"Mom, I understand." Su Wenxuan agreed readily and crisply.
That's right. The repeated howling of wolves yesterday scared not only the children, but even she herself was frightened for a long time.
When the children heard that they had to drink the bitter medicine, their faces immediately fell, their brows were tightly wrinkled, and their eyes were full of shock and reluctance. However, even though they were reluctant in their hearts, they did not dare to refuse openly.
They all knew very well that in front of adults, children's words did not carry much weight. If they dared to resist, there would be only one result: they would have to eat a meal of stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat, which would be even more miserable.
After a long while, Su Wenxuan hurried back, carrying two packets of medicine. As she entered the room, she said, "Mom, you don't know, many children in the village are sick, and there's a huge crowd around Doctor Bai. It's a mess. Luckily I went early, otherwise I don't know how long I would have to wait to get the medicine."
Yao Qingshuang couldn't help but frown after hearing this, thinking to herself, it seems that the wolf's howl yesterday really scared the children. This is not good. She must quickly let them drink some medicine to calm their nerves.
So she hurriedly said, "Hurry up and boil the medicine and give it to the children immediately. Don't delay. We need to give them a good rest."
Soon, bowls of boiled medicine were brought to each child.
The children were all staring at the medicine bowls in their hands with deep resentment. The medicine gave off a strong bitter smell, which made people frown just by smelling it.
Zhou Xiaowen gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, as if to muster up courage, and then carefully took a sip of the medicine.
After taking that bite, the bitter taste instantly spread in his mouth, choking his throat and making his stomach churn, making him want to vomit.
But when he looked up, he saw that the other children were staring at him eagerly. There seemed to be curiosity in their eyes, as if they were waiting to laugh at him.
Zhou Xiaowen suddenly felt a little embarrassed, so he made up his mind, mustered up his courage, tilted his head back, and gulped down the remaining medicine in one breath.
As soon as he finished drinking, he couldn't wait to pick up a yam and took a big bite, trying to suppress the unpleasant bitter taste of the medicine in his mouth with the sweetness of the yam.
The other children who were reluctant to take the medicine had no choice but to drink it reluctantly after seeing that Zhou Xiaowen had already finished the medicine.
After they took a sip of the medicine, they couldn't help but frown and spit out half of it into the bowl with a "Pfft". Seeing their look, Yao Qingshuang's eyelids twitched and she was very anxious. She thought that if they continued to drink the medicine slowly and spit out half of it, how long would it take to finish all the medicine?
She quietly took out a can of lard candy from the supermarket space and looked carefully at the packaging of the candy. There were only three simple words "lard candy" printed on it, and there was no other special marking. Only then did she reach out and grab a handful of candy with confidence.
Then, she deliberately raised her voice and said with a smile on her face, "Look what this is! Now, whoever finishes the medicine the fastest will get some delicious candy as a reward! The first one to finish the medicine will get six candies, the second one will get five, and so on. The later ones will get less candy."
Yao Qingshuang called Zhou Xiaowen to her side and said gently, "Xiaowen, you finished the medicine the fastest. According to what I said just now, you should be given six candies. Come on, stretch out your hand."
Zhou Xiaowen never thought that he would get candy after drinking the medicine. He just thought that he was the oldest among the group of children and had to set a good example for everyone, so he gritted his teeth and drank the bitter medicine.
When he heard that there was candy, he was stunned at first, then a shy blush appeared on his face. He slowly stretched out his hand, took the six candies from his grandma's hand, and said crisply, "Thank you, grandma."
Su Mingfan, a real foodie, was originally looking at the bowl of medicine with a gloomy face. When he heard about the candy, he immediately perked up. He raised his head with wide eyes and asked eagerly, "Candy? Where is the candy? I want some!"
Seeing this, Yao Qingshuang helplessly held her forehead and pointed at the candy in her hand, saying, "Here are the candies. Cousin Xiaowen finished the medicine the fastest and has already received six candies. Now it depends on who among you can finish the medicine second. The second one to finish will get five candies. I wonder who will be so lucky?"
When Su Mingfan heard this, he immediately perked up. He closed his eyes tightly and pinched his nose hard with one hand, as if this could block out the bitter taste of the medicine. With the other hand, he tremblingly picked up the bowl of medicine, with a look of fearlessness on his face, and then he began to drink it in big gulps.
Because he drank too quickly, some of the medicine flowed out of his mouth and soaked his clothes. But he didn't care about that at the moment. He just wiped it off with his sleeve and ran to Yao Qingshuang as fast as the wind. He couldn't wait to stretch out his little hand and kept shouting, "Grandma, Grandma, I'm the second one to finish. It's time to give me candy!"
Yao Qingshuang couldn't help but smile at his eager and cute look, and then gently placed five lard candies in his chubby little hand.
As soon as Su Mingfan got the candy, he was so excited that he grabbed one and wanted to put it in his mouth.
Seeing this, Yao Qingshuang quickly reached out to stop him and said, "Mingfan, don't be impatient. You have to tear off the outer wrapper of this candy before you can eat it. Just like this."
As she spoke, she picked up a piece of lard candy, tore off the outer wrapper with skillful movements, and gently put it into his mouth, smiling and asking, "Is it delicious?"
Su Mingfan held the candy in his mouth, and the sweet taste spread across his taste buds. He nodded happily and said incoherently, "It's delicious, so delicious! Thank you, grandma!"
His cheeks began to bulge like a cute little hamster storing food, and his little head swayed gently, immersed in the sweet taste.
His eyes slowly narrowed, and the corners of his mouth rose high, revealing a row of neat little baby teeth. He looked so satisfied and happy, as if he was in the most beautiful place in the world. From time to time, he made a "tsk tsk" sound from his mouth, as if announcing to the world how delicious the candy was.
Su Minglan watched helplessly as her younger brother Su Mingfan happily ate the candy. She felt so anxious that her eyes widened as she stared at the candy in her brother's hand, and her little mouth unconsciously pouted slightly.
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