Father Liu listened to Feng Ru's explanation and smiled. He didn't believe it, but he sent all the grandchildren here. Father Liu guessed that something might have happened to the Lin family, so they sent them to the countryside for refuge in order to protect them.
Father Liu looked down at the skinny, yellow face of the baby in his arms and thought, "What a poor child! He's only a few days old, and he's had to make the long journey here. He must have suffered." No matter what happened to the Lin family, as the descendant of a martyr, he would do his best to protect this little one. He couldn't let his father die for his country and his people, and leave his child unattended.
After Han Chen distributed the buns to Feng Ru, her mother, and her two children, he asked, "Dad, how is Xuemei these days? How is the baby in your belly?"
"The baby in Xuemei's belly is still not moving. It makes a lot of noise every day and just won't come out. Your mother said that she is waiting for you to come back!" said Liu's father.
"It seems that she is a bit naughty!" Han Chen said with a smile.
After Han Chen finished speaking, he handed a meat bun to Mingwu and another to Liu's father. Liu's father waved his hand and said, "You guys eat. You must be hungry after such a long car ride. I had lunch at home before coming here."
Han Chen ignored Liu's father's words and stuffed a meat bun into Liu's mouth. Then he said, "Dad, we brought some food to eat in the car. This meat bun is still hot. You can try one too!"
After Han Chen finished speaking, he stuffed the last meat bun in the oil paper bag into his mouth and started eating.
As soon as Father Liu finished eating, the child in his arms started crying. Father Liu carefully put Lele on the straw and turned over Lele's swaddle. Sure enough, the baby had peed and pooped. Father Liu took the new diaper handed over by Feng Ru and first wiped Lele's little butt clean with the dirty diaper before putting on a new diaper. Father Liu touched the swaddle and found it was a little sticky. He didn't know if it was due to sweat or urine.
After Feng Ru arrived in the provincial capital yesterday, she changed Lele's clothes and gave him a thinner blanket. The temperature in Nanhu Province is much higher than in Beijing, and perhaps Lele hadn't adapted to the sudden change, which led to his diarrhea. There were originally two clean blankets in the wicker trunk, but Lele was wearing the thicker one, made from a new military coat. The one he wore on the train was even thicker.
Father Liu asked, "Xiaochen, get me a new blanket!"
Feng Ru was afraid that Han Chen didn't know where to put it, so she said, "Xiaochen, wash the bottle and make some new milk for Lele. I'll get the blanket!"
Han Chen nodded. Feng Ru opened one of the rattan boxes and took out a blanket. She said with some concern, "Isn't this blanket a little thin? It will be windy when we drive."
The daytime temperature is about 12 degrees Celsius now, and it is slightly one or two degrees lower in Liujia Village. Father Liu took the blanket, touched it, and quickly changed Lele into a new blanket. Then he handed Lele to Feng Ru, and took out some rabbit fur from the cloth bag he had brought, sewing it into a rabbit skin blanket with a side length of about 80 cm.
Father Liu handed the rabbit-skin blanket to Feng Ru and said, "Xiao Feng, wrap this around the child so he won't be afraid of the wind!" Mother Liu asked Father Liu to take the rabbit-skin blanket with him when he went out. It seemed that his wife was very good at predicting things.
Because Han Chen had mixed the powdered milk with water from the kettle that Liu's father had brought, the water temperature was only about 40 degrees Celsius. After shaking it well, Han Chen handed it directly to Feng Ru. Feng Ru felt the bottle and felt that the temperature was about right, so she fed it to Lele. Lele stopped crying only after drinking the milk. Han Chen put away Lele's dirty diaper and the swaddle that had just been changed.
It was the first time Mingwu saw a baby bottle. Seeing Lele using the bottle to drink milk powder, he became more certain that the Lin family was watching over this little girl.
After Lele finished drinking milk, Liu's father waited for a few minutes before letting Mingwu drive back to the village. Liu's father sat in the back, holding the two wicker boxes to prevent them from being thrown out or hitting anyone when the road was bumpy.
It was already half past two when they returned to the village. Mingwu helped to move the things down and prepared to drive the tractor away. Han Chen quickly took a box of snacks and gave it to Mingwu to thank him for his help today. Mingwu smiled happily while holding the snacks. He just liked to eat delicious food.
The village plans to start work tomorrow this year, but Qingya and her two siblings have already gone to school for several days, so only Liu's mother and Xuemei are at home. He Wenting now has to take over Xuemei's job and pays her 18 yuan a month.
As soon as Liu's mother heard the noise outside the yard, she came out. Xuemei filled an enamel cup with sugar water in the main room and went to the kitchen to get a few bowls so that they could pour the sugar water to drink later.
After everyone came in, Xuemei stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, Xiaojin, Xiaoren, welcome to our place, and this little guy!" Xuemei looked at the sleeping little guy in Liu's mother's arms.
Lin Jin still remembered Xuemei and called her "Auntie!" with her brother.
Xuemei happily agreed and pointed to the enamel cup on the table and said, "This is freshly brewed sugar water. Be careful not to burn your mouths when you two drink it!"
When Han Chen saw Xuemei, he quickly put down his things and walked over to her. After looking at her, he helped her sit down and said, "Please sit down! I'll serve it to my sister-in-law and the others!"
Xuemei glanced at Han Chen coquettishly and said, "It's okay to do this! I'll be careful."
Mother Liu had already put Lele in her room. When she came out, she also brought out some fruit candies and White Rabbit milk candies for the two brothers Lin Jin and Lin Ren.
When Lin Jin and his brother saw the candy, they shouted sweetly, "Thank you, grandma", which made Liu's mother feel sweet from the bottom of her heart. She stuffed all the candies in her hands to Lin Jin and his brother, and went to the room to take out homemade dried sweet potatoes, peanuts and melon seeds.
Feng Ru saw this and quickly stopped them, saying, "Auntie, don't spoil them. They can't even walk when they see food. Sit down and rest for a while!"
"It's okay. Your two children are so handsome and obedient. You are so lucky!" said Liu's mother with a smile on her face.
Feng Ru and Liu's mother chatted back and forth for a while. Feng Ru remembered something and took out four boxes of snacks from a rattan box. She handed them to Liu's mother and said, "Auntie, I came here in a hurry this time and didn't prepare anything. I only brought a few boxes of snacks for you!"
Mrs. Liu took the snacks and said politely, "It's enough for you to just come. You don't need to bring anything. You've sent a lot of things to Xuemei and the others throughout the year!"
"You have sent us a lot. In Beijing, our family, young and old, love to eat all kinds of food you sent us!" Feng Ru said sincerely.
"As long as you like it, as long as you like it! You have been sitting in the car for several days, I will take you to the room to rest for a while!" Liu's mother said with a smile.
"Okay, aunt!" Feng Ru nodded tiredly.
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