After filling the tub with water, Zhou Cunzong specifically asked his mother if she should take a bath before soaking in the medicinal bath, and make sure she was clean before going in.
"No need, just take off your clothes and go in."
Chen Su rolled her eyes at him. "This medicinal bath needs to be soaked for an hour. During this time, have your older brother add hot water for you."
Chen Suwen gave an order and then sent her son to take a medicinal bath.
The children watched with great curiosity. After Zhou Cunzong closed the door, they even sidled up to Chen Suwen to ask about the medicinal bath.
The Zhou family's toilet was a separate toilet, and of course, the bathroom for showering was also separate.
Toilets in this era couldn't be as clean as they are decades later, so taking a bath definitely couldn't be done in the toilet area.
However, the shower room is also next to the toilet, mainly for the convenience of drainage.
Chen Suwen stopped paying attention to her son's medicinal bath.
The herbal bath recipe she presented was for strengthening the body, but it was very gentle and non-irritating, unlike the painful baths in fantasy or martial arts novels.
This formula was developed by a person with supernatural abilities who practiced traditional Chinese medicine before the apocalypse. She integrated the information left by her predecessors and then researched it according to her own understanding.
It is gentle and non-irritating, which is why a medicinal bath requires soaking for an hour to allow the medicinal effects to slowly penetrate the body.
"Grandma, will Uncle become stronger after taking a bath?" Zhou Mei asked, hugging Chen Suwen's leg and looking up at her.
"Grandma, will Uncle become super strong after taking a bath? Like Dad, able to take on five people at once?" Zhao Lexin asked, hugging Chen Suwen's other leg and looking up at her.
When Zhao Lexin first arrived at the Zhou family, she was a little reserved, perhaps because she had been wronged by the Wu family.
But by nature she is a lively and cheerful girl, and when she felt that the Zhou family was genuinely good to her, she slowly revealed her true personality.
She can now naturally approach Chen Suwen and "compete for his favor" just like Zhou Xian and Zhou Mei.
The Zhou family did not expect Zhao Lexin to always give way to Zhou Xian and Zhou Mei just because she was not their biological daughter but an adopted daughter.
If even siblings like Zhou Xian and Zhou Mei, who share the same mother, could fight, what chance would it be against Zhao Lexin?
Children may have minor frictions and conflicts, but adults usually don't interfere too much, as long as it doesn't go too far.
The children will make up after they've had their fight.
The Zhou family didn't instill in Zhou Xian and Zhou Mei the idea that Zhao Lexin wasn't their biological child, but only adopted, and that she had to give in to them. So they got along like close brothers and sisters.
For example, right now, Zhao Lexin naturally pushed Zhou Xian aside, and she and Zhou Mei each hugged one of Chen Suwen's legs.
The "father" that Zhao Lexin mentioned was of course her biological father, Zhao Yixiu.
Her father was a driver in a transport team after being demobilized from the military, and he had performed very well in the army.
However, due to past injuries and his family background, he was unable to continue serving in the military, which is why he was demobilized.
Although he suffered from aftereffects when he was injured, Zhao Yixiu's strength and skills have not diminished.
In young Zhao Lexin's mind, her father was the most powerful person.
Of course, her mother is also very capable.
Chen Qixue, this woman, can even fight Zhao Yixiu to a standstill; both of them are very capable.
Unfortunately, good people don't live long.
Chen Suwen looked down at the two children and pinched their cheeks. "It's not that exaggerated. They're just a little stronger and less prone to getting sick."
"It will take several more years to become as capable as Lexin's father."
Zhao Yixiu must have been naturally strong, and after years of military training, he developed such strong combat capabilities.
And what about Zhou Cunzong?
This kid has never been trained. Although he fought when he was a kid, he basically relied on brute force and a reckless fighting style. In reality, his fighting ability is not that great.
It's impossible to become as powerful as Zhao Lexin's father, Zhao Yixiu, just by taking a medicinal bath.
"Is that so? What a pity." Zhao Lexin looked regretful. She had been thinking that it would be great if her uncles were as capable as her father.
"Grandma, I miss Mom and Dad." Zhao Lexin hugged Chen Suwen's leg and rubbed against her.
"Yes, I'll take you to see it during the Chinese New Year," Chen Suwen said, ruffling her hair.
"By the way, do you have any photos of your parents?" Chen Suwen remembered this and asked Zhao Lexin.
Zhao Yixiu and Chen Qixue did have photos taken when they got married, and they even took a family photo when their daughter Zhao Lexin turned one year old.
Although several years have passed, the photos are well preserved.
Although the two have passed away, the photos they left behind were not lost and were brought here by Zhao Lexin.
Before, Zhao Lexin didn't bring any photos of her parents when she moved to the Wu family home, perhaps because she instinctively knew that the Wu couple wouldn't keep her parents' photos.
It was only in the last couple of days that she asked Chen Suwen if she could go back to get her parents' photos.
Zhao Lexin's parents did not buy a house at the time; the house they lived in was allocated by the factory, so it was taken back after their deaths.
No one has moved into that house yet.
It's not because people think it's unlucky that both of the previous owners of the house have passed away.
Instead, many people are vying for that house, and several parties are working hard to keep the house from being decided on a winner.
The Zhao family hadn't finished moving all their belongings yet. It was only recently, with Chen Suwen and the others by their side, that Zhao Lexin managed to move everything.
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