Jiang Xiaomei had disheveled hair and was covered in wounds. Her face was bruised and purple, and the marks of having been beaten were too obvious.
In addition, she was wearing Shen Huanxi's coat, so even if Zhao Mingyue didn't know her, she knew that this was the woman rescued by Shen Huanxi.
It's impossible not to feel awkward at this point.
Shen Huanxi felt a little embarrassed being caught in the middle. If Jiang Xiaomei was really the kind of woman who protected her dear husband, she would be the one who would have the most difficult time.
She would feel that her good intentions were in vain, which was fine. At most, she would feel disgusted. But if she implicated Zhao Mingyue and caused Zhao Mingyue to annoy Jiang Xiaomei, that would be bad.
Of course, it would be best if Jiang Xiaomei was not that kind of person. In this way, Zhao Mingyue wouldn't be embarrassed, and she wouldn't be embarrassed, nor would she feel that her actions today were not worth it.
Zhao Mingyue said those words just now out of consideration for Shen Huanxi. She had nothing to be afraid of, so she met Jiang Xiaomei's gaze openly.
She had already made up her mind that if Jiang Xiaomei was really the kind of woman who only protected her dear husband, she would directly help Shen Huanxi to scold her. How could she be afraid of her?
Jiang Xiaomei came over, not angry, and stood next to Shen Huanxi.
"Thank you for your concern. I have checked and found that I only have superficial injuries and soft tissue contusions. It is not serious. I can just apply some trauma medicine. Is this your friend?
Hello, I will not let Huanxi down. I know Huanxi helps me for my own good. How could I blame Huanxi for protecting my man?
Huanxi, I really appreciate you saving me today. I am not the kind of person who doesn’t know what is good or what is bad.”
Zhao Mingyue heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, not for herself, but for Shen Huanxi. From the moment she heard that Shen Huanxi had saved a woman who was being abused, she was worried that Shen Huanxi would be blamed by that woman. Now it seemed that her worry was unnecessary.
"It's okay, you don't have to be so nervous. When I rescued you, I didn't think about how you would look at me. Saving people is saving people. I won't be so defensive.
"Okay, I'll pay with you and go get the medicine. Mingyue, didn't you want to get medicine for your mother? Did you get it?" Shen Huanxi said to Jiang Xiaomei, and then looked at Zhao Mingyue.
"Not yet. Didn't I just go to the doctor to get a bill? I also need to go and pay now. Come on, let's go together. I'm familiar with the hospital. You two can just follow me."
After Zhao Mingyue finished speaking, he led the way.
"By the way, Mingyue, how is the matter I asked you to help with last time going?" Shen Huanxi asked while walking on the road.
Zhao Mingyue sighed softly.
"Huanxi, I asked for you. If my mother hadn't suddenly needed to take medicine and I hadn't come to the hospital, I might have gone to your house to talk to you about this today. I was also hesitant about whether to tell you... Alas..."
"You say it." No matter what Zhao Mingyue said, she could accept it.
"I asked a friend and learned that there is a hospital in the United States with a surgeon who has decades of experience in paralysis rehabilitation, but I don't know how badly your man was injured, and you didn't tell me his specific condition.
But no matter what his specific situation is, as far as I know, if you want to go abroad now, even if it is just for a check-up, it will cost a lot of money. First of all, the two countries have only established diplomatic relations for a few years. When you apply for a visa, you need proof of fixed assets and proof of deposits. There are many rules and procedures.
The procedure is not a problem, the biggest problem is money. Can your family's assets, including fixed assets and cash flow, add up to 200,000? This is the minimum asset proof amount for applying for a visa. If it is lower than this number, even one dollar less, it will not work. "
"Two hundred thousand..." Shen Huanxi frowned when he heard this number. It turned out that Zhao Mingyue hesitated just now because of the money...
The two hundred thousand in her previous life was just enough for her to buy a few dresses, but now it is different, her journey to make money has just begun.
In an era when households with an annual income of 10,000 yuan can be awarded with banners by the government, how many households have assets of 200,000 yuan? Zhao Mingyue also understood her financial situation and was hesitant.
"And Huanxi, the $200,000 in assets is just the proof you need to apply for a visa. After you arrive in the United States, you don't know how much the examination and treatment costs will be. If your man is seriously injured, the money he needs will definitely not be a small amount. Even if the injury is not serious, it is not something you can afford with tens of thousands of dollars."
"Yeah, that's expected." Shen Huanxi thought the number was huge, but he didn't find it surprising.
Zhao Mingyue patted the back of her hand.
