Chapter 4 Can you afford the medical bills?
Jiang Qingmei was in a mess, and she forced a smile to Miao Cuihua: "Thank you sister-in-law for coming to tell me, but you see I haven't washed my face yet, I'll go after I wash my face."
Miao Cuihua nodded: "Then hurry up, the old village chief and the nobles from the crew are waiting at the village entrance."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qingmei hurried into the room, pulled up Jiang Xiaowei who was still sleeping soundly on the bed, braided her hair into two small pigtails, took out her treasured Pechoin brush to wipe her face, and then put on the new dress she had bought for her yesterday.
Jiang Xiaowei was confused by Jiang Qingmei's actions: "Mom, what happened?"
"A film crew has come to the village. You don't have to say anything later. Just do whatever your mother tells you to do, okay?" Jiang Qingmei explained as she pulled her and hurriedly walked towards the village entrance.
Crew?
Jiang Xiaowei had never heard of this word before, but seeing the seriousness on Jiang Qingmei's face, she obediently did not ask any more questions.
Huaihua Village is located in a remote area. The farthest place many people have ever traveled in their lives is to go to the market in a town more than ten kilometers away. Now that a film crew suddenly came to the village, how could anyone still have the heart to farm?
Except for those who had gone to the back mountain to look for someone, most of the remaining people in the village came to the village entrance to watch the excitement.
I saw the black off-road vehicle driving into the village like a beast, and finally stopped in front of the village committee.
The first to come down was Yan Qiu, followed by the young men Qi Jinchen and Jiang Xiaoxiao.
The little girl stayed in the county hospital for one night last night. When Yan Qiu came to pick her up this morning, he bought her a new set of clothes.
At first she was hesitant and refused to wear it, but later Yan Qiu said that the money for the dress would be deducted from her future film remuneration, and she finally accepted the dress.
Jiang Xiaoxiao was originally cute, but her face turned yellow due to malnutrition and hunger, and she always wore ill-fitting clothes, so she looked like a little beggar.
But after resting last night and changing into new clothes, the little girl's purity and cuteness were immediately revealed.
When Jiang Qingmei led Jiang Xiaowei to the scene, they saw Jiang Xiaoxiao, who was wearing a suspender skirt and looked as cute as a doll, from a distance.
Jiang Qingmei's expression changed.
When did that damn girl become so pretty?
Jiang Xiaowei even said directly: "Mom, is that Jiang Xiaoxiao? I want the skirt she is wearing!"
Jiang Qingmei ignored her and looked carefully at the people around Jiang Xiaoxiao.
Jiang Xiaowei was spoiled by Jiang Qingmei. Seeing that Jiang Qingmei ignored her, she simply went to grab it herself: "Jiang Xiaoxiao! Take off that suspender skirt of yours and put it on me!"
When Jiang Xiaoxiao heard the voice of her cousin Jiang Xiaowei, she pursed her lips and hid behind Yan Qiu: "I can't give this to you. It's a costume for the crew." With Aunt Yan in charge, Jiang Xiaoxiao was naturally not afraid of Jiang Xiaowei, but she was afraid that after Aunt Yan left, she would hate her even more and beat and scold her, so she lied and said it was a costume.
Sure enough, when Jiang Qingmei heard that it was a costume, she quickly pulled Jiang Xiaowei back.
At the same time, the old village chief came over and introduced Yan Qiu: "Director Yan, this is Xiao Yatou's aunt, and this little girl is her cousin, Jiang Xiaowei."
Yan Qiu was wearing a plain long gown, looking beautiful and cool, like a star on TV.
Jiang Qingmei thought she was an actress, but she didn't expect her to be a director. She quickly put on a smile and walked over: "Madam, my house is just in front. If you don't mind, please come and sit with us."
"Sit down or not." Yan Qiu said calmly, "I came here just to tell you that I plan to let Xiao Yatou follow me to film for two days. Here is the contract I drafted, take a look."
After Yan Qiu finished speaking, he winked at his assistant, who immediately came forward with the contract that had been prepared in advance.
Jiang Qingmei is illiterate, how can she understand a contract?
But she wasn't stupid. She knew that filming was paid, so she said directly, "Madam, I can't read, so I won't read this contract. Just tell me how much this girl can get for filming with you."
