Qin Boyan had gone to check on Song Lan at least twice, and each time he found Song Lan's door tightly closed. Without thinking too much, he knew that Song Lan's acupuncture treatment was not yet finished.
Upon hearing this, Qin Yanzheng remained silent for a moment, then asked, "Has Xiao Liu's medicine been prepared?"
"Soon."
Qin Boyan responded.
Qin Yanzheng: "Is Second Sister keeping watch in the kitchen?"
"No."
Qin Boyan said, "I'll go back to the kitchen now." He needed to keep an eye on the medicine pot to prevent the medicine from overflowing and being wasted.
"Brother, the medicine you're drinking looks really bitter."
Little Wu, the adorable child, couldn't help but furrow his brow as he recalled the bowl of herbal soup his older brother had drunk.
Qin Yanzheng: "Good medicine tastes bitter, but it is good for the disease."
Little Five, the adorable child: "Big brother, I understand what you mean. You mean that although the medicine is bitter, it's good for your health, right?"
"That's right."
Qin Yanzheng nodded slightly, then said, "You should go and rest." Hearing this, the adorable little Wu lay motionless beside his bed, saying, "Can't I wait a little longer? I haven't brushed my teeth or washed my feet yet!"
"Then go brush your teeth, and remember to ask your second brother to pour you water to wash your feet."
Qin Yanzheng urged.
Wu Dong then spoke up: "I'll take the little guy to wash up." With that, he used his big hand to hold the back of the cute little Wu's head and led the child out of the room.
...
"Sister-in-law..."
The adorable little girl, Xiao Liu, groggily opened her eyes and immediately saw her sister-in-law sitting by the bed, her eyes full of smiles, making her feel so warm, just like her mother was beside her.
"You're awake."
Helping the little girl sit up, Song Lan said, "This is your medicine. It should be a little bitter, but our little Liu isn't afraid, right?"
"Yes, Xiao Liu isn't afraid."
My sister-in-law said that as long as she takes her medicine and obediently gets the injections, she will recover from her illness in a while and will no longer be called a mute, a deaf person, or a little fool by the children.
Although no children in her current kindergarten call her that, before she moved here, the kids around her age in her neighborhood would call her by her nickname whenever they saw her, and they would say that their mothers wouldn't allow them to play with her or her brother.
Little Liu felt very wronged when she recalled the past. She wasn't stupid, nor was she mute or deaf... She was just sick and couldn't hear clearly in one ear, and also... she was a little slow to react when others spoke.
Fearing being laughed at by other children, she stopped talking.
This is different from a real mute, deaf, or mentally challenged person... Now that her sister-in-law says she can cure her, she believes her sister-in-law!
Why are you crying?
Seeing the tears welling up in the little girl's eyes, Song Lan couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.
"Sister-in-law..."
The adorable little girl, Xiao Liu, threw herself into Song Lan's arms and began to sob, "...Xiao Liu isn't mute, deaf, or stupid. Xiao Liu can talk, she just can't hear in one ear, and she's just a little bit slower than others, but Xiao Liu isn't the stupid person they're talking about..."
"Yes, our sixth grader isn't."
Gently stroking the little girl's head and patting her back, Song Lan said softly, "Our Xiao Liu is the most well-behaved and clever. Those who speak ill of our Xiao Liu are not good children."
"...Sister-in-law, can I really get better?"
The little girl raised her tearful eyes and asked through sobs.
"certainly."
Song Lan said confidently, "With your sister-in-law treating you, it won't be long before our sixth child is fully recovered. By then, he will not only be able to hear others clearly, but he will also be incredibly smart!"
"...I hope I get better..."
The little girl cried as she said, "Because I can't hear very well in one ear, and I'm always a bit slow to react, I'm afraid I'll say the wrong thing and be scolded as a little idiot..."
"My dear, we don't need to say much, your sister-in-law already knows that our little Liu has been wronged these past few days!"
Song Lan offered words of comfort.
"...Sister-in-law, before we moved, they all called me a little fool, a mute, and a deaf person. They didn't want to play with me or my brother. Every time my brother heard other children cursing me, he would scare them very fiercely."
Once, my brother even got into a fight for me. If... if an adult hadn't seen it and shouted, he definitely would have been beaten up by those three bad kids... But,
But the young man didn't cry. He got up from the ground, brushed the dirt off himself, and asked me not to tell you, my second brother, or my sister-in-law about this. He said that once I got better, he wouldn't have to fight for me anymore, right?
Gently stroking the little girl's head again, Song Lan said, "It's right for the older brother to protect his younger sister, but your sister-in-law will tell your brother that he should use his brain to solve problems and not just fight with people."
Of course, once you're fully recovered, your sister-in-law believes that our little Liu won't let other kids bully him, and that he can use his intelligence to resolve conflicts with other children. That way, your older brother won't need to fight to protect you anymore.
"Can I do it? Sister-in-law, can I really do it?"
The little girl stopped crying and looked at Song Lan with her big, wet eyes.
"Yes, definitely! We have to believe in ourselves, then no difficulty can defeat our lovely little Liu."
Song Lan's beautiful eyes were full of encouragement.
The adorable little Liu suddenly felt a surge of courage, and she nodded her head firmly: "Little Liu can do it!"
"That's right, sister-in-law believes that nothing can stump our little sixth brother."
Song Lan smiled, her smile gentle and infectious. Looking at her quietly, after a moment, the adorable little Liu said, "Sister-in-law looks like Mom... Little Liu likes sister-in-law, just like she likes her mom!"
"..."
Although the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, Song Lan still felt somewhat uncomfortable being compared to her mother by her young sister-in-law.
She coughed lightly twice, got up, picked up the medicine bowl on the table, sat back down on the edge of the bed and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll feed you."
"...I want to drink it all by myself in big gulps."
Acupuncture does not mean that the little girl will be cured immediately, especially since tonight is only the first time acupuncture has been performed. Therefore, the little girl's reaction is still a little slow.
Song Lan: "Okay, drink slowly. After you finish, you can have a White Rabbit milk candy."
"...I will finish it."
After making her promise, the little girl picked up the medicine bowl with her tiny hands and began to drink the medicine.
Actually, the Chinese medicine prescribed by Song Lan wasn't particularly bitter, but it was still Chinese medicine, so a little bitterness was inevitable.
The little girl frowned as she drank for a while and then stopped, but she never got upset or said she wouldn't drink anymore.
"Sister-in-law, look."
After drinking the last sip of bitter medicine, the little girl showed the empty bowl to Song Lan, whose eyes were filled with admiration.
Song Lan took the empty bowl and laughed, "Our little Liu is really amazing. If your brother were to drink it, he would probably scream." Because the medicine had a bitter taste, the little girl did not reject it, but her eyes were still filled with tears.
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