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"Son, what stuffing do you eat?" Gu Zhengdong handed over the decision to Longlong.

"The ones with chopped pork and scallions should be five, no, it's six." Longlong counted with his fingers, feeling a little unconfident, and looked up at Gu Zhengdong.

"Son, you want as many as you want." Gu Zhengdong smiled dotingly.

"Beef and carrots, ten! Xiaoxiao loves to eat." Longlong added.

The boss didn't even bother to move his fingers, just listening to Longlong talking non-stop by himself.

"Bag it, what are you looking at?" Gu Zhengdong was unhappy, took out ten yuan and threw it over.

The ten yuan seemed to hit the boss's numbness, he jumped up immediately, put on a smiling face, and packed 25 buns as ordered.

Xiaoxiao stretched out her little hand to want it, Gu Zhengdong saw that little dirty hand, and hurriedly coaxed her.

"Hey, go home and wash your hands before eating, okay?"

Xiaoxiao nodded obediently.

Xiaoxiao was already tired, and Gu Zhengdong's arms were so sore, he lifted Xiaoxiao up and let her ride on his neck, carrying the bun in one hand, and pulling Longlong in the other, and walked towards the residence.

It's the rush hour for getting off work, and the streets are full of bicycles rampaging.

Gu Zhengdong never felt that life was so solid.

As soon as they reached the entrance of the alley, they saw Xiao Qiang and Xiao Ming rushing down from above.

"Grandma was hit by a car!" They yelled and ran past Gu Zhengdong.

Gu Zhengdong handed Baozi and Xiaoxiao to Longlong.

"You take your sister back to dinner!"

Gu Zhengdong followed Xiaoqiang and the others closely, and ran towards the intersection ahead.

The old lady's cart overturned on the green belt, she was lying in the middle of the road, a small ball, like a pile of rags.No one went to see her, and all vehicles carefully avoided.

Gu Zhengdong's heart seemed to be twisted by something.

Xiao Qiang and Xiao Ming had already rushed over, yelling at grandma and crying.

The condition of the old lady is not very good. It seems that she has injured her internal organs.

Now is not the age when everyone has a mobile phone, and if they want to make a call, they have to find a public phone.

Gu Zhengdong looked up, there was a hospital not far away, and it was faster than calling an ambulance.

He went over and dumped the contents of the cart on the ground, carried the old lady over, put her on the cart, and pushed her towards the hospital.

At this time, the emergency room was changing shifts, and he rushed in and shouted, "Help! There's been a car accident! Save someone!"

Doctors and nurses gathered around, quickly took the old lady and pushed her into the emergency room.

"Are you a family member? Come here to go through the formalities." A nurse came over.

"I, I'm not a family member." Gu Zhengdong hesitated and said.

"Is that what you hit?" The nurse raised her eyes.

"I didn't hit it either, I just saw that no one cared..." Gu Zhengdong found that he seemed to be unable to explain clearly.

At this time Xiaoqiang and Xiaoming also ran in.

"My grandma was hit by a car, and this uncle sent her to the hospital!" Xiaoqiang was articulate, and saved Gu Zhengdong with a single sentence.

"It's a good deed." The eyes of the nurse and the doctor looking at Gu Zhengdong changed immediately.

"What about your parents?" the nurse continued to ask Xiaoqiang.

"Our parent is grandma." Xiaoqiang said sobbingly.

The emergency room was silent, and everyone realized what was happening now.

The doctor shook his head in embarrassment, Gu Zhengdong knew there was a situation, so he hurried over.

"How is the situation, doctor?"

"Her condition is very bad, her internal organs are injured, such a weak body can't be used with anesthesia, and this family situation..."

Although Gu Zhengdong has already lived a lifetime and has seen many things, he is still sad, this is life.

"Comrade, the old lady told you to go over here." The nurse ran over and called Gu Zhengdong.

Gu Zhengdong was a little surprised. Although he stayed overnight yesterday, the old lady didn't communicate with him, and he didn't meet his eyes. He even wondered if the old lady knew about his existence. Why did he call him over now?

The instruments and tubes were all withdrawn, and the old lady was lying on the hospital bed, alone.

She opened her eyes covered with a white film, her breath was like gossamer.

"Dad Longlong, you are a good person."

It turns out that the old lady is not confused!

With this sentence, Gu Zhengdong's nose was sore, and tears fell down. At that moment, he suddenly had an impulse to save people even if he tried to sell everything!

"I'm useless, don't spend money for me. You can raise Xiaoqiang and Xiaoming, please." As she spoke, the old lady slowly raised her hand, which shook like a leaf in the wind. He could only point to his chest.

When she first rescued her, he untied her skirt, and then Gu Zhengdong noticed that there was a hidden pocket in one side of her skirt, which was bulging.

"Here, these are all for you, take care of them..."

These were the last words the old lady uttered with all her might.

In the old lady's pocket was her whole life, a household registration book, a real estate certificate, and a work certificate, on which was a black and white photo of a bright woman smiling innocently.

There are two most important things, one is a passbook with a deposit of 380 yuan and a seal.

When Gu Zhengdong walked out of the hospital, he felt that the burden on his body was extremely heavy.

He held a fairly decent funeral for the old lady, so he didn't touch the money in his passbook, he wanted to keep it for emergencies.

Now he has to think about not only taking care of Xiaoxiao and Longlong, but also having two more children, which requires him to think more thoughtfully.

When he led the two boys whose eyes were red from crying back home, Longlong and Xiaoxiaoyan were waiting anxiously in the yard.

"Xiaoqiang, Xiaoming, come here, uncle will tell you about the current situation." Gu Zhengdong wanted to explain things clearly to the children.

Although the two children were sad, they both suffered a lot. They had seen the warmth and coldness of people before, but they were calmer than normal children and leaned over obediently. They also need to rely on now.

"Grandma entrusted you to me on her deathbed, did you hear that?" Gu Zhengdong asked.

Xiaoqiang nodded.

"You are still young, now we live together, I will take care of you, and I will arrange your life well. The passbook left by grandma has 380 yuan on it, put it with me first, if necessary, I can borrow it first, when you are adults, Double it back." After Gu Zhengdong finished speaking, Xiaoqiang nodded again.

"I looked at the household registration book. Xiaoqiang will be 10 years old soon. He must go to school immediately. He will do it tomorrow. The three of them are still young and can wait. Your matter must be resolved immediately."

"Let me go to school?" Xiaoqiang's eyes lit up for a moment, then darkened again quickly, "Can they take me?"

"If you don't accept it, you have to accept it! Don't worry, uncle will definitely help you succeed in this matter."

Gu Zhengdong patted his chest to confirm the ticket, Xiaoqiang's small eyes flashed hope again.

"Let's have a meal first, and then follow my instructions to clean up the house."

Gu Zhengdong had already made up his mind, since he wanted to live, he had to live like a human being, it was okay to be poor, but he had to be clean.

After a good meal, they set to work.

Gu Zhengdong pushed the trolley and sent the garbage to the river one by one. Longlong was in charge of supervising it. The things that could be sold were received aside, and Xiaoqiang and the others dragged them to the scrap yard with boxes, and sold them for more than five yuan.

It took him a whole night to clear everything out of the house.

When the children were tired, they found their own places to sleep.