After Tian woke up, she learned that Jian Ning was treating Ma Fuquan in the west room. She knelt down in front of Ding Youtian and pulled Ma Xiaomi and Ma Xiaodou to kneel down as well. She kept thanking Ding Youtian, which made Ding Youtian feel embarrassed.
"Sister-in-law, please get up quickly. You've always taken good care of my wife, and yesterday you came to my aid. I'll always remember your kindness. There's no need for such formalities between our two families. Please get up quickly!"
He lifted Tian up with both hands, and then pulled up Ma Xiaomi and Ma Xiaodou. Tian lowered her head and wiped her tears, her heart filled with mixed emotions. Earlier, Ma Fuquan was sent back covered in blood. When she heard that he was gone, she felt like the sky had fallen! She was still worried until Jian Ning and Ma Xiaomai came out of the room. Jian Ning nodded to her, "He will be well after some rest. I will come back in two days to change his dressing."
Before Tian could speak, Huo Jincheng stepped forward and bowed to Jian Ning. "Thanks to Madam Jian's amazing healing skills, I would be unable to rest in peace if I hadn't caused Mrs. Tian's family to lose their pillar of support."
"No problem." Ding Youtian inexplicably disliked him chatting up his wife, so he returned the greeting and said, "My wife looks unwell and must be tired. We'll take our leave first."
After saying this, regardless of whether Jian Ning agreed or not, he supported Jian Ning and walked out. Tian came to her senses and chased after him, shouting, "Sister, I'll remember your kindness and repay you later!"
Jian Ning didn't like to be polite with strangers, so she didn't blame him for acting on his own initiative. She shook him off after they went out. The two of them returned home one after the other. The four little ones were all awake and were getting dressed.
"Big sister, your mother is tired. Let her rest in the house. You take your brothers and sisters to pull out the weeds in the yard. Dad will make breakfast for you."
"What's wrong with Mom?" Big Girl and Little Girl asked in unison.
"No...Mom..." Dabao was also very anxious.
Sanniu's hearing hadn't fully recovered yet, so she was a little late. "Mom!" She rushed to Jian Ning, "Mom, what's wrong with you? Are you sick?"
Jian Ning hugged her and said, "Mom is fine. You'll be fine after a good sleep. I'll ask your dad to make some porridge for you and boil an egg for each of you."
Breakfast must be accompanied by an egg to ensure nutrition. Ding Youtian did as he was told and cooked an egg for each of them, but he was reluctant to eat it himself. He also hid it from the four children and said that he ate one first after the egg was cooked.
Jane Ning took a nap and woke up at 9:00 a.m. She sat up from the bed and saw two pieces of cloth piled on the small bed, one piece of flowered cloth, one piece of green cloth, a basket of eggs, a few packets of cakes and a packet of brown sugar.
Huo Jincheng had bought these in town and sent them to the Ma family. Huo Jincheng was a thoughtful person, having seen the Ma family's situation and knowing how hard they lived. He bought only what was suitable for ordinary farmers, even the cloth he gave them was very ordinary. He was afraid that Tian would be reluctant to sell the good ones if he gave them the good ones.
Tian divided all the things into two parts and asked the brothers Ma Xiaomi and Ma Xiaodou to deliver them to Jian Ning. When the Ma brothers delivered the food, Ding Youtian had just brought back a large bundle of hay from the mountain. He boiled three brown sugar eggs for Jian Ning, kept them warm in the pot, and went up the mountain to cut hay again.
When Da Niu heard Jian Ning getting up in the yard, she turned around and ran to the kitchen, followed by Er Niu, San Niu, and Da Bao. When Jian Ning came out of the room, she saw Da Niu and Da Bao each holding a bowl, with Er Niu and San Niu flanking them on either side, and they kept reminding them, "Be careful, don't break it."
Jian Ning hurried forward and took the bowl. Erniu rushed to say, "Daddy cooked some sugared eggs for Mom. Mom, please eat them quickly. They're still hot."
The four little ones drank white porridge with the leftover rabbit meat from last night in the morning, and each of them ate an egg. They were not greedy for the bowl of sugared eggs.
"You can only eat one egg a day. If you eat too much, you won't be able to digest it. You are children and have good absorption ability. I will eat one, and you can share the remaining two."
The eldest girl said, "Mom, eat half, and leave the other half for Dad. Dad said he had eaten this morning, but we didn't see him eat."
Jian Ning said, "Okay, give it to your father. Where is he?"
"Dad, he..." Dabao raised his hand and pointed outside the yard. He wanted to say something but couldn't form the words. Erniu held his hand down and said, "Don't say anything. I'm here to tell Mom that Dad went up the mountain to cut grass and fixed the chicken coop."
"Second sister!" Jian Ning looked at her seriously and said, "Dabao is your brother. Don't be rude to him in the future. If you do that again, your mother will punish you. Remember?"
When Erniu hit Dabao, Sanniu was about to hit Erniu. But when she saw Jian Ning scolding Erniu with a stern face, although she couldn't hear clearly, she knew she was wrong, so she quickly put her hands behind her back.
Erniu blinked twice and tears welled up in her eyes. She remembered that her mother said she didn't like people who cried easily, so she held back her tears.
"Mom, I know I was wrong, and I won't do it again."
She had to teach her children well, and she couldn't let any of the four little ones grow up astray. In her previous life, Jane Ning had no family, but it was as if she had no family at all. She really treated the four little ones as her own flesh and blood, and she cherished each and every one of them.
Jian Ning had just finished eating an egg when Ding Youtian returned with a bundle of hay. She handed the bowl to him and said, "Eat quickly. After that, we'll go up the mountain together and cut some more grass and bamboo. We have to repair the cracks in the wall in a couple of days. There's a lot to do."
Ding Youtian only ate one and shared the remaining one with the four little ones.
After the two of them went up the mountain, Da Niu took Da Bao, Er Niu and San Niu to continue weeding in the yard. At this time, at the Ding family, Liu was imitating Meng, adding fuel to the fire and telling Meng and Gao what she heard.
After hearing this, Mrs. Meng slammed the table and cursed, "This despicable whore has brought shame upon our Ding family! What decent woman would press another man's breast? The fourth son is such a coward! I regret not strangling him to death when he was born!"
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