Upon hearing that Xu Dazhu had fallen, Xu Errui, who was standing nearby, also came out, and the group of people carried him home.

After Chunfeng and Xu Dazhu changed out of their wet clothes, Jiang Zhi began to examine their bodies.

Compared to when I first saw Xu Dazhu, who was so thin and bony, he is much better now, although he is still thin. At least I can no longer see a row of exposed ribs.

With Xiaoman and Chunfeng's daily, uninterrupted massages, the muscles in my lower limbs have become much fuller.

Obviously, that's not enough.

Without enough muscle support, you won't even be able to sit up, let alone stand up.

After a thorough examination, no obvious external injuries were found.

At that time, Chunfeng was carrying him back, but when she closed the straw curtain at the kiln entrance and turned to leave, a rope hanging from the straw curtain tripped her.

Now that Xu Dazhu has gained weight, it's already a bit difficult for Chunfeng to carry him. It's a little better on sunny days, but she lost her balance and stepped back. The wet yellow mud under her feet was even more slippery, and the two of them fell down.

While Jiang Zhi was examining Xu Dazhu, she noticed that his expression was a bit strange. His eyes kept looking at Grandpa Xiaoman and Grandma Xiaoman, as if he wanted to say something but was worried that the two elderly people would hear him.

Finally, upon learning that Dazhu was not injured and needed to drink a bowl of perilla leaf water to ward off the cold, Xiaoman's grandmother hurried to the kitchen, and Xiaoman's grandfather followed to help with the fire.

Inside the wooden house were only Chunfeng and Xiaoman, who was burning firewood in the fireplace for warmth. Nini was also helping her uncle add firewood.

"Dazhu, are you hiding something?" Jiang Zhi asked.

Xu Dazhu touched his leg and hesitated, "Auntie, when I fell just now, I think... I think I bent my left leg and knelt down a bit, so Chunfeng didn't hit her head!"

These words were spoken calmly and in a low voice, yet they were like a bomb dropped, leaving the people in the room stunned and speechless.

Xiaoman, impatient, dropped the firewood she was fiddling with and rushed over, touching Xu Dazhu's legs anxiously, "Brother, brother, you can move? Can you move now?!"

Xu Dazhu was still in a daze and unsure: "I don't know either! Now, I can't move."

Chunfeng then realized what had happened: "I fell backward, and Brother Dazhu was thrown to the side. I... I leaned on Brother Dazhu's leg."

She tried hard to recreate the scene.

Xu Dazhu added, "There were rocks next to you, and I was worried you'd fall and hit your head, so I moved a little in my haste..."

"Ah! Brother, you really moved! You really moved!" Xiaoman's hand had been on Xu Dazhu's leg, and when she felt a slight movement under her hand, she immediately shouted.

"Really?" Jiang Zhi quickly put her hands on her lap as well, so that Xu Dazhu could move.

This time, no matter how hard Xu Dazhu tried to control himself, he couldn't move and was so anxious that large beads of sweat poured out of his mouth.

"Don't worry!" Jiang Zhi comforted him, though she was also excited. Although Xu Dazhu's legs couldn't move, she could feel the leg muscles contracting.

Compared to the previous state of numbness and limp, unresponsive lower limbs, being able to control muscle contractions means one has already stepped into the threshold of rehabilitation.

Jiang Zhi immediately broke off a stub of wood from the fireplace and poked Xu Dazhu's feet a few times: "Does it hurt?"

Xu Dazhu exclaimed excitedly, "It hurts! It hurts!"

He almost cried; he hadn't had such a clear understanding of his lower body in a long time.

Jiang Zhi was genuinely happy.

The secret of the human body's self-healing mechanism cannot be seen even by the most advanced instruments.

Many times when you go to the hospital for a check-up, you are inexplicably told by the doctor that some old bone injuries have healed or some lesions have calcified.

I don't know when I got sick!

I don't even know when it got better!

In fact, even if you look healthy and without pain, your body is constantly being patched up and repaired, and your self-healing ability is protecting you.

The spinal nerves are incredibly powerful; they are hybrid nerves that control both lower limb movement and sensation.

Moreover, the nerves can repair themselves, find broken pathways to reconnect, and they are also taking medication to unblock the meridians.

Xu Dazhu is now in pain, and his actions in his haste indicate that his nerves are starting to react.

Chunfeng sat beside her, sobbing uncontrollably. She wanted to laugh but couldn't; all her emotions could only be expressed through tears.

Nini stood there helplessly, and could only hold her mother's head in her arms, pull her own clothes over her shoulder to wipe her face, and call out, "Mother, don't cry, don't cry!"

Xiaoman was so excited that she spun around in circles, her words tumbling out incoherently: "It's alright! It's alright! Oh, things will get better, my brother will get better. I'm going to tell Grandpa and Grandma!"

As soon as he said this, he was immediately stopped by several people in the room: "Xiaoman, you can't say it now!"

The people inside were all very excited. The two elderly people were too old to handle such a dramatic change in emotions, so we had to let them gradually accept the change.

In the kitchen, Xiaoman's grandmother had already soaked the perilla leaves in boiling water, cooled them in a bowl until they were just right, and then quickly brought them to Xu Dazhu's wooden room: "Dazhu, Chunfeng, quickly drink some perilla water to ward off the cold!"

As soon as she entered, she saw that Chunfeng's eyes were red, and Nini ran over and said, "Grandma, my mother just cried!"

Grandma Xiaoman's eyes immediately reddened, tears welling up: "Child, you've really suffered! Dazhu let you go because he was afraid of this kind of torment... Who knew it would turn out like this again, sigh, what kind of life do you have!"

She thought Chunfeng was saddened by Xu Dazhu's illness.

Chunfeng took the medicine bowl, both laughing and crying, and said, "Grandma, I'm not bitter or sad. I'm happy to see Brother Dazhu getting better every day."

Grandma Xiaoman, unsuspecting, casually said, "Dazhu is getting better every day. I even saw his legs straighten a bit a few days ago."

"Ah! When did this happen?" Everyone in the room was stunned.

Even Xu Dazhu, who was lying down, raised his head, looking shocked: How come he didn't know?

Grandma Xiaoman was baffled by everyone's reaction: "It wasn't just me who saw it, even your grandpa saw it."

At this moment, everyone rushed to the main room, asking all at once when Dazhu's legs would be able to move again.

Soon, Xiaomanye understood what everyone was saying and knew that Xu Dazhu's leg had moved. He smiled and said, "Just a few days ago, Dazhu was sitting on a chair making straw sandals. The bamboo stick in his hand fell to the ground. I saw him bend down to pick it up, and his leg next to him moved. He didn't even realize it."

Jiang Zhi could hardly believe her ears and exclaimed in surprise, "Uncle Chang Geng, you're not happy, you're not joyful, why don't you say it?"

Xiaoman's wrinkles smoothed out, and his eyes were full of smiles as he looked at Xu Dazhu: "He's like a child who has just learned to walk. If others shout and yell at him when he stands up for the first time, he'll be too scared to walk for a long time!"

"Dazhu himself didn't feel it, so your grandma and I kept it from him and didn't dare to mention it, afraid that he would get anxious and ruin his health. We'll tell him when he's really well."

Jiang Zhi felt a burning passion in her heart and eyes, and tears almost welled up in her eyes.

These are true blood relatives, treating Xu Dazhu like a toddler just learning to walk.

Parents are overjoyed and excited when they see their child stand up for the first time, but they have to hold back from making any noise that might scare the child.

They carefully nurtured him, watching him gradually stand firm, take his first steps, and start his new life little by little.