Chapter 131 Friends

Lin Yue was shocked when she saw Lingling's eyes. When Lingling was with other children, she was always domineering and acted like a big sister. She had never worried about these two children's friendship problems. She didn't expect that this child's righteous character would become her biggest problem.

Children's self-esteem is sometimes stronger than that of adults. Lin Yue didn't want to argue with her about this issue outside, so he planned to go home and talk to her properly.

Although Liu Erya's condition looked serious, the treatment would not cost much. Lin Yue touched Lingling's head, turned to Xu Xiaofang and said, "I can pay for the child's medical expenses, but let me make it clear that the food Lingling gave her is fine. I can only be responsible for her hospital expenses. You are responsible for the damage you have done to the child's body."

In fact, Lin Yue really didn't think it was Ling Ling's fault that Liu Erya got sick, but after all, she had diarrhea after eating the food given by Ling Ling, so she should pay for the medical expenses, just as spending money to buy Ling Ling a lesson.

As expected, as soon as she said this, Lingling heaved a sigh of relief but also looked at her guiltily.

Lin Yue smiled secretly and turned to pay the bill. Xu Xiaofang didn't care that the child was left unattended and followed closely behind Lin Yue. When she saw that Lin Yue actually gave ten yuan as a deposit, she immediately became angry and stretched out her hand to grab the money, cursing, "I asked you to pay but you didn't. You go to the hospital and throw money away and you have money? You don't need to pretend to be kind, just give me the money!"

Lin Yue stepped aside. She guessed that this woman didn't want to treat her daughter's illness, and said sarcastically: "I said that you are a military family after all, and Captain Liu's monthly allowance is not small. Why are you so harsh to your daughter? She has become like that, and you still don't want to treat her illness. Are you really a stepmother?"

"You are the stepmother. I don't want to treat her illness. I just think it's useless for her to stay in the hospital. It's better to buy her some meat to nourish her!"

The news spread quickly in the hospital. The nurse at the cashier's office heard it and quickly reminded her, "Sister-in-law, your daughter-in-law had diarrhea because her stomach was lacking oil and water. She can't eat meat recently. She should eat light food during this period to let her stomach adapt!"

Lin Yue took the opportunity to hand over the money and said sarcastically, "Comrade Nurse, you don't need to talk to her so much. She won't listen. This man doesn't take the lady seriously in the first place! You keep the money. If it's not enough, tell me again!"

The nurse quickly said, "It won't cost that much, and you don't need to pay now, just pay when you are discharged from the hospital!"

It turned out that hospitals in this era did not require advance payment. Lin Yue had never been hospitalized except for the time when she gave birth, so she really didn't know these things. But she still insisted: "Then comrade nurse, please help me keep an account, and I can refund or supplement when I am discharged! Oh, by the way, don't give her the refund, you can let Wang Tingting collect it for me!"

The military area is so small, and the people in the hospital know almost everything about the military wives. After hearing this, the nurse nodded repeatedly to show that she understood.

After Lin Yue arranged all this, he decided not to stay any longer. He turned around and left, not paying any attention to what Xu Xiaofang was shouting behind him.

Lingling was still a little uneasy. She felt that she must have made a big mistake today. She followed her mother closely, not saying a word the whole way.

When Lin Yue arrived at the door of his house, he found that Wanli had also returned. Because he didn't have the key, he was sitting at the door of his house.

When he saw Lin Yue and the others had returned, he quickly stood up and looked at Ling Ling with worry.

Xu Xiaodi heard the noise and came out of her house, saying with a smile, "This kid is worried about his sister. I told him to stay at my house for a while, but he didn't listen to anything I said."

Lin Yue patted Wanli's head and apologized, "It's my fault. I forgot to make keys for you two. I'll make keys for you tomorrow, and you can open the door by yourselves in the future."

Wanli obediently let her touch his head and asked worriedly, "Mom, is there something wrong with my sister?"

Lin Yue looked at the two siblings without saying anything. He greeted Xu Xiaodi and opened the door and went in.

Inside the house, Lingling nervously tied her clothes and stood obediently in front of Lin Yue waiting to be punished.

The two little ones had already fallen asleep on the way. After Lin Yue arranged everything for them, he turned to look at Lingling and asked as gently as possible: "Lingling, last time you said that Fengfeng and Maomao had a lot of toys, and a whole set of fighting figures, but your mother didn't buy them for you. Are you sad?"

Lingling didn't expect her mother to ask this suddenly. After thinking for a while, she said, "A little bit, but you've already told me the reason. I know I can't bring all my favorite toys home."

"Mom wants to ask you, why are you sad?"

Ling Ling said without hesitation: "Because I like it so much. I saw other children have that toy and I wanted it so much."

"If you want it so badly, why don't you let Fengfeng and Maomao give you the toys?"

