After hearing these words, Song Mian and Lin Jiaojiao both felt incredibly heartbroken.
Oh my god, how can there be such a well-behaved and sensible child in this world!
"Damn human traffickers, how could they bear to hurt such a cute child?!" Song Mian saw Xiao Shitou looking over with a blank expression. Although she was indignant, she still held back her anger.
Little Stone probably doesn't remember anything after he was abducted.
Since that's the case, she shouldn't bring up too much about human traffickers, lest Little Stone recall his painful past.
After Lin Jiaojiao and Song Mian finished their meal, Xiao Shitou devoured the remaining food in a flash, not even leaving a drop of soup.
"Sister, I'll go get some water to wash the dishes." After finishing every grain of rice in his bowl, Little Stone got off his seat and started clearing the dishes on tiptoe.
"It's alright, let your sister do it." Song Mian quickly took the bowl and chopsticks from Xiao Shitou's hands. "Jiaojiao, you take Xiao Shitou to check out the funeral clothes for those children. After I finish washing the dishes, I'll give him a bath and change him into a new outfit."
Seeing that Lin Jiaojiao readily agreed, Song Mian quickly went to wash the dishes.
After washing the dishes, Song Mian returned and took Xiao Shitou to bathe.
Little Stone was very obedient throughout, letting Song Mian do as she pleased.
Finally, an hour later, Little Stone, who was completely clean from head to toe and wearing a cow-print pajama, came out of the bathroom.
"Ahhh! He's so cute!" Lin Jiaojiao instantly became a fangirl of Xiao Shitou, holding onto him tightly and unwilling to let go.
Song Mian looked at Little Stone with satisfaction.
Little Stone is actually very good-looking, but due to long-term malnutrition before his death, he looks like an eight-year-old child even though he is already ten years old.
Thinking about how she saw Xiao Shitou's scars when she bathed him again, and even heard Xiao Shitou mention that his friends had similar conditions, Song Mian felt even more bitter.
"Thank you, sister, for feeding me and giving me new clothes. Sister, I will try my best to remember the things from before, and then let my descendants repay you!" Little Stone said earnestly, then scratched his head a little shyly and asked, "But sister, what does 'descendants' mean?"
Song Mian was amused by Xiao Shitou's innocent words: "Alright, don't worry about offspring anymore. It's almost dawn. You should go back with your sister Jiaojiao."
Seeing that Song Mian didn't take his words to heart, Xiao Shitou was a little disappointed.
He was clearly very serious, so why didn't Sister Song believe him?
Obediently led back to the Ghost Realm by Lin Jiaojiao's hand, Little Stone looked up at her and asked, "Sister Jiaojiao, you and Sister Song are so good to each other, how can I repay you?"
“I don’t lack anything right now, so I don’t need anything from you. However, the boss is short of money right now… Never mind, I’m not going to tell you anything, you don’t have any money either. At worst, I’ll have Ye Feng give the boss more food allowance starting tomorrow, and you can take your friends to the funeral shop for a meal.”
Seeing how easily Lin Jiaojiao spoke, Xiao Shitou was unwilling to let it go so easily.
He is a ghost, and he has no money.
However, this doesn't mean he can't think of a way to make money and repay Sister Song.
Unable to think of a way to make money, Little Stone decided to ask his older brothers and sisters for help.
My older brothers and sisters are very smart; they will surely find a way to repay Sister Song!
After Xiao Shitou and Lin Jiaojiao left, Song Mian quickly received 10,000 yuan from Qi Yefeng.
Knowing that this must be the money Lin Jiaojiao had prepared for Xiao Shitou and the others after appearing in Qi Yefeng's dream, Song Mian became extremely alert and rushed to the largest nearby vegetable market early in the morning.
The ingredients at the wet market are not only fresh, but also cheap.
Song Mian took out two thousand yuan and bought a large amount of ingredients.
She asked Little Stone, and he and his friends totaled more than a dozen people.
Little Stone had been starving for decades, so his appetite was astonishing.
His friends, like him, had been starving for decades, so she planned to prepare food for thirty people tonight so the kids could eat their fill!
Because Song Mian had bought a lot of various kinds of chicken, duck, fish and meat, she directly asked the market vendors to transport these ingredients to the funeral clothing shop by truck.
After doing all this, Song Mian divided up the money she had left.
After deducting the 30,000 yuan she kept for purchasing goods, she had a total of more than 300,000 yuan left.
"This money is just enough for Grandma's surgery." Song Mian's eyes softened when she mentioned her grandmother.
Last night, when Song Mian saw the little stone, she couldn't help but think of her grandmother.
Her grandfather favored boys over girls, and when she was young, her parents were often away from home to support the family. She and Song Jinyan spent almost all of their childhood at their grandparents' house.
Therefore, she has experienced many unfair situations since childhood. Being beaten at the drop of a hat is secondary. The key issue is that her grandfather even forbade her to eat meat.
Remembering how her grandmother would always secretly prepare a fried egg for her when she was little, Song Mian felt an even stronger longing for her grandmother.
Looking at the balance on her phone, Song Mian rushed to the hospital immediately.
Chen Guiying is resting in a regular ward.
She tiptoed to the bedside and gave Aunt Shen, with a look, a hint to keep quiet. She then stood quietly at the head of Chen Guiying's bed.
Chen Gui's eyes flickered, and she turned to look at Song Mian. Her previously cloudy eyes lit up with surprise: "Nannan, when did you get here? Xiao Shen, you didn't even remind me."
"Little Song wants to joke with you, why should I stop him?" Aunt Shen left the ward with the grandmother and grandson and left the room.
"Grandma, why are you resting at this time? Didn't you sleep well last night?" Song Mian noticed the dark circles under Chen Guiying's eyes and sat down on the edge of the bed.
A fleeting awkwardness crossed Chen Guiying's face: "I'm getting old and I need to sleep more. If I sleep at night, I can sleep during the day too. Besides, I'm just sitting in the hospital all day doing nothing."
"It's good for you to rest more. The doctor said you're malnourished and you need to recover before you can have the surgery."
“I’m fine, why would I need surgery? Nannan, you don’t earn money easily, let’s not waste money in the hospital, you should take Grandma home quickly.” Chen Guiying held Song Mian’s hand, “Look how thin you’ve become these past few days, it must be because you’re working too hard to earn money.”
“Grandma, these days you make money with your brain, not by doing manual labor. It’s not hard at all. Besides, my funeral clothing shop has just partnered with a new client, so there’s a lot of business to come. You don’t need to worry about me.”
"Nonsense. The funeral shop your parents left behind is in such a remote location, where would they get any business?"
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