Chapter 23: Protecting Brother with Strength
Cui Changjia picked up the phone and called out gloomily, "Zhang Ce"!
A gloomy voice came from the other side of the phone, and Zhang Ce suddenly felt cold all over.

"If you have too many good days, you will never stop doing this."

Just as Cui Changjia said this, Zhang Ce hung up the phone. Cui Changjia lowered her head and blocked Zhang Ce's number before returning the phone to Cui Chengze. Without saying anything, she parked the car on the auxiliary road outside the community and got out of the car.

There is parking space in the community, but Cui Changjia cannot drive his car there, otherwise if someone sees him tomorrow, he will be gossiped about.

"Sister, you go back first. I'll stay outside for a while before going back."

Cui Changjia left the car keys to him and said, "It's cold outside, stay in the car."

Cui Changjia returned home and saw from a distance that the light in her kitchen was still on. She quickened her pace and went home to see that it turned out that her mother had left the light on for her.

Hearing the door open, Jiang Hongying called out from the bedroom, "Jia Jia?"

"Mom, it's me, why aren't you asleep yet?"

Jiang Hongying walked out of the bedroom and yawned. "You've already slept. Did you come back by yourself? Where's Aze?" She walked towards the kitchen. "You must be hungry. I made you some fried eggs with brown sugar."

Cui Changjia followed Jiang Hongying's footsteps and said, "Mom, please don't move. I'll do it myself. How's Xiaobao? Is he making a fuss?"

"No, I had a lot of fun playing with Grandma Sun's little grandson today," Jiang Hongying stopped, "What did you and Aze do?"

Cui Changjia turned on the gas and looked back at Jiang Hongying. "I went to collect the debt from Zhang Ce. He asked for another 20,000 yuan. I put it in my card. If my dad needs any money later, I will go and pay it."

She didn't ask about Cui Wenquan's condition. If there was any good news, Jiang Hongying would definitely tell her.

When Jiang Hongying heard that Cui Changjia was going to give her another 20,000 yuan, she felt relieved. If it weren't for her eldest daughter being so helpful these days, her family would probably still be worried about the hospital fees.

"Zhang Ce? Aze's friend?"

"Yes, I borrowed money from Aze before. Mom, who owes us money?" Cui Changjia said jokingly, "Please list them all for me. I will ask for them back later."

Jiang Hongying said silently, "Which of our relatives has your father not helped? Building houses, sending children to school, helping families with spring ploughing and autumn harvesting without money to buy fertilizer, and asking for money. But when this happened, how many of them came to visit? Only your second uncle helped every few days. Your eldest and second aunts were doing well, but they never called us."

Cui Changjia was joking at first, but he didn't expect that Jiang Hongying's face would be filled with sadness again. She quickly said, "Mom, I was just saying it casually. When my dad and my brother get back together, we can open a factory. By then, the two million yuan bill will be nothing. I will buy you a villa and let you eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks every day."

Jiang Hongying didn't feel anything at first, but after a while, she suddenly smiled and turned to look at Cui Changjia. Her eldest daughter had finally grown up and knew how to make her happy.

While we were talking, the brown sugar eggs in the pot had already boiled. Four poached eggs were added to the small pot, along with a handful of shredded ginger. When you eat bird's nest every day, you probably wouldn't have thought that eating an egg was a luxury, let alone four eggs.

There is a way to live in rich times, and there is a way to live in poor times. You always have to find ways to increase your nutrition, otherwise your resistance will be insufficient and colds will be even more expensive.

Cui Changjia took a bowl and put an egg in it, and then half a bowl of sugar water and handed it to Jiang Hongying, "Mom, you have one too."

"I've eaten, you can serve yourself another one."

Jiang Hongying didn't eat it at all; she just loved her child so much that she couldn't bear to eat it.

Cui Changjia did not refuse, he filled the bowl, and took another bowl to get a bowl of sugar water, "Then you drink some sugar water."

