Chapter 34 Thank You Gift

When he woke up the next day, Wang Xiuren felt that his legs were no longer his own. They were so sore and painful that he had no strength at all.

He struggled to get out of bed and limped to wash up.

"You should have a good rest at home today!" Lin Qiu hung Wang Shan's small schoolbag on his shoulders and took her to the nursery. "I'll stop by Brother Zhao's house on the way and ask him to help tell Brother Man."

After Wang Xiuren finished washing up, he leaned against the bed and rubbed his legs with safflower oil, making himself grimace. "Hiss—Ha—Okay! Tell him for me that I need to take it easy today."

After saying that, continue kneading.

Lin Qiu first went to Brother Zhao's house to ask him for help to take a leave, took Wang Shan to have breakfast and then sent her to the nursery, came back and bought a rice roll for Wang Xiuren, and finally went to work.

At noon, Lin Qiu was in a hurry. After finishing his meal, he bought a fast food and sent it home.

"Why did you run back? I can buy it myself!" Wang Xiuren felt sorry for Lin Qiu who was sweating profusely while running. "It must be so tiring to come back all this way!"

After saying that, he limped to the table, poured Lin Qiu a glass of water and handed it to him.

"It's okay!" Lin Qiu picked up the water and poured it into his mouth. "It's not too far. I'll just take care of it for lunch. I'll buy two more bones to make some soup in the evening."

"Okay!" Wang Xiuren felt that Lin Qiu was really nice to him. "Wait a minute, don't leave so hastily. Keep an eye on the car!"

"Okay!" Lin Qiu put the cup away and went to work.

After get off work, Lin Qiu picked up Wang Shan and went to the vegetable market to buy two pork ribs, weighed two corns and a carrot, washed and cut them, and put them in a pressure cooker.

For dinner tonight, I mainly had soup. The carrot, corn and bone soup was sweet and refreshing. Wang Xiuren and his daughter Wang Shan were forced to drink a bowl of soup first, then each of them took a piece of bone in their hands and gnawed it, and finally ate it with rice with stir-fried pork liver and water spinach.

After dinner, Wang Xiuren rushed to wash the dishes. Lin Qiu brought out the uneaten fruit from yesterday and put it on the table. He had to eat it quickly, otherwise it would go bad in two days.

A family of three was leisurely eating fruit when they heard someone knocking on the door.

When I opened the door, I saw the landlord and his family standing at the door carrying large and small bags.

"Xiao Wang, have you eaten?" the landlord greeted enthusiastically, "It was too late yesterday, and I didn't have time to thank you properly!"

Wang Xiuren quickly invited the landlord and his family in, and the small room was immediately squeezed to the point where there was no room left.

"Please sit down! Please sit down! Sorry, the place is small!"

Lin Qiu put Wang Shan on the bed, made room for the landlord and his family to sit down, and washed some fruits and put them on the table.

The landlord's family sat in a circle around the table, and the little fat boy sat in his grandmother's arms.

"There's nothing good at home, so let's eat some fruit to quench our thirst!" Wang Xiuren pushed the fruit in front of the landlord's family.

"Don't be so polite! You can sit down too!" The landlord had a friendly smile on his face. "Xiao Wang, we came here today for no other reason than to thank you. We were too late yesterday."

"Your family has already thanked you. You don't have to be so polite. I just happened to come across it. I believe other people would feel the same way if they saw it."

Wang Xiuren’s idea was very simple. If he encountered a kidnapper, he would go up to help, no matter whose child was kidnapped. In addition, since I have children at home, I am definitely worried about this kind of thing. After all, a child can determine the fate of a family.

After hearing what Wang Xiuren said, the landlord's family felt that he had a noble character. He had clearly helped so much and knew their family's situation, but he had no intention of taking advantage of this favor to gain benefits.

"Xiao Wang, you don't know how your uncle feels!" The landlord held Wang Xiuren's hand and spoke earnestly.

"Uncle's family was very poor before, and he married your aunt when he was very old. Your aunt suffered from poor health when she was young, and she finally gave birth to a son, Xing. When Xing got married, she only had a son, Hao. If I hadn't met you yesterday, what would have happened to my family? You saved our lives!"

Wang Xiuren then realized that his little effort had saved someone else's only child. Just as he was about to say something, he was interrupted by the landlord's son.

"Brother, we can never thank you enough for your kindness to our family. I know you are a good person and don't want anything from us, but we should not forget to be grateful, right?"

Wang Xiuren was so confused by the conversation between the father and son that he didn't know what to say.

"You are exaggerating!" Lin Qiu took over the conversation, "If you ask me, good people in Uncle's family are rewarded for their kindness! It was Uncle who helped my Shanshan go to the nursery. Uncle is a kind person, and God will definitely reward him. Even if Hao hadn't met us, he would have been able to turn the danger into safety!"

These words touched the hearts of the landlord couple.

