Chen Afu felt distressed and reached out to touch his little face. Chen Dabao was awakened by the touch. He opened his eyes and gave her a big smile, "Mom is awake." Then, he stretched out his thin little paw to help Chen Afu wipe the saliva from the corner of his mouth.

Chen Afu was so engrossed in watching the show that he didn't even notice that he was drooling. Belatedly, he reached out and wiped the corners of his mouth.

Chen Ahfu said, "Dabao, from now on, wiping your saliva - these things, let mother - do it herself."

Dabao first grinned and said "OK", but then his mouth pursed and tears welled up in his eyes. He asked, "Is mom's illness going to be cured? So you don't want Dabao anymore?"

He is indeed a thoughtful child.

This child is good in every way, except that he is a little too cautious. In the future, we need to cultivate his self-confidence.

Chen Afu said quickly, "No, Dabao will always be mom's son. But now that mom has recovered from her illness, it's up to mom to do these things herself. Otherwise, people will say that mom is a fool. Dabao, do you want a fool to be your mother?" He spoke much more fluently when he was nervous.

Dabao thought about it and it made sense. He grinned again and said, "No matter whether mom is stupid or not, Dabao wants mom."

Chen Afu felt soft in his heart and leaned over to kiss his handsome face.

Dabao was stunned for a moment. No one had ever kissed him in his life. He was shy and happy at the same time. His face was red and his eyebrows were curved with a smile.

When Chen Ahfu saw him, she kissed him again and said, "My son likes it. I will kiss you every day from now on... until you are seven years old." In ancient times, men and women had to be careful about their sexual intercourse after the age of seven.

Dabao also mustered up the courage to come over and kiss Chen Afu, saying softly, "My son likes to kiss me." Then he lay on the pillow and looked at his mother, his face getting even redder. His red ears looked like pink ingots in the gradually brightening morning light.

Chen Ahfu saw that her love was not enough, so she leaned over and kissed him again. But this time she didn't control the strength well, and her head "smashed" on his face, and he heard a muffled groan.

"Oh, sorry." Chen Afu raised his head and rubbed his sore nose.

The mother and son were bored for a while, then they heard some noise in the kitchen. It was Wang who came out to cook.

Since their family didn't need to work in the fields and Wang's work started late, they didn't have to get up before dawn like other farmers.

Chen Ahfu put on her dress by herself without the help of Xiao Zhengtai. After she was dressed, she saw Xiao Zhengtai standing in front of the table holding a comb.

Chen Afu was surprised and said, "No way, a son can help his mother comb her hair, right?" He was so surprised that he spoke without pausing and did not drool.

Chen Dabao said embarrassedly, "My son can only help me comb my hair. I need grandma to tie it up." He pointed to the stool and said, "Mom, please sit down."

Well, I can’t raise my arms yet, and I don’t want to continue to bear the weight of the chicken coop, and I’m embarrassed to trouble Wang’s mother any more.

She sat obediently on the stool and let the four-year-old boy help her comb her hair.

No matter how smart the little boy was, he was only four years old. He didn't control the strength of his hands and often pulled her head back, causing Chen Ahfu to gasp in pain.

Chen Ahfu said again, "Dabao, teach me to recite the Hundred Family Names. I want to exercise my mouth. If my mouth is flexible, I won't speak like a broken gong and won't stutter."

Chen Dabao agreed and started reciting loudly. He recited a sentence and Chen Afu followed him and recited loudly.

Just as she combed her hair, Wang came in. She smiled and said, "You're reciting lessons so early in the morning. Ah Fu also wants to be a female scholar?"

She combed Chen Afu's hair into a double bun and tied up the tuft of hair on top of Chen Dabao's head.

After leaving the east room, she washed her face and rinsed her mouth with willow branches and tooth powder. Except for deliberately dirtying Chen Afu's face, everyone in this family loves cleanliness, which Chen Afu is very satisfied with. When she was sitting on the ox cart yesterday, she saw a few people who had no dust on their faces, but were even dirtier. When they smiled, they had yellow teeth and a smell on their bodies. But when this family smiled, their teeth were all white and they smelled fresh. If you ignore Chen Ming's weakness, Chen Alu's lameness, and Wang's frequent squinting, this family is very good-looking.

Breakfast was corn paste and pickled cabbage, which we ate in the kitchen because Chen Ming was still resting.

Afterwards, Wang and Chen A-lu went outside to water the vegetable garden, while Chen Dabao chopped chicken food to feed the chickens. Then he drove the chickens out of the yard to find food for themselves, and also picked up two eggs.

Before leaving, Wang told Chen Ah-fu, "Ah-fu, be good and just stay in the room and play."

Chen Afu doesn't like staying in the house because it is small, dark and smells like urine.

She held onto the gatepost, stepped over the threshold, and walked around in the yard, doing stretching and oral exercises. Of course, she couldn't move her mouth too much, for fear of scaring people, and the fence couldn't block privacy.

The air in the ancient countryside is really good. Take a deep breath and it is refreshing, mixed with the fragrance of grass, leaves and flowers. This season is neither too cold nor too hot, and it is so comfortable to bathe in the bright morning sun.

Looking around, theirs was the smallest and most dilapidated of the houses around them. One was a brick and tile house, another was also a tile house, but the walls were made of mud bricks, and the one next to it was a thatched house, but it was bigger than theirs and had side rooms.

Their home is at the northeast entrance of the village. There are no houses to the east and north. Through the bamboo forest and some trees, you can see the vegetable fields and large tracts of fertile land in the distance. The family's vegetable fields are to the east, and you can vaguely see the figures of Wang and A Lu.

Chen Ahfu looked outside, and sometimes a man passing by would look in. Chen Dabao went into the kitchen, put away the eggs he had picked up, and then felt under the stove.

Chen Afu bent down consciously and let his little black hand wipe his face a few times.

Chen Ahfu, with her painted face, continued to spin. After the exercise, she felt that her body was much more flexible than yesterday, at least not as stiff.

After Wang and A-Lu came back, Wang went into the house to help Chen Ming get up and eat. Chen A-Lu and Chen Dabao went out to collect firewood and dig some wild vegetables.

Before leaving, Chen Alu also told Chen Afu, "Sister, stay in the yard and don't go out. Even if someone asks you to go out, don't go."

Chen Dabao also said, "If someone gives me candy, fruit or something like that, I must not accept it. Those people have bad intentions."

Chen Afu's face turned red and he was speechless. He just smiled foolishly and replied.

Watching the two little boys walking west, there was a large hillside to the west of the village with many trees and shrubs. Most of the villagers were collecting firewood there.

Seeing the two little boys disappear behind the wall, Chen Afu, who was standing by the fence, was about to turn around when he saw a sloppy man in his forties walking towards him.

He looked Chen Ahfu up and down with his slimy eyes and whispered, "Ahfu sister is getting more and more beautiful, with a good figure, big breasts and a big butt. Brother likes her."