"Huanxi, don't blame me for speaking bluntly. We have been friends for so many years, and you know very well how I feel about you. I sincerely hope the best for you. Although you are married to Xiao Shanhe now, you two are not related by blood anyway.
In this era, the relationship between husband and wife is not particularly strong. Who knows how far you can go? I am not cursing you, but I don’t want you to waste your hard-earned money. Otherwise, if one day you two really can’t go on, you will not be able to get back the money you spent on his medical treatment. "
"Mingyue, isn't it too early to talk about this now? I don't even have 200,000, let alone 200,000. I just want to spend my hard-earned money on him, so I have to have it." As Shen Huanxi said this, the people in the queue in front of her had already paid, and it was their turn.
Shen Huanxi first paid the medical bills for Jiang Xiaomei, and then went to pay for Zhao Mingyue. After everything was paid, the three women took the bills and went to line up to get the medicine together.
Zhao Mingyue looked at the bill in her hand.
"Look at my mother, she's old and in poor health. Even if it's normal organ failure, it would cost so much money. What's more, your husband was seriously injured, don't you think? But didn't he work in a government agency before and hurt his leg at work? Doesn't the government care?"
"We can, but we can't handle it all. You know that the current medical level in our country is still limited, and their funding is not sufficient. It's already difficult, how can they afford the treatment?" Shen Huanxi said, and handed the payment slip to the dispenser through the medicine pick-up window.
There were only two payment windows but four prescription windows. There was no need to queue up, and she quickly got the medicine for Jiang Xiaomei, then went downstairs to Zhao Mingyue to get the medicine.
"That's it. Even the country can't take care of it, so you don't have to worry so much." Zhao Mingyue also handed the bill in to the pharmacist.
When the pharmacist went to get the medicine according to the payment order, she turned around and looked at Shen Huanxi.
"I still want to tell you the truth. Didn't you remarry to make your life better? If remarriage makes your life more miserable, then it goes against your original intention."
"I know Mingyue, you don't have to worry, I'm not stupid, just like how I was so decisive in divorcing Feng Shenghui before, and even took the house and land back from him at a low price, which shows that I'm not the kind of person who likes to take losses."
"That's good." Zhao Mingyue could only say this. She hoped that Shen Huanxi would not suffer any loss, but it was Shen Huanxi's own marriage after all, and she had to have some sense of propriety even as a friend and not interfere too much.
Shen Huanxi also knew that Zhao Mingyue was doing this for her own good. After all, Zhao Mingyue didn't understand Xiao Shanhe, nor did she understand what she and Chang'an Changning could get from Xiao Shanhe. As her friend, it was normal for her to be afraid that she would suffer losses.
Shen Huanxi and Zhao Mingyue lived in different directions, so they went their separate ways after getting the medicine from the hospital. Zhao Mingyue was anxious to return the medicine to her mother, so she rode her bike home first.
Jiang Xiaomei had so many injuries on her body that Shen Huanxi and she could only ride a bicycle back home. The bicycle was not allowed to jump in through the hospital entrance, so they had to walk to the intersection in front.
Jiang Xiaomei had difficulty moving, so Shen Huanxi supported her and walked slowly step by step.
"Huanxi, I'm not familiar with your friend, so I didn't dare to ask just now. From what you said just now, you want to help Comrade Xiao treat his leg, right? In fact, I can lend you 200,000 yuan if you need it." Jiang Xiaomei suddenly said not long after she walked out.
"What?" Shen Huanxi was a little surprised.
She knew that Jiang Xiaomei's family was rich, but she didn't expect they were so rich. Two hundred thousand yuan, if she said she could take it out, she could take it out.
"Yeah." Jiang Xiaomei nodded.
"Luo Bo has made a lot of money over the years, and a lot of it has been deposited into my savings account. I have nowhere to spend it, and I have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars year after year. If you need me to lend it to you, you can pay it back slowly."
"Two hundred thousand is not a small amount. How can you just lend it to me so easily?"
"Aren't we friends? We've been good friends for such a long time. When I was beaten today, you see so many people didn't help me, only you helped me. If it weren't for you, I might not even have my life now. Just think of it as my way of repaying a favor."
"That's not necessary." Shen Huanxi shook his head.
Jiang Xiaomei's money was not earned by herself, but from Luo Bo's canning factory. Shen Huanxi felt uncomfortable taking this money.
Jiang Xiaomei was a little disappointed when she saw Shen Huanxi rejected her.
"Luo Bo knows a lot of friends outside. The wives of his friends all buy cars, bags and luxury goods. He gave me money to spend like that, but I came from the countryside, so I don't know how to spend that. I never wasted the money. If I don't lend it to you, it will stay in the bankbook. If I lend it to you, your husband's leg will get better, and you won't have to work so hard in the future."
