Chapter 191: Chapter 191 Guiding and Helping Others Chapter 191: Chapter 191 Guiding and Helping Others Luo Qiao didn’t know that the words she initially wanted to use to guide Stone had now become his obsession. Seeing something wrong with Stone, Luo Qiao asked, “Stone, what are you thinking about?”
Stone’s eyes sparkled as he said, “I want to earn lots and lots of money in the future, to spend on Sister Luo Qiao and Brother Lu.”
Luo Qiao pulled Stone closer, “Stone, no matter what you do, you must be down-to-earth and not aim too high too soon. Brother Lu and my original intent was to encourage you to change your situation through learning.
“In the future, you should change your destiny through knowledge, broaden your horizons to realize your self-worth, and of course, wanting to earn lots of money is not impossible, but that’s not the sole purpose. You can’t just chase after money.”
Stone looked down awkwardly, “I understand, Sister Luo Qiao. Now I just need to study hard.”
Luo Qiao said, “Exactly, our Stone will grow up to be a man who is upright, kind, intelligent, decisive, and responsible.”
Lu Yichen glanced at Luo Qiao, thinking how well she was coaxing him along, and thought to himself that Stone was lucky to have met Luo Qiao. Otherwise, who knows what he could have become?
The boy was truly too smart. If he had grown up in the Sun Family without good guidance, he could easily have gone to extremes.
Lu Yichen swiftly cleaned up and went to wash the dishes, while Luo Qiao prepared Stone’s lunch, packing it in a small basket and even adding a few fruit candies.
The three of them left the house together, Luo Qiao not carrying her usual basket this time, but wearing her own cross-body bag—after all, it pays to have a little cheat device.
Stone carried the small basket towards Lu Yichen’s yard. Luo Qiao reminded him to read for a while and then go out to play with friends, telling him not to read the whole time as it’s bad for the eyes.
After Stone nodded in agreement, Luo Qiao headed down the small path and walked out of the village. She hadn’t gone far when Lu Yichen caught up with her on his bicycle.
When the two of them reached the commune fork, Lu Yichen went to find a place to store his bike, Luo Qiao waited by the roadside for the bus.
Lu Yichen, as if he had timed it perfectly, showed up right as the bus arrived. They boarded the bus, and there were two seats left, just not next to each other. Luo Qiao had just sat down when she heard Lu Yichen speak to the man next to him, “Comrade, would you mind switching seats?”
The man, seeing that they had boarded the bus together, didn’t make a fuss and swiftly changed seats.
In the front row, a woman cradled a little boy who wouldn’t stop crying, and the remarks from the other passengers were becoming less and less pleasant. But no matter how the woman tried to soothe him, the boy kept crying.
Luo Qiao signaled to Lu Yichen to sit, stood up, and went over, “Sister, let me have a look at the child. It’s not good for him to keep crying like this.”
The woman was sweating with anxiety, “Do you know medicine, miss?”
Luo Qiao nodded, “I know a little.”
Luo Qiao could tell that the child was car sick, so she squatted down and began to massage his Yintang, Neiguan, and Zusanli acupoints.
After a while, probably because the massage had taken effect, the child gradually stopped crying and began to doze off in the woman’s arms.
The woman gratefully said, “Thank you so much, miss.”
Luo Qiao smiled, “It’s nothing. It’s bad for the child to cry so much; it can harm his throat. In the future, when you take him on a car ride, try massaging the Yintang, Neiguan, and Zusanli acupoints for him. It will make him more comfortable.”
The woman smiled, “All right, I’ll remember that. I’m lucky to have met you today; otherwise, I wouldn’t have known what to do.”
Luo Qiao smiled and said, “It’s good that the child is fine.”
She stood up to go back to her seat, but perhaps having squatted for too long, her legs had gone numb; just then, the bus rattled around, and Luo Qiao let out a soft cry of ‘ah’.