"Thank you for your Melon Baby Fund, Mr. Qin, your fund saved my baby's life." The man said gratefully, and the woman holding the child nodded her head in thanks.

Qin Shiou understood that the couple's child had been blessed by his Melon Baby Fund, and he came to thank him.

Sure enough, the man then introduced himself, his name was Claessen-Frank, and his son was born four months ago, and as a result, he had a problem with infant lung failure and needed a high amount of medical treatment.

Some people may wonder, isn't it said that Canada has a free health care system? So why do people need to pay for their own medical treatment, especially for infants?

Indeed, Canada has a free medical care system, and all expenses incurred by the bull in the hospital are free, including food while in the hospital. But there is a premise that in order to enjoy this benefit, you have to pay taxes and have mandatory health insurance, which is about $500 per person per year.

At first, Qin Shiou thought that the Claysons did not pay this medical insurance, which was directly linked to welfare, and the company with a job paid it, and if they didn't have a job, they had to pay it themselves.

If you don't have a job, it's not realistic to buy insurance in Canada, because what people want to buy is not one kind of insurance, but a bunch of them: such as medical insurance, education insurance, unemployment insurance, pension insurance, car insurance, housing insurance, etc., a 500 Canadian dollar is not much, but what about ten?

So as Qin Shiou learned more and more about Canada, he thought that it was not a paradise for ordinary people. Of course, as long as you have a skill and a job to make money, then you can live well in this country and enjoy the benefits of this country, so life here is still very cool.

As a result, the Claissons explained that it was not the reason. They have health insurance, and both have jobs with guaranteed incomes, and the reason why they need support from the Melon Baby Fund is the Canadian health care system.

The matter is related to the Canadian medical system, this problem Qin Shiou has studied, last year when the small town fisherman Omar suffered from bladder cancer. They even went to St. John's to protest against it, and he was unlucky enough to be elected as the leading big brother.

Claisson's children suffer from the same problem as Omar, which is that the hospital is overcrowded and they need to make appointments.

But isn't that? The child has lung failure and cannot survive without the ventilator, how to make an appointment and wait? But Canada is such a medical system, and there are children who are in a hurry to have surgery, and they have to make an appointment.

Obviously, appointments are not possible. The Claissons thought of another option, to have a private doctor for treatment.

The problem is that private doctors can work overtime to perform surgeries, but the cost of surgery and medicine is very expensive - if you are treated by a private doctor, you will not be entitled to free medical care. It costs close to $20,000 to operate on the child, and the couple doesn't have that much money......

In the end, they applied for the assistance of the Melon Baby Fund - the fund that Qin Shiou won after winning the championship in the Northumberland Strait Winter Swimming Crossing Competition last year, in fact, he only has the naming rights, and this fund is more made of social donations. He only put $200,000 into it.

After some surgery, the child was restored to health. Now the couple came to thank Qin Shiou.

invited the Clayson couple into the house, Qin Shiou introduced the composition of the fund to them, and finally said sincerely: "So, you should not thank me, you should thank the society." ”

Clayson said, "Yes, Mr. Qin. We need to thank all the kind people in society. But the fund that helped us the most was the fund in your name, you saved us, thank you so much. ”

With that, he opened his backpack. There were gifts they bought.

It would be hypocritical for Qin Shiou to be polite any longer, he patted Clayson on the shoulder and said, "OK, I accept your thanks, but I will never accept the gift." Of course, I have other requirements for you, and I hope that if you meet someone in need of help in the future, please be sure to lend a hand. ”

The Claissons wanted him to accept the gift, how could Qin Shiou do this, he called Winnie and asked her to come back for dinner at noon, and then entertained the two of them with a meal of seafood.

This made the Claesens very embarrassed, and they came to thank them, but they confiscated their thanks, and ate a big meal.

As Daqin's seafood became more and more famous, and more and more people knew about it, the Claissons knew how expensive the raw materials for the meal they were eating were.

At mealtime, Winnie carried the little melon onto the baby stool, and she could already sit and eat it with her little hands, without having to hold it every day.

The little girl lay on the table, her big eyes blazing intently at the little baby in Mrs. Claisson's arms opposite, showing an expression of interest.

Mrs. Claeson hugged her son and teased her, and the little girl reached out to grab it, which was her habit, and when she encountered something curious or liked, she reached out and grabbed it directly.

Winnie hurriedly pulled it, she had expected it, otherwise with the speed of the little girl's flying claws, Mrs. Claison would have been tricked today.

Pulling the girl's hand back, Winnie smiled softly: "This can't be caught, this is my brother." ”

Little Melon looked at Winnie, and then looked at the baby intently, and then became inexplicably happy, clapping her hands and shouting: "Brother, brother, ......"

Winnie and Qin Shiou were pleasantly surprised, in the past period of time, since the little girl learned to say that her father was numb, she had not learned a new word, but today she actually learned the word brother.

After eating, Father Qin took the little girl away and teased her to learn the pronunciation of 'grandparents', the little girl continued to be elated, and then continued to shout 'brother' vigorously.

After eating, Qin Shiou and Claisson chatted before telling Winnie about the situation of the two, and Winnie nodded after hearing about it, and said, "Oh my God, Canada's universal health care system is really getting more and more problems, and I've been dealing with a tricky matter recently." ”

Qin Shiou asked, "What's wrong?" What happened? ”

"It's Pastor Green and Mrs. Greene." Winnie said with some sadness, "They're in trouble. ”

It turned out that Pastor Green and his wife were not in good health and needed to use wheelchairs to get around. Qin Shiou knew that the old pastor's health was a little problematic, and when the church was rebuilt the year before last, his health was not very good, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

"Dr. Odom decided that the pastor and Mrs. were not fit to live on their own, and suggested that they go to a nursing home," Winnie said. The two accepted this and went to the St. John's nursing home to register, starting with Mrs. Pastor, who was still under Dr. Odom's treatment. (To be continued......)