Chapter 504: Chi Gua Bao Ming System (3)

Grandmother Xie, having experienced the grief of burying her own child, fell ill once again.

The original owner had not yet managed to emerge from the sorrow of losing both parents when she had to shoulder the responsibility of caring for her grandmother, becoming silent and sensible.

Xie Jianbing had a sweetheart in the countryside at the time; upon receiving the telegram, he hurriedly requested leave and returned for a visit.

However, he refused Grandmother Xie's suggestion that he take over his eldest brother's job, stating that his sister-in-law's position should be saved for his niece, and his eldest brother's position should be sold to fund his niece's education.

Then he returned to Dongjiang County.

Seeing that her uncle insisted on not taking the job her parents had left behind, the original owner silently followed her parents' example—from time to time, she would send him money, ration coupons, or scarce supplies that could not be bought in the countryside.

Fortunately, her father had died while on a business trip, which counted as a work-related injury, and her mother had died in a car accident on the way to collect her father's remains; out of care, the factory Cadres had provided ample condolence money, so the family was truly not lacking in money or coupons.

Early last autumn, she received a letter from Xie Jianbing, learning that he had married in the countryside; although his wife was from a rural background, she was the sweetheart he had loved for many years.

Although Grandmother Xie regretted not being able to hold their wedding at home, she was still very happy to send them many good things, hoping for the day they could return to Beijing for a reunion.

Little did she expect that the next time she received news, it would be a separation by death.

This spring, Educated Youth began returning to the city one after another. Seeing that the policy was loosening, Xie Jianbing wanted to return to Beijing to visit his elderly mother, share the good news with the family, and incidentally buy some nutritional supplements for his pregnant wife.

Unexpectedly, before he could even reach home, he sacrificed his life to save a child who had slipped and fallen into the water.

The original owner, filled with grief, sent a telegram to Dongjiang County.

She had assumed her aunt would rush over to see her uncle one last time, yet there was no news at all.

From then on, only one old person and one young person remained in the Xie Family.

The original owner graduated from junior high school this year, failed to get into high school, and entered the Mechanical Factory to take over the position left by Mother Xie.

But there is no such thing as an easy job in a workshop.

The original owner could not handle it after working for a few days, but she dared not tell anyone else, fearing she would be laughed at for being delicate.

Remembering how her mother had once stood out among a crowd of big men and become an Iron Lady whom everyone gave a thumbs-up to, there was no reason she couldn't do it!

So she gritted her teeth and worked hard, even more diligently than her other colleagues; as a result, whether it was from overexertion or heatstroke from the heat in the workshop, she fainted.

She was unconscious for three days, and when she opened her eyes again, she had become Xie Yang.

After sorting through the original owner's memories, Xie Yang still felt a bit listless.

In the previous plane, she had lived to ninety-nine and was accustomed to a comfortable retirement; suddenly transmigrating into a sixteen-year-old Workshop Worker, she really wasn't used to it.

But hindered by the fact that she was still in the hospital, she did not immediately take the Physical Fitness Potion, but instead summoned the Main System:

"What kind of system is to be recovered this time?"

【Host, it is the Chi Gua Bao Ming System.】

【I originally wanted to have the Host transmigrate directly as the Sub-system Host to make it convenient for the Host to complete the recovery Task. But I don't know what happened, it failed; the Sub-system bound itself to a transmigrator.】

"A transmigrator?"

【Yes, Host. The Sub-system Host is named Zheng Miaomiao, from the Modern Plane, and is a recently retired National Level Shot Put Athlete. The body she transmigrated into is also named Zheng Miaomiao, a weakling who needs to complete Tasks to prolong her life.】

【However, Host, rest assured, Zheng Miaomiao is not bad at heart; she won't be like the previous Sub-system Hosts who, in order to prolong their lives, would stop at nothing to manufacture gossip if there was none to consume.】

"..."

This is why she was sent to recover this Sub-system, right? No lower threshold was set!

But since Zheng Miaomiao lives right next door, it saves her quite a bit of trouble.

