I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 73. Xia Xiaoxiao's Speechlessness
"Uremia is..." Xu Qingfan patiently explained the horror of uremia to the children, and they all secretly worried about Wu Lingyu's father.

"Brother Qingfan, is there any way to cure uremia?" Lin Wanning asked anxiously.

"Yes, there are, as long as there is a suitable kidney source." Xu Qingfan didn't say what he meant next: given the current situation in China, if people honestly wait in line for a kidney source, they might not be able to get one even in a hundred years.

After all, how many people are willing to donate their family members' organs after death? Chinese culture values ​​coming into this world intact and leaving it intact.

"Xiaoyu's dad will definitely recover! Ningning, when you get home, fold a thousand paper cranes for your dad to pray for his recovery." Lin Wanning remembered the fairy tale she had read before, which said that if you sincerely fold a thousand paper cranes, the gods will grant you one wish.

"So your family can't afford to rent another shop right now?" Xu Qingfan asked.

"We need to save the money for Dad's medical treatment."

Actually, Xu Qingfan was just being delusional, thinking that renting a shop was the same as renting a house, and that he could pay the rent month by month.

When you rent a shop from someone else, you usually have three to five years of usage rights left. If you include the "tea money" (a small fee paid to the landlord), you can't get away with less than ten or twenty thousand yuan.

Xia Xiaoxiao suddenly kicked Xu Qingfan: "Didn't Aunt Yao's convenience store have a space that's not being used?"

“That’s right!” Xu Qingfan’s eyes lit up.

Because the variety of goods was not yet abundant at that time, after using seven or eight square meters of the more than eighty square meter shop as a warehouse, there were still eight or nine square meters left empty with nothing to store.

Yao Jinping originally said she wanted to go back to her old business of selling sweet soup, but like Xu Qingfan, she was a lazy bum and hadn't taken any action despite all the procrastination.

Xu Qingfan thought it was feasible; the people who came to eat fried skewers and the people who came to shop would overlap, and the business would only become better and better as they complemented each other.

[Convincing my own mother isn't difficult; the real challenge is convincing Wu Lingyu's mother.] Xu Qingfan pondered to himself.

“Xiaoyu, my family’s shop is for rent. I can ask my mother to postpone collecting the rent for a month,” he said.

Wu Lingyu's eyes lit up, but quickly dimmed again: "No, no need. My mother said you've already troubled us enough."

"It's nothing, it's alright, we've eaten a lot of your mom's braised duck necks too!"

“That’s right, and your mom might not even be satisfied with the location. My mom has been trying to rent it for a long time but it hasn’t been rented out yet. If your mom can rent it, it’s a win-win situation!” Xu Qingfan also chimed in to persuade her.

Xu Ma's convenience store is located at the intersection of an elementary school and a middle school, so it's impossible for it not to be rented out.

"Then I'll go back and ask my mom." Wu Lingyu felt the urge to cry again.

"Okay, go back and tell Aunt Li that if possible, she can come and see if it suits her tomorrow." Xu Qingfan nodded with a smile.

"That's the gist of it, Mom. I think it would be a win-win situation if you rented the space to her. You've tried Aunt Li's duck necks and fried skewers before, they're really delicious!" After school in the afternoon, Xu Qingfan and Xia Xiaoxiao went to the convenience store to persuade Yao Jinping.

The result was even simpler than expected. Yao Jinping agreed without hesitation before even hearing the whole story.

"Is she Wu Lingyu's mother, the one who was always number one last semester, just like you guys? No problem, it's just sitting empty anyway!"

"Auntie, her father is sick, and it costs seven or eight thousand yuan a month for medical treatment. It seems the rent payment will be delayed a bit." Xia Xiaoxiao glared at Xu Qingfan, thinking to herself that he couldn't even summarize the situation properly.

"Huh? You're sick? What's wrong?"

“Uremia, I looked it up online, it requires a kidney transplant to treat, it’s as troublesome as cancer or leukemia,” Xu Qingfan explained. “Oh? How pitiful. Well, forget about the rent, I’ll call your dad and have him pick up his mom to come and see the location. If she’s satisfied, we can open the stall tomorrow.” Yao Jinping was unusually decisive, immediately using the shop’s landline to call Xu Aiguo.

"Her mother is probably setting up a stall at the west gate of Licheng Park right now!" Xu Qingfan reminded her.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's the woman you took to the hospital last time. Go and bring her here. Your son said she's at the west gate of Licheng Park."

Yao Jinping hung up the phone after saying only a few words. "Alright, everyone go home and do your homework. Xiaoxiao, you're not allowed to let this brat copy your homework, understand?"

"Auntie, if I don't let Xu Qingfan copy it, he'll snatch it!" Xia Xiaoxiao pouted and complained.

“If he dares to snatch it, tell your aunt. I want to see if he’s asking for trouble!” Yao Jinping said, hands on her hips, glaring at her son.

Xu Qingfan:
"Fine, I'll do it myself!" Xu Qingfan cursed and dragged Xia Xiaoxiao away, grabbing two tricolor cups from the freezer before leaving.

"You brat, you're eating ice cream after you've already eaten!"

Yao Jinping's scolding voice came from behind, and Xu Qingfan grabbed Xia Xiaoxiao and ran away.

"You tattled on me again!" After walking away, Xu Qingfan punished Xia Xiaoxiao by sticking the ice cream box on her face.

"Hmph! Who told you to always copy homework and not listen in class!" Xia Xiaoxiao snatched her ice cream and retorted defiantly.

"I actually secretly studied at home and played around with it. I didn't listen in class just to show off. Did you really think I was just playing around?" Xu Qingfan said while eating ice cream, scooping out the part of his favorite strawberry with a wooden stick.

He planned to find an excuse for himself, even though he didn't study, to get perfect scores on every test.

"Really?" Xia Xiaoxiao was skeptical.

"Of course! Even pearls aren't as real as me. When have I ever lied to you?" Xu Qingfan swore.

"Tch! You lie to people every day, Xu Qingfan, you're a big liar!" Xia Xiaoxiao looked at him with disdain.

"Anyway, that's how it is. Don't worry about my studies. Give me some face at school. I still need to maintain my academic genius persona. Don't expose me!" Xu Qingfan said as he bumped his head against Xia Xiaoxiao.

"What is the 'genius student' persona?" Xia Xiaoxiao really couldn't understand why Xu Qingfan was coming up with so many new terms every day.

"A genius is someone who doesn't need to study but can still get full marks on every exam."

Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't help but laugh, a rare occurrence for her. After regaining her composure, the little girl coldly said, "Boring!"

"Can't you stop being bored?" Xu Qingfan couldn't stand Xia Xiaoxiao's daily verbal abuse anymore; it was really hurting his reputation as a reborn person!

"Speechless!"

Xu Qingfan:
"Whatever makes you happy."

"Then you're not allowed to copy my homework either, and you have to check it after you're done!" Xia Xiaoxiao didn't understand but respected Xu Qingfan's pointless game of pretending to be a genius, but she was also afraid that he would completely give up after pretending for a while.

[They're such a worry!] Xiao Xiao thought to herself.

(End of this chapter)