"No need. Mingyue just said that 200,000 is just the proof of assets required when applying for a visa. It's still uncertain how much it will cost to go abroad for medical treatment. What if it's 2 million? Can you lend it to me?"
Even if you lend me money, I may not be able to pay it back. I don't want to live my whole life paying off debts. Life would be so boring. Forget it. I won't lend you money." Shen Huanxi made up an excuse to refuse.
Not to mention 200,000 or 2 million, even if it was 20 million, even if she would not make money her main pursuit in her life, she was confident that she could make it.
She just didn't want to spend Robo's money, even if it was a loan. She wanted to stay as far away from a man like Robo as possible.
After hearing what Shen Huanxi said, Jiang Xiaomei didn't know what to say.
Shen Huanxi looked at her again.
"Xiaomei, has Luo Bo hit you before? Or has he only been doing this to you recently?"
"Alas, it has only been like this since last semester. He was really good to me before, otherwise how could I have so much savings on hand? This is all the money he gave me before."
"Yeah." Shen Huanxi had expected this to happen.
"Then I have to remind you a few things. A person's temperament cannot change so much in a short period of time. He used to be so nice to you, but he has been beating you frequently in the past year. You should find out the reason. If you don't, you will be beaten for nothing."
"Ah..." Jiang Xiaomei nodded.
"You're right. I really need to go back and find out the reason... I can't just let him beat me like this."
Shen Huanxi felt relieved when he heard her say this.
In his previous life, Luo Bo had a mistress outside, which was why he forced Jiang Xiaomei to leave the house. However, Jiang Xiaomei only found out the truth after the divorce.
She is now reminding Jiang Xiaomei in advance. If Jiang Xiaomei could have discovered it earlier, she might have been able to make some plans for herself in advance and would not have suffered as much as in her previous life.
"The most important thing is your savings. Does Robbo know that you have so much savings? You have to find a way to transfer these savings. To be honest, although this money is your joint property, it is not earned by you. If Robbo really wants to take it all away, it will be easy. He is so mean to you now, and you may want to take the money away. Then you will have no protection."
"I know, I will pay attention." Jiang Xiaomei nodded with a calm face.
Shen Huanxi didn't say much. As a friend, she had done what she could.
Jiang Xiaomei has always trusted Luo Bo. Even though she was subjected to domestic violence for a long time, she never suspected that Luo Bo had a woman outside. Luo Bo would definitely be reckless because of this. In this way, if Jiang Xiaomei wanted to investigate, she would definitely be able to find some clues easily.
What to do then depends on Jiang Xiaomei herself.
Finally they reached the intersection, and there were more mistresses around. Shen Huanxi also found a female driver and helped Jiang Xiaomei get in the car.
Jiang Xiaomei didn't want to go home. She wanted to hide in her parents' home first, so she asked the driver to take her there first. Shen Huanxi was worried about her going back alone, so he accompanied her to her parents' home first, and then asked Xiao Sanbeng to take her back to Nanjing Road.
As soon as he got off the car, Shen Huanxi saw Yue Danqing setting up a snack stall.
When Yue Danqing saw Shen Huanxi, he greeted her with a bitter look on his face.
He sold pot helmets, and he pushed a small three-wheeled cart with a simple coal stove on it. On the coal stove was a frying pan for frying pot helmets. Next to it was a table, and on the table was a large iron plate with the fried pot helmets on it.
The three-point stick also said "Beef hotpot 10 cents, pork hotpot 8 cents, mutton hotpot 9 cents."
There were a few people around buying hotpot helmets, and business was pretty good. After he had taken care of them, he finally had time to talk to Shen Huanxi.
"Business is pretty good, congratulations." Shen Huanxi said with a smile.
Yue Danqing smiled bitterly and said nothing more, as if the good business did not make him very happy.
Shen Huanxi could also understand. After all, she had seen with her own eyes how passionate Yue Danqing was when he worked in the Triple Command Department, and she knew that he didn't like doing business.
"Are you off work so early today?" Yue Danqing asked as he was selling pancakes. "What flavor of pot-shaped cake do you like? I'll make one for you and give it to you to try. It's free."
"No need for that. It's not easy for you to run a small business. I do like eating guokuei. Let me buy from you. I want beef guokuei, 6 pieces. Please don't refuse to pay for them. You can't be so polite just because we were colleagues before. 6 guokuei cost a lot of money. I would feel embarrassed to take them if you give them to me for free." Shen Huanxi said as he counted out 60 cents and handed it over.
