Even after Zhou Mingli left, Jiang Ci's withdrawal symptoms were still quite severe.
After all, once they transmigrated into the book, they would spend every day together, living together as a couple.
As long as Zhou Mingli isn't busy, he's usually the one cooking at home, and he takes care of all the heavy chores like fetching water and chopping wood without a word.
On the first day after Zhou Mingli left, Jiang Ci ate two meals on her own, busy with housework and taking care of the children.
She looked up at the sky and began counting on her fingers when Zhou Mingli would return.
Being a housewife is something no human being can do.
That evening, Jiang Ci painstakingly bathed the two children, then washed herself, and after splashing out the third basin of water, her back started to ache.
There was a knock on her door.
Jiang Ci shouted at the children in the room, "You all stay at the table and write the pinyin for me. Don't run around."
Zhou Yang & Zhou Miao: "Aww~"
Jiang Ci picked up a stick and walked towards the door.
She called out, "Who is it?"
"I!"
It was Sister-in-law Yu's voice.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ci immediately went to open the door.
Seeing that it was indeed Sister-in-law Yu outside the door, Jiang Ci exclaimed in surprise, "Sister-in-law, what brings you here so late at night?!"
Sister-in-law Yu said with a smile, "You're the only one taking care of two kids in your family. Your brother Yu and I are worried about you, so he asked me to come and sleep with you."
"How could we possibly accept this? Zhou Mingli and I always leave our child at your place when we go out, asking you to take care of him. It's already so late, how could we possibly trouble you any further?"
"Hey, what's the big deal? If I sleep with you, you can keep an eye on each other. Otherwise, if both kids get sick at night, you won't be able to take care of them all by yourself."
Sister-in-law Yu said warmly that Jiang Ci couldn't refuse her hospitality, so she could only lead her back to her own home.
After locking the gate, Jiang Ci said, "The two children are still writing; they probably won't go to sleep for a while."
There was only one bed in their house. If it were the Jiang Ci of the past, she would never have allowed an outsider to sleep in her bed.
But what can she do now that she's transmigrated into a book, and to a rural area in the 1970s where the quality of life is already low? Jiang Ci's standards have been lowered again and again; all she needs is a clean and tidy place to live.
Sister-in-law Yu and Brother Yu were also worried about her taking care of two children. Jiang Ci was not the kind of person who would not appreciate kindness, so she naturally agreed to Sister-in-law Yu's request to share a bed without any burden.
Of course, another reason is that Sister-in-law Yu is also a clean person.
She had just taken a shower, used clam oil, and was wearing clean and fresh clothes!
It's hard to dislike someone just by looking at them.
As soon as Sister-in-law Yu entered the door, she saw two children who had already been washed sitting obediently at the table, each holding a pencil and writing diligently.
Her eyes were filled with envy. "If my Dazhu and Erzhu had even a little bit of Miaomiao and Yangyang to behave themselves, I would be completely content!"
Those two little devils in her family are practically invincible, good at everything except going to school!
My sister-in-law is really worried sick.
Jiang Ci: "I'll tutor them when they start school."
Sister-in-law Yu exclaimed, "Oh, that would be perfect!"
The two spoke softly. Sister-in-law Yu looked at the cloth and cotton that Zhou Mingli had brought back and said that she would take her to fluff cotton and make another quilt.
As for her family's cotton-padded clothes, they don't need them yet. They can save the cotton and make some long-sleeved clothes first.
Jiang Ci really couldn't handle this, and she was extremely grateful that Sister-in-law Yu offered to help.
The two talked for a while, and Zhou Miao and Zhou Yang finished writing on their two sheets of paper. Jiang Ci glanced at them and, finding no mistakes, told them to go to sleep.
Once all four of them were in bed, Jiang Ci turned off the flashlight, and the room quickly became quiet.
Jiang Ci turned her head and glanced at the place where Sister-in-law Yu was sleeping. She paused for a moment and sighed inwardly.
This damn withdrawal reaction.
Jiang Ci drifted off to sleep, feeling like she hadn't slept for long before dawn broke, and there was a loud knocking on the door.
There were also subtle, rustling movements on her face.
"Zhou Mingli... don't do this to me..."
She rolled over and mumbled something in her sleep.
Hearing this, Sister-in-law Yu, who was already awake, couldn't help but chuckle.
The relationship between Xiao Ci and Zhou Lao Er is getting better and better.
That's really great!
The knocking continued at the door. Sister-in-law Yu called out, "Xiao Ci, wake up! It sounds like someone is looking for you outside!"
Jiang Ci lay in bed for a long time before finally sitting up, putting on her pants, and going out to open the front door.
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Ci saw Zhou Huai with tears streaming down his face.
Jiang Ci frowned immediately. "Xiao Huai? What's wrong?"
Zhou Huai was almost speechless with sobs, her voice choked with emotion, "Aunt Jiang... my mom... she took the things Dad brought back and rode her bicycle to find her son."
Jiang Ci: "...?"
Her face showed a hint of sleepiness.
ah?
son?
...
Zhou Huai actually knew that his stepmother had a child a long time ago.
Approximately how long ago?
She was about six years old.
At that time, Zhou Gou had been out of contact for three or four years, and her aunt and uncle would always come to her house to take things away.
Wang Zhaodi was extremely cunning and always managed to find men to help her drive her aunt and uncle away.
Wang Zhaodi would always say to her in a bad mood, "If it weren't for you, would I be stuck here living like a widow? You slut, it's your duty to serve me!"
Zhou Huai no longer had a father, and she didn't want her mother to leave even more. Trembling with fear, she nodded nervously, "I'll take care of Mom!"
A six-year-old child doesn't understand anything about PUA or deliberate training. She will do whatever the adults tell her to do, as long as her mother doesn't leave her.
Wang Zhaodi wouldn't let her sleep in her original room, but only in a dark storage room, and Zhou Huai didn't dare to complain.
As long as her mother doesn't leave, she still has a mother; she's not an orphan child without parents.
The storage room was cold and dark, and Zhou Huai often couldn't sleep well at night. She was horrified to see men coming to her house one after another and going into the house with her mother.
Zhou Huai didn't know what this meant.
One night, she got so hungry that she secretly went to the kitchen.
There was a commotion at her front door at that moment.
Wang Zhaodi rushed to open the door, bursting into tears of joy, "Yaozu! My son! You've finally come to see your mother!"
Zhou Huai was dazed and confused, hiding in the kitchen. In her field of vision, she could clearly see the boy called Yaozu. He was chubby and healthy, and there was a tall man beside him.
"Is the girl surnamed Zhou asleep?"
"She's been sleeping like a log for ages. She's in the storage room, she can't hear us." Wang Zhaodi beamed, her eyes glued to her son, not wanting to look away for a second. "Yaozu, come on, come on, let's come in!"
"Mom left you lots of good things! They're all for Yaozu. Come with Mom!"
When the boy named Yaozu heard that there was something good, he immediately followed after her, asking, "Mom, where is the good stuff?"
Six-year-old Zhou Huai listened to his mother, who never gave him a kind look or a smile, speaking softly and repeatedly calling him his good son and saying how wonderful he was. Tears streamed down his face.
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