Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s
Chapter 374 The Truth of What Happened That Year

Chapter 374: Chapter 374 The Truth of What Happened That Year

Luo Xuyuan was originally reading a book in the inner room when he heard his sister coming. He waited a long time for her to come in and check on him, but she didn’t. Instead, she was in the living room, telling Grandma that she wanted to feed both herself and Big Brother until they were plump and healthy, which was a scary thought.

Zhou Guifang, upon hearing her granddaughter’s words, also felt her heart soften and said, "Alright, you’re in charge now, so Grandma will give you the money."

Luo Qiao quickly stopped her: "No, no, no, Grandma, I have money, really. Not to mention my scholarship, there’s also quite a bit left from the red envelope you gave us last time. Besides, your granddaughter’s monthly income is way more than your pension."

Zhou Guifang asked curiously, "Where do you get your money from?"

Luo Qiao immediately broke into a smile and said, "From writing articles. My articles caught the attention of the newspapers and got published, so I get a sum of money every month. Plus, there’s the novel I’ve been writing.

"Don’t worry, from now on, wait to enjoy your blessings, both you and Grandpa. I’ll make up for all the years Big Brother and Second Brother have owed you. You’ve worked hard over these years, it’s time for you to enjoy some comfort."

Zhou Guifang’s eyes filled with tears, not daring to say more for fear Luo Qiao would see, she took the meat and turned to exit the door, saying as she walked, "Good, we’ll just wait to enjoy our good fortune."

The bitterness of twenty years turned into surging tears at that moment. When her two children were injured like that, Ning Xueling, in her grief, decided to let them fend for themselves.

The elder couple nearly broke off relations with their second son over this. At that time, Ning Xueling was pregnant with the third and fourth child, who were due in a couple of months, and the doctors said one would be paralyzed and the other a simpleton.

Ning Xueling couldn’t accept that her children had become like this, so he and her husband took the children back, and she retired early to take care of them.

Her husband, besides going to work, spent the rest of his time at home helping her care for the two children. But as the children grew up, the intelligence of the eldest stopped at the level of a five or six-year-old child.

The second was clever but became increasingly irritable due to chronic illness—until two years before Grandpa’s retirement, when Second Brother’s irritability became uncontrollable without medication. Later, as he grew older, she and her husband simply couldn’t handle him anymore.

Most importantly, he had to be sedated whenever he grew agitated. Out of options, they inquired around and finally found the current sanatorium, initially intending to only send Second Brother there.

But then the problem arose. Commuting to the sanatorium every day with Eldest couldn’t go on; their bodies couldn’t take it, and they noticed that Second Brother grew even more silent. It was only after one of his outbursts that they found out he felt abandoned by them, as they had only sent him there, while Big Brother stayed by their side.

After discussing it, the elderly couple decided to send Big Brother there as well. The two brothers shared a room, and although the monthly expenses were hefty, it gave the old couple some rest.

To care for the boys more conveniently, the couple moved here to the An Family residence, which is closer to the sanatorium. They tidy up every day and go there to massage them, keep them company, and, if Second Brother had an episode, there were professional doctors on hand, preventing panic.

Even after Grandpa retired, they never missed a day of going to the sanatorium. For years, they never failed to massage Second Brother’s legs, all for the hope that one day the child could stand again.

Now, finally, there was hope. The twenty-year effort was not in vain. Xueling had said they did very well, for they prevented Xuyuan’s leg muscles from atrophying. Looking back on those twenty years, they really made it through.

Now they just hoped their two grandsons would get better soon.

Luo Qiao had just moved some pharmaceutical tools out when Grandpa entered the living room with Big Brother: "What’s this?"

Luo Qiao smiled and said, "Perfect timing, Grandpa, please take Big Brother and help me clean these tools. I need to give Second Brother an injection, and remember the two patients I mentioned before?

I need to prepare some medicine for them. These are the supplies I bought today; just clean them for me, so they’ll be dry when I need to use them."

Then, she took out two packets of dried fruit from her basket and said to Big Brother, "Here, Big Brother, one packet for you and one for Second Brother. They’re really tasty."