☆, Chapter 3 Oh dear, why are you in such a hurry?
Zhao Yunjing carried Xiao Wu to the bed and put him down, saying simply, "He was buried alive, but he's still alive. I'll go find a doctor right away. Shiba, go get a bowl of hot water."
"I don't want to!"
The little girl pouted and said no, but she walked out. The two little boys ran out after her, saying, "Little sister, let me help you!"
Zhao Yunjing put Xiao Wu down and left. Zhou Mujiao picked the mud out of Xiao Wu's nose and then patted the mud off his body. She was quite gentle, but Xiao Wu didn't react at all. If he hadn't still been breathing, Zhou Mujiao would have thought he was dead.
Shiba quickly brought in a bowl of hot water. Although she was small, she held the bowl quite steadily, spilling only a little bit. Zhou Mujiao took the water and subconsciously said, "Thank you."
The little girl was initially sulking, but when she heard Zhou Mujiao say thank you, she paused, changed her mind, and decided not to leave.
Xiao Wu was not very conscious and could not swallow at all. The water he was fed came out of the corner of his mouth. Zhou Mujiao tried for a long time before he finally swallowed it. Zhou Mujiao breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that he could swallow it.
Xiao Wu's lips were very dry and pale, probably because he hadn't drunk water for a long time. Zhou Mujiao made him swallow six or seven mouthfuls and then stopped. She dipped her finger in water and slowly moistened his lips.
Finally, his eyelashes trembled, and his lips moved slightly. Guessing that he wanted to speak, Zhou Mujiao quickly leaned closer to hear him.
"Sister...
The broken, fragmented sounds caused Zhou Mujiao a dull ache in her heart. She held Xiao Wu's hand and whispered, "Sister is here, I'm alright, and brother will be alright too."
Xiao Wu let out a very soft sigh and closed his eyes again. Zhou Mujiao held his two hands in her palms and warmed his cold little hands.
The little girl by the bed suddenly said, "He's not moving anymore, he's dead! My mom says when a person dies, they don't move!"
Children speak without thinking, and Zhou Mujiao still explained, "Your older brother went to fetch a doctor, he won't die."
The little girl hummed twice and didn't say anything more. She huffed and puffed as she climbed onto the bed, her little bottom wiggling as she did so. Seeing how difficult it was for her, Zhou Mujiao helped her and casually asked, "What's your name? How old are you?"
"My name is Shiba, and I'm almost four years old!"
The little girl is almost four years old, but she is only seventy or eighty centimeters tall.
Eighteen was very perceptive and immediately noticed Zhou Mujiao's unusual behavior. She shouted, "Eighteen isn't short! Eighteen will grow taller!"
The little girl might be sick, which was affecting her development. Zhou Mujiao suppressed her sympathy and went along with the little girl's words: "Yes, if you eat more rice and meat, you will grow taller."
Eighteen's eyes widened in surprise: "Really? Eating more rice and meat will make me grow taller?"
"real."
"But," Eighteen's face fell, "but the fields aren't growing crops, the fields aren't growing vegetables, the fish in the pond are dying one by one, and the chickens aren't laying eggs... Big brother didn't catch anything today, Eighteen is so hungry, sob sob..."
Zhou Mujiao, who was usually hard-hearted, suddenly felt a pang of tenderness and took the little girl in her arms.
The little girl struggled a few times, but stopped moving when her head was pressed against Zhou Mujiao's chest. Her stiff little paws quietly crawled and crawled, grabbing Zhou Mujiao's clothes and tightening their grip, refusing to let go.
Zhou Mujiao pretended not to know and turned to look around the room.
The house was quite large, but very empty. Apart from a small bamboo table and two bamboo chairs, there was a wooden wardrobe that had collapsed halfway. The wardrobe was empty of clothes, filled with dry branches, stones, tiles, and so on. The floor was worn black and shiny from being walked on, and the curtains overhead were covered with patches.
Looking down, Zhou Mujiao noticed that Chu Liu and Chu Jiu were gnawing on something dark and looked like dried dog poop. She paused.
