After returning home that day, Ruan Ruan told her grandma and the others about what happened at the Lan family's place. That evening, while taking a walk in the yard, she saw Xiao Ming and told him that her family would be having a little nephew visit in a couple of days, and asked him to help take care of the nephew and play with him.
Early Saturday morning, Lan Chaolin arrived with his child. When they arrived, Ruan Ruan was having breakfast. He had driven there and registered at the gatehouse. Because of his status as the mayor's secretary, the soldiers allowed him to drive his car in after the registration was completed.
He came and went in a hurry. As soon as he got out of the car, he carried the child into the house, greeted his grandmother and Wang Qun, and then quickly moved the child's things in and put them on the sofa. He told the child to be good and listen to his grandmother and aunt. Then he gave them the gift he had brought for his grandmother and the nutritional supplements he had bought for Ruan Ruan, and said, "Please take care of the child for a while." Then he drove away.
Watching the car drive away and the child leaning against Ruan Ruan, Grandma and Wang Qun were both quite surprised. "This...?" How much does he trust them?
Judging from Lan Chaolin's actions, he would probably be busy for a while.
"Grandma, Mom, don't worry about him. He must have something important to do to bring the child here so early in the morning. He'll come over when he's done."
"Come here, Mingxuan, this is Great-Grandma, this is Third Grandma, and I am your aunt. Mingxuan, remember that!" Ruan Ruan led the child to her side and introduced him to the people in the house one by one.
Lan Mingxuan held Ruan Ruan's hand, looking at them blankly, his eyes occasionally darting between the three of them.
This morning, around 5 a.m., he was woken up by Lan Chaolin. He kept his eyes closed while brushing his teeth and washing his face, and his head kept nodding while eating. At this time, the child is growing, and Lan Chaolin didn't want to wake him up so early. However, he had to go to the commune below to inspect the area on behalf of the mayor today, and he wouldn't be back for three to five days. There was no other way but to send him over as early as possible.
The old lady and Wang Qun were absolutely delighted with the adorable little Mingxuan. Ruan Ruan had told them that the child couldn't speak yet, so when Ruan Ruan introduced herself, they didn't really expect the child to be able to call them.
"Xiao Mingxuan, have you had breakfast yet? Do you want to have some more with your aunt?" The old lady bent down to look Xiao Mingxuan in the eye and patted his head.
Xiao Mingxuan clearly resisted the old lady's action. When the old lady raised her hand, his fear was visibly felt. Ruan Ruan saw his reaction and realized that it was a stress response from the head injury he had suffered after being grabbed.
Faced with the old lady's question, Xiao Mingxuan opened his big eyes, blinked a few times, and then shook his head. Ruan Ruan turned her head and looked at him. Seeing his reaction, Ruan Ruan gave him a boiled egg and started eating it herself.
Since Ruan Ruan started eating three meals a day normally, her grandmother and Wang Qun eat whatever she eats every morning. When Wang Qun saw that she had given her own egg to the child, she put her own egg in the bowl in front of Ruan Ruan.
While they were eating, they would occasionally glance at Xiaomingxuan. They saw him holding an egg, first circling it around his head a few times, and then sitting quietly next to Ruanruan. He held the egg in his little hands, tapped it on the stool, and peeled off the shell little by little before eating it in small bites. While he was eating, Wang Qun was worried that the egg would choke him, so she went to the kitchen to get him a bowl and filled it halfway with millet porridge with more soup, placing it on the stool in front of him.
Watching Wang Qun's actions, and seeing that Ruan Ruan and Grandma were still eating, Xiao Mingxuan lowered his head and continued eating his eggs, while also taking small sips of porridge.
After breakfast, Ruan Ruan took Xiao Mingxuan's pulse and, after confirming that it was just a reaction to being frightened, took a dose of calming medicine from the herbs she had prepared and asked her grandmother to brew it for Xiao Mingxuan.
After that, Gu Jingming helped Xiaomingxuan get familiar with the house. After his grandmother's medicine was prepared, he coaxed him to drink it with some dried fruit and snacks. Then, Gu Jingming brought in the two children from the regimental commander's family.
"Pretty Auntie, Little Star has come to see you." As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw Little Star running towards her with a big smile on her face.
Xiao Ming and her brother, who were following behind her, saw that she was running so fast and were afraid that she would fall, so they quickly followed her in.
"Good morning, little star!" Seeing such a healing smile first thing in the morning made Ruan Ruan feel especially good.
"Sis, is this the little nephew you were talking about? He's so cute!"
When Xiaoming came in, he saw Xiaomingxuan sitting on a small stool next to Ruanruan, holding a piece of dried mango in his hand and taking small bites. When he saw them come in, Xiaomingxuan looked at them with curiosity.
When Xiaoming looked at him, he held up the dried mango in his hand in front of him.
"He's asking you if you want to eat?" Ruan Ruan didn't expect that Xiao Mingxuan would show such a friendly side to Xiao Ming as soon as they met.
"Sweetie, Uncle doesn't want it, you eat it yourself!"
"His name is Lan Mingxuan. It seems he likes you a lot. I've told you about his situation before, so while he's here, I'll have to trouble you to take him around and have some fun."
Ruan Ruan's idea was very good. Children's laughter is the purest. So, with a smiling little star by his side and a big brother neighbor, Gu Jingming, accompanying him with his medicine, it shouldn't be long before he recovers and can speak again.
Thinking of this, she gently stroked Little Star's face and said, "Little Star, how about Auntie gives you a task?"
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