Chapter 4: Poor, Poor, Poor
As soon as Li Laoer and Li Laosan left, the others also dispersed, leaving only Qin Fangci and her son in the room.
"Mom?" Li Chengjie probed, "Are you really my mom?"
Qin Fangci almost couldn't hold back and slapped him. I swear to heaven, you doubt me!
Facing her son's anxious eyes, Qin Fangci's irritable heart softened again. "If I'm not your mother, who else could I be? Who would have thought that I could faint while cooking for you? It's God's mercy that I can see you get better again, and I will go immediately..."
"Mom!" Li Chengjie interrupted his mother harshly, "Mom, I was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted you. I was just afraid... afraid that I wouldn't have the chance to be filial to you again. I was afraid that you would suffer somewhere else while I was serving someone else's mother."
"Mom knows," Qin Fangci once again hugged her son in her arms. Only by feeling each other's warmth could she confirm that they were indeed still alive. This was the world, not hell.
In fact, she is not afraid of going to hell. As long as they are together and as long as his child is well, she can accept hell on earth.
"Mom, no, Mom, where are we? I don't have any memory at all. You are not you anymore, and I am not me anymore, right? Are we possessed by a ghost now?"
“…I guess so.”
They traveled through time and luckily ended up in the same family, still mother and son.
In her previous life, his mother only had him as her child. In this life, besides him, his mother also has three other sons and a daughter. His brothers all have sisters-in-law and children of their own. He now has a bunch of nephews and nieces!
Yes, there is another important thing. His mother is no longer called Qin Fangci, but Qin Fang. He is no longer called Li Chengjie, but Li Baisong from now on.
What a coincidence, their surnames are Qin and Li, could they be their previous lives?
No matter what happened in the past or present life, it doesn’t matter. Just like my mother said, as long as they are still alive and together, nothing else matters.
"Okay. I'll tell you this much for now. If you don't know anything, just say you don't remember. With Mom here to keep an eye on you, they can't do anything to you."
"I know, mother." Li Baisong responded. If the fish doesn't bite the hook, the bait will not be tasty. Wait until he passes the examination and becomes a student, so that he can taste the sweetness. Then, mother will feel more relaxed.
Since God has given them such an opportunity, he will do his best to protect his mother in this life, just like how his mother treated him in his previous life, without sparing any effort.
"Don't think too much. You are still injured and you need to rest more. Mother will wipe the ash on your head first. Ash is not a very clean way to stop bleeding. I saw some prickly lettuce here in her memory. I will ask Daya and Erya to pick some and crush them to apply to you." When Qin Fangci said this, she became worried again. She had an injury that could kill the original person, and she didn't know what was going on in her son's head. Qin Fangci concealed the worry in her eyes and helped her son lie down again, carefully tucking in the corners of the quilt. The weather in February was still very cold, and he couldn't catch a cold again now.
Li Baisong lay there obediently for five years. In fact, he didn't want to lie down anymore, but his mother would worry.
It’s okay, he will only lie down for a few days this time. Once he recovers and can stand, he will never lie down again.
Qin Fangci walked out of the house. The bright light outside made her squint her eyes. The sunlight was warm on her body, but the February evening breeze brought a cool feeling.
It is the time when every family has dinner.
Smoke was rising from the kitchen of Old Li's house. Qin Fangci walked in and saw Mrs. Du, who was pregnant, busy with her eldest daughter and second daughter. When they saw Qin Fangci, the three of them became restrained instantly.
Mrs. Du said nervously, "Mother, the meal was just cooked, it's not ready yet."
Daya felt sorry for her mother, so she quickly added a piece of firewood to the stove and fanned it with the old palm-leaf fan in her hand.
Erya thought of something and pointed to the small basket hanging above her head. She mustered up her courage and said, "Grandma, make the egg water quickly. We won't steal any food."
Sigh... Qin Fangci sighed deeply in her heart, "You guys take your time to cook the meal, and get me a basin of hot water. Da Ya and Er Ya, go to the roadside and pick some prickly ash and mash it into a paste."
It’s not that she can’t be nice to them, but she can’t change too much at once. She has to take it slowly, there’s still a lot of time.
Qin Fangci left with the hot water. The mother and daughters in the kitchen breathed a sigh of relief. Mrs. Du hurriedly pushed her two daughters out and said, "Go quickly, don't delay your grandma's business."
"Mom, then you go slowly." Daya advised. Her mother was already seven months pregnant. In another three months, she would have a younger sister or brother. She hoped it would be a younger brother this time. They would take good care of the younger brother. Only when her mother had a younger brother would her life be better. The three sisters would have a family in the future after they got married.
Qin Fangci was about to go back to the house with the hot water when Yuan came out stealthily from the backyard. When she suddenly saw Qin Fangci, she was so scared that she immediately put her hands behind her back.
This was a case of trying to cover up one's mistake. Qin Fangci couldn't pretend not to see it, "How many?"
"How many? Mom, I didn't touch the eggs. I just went to the toilet."
Qin Fangci: "..."
Yuan also realized that she had said something stupid and wanted to slap herself twice. Look at what she said. What happened today?
I always lose when talking to my mother-in-law.
Yuan curled her lips and said, "Mom, just two. Dadan and Erdan will each have one when they come back. They are both growing up and have been complaining of foot pain at night lately."
"Put it in the small basket." Qin Fangci said with a stern face.
"No, Mom, just two eggs..."
Qin Fangci stopped and looked at Yuan Shi steadily. Yuan Shi shrank her neck and said unwillingly, "I know, mother."
Oh no, my mother-in-law is holding a grudge!
But she didn't regret it. If she hadn't made a scene, she would have thought their second wife was easy to bully. This time, she was just unlucky. Next time, she would be more careful when touching the eggs.
Qin Fangci entered the house carrying hot water. Li Baisong, who was inside, had also heard the conversation outside. Seeing Qin Fangci enter, he said with bright eyes, "Mom, I remember something. I went to pick dendrobium today. It's on the cliff of Shuang'an Mountain behind us. It's not very steep there. I was too happy today and lost my balance and fell." Li Baisong's eyes brightened as he spoke. "The fresh dendrobium in the medicine shop is 230 wen per pound. Mom, can I take you to pick some tomorrow?"
Qin Fangci pushed the man back down. "I know about dendrobiums. I'll go dig them up. Lie down first. I'll clean the ash for you. Besides the headache, don't you feel nauseous or want to vomit?"
"No, Mom, I feel fine now. I don't feel any pain unless I touch the wound..."
Li Baisong became honest. It turned out that he did not lack the memory of his original body but his memory was delayed. When he thought about it again, he thought about what other ways of making money his original body had hidden for him to use. It seemed that making money was more important than studying.
Poor, poor, poor. I was poor in my last life and I am poor in this life too!
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