Aunt Gaixian saw her grandson smiling so happily and said, "Junjun, you are smiling so happily because you saw your beautiful aunt."
Nanqiao smiled happily when he heard this, and touched the child's warm arm and said, "Children are good, their arms and legs are soft and fleshy."
"You've lost a lot of weight." Aunt Gaixian changed her happy tone and said with a hint of sadness.
"Thin? Is it because he doesn't eat well?" Nan Qiao asked. She also felt that the child was a little thin, but in this era, adults didn't eat well, so naturally the child couldn't gain much weight, so she didn't pay much attention to it.
"That's right. He was much fatter when he was born." The village chief has only one son and one daughter. His daughter is married, so he has only one son. Junjun is also the eldest grandson. The family pays great attention to him and naturally treats him well. However, the daughter-in-law doesn't have enough milk. He has been fed with milk mixed with rice soup these days. He has lost a lot of weight before he is out of confinement.
The village chief heard the old woman say this and coughed lightly, signaling Aunt Gaixian to stop talking nonsense.
Aunt Gaixian glanced into the inner room and sighed softly. She knew that Meimei had been blaming herself for a long time. It was not her fault that she had no milk, but she was also worried about her grandson not eating well.
Suddenly, Aunt Gaixian seemed to have thought of something. She glanced at her man, then at Nanqiao.
She asked a little embarrassedly, "Nan Zhiqing, can I ask you for a favor?"
As soon as Aunt Gaixian said this, the village chief immediately realized what his wife was going to say, and walked up to her and pulled her with dissatisfaction, "Don't talk nonsense, it's not easy for them to go to the countryside."
"What's the big deal? I don't want it for nothing." Auntie Gaixian pushed the village chief away unwillingly, with a look of disapproval on her face.
"Aunt Gaixian, please speak first, and then we can talk about other things." Seeing that the village chief and Aunt Gaixian were about to quarrel, Nanqiao quickly interrupted them and asked
"Nan Zhiqing, don't pay attention to her. What can happen to us?" said the village chief
"You just know how to hold on. Look how much Junjun has lost in the past few days. How can you expect him to lose more weight? Can you bear it?" Aunt Gaixian's voice became much louder as she spoke, not caring about what happened to Meimei in the room.
After Aunt Gaixian said this, the village chief stopped thinking about it. After all, he still felt sorry for his grandson.
"Hey, village chief, auntie, don't be so anxious, please tell me what's going on first. If I can help you, we'll talk about it later. If I can't help you, then it's just a waste of time." Nanqiao persuaded the two people who were about to quarrel.
"Nan Zhiqing, I know it's not easy for you to go to the countryside, but your family is from the city after all. I...I want to ask if you have malted milk or sugar coupons so that I can buy them from you! Adults can eat anything, but children can't, especially special products like malted milk, which people in our village can't buy."
After saying this, Aunt Gaixian waited expectantly for Nanqiao's answer.
Nanqiao thought for a moment and said, "I still have a bucket that hasn't been opened yet. My parents asked me to bring it when I came here. I'll give it to you tomorrow."
She has plenty of milk powder in her space, but malted milk is not as delicious as milk powder... It would be a good thing to do a favor for the village chief at this time.
"Hey, hey, Nan Zhiqing, thank you so much." Aunt Gaixian's eyes were slightly red, and she looked at Nan Qiao with gratitude.
"Oh, you're so polite."
"Well...then can I give you 4 yuan for a can?" Aunt Gaixian cautiously tested.
"Sure, but Junjun is still young, and a full can is definitely not enough for him. What are you going to do?" A small can of malted milk in town costs more than three yuan, so Auntie Gaixian's four yuan is reasonable.
"Nan Zhiqing, I wonder if you have any extra here? Will your family send you more in the future?" Aunt Gaixian felt more and more embarrassed as she spoke. Nanqiao was also someone else's child. By asking this, she was undoubtedly taking food from someone else's child to feed her own child. Aunt Gaixian felt more and more ashamed as she spoke.
"It depends on how many cans you plan to order per month. I can ask my parents to send me more. I don't really like this, so when they wanted to send it to me at first, I refused." Nanqiao was telling the truth.
In modern life, people drink milk and coffee. Now she drinks malted milk, but she really doesn't like it...
"Then...how about three cans a month?" Three cans cost 12 yuan. Even if her husband is the village chief, it would be a considerable sum of money in a year. But for the healthy growth of her grandson, she is willing to pay!
"Sure, I'll give you one can tomorrow, and I'll give you the rest when my parents send it to you."
"Okay, okay, thank you so much, Nan Zhiqing."
"You are so polite. I won't give it to you in vain," Nanqiao said with a smile.
"That's different. You can't buy malted milk in town with these four dollars. Auntie knows that too."
"It's okay, uncle and aunt, you guys take a rest, I'll go home first. I won't have to work tomorrow, I'll bring it to you before I go out in the morning." Nanqiao said and wanted to go out, the room was too hot.
"You don't have to send me off, Nan girl. I'll get it from you tomorrow morning before I go to work, so you don't have to make the trip."
"That's fine. Thank you for your hard work, Auntie." Seeing Auntie Gaixian's insistence, Nanqiao stopped pestering her.
Then he went out
"Aunt, uncle, don't send me off. Just stay at home and look after Junjun. I can go back by myself."
The village chief held the child and did not go out, but when Nanqiao left, he still said, "Thank you, Nan Zhiqing."
Nanqiao nodded, turned around and left the house, and walked back home.
"What do you mean? I owe you such a big favor, how can I repay it?" The village chief sighed, a little disappointed.
"This is all for the sake of the child. Just take better care of him in the future. We have also paid for it, so it doesn't count as a bribe, and it won't tarnish your reputation as the village chief!"
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