The landlord's wife, who had been silent the whole time, turned the small-leaf red sandalwood Buddhist beads in her hand, chanted "Amitabha", and then said, "Amei is right! We should do good deeds and accumulate virtue. We did good deeds and accumulated virtue, so Ah Hao is blessed to meet you. You saved Ah Hao and our family, and the blessing will definitely fall on you."

The landlord's daughter-in-law pulled her mother-in-law's sleeve somewhat awkwardly.

Lin Qiu also believed that good people would be rewarded, and nodded in agreement.

"The old saying is right, good and evil will be rewarded in the end!" The landlord has always believed this, so he has always insisted on doing good deeds. He went from being too poor to get married to now being able to collect rent just by lying down. Even when Ah Hao encountered a kidnapper, he was able to turn the danger into safety and meet a noble person. This was all due to doing good deeds and accumulating virtue.

"Okay, let's not talk about that anymore!" The landlord turned the conversation around and said, "We are here today to express our gratitude. Please accept these gifts, otherwise we will not be able to rest in peace."

"Yes! Brother and sister-in-law, please accept it." The landlord's son also joined in.

Wang Xiuren had to decline but had to accept it.

"Okay, it's getting late, we'll go back first! Xiao Wang, let's have morning tea together when you have time!" The landlord stood up and said goodbye.

The others also stood up, and the room seemed even more cramped.

Before leaving, the landlord's son looked at the small room and an idea came to his mind.

"Dad, one of the tenants on the third floor of Building 4 has moved out. What do you think about letting my brother and sister-in-law live there?"

"Xing, you are really quick-witted!" The landlord patted his son, "Xiao Wang, I think your room is too crowded. How about I change it to a bigger one for you? It won't cost you any money!"

"How can that be possible?" Wang Xiuren refused directly, "We have already shamelessly accepted such a valuable gift."

"Brother, don't be in a hurry to refuse." Ah Xing held Wang Xiuren's waving hand, "Your sister is not young anymore, it would be much more convenient to move to a bigger house."

Wang Xiuren was a little conflicted. On the one hand, it was hard for him to feel at ease after receiving such a huge thank-you gift, but it would also be unreasonable for us to live in someone else's big house for free, right? On the other hand, what Ah Xing said is right. It is indeed inconvenient for a family of three to eat, drink, defecate and urinate in a place as big as a cage.

Lin Qiu was somewhat tempted. On the one hand, Shanshan was getting older and older, and she really needed a separate room. On the other hand, her current nursery was very good, and he had no plans to move her to another place, so he thought of a compromise.

"Then let's do this! Uncle, if you charge rent, we will move over. If you give it to us for free, then we will stay here."

"How can I collect rent from you? No! No!" The landlord refused immediately. "You are my son Ah Hao's savior. If I tell others, how will they look at me?"

"Uncle, if you don't want to accept us, we won't move. It's fine to live here." Wang Xiuren was unwilling to take advantage of others.

"How about this! Dad, you just take half of the rent. This way, both you and my brother will be satisfied." Ah Xing also took a compromise approach, "Brother, I would be going against my conscience to take half of the rent from you. Just agree to it!"

Wang Xiuren glanced at Lin Qiu, and Lin Qiu nodded.

"Then we're taking advantage of Uncle!"

"That's how it should be! Hahaha, let's go back first. I know you have to work during the day, I'll take you there tomorrow night!" After saying this, the landlord left with his family.

Lin Qiu and Wang Xiuren looked at each other in bewilderment as they stared at a pile of gifts in the room. There were tea, white wine, American ginseng, seafood gift boxes, cured meat gift boxes, fruit gift boxes, dried fruit gift boxes, and a red paper bag with no idea what was in it.

"It turns out that what we saved was not just a single child, but a golden baby!" Lin Qiu sighed.

"Yes! I feel uneasy about receiving this gift!" Wang Xiuren was a little worried, "Guest, how about we return the gift?"

"I guess they are afraid of owing us favors! I heard that rich people are afraid of owing favors!" Lin Qiu thought of a famous saying from his previous life: Those that can be solved with money are not a problem. The most frightening thing is the things that cannot be solved with money.

"That makes sense! Then let's accept these things and pretend that we never encountered this incident!" Wang Xiuren thought so too, "Okay! Let's pack these things up!"

"Well, let's see what's in this box?" Lin Qiu opened the red paper bag, took out a box from it, and was shocked when he opened it.

"Is this real gold?" Wang Xiuren was a little dazed. "Is this side lock for Shanshan?"

"I guess so. Their family is really rich! They even gave gold!" Lin Qiu didn't expect the landlord's gift to be so expensive. "It seems that our Shanshan is very lucky to have gold at such a young age. This is the first time in our family!"

"Shanshan is indeed lucky!" Wang Xiuren thought for a moment, "Yesterday it was Shanshan who first discovered Ah Hao. It seems that we have grown up thanks to Shanshan!"

Looking back, I saw that the lucky Wang Shan had fallen asleep on the bed without me noticing.

Lin Qiu and Wang Xiuren smiled at each other. Being able to eat and sleep well, they were indeed blessed!