"Okay, okay, I'm waiting to take care of our Qingxuan's child." Grandma Chen smiled from ear to ear, and her wrinkled hands gently stroked Chen Qingxuan's face.
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Ah Chou did not dare to stay in the market any longer. She was still worried about Zhong Mingwei being alone at home, so she found a clinic in the market and described Zhong Mingwei's symptoms to the doctor. She spent three taels of silver to buy two months' worth of ointment, and when she came out of the clinic, Ah Chou kept gritting her teeth. She almost broke her teeth. This ointment was too expensive, and she didn't even allow bargaining! How annoying! How annoying!
Ah Chou was calculating how much ointment she had left to buy for Zhong Mingwei. At the same time, her eyes were fixed on the meat stall on the roadside. Just now at the clinic, the doctor said that if you have bedsores, you should not only apply ointment, but also take nourishing food. White porridge is the best delicacy for her, but for Zhong Mingwei...
Ah Chou gritted his teeth. He finally bought a penny of pork from the butcher's stall and put it in the bamboo basket. Later, he bought a rolling pin, a basin, a shovel, fruits, vermicelli, a comb, scissors and other things along the way. In the end, he spent more than a penny of silver. In the blink of an eye, he spent nearly six pennies of silver on this trip to the mountain. Ah Chou dared not stay in the market anymore, and was so busy that he walked back with a large basket of things on his back.
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Zhong Mingwei had been staring at the beams for a long time, listening to Ah Chou cleaning and tidying up quietly. Then he heard Ah Chou lock the door and go out, and the room returned to deathly silence, just like when Ah Chou hadn't come yet. Zhong Mingwei felt a little panicked. Although he knew that Ah Chou had just gone out to buy something, he still felt a vague sense of uneasiness in his heart.
Only two days.
It was only two short days.
In the past two days, he had been listening to Ah Chou fetching water and cooking since before dawn. He could clearly hear the "plop" sound of the bucket falling into the well water, and he could clearly hear the thin squeak of Ah Chou carrying the water, and then the sound of the door opening. Could it be that the girl was carrying water into the kitchen? Sure enough, after a while, he heard the sound of water being poured into the pot.
At this time, he would feel a little proud of his good hearing, but then he would feel particularly bored. He would turn his face away uncomfortably, but in the quiet and peaceful morning light, the sounds of pots and pans never stopped. Then after a while, the kitchen door was opened again, and the footsteps of the girl would get closer and closer. She should be bringing him food to feed him.
That girl didn't have bound feet, but rather large feet. She walked briskly, a bit like those women in the East Palace before, with three-inch golden lotus feet and some Chu and Han styles. In short, she walked without making any sound, like a cat. Even those maids followed her example, twisting their waists and walking like lotuses. This was completely different from the girl's large feet. Even when she tiptoed, they made a sound...
These are all sounds related to Achou. These are sounds that make him feel familiar and even fond of them, with the steaming warmth of human life. Just lying on the bed, listening to the sounds made by Achou, whether far or near, light or heavy, he would feel warm in his heart, and feel particularly comfortable and at ease.
The person who had always had trouble sleeping was able to fall asleep peacefully now because of the company of these various sounds.
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