Lu Chunnong's eyes also fell on the child on the bed. She took two steps forward, bent down and gently touched his forehead. Her worried expression instantly eased.
Then she answered her mother-in-law's words, pursed her lips and said, "It's nothing serious, it's just that Lu Qin was not very obedient, and I said a few words to him."
Her daughter-in-law had always been gentle, and she hadn't spoken a word loudly in nearly five years. Sun Laimei was skeptical, "Is everything really okay?"
"It's really okay, don't worry, Mom. I won't tell you if there's anything wrong."
Lu Chunnong lowered his eyes, picked up the kettle beside him, and added some cold water to the cup. "Mom, you just woke up, drink some water to moisten your throat. I'll go see if there's anything to eat in the hospital."
Thinking of the only dollar left in her pocket, she felt anxious, but she didn't show it on her face.
Sun Laimei had been observing her daughter-in-law just now. In fact, she was dissatisfied when she first got married. She was a city girl who couldn't work. Although she brought a dowry, she also had a burden, and her son liked her very much.
Her dissatisfaction reached its peak after her son joined the army for a monthly allowance of six dollars.
But until her old man got into trouble and the family owed a large sum of money, and then she got into trouble, as time went by, people could see into other people's true nature. Plus, she wasn't the type to tease others, so the two of them gradually found a way to get along with each other.
When Lu Chunnong raised her hand, her pale and thin wrist was exposed, as if it would break in the next second. Pulling away from her thoughts, Sun Laimei was afraid that she would not be able to hold it, so she hurried to take the cup. "I just woke up not long ago, so I'm not hungry. I'm just worried that Dongdong will be hungry when he wakes up. How long has he been sleeping?"
There was an unconcealable heartache in his words.
In fact, her grandson's illness was somewhat related to her. She broke her leg and distracted most of her daughter-in-law's attention. There is an old man and a young child in the family, and the older one is more inclined, so the younger one can't pay attention.
In addition, Sun Laimei didn't have a very good impression of Lu Qin. He knew his sister was in such a situation but he really didn't help.
But regardless, she blamed herself more.
There was no clock in the ward. Lu Chunnong roughly calculated the time and came to her senses. "It's been three or four hours. It's time for dinner now. Mom, please keep an eye on Dongdong first. If he wakes up and cries, his favorite wooden toys are in the bag."
Those toys were made for him by his father, a soldier.
Sun Laimei agreed, but she was still not used to her daughter-in-law saying thank you to her family all the time. She thought that maybe this was the difference between city people and them, the country people.
Although Sun Laimei's foot was still injured and she couldn't get out of bed, she was awake at least, so Lu Chunnong didn't have to worry about her son and keep him from going anywhere.
Holding the cloth bag and gently closing the door, Lu Chunnong saw the two people opposite her at a glance. She was surprised, "Uncle, aunt?"
Jiang Manzhu originally wanted to leave, but when he thought that Lu Chunnong might not have much money on him, and that Lu Qin had specifically warned him about this, he came back and stood guard at the door.
She approached and asked anxiously, "Uncle, aunt, has the brigade's ox cart returned?"
Zhou Guixiang interrupted, "Your uncle is waiting outside. We'll leave soon."
Uncle Xiangen was the ox cart driver in their team.
Lu Chunnong breathed a sigh of relief, but before she could catch her second breath, she saw Jiang Manzhu rummaging through his jacket pocket, pulling out a few loose coins and handing them to her. "Here, this is all my uncle and aunt have on us. Take this for now."
Lu Chunnong stared blankly at the money in his hand, not knowing how to respond.
Zhou Guixiang grabbed it and stuffed it into her hand, forcing her to close her fingers. "Why are you hesitating? Take it first."
Zhou Guixiang's hands were often used for farm work. The skin on the back of her hands felt warm when she rubbed them, but the warmth soon disappeared.
Lu Chunnong's eyes suddenly turned red. She really didn't have the courage to refuse. She could only express her gratitude, "Well, then, thank you, uncle, and thank you, aunt."
Zhou Guixiang felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this thank you. If Lu Qin had not said that he could get the money back, what she handed her today would not be five yuan and seventy cents, but probably fifty cents and seventy cents.
"What's there to thank me for? The New Year is almost here, and we hope that Sister Sun can recover soon." If she said a few more words, she would want to take the money back.
Seeing that it was getting late, she stuffed the money into Jiang Manzhu's pocket and then pulled him away. She was afraid that if she stayed too long, she would start talking nonsense to Sister Sun and something would happen.
Standing there, Lu Chunnong looked at the money in her hand and held it tightly. Holding the money, she didn't feel relieved, but rather as if a huge tripod was pressing down on her, making her feel anxious.
From the beginning to the end, she never dared to completely trust Lu Qin, so if he couldn't pay back the money, she didn't know what else she could do.
The noise nearby broke the tranquility. She came to her senses and realized it was getting late. She quickly asked the hospital staff and then went to find something to eat.
It was a coincidence that she went there because they had just started eating, so when she came back, she brought two hot steamed buns, two meat buns, two eggs and a bowl of minced meat porridge.
As soon as she reached the door, she heard what seemed to be a child's voice inside. In an instant, she pushed the door open in a hurry.
Sun Laimei heard the noise and looked over, finally breathing a sigh of relief, "You're back just in time, the child needs to pee, my leg is so bad."
Sun Laimei's face was flushed, showing she had struggled mightily before returning. Someone had heard the commotion and came to help, but she wasn't happy about it. She'd heard plenty of stories about child theft, and she wasn't at all relieved to know her adorable little one was out of sight.
Lu Chunnong hurriedly put down his things and picked up the quilt that was wrapped like a silkworm cocoon.