Yue Danqing did not refuse. He took the money back and put it in his pocket. However, when he was serving the hot pot, he put more beef in it for Shen Huanxi.
The pancakes he fried were very fragrant, with a thin skin. When frying, the spatula made a crunching sound when touching it. You can imagine how crispy it was when you eat it.
He had just started this business but was quite skilled. He soon prepared six hotpots for Shen Huanxi, packed them one by one in brown paper bags, and then put them in a large plastic bag before handing them to her.
"I wish you a prosperous business." Shen Huanxi took the big plastic bag and saw that there were people queuing up behind him to buy hotpot helmets, so he didn't say anything more to Yue Danqing to avoid wasting his time.
Yue Danqing looked at Shen Huanxi's back, and saw the words "To get rich, have fewer children, and plant more trees" written on a wall in front of him. He sighed and lowered his head to spread the dough.
"What flavor do you want?" he asked the people queuing to buy.
…
Shen Huanxi went back carrying the pot helmet. As soon as he turned into the alley leading to Guixiang Village, he heard the sound of children fighting and Xiao Yutang's voice in front of him.
She looked down at her watch and realized that the children had already left school, but she had spent so much time in the hospital.
Several boys were playing with slingshots, and the bullets they used were not stones, but orange-yellow fruits.
Shen Huanxi recognized the fruit. It was sea buckthorn, which was grown in abundance in the northwest. Autumn and winter were the time when sea buckthorn matured. Each fruit was the size of a soybean and contained a lot of pulp.
The boys shot sea buckthorn berries with slingshots. When they hit people, the berries would explode on their bodies, so it was easy to tell whether they had hit the target or not.
"Zhou Zhou, I hit you again, you lose!"
"Da Mi, I hit you too, hahahahaha, look at you! It's all over you! You just can't hit me! You're not as powerful as me!"
"Xiao Yutang, why don't you come over and play with us? Come over and play with us!" Fang Xiaowan looked at Xiao Yutang who was sitting on a low wall.
Xiao Yutang shook his head.
"I don't want to play. Your clothes are all dirty. Isn't it hard for your mother to wash the clothes? I don't want to cause trouble for my mother."
"Didn't you buy a washing machine? Just put it in the washing machine. Come down. When we used to play with stones, it was easy to hurt people. Many adults didn't allow us to play with them. This fruit doesn't hurt. It's so fun."
"If I don't play, what should I do if the washing machine doesn't wash clean?" Xiao Yutang still said the same thing.
"Xiao Yutang, why are you so boring? She is your stepmother, not your biological mother! Why do you care so much about her?" Fang Xiaowan said again.
Xiao Yutang snorted coldly.
"What's wrong with my stepmother? She's still my mother, so leave me alone."
Fang Xiaowan and the other boys saw that Xiao Yutang just refused to play with them no matter how hard they tried, so they made a few noises.
"If you don't want to play, then don't play. Why are you talking so much?"
"I think Xiao Yutang just doesn't dare to play with us. He can't beat us."
"Xiao Yutang is just a coward. He doesn't even dare to fight us with a slingshot."
…
The boys made faces at Xiao Yutang, but unfortunately, provocation was useless. Xiao Yutang just refused to play with them. His toy gun seemed to be broken, and he was sitting on the wall busy repairing it.
Shen Huanxi was very pleased to see this scene.
In my previous life, I always heard Lan Linxiang say that his two biological sons were not good enough. Every time he mentioned Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng, his face was full of disgust, especially when he mentioned Xiao Yutang, he looked like he wished he had never given birth to this son.
Now Huanxi doesn't understand Lan Linxiang more and more. Xiao Yutang is obviously such a sensible and filial child.
She also didn't see any violent tendencies in Xiao Yutang. How did a child like this become a murderer in his previous life?
"Xiao Shen, you're back? How's Jiang Xiaomei doing? Why hasn't she come back after going to the hospital? Does she need to be hospitalized?" Someone called Shen Huanxi from behind.
Shen Huanxi turned around and saw Aunt Jiang.
"She didn't need to be hospitalized. She went back to her parents' home."
"It's good that she doesn't need to be hospitalized. But Xiao Shen, I still say the same thing. You'd better not interfere in other people's family affairs in the future. You don't know that after you took Jiang Xiaomei to the hospital, Luo Bo cursed at you for a long time at the old locust tree and said he wanted to settle the score with you."
"Then let him come. I'm not afraid of him."
"Hey, you're not afraid, but it's better to stay out of this kind of thing. Aren't you afraid that Jiang Xiaomei and Luo Bo will reconcile? Oh, forget it, you've helped, and it's no use saying these things now. Hey, you also bought a pot helmet, is it from the new stall?" Aunt Jiang asked, looking at the pot helmet in Shen Huanxi's hand.
"Yeah, did you buy it from that newly opened stall too?" Shen Huanxi lowered his head and saw Aunt Jiang holding a few hot pot helmets in her hands.
Aunt Jiang nodded.
"That stall just opened a few days ago. The food is very good and tastes great. It's very crispy and fragrant. The meat is solid and they use more sesame seeds than other stalls selling guokuei."
"Then we can take care of his business more in the future." Shen Huanxi said when he thought of the situation at Yue Danqing's home.
Aunt Jiang smiled and looked forward.
"Look at Xiao Yutang. Even though all the kids in our alley like to play with him now, he and Xiao Yutang were the most unpopular kids in Guixiang Village in the past."
"Really?"
"Yes, Lan Linxiang used to say that the children in our Guixiang Village were all some kind of urban-rural mixed group of children who were not presentable, and she would not let Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yutang play with them, so that the two children had no friends.
Not to mention that Lan Linxiang didn't allow the two children to play with other people's children, the parents of the other children were also unhappy when they heard Lan Lingxiang say that, and they didn't allow their own children to play with them.
But Xiao Yutang really needs friends. In the past, he had few friends, and he was very happy if anyone was willing to play with him. He would always give in to the other person and would endure if they took advantage of him.
I remember that before you got married, some kids tricked him into making friends with him, but they actually wanted to buy him some snacks. He spent money to buy them snacks, and they ran away, laughing at him and saying that he couldn’t have any friends.
"There is actually such a thing." Shen Huanxi frowned when he heard these things.
Aunt Jiang nodded.
"And this happened not just once, but many times. Xiao Yutang is not stupid, he just really needs friends, so he gets fooled again and again. Maybe he hopes that one or two out of ten times he will not be fooled. It's really pitiful.
Now it's all right. Lan Linxiang is gone, you're here, Xiao Yutang has made friends too, and he won't try to please others anymore. Look, when someone asks him to play slingshot with them, he refuses if he doesn't want to get his clothes dirty. In the past, he might have wanted to play even if his clothes got damaged, let alone dirty."
"Yeah." Shen Huanxi nodded. She was also happy about the change in Xiao Yutang's circumstances. Xiao Yutang in the past was really too pitiful.
"Then again, Xiao Yutang is filial to you. People say it's not easy to be a stepmother, and that stepchildren can't really treat their stepmother sincerely. I don't think that's necessarily the case. Isn't Xiao Yutang very good to you?"
"He is very nice to me." Shen Huanxi smiled, "Zhengzheng is also very nice to me."
There was another child in front calling out Xiao Yutang.
"Xiao Yutang, you really don't want to play? Here's a slingshot for you!" Fang Xiaowan threw a slingshot to the wall under Xiao Yutang's feet. "I've given you a slingshot for free, but you still don't want to play?"
"I don't want to play." Xiao Yutang didn't even look at it.
Fang Xiaowan just refused to accept the result, so he ran over with a few younger children.
"Let's use the fruit to hit Xiao Yutang together. If we hit him, he will definitely play with us!"
After Fang Xiaowan finished speaking, several younger children used slingshots and sea buckthorn berries to hit Xiao Yutang.
Xiao Yutang was quick-witted and swift-handed, and he quickly flipped over the low wall without getting any sea buckthorn berries on his body.
There was a low wall blocking the way, so the children couldn't hit him. However, two of them missed the target with their slingshots and hit Shen Huanxi.
With a "pop" sound, a sea buckthorn fruit exploded at the corner of Shen Huanxi's clothes.
"What are you doing?!" Before Shen Huanxi could react, Xiao Yutang roared and climbed over the low wall.
The child with the slingshot was already frightened when he saw that he hit Shen Huanxi. It was nothing if the children were just playing around, but if they hit an adult, it would be a big deal. Now, after being yelled at by Xiao Yutang, he was so scared that his body shrank.
After Xiao Yutang came over from the low wall, he picked up the slingshot thrown by Fang Xiaowan on the ground, and like an angry little leopard, he looked at the child who had just hit Huanxi with red eyes.
"Just now! Who hit my mother with sea buckthorn berry? Get out here!" Xiao Yutang yelled again.
The child was so scared that he sat on the ground, and Shen Huanxi was also shocked.
Just now she couldn't understand how such a sensible child like Xiao Yutang could become a murderer in his previous life, and she couldn't understand why Lan Linxiang always said that this child had violent tendencies. Now she saw this child being impulsive and angry.
"Tangtang." Shen Huanxi hurriedly called out to Xiao Yutang, but it was too late...
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