Chu Tian walked into the brigade headquarters with Yao Xiuli's letter of introduction. Logically speaking, there should be no one in the brigade headquarters on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, but there was no way. They had a responsible brigade leader above them. No matter how busy or not, he had to stay in the brigade headquarters for several hours every day before leaving.
"Captain, this is Xiujuan's letter of introduction. She will be staying in our brigade for a few months."
Captain Sun was stunned. "How many months?"
Chu Tian nodded. "Well, Xiujuan's belly is getting bigger, and I'm often busy, and Wuya is still young, so my mother-in-law asked my sister, who is idle at home, to come and take care of Xiujuan and Wuya until Xiujuan's baby is one month old."
Captain Sun nodded when he heard this. "Well, you two have separated, and Xiujuan's belly is really big, so it's only right that someone should take care of her..."
As he spoke, he opened Yao Xiuli's letter of introduction, wrote something on the bottom, took out a seal from the drawer, stamped the letter of introduction, and returned it to Chu Tian.
Chu Tian took the letter of introduction and said, "Captain, I'd like to borrow the key to the vacant nest..."
Captain Sun handed a few keys from the drawer to Chu Tian and said, "Don't worry, just return them when you're done using them."
He didn't ask Chu Tian what he wanted the key to the dugout for, because he knew it was just for sleeping!
Here, Sun Weiguo helped unload all the things into the dugout. Just as he was squatting at the entrance of the kang, preparing to dig a hole and light a fire, Yao Xiujuan spoke.
"Weiguo, don't do it anymore. You've been working hard enough running to the regiment to pick us up today. My brother can do this little job."
After saying that, Sun Weiguo turned his head and saw Yao Youjun walking in from outside with a bunch of firewood. After thinking for a moment, he stood up and said, "Okay, Sister Xiujuan, I'll go back first."
Yao Xiujuan smiled slightly and said, "Well, you should go back and rest early."
Yao Xiuli quickly wiped the kang and spread out the bedding. Seeing her elder sister still standing in the room, she hurriedly said, "Eldest sister, you've been tired all day. Why don't you lie down and rest for a while?"
Yao Xiujuan was not so polite to her own siblings. She nodded and sat on the edge of the kang. She kicked off her shoes and found that her feet were swollen like a dumpling...
Yao Xiuli inadvertently looked down and saw it, and she screamed in shock, frightening Wu Ya, who was sitting quietly at the dinner table, and shuddered. Yao Xiuli quickly covered her mouth, "Sister, what's wrong with your foot? Why is it so swollen?"
Upon hearing this, Yao Youjun hurried over to take a look. Seeing Yao Xiujuan's foot swollen twice its size, he was also shocked. He asked nervously, "Sister, what's wrong with you? Why is it like this? Should we go to the hospital?"
Yao Xiujuan looked at her swollen feet and felt a headache. When she heard Yao Youjun say that he wanted to see a doctor, she waved her hands and said, "No, no, they are swollen normally, but not as swollen as today. I guess it's because we took too long to ride in the car today. I'll soak my feet after the water heats up, and it should feel better..."
Yao Youjun remained skeptical, "Really?"
"Really?"
Yao Xiuli was so distressed that she immediately said, "Sister, I'll give you a massage later. It should be more effective than soaking your feet."
Yao Xiujuan, "No, I can just soak my feet..."
Yao Xiuli, "No, soaking your feet is definitely not as effective as massaging them!"
"No··"
Yao Youjun, watching his sister and younger sister argue about foot soaking and foot massage, helplessly interrupted, "Hey, big sister, Xiu Li, why are you two arguing about this? Can't big sister soak her feet first, and then Xiu Li gives her a foot massage?"
Yao Xiuli and Yao Xiujuan were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other and laughed at each other.
Wu Ya jumped off the chair at this time, walked to Yao Youjun, tugged at his clothes, raised her head and asked, "Uncle, why are mother and aunt laughing?"
Yao Youjun squatted down and said seriously, "Because your mother and aunt found that each other was a little stupid."
Wu Ya tilted her head to indicate that she didn't understand.
Yao Youjun just smiled and kissed her little face, "Wu Ya, are you thirsty? Uncle will boil some water for you, okay?"
Wu Ya blinked and said, "I want to drink milk powder."
"milk powder?"
Yao Youjun was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Yao Xiujuan who was sitting on the kang. He had heard of milk powder, but had never seen it before.
Yao Xiujuan pointed to the cabinet against the wall and said, "Xiu Li, open the cabinet. On the second layer, there are two transparent bags filled with off-white powder. The missing one is the milk powder Wu Ya drinks. Take it out, scoop five spoonfuls of it, and use a bowl to make a bowl for her."
Yao Xiuli hurriedly followed Yao Xiujuan's instructions, took out the bag, and turned her head to Wu Ya and said, "Wu Ya, wait a moment. Once your uncle boils the water, your aunt will make it for you."
Upon hearing this, Yao Xiujuan immediately reminded, "Don't use boiling water. After the water boils, test it with your hand. Only when it's no longer hot can you soak it."
Yao Xiuli was confused. "Is there such a thing?"
Before Yao Xiujuan could answer, she heard the door outside open. She turned her head and saw Chu Tian coming back. Her face instantly showed joy.
"Brother Tian, you're back."
Chu Tian took off his military coat and casually placed it on the kang. "Well, what were you talking about just now?"
Yao Youjun came to Chu Tian's side and said, "Brother-in-law, my younger sister wants to know why we can't mix milk powder with boiling water."
Chu Tian glanced at Yao Xiuli, who looