The old lady spoke frankly, so what could Jiang Qiao say? After all, it was the Ning family's own business. In her opinion, the old lady had done the right thing. She had already raised one child. If this one came, how would Ning Hao come back in the future?
These siblings didn't have much of a relationship to begin with, so forcing them together wasn't a good thing, since Tong Yun was definitely involved in Ning Hao's mother's death.
"Grandma Ning, wait for me, I'll pack my things and come with you right away."
However, he secretly thought to himself, "Zhu Lin didn't do anything, so why is this old man so upset? He's a grown man, but he really can't pretend to be upset."
In her opinion, there was no need for that at all. Did she think Ning Boyuan was a child who didn't understand human relationships?
They're all so old, having one litter and then abandoning another. What does that mean? They have absolutely no sense of responsibility. What kind of people are they? They're incredibly selfish.
Don't you see how old your parents are? He's having an easy time on his end, but what about here? If it were just his parents, it wouldn't be so bad. But there are his younger siblings too. Which one of them isn't eyeing the old couple's meager wages?
When Jiang Qiao arrived with the things, she saw that Ning Zhengtao's forehead was covered with purplish-red marks, his mouth was full of blisters, and his voice was hoarse.
"Qiao'er is here—"
Jiang Qiao sighed, pulled Ning Zhengtao's arm over, and took the old man's pulse, but her mouth didn't stop talking.
“Grandpa Ning, you’re already so old, why are you still so pessimistic? You should really learn from my Grandpa Qiao. Look how clear-headed he is now, he doesn’t care about anything, he just does whatever makes him happy. Hasn’t he gone through more trouble than you?”
His family is gone, his children are gone, his wife is gone, and his adopted daughter has abandoned him. But look how this old man lives.
Don't make things harder on yourself for no reason; that's just making yourself miserable.
"Your children are all grown up now; one generation can't interfere in the affairs of the next. If you keep getting this worked up, to be honest, you should prepare to go to the hospital."
Not to mention Zhu Lin, even Ning Zhengtao was startled. "Really? I just have a sore throat, nothing serious?"
Jiang Qiao sighed softly, "Grandpa Ning, what illness isn't caused by internal heat?"
Ning Zhengtao dared not refute this. "Girl, you see, how should I handle this? I'm not going to interfere anymore, okay?"
Zhu Lin patted her old man on the shoulder and said, "You old fool, someone should scold you to wake you up. Why do you always get stuck on things? My mother was right back then. You are too petty. You are not even as good as me, a woman."
The old man felt embarrassed when his wife said that to him.
However, she couldn't help but say, "My mother-in-law was just joking. You actually took it seriously. How could I be so petty? I was just doing it for the child's good. It's a pity that everyone is so heartless, as if we're still so young."
"Sigh, let them do what they want. I can't control them, and I can't afford to."
Ignoring the old couple's bickering, Jiang Qiao took out silver needles and gave the old man a treatment, then left a few self-prepared pills, gave him a few instructions, and left.
"Sigh, you old man, look what the girl is saying. If you keep thinking like this, you'll just be making things difficult for me when we get to the hospital. Tell me, which child has time to take care of us?"
Ning Zhengtao said awkwardly, "They're all my children. If any of them are not right, I'll worry about them. Sigh, I won't interfere anymore. If anything happens, you can handle it, and I'll listen to you."
"These unlucky kids, none of them are as easy to deal with as Qiao'er."
Zhu Lin prepared water and medicine for her husband. "What did Haozi say when he left? Didn't the children tell us not to worry about anything? Even if our children don't support us, we still have him as our grandson, right?"
You've never truly understood life. As for the children, we've done everything we could, but what can we do if they haven't been properly educated? They're not children anymore; they're parents now. Can you still hit them with a stick? You can't hit them anymore.
You used to be proud of your boss, but look at what he's done now. Is that what he's supposed to be? He barely caught this woman, and he's already arranging to get another one. Doesn't he care about being laughed at?
Your son is hopeless, he's just like that. I really don't understand. He was such an obedient child back then, how come he changed completely once he got outside?
Don't blame me for being blunt, but you really aren't much different from your good father, you've inherited it all—"
Ning Zhengtao knew exactly what kind of person his father was, but a son shouldn't speak ill of his father. Besides, the man was already gone; what was the point of saying anything?
"Alright, alright, stop nagging. Get me something to eat, I'm feeling hungry."
Even he was surprised. He couldn't eat anything before, but the little girl's cooking actually gave him an appetite.
After Jiang Qiao returned, she quickly opened the package that Hou Diankui and the others had sent. Good heavens, when she saw all those medical books inside, she couldn't even describe how she felt.
All of them are unique copies, and extremely rare. Just by looking at the font, she had no idea how many years these things had survived to be so well preserved. She wondered how Hou Diankui had managed to obtain them. Jiang Qiao could understand the difficulty involved without even thinking about it.
This thing has been passed down for generations, how could anyone bear to take it out, especially since it's so well preserved? This shows how much care these people have taken to it.
"Sigh, this favor is just getting bigger and bigger."
Since she had so much debt, she didn't even have time to sort out the bag of herbs and seeds. She opened the medical book and started reading.
Jiang Qiao almost didn't get up in the morning because she stayed up too late reading. Looking at the drizzling rain outside, she smiled bitterly. She didn't even know it was raining; she was sleeping really soundly. If the enemy came at this time, she would really be helpless.
There was no time to exercise, so I could only eat quickly and rush to school.
Her mind was racing on the way. Tonight, she had to go see the children and the elderly couple, Dong Kaizhen and his wife, and bring them some food and money.
Although Dong Kaizhen and her husband earn some pocket money by taking care of the children, it is not enough compared to the children's growing appetite. Therefore, she still has to make extra payments.
Whether it was because she didn't sleep well last night or something else, Jiang Qiao was somewhat restless during her first class.
Just as Jiang Qiao was about to leave after class, the teacher called her away.
"Jiang Qiao, go to the principal's office—"
Jiang Qiao didn't know what was going on. She was a well-behaved student, so why would she need the principal to meet with her personally?
It wasn't that she was afraid of the principal, but she felt that the principal was too serious. You know, communicating with such an old-fashioned person would be exhausting for her.
When she knocked on the door, she could hear laughter coming from inside. That was the principal, whom all the students recognized as the one who always had a stern face and never smiled. She never expected that the other party would actually laugh.
She wondered who was so capable of making such a stoic principal laugh heartily.
She had always wondered how the principal's wife could have fallen for such a serious man. He had absolutely no sense of romance.
"Come in--"
The first thing Jiang Qiao saw when she entered was the smiling principal, and the second thing she saw was a man in military uniform.
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