"Drip, drip, drip, drip..."
Qiao Baozhu pricked up her ears and listened for a while, and felt that the voice was strange yet somewhat familiar.
She put the things in her hand on the ground, tiptoed quietly to the high wall of the hospital, put her ear against the cold wall, and walked deeper into the alley inch by inch.
After the intermittent dripping sound ended, Qiao Baozhu heard a few faint voices.
The suspicion in her heart grew bigger and bigger. Qiao Baozhu did not dare to alert the enemy. She tiptoed back, picked up the things on the ground, and hurried home.
“Dangdangdang”
Qiao Baozhu walked to the door of her house carrying her things. She had something on her mind and knocked on the door without holding back, causing it to slam loudly.
Qiao Changhai came home from get off work and had just locked the door when he heard someone banging on the door before he left.
He quickly opened the door and saw a man wrapped like a big dumpling standing outside.
"Dad, it's me."
Qiao Baozhu said as she squeezed towards the door.
Qiao Changhai was so happy to see his precious daughter coming back that he took the things from Qiao Baozhu's hand and said, "My daughter is back. I was wondering who it was."
"Did you take the No. 2 bus back? The cable of the No. 101 tram burned today, and the road has been blocked for quite some time."
While talking to Qiao Baozhu, Qiao Changhai happily shouted into the house: "Hey, old lady, your most missed daughter is back."
Bao Huihua was so happy when she heard her daughter was back that she couldn't stop smiling. Although she couldn't speak, her happy eyes couldn't deceive anyone.
She pulled Qiao Baozhu over and patted the cold air off her body.
After Qiao Baozhu entered the house, Bao Huihua eagerly helped Qiao Baozhu take off her coat.
After taking off her coat, she eagerly pushed Qiao Baozhu to sit on the kang. As soon as Qiao Baozhu sat on the kang, Bao Huihua immediately squatted on the ground and helped her take off her cotton shoes.
Taking a pair of newly made cotton shoes and placing them under the kang, Bao Huihua held Qiao Baozhu's half-wet cotton shoes and went to the stove to warm them by the fire.
"Mom, don't worry about baking the shoes. I'll take a rest tomorrow and stay at home tonight."
From the moment she entered the house, her adoptive parents had been focusing their attention on her. They held her in their hands all the time, fearing that she was not doing well enough.
Every time Qiao Baozhu saw her adoptive mother taking meticulous care of her, she felt both touched and ashamed.
“Oh, oh, oh…”
When Bao Huihua heard that her daughter was going to stay overnight at home, she excitedly pulled her husband, who had just entered the inner room, and talked for a long time, saying "oh oh" and "ah ah".
Qiao Changhai was holding a peeled enamel basin with five or six frozen pears in it.
My daughter came home suddenly, and there was nothing delicious prepared at home. Qiao Changhai knew that Qiao Baozhu liked to eat frozen pears, so he quickly went to the warehouse to get a few.
"Okay, okay, isn't it good for my daughter to stay at home?"
Qiao Changhai raised his head and laughed, patted his wife's shoulder, and said lovingly: "It's not easy for our daughter to come back, make her something she likes to eat."
"Make some more flour tonight so that I can make some sugar-coated buns for my daughter to take back home tomorrow."
"Last time, my uncle took five pounds of soybean oil. You can fry some radish balls and bring them back to the two children tomorrow."
Cooking a few delicious meals for her daughter and preparing some food to take home made Bao Huihua feel very valuable and full of energy.
She took out a small quilt from the kang cabinet, covered Qiao Baozhu's legs with it, patted her shoulders, pointed to the bowl of frozen pears on the kang table, and patted Qiao Baozhu's belly.
What it meant was that Qiao Baozhu should not be impatient and should wait until the frozen pear has thawed completely before eating it, otherwise the ice would freeze her stomach and cause diarrhea.
Qiao Baozhu nodded in understanding: "Mom, I'll wait until the frozen pears are thawed before eating them. Mom, I remember everything you taught me, don't worry."
Bao Huihua listened to Qiao Baozhu calling her mother in a crisp voice and laughed so hard that her mouth reached her ears.
I happily went to the kitchen to make delicious food for my baby daughter.
Qiao Changhai was not idle either. Seeing him rummaging through boxes and cabinets looking for something, Qiao Baozhu couldn't help but ask curiously, "Dad, what are you looking for?"
"My master gave me a piece of foreign candy, it was called a pig or sheep candy. I remember putting it in the drawer, but how come I can't find it?"
"Oh, it's under here. I'm getting old, and my eyesight is getting worse. I said I put it in this drawer, but I looked through it twice and couldn't find it."
Qiao Changhai carefully held a black wrapping paper with English words written all over it and handed it to Qiao Baozhu like offering a treasure.
"Girl, try it quickly. There are foreign words on it. It is authentic foreign candy."
Qiao Baozhu took it from her adoptive father and took a look. She saw the word "chocolate" written in gold English on the black wrapping paper.
"Dad, this is chocolate."
When Qiao Changhai saw that his daughter knew the English words above, he shouted excitedly.
"You recognize all the words on it? I know your high school education was not in vain!"
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