Before Donghu Town became a town, it was called Donghu Village. The houses in the entire village were basically next to each other. Since the road was built and the north and south were connected, the village was also divided into two, divided into Dongcun and Xicun.

With the establishment of Donghu Town, the name has also changed. Fang Yuan’s family lives in Dongzhen and Chen Chao’s family lives in Xizhen. It sounds quite far away, but in fact you just need to cross the road to get there.

When he was a child, Fang Yuan often came to Chen Chao's house to play, so even after many years, he was still very familiar with the road. He originally wanted to buy something on the side of the road to the door, but then he thought about it and continued to walk in with toys and pass through the gap in the storefront room next to the side of the road. The original cement road also turned into a dirt road. Tianqing stepped on it and the dust flew, and on a rainy day, it was muddy.

Fang Yuan soon came to Chen Chao's doorstep. There were weeds in front of the door, and there was a scene of declining decline. Many places in the low courtyard wall had collapsed. Fang Yuan stretched his head and looked inside, and happened to see the little girl Chen Xiaoshan stretched her head into a bucket to drink water.

The bucket was a little big, Fang Yuan was really afraid that she would fall in, so he hurriedly took a few steps and stepped into the yard from outside the door.

The little girl was alarmed by Fang Yuan's footsteps. She raised her head and saw Fang Yuan, with a happy expression on her face. She opened her mouth, but said nothing, turned around and ran into the room behind her.

Although the house behind her is a little old in Fang Yuan's memory, it is still possible to live in. It is not like the current gate is missing, and the rubble on the roof is even more lacking, and the cracks in the bricks are covered with weeds, which makes people feel that they have been abandoned for a long time.

Fang Yuan walked in through the gate and felt his eyes dim. Fortunately, his eyes were extremely good, and he adapted almost instantly. He saw a pale face, yellow hair, and thin skinny man leaning on the bed in the corner of the wall. Chen Xiaoshan was holding his hand and staring at him curiously, his eyes as clear and innocent as Xinxin. When Fang Yuan looked at her, a smile immediately appeared on his dirty little face.

"Maizi?" The man lying on the bed stared at Fang Yuan and looked at him carefully, then asked in confusion.

Fang Yuan felt sad when he heard this. There were very few people who called "Maozi". Chen Chao was one of these very few people, and the nickname was given by him.

"It's me, Xiao Chao." Fang Yuan tried hard to squeeze out a smile, but he couldn't laugh.

"I didn't expect that I would see you before I died. It's great!" Chen Chao smiled, unable to see any sadness, only a kind of relief.

"Dad, don't die." When the little girl heard her father say the word "death", she shook his arm with a crying voice. Chen Chao's smile froze on her face, which was even worse than crying.

"Dad is not dead, you go out to play. I'll talk to Uncle Fang." Chen Chao reached out and touched his daughter's messy hair, no longer as calm as before.

The little girl nodded obediently, put down her father's hand, turned around and was about to go out, but Fang Yuan called him. Fang Yuan squatted down in front of her and handed her the plastic bag in her hand and said, "Do you remember the little sister I met in the morning? That was the uncle's daughter, and her name was Fang Xin. This is the gift she asked me to bring to you. She wants to be a good friend with you."

The little girl did not take it immediately, but looked back at her father.

Chen Chao nodded, and then the little girl took it over. She couldn't wait to open the plastic bag, looked inside, and her eyes immediately showed joy, "Thank you uncle." Then she ran to the door with the bag, sat on the steps at the door and started playing.

"How old are you?" Fang Yuan asked at the little girl.

"I will be 6 years old in two months." Chen Chao looked at his daughter outside the door taking out the toy from the plastic bag, his face full of surprise and happiness, but his heart was filled with sadness and sorrow.

The little guy was originally a little princess at home, with a lot of snacks and toys, but he had nothing in the past two years and didn't know how to survive.

Fang Yuan sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at Chen Chao in front of him carefully.

Chen Chao was naked, naked, wearing only a pair of shorts on his lower body, and his legs were covered in skin and bones. There was no such thing as a fat and fat look when he saw him for the last time. He leaned against a quilt behind him, but it was so dark that the color was not visible. There was a bowl of boiled potatoes and half a bowl of cold porridge on the head of the bed.

Fangyuan has a great sense of smell and can even smell the bad smell emitted by boiled potatoes.

"How did you make it like this? Can you tell me?" Fang Yuan asked in a trembling tone.

When Chen Chao saw Fang Yuan's expression, he seemed to be extremely happy, so he told Fang Yuan what happened, which was no different from what Uncle Zhao said.

"Have you ever seen a doctor?" Fang Yuan saw that Chen Chao could move his head and hands, but the body below his neck could not move at all.

"Why didn't you see it, but what can you do after watching it?" Chen Chao shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"What the doctor said, can it be cured?" Fang Yuan asked hurriedly.

"The doctor said I was injured in the spine. This surgery cannot be performed in China at present. Only foreign doctors can do it. Even so, there is only 50% hope at most."

"The 50% hope is not small anymore, why don't you give it a try?"

"Where is the money?" Chen Chao looked around at his home, "What should I try?"

Fang Yuan was silent, thought for a while and said, "I'll lend you."

Chen Chao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed, "Maozi, you are bragging again, I don't know the situation in your family."

The little girl playing at the door heard her father's laughter and looked inside the house, full of surprise. She hadn't heard her father's laughter for a long time.

"I mean, I won't joke with you." Fang Yuan said seriously.

Looking at Fang Yuan’s serious expression, Chen Chao also became serious, "Two years ago, the doctor told me that if I want to cure my disease, I will definitely not be the only one million. Two years later, do you have so much money?"

"I don't have it now." Fang Yuandao.

Chen Chao felt relieved when he heard this, but was not disappointed. Instead, he smiled and said, "You kid, you brag again."

"But I have it in half a month." Fang Yuan said seriously.

Chen Chao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said suspiciously: "Don't you do something bad, are you? Can you get so much money in half a month?"

"Don't worry, the money comes from very good. I helped someone do a project before and I will pay the money in half a month, which is enough for you to treat it." Fang Yuan casually asked for a reason and did not talk about Bitcoin. Of course, Chen Chao probably didn't understand it even if he said it.

"It's better to study. It's better to make money after studying." Chen Chao sighed, and his eyes fell on his daughter at the door again, and his daughter was also at the age of studying.

He just watched quietly, Fang Yuan didn't disturb him. After a while, he withdrew his gaze and said seriously: "Maozi, I beg you something."

"you say."

"I will not cure the disease. Can you help me take care of Xiaoshan? I don't have high requirements. Just give her a bite of food and don't let her starve to death." Chen Chao said, tears flowing silently.

"Why not cure? Can't you take care of her by yourself after curing it? Give her food, learn from her, and see her grow up happily." Fang Yuan said angrily.

"It's too late. Two years ago, when the doctor said I had 50% hope of curing it and 50% chance of death during the operation. At that time, the doctors in good physical condition said this. Do you think I am now? Do you still have 50% hope? Why spend that in vain money?" Chen Chao said with a wry smile.

Fang Yuan was silent when he heard this. After a while, he said, "Since they are all dead, let's try treatment. It's cured. You can raise your daughter yourself and pay it back to me in the future."
Chapter completed!