He was now lying on a bed that was less than three square meters, and he could not find a better way to vent his inner helplessness except to use tears.
After dinner, Wu Ju and Zhang Binglin both went back to their rooms to rest.
When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, even the dog was fast asleep, but Shumei was still washing in the yard.
Days passed like this, and Shumei was exhausted every day, her whole body aching. Once she fell into bed, she didn't want to get up again. Even so, she still didn't intend to listen to Boyi's advice and leave Xiao Shuangning to Wu Ju's care.
Until one morning, little Shuangning kept coughing and her breathing was particularly rapid. When she was fed milk, she would only take a few sips and then start crying.
"Hey, hey, hey! Baby, what's wrong with you? Be good and stop crying. Mommy has to go to work at the factory. Be good and drink your milk..."
Shumei fed Shuangning and rocked her gently to comfort her. But the usually well-behaved child refused to be coaxed today, and Shumei was so anxious that she paced back and forth in the room.
"Is the child feeling unwell? Why don't you take the child to the hospital instead of going to the factory today?"
Shumei touched Xiao Shuangning's forehead, then touched her own forehead.
"It seems like I have a slight fever."
"Take him to the hospital!"
Both of them were first-time parents, and when their child was sick, the first thing they could think of was to take the child to the hospital.
Shumei hurriedly packed her things and planned to take the child to the hospital. At this time, Wu Ju, who was bored and anxious, started complaining again.
"What a fuss! Isn't it normal for children to have a headache or fever? Why bother going to the hospital? Just go to the bamboo forest and grab a few toads, put them on your stomach, and your temperature will drop immediately. Isn't that what I did when Ji Zong was a child?"
Wu Ju stood at the door of Shumei and her friends' bedroom, talking with saliva flying everywhere.
"Shumei, don't listen to your mother. Go quickly. Come and take this money with you. I can't use this money if I leave it here. You can keep it all."
Ji Zong took out all the money Shu Mei had put on him some time ago and handed it to Shu Mei. Shu Mei was stunned for two seconds, but considering the safety of the child, she took it without hesitation and put it in her pocket, then squeezed out the door past Wu Ju with the child on her back.
Seeing Shumei treating her like an invisible person, Wu Ju got angry again and started to curse Shumei. "Look, look, she's so arrogant. Does she even care about me, her elder? Why did she marry such an unfilial daughter-in-law? Isn't it her responsibility to contribute to the family? She really thinks she's a hero who has made great contributions! She makes everyone obey her orders. Bah! She uses chicken feathers as a token of authority. Even the powerful Monkey King couldn't escape the palm of Tathagata Buddha's hand! As long as I'm here, she can't do whatever she wants in the Zhang family..."
"Mother, are you tired? Even if you're not, I'm tired! Go out! I want to sleep a little longer."
Ji Zong couldn't stand it anymore, so he yelled at Wu Ju, pulled up the quilt and wrapped it around his head, trying to drive Wu Ju away again with his actions.
Shumei borrowed a bicycle from Fu Jun's house and rushed to the town with Xiao Shuangning on her back.
The middle-aged couple who took in the child that day sold their property in the town and prepared to take the child to the county in order to leave the town and this sad place.
Their property is in the county, and they've returned only to attend to the funeral of their son and his family of three. Their son and daughter-in-law teach in town, and the family were born and raised there. But after the reform and opening-up policy, the elders prospered in their business and moved to the county. But their son, ever the kind of person who remembers the people who dug the well, insisted on bringing his wife back to town to teach and benefit the community.
When they were about to return to the county town, their normally healthy child suddenly had trouble breathing and swallowing. They had no choice but to take the child to the only hospital in town for treatment.
After a series of examinations, they finally discovered the child's hidden illness.
The child they took in with good intentions turned out to be unhealthy. The couple began to waver in their decision to adopt the child and began to struggle with whether to keep the child or not.
The two elders sat on a long wooden bench outside the ward, their brows furrowed with worry. The child was already fast asleep on the small bed in the ward.
The woman's name was Zhao Yun. She raised her head, grasped her husband's hand, and looked at him with helpless eyes. After all, the child had been with her for so long, and she had some feelings for him. She really couldn't bear to let the child become an abandoned child again.
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