Eight-year-old Zhan Shuanzi thought carefully, "Oh, that's a man's face, my mother said."

"What's the use of a man's face?"

"My mother once said that people need dignity and trees need bark. Maybe it's more resilient and can withstand beatings like a water surface."

"Oh." Zhan Ludan didn't continue the question. "Brother, let's go to the party. Dad is still calling."

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After Jiang Shuyao sent Zhou Xiaohua away, she made milk powder for the two little ones. After they finished drinking the milk, Hao Yuanchao also came back. Seeing that the two little ones were full and fell asleep again, he reached out to check their temperature and found that they did not have a fever.

"I'll be taking up my post tomorrow and my leave will be half a month away. How about I drive the kids to the hospital for a check-up after dinner?" There was only one clinic in the army. The first aid measures there were simple, like bandaging, and it was ok for treating minor illnesses and pains, but for a full-body check-up, you still had to go to the hospital. The location was not too far away, about an hour's drive from the military district, and it would be faster if you drove there yourself.

"Can you use the army vehicle?"

"Yes, I don't borrow it often, so it won't be a problem."

"Okay then." He glanced outside again, it was almost evening. "Let's go straight in. After the checkup, we can have dinner outside. The cafeteria must be crowded at this time. I don't want to squeeze in."

Hao Yuanchao naturally had no objection. "I'll bring back all the food and other things tomorrow and cook at home."

"Okay. You drive over here first." These trivial matters can be discussed at night. There is no need to rush. What is more important is her health. She cannot feel at ease without checking her health.

So the family packed up and went to the hospital without even eating.

We lined up to see the doctor and get the checkups done. It was already dark after all the busy work. Fortunately, the results were good. At least the two little organs were fully developed, unlike some fragile premature babies whose organs were not fully developed before they were born. However, being weak was to be expected, especially at such a young age. We had to pay attention to care. It was easy to catch a cold and fever before the age of one or two, so parents had to pay attention. It was okay in the summer, but in the winter, we had to pay attention to keeping warm. Various precautions were mentioned one by one. Jiang Shuyao also consulted about baby food, calcium supplements for children, and other issues. Finally, we bought some commonly used medicines and Tiger Brand Fengyoujing, which were not strictly controlled. The army was close to the mountains, and we were afraid of mosquitoes at night. Fengyoujing can also cure motion sickness, so we had to buy a few bottles.

We had dinner in the hospital because it was late after the examination and the state-owned restaurants outside were closed. The hospital cafeteria was still open, so doctors, staff, patients and their families could all eat there. After eating some hot meals, we went home.

It was already past nine o'clock when they returned. Hao Yuanchao quickly asked the children to take a bath and soak their feet first, because the lights in the army would be turned off at ten o'clock. He learned this from Zhan Hongjun. If they didn't finish before lights out and let them go to bed, they would have to turn on the flashlight, which was very inconvenient.

The house had three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom. The army had allocated two beds and a dining table and chairs, but they had no other furniture to buy. It was a pretty bare bones kind of place. We made do with it, dragging the iron pillar and tree roots over to the large vat in the yard, stripping off our clothes, soaking a towel in water, and rubbing it vigorously. We weren't afraid of summer, as the temperature didn't drop until 11 or 12 at night.

It was just as simple as giving them a bath and then sending them to bed. The two brothers slept in the smaller bedroom. The bed had been washed and dried, and the pillows, sheets and blankets had been taken out of the packages. They were ready to go to sleep. A flashlight was left at the head of the bed to avoid bumping into it when getting up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

"Where is the toilet?" asked Shugen. He didn't see any toilet.

Speaking of this, Hao Yuanchao also had a headache because there was no toilet in this house.

"If you need to go to the bathroom, go pee in the yard. Stay away from the kitchen."

"Oh." Shugen nodded, and lay down under the small quilt and fell asleep. Just as he closed his eyes, he said, "What if I forget that I wet the bed? This is my first time living in this house."

Hao Yuanchao: ... "Then you wash the quilt tomorrow."

Shugen widened his eyes and said, "I'm six years old."

"A six-year-old who wets the bed has to wash his own quilt."

Tiezhu held his breath and said, "Uncle, I can wash the quilt."

Before Hao Yuanchao could say anything, Jiang Shuyao came over and said, "You don't have to wash it. Shugen wet the bed, your uncle will do it."

Shugen was pleased, "Second uncle is very strong."

Hao Yuanchao: "This brat."