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Xia Jie followed Cao Xu to the Cao family's old house. After entering the courtyard, Xia Jie looked at the dark courtyard.

"Cao Xu, do you live in such a big courtyard by yourself?"

Cao Xu pointed to the east wing.

"Aunt Wu usually lives here, but she probably went home for the Chinese New Year."

Xia Jie asked.

"Don't you usually live here?"

Cao Xu said.

"I'm usually at work, and I come back occasionally."

As they were talking, Cao Xu opened the door, went inside, and pulled the light switch as he remembered it.

Because no one had lived there for quite some time, the temperature inside the house wasn't much higher than outside. Xia Jie noticed the small wooden stick placed next to the stove.

"Let me light the stove."

Seeing her serious expression, Cao Xu took a match from the side and handed it to her.

"Okay, I'll go tidy up the room."

Cao Xu's old house is a courtyard house with one entrance. A typical courtyard house with one entrance is about 200 square meters, but Cao's courtyard house is more than 400 square meters.

The main house has three rooms, one side room on the east and west sides, two rooms on the east and west wings, and two rooms facing south against the south wall.

Today, Aunt Wu and her husband live in the east wing, her daughter lives in the west wing, one of the back rooms is used as a kitchen, and the other has been converted into a bathroom. The two side rooms are used to store miscellaneous items.

The main house has three rooms: a bedroom on the east side, a study on the west side, and a living room in the middle.

Cao Xu first put the pear wood box back into the bedroom cabinet. Aunt Wu from the main house of the Cao family would help wipe away the dust every now and then.

So the room was quite clean. Cao Xu tidied up the room a bit, took a set of quilts from the wardrobe and put them on the bed, and then took another quilt to the study.

It's called a study, but it's actually a small bedroom with a small bed, a desk, and a bookshelf.

Most of the items have already been put away; what remains now are just some ordinary books and common trinkets for display only.

Xia Jie is really efficient; the stove is already lit in no time. I believe the room will be warm soon.

Xia Jie saw Cao Xu come out carrying bedding, so she quickly got up and followed him.

"Do you need help?"

Upon arriving at the study, she saw Cao Xu had left the bedding on the small bed and felt somewhat embarrassed.

Do you want to sleep in the study?

Cao Xu turned around and looked at this whimsical woman.

"what are you thinking?"

"Comrade Xia Jie, this is my home. Do you think it's appropriate for me, the host, to sleep in the study?"

As he spoke, Cao Xu pointed to the bedding on the bed.

"The study is yours; make your own bed."

Xia Jie nodded.

“I can do it myself. It’s good enough that there’s a study. I thought I was going to sleep in the living room.”

Cao Xu smiled.

"Sleep on a makeshift bed in the living room?"

After tidying up, Cao Xu poured the water from the stove into the thermos and filled it with fresh water.

Seeing Cao Xu sitting there in a daze, Xia Jie waved her hand.

"Cao Xu, it's getting late, let's go out and get something to eat."

"Come back in a bit, and the house will be warm by then."

Cao Xu was indeed hungry, so he went out as instructed. The two of them went to a state-run restaurant at the street corner and each ordered a bowl of hot shredded pork noodles, which made them feel very comfortable.

After the meal, the two prepared to go back, but as soon as they arrived at the restaurant, an old man was lying on the ground, and the staff kept shaking him.

If it were the 21st century, and an elderly person fell to the ground, Cao Xu would hesitate for a moment about whether to help them up.

But in this day and age, while staged accidents do happen, they are extremely rare, almost unheard of.

"Stop shaking it! You'll cause trouble even if nothing's wrong. What's going on?"

The shop assistant looked anxious.

"I don't know either, he just tripped and fell here while he was walking."

Xia Jie squatted down, checked on the old man's condition, and said to the shop assistant next to her.

"Quickly go to the street corner and call a car to take him to the hospital!"

Soon, the tricycle was called over, and Cao Xu and the shop assistant lifted the person onto the vehicle.

"What are you standing there for? Take him to the hospital!"

The shop assistant pointed to the storefront.

"Comrade, I'm the only one in this shop today. If I leave, there will be no one to look after it."

Cao Xu shook his head, took out the key, and handed it to Xia Jie who was standing next to him.

"You go home first, I'll take the old man to the hospital."

"Can you find your way home?"

Xia Jie took the key.

"Go ahead, I can get back by myself."

Cao Xu got on the tricycle and said to the driver.

"Quickly, get to the nearest hospital."

The tricycle driver knew there was a patient lying in the vehicle, so he didn't dare to be negligent and rode off as fast as he could.

Seeing that the old man was trembling, Cao Xu immediately took off his coat and wrapped it around him.

"Master, hurry up!"

Upon arriving at the hospital, the tricycle was parked at the entrance, and Cao Xu immediately ran to call the doctor.

When the doctor ran out with the stretcher, the old man in the vehicle did open his eyes. It was unclear whether he had recovered or had been awakened by the jolts.

"Thank you, young man."

Although the old man was in so much pain that he couldn't open his eyes, he was still conscious.

He knew that if this young man hadn't brought him here, it was questionable whether he would have survived the night.

"Grandpa, you're awake. Don't be so polite, it's my pleasure."

"In this situation, anyone who sees it should lend a hand."

Medical staff lifted the elderly man onto a stretcher, and his weak voice could be heard again.

"What's your name? Where do you work?"

Cao Xu smiled.

"My name is Cao Xu. Don't ask me anything else, getting medical attention is the most important thing."

The medical staff nearby couldn't wait for the elderly man to continue asking questions.

The doctor took off the coat draped over the old man and handed it to Cao Xu, then lifted the stretcher and headed towards the hospital.

Seeing the old man being carried away, Cao Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, these days, he doesn't need to pay the medical expenses upfront; doctors will still prioritize saving lives.

Cao Xu greeted the tricycle driver next to him and asked him to take him back.

For Cao Xu, today's events were simply a good deed, nothing more to say.

But what he didn't know was that his small act of kindness today would save his life in a crisis later on.

But that's a story for another time, so let's leave it at that. When Cao Xu got home from the hospital, it was already past nine o'clock.

He had originally planned to take a bath at the public bathhouse after dinner, but that plan was now ruined because the bathhouse was only open until nine o'clock.

The 9 o'clock time limit was added on short notice because of the upcoming Chinese New Year and the large number of people taking baths. On normal days, the bathhouse would close at 8 o'clock.

"How is the old man?"

After Cao Xu entered, Xia Jie stood up to warm herself by the stove.

"He's already been taken to the hospital, but I don't know the specifics."

"When we got to the hospital, he was already able to speak, so it seems like there's nothing seriously wrong."