Chapter 21 I won’t become a cripple, right?
"It's no use yelling." Xiao Jiuyue sat down at his feet, looked at his swollen, chubby feet, and said, "Mother was right. You have short legs and arms, and you still want to climb a tree? Have you ever climbed a tree?"
Xiao Jiayuan, who grew up in luxury, never climbed a tree. Even when he went out to play, he would either have a meal in a restaurant or go boating on the Yexi River in Shengjing to enjoy the spring.
"But, but they can all crawl and even take bird eggs." Xiao Jiayuan puffed out his cheeks and pursed his lips as he said, "I want to take bird eggs. They say bird eggs are good for health."
Xiao Jiayuan looked at her with his round eyes, his eyes revealing loss and self-blame.
"Pa." The beautiful woman slapped him on the body: "Xiao Jiayuan, you broke your leg yourself, and you said you wanted to replenish your sister's body. From what I see, you just want to play."
"Yuer, don't think too much. He just wants to have fun." The beautiful mother looked at Xiao Jiuyue comfortingly.
Xiao Jiuyue: "..." If you hadn't told her, beautiful lady, she really wouldn't have thought much about it.
"The doctor is here." Lianxin's voice rang out, and soon the doctor came over to check Xiao Jiayuan's leg. It was broken, but fortunately, he was young, so he just needed to put on a splint and rest for a month or two, and then he would be able to jump around again.
After sending the doctor away, Xiao Jiayuan looked at his legs, which were tied up like a dumpling, and his facial features all wrinkled together. The beautiful woman looked at him and said, "Did you hear what the doctor said? You are not allowed to just think about playing."
"Mom, I can't even go out now." Xiao Jiayuan pursed his lips, looking like he was about to cry.
The beautiful lady felt distressed and helpless, and said, "Fortunately, you didn't become a cripple."
"Mom." Xiao Jiayuan's tears welled up in his eyes when he heard this.
"Mom, didn't you make some date paste pastry? I want to eat it." Xiao Jiuyue said.
When the beautiful lady heard this, she said, "I'm just one step away. Wait, I'll get it for you."
As soon as the beautiful woman left, tears fell from Xiao Jiayuan's eyes.
Xiao Jiuyue wiped his wound with a handkerchief and said, "Jiayuan, when your leg is healed, I'll take you to get bird eggs."
"Really?" Xiao Jiayuan forgot to cry. He looked at his sister in disbelief and asked uncertainly, "Sister, can you?"
"Of course..." Xiao Jiuyue wanted to say that when she was in the orphanage, she had done a lot of such things, even fighting for food, which was commonplace. But then she thought about the original owner's pampered body, so she definitely wouldn't do that. She changed her tone and said, "I'm an adult, and my legs are longer than yours, so I definitely will."
"Sister, you're so kind." Xiao Jiayuan was deeply moved. He looked at his legs that were tied up like dumplings and said worriedly, "Sister, will I really not become a cripple?"
"No." Xiao Jiuyue said firmly: "Our Jia Yuan is so good-looking, how can he be a cripple?"
Seven-year-old Xiao Jiayuan blushed and corrected her, "Sister, how can you describe a man as good-looking?"
Xiao Jiuyue raised her hand and knocked off a chestnut, then smiled at him and said, "You're still a child, how can you be a man?"
"Boys and girls should not sit at the same table after the age of seven. I, I am already half an adult!" Xiao Jiayuan subconsciously straightened his body, wanting to express that he was an adult. He moved his feet and gasped in pain.
"You'd better sit still, half-adult. Otherwise, you will become a cripple." Xiao Jiuyue helped him sit down. The casual words made Xiao Jiayuan stiffen his body and dared not move.
"Sister, I just moved a little. I won't become a cripple, right?" Xiao Jiayuan's little face was squeezed together. When he thought about becoming a cripple, his tears were about to fall again.
Xiao Jiuyue hadn't expected her silly brother to be so easily fooled. She coaxed him, "No, no, if you keep crying, you'll really become a cripple."
"Sister..." Tears were welling up in Xiao Jiayuan's eyes, but he was trying hard not to let them fall.
Xiao Jiuyue could hardly hold back her laughter.
"The jujube paste cakes are here." The beautiful lady came in with the jujube paste cakes. Xiao Jiayuan was about to touch them when the beautiful lady slapped his hand and said, "Wash your hands."
Hibiscus came in with warm water.
Xiao Jiuyue washed her hands and picked up a golden date paste pastry, round like a small steamed bun, dotted with white sesame seeds. It smelled delicious. She praised, "Mom's cooking skills are really getting better and better."
When she took a bite, it tasted just like what she remembered, with a crispy skin and sweet and sour date paste inside. She liked it very much.
Xiao Jiayuan swallowed them whole, one after another. The beautiful woman smiled and said, "Slow down. There are so many, it's not like there's nothing left to eat."
"I'm hungry." Xiao Jiayuan ate a lot and felt much better. After he was full, his splinted foot began to hurt. He looked at Xiao Jiuyue eagerly and said, "Sister, I want to hear you play the piano. Listening to your music will make the pain go away."
Xiao Jiuyue: “…” The original owner was at the top of the pyramid when it came to playing the piano, but she can’t do it!
"We came to Hongdu in a hurry, where can we find our zither?" The beautiful lady said, "Reading. I haven't read much lately."
"Okay." Xiao Jiayuan's mood suddenly became depressed and said, "Mom, when will Daddy come back? I haven't seen Daddy for a long time."
Xiao Jiayuan's words immediately made the beautiful woman's eyes red. During these days since arriving in Hongdu, she missed her husband all the time.
Xiao Jiuyue looked at this situation and was afraid that the beautiful mother would cry!
"Jia Yuan, you're already half an adult now. When you grow up, we'll be able to see Daddy." Xiao Jiuyue spoke, holding her beautiful mother's hand, which was soft and warm. She said, "Daddy will definitely redress his injustice, and our family will definitely be reunited."
Xiao Jiuyue's resolute words gave Meiren's mother hope. She said, "Yuer is right. Your father will definitely come back, and then our family will be reunited."
"Then I want to grow up quickly." Xiao Jiayuan held his chubby little hands with theirs. His crisp words carried his greatest expectations.
Xiao Jiuyue coaxed Xiao Jiayuan to sleep, then returned to the room and asked, "Lianxin, my zither..."
"The young lady's piano was smashed during the house search." Lianxin answered cautiously.
Xiao Jiuyue breathed a sigh of relief and said that she had no memory of the zither. Then, a trace of regret appeared in her eyes. The zither was the Jiaowei zither that Xiao Fu had ordered people to find when Xiao Jiuyue came of age. The sound of the zither was crisp and bright.
"Miss, do you want to play the zither? I remember Aunt Lan brought a zither with her. How about…" As Lian Xin started to speak, Xiao Jiuyue raised her hand to interrupt her, "Nowadays, things are so complicated that the music she plays is also agitated and impatient."
Xiao Jiuyue looked up at the bright moon. As she majored in ancient Chinese and was familiar with Tang and Song poetry, it was not difficult for her to be a talented woman, but playing the piano was not something that could be achieved overnight.
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