Chapter 380
"Oh, it's better here, sister. We had a big fight over there a while ago. It's so tiring." Mom sighed.
"It's better over there. Unlike here, it's so cold and deserted, with no one around." said the aunt over there.
"In the past, Mrs. Yi always had people come to her house to play cards. She was busy from morning till night, and she couldn't rest at night. It would be nice to have a break. But when Mrs. Yi comes back, she can't live like this anymore."
"That's what I said, but it's not peaceful to just sit there doing nothing. My eldest sister is well now."
"But it's finally healed. The doctor said it was roseola infantum. He had a fever for three days. It was so frustrating. I held him in my arms every day. I was so worried that I refused to eat, drink, or sleep, and even stopped going to the government office."
Wang Jiazhi felt it was a bad idea to skip work; after all, he couldn't be careless in his job. But then he thought, it's fine if he doesn't go to work. Then he thought again, what if something serious happens? But no matter how much he was asked to go, he just wouldn't go.
"Mr. has a bad temper. He can be really bad when he gets serious."
"Who says it isn't? The doctor said it's nothing serious and the rash will go away. But I'm still worried."
The mother over there had a deeper understanding than the mother here. In both her past and present lives, she was the first to come into contact with Wang Jiazhi. At that time, every move was extremely detailed and meticulous. Lao Yi asked her to report Wang Jiazhi's affairs to him.
She continued, "You keep asking questions like, can I eat this? Can I not eat that? When should I take the medicine? Should I take it with or without a meal? Is it better to apply warm water or cold water? He has lost a lot of weight in the past few days. We want to hold him but he won't. The servants can't communicate with him. It's really true. We servants are also worried. There is nothing we can do. In the end, it's better for you, sister. We are really..."
"Mr.'s temper, if the eldest sister is better, she will naturally reward you. It's not in vain that you are busy."
"We would rather live in peace and quiet, and we don't need the reward money."
"It's just a cheap thing, how could it be so delicate?" A mother sighed, sighing that Wang Jiazhi and her daughter were truly a pair of vixens. First, the mother had deceived the man and made a fool of herself, embarrassing herself. Now, with this little one, who hasn't even been weaned yet, she wants to be the father. She has no business, not even going to the government office. Even her sons weren't so delicate, one being raised by someone else, and she was so distraught.
A-ma couldn't stand Mrs. Yi and Wang Jiazhi, wondering why Old Yi was so unlucky in his life and couldn't find a good person. She was originally from the main house, but now Mrs. Yi was banished to the cold palace, and she wanted the other mother to be more powerful than her.
Especially the last time Wang Jiazhi brought friends home to play mahjong, she was furious. After all, she was the eldest wife's wife, and Wang Jiazhi would come back every once in a while to check on the house and question her. She even brought people back and asked her to serve.
Wang Jiazhi could see she was extremely dissatisfied. She thought, no matter what, even if she had no status in her previous life, she was still her master's woman. Why should a servant like her look down on her? As expected, the people around her were better. Unlike this mother, who had served dignitaries for so long that she thought she was equally noble and no one was worthy of her service.
She didn't want to go back to check on the house after a while, but he was unwilling to go for such trivial matters. Several servants were guarding the house, and she was afraid that it would cause a mess if she didn't go to check.
The kitten had always been in good health, and this was its first time being sick. Wang Jiazhi, with no experience as a mother, was terrified. Seeing the child suffering from a fever, she burst into tears. The child couldn't sleep due to the fever, so the two of them took turns holding and soothing him day and night. Of course, he held the kitten the most; she wanted to hold him, and he wanted her to sleep while he took care of the child.
The two cats and a dog in the house were also standing by, anxiously waiting to see when the kitten would get better.
The kitten had a fever and first called out "Daddy". He responded by hugging her and patting her, then called out "Mommy". Both of them were heartbroken and burst into tears.
Wang Jiazhi remembers when she was sick as a child, her mother would say, "I wish I could take your place."
She finally understood that feeling.
She was originally worried about her child, but when she saw that he had hardly eaten in the past few days and looked worried and tired, she was afraid that he might fall ill too, and she felt sorry for him again.
Fortunately, the fever subsided in less than three days. The little guy became energetic as soon as the fever subsided. Then the rash appeared. Wang Jiazhi lifted up the child's clothes, and his body was covered with red rashes the size of a needle tip. It should not be itchy or uncomfortable. The little guy almost recovered to normal. With a rash all over his body, he played with them happily and reached out to touch the fur.
Three days later, the rash faded, and they finally felt relieved. They coaxed the child to sleep, and she slept soundly in her crib, cuddling her toy bunny. Above the crib was a lilac wind chime her father had made, and the room was filled with the faint scent of lilacs. He noticed the child seemed to particularly like the color purple, so he kept finding purple flowers for her to play with.
After a week of tossing and turning, they finally got some sleep. The curtains were drawn, the room was dark, and the three of them and the three furry creatures on the ground were all fast asleep, as if they had been cast under a spell in a fairy tale and fallen into an eternal sleep.
This week, it felt like a world of change, and they all felt that their hair had grown a lot longer. He went out to work early in the morning, and when he came back, his hair had been cut.
Although the kitten can walk now, it still likes to climb on him and rub and kiss him like before.
Wang Jiazhi stroked his hair and face and said, "Your father is worried sick. He looks much thinner."
"No, I'm fine." Touching the child's hair.
They each held one of the kitten's hands. Wang Jiazhi said, "I wonder what she'll do when she grows up."
"Let her do whatever she wants. My dear, as long as you are happy and behave well, you can do whatever you want."
Wang Jiazhi said, "That's true, but she will definitely be very good when she grows up. She must have her own value and not just muddle through life."
"Okay, just do as your mother says."
Lao Yi recalled a young man, a military veteran, who told him he was going to be a father. He said if it was a daughter, he'd spoil her however she wanted, but if it was a son, he'd send him to the army. He found this amusing. Having a child was like giving birth to a self, a life already planned out by the father even in the womb, without even asking what kind of life the child wanted. Many parents are like this, believing their children are their own possessions, and they have every right to force them into whatever they want.
Wang Jiazhi's father is one of these parents. He thinks that his daughter is his own child and he gave her life. He can raise her if he wants to, and abandon her if he wants to.
He said, "I thought, when the child is older, I will take her back to my hometown to visit the graves of my grandparents."
"OK."
Wang Jiazhi knew that he hadn't been home for many years and was too embarrassed to go back.
His parents had passed away before then, and despite their regret that he had no children, he had always been incredibly proud of them. Because of this, he had never dared return to pay his respects. He and Wang Jiazhi often shared the same sentiment: thank goodness his parents were gone, otherwise, seeing him in his current state, they would have been so disappointed and sad.
"When I was young, I heard a fortune teller from my hometown say that people have several lives. In the first few lives, they are very stupid and dumb, and some are not even human. They need to cultivate for several lives to become smart. In the last life, they will be extremely smart, but their family ties are shallow. All debts owed to others in this life have been repaid, and all debts owed to you have been collected. There will be no afterlife. I originally thought that I didn't know whether I was smart or not. I didn't have a strong family relationship in this life. I did some things in the first half of my life, and did some things in the last few years. Maybe this is my last life, and there will be no afterlife. Now it seems that with you two, I should be able to reincarnate again."
She nestled her head in his arms and said, "Of course there will be a next life, but I still want you to live this life well with us."
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