Almost at the same time, a small black head popped out, followed by a pair of round black eyes, a small nose, a pouty mouth, and a tender voice with an instinctive attachment, "Mom, I want to pee."
"Okay, Mom will take you there." Lu Chunnong raised her hand and gently touched his little head. Hearing the child's voice, it seemed as if all the fatigue in her body disappeared.
She carried him to a tree downstairs in the hospital. After Kong Dongdong finished peeing, he rubbed his mother's face lovingly, and said in a tender voice, "Mom, my hands hurt, and my head hurts too. I need some peeing."
His hand was broken in the morning when his uncle, who felt guilty about stealing his money, pushed him to the ground. As for the headache, it was because of the IV drip. Lu Chunnong put all his thoughts aside and blew gently on his head and hands with heartache.
The black hair on his forehead gently scratched his small forehead. Kong Dongdong felt itchy and laughed happily while dodging, "Hahahaha, Mom, Dongdong is so itchy, Dongdong doesn't feel any pain anymore."
When Lu Chunnong heard the childish laughter, his eyebrows and eyes relaxed like soft silk, filled with subtle smiles.
After making a fuss all the way back to the ward, Kong Dongdong's face was red.
Lu Chunnong placed her son next to her mother-in-law, handed her a meat bun and an egg, and used the large lid of the thermos to divide half of the porridge. Then she handed the bowl to her mother-in-law, and she picked up the child to feed him.
The meat buns and steamed buns looked different. Sun Laimei took it, took a look at it, and pushed it back with a disgusted expression, "I'm not that hungry, and I don't like eating this. Just give me the steamed bun."
Lu Chunnong had already sat down with the child in her arms, without even looking up. "The doctor said you need to nourish your body, Mom. Just eat. You can take care of Dongdong only when you're well."
Dongdong, whose name was mentioned, ate a small bite of the bun skin with a wow. He tasted the meat and smiled with his little eyes. "It's delicious. Mom wants some too."
"Okay, Mommy will eat too," Lu Chunnong said with a fake smile, "Mommy has eaten, Dongdong, open your mouth."
Seeing that her daughter-in-law refused to change the steamed bun for her, Kong Laimei couldn't move her legs, so she had no choice but to break the meat bun open, and secretly scoop the meat into the bowl with a spoon, looking at the mother and daughter with a smile.
"Ah," Dongdong took small sips, unwilling to swallow, shaking his head and asking innocently, "Mom, can I eat steamed buns when I'm sick?"
When Lu Chunnong looked up, she saw curiosity and innocence in his little eyes, as if meat buns were the most delicious thing in his little world. Thinking that he had never eaten anything good since he was born, her nose felt sore, "That won't do. This meat bun was bought because Dongdong was very obedient even when he was sick. Mom bought it for Dongdong's obedience. So as long as Dongdong is obedient in the future, Mom will buy it for him."
"Yes, yes, your mother is right."
Sun Laimei quickly agreed. At her age, she was most sensitive to certain words and even spat a few times in front of the child.
"Milk?" Kong Dongdong was attracted by her actions.
"Hey, Milk choked while drinking water, so Dongdong should eat slowly and don't imitate Milk."
"Okay," Kong Dongdong smiled with his eyes curved like crescent moons when he squinted them, making both of them laugh.
At this moment, Kong Laimei suddenly remembered something and stopped, "Chun Nong, where's Lu Qin? Should we leave some for him?"
She knew that her daughter-in-law always paid attention to her younger brother. Although she didn't want to care about Lu Qin, she had to ask anyway.
Hearing his uncle's name, Kong Dongdong subconsciously raised his white and tender little hand, showing her the two scraped skins on it and indicating that he wanted to blow on them, "Ama,"
Any wound on the fair and tender skin looks shocking.
Lu Chunnong put away his smile, lowered his head and pursed softly, then wiped the corner of his son's lips, "No need, he's grown up enough, he won't starve to death."
Kong Laimei heard that her daughter-in-law's tone was not right, so she didn't ask any further.
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At this time, Lu Qin, who would not starve to death, unconsciously walked around in front of a brick house downstairs for several times, stopped, sneezed twice in a row, and rubbed his nose.
Who cares about him?
Suddenly, the noise in the distance interrupted his thoughts, and he squinted his eyes to look over.
"Look, that's him. He's obviously a hooligan. When I came out just now, I saw him hanging around in front of the women's restroom door, circling again and again, and he's still hanging around there now!" A woman with short hair, accompanied by three or four men, shouted loudly.
Huh? Lu Qin subconsciously turned around and looked around, then pointed his index finger at himself. Doubtful of life, he silently said, "Me?"
It would have been fine if he hadn't pointed, but after he did, the woman's face lit up with a righteous light, and her voice became even louder, "Look, he's even admitted that he's a hooligan!"
Lu Qin: No, sister, when did he ever admit he was a gangster? Is it just your loud voice?
Their eyes suddenly met from a distance of ten meters, and the angry light in their eyes seemed to burn him.
Lu Qin felt a pain on his back, and common sense told him that it was time to run.
So he did just that and ran away.
Thank God for his two pairs of long legs. As he ran, he seemed to hear the voice of the older woman behind him, splitting her throat, "The hooligans have all run away, and you still don't believe it!"
Even without turning around, he could imagine his elder sister stamping her feet in frustration.
Whoosh whoosh—
Lu Qin felt like his lungs were about to burst out.
It is very likely that he offended God at some point, so traveling through time, cleaning up the mess, and being called a gangster all happened within one day.
There was an unconcealable smell coming from his body. Lu Qin: "......"
Thinking about what these smells were, his scalp went numb.
After all, after a few turns, he had sorted out all the relevant memories, so the most important thing now was to get the money back so that the subsequent crisis could be resolved.
After suffering so much, he really got angry when he thought of the two guys who cheated his original body of money.
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