When Xiao Yetong heard Jiang Zao's voice, she thought she was hallucinating. She rubbed her eyes and saw that her aunt, whom she had been thinking about so much, had really returned. Xiao Yetong felt a little discouraged.

Her clothes were washed white, the cuffs were a little loose, her hair was tied in two braids, and she looked very thin.

Jiang Zao saw that her face was a little red, so he walked closer and touched her: "You have a cold, why didn't you go home and take medicine?"

Maybe it was because it rained a few days ago and it was cold at night and she didn't cover herself with a blanket properly, so she caught a cold. Xiao Yetong has been feeling a little dizzy recently. She felt particularly uncomfortable when she went to school just now. She had no appetite and just wanted to sleep on the table. The teacher asked her to go home and rest for a day.

When she came back, she found that no one in her family was at home. She didn't know what to think, so she sat in front of Aunt Jiang Zao's yard gate.

“Aunt…”

Xiao Yetong shouted softly.

Jiang Zao pulled the bag on his shoulder up and took Xiao Yetong's hand and walked towards the county hospital.

Passing by the supply and marketing cooperative, Jiang Zao also bought a handful of candy.

When they arrived at the hospital, the nurse took Xiao Yetong's temperature, which was over 38 degrees Celsius, and prescribed her an IV drip to reduce her fever.

Xiao Yetong felt bitter in her mouth, so Jiang Zao gave her a piece of candy and asked her to lean on him so that he could help her with the IV drip.

"Is the drip cold?"

Some medicines are quite irritating and need to be warmed with hot water.

Xiao Yetong shook her head: "It's not cold."

As soon as I opened my mouth, it felt hot.

It was very uncomfortable, but the sweetness in my mouth overpowered the bitterness.

Leaning on my aunt, who was soft and fragrant, like my mother's warm embrace: "Aunt... there is something I don't know whether to tell you."

Jiang Zao patted Xiao Yetong gently.

She was quite sincere towards the child, poor child, and did her best to help.

"What's going on?"

It was just a casual question, thinking that the child needed to share his little troubles with her.

Xiao Yetong pursed her lips, her eyelashes flickered, and she mustered up the courage to say, "Aunt, I discovered some time ago that my stepmother had gotten a packet of medicine and was muttering your name. I felt like she was going to deal with you, so I replaced her medicine with flour."

"When you weren't home, she secretly brought the medicine over, and then... I put the medicine in her cup, and the baby in her belly died. I didn't think it was that kind of medicine at the time. I've been having nightmares recently, and I don't know if what I did was right or wrong, Auntie."

Jiang Zao didn't expect this to happen.

She tightened her grip around Xiao Yetong and said, "Tongtong, next time something like this happens, tell your aunt and I'll handle it. Don't try to solve it yourself."

"You are still young, and many things are not suitable for you to do. As for your stepmother's matter, just think of it as her suffering the consequences of her own actions."

There are many possible reasons for the drug's efficacy. It is not ruled out that Jiang Shan had a reaction after taking it and that caused the miscarriage.

But Jiang Zao analyzed Jiang Shan's personality and thought that since they lived next door to each other, Jiang Shan might not have the courage to poison her. It was more likely that she was using contraceptive drugs or something like that.

In Jiang Shan's mind, the only way to win her over is to give birth to a child.

Their family currently only wants to have one child. Jiang Shan feels that there is too much pressure to continue the family line here, and wants to use this to suppress her and get her kicked out for not being able to have children.

Where can I put the medicine to ensure she drinks it?

Only in the well.

She wanted revenge, but she didn't care that the child was just a few years old.

He is so evil!

After hearing what Jiang Zao said, Xiao Yetong felt less upset and leaned on her and slowly fell asleep.

After falling asleep, the child had a little sweat on her forehead, and Jiang Zao wiped it dry with a handkerchief.

When the drip was almost finished, Xiao Mingsheng passed by the door of the drip room while doing his work. The door was not closed, and he saw Xiao Yetong out of the corner of his eye.

I thought I was seeing things, so I stopped and took a closer look, and it was really my daughter.

He walked in and saw Jiang Zao considerately wiping the sweat off Xiao Yetong's forehead.

"How...how did I find you?"

Xiao Mingsheng felt quite embarrassed.

Jiang Zao wiped the handkerchief almost to the point of wiping it, and put it in his pocket: "I didn't go to work today because of something. When I got home, I saw her sitting at the door. She had a fever."

Xiao Mingsheng had other patients waiting, so he took out five yuan and gave it to Jiang Zao with some embarrassment: "I can't let you spend money. Thank you. I'll come to thank you another day."

"No need for so much." Jiang Zao indicated that it was too much, the IV drip only cost more than three yuan.

Xiao Mingsheng put the money beside the chair and said, "I've asked you to spend money a lot, this is nothing."

"There's a patient waiting for me. I'll trouble you to take her back later."

Jiang Zao nodded: "Okay."

After Xiao Mingsheng left, she put the money away.

After the drip, Jiang Zao saw that Xiao Yetong was a little hungry. Thinking that there was no one at home, he took her to eat beef noodles. After the fever subsided, Xiao Yetong's appetite improved a lot and she ate a big bowl by herself.

He ate until he was sweating profusely: "Thank you, Auntie. Hehe, today is my birthday. I thought I couldn't have longevity noodles anymore!"

Grandma would celebrate my brother’s birthday and cook longevity noodles for him. The noodles would be topped with eggs and vegetables, and they were delicious. She finally got to eat her own birthday noodles.