Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 913

Chapter 913: Chapter 786: A Corner Revealed

Outside a courtyard deep in an alley in the west of the city, under the distant streetlights, the face of a young man with handsome features appeared obscure as he listened to the low voice of a man opposite, who resembled a skinny monkey.

Before long, the young man pulled out two pounds of grain coupons and five yuan from his pocket and stuffed them into the other man’s hands. "Take a break for a couple of days and then come find me. Remember one thing, your brother is waiting for you to save his life."

The skinny monkey-like man bent over and respectfully took it with both hands, nodding repeatedly. Once the other man entered the courtyard, his expression immediately changed, and he spat towards the doorway with a "psh."

Leaving the alley, the skinny man quickly ran to the nearby bus stop. Just as a bus stopped, he hesitated as he looked at the passengers boarding and alighting, touched his pocket reluctantly, and continued to run forward.

Running and stopping, he wiped his sweaty forehead as he reached a hospital in front, stood there catching his breath, and familiarly headed to a ward.

Among the eight crowded hospital beds, the skinny man immediately spotted his brother, huddled up, hugging his knees and chest, gazing longingly at the children accompanied by their families on the opposite bed.

As he approached, his brother’s eyes revealed wild joy, unbelievingly saying, "Brother, you’re back?"

"Little Mao." The skinny man ruffled his brother’s hair, "Brother bought you a bowl of noodles, and added your favorite poached egg, happy now?"

Little Mao tightly clutched his brother’s cuff, his tears rubbing against the man’s chest, sobbing, "Brother, I want to go home, I don’t want to stay in the hospital."

The skinny man embraced his younger brother in his arms, yet before he could persuade him, a nurse came in shouting, "Hey, Xu Xiaojun’s family, it’s time to pay the fee."

At this moment, how could he not understand why his brother was making a fuss about being discharged? As he received the bill from the nurse’s hand, he smiled, "Comrade, I just got back, I’ll go pay right away, thank you, thank you..."

The middle-aged nurse had intended to say a few words but, seeing his ingratiating smile and his sweaty forehead, ultimately couldn’t bear to speak harshly, and merely said, "Spend more time with the patient when you can."

Watching her turn and leave, the skinny man patted his brother who was about to speak, "How many times have your elder sister and the others come by during this time?"

The elderly patient in the neighboring bed cast a sympathetic glance at the red-eyed child, "Don’t ask your brother anymore. Ever since you left last month, your two sisters haven’t come by once."

"Brother, I don’t need them. I have Aunt Lei and Brother Tianming."

The skinny man’s face turned unusually unpleasant upon hearing this. His blood siblings were less reliable than outsiders, and to think he had specifically gone to plead before leaving. Unexpectedly, the Lei Family extended their helping hand.

The boy suddenly thought of something, hurriedly leaned in and whispered in his brother’s ear, "Brother, Brother Tianming has started working now. He told me to tell you he has something important to discuss with you."

The skinny man’s eyes flashed with surprise, but he quickly understood. This guy had reached the age to take over his late father’s position, nothing curious about it.

"Alright, I’ll go find him tomorrow." The skinny man let go of his brother, "Lie down first, I’ll step out for a bit and be right back." Saying this, he picked up the enamel cup from the bedside table.

"Brother, I’m not hungry..."

The skinny man winked at him, signaling him to keep quiet. Rarely getting to eat hospital food, if he hadn’t been previously broke, he wouldn’t miss this opportunity.

He went out and paid the overdue hospital fee of just over two yuan, and added another ten yuan. Looking at the twenty yuan left in his palm, he sighed.

This past month, working for others, he thought fifty yuan would be quite a lot, but it still wasn’t enough. If it weren’t for his parents’ passing, and his sister taking over the job, he wouldn’t need to be bossed around like a dog.

Thinking about the future, the skinny man steeled himself. It wouldn’t be long now; once his brother got better, they would both go to support the frontier construction. It’d surely be better than their current life.

In the doctor’s office, the skinny man took the payment slip to a middle-aged man.

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