This time Jiang Hongying did not refuse. After serving the brown sugar eggs, Cui Changjia took the bowl and sat at the dining table. Jiang Hongying handed her a spoon and sat opposite her.

"Your eldest brother will have his first surgery tomorrow. Director Huo said it will take at least four hours. Thanks to you for going to Qiaotou County. Otherwise, if your eldest brother's wound was delayed any longer and got seriously infected, it would be troublesome. Your brother never told me that he often has a low-grade fever. Director Huo said that this is a standard symptom of infection."

Cui Changjia first took the bowl and drank a few sips of sugar water before he started to eat the eggs and said, "My brother doesn't care about money? Mom, my dad and brother are both in the hospital. You may not be able to deliver meals and take care of Xiaobao by yourself. Please call Sister Xiang back."

Sister Xiang was the original aunt in their family and had worked there for many years. When something happened this time, everyone else left, but she was willing to stay. However, the Cui family had no money to pay her wages, and were unwilling to use her for free.

"Forget it, I'll ask your second aunt to come over and help me sooner or later."

"His family is very busy with business, so let's not do it." Cui Changjia rejected Jiang Hongying's suggestion.

Cui Changjia has two uncles. The eldest uncle is a little older and his children are promising, so he has always lived a good life in his hometown. Jiang Bingang, the eldest cousin of the eldest uncle, is a lawyer. After the Cui family got into trouble, he put down his work and came to help deal with the matter, avoiding many risks.

My second uncle had a hard time living, so a few years ago, Jiang Hongying paid for them to open a small supermarket in the state capital. The whole family moved in, and their lives became better.

Supermarket owners have to stay in their stores from morning to night, and since the accident, they have contributed both money and manpower. Cui Changjia doesn't want his relatives to suffer because of his own family's affairs.

"First, give Xiangsao a lower salary. When our conditions are better, we'll raise her salary. Don't worry about the money. I'm here for you." Cui Changjia had already finished one egg. She took a small bite of the second egg and put it in Jiang Hongying's bowl. "Mom, I can't eat any more. You eat it first."

Jiang Hongying knew very well how petty her daughter was, so she just tried every means to make her eat the eggs.

Under the warm yellow light, Cui Changjia's eyes and eyebrows were more vivid than the light. Jiang Hongying looked at her eldest daughter and felt a little strange in her heart. This was obviously the daughter she had raised since childhood, but she looked different.

During the time when Cui Wenquan collapsed, she was anxious and uncomfortable every day. For some reason, she was suddenly not so anxious these two days when her eldest daughter got up. For some reason, when she thought of the day when her eldest daughter braved the rain to move back a cart of things, she felt particularly relieved, as if her eldest daughter could save the whole family from danger!
Knock, knock, knock. Someone knocked on the door twice. Then it was Cui Chengze's voice, "Sister."

Cui Changjia got up and opened the door, and Jiang Hongying went to serve him eggs.

The corners of Cui Chengze's eyes were red, showing that he had been crying, but there was a hint of strength in his expression.

"Crying?" Cui Changjia whispered.

"No," Cui Chengze grinned. Jiang Hongying came over with the eggs, and he called her "Mom" with a smile.

"Come and eat your eggs."

"I've already eaten." Although Cui Chengze said this, he still sat down, hid his emotions, chatted with his mother for a few words, ate the eggs in big mouthfuls, washed up, and went to bed.

Cui Changjia went to look for the purchase contracts, but most of them were not originals, but photocopies downloaded and printed from computers.

Everything had been categorized before Cui Xiuyuan was hospitalized, so it was easy for Cui Changjia to find him.

While watching, I suddenly heard Cui Chengze, who was lying on the bed, ask, "Sister, what is the note you gave to Zhang Ce?"

The people they were looking for today were all minors who went to the bar. Cui Chengze knew why they were looking for minors, but what he didn't understand was why Zhang Ce got scared after seeing the note?

(End of this chapter)