Suddenly, the eighteen-year-old girl wriggled out of her arms like an eel and shouted, "My brothers aren't stupid! They're very smart! My dad isn't crippled, his leg will get better! My mom is just sick! She'll get better too! Humph! You're a bad person! Just like them! I hate you!"
The little girl rolled off the bed, but her legs were too short, and she fell when she landed. Zhou Mujiao instinctively reached out to help her up, but the little girl immediately bared her sharp little teeth as if to bite her.
Zhou Mujiao quickly withdrew her hand, and the little girl fell again with a thud, landing face-first.
Oh no, the fall was so hard, this child must be crying his heart out!
Surprisingly, the little girl didn't cry. She got up and glared at Zhou Mujiao fiercely: "You bad person! I hate you, Eighteen! Oh, the sixth and ninth days of the lunar month! I told you that's dog poop, you can't eat it!"
When their belongings were taken away, Chu Liu and Chu Jiu immediately started crying, "Hungry! Chu Liu is hungry!"
"I'm so hungry on the ninth day!"
The little girl put her hands on her hips and yelled fiercely, "Shut up! Don't cry! Otherwise, I won't take you to find food!"
Sixth and Ninth stopped crying. Eighteen took out a half-yellow cloth from his pocket and wiped their tears and snot one by one: "Okay, no more crying. Now we're going to find something to eat. Be good and follow behind Eighteen. Don't run around, or the bad guys will kidnap you. Do you understand?!"
"Okay! We'll be good! Let's find something to eat!"
The three children all ran off in a flash.
Zhou Mujiao slowly closed her mouth.
The two younger brothers are mentally unstable, the mentally stable sister is short, and their parents are one disabled and one ill...
The house was full of the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and the only able-bodied person was Zhao Yunjing. But no crops grew in the fields and no vegetables grew in the fields. He had to hunt for food and drink. Life was already tight, and now there were two more people, her and Xiao Wu. No wonder Shi Ba rejected and hated her so much.
Zhou Mujiao put herself in Shiba's shoes and felt that she might react more intensely and resist more strongly than Shiba.
A short while later, Zhao Yunjing returned.
He carried the doctor in, and when Doctor Li was put down, he cursed loudly, "Zhao Yunjing! Are you trying to get yourself killed! Run any faster! You're going to shake me to death!"
"I'll send you one if I catch a rabbit next time." Zhao Yunjing pulled him into the room. "The patient is inside, thank you for your help, Dr. Li."
"Let go, I can walk by myself!"
Dr. Li snorted, then turned his head and saw Zhou Mujiao by the door. His eyes lit up, and he understood. He sneakily leaned over and whispered, "Hey~~ When did you get married? Which girl did you marry? She's really beautiful! Is she the patient? No wonder you were in such a hurry!"
Zhao Yunjing subconsciously looked at Zhou Mujiao, who was also looking over. Their eyes met, and he nodded to her: "Doctor Li's medical skills are the best in the surrounding villages, so Miss Zhou doesn't need to worry."
"Miss Zhou?"
While taking Xiao Wu's pulse, Doctor Li clicked his tongue and said, "You're already married and you're still calling me 'girl, girl.' You can't do this, boy. No girl likes a blockhead."
Zhao Yunjing clenched his fingers. If it weren't for his dark complexion and the dim lighting in the room, his bright red face would have been visible.
"Dr. Li, you've misunderstood. Brother Zhao saved my brother and me. He's our savior," Zhou Mujiao explained.
Doctor Li took Xiao Wu's pulse in his other hand: "What a wonderful savior! Doesn't the storybook say that a life-saving grace is repaid with one's body? Girl, although the Zhao family is a bit poor, Yun Jing is a good person. Even if he goes hungry himself, he won't let you go hungry."
In this world, just having enough to eat is enough. If you don't have a better option, why not go with the Zhao family boy? You two seem like a good match! The little girl is a bit too young, not even fifteen yet, right? It's alright, the Zhao family boy will raise you for two years until you can have children.”
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