Jiang Yang's eyes lit up, and he suspected that he was hallucinating. "You want to pay for my sister's medical treatment?"

Yang Niannian yelled angrily, "If you hesitate any longer, I will regret it."

She didn't buy anything with a penny when she got to the city, and she still had to spend money on medical treatment for unrelated people, which made her feel painful.

Jiang Yang didn't dare to delay and was so excited that he almost kowtowed to Yang Niannian.

Qin Aonan looked at Yang Niannian with admiration. Such a kind girl is rare.

Haicheng is not big, but it takes a lot of time to get around by foot. Qin Aonan and Jiang Yang took turns carrying Jiang Yueyue and walked for more than half an hour before finally arriving at the hospital.

Jiang Yang was in charge of holding the baby, while Yang Niannian was in charge of registration and payment. Qin Aonan stayed beside Yang Niannian awkwardly, "I'm not used to carrying money when I go out. You pay for it first, and I'll give it to you tomorrow."

As a soldier, Qin Aonan has a deep sense of justice. He knows that Yang Niannian is kind-hearted, but he can't let her, a girl, pay for the money. Otherwise, she will have a hard time explaining herself when she returns home.

Yang Niannian shook her head with a painful look on her face, "Forget it, just consider it as me doing good deeds to accumulate virtue. From today on, all the sins I committed in the past are wiped out."

She wanted to be a good person and agreed to pay for Jiang Yueyue's medical treatment. How could she ask Qin Aonan to pay for it?

Qin Aonan was tongue-tied and didn't know how to respond. He thought what Yang Niannian said was very interesting. It was obviously a very sad thing, but after she said that, the atmosphere eased and he even wanted to laugh.

It was almost time to get off work, and there were not many patients in the hospital. The doctor was a middle-aged man in his late 50s. When he saw Jiang Yueyue's legs were so swollen, he frowned and scolded her.

"The bones are all broken. You adults are so irresponsible. You only brought him here for treatment now. How much suffering must the child have to endure?"

Jiang Yang asked anxiously, "Doctor, is my sister's leg okay?"

Thinking that the country folks had a serious preference for boys over girls, the doctor didn’t take the child to the hospital for treatment. The doctor glanced at Jiang Yang unhappily and said, “If it’s two days later, the leg won’t be saved. Do you think it’s okay?”

He touched Jiang Yueyue's foot, and Jiang Yueyue groaned in pain. Seeing this, the doctor glared at Jiang Yang again, "It would be unbearable for an adult, and you have the heart to delay it for so long for a child."

Jiang Yang felt sorry for his sister and didn't say anything back even though his eyes were red.

Yang Niannian and Qin Aonan were standing at the door. When they heard the doctor ask them to pay a prepayment of ten yuan, she touched her pocket with a distressed look and went downstairs. She comforted herself that paying only ten yuan in advance meant that the cost would not be very high, only about twenty yuan at most, and she could still save some.

Noticing her small gesture of feeling sorry for the money, Qin Aonan wanted to laugh a little, and consoled her by saying, "This money should be enough for today. I'll pay the fees tomorrow."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow. Maybe this money will be enough."

Money is more durable these days, and vegetables are only a few cents per pound. If you are frugal at home, ten dollars is enough for a large family in the countryside to cover two months' expenses.

Jiang Yueyue's leg injury was serious and her bones were broken. If she lost her leg for another two days, amputation would be a small matter, but her life would be in danger. When Jiang Yang heard the doctor say this, his whole body and arms were shaking.

After the doctor brought Jiang Yueyue into the operating room, Jiang Yang knelt down in front of Yang Niannian and kowtowed to her three times.

She cried with tears and snot, "Thank you, from now on you will be my and Yueyue's biological sister, I will remember this kindness forever. I will go through fire and water, as long as you say a word, I will jump into the frying pan."

Yang Niannian lost her composure when she heard this, and quickly hid behind Qin Aonan, then stuck her head out and said to Jiang Yang, "Please don't do that. I've already emptied my family's savings to pay for Yueyue's medical expenses. You still want me to raise you as my own brothers and sisters in the future? I can't afford that."

She still relies on Lu Shishen for her livelihood, but she is not bold enough to bring two people with her to attack Lu Shishen.

“…”

Jiang Yang was truly grateful to Yang Niannian; he had never thought that far ahead.

Just as he was about to explain, Qin Aonan came forward and helped him up.

"After your sister gets better, find a job, take good care of her, and don't do anything illegal again."

Jiang Yang wiped his tears and nodded. If his sister's leg hadn't been injured, he wouldn't have become a thief.

Ever since his father passed away and his mother was abducted by human traffickers, he has been dependent on his sister and has been bullied all the time.

As he grew up in the past two years, he learned to be a little more aggressive. The villagers were afraid of him and dared not bully him, so his life became a little better.

No one was willing to help him, so when his sister was injured, the only way he could think of was to steal money. Yang Niannian was like a ray of light in the darkness, allowing him to see hope and feel the long-lost warmth.

The operation lasted more than two hours. The three men were growling with hunger. The two grown men had no money, so Yang Niannian went outside to buy food. She felt sorry for the money, so she didn't want to buy meat buns, so she just bought a few steamed buns.

Steamed buns these days are very solid, big and fragrant. She felt full after eating two.

Qin Aonan ate one, Jiang Yang wolfed down one, and he couldn't bear to eat the remaining three, intending to leave them for his sister.

White steamed buns may not be a rare thing for others, but for Jiang Yang and his sister, they are delicacies from the mountains and the sea. After their parents passed away, they were hungry and cold, so how could they eat white steamed buns?

The operation was successful. When Jiang Yueyue was pushed out of the operating room, the anesthetic had not yet worn off and the doctor did not ask her to pay any more fees.

Yang Niannian breathed a sigh of relief, and before leaving, she took out a piece of change from her pocket and gave it to Jiang Yang.

"You should keep this money to buy food. Be frugal. My family is also a poor family in the countryside."

The 19-year-old boy was completely broken by Yang Niannian at this moment.

Jiang Yang took the money, his eyes became red again, and he lowered his head and sobbed softly.

Yang Niannian looked up at the sky speechlessly and complained about him, "You were acting like a father before, but now you act like a little girl."

Without waiting for Jiang Yang to speak, she reminded him in a crisp voice, "If you and your sister can't make a living in the countryside, you can just pick up waste and sell it in the city."

"Picking up waste?" A light lit up in Jiang Yang's dark eyes.

Yang Niannian nodded, "Don't look down on this kind of work. If you don't have the capital in the early stage, you can pick up waste and sell it. When you have the capital in the later stage, you can collect waste and make money."

"Okay, figure it out yourself, I'm going back."

I was out for a whole day, but I didn't get any work done and I also missed the procurement truck back to the army. It's really a headache.

Fortunately, Lu Shishen is not at home, otherwise I would be worried.

Seeing Yang Niannian leave, Qin Aonan did not stay long and followed her out of the hospital. He wanted to ask Yang Niannian if she would come tomorrow, but he didn't know how to start.

Just as he was struggling, Yang Niannian suddenly spoke, "How are you going to get back to the army later? Can I go with you?"

"Come with me?" Qin Aonan was stunned. He didn't react for a moment and just stared at Yang Niannian.