Chapter 325: Bullying the Strong
After Yu Shui and the others left, Bi Qiaoan waited for a while. Seeing that there were fewer people in the corridor, he pulled Hu Xiaoqin's sleeve and motioned her to look into her bag.
"This is the milk powder my husband and I bought through connections. Because it was obtained privately, it is inconvenient to give you the packaging box.
But don't worry, the quality is absolutely fine, and it's still within the shelf life. When the baby comes out, you can give him some supplements, and he will get better faster."
When Hu Xiaoqin saw the milky white powder in the plastic box, her eyes lit up and her voice trembled a little, "Are you really going to give it to me?"
"It's not for you, it's for Xiaole! This is infant formula, it's not suitable for you to drink." Bi Qiaoan joked.
Hu Xiaoqin excitedly grabbed Bi Qiaoan's hand and said, "I know, I know, sister, thank you!
You don’t know that Xiaole hasn’t had many good meals since he was born. At that time, I was the only one earning money to support the family. I couldn’t find a good job with a child, so I could only make ends meet.
Finally he grew up and could be sent to kindergarten, but before long, the world changed.
Since the end of the world, life has become increasingly difficult for my mother and me. Our previous job failed, and we survived only with the help of Qinghe Alliance.
It wasn't until I was hired as a laborer that Xiaole and I's lives improved completely.
Although the salary is a little low and the work is a little tiring, the benefits paid to the laborers every month, plus the food that Xiaole and I can buy, can at least ensure that we have three meals a day, so we don't have too many worries in life.
If it weren't for the extremely cold weather in Beiha City, I might still be working in the greenhouse at this time.
But in this situation, we lost our jobs over there, and we all fled here for shelter. We lost our benefits and everything, and we don’t know how we are going to survive this winter.”
Hu Xiaoqin held Bi Qiaoan's hand tightly, and her voice became tearful again, "Sister, I beg you, can you tell me how to buy food?
My Xiaole is so unlucky. He happened to be born into the belly of a mother like me who has no ability at all at this time. He is suffering so much. I am sorry for him.
He is already five years old, but his body is still as thin as a three-year-old child. It makes me feel heartbroken!
Sister, you guys have such a good life, can you help me?"
Bi Qiaoan's eyes widened and he tried to pull his arm back but the other party held it tightly.
She complained in her heart, my husband and I are already kind enough. I’ve given you a can of milk powder for free, what else do you want?
Seeing that she couldn't pull her arm back, Bi Qiaoan simply gave up. She slumped her shoulders and leaned back on the chair, with a wry smile on her face, "Sister Qin, it's not that I don't want to help you, but do you know where I got this can of milk powder?"
"How did it come from?" Sister Qin didn't notice the expression on Bi Qiaoan's face at all. All her attention was focused on the words "Where did the milk powder come from?"
"Exchange it for food!"
Sister Qin was a little surprised. Her intuition didn't think so, because she didn't believe anyone would be stupid enough to exchange life-saving food for milk powder that would not satisfy hunger.
For example, she would never do such a loss-making business.
In the eyes of Sister Qin who was surprised and unbelieving, Bi Qiaoan explained: "I am pregnant with twins. You know, I can't provide milk for two children by myself.
So, when we confirmed that we were pregnant with twins, my husband and I went to the supermarket to ask, and we learned that even with the quota, it was still difficult to buy milk powder. That precious stuff was sold out every time it was put on the shelves.
There was no other way. My husband had to look for someone outside. He finally found a connection, but the person didn’t want money, so we could only exchange food for milk powder.”
Bi Qiaoan showed off her acting skills to the fullest, tears welled up in her eyes, and she looked at Hu Xiaoqin with red eyes and said, "We only exchanged seven or eight cans of milk powder, but ended up using up two-thirds of the food in the house.
Don’t be fooled by the potatoes and cabbage I brought you today. What you don’t know is that my husband and I drink wild vegetable porridge at home.
We in Haishi are very proud. If this unexpected situation hadn't happened today, I wouldn't have taken out these things, nor would I have told you so much."
After saying this, a hint of embarrassment appeared on Bi Qiaoan's face.
Hu Xiaoqin looked at Bi Qiaoan and opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything. She always felt that something was wrong, but what Bi Qiaoan said made sense.
Hu Xiaoqin was a little unwilling, "Your family is in such a difficult situation, how dare you provide brown sugar water for free?"
Bi Qiaoan's mouth twitched. "Brown sugar is precious, but I won't go hungry without it. We all work with great enthusiasm, so we naturally hope for perfection."
Because there were not many people in the corridor, even though Hu Xiaoqin and Bi Qiaoan lowered their voices, Shen Yanming still heard their conversation.
His face was dark and he was on the verge of getting angry.
He turned around and left to find Zhang Heping, and after asking him to take care of it, he came back and called Bi Qiaoan: "Wife, I just received a call. There is an emergency over there, and we need to go over there."
Bi Qiaoan was stunned, thinking that something had really happened to Ji Kangyong, and hurriedly stood up and said to Hu Xiaoqin: "Sister Qin, I'm sorry I have to leave. If you have anything, please shout in the group."
He didn't say whether he would help or not, it was just a polite remark.
Shen Yanming stepped forward and held Bi Qiaoan's hand, then turned his head and said, "I have already greeted the doctors here, they will try their best to treat Xiaole. As for the rest, I'm sorry we can't do anything."
Hu Xiaoqin bit her lip as she watched the two people walking away, feeling helpless again.
She knew that her previous question had annoyed Shen Yanming, but she did not regret it. All she wanted was to live well.
"It's okay, just treat her as a fart!" After the two got in the car, Shen Yanming saw that Bi Qiaoan's face didn't look good and comforted her.
"Huh?" Bi Qiaoan looked at Shen Yanming blankly, and after reacting, he said: "I didn't take her seriously, I was just wondering what happened to Ji Kangyong."
Shen Yanming chuckled, "He's fine, he just doesn't like that woman very much, so he used her as a cover to bring you out."
Bi Qiaoan breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, it's okay, I was really scared just now."
Then he looked at Shen Yanming and said, “I can actually understand Hu Xiaoqin. If I were her, I would probably seize every opportunity to improve the lives of myself and my children.
But I don't like her being aggressive and bullying.
If she had said it differently and asked me to help her exchange some milk powder or food, I might have agreed.
But she probably did that because she wanted to take the initiative.
But I don’t like to cause trouble for myself.
Moreover, I always feel that giving willingly and being forced to give are two completely opposite things.
I gladly accept the former, but I am heartbroken by the latter.”
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