Chapter 51: As Long As They See It With Their Own Eyes, They Must Believe It Even If They Don't Want To

Seeing Liu Chuxue noticed many people in the ward were watching them: "I'll explain the details later; it's getting late, I'm going out to buy food for you."

Liu's mother heard this and quickly spoke up: "Just buy for your father..."

After thinking for a moment, she changed her mind: "Just buy for the two of you; there are two buns in the bundle, I'll eat those, no need to waste more money."

Remembering the news she'd heard from the nurse this afternoon: "Chuxue, we didn't bring much money, we need to spend carefully. This afternoon I asked the nurse, and it seems we'll have to pay again the day after tomorrow."

Seeing Liu Chuxue naturally understood her worry; she turned and glanced around the ward. Since everyone probably hadn't heard what they wanted to hear earlier, they weren't paying attention to them now and were busy with their own affairs.

She squatted beside the hospital bed, pulled Liu's mother closer, and then spoke in a voice only the three of them could hear: "I've already found a way to earn money."

She pointed to the fishing gear on the floor: "I traded for this with the black fish I caught this afternoon. With this fishing rod, I'm not worried about being unable to exchange it for money or tickets."

Liu's father and mother were momentarily stunned: "You know how to fish? How did we not know that?"

Seeing Liu Chuxue whispered: "I originally wanted to familiarize myself with the surroundings first, but as soon as I left the hospital gate, I heard someone say they were going to the moat to try their luck, see if they could catch some fish to stew for their hospitalized family members to supplement their nutrition.

Thinking of our family's situation, I decided to join in the fun.

I didn't expect to have such good luck. When I arrived, near the woods by the shore, I found a discarded homemade fishing rod made from a firewood stick. Probably because they didn't catch any fish, someone threw it there, so I thought I'd try it out.

But I never expected it would actually work. I don't know if someone had pre-baited the spot earlier or if my luck was just incredibly good, but I never came back empty-handed, and the fish I caught were all quite large."

Liu's father and mother stared blankly, unable to believe what their daughter was saying: "This, this, this..."

They didn't know what to say. If you say they didn't believe her, they had just witnessed their daughter exchanging fish for quite a few tickets right in front of their eyes; if you say they did believe her, how could this sound so fantastical?

Seeing Liu Chuxue wasn't afraid of them not believing her; at worst, before returning to the countryside, she would take them there once. As long as they saw it with their own eyes, they would have to believe it even if they didn't want to.

Only by making them accept her extraordinariness could she act freely in the future.

Seeing they still looked confused, she smiled and stood up: "Mom, you take care of Dad; I'm going out to buy food."

Without waiting for them to say anything, she took the only two coarse porcelain bowls she had brought: "I'm off."

After going downstairs, she first went to the boiler room to wash the bowls inside and out, then scalded them with boiling water. She went to the hospital cafeteria first; seeing there was stewed meat with cabbage and vermicelli, she decided not to go to the state-run restaurant outside, thinking it was better for them to keep a low profile.

She ordered one portion of the dish and six two-grain buns, then returned to the ward.

As soon as she entered, the uncle on the bed by the door spoke up: "Oh, the cafeteria has stewed cabbage and meat today; your luck is really good."

Speaking, he turned to the daughter bringing him patient food: "Er Lan, help me order a portion too."

"The food is already here; just make do with it. Why spend that wasted money?"

"Didn't you see there was meat in the dish? How is that spending wasted money? Go quickly, go quickly; if you wait longer, there might not even be any soup left."

The relative named Er Lan shot an unhappy glare at Seeing Liu Chuxue's family and muttered very quietly: "Pretending to be rich when you're broke, and corrupting others too. Hope you don't eat yourselves to death."

Although her voice was extremely low, Seeing Liu Chuxue's hearing was abnormal; she not only heard exactly what she said but also saw her roll her eyes at her own family: Does this woman have a problem?