Gu Chun held his little brother and fed him half a bowl of rice porridge. The child finally stopped crying and slowly fell asleep.

After putting him on the bed, the four siblings sat around the dining table and had dinner together.

Because there were five children in the family, including a sickly younger brother, and the material conditions of that era were not very good, their dinner was multi-grain porridge with pickles.

Because my parents passed away, there was little food left at home.

During this period, no sound was heard from his second brother Gu Xia. Gu Chun looked at him and found that he was pale, and his already thin face was now even more fleshless.

Sighing secretly, Gu Chun picked up a dried radish and gave it to him, saying:

"Axia, don't worry so much. The factory leader will come to give us our parents' wages tomorrow. I will take over the work then and will be able to support you."

Gu Xia opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but no sound came out in the end.

At this time, Gu Chun also noticed that something was wrong with him. He frowned, put down his bowl and chopsticks, twisted his shoulders to face him, and asked:

"Axia, what's wrong with your throat? Let me hear you say something."

Gu Xia's face turned even paler, and her eyes instantly turned red. She opened her mouth, tears streaming down her face, and gestured with her hands, pointing at her throat.

"Qiu'er, go get some paper and pen." Realizing something was wrong, Gu Chun asked Gu Xia to write something for her.

Gu Qiu and Gu Dong on the side also looked at Gu Xia worriedly.

On the piece of paper, Gu Xia wrote: Sister, I can’t speak.

This seemingly calm sentence made Gu Chun's heart ache.

No one knew how long the child had been having problems, but in order not to make his family more sad, he had never hidden it or told anyone.

Putting down the note, Gu Chun hugged his brother, patted his back, and said to him:

"Axia, it's okay, let's go see a doctor. You're just sick, and you'll be fine after seeing a doctor."

All along, Gu Xia was afraid that her sisters would be even more sad because of her, so she didn't dare to tell her sister.

When he wrote it down, he was very worried that he would add burden to his sister and that he himself would be a burden.

Unexpectedly, his sister would suddenly hug him and comfort him.

At that moment, he felt the heartache in his sister's words, and his heart suddenly felt as happy as if the dry land was watered.

Even though he has lost his parents, he still has his sister, his brothers and sisters, and he has the love of his family.

He is the eldest man in the family, and he has to support the family together with his sister.

When Gu Qiu and Gu Dong saw their sister comforting their brother, they hurried over to hug their brother and silently comforted him.

After dinner, I sent my younger brothers and sisters to bed.

Their house originally had two rooms in the compound, but later a large room was separated by their parents, so there was a place to cook and eat.

There was a bed in the big room, which was originally where the parents, Gu Qiu and younger brother slept. The three older ones slept in another room.

Now Gu Chun has reallocated the rooms. She and her younger brother sleep in her parents' room, while Gu Xia, Gu Qiu and Gu Dong still sleep in their original rooms.

At night, when his younger brothers and sisters were asleep, Gu Xia sat at the table, looking at the note and thinking in his mind.

She had heard of this disease before. It was caused by a person suddenly receiving strong psychological stimulation, leading to aphasia, and the problem could only be solved through psychological counseling.

There were no psychologists in that era, but she still planned to take Gu Xia to the hospital to ask if there was any treatment.

The factory leader said he would come over tomorrow to discuss compensation.

My parents got into trouble this time because of a fire in the factory. In order to rescue a batch of important supplies, they volunteered to run into the workshop and move the supplies out.

As a result, the roof suddenly collapsed and they were all buried underground.

Several of my parents' colleagues also died this time, for a total of 10 casualties.

This is already a major incident. I believe that the factory leaders will do their best to compensate the families in order to appease the public.

But what kind of compensation would be best for them?