After getting off work in the evening, Liu Xiaoyuan drove Yang Zihan home.
"Mom, Mom, our general manager said they've found a cure for your illness!" As soon as she got out of the car, Yang Zihan excitedly ran into the house to tell her mother the good news.
Upon hearing this, Yang Zihan's mother immediately asked the same question as Yang Zihan: was it true? This illness had tormented Lin Lanzhi for many years; she had visited numerous hospitals, large and small, but none could offer any help. They all simply advised her to take medication daily, avoid anger and strenuous physical labor, and rest well…
"It's true, our general manager wouldn't lie to me!" Yang Zihan said excitedly.
After Liu Xiaoyuan got out of the car, he saw a flash of lightning in the sky and a strong wind blew up.
Summer rains can come suddenly, and Liu Xiaoyuan knew that it was about to pour down, as the wind was getting stronger and stronger.
After Liu Xiaoyuan closed the car doors and windows, he went into Yang Zihan's house and took out the prepared pills for Lin Lanzhi to take.
Looking at the pill in Liu Xiaoyuan's hand, Lin Lanzhi asked, "Xiaoyuan, can this pill really cure my illness?"
It wasn't that Lin Lanzhi didn't believe Liu Xiaoyuan's words, but rather that she found it rather unbelievable. The fact that a small pill could solve a problem that even hospitals couldn't was astonishing to Lin Lanzhi.
"Auntie, it's true." Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, without explaining too much. Whether it works or not, we'll see soon enough.
Seeing Liu Xiaoyuan's confident demeanor, Lin Lanzhi smiled and said, "Auntie believes in you!" After saying that, Lin Lanzhi took the pill from Liu Xiaoyuan's hand and put it in her mouth.
Not long after she finished eating, Yang Zihan asked with concern, "Mom, how are you? Are you feeling any better?"
Lin Lanzhi looked at her daughter with a smile and said, "Zihan, this isn't some kind of magic pill, so how can it show results so quickly?"
Yang Zihan smiled, and seeing that Liu Xiaoyuan was also looking at her, she couldn't help but playfully stick out her tongue at Liu Xiaoyuan.
It's clear that Yang Zihan was overjoyed to learn that Liu Xiaoyuan could completely cure her mother's illness.
About an hour later, Lin Lanzhi's body began to react, and the toxins inside her body began to be expelled.
When Yang Zihan saw that her mother had a stomachache, she thought the pills were not working. She first asked her mother if she was okay, and then asked Liu Xiaoyuan what to do.
Liu Xiaoyuan said, "This is a normal reaction, it's okay. Help your mother to the toilet, hurry up! Trust me!"
Yang Zihan, of course, believed Liu Xiaoyuan. Upon hearing this, she immediately helped her mother to the restroom.
After several repetitions, Lin Lanzhi's stomach pain finally subsided, and she lay weakly on the bed.
“Auntie, you’ve already expelled all the toxins from your stomach, and your illness is cured. In the next few days, you just need to eat some light food to recuperate!” Liu Xiaoyuan said.
"Is my mother really cured?" Yang Zihan asked incredulously.
Liu Xiaoyuan nodded and said, "Alright, Auntie's illness is completely cured!"
"Mom, did you hear that? The general manager said your illness is completely cured! Mom, that's wonderful!" Yang Zihan jumped up happily.
"Zihan, you don't need to come to work tomorrow. Stay home and take good care of Auntie, okay?" Liu Xiaoyuan said considerately.
"Okay." Yang Zihan nodded in agreement. Her mother looked rather weak and definitely needed care.
"It's getting late, so I'll head back now!" Liu Xiaoyuan said, standing up.
"I'll go find an umbrella for you!" Yang Zihan said, standing up as well.
At that moment, a torrential downpour began outside. Summer rains are really heavy; in no time, there was standing water everywhere.
Liu Xiaoyuan took Yang Zihan's umbrella and got into the car.
After inserting the car key, Liu Xiaoyuan tried to start the engine, but the car wouldn't start. He tried seven or eight times without success, so he gave up and stopped trying.
Oh my god! Can my luck be this bad? To run into this rainy weather and have my car break down too?
"Damn it!" Liu Xiaoyuan cursed and got out of the car. This piece of junk car, which he had only bought a short time ago, wouldn't start. What a rip-off!
If it weren't raining so heavily, Liu Xiaoyuan would have opened the hood to check and see if he could fix it. Now, with the torrential rain, Liu Xiaoyuan was helpless.
"What's wrong?" Yang Zihan asked when she saw Liu Xiaoyuan get out of the car and walk to her house.
Liu Xiaoyuan glanced at the pickup truck in the heavy rain and said, "The car is broken down, it won't start."
"What should we do then?" Yang Zihan asked, staring wide-eyed at Liu Xiaoyuan, unsure of what to do.
After a pause, Yang Zihan blushed, her voice suddenly becoming much softer, and said, "How about... how about you stay at my place tonight?"
It's normal for a girl to feel a little embarrassed to invite a man to stay at her home, especially a shy girl like Yang Zihan.
At this moment, Liu Xiaoyuan wasn't thinking about anything else; he was still complaining about the poor quality of the beat-up pickup truck.
"Well, that's the only way!" Liu Xiaoyuan said.
Once inside, Yang Zihan told Lin Lanzhi that Liu Xiaoyuan's car had broken down and he needed to stay at her house. Lin Lanzhi immediately said, "Zihan, you can sleep with Mom tonight, and Xiaoyuan can sleep in your room. Xiaoyuan, what do you think?"
What could Liu Xiaoyuan possibly complain about? With such heavy rain and his car broken down, he was lucky to even have a place to sleep.
“Auntie, I’m fine,” Liu Xiaoyuan said.
When Yang Zihan learned that Liu Xiaoyuan was going to sleep in her bed, her pretty face turned even redder, as if she had heard something embarrassing.
After taking care of her mother, Yang Zihan went to the kitchen to boil water for a bath.
When Liu Xiaoyuan saw that Yang Zihan was still using hot water to take a shower, he couldn't help but ask, "Zihan, why don't you install a water heater? It would be more convenient that way."
Yang Zihan smiled and said, "The cheapest water heater costs several hundred yuan, and we don't have running water at home, so installing a water heater won't be something that can be solved for a few hundred yuan!"
Liu Xiaoyuan nodded in agreement with what Yang Zihan said. In rural areas, there is generally no tap water. If you want to install a water heater, you have to buy a water pump and a water tower on the roof. Then you use the pump to pump water to the water tower on the roof, and the water flows down from the water tower. This is similar to tap water, except that the pressure is not as high.
Therefore, if you want to install a water heater, you must first solve the water tower problem. This will cost you not just a few hundred or a thousand dollars, but several thousand dollars.
However, Liu Xiaoyuan decided to help Yang Zihan's family resolve the issue, since using fire to boil water was not a long-term solution.
Besides, a few thousand yuan is nothing to Liu Xiaoyuan now, and being able to help Yang Zihan and her daughter is considered a good deed.
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