Reborn in the 60s: Starting from Traditional Chinese Medicine

Transmigrated to the 1960s, Li Chu only wanted to lay low and live a safe, peaceful life.

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Chapter 787 The Mute

"Well……"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sitting on the sofa exchanged an awkward glance before Ding Qiunan whispered, "Yueyue fed Choubao some meat during dinner, but it was all chewed up."

"Hey, you two are really something."

Li Chu rolled his eyes in exasperation.

He sat on the sofa, let the child sit on his lap, and gently massaged the child's chest in a rhythmic manner. Then he picked the child up and patted his back, and then let him sit down and massaged his abdomen. He picked the child up and patted his back again, repeating this several times. Finally, he heard the child let out a big burp, followed by a loud fart.

The fart startled even himself. He pouted and was about to cry, but Li Chu held him in his arms and patted him for a while before he calmed down.

"It's alright now. My little rascal, you've been wronged, haven't you? Look at your pitiful little face."

Only then did the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finally feel relieved.

"Dad Chu, don't you usually just chew the food before feeding it to the child?"

"Did you see clearly what kind of meat I fed Choubao?" Li Chu raised his eyelids and glanced at Yueyue and his wife.

"Neither of you eats fatty meat, so I only feed the child a tiny bit of fatty meat each time."

Wang Yueyue then realized where the problem lay, and stuck out her tongue sheepishly.

"Yueyue, you said the meat you were feeding her was actually lean meat." Ding Qiunan finally realized the problem.

She had always assumed that her daughter-in-law had fed her fatty meat.

"Hehe, Qiu Nan's mom, I won't feed her anymore."

"You silly girl, I was wondering why the child would have indigestion."

Wang Yueyue is having a very comfortable time as a mother.

She goes to work during the day, and Li Qin takes care of the child in the morning and Li Chu takes care of the child in the afternoon.

At night, the child sleeps with his grandparents again.

She spends time with her child before leaving for work in the morning and after returning from get off work in the afternoon until bedtime, sometimes feeding the child. The rest of the time, the child drinks formula and eats some complementary foods, such as egg custard and rice porridge.

Yueyue rolled her eyes and thought for a moment before saying, "Daddy Chu, Mommy Qiunan, how about letting the child sleep with me at night from now on? I think I should try my best to be a good mother."

"Are you sure you weren't sound asleep when the baby was crying at night?" Ding Qiunan didn't believe her daughter-in-law. She herself still had a childlike personality, so it seemed unreliable for her to take care of another child.

Wang Yueyue was speechless after being scolded by her mother-in-law.

"Qiu Nan's mom, am I really that unreliable?"

"You know what, it really happened. You forgot that time when the child wet the bed during nap time and woke up crying, and you were drooling the whole time?"

"I...I was just too sleepy," Yueyue's voice trailed off as she tried to explain herself.

"Alright, Yueyue, you've been sleeping with your mom these past few nights. Once your dad comes back from his shift, you can sleep with the baby."

After thinking about it for a while, Li Chu agreed with her idea. Indeed, she should work hard to learn how to be a mother.

"Thank you, Dad Chu. Don't worry, Mom Qiu Nan, I will study hard," Wang Yueyue said with a beaming smile, raising her hand to assure everyone.

"Don't make any promises too early. Let Qiu Nan's mother stay with you for the first few days. Now the baby is seven months old, much easier to take care of than when she was in confinement."

"Yes, yes, I will study hard."

When Wenxuan was around, the two of them would take care of the child together at night, which made things a little better.

But now she's all alone, and she doesn't even have the confidence to take good care of her.

However, she herself also wants to try her best to do this well.

"Alright, Yueyue, it's getting late. You should go and get some rest. Your mom can't stay up too late tonight."

Just as Wang Yueyue was about to leave, Wang Jiadong's voice came from the courtyard.

"Uncle, are you asleep?"

Before Li Chu could reply, Yueyue, who had already stood up, lifted the curtain.

"Brother, come in. Father Chu isn't resting yet."

"You, Yueyue, you haven't rested either."

"I'm going back inside now. Daddy Chu, Mommy Qiu Nan, I'm going back to the front yard. Goodbye, little rascal."

"Ah ah..." The little stinky baby stood on his grandfather's lap, struggling a bit, and raised a little hand to make a couple of clenched fists, meaning he was saying goodbye to his mother.

"Uncle, Aunt, they haven't rested yet."

"Your uncle just got back a little while ago. Alright, you two can chat. I'll take the baby inside and put him to sleep. Jiadong, get yourself some water."

"Okay, Auntie, I understand. You don't need to worry about it anymore."

Seeing Jia Dong come in, Ding Qiunan stood up, took the child, and went into the inner room.

"What brings you back today?" Li Chu took a pack of cigarettes from under the coffee table and tossed it in front of his nephew.

"Take it yourself if you want to."

“The second person has been caught, Uncle. Just like my aunt said, that person had a mole on the left side of his nose.”

Li Chu was taken aback when he heard this. He thought Jia Dong had come back to rest and recuperate, but he didn't expect that he had already caught the person.

Hearing the commotion outside, Ding Qiunan, who had already gone inside, came out again with her child in her arms. She was also very concerned about the case, and now that she heard that the second suspect had also been caught, she hurried out to hear the excitement.

"What does that person do?" This was what Li Chu was most concerned about, because judging from the smell of disinfectant on his body, the person was very likely to work in a hospital.

"You probably wouldn't believe it, but this guy works at the Pyeongchang Crematorium."

"Where? The crematorium?"

Wow, this answer is really unexpected. He had only thought that this person worked in a hospital or clinic, because the smell of disinfectant on his body meant that he must have been working in places where he was exposed to disinfectant for a long time.

Otherwise, if it were just occasional contact, it would be impossible for the balm to cover it up.

However, crematoriums do indeed fit this description.

"When were the people arrested, and what did they find out during interrogation?"

"We caught him last night, and we did a preliminary interrogation today. This guy is much more cunning than his brother; he confessed everything."

"What's going on?"

"Uncle, their main goal is probably robbery."

"Which of them knew the victim?"

"The first guy to be arrested was named Chen Jiandong. He had known the victim for more than 20 years."

"Have you known each other since childhood?"

“That’s right, and Chen Jiandong is mute.”

"Impossible, I clearly heard him speak that day."

“That’s right, Jiadong, I heard it that day too.” Ding Qiunan, who had been standing silently at the bedroom door, couldn’t help but say it.

“Uncle, Aunt, I’m not lying to you, he really is mute, but he did speak that day. This guy has a special skill, he can do ventriloquism.”

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