Chu Liang overheard Huo Xiao and Ye Weiwei's conversation and reported it to Chu Zhao before going to bed.
Chu Zhao's eyes lit up, and he quickly calculated which of his properties Ye Weiwei would like. If one wasn't enough, then two would do.
He carefully selected two locations and asked Chu Liang to handle the formalities.
Ye Weiwei gave him an acupuncture treatment during the day. Although he is still coughing, his chest tightness and shortness of breath have improved a lot, and he no longer feels like he is suffocating from coughing.
Moreover, after eating the lung-nourishing and qi-tonifying soup made with the medicinal recipe given by Ye Weiwei that evening, he now feels warm all over and can sweat out. He is no longer a monster who can wear long sleeves in the middle of summer without sweating.
However, the sweat was greasy and dirty, so he took two showers and still felt a fishy smell on his body.
Although it was only for one day, he really felt his body detoxing and recovering. The effect was immediate. Compared to that, all the doctors he had seen before were simply quacks!
The next day, Huo Xiao got up early and did morning training with Xiao Xingxing. Zhang Changnian and Chu Liang also got up; one did morning training with Huo Xiao and Xiao Xingxing, while the other prepared breakfast.
Chu Zhao also got up early and looked to be in good spirits.
He didn't join the morning training group, but instead stretched his arms and legs in the yard for a while, and then slowly practiced a set of Tai Chi.
"Uncle Chu, you're too slow! You should do it like me, haha!"
Seeing that Chu Zhao was moving slowly, Little Star couldn't help but stand next to him and demonstrate, swinging her little fists quite skillfully.
Chu Zhao smiled gently, "Uncle Chu's health isn't good, so he can't box like Little Star right now. But once Uncle Chu gets better, he'll be just as good as Little Star."
Little Star was praised and looked at Chu Zhao with sparkling eyes: "Uncle Chu, do you think Little Star is amazing?"
Chu Zhao sincerely praised, "Very impressive!"
The little boy's eyes were practically sparkling with excitement. He exclaimed joyfully, "My aunt and uncle are even more amazing! They fight bad guys, they're great heroes! I'm just a little man now, but when I grow up, I'll be just as amazing as them, and then I can protect my dad and grandpa and grandma."
Chu Zhao was taken aback. He hadn't expected that a four-year-old child like Xiao Xingxing would have such aspirations. He naturally knew about Ye Weiwei's family situation and had heard about the experiences of Ye Weiwei's family in the Northwest. His gaze softened as he looked at the child.
"You definitely will."
Little Star nodded confidently, then looked at Chu Zhao earnestly: "Uncle Chu, you should get better soon too. My aunt is very good, she will definitely cure you. When you get better, we'll practice boxing together, and I'll teach you."
Chu Zhao happily agreed: "Okay, you can teach me boxing then."
After Ye Weiwei finished tidying up the three little ones, she couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth when she heard what the two people in the yard were saying.
Because of his experience on the farm, Little Star has a keen sense of people's good and evil. The fact that he and Chu Zhao became so familiar with each other so quickly shows that they are very compatible.
Thinking of the gifts Chu Zhao prepared for the children—three exquisitely crafted gold bracelets, three gold locks, and three fine silver bracelets and locks, each with a different pattern for the three children—it was clear that he had put a lot of thought into preparing them.
Moreover, because of his poor health, although he liked the children very much, he never got close to them and always subconsciously kept his distance from them.
He also instructed Chu Liang to keep his tableware and daily necessities separate from everyone else's.
All of this was done quietly, and no one would have noticed if Ye Weiwei hadn't been so observant.
It is indeed easy for such a thoughtful and gentle person to sincerely befriend someone.
With Chu Liang around, who took over the cooking duties, Liu Guilan's workload was greatly reduced. After meals, she only needed to come over and wash clothes and diapers.
Actually, Ye Weiwei didn't want to trouble her mother-in-law Liu Guilan with everything. Now that she was out of confinement, she could wash her own clothes and diapers.
But Liu Guilan refused to allow it no matter what.
"Those hands of yours are for wielding scalpels to treat and save lives, not for doing this kind of rough work!"
Ye Weiwei was speechless.
I feel like my mother-in-law is spoiling me rotten.
Let alone in rural areas of this era, even in their time, it was rare to find a mother-in-law who loved her daughter-in-law so much.
"Then I'll help you wash," Ye Weiwei said, settling for second best.
Changing the clothes and diapers for these three children every day is quite a workload.
Ye Weiwei is especially clean; she changes diapers immediately if they get even a little wet, unlike other families in the countryside who would just change one and continue using the same diaper.
Liu Guilan looked at Ye Weiwei with feigned dissatisfaction: "It's just a few diapers, why would it take two people to get them cleaned? I'll wash them in a minute. When your sisters-in-law gave birth, I helped them wash them too. Are you complaining that my hands are too rough and I don't wash them clean enough?"
Ye Weiwei: ……
What was she supposed to say then?
"Mom, what are you saying! You care about the children more than I do as their mother. If I were to complain, would I even be human?"
Don't let Liu Guilan's rural background fool you; she's incredibly particular about things.
As for the children's diapers, we first boiled hot water and scalded each one, then put them in the sun to dry for several days.
Washing diapers isn't just about getting them clean; we also often take them out to sun-dry and sterilize them when the sun is at its strongest at midday.
She didn't know about the concept of sterilization; she only said that if you sunbathe it often when it's sunny, and then use it on your child, the child won't easily get sick or infested with parasites.
When it gets cold and there's no sun, you can only boil it in hot water frequently.
Children are physically weak and need to be carefully cared for to survive and prevent them from getting sick.
Therefore, Ye Weiwei and her mother-in-law Liu Guilan had absolutely no conflict regarding raising and caring for the children.
Liu Guilan scolded, "You mustn't say that about yourself. You're such a lucky girl. Now, countless people in the village envy my third son for marrying such a well-educated and blessed wife like you."
Thinking of Huo Xiao, a strange look appeared in Liu Guilan's eyes, and she said with emotion, "The best thing I've ever done in my life is finding you, my third son's, wife."
Ye Weiwei took Liu Guilan's arm and echoed her sentiments, saying, "The best thing I ever did in my life was marrying Huo Xiao and having such a wonderful mother-in-law like you."
Liu Guilan was overjoyed by Ye Weiwei's words, her eyes even reddening with happiness. "You child, you have such a sweet tongue, you can charm anyone to death!"
Ye Weiwei said in a serious tone, "These are all my heartfelt words."
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