Upon hearing that Xie Yan had fallen asleep, Yu Yuehui became worried and quickly asked, "Did you cover your father with a blanket?"
Chaochao nodded vigorously and said proudly, "Mom, don't worry, I brought the quilt over and covered Dad with it. It's very well covered."
Hearing her daughter say that she had covered Xie Yan with a blanket, Yu Yuehui was still worried.
She put the potatoes she was holding aside and said hurriedly, "You wash them carefully, I'm going to check on them." Before she finished speaking, she had already walked quickly out of the kitchen.
Watching her mother's hurried figure disappear into the distance, Chaochao sighed helplessly and muttered to herself, "Sigh! Did Mom even hear what I just said? Is she going to let Dad exercise or not?"
"They won't even give you a definite answer."
If it's about exercise, you should arrange a training plan for your dad as soon as possible!
Her mother was really something. She had already told her father to be covered with the blanket, so why was she in such a hurry?
Yu Yuehui hurried back into the house and saw Xie Yan curled up on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), fast asleep.
Seeing his sleeping posture, Yu Yue immediately understood that he must be feeling cold.
She tenderly wrapped Xie Yan up, her movements extremely gentle, afraid of disturbing his deep sleep. Then, she carefully moved Xie Yan from the head of the bed to the middle, because the middle was the warmest spot.
Sure enough, Xie Yan had only been lying in the middle of the kang for a short while when he straightened up his curled-up body, and a hint of comfort seemed to appear on his face.
Upon seeing this, Yu Yue went out and threw some more coal into the kang bucket to ensure the kang would stay warm before turning back to the kitchen.
Back in the kitchen, Chaochao had already washed the vegetables and was carefully peeling a potato.
Their potato harvest was good this year, but the potatoes weren't very big overall. Although Chaochao's hands are small, she handled the potatoes steadily.
Seeing Yu Yuehui come in, Chaochao put down the potato in her hand and said to Yu Yuehui with a serious expression, "Mother, what do you think about what I told you, about letting Father exercise as well?"
Yu Yue looked at Chaochao and secretly groaned in her heart: "...This girl really hasn't forgotten about this!"
Seeing that Yu Yuehui remained silent, Chaochao suddenly stood up, crossed her arms, raised her head high, and stared intently at Yu Yuehui without saying a word.
Despite his small stature, he seemed to exude an invisible aura, giving people the powerful visual impact of being two meters and eighty centimeters tall.
Seeing that she couldn't fool him any longer, Yu Yue sighed helplessly and said earnestly, "Baby! You have to talk to your father about this. It won't do any good to talk to me."
She spread her hands, looking helpless. "If your father doesn't want to, there's nothing your mother can do!"
Upon hearing this, Chaochao glared at Yu Yuehui with a look of disappointment, then said earnestly like a little adult, "Mom! You have to stand up for yourself and unleash your full potential."
"If Daddy doesn't want to, you can just drag him out of bed every morning!"
"I believe that with your abilities, Mother, getting a father would be a piece of cake!"
Yu Yuehui couldn't help but rub her forehead, explaining helplessly, "Daughter! Think about it, this isn't something your mother can just do as she pleases. We have to respect your father's wishes, right?"
"The opinions of the parties involved are very important."
“Our family is a model family, how could we do something so coercive?”
Seeing her mother so "cowardly," Chaochao stomped her feet in anger and shouted, "Mother, if Father were willing, do you think I would still come looking for you?"
She put her hands on her hips and said confidently, "It's precisely because Father is unwilling that I thought of coming to you. Let's use a more forceful approach!"
Yu Yuehui awkwardly touched her nose and said with a wry smile, "Well, there's nothing your mother can do! Ultimately, it has to be your father's own willingness!"
"Hmph! Mother is so powerful, why is she still so afraid of Father?" Chaochao said angrily. "Besides, we're doing this for Father's own good. Didn't you tell me that 'good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease'? Have you forgotten?"
"We can't just stand by and watch Dad be so lazy and ruin his health. As family members, we have a duty to help him get back on his feet!"
When Yu Yue saw Chaochao speaking passionately, she quickly reached out and pressed her down, comforting her, "Chaochao, Chaochao, don't be anxious, listen to your mother."
She looked at Chaochao and explained earnestly, "Your father is actually in pretty good health, you have to trust your mother!"
That's true. Although Xie Yan is a bit lazy, he's not really idle at home most of the time.
The herbs in their house, and the ones they sell, were all dug up by him personally from the mountain.
The herbs grow in scattered places, in all sorts of rugged terrain. Yu Yuehui was almost always nearby when Xie Yan went to dig for herbs, so she naturally knew how arduous the task was.
The journey alone was enough to give Xie Yan a workout.
Otherwise, if Xie Yan really only eats and doesn't work, how could he not have gained any weight over the years?
But Chaochao doesn't know any of this!
From her young perspective, every time her father and mother went to dig for medicinal herbs, given how much her mother doted on her father, she was sure that her mother was the one who dug them up.
As for Father, he would definitely be standing to the side, leaning against the tree trunk, leisurely directing Mother on how to dig.
She felt that her mother had taken over the only job that allowed her father to exercise, and his health would deteriorate if he didn't have the opportunity to exercise.
If Xie Yan knew what Chaochao was thinking, she'd probably shout, "Thank you!"
Seeing that her mother was still speaking up for her father, Chaochao suddenly felt that she was the only "fair" person in the family. She put her hands on her hips and said loudly and confidently, "Mom, stop favoring Dad. If he were healthy, would he have been so tired that he fell asleep this time?"
He patted his little chest as he spoke, "Look at me, I'm a little kid and I'm fine!"
Yu Yuehui smiled bitterly to herself, "My dear girl! Don't you realize you're no ordinary child?!"
His master taught this little guy a set of kung fu techniques that were even more comprehensive than what he had learned himself.
Don't let Chaochao's young age of just over three years fool you; her physical abilities far surpass those of most adults. And by "most adults," Xie Yan is naturally included!
So, while Xie Yan was still sound asleep, Chao Chao took it upon herself to devise a morning run plan for him.
The next day, Xie Yan, who was unaware of anything, was sleeping soundly as usual when he was suddenly shaken violently by Chao Chao.
I groggily opened my eyes and saw Chaochao's smiling eyes. Thinking she had something urgent to say, I forced myself to open them and asked in a daze, "Chaochao, is something wrong?"
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