These past few days, although he and Da Niu have been going hungry, he hasn't touched Da Zhuang's food rations. It was millet that Liu Shi specially bought for Da Zhuang before she went to work as a wet nurse, even though it was old millet.
So, Dazhuang looks thin just because he's not used to being weaned. Now, even though he's a little baby, he can drink half a bowl of rice porridge in one meal.
It's rice porridge, not rice water.
It's clear that when people are really hungry, even a six-month-old baby can still show off their food even if their throat is sore.
“I want to go back, but I can’t leave your sister-in-law here alone. I’m worried about her.”
Lin Chaodong was also conflicted. He didn't want to stay in the city anymore, otherwise he might starve to death one day and his family wouldn't even know. Besides, he absolutely had to bring Dazhuang home. He was already struggling to survive on his own; he really couldn't raise a six-month-old baby who couldn't even speak and only knew how to eat and poop!
He not only wanted Dazhuang to go back, but he also wanted to go back himself, but he was worried about Liu Shi.
But Liu was going to be a wet nurse for someone's young lady, and she might not be able to come out even once a month. So even if he had any ideas, he could only say them when she was able to come out.
Besides, what could he possibly say?
He said he was going home, and told her to stay here and pursue her future.
He could never bring himself to say such a thing!
But if he stays in the city, he can't support himself. Should he go work as a porter? Or should he stay in this dilapidated house and wait for Lady Liu to come out and see him sometime in the future, leave him some money, and let him live off her?
Lin Chaodong threw down his chopsticks, scratched his head, and was in a state of great agitation.
If only he had known, if only he had known that the mother and daughter's health couldn't be cured in the city, he would have taken them home. The city is not a place he can afford to stay.
"Then you should think carefully about what to do today. We have to go back tomorrow or the day after. We can't stay away for too long. There's still a lot of work to do at home!"
They still need to clear land, build houses, and construct walls. They also need to inquire where they can find fruit tree seedlings. They're very busy.
These two days are not only time for Lin Chaodong to consider, but also time for themselves. They want to wander around the city and see if there are any strange or unusual things, or seeds they have never seen or heard of before, so that they can bring them home as gifts for their mother.
"How is Mom?"
After hesitating for a long time, Lin Chaodong finally asked this question.
What he really wanted to know was why his mother hadn't given him any money or even replied to his letter home; was she angry?
But when he saw his two younger brothers coming over, he knew that his mother still cared about him, probably because the family didn't have much money left.
Home isn't just his home. Mother isn't just his mother either. The family's money can't all be spent on him alone. His younger brothers are all of marriageable age, so they need some money left for them, to prepare dowries and such.
I don't know why he suddenly went crazy a while ago. He insisted on staying in the city and giving Dazhuang a high starting point, as if his son would definitely become the top scholar as long as he lived in the city!
Fortunately, the hunger he had endured these past few days forced him to face reality: he simply didn't have the ability to live in the city. Even if his mother had bought him a house, would he be left to starve?
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