As long as the other party does not do anything that endangers others or society, and only consumes gossip and prolongs her life, she naturally will not interfere. After all, this is Zheng Miaomiao's own destiny.

All she needs to do is continue being Zheng Miaomiao's neighbor, making it convenient to recover the Sub-system in time when it unbinds from Zheng Miaomiao, and furthermore, take good care of Grandmother Xie and protect everything belonging to the Xie Family.

"Yang Yang, is your body still uncomfortable? Grandma will go find a doctor."

Seeing her granddaughter holding the Canned Food jar without moving, looking as if she had no appetite, Grandmother Xie worriedly wanted to go out and call a doctor.

Xie Yang came back to her senses and said, "No need, Grandma, I'm much better."

"If you're better, then that's good." Grandmother Xie let out a long sigh of relief and said with lingering fear, "Next time, don't push yourself so hard. You are still young; it's normal if you can't finish the work in the workshop, at worst they'll just deduct some wages. If something were to happen to you, what would you have Grandma do?"

Xie Yang comforted the old lady: "Grandma, I won't do it again in the future."

"That's right! Our family doesn't need you to risk your life to earn money. As long as you are well, that is better than anything else."

Having received her granddaughter's promise, Grandmother Xie wiped away her tears with relief:

"By the way, the postman delivered a letter this morning. Auntie Niu accepted it for us; see who it's from."

Grandmother Xie was illiterate, so she brought the letter for her granddaughter to see.

Xie Yang looked at the return address: Dongjiang County, Hongken Farm? Wasn't that where the original owner's uncle, Xie Jianbing, had gone to the countryside?

After her uncle sacrificed his life to save someone, the original owner had sent a telegram there, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea; she received no news at all. The original owner couldn't help but feel it wasn't worth it for her uncle.

Her uncle had been willing to give up his job in Beijing and give up living in Beijing for her aunt, yet her aunt wouldn't even come to see her uncle one last time.

At the time, she was so angry that she swore to treat it as if she had no such relative and never mailed anything to Hongken Farm again.

After half a year, why was there a letter again?

Hearing that it was from the place where her youngest son had gone to the countryside, Grandmother Xie hurriedly urged her granddaughter to open it and see what was written.

Xie Yang tore open the letter, browsed through it quickly, and sighed with emotion after reading it.

"What does the letter say?" Seeing her granddaughter furrowing her brows as she read, the old lady asked hurriedly, "Is there still something left unfinished on your uncle's side? But he is no longer here, so it's useless to look for him."

"It's not that, it's..." Xie Yang organized her thoughts, "Auntie received the telegram about the accident, and she had a premature birth followed by a difficult labor... she passed away. The little brother was born with an illness from the womb..."

"Clang!"

Grandmother Xie was so shocked that the enamel cup in her hand fell to the ground.

A piece of the rim chipped off; usually, she would feel heartbroken for a long time, but at this moment, she couldn't care about that. She grabbed Xie Yang's hand, trembling:

"Your uncle had a child? But the child's mother passed away during childbirth? And the child's health isn't very good?"

It was more than just "not very good"!

Judging by the meaning in the letter, the county hospital lacked the conditions for treatment; if left untreated, it would only be a matter of these next six months.

But it was better not to tell Grandmother Xie this.

Xie Yang looked up at the IV bottle; there wasn't much left, so she nimbly pulled out the needle and got out of bed:

"Grandma, don't panic. My body is already better. While the factory has approved my leave, I'll go to Dongjiang County and bring my younger brother back. The medical standard in Beijing is better than the county hospital no matter what; I'll definitely be able to get my brother cured."

"Good, good, good!"

If it weren't for her old age and stiff legs, Old Madam Xie would have wanted to go pick up her little grandson herself.

She had originally thought that since there was no news from her younger daughter-in-law, she must have wanted to stop being a widow and remarried into another family; she hadn't expected that she had been shocked by the telegram into a premature and difficult labor.

Poor little grandson, born without a father or a mother...

What heavenly law had her Xie Family broken? Why were things so unfavorable?

As Old Madam Xie thought about it, sorrow welled up within her once again.