"Alright, Dongzhe, get back to your important business! These are minor matters, leave them to me!"

"I can't possibly repay that favor!"

"No need to repay, we're all neighbors!"

"Okay! I'll treat you next time you come to eat!"

Wang Jie waved his hand and said, "No need, I'm leaving now!"

Song Ying asked Lin Dongzhe, "How is Xiaoting's mother? Is she feeling any better?"

"Much better, quite energetic! He even said he'll be discharged in a few days!"

"Discharged? What happened? Wasn't surgery still required?"

Lin Dongzhe glanced at the newsstand and saw Anna greeting customers buying newspapers, while Zhuang Tunan practiced along the handrail by the wall.

Lin Dongzhe patted Song Ying's arm, pointed into the house, and said, "Mom, let's go inside and talk!"

So the two went inside. As soon as they entered, Song Ying asked anxiously, "What exactly happened, Dongzhe?"

“I heard from two elderly people that Tu Nan’s trip to the United States cost more than 100,000 yuan, and the family doesn’t have much savings left. They are struggling to afford the surgery!”

"You're not going to tell them that we have money! We'll pay for the surgery!"

"Mom, you don't know, our supermarket has only been open for a little over two months, and we haven't even made back our costs yet! Plus, there's all that stockpiled inventory. Although tens of thousands of yuan isn't a big deal, if something big or small happens to the supermarket, we won't be able to handle it!"

"Then, what should we do? We can't do without surgery!"

"It's like this, Mom, I met with my cousin Ada, and he agreed to lend me 80,000 yuan to tide me over!"

"Who? Ada! Are you out of your mind? How can you use his money? He's a smuggler. If he gets caught and then implicates you, that would be terrible!"

"What can we do? Xiaoting is about to give birth. Hospitalization and baby formula will cost a lot of money, and we can't afford to spend just a few dollars!"

“I know there’s still more than a month to go. By then, the hospital stay and the baby’s one-month celebration will cost at least ten thousand yuan. I’m starting to regret it now. I regret listening to your dad and giving Xiang Pengfei so much money as a gift!”

"How about I talk to Brother Pengfei and ask him for some money to tide me over?"

"Why are you making such a fuss? Don't worry about this. I'll ask your dad! He knows a lot of people, let him figure it out. I don't believe we can't get over this!"

"Okay! What if Brother Ada gives me the money tomorrow?"

"Just have the bank return it via the original route!"

"Okay, I'll go to the bank then!"

"Go outside and watch the shop for Yao Yao. I'll call your dad!"

"Okay, don't worry, Mom! Leave it to me!"

After Lin Dongzhe left, Song Ying picked up the phone and dialed the supermarket's office number.

Perhaps because he wasn't too busy at the moment, the busy tone only rang twice before Lin Wufeng answered the phone, saying, "Hello, this is the supermarket office. Who are you looking for?"

"Alright, stop talking nonsense, I'm Song Ying!"

"Oh, Song Ying! What's wrong? Is the breakfast shop too busy?"

"No, I'm not that busy. There's something I want to tell you, and I'd like to hear your opinion!"

"Okay, tell me, what's wrong?"

"I just asked Dongzhe to deliver food to Sister Ling and her husband. Dongzhe said Sister Ling is doing quite well and is even thinking about being discharged from the hospital!"

"Really? Isn't that great? It's exactly what we've been hoping for, isn't it? That Sister Ling is in good shape?"

"Are you stupid? Why do you listen to what I say but not what I mean?"

"What? What do you mean by that? She's in good shape, isn't that a good thing?"

"I told her she wanted to be discharged, discharged!"

"It's a good thing they're being discharged! Would you want them to stay in the hospital every day?"

"Oh my, I'm really impressed by you. Sister Ling's cyst turned into cancer cells and she needs surgery. Can she be discharged now?"

"Oh dear, I forgot about that! We can't let her be discharged! This is something we can't be careless about!"

"Dongzhe said that the reason Sister Ling was discharged from the hospital was because Tu Nan spent more than 100,000 yuan in the United States, and they couldn't afford the tens of thousands of yuan for the surgery right now, so they were planning to cancel the surgery!"

"That won't do! If they can't afford it, we will. Sister Ling raised Xiaoting with great difficulty, and now she's giving birth to a child for our Lin family. We won't be wronged when it comes to her medical treatment!"

"You make it sound so easy. Dongzhe said that our supermarket has been open for more than two months and we haven't even made enough to cover our costs. How are we going to pay for Sister Ling's surgery?"

"Don't worry about this. I'll figure something out. When you have time, go to the hospital and try to persuade Sister Ling to have the surgery. You understand? This can't be delayed!"

"Okay, I understand. I'll go. There's something else I need to tell you!"

"What?"

"I just asked Yao Yao to deliver breakfast to the guests, and she almost got bullied on the way. Luckily, she ran into Wang Jie, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to explain it to my sister!"

"Alright, I'll thank Wang Jie when I get back. I won't deliver food when I'm busy in the future. It's not worth making such a trip for such a small amount of money."

"I was thinking of making every penny I could, but I'm not as generous as you, giving Pengfei a gift of ten thousand yuan. Sigh, I regret it now!"

"Alright, why bother with that useless talk? Yao Yao is a girl, from now on Dong Zhe will take her, don't let her run away, understand?"

"Okay, then you need to find a way to raise money for Sister Ling. We can't let her illness be delayed!"

"I know, don't worry, I'll let you know when things are settled!"

"Oh, right, there's something else I forgot to tell you!"

"Alright! Go ahead and tell me!"

"Dongzhe said he saw Ada these past two days. If Ada comes looking for you, tell him to stop doing anything illegal!"

"Okay, I got it!"

"That's all for now, I'm hanging up!"

"Um!"

After hanging up Lin Wufeng's call, Song Ying wiped her moist eyes before leaving the house to continue greeting the guests who had come for breakfast.

Meanwhile, Zhuang Tunan, who was busy selling newspapers, stopped to take a break when he saw a familiar person come to the newsstand and say with a smile, "I'm out, brother!"

When Zhuang Tunan saw Zhuang Zhennan, he was at a loss for words. He didn't know whether to be surprised or what, and just looked at Zhuang Zhennan and said, "You, why are you out here?"

Zhuang Zhennan smiled and said, "Brother, the court thinks that the amount of goods I smuggled was a bit small, and the crime is relatively minor. In addition, I surrendered myself to the police and made meritorious contributions, so I am exempted from criminal punishment. I only need to pay a fine of 50,000 yuan!"

"How many?"

"fifty thousand!"

"Okay, as long as you work hard, I believe you'll earn that 50,000 yuan very quickly!"

"Yes, that's what I thought too, but the court told me to hand it over within five days, or they'll put me in jail for three months. Brother, can you help me think of a way?"

Zhuang Tunan looked at Zhuang Zhennan with some surprise and said, "You mean you want me to lend you 50,000 yuan?"

"Brother Tu Nan, you said you would help me. You know, my family has been living a bit more comfortably lately thanks to the newsstand in Zhenbei, but I really can't come up with 50,000 yuan at once, so I came to ask you for help!"

Zhuang Tunan looked at Zhuang Zhennan somewhat awkwardly and said, "I, Zhennan, to tell you the truth, I've been having a tough time lately. You see, I went to the United States to get my leg treated, which cost more than 100,000 yuan. Actually, our family doesn't have much savings left. Plus, my mother is currently hospitalized and will have surgery soon, so our family's situation is a bit tight!"

"But you promised to help me, you can't go back on your word, right?"

A somewhat confused Anna asked Tu Nan, "What's wrong, Zhuang? Is something bothering you?"

Zhuang Tunan smiled at Anna and said, "My cousin has been released from the police station. The court wants him to pay a fine of 50,000 yuan, and he said he'd borrow it from me. I... I... I can't come up with the money. You know, Mom is about to have surgery. Now... sigh!"

Seeing Zhuang Tunan's troubled expression, Anna said, "Zhuang, Zhennan is your cousin. You should help him if he needs it!"

"But I don't have that much right now!"

"Here's what we'll do, Zhuang. When I came to China, my father gave me ten thousand US dollars so I could have some emergency funds. That's more than fifty thousand yuan. You can take it and use it to tide you over!"