"That's someone else's toy, I can't take it!" Ling Ling was very surprised and asked, "Mom, didn't you say that I can't just take other people's things?"

Wan Li also looked at Lin Yue in confusion. He didn't know what Ling Ling had done wrong, but when he saw Xu Xiaodi hurriedly calling people away, he was very worried. Hearing her mother's question was so strange, he had a feeling that the following things were not simple. However, he was not in a hurry to speak, and just waited obediently for his mother's next words.

Lin Yue said: "Look, you know you can't take other people's things, it's not good behavior, but Liu Erya keeps asking you for food, is she doing the right thing?"

Lingling was instantly stumped. She frowned and thought for a long time before she said, "Mom, she is very pitiful. All the good things in her house are for her brother. Not only does she have no meat to eat, but she also has to do a lot of housework. We are good friends, and I want to help her..."

Lin Yue sighed, "Your idea of ​​helping your friend is good, but have you ever thought about whether giving her your things will solve her problem? Besides, you gave her so many delicious foods, did you take the initiative to share them?"

Seeing that she didn't understand, Lin Yue counted for her: "At first you gave her half of the apples, then the candies, and then did you give her all the snacks in your bag? I've seen you looking for food at home recently, is it because you gave all the food you took out to Liu Erya? You see, you've given her more and more things, until today." Lin Yue shook the bag of dried meat in his hand, "Mom said that this bag is for you and your brother's snacks this week, and you two can have half each, but today you gave all your half to Liu Erya, as well as eggs and biscuits. I'm not sorry for those things, but I want to ask you, why do you give Liu Erya so many things? Is this your own idea or has she been asking you for it?"

Lingling nodded, then remembered something and shook her head repeatedly, "Not really. She said she wanted to eat it, and I felt sorry for her, so I gave it to her..."

"So what happens if you don't give it to her?"

Lingling stopped talking. Seeing her like this, Lin Yue understood. She stopped dwelling on this question and just said, "Lingling, think about it. Diandian's parents don't buy her a lot of delicious and fun things. She even wears other people's old clothes. Does she always ask you for things?"

Lingling shook her head and whispered, "Mom, Erya is fine, but she has never eaten delicious food, so she is a bit greedy..."

When they were in the hospital, Lin Yue guessed that she had been successfully brainwashed by Liu Erya. Moreover, Lingling still had a chivalrous heart. She was repulsed by her mother's words and thought that Lin Yue was saying bad things about her good friend. So Lin Yue didn't dare to educate her right away, but thought of guiding her slowly and letting her find the problem herself.

But when she heard Lingling say this, she still felt a sense of powerlessness deep in her heart, and instantly thought of the senior brother in the novel who mindlessly protected the poor little white flower. When she saw such a plot before, she suspected that the other party's brain was kicked by a donkey. Now that her own daughter is like this, she realized that those plots are really not exaggerated at all.

But she thought that the child was less than five years old, so she took a few deep breaths and tried to calm herself down. She changed the topic and asked, "Are you happy playing with Arya? Does she care about you?"

Lingling nodded, but Lin Yue was quick to notice that she was hesitant in the last few nods. She took the opportunity to say, "Mom, don't believe me. I used to have a good friend who always liked to ask me for things. She wanted to give me all the good things I had. If I didn't give them to her, she would say she was pitiful. I was her best friend, so I should give in to her. She also said that if I didn't give them to her, it meant I didn't consider her a good friend, and she wouldn't play with me anymore."

At this point, Lin Yue paused and sighed exaggeratedly. Ling Ling really got the point and asked, "What happened next?"

Lin Yue said sadly: "Later, I had a very bad time and couldn't even eat. I thought of this friend and thought that friends should help each other. I helped her so much before, so she would definitely help me. When I went to find her, she was eating meat, but when she heard me say that I wanted to borrow some food from her, she immediately drove me out, and..."

"And what?" This time even Wanli was anxious. Lin Yue turned around and saw an anxious look on Wanli's face, with his fists clenched tightly.

She said faintly, "She also laughed at me, saying that she was friends with me before because she could get something from me, but now that I don't have anything good, she can't get anything good from me, so of course she doesn't want to play with me anymore. Then I thought about it, it seems that since the third time I didn't give her anything, she has never come to see me again."

Ling Ling looked filled with righteous indignation and angrily said, "Mom, who is that person? Is he from Xiaotian Village? Tell me, and I will avenge you!"

Looking at Wanli again, although his face was tense, tears were welling up in his eyes. He bit his lower lip tightly, as if he was about to cry at the next moment.

Lin Yue felt very distressed, but he still tried not to comfort the two of them, pretending to be sad and said: "It's all in the past, I haven't been in contact with her for a long time. Later I realized that if a person only wants to gain benefits from you, and always threatens you with not playing with you, then this person definitely doesn't take you as a real friend. Good friends should help each other, but it's wrong for only you to give. You should also remember this, understand?"