Yan Qiu glanced at her face and knew that Aunt Jiang Xiaoxiao was greedy and mean.
No matter how much money she was given, she would never be nice to Jiang Xiaoxiao.
So Yan Qiu simply said the lowest possible version.
"two hundred."
...Two hundred?!
Jiang Qingmei almost thought she had heard it wrong.
It is true that their Huaihua Village is poor, but it is not worldly-wise.
When celebrities are filming, their pay starts at several thousand or even tens of thousands of yuan. Although this girl is not a celebrity, her pay shouldn't be that low, right?
Jiang Qingmei originally thought that this woman was noble, but now she felt that she was blind. She was clearly a stingy woman!
"I'm not going to take any more photos. It's only two hundred yuan. I might as well go home and farm!"
Jiang Qingmei frowned and pretended to pull Jiang Xiaoxiao away.
Although Jiang Xiaoxiao is only five years old, she knows her aunt better than anyone else.
She knew that her aunt said this on purpose so that Aunt Yan would give her more money.
Although she didn't know whether two hundred yuan was a lot or a little, she knew that Aunt Yan was really kind to her, and she didn't want Aunt Yan to suffer any loss.
So, when Jiang Qingmei tried to pull her, the little girl pretended to lose her balance, fell to the ground with a thud, and then burst into tears.
"Auntie, I won't take the photo anymore, please don't hit me..."
Jiang Qingmei's eyes widened: "What nonsense are you talking about, you damn girl? When did I ever say I was going to hit you?"
"Auntie, are you really not going to hit me?" The little girl stared at Jiang Qingmei timidly with her eyes wide open. "Then Auntie will also pay for my medical expenses, right?"
Jiang Qingmei was stunned: "Medical expenses? What medical expenses?"
The little girl tugged at the corner of her clothes, looking pitiful. “When I was pulling radishes, I accidentally fell into the ditch on the back mountain. It was this big brother who saved me and took me to the county hospital. He also paid 20,000 yuan for my medical expenses.”
Jiang Qingmei gasped, her eyes nearly popping out of her head: "Twenty thousand?"
She had never seen so much money in her life!
Is this damn girl taking gold-plated medicine or living in a golden house to spend so much money?
Even Yan Qiu and Qi Jinchen were stunned for a second and looked at each other.
Yan Qiu: You paid 20,000 yuan for this girl?
Qi Jinchen: Do you think it’s possible?
After a glance, the mother and son understood. So this little girl was actually acting?
That would be interesting.
The mother and son, who had originally wanted to speak up for Jiang Qingmei, suddenly stood by with a look of surprise and a look of watching a show, quietly watching the little girl's performance.
"It turns out it was Xiao who fell into the water last night. No wonder Old Li and the others couldn't find her after searching for so long!"
"But then again, what kind of hospital would charge 20,000 yuan to treat someone who fell into the water? I'm afraid this hospital is extorting money, right?"
"I don't think so. Xiao hasn't had a full meal since she followed the second son of the Jiang family. Her health was already poor, and she was beaten and fell into the water last night. I'm afraid she really had a close call with death!"
"Oh, what a sin! I have such a vicious aunt!"
In fact, there are many people in the village who can't stand Jiang Qingmei always beating and scolding Jiang Xiaoxiao, but Huaihua Village is too poor, and most families can't even afford to eat at home, so how can they have the leisure to pity other people's children?
But seeing the little girl crying pitifully, everyone couldn't help it and stood up to blame Jiang Qingmei.
Jiang Qingmei was so angry when she heard these words that her eyelids rolled up. She was about to open her mouth to curse at them, but the little girl on the ground spoke timidly again.
"Aunt, why don't you just let me go film. Aunt Yan said that as long as I agree to film, I won't have to pay for the medical expenses."
When Jiang Qingmei heard that the medical expenses could be waived, she swallowed the curse words that were on the tip of her tongue and turned to look at Yan Qiu with half belief and half doubt: "Is what this girl just said true? As long as I can shoot your movie, I don't have to pay for your medical expenses?"
Yan Qiu finally stood up and said, "Of course it's true. As long as you agree to let Xiao Xiao film with me, not only will you not have to pay for the medical expenses, but you will also be given 200 yuan."
Jiang Qingmei still felt that two hundred yuan was too little.
Her eyes fell on her daughter, and she suddenly had an idea.
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