Chapter 86: Fortune Turns

Seeing Liu Chuxue straighten up, Liu's mother, fearing her daughter would notice something amiss, quickly adjusted her emotions and called out, "Xue."

Liu Chuxue turned around and quickly took the coarse porcelain bowl from Liu's mother's hands: "I was just telling Dad I went to buy a thermos; that will make things more convenient."

Hearing her daughter was about to spend money again, Liu's mother quickly spoke to stop her: "Going downstairs to get water isn't much trouble, and besides, we'll be back in a few days anyway; why spend that wasted money?"

How could Liu Chuxue not understand what she was thinking? She pulled Liu's mother to the window and quietly repeated what she had told Liu's father earlier.

Liu's mother raised a hand to cover her mouth, and only after a long while did she unbelievably raise three fingers: "You said thirty yuan?"

Liu Chuxue nodded at her: "Yes, you heard correctly."

Fearing Liu's mother wouldn't believe her, she directly took the money out of her pocket and stuffed it into Liu's mother's hands: "Keep this money, and with the ration coupons I gave you yesterday, don't be stingy these few days; as long as your health improves, aren't you afraid there won't be good days ahead?"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Liu's mother stuffed the money back into Liu Chuxue's hands: "This is hard-earned by you; just keep it."

But Liu Chuxue stuffed the money back into Liu's mother's hands: "Enough; with so many people and eyes around, let's stop pushing and shoving between us mother and daughter. Besides, I'll be going fishing by Lake Chenghu these few days; if anything happens, it'll be convenient for you, won't it?"

Liu's mother thought about it; her daughter's words weren't wrong, so she split the money in two: "Don't put all your eggs in one basket; this hospital is a mix of good and bad, so it's better to be careful. Keep this part."

Liu Chuxue didn't push back again: "Alright, let's do as you say; if it runs out, I'll give you more."

The second daughter in the family always had the most ideas, so Liu's mother wouldn't be worried.

Liu Chuxue put the money away: "Mom, there are still a few industrial coupons left; I'll go to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative right after to buy a thermos, so you can save some trouble, and we can use it at home too; consider it adding a big item to the house to celebrate our separation of the family."

A smile flashed across Liu's mother's eyebrows and eyes; their second branch of the family could truly be said to have turned a misfortune into a blessing.

Ever since the family separated, it was as if fortune had turned; everything was so smooth it felt almost unreal.

Now that the children's father's surgery was successful, the doctor said that as long as he rested well in the future, after the steel nails were removed in half a year, he would be no different from a normal person.

Of course, the premise was that for these few months, besides ensuring proper nutrition, he must not do heavy physical labor; otherwise, if things went wrong, he might lose all his previous efforts.

Before, she had been constantly worried; given the family's situation, she feared she couldn't even manage to feed him well, let alone ensure proper nutrition.

But now her daughter had shown her hope; yet somehow, her heart just ached terribly; truly, her own daughter had suffered so much, a soft and delicate girl forced to become the pillar of the family: "Alright, Mom will listen to you."

With matters settled, she helped lift Liu's father into a wheelchair, took him to the toilet, and upon returning, settled them down: "Mom, I'm going to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative first."

Liu's mother gave a few instructions: "Come back early."

Leaving the hospital, she headed straight for the nearby Supply and Marketing Cooperative; not only did she buy a thermos, but she also bought a household appliance, a flashlight.

Whether it was the thermos or the flashlight, they might not mean much in the city, but in the village, they were luxuries that very few families possessed.

She originally wanted to buy some current pastries for Liu's mother to taste, but unfortunately, there were no pastry coupons, so she had to give up.

Looking at the remaining industrial coupon in her hand, she directly bought another aluminum lunch box; she wanted to put this into her space for her own use in the future; only when she had no coupons left did she walk out of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

(End of this chapter)