sister Wang, emerged, a wad of change in her hand. Her face sullen, she approached Xu Daming and his wife, saying, "Our temple is small, and it can't house this giant Buddha statue of yours. Here's your remaining rent and deposit. The extra amount is one month's rent as per the contract, and I've added a little more to make it even. Take the money and move out before it gets dark."

The man who had stood up for the injustice earlier had always been at odds with Sister Wang's family. Seeing this, he said, "We have two rooms to rent out. You can move into our house. We're not like some people who would throw out a tenant's luggage without permission."

Liu Xiaocui took the money, but was still stunned. "What is this for?" He was fine in the hospital an hour ago. Could it be that he didn't want to pay for his eldest daughter's medical expenses?

"Aren't the medical expenses covered by insurance? We've known each other for so many years, and we don't want to blackmail you. There's no need to be so ugly." Liu Xiaocui frowned and negotiated with Sister Wang.

Sister Wang sneered: "Ask your good daughter and you will understand. Humph, a toad wants to eat swan meat?!" Then she turned and left.

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Liu Xiaocui hurriedly rented a house nearby and moved all her things in. She didn't have time to pack up. She gave five dollars to her second daughter Xu An, who had just returned from school, and asked her to take her brother to a small restaurant outside for lunch. Then she hurried to the hospital.

At the hospital, Xu Ping's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she had no appetite to eat. The nurse on duty saw that no one was taking care of her and she was crying pitifully, so she felt pity for her and helped her get a kettle of water, gave her two disposable paper cups, helped her go to the toilet, and told her to press the bedside bell if she had any problems.

With the warmth of strangers and the lukewarm water in her mouth, Xu Ping's mood finally calmed down a lot. She took out the test report from her pocket and looked at it again. After a while, she crumpled the paper and threw it into the trash can beside the bed.

Liu Xiaocui arrived at that very moment. She hadn't even had time to eat lunch. To save money and not want to take the bus, she rode her bike for over 40 minutes to get to the hospital. Her blood sugar level was extremely low, and she couldn't control her emotions at all.

She kept chewing on Sister Wang's words all the way, the phrase "a toad wanting to eat swan flesh" particularly jarring. Who was the toad? Who was the swan?