Zhao Guizhi quickly stopped him, saying, "My little brother is still small and doesn't have any teeth yet. He can't eat such hard jerky. He still needs to drink milk."
"No, he's growing teeth! Auntie, look, he has two little teeth!" Xingxing said earnestly.
After Zhao Guizhi finished urinating the baby, she wrapped him up and picked him up again. She gently pinched the little guy's mouth to look at his gums. He really did have two little front teeth, the upper ones, and they were only halfway out, like white millet grains, so cute.
“He has grown teeth, but they haven’t fully grown in, and he only has two, so he can’t eat anything too hard,” Zhao Guizhi said with a smile.
"Oh, I see. Let me think... then the little brother can eat porridge and steamed egg custard." Xingxing's eyes crinkled as she spoke, poking the little baby's chubby cheeks with her tiny hand.
Ruru tugged at Zhao Guizhi's clothes and said softly, "Mom, can you put my little brother on the bed? Xingxing and I want to play with him."
The baby is very well-behaved. Ever since we brought him home, he's been constantly clenching his fists and chewing on things, and he hasn't cried much. He cried for a little while just now, but after I gave him some warm water to drink, he stopped crying.
An eight-month-old baby should be able to eat egg custard, or maybe some rice water? I can't get him any milk for a while, so I'll just have to make do with this for now.
Zhao Guizhi put the child on the bed and asked Ruru and Xingxing to look after him. "Don't move him, and don't make him cry. If he tries to climb to the edge of the bed, move him back in so he doesn't fall. You'll take good care of your little brother, right?"
"Yes, I will definitely take good care of him," Ruru promised with a serious expression.
"Xingxing is the older sister. An older sister will protect her younger brothers and sisters. Xingxing is very capable, Auntie. Don't worry, I won't let him fall off the bed, and I will take good care of Ruru." Xingxing tilted her head obediently.
The two girls were usually sensible and obedient, so Zhao Guizhi believed them and turned to leave the room to go downstairs to buy food.
Inside the room, once they were sure Zhao Guizhi had come downstairs, Ruru quickly took off her shoes and climbed onto the bed, and Xingxing followed suit.
“I’ll be your brother’s mother, and you’ll be his wet nurse. Shall we take care of him together?” Ruru assigned the roles in their play and looked at Xingxing, hoping she wouldn’t object to the arrangement.
Xingxing shook her head and refused, "I don't want to be a wet nurse, I want to be a father. You are his mother, I am his father, I am your man, and you are my wife. You stay at home to take care of the child, and I will go out to earn money to support the family."
Ru Ru frowned, somewhat displeased, "But you're not a boy."
"Aren't we just putting on an act? Just treat me like a man, okay? If you don't agree, I won't play house with you."
"Oh well."
"Sigh, women always have so much to do. You stay home and take care of the kids. I'm going to the mountains to dig ginseng. Once I sell the ginseng, you and your daughter can live a better life." Xingxing waved her hand and pretended to carry a hoe out the door.
Watching Xingxing climb off the bed, put on her shoes, and crawl around on the stool, eventually climbing onto the table, Ruru could only pout and turn away to comfort the child.
"Oh wah, oh wah, oh wah..." Suddenly the little guy started crying loudly.
Ru Ru was stunned. She patted the little guy to try to stop him from crying, but no matter how she tried to soothe him, he wouldn't stop, and she started to panic.
"Sister, come quickly and help soothe your little brother! I can't soothe him by myself," Ruru said with a pained expression.
Xingxing stood on the stool, glanced at her calmly, and said, "I'm on the mountain, I can't hear what you're saying. I'm still busy, I won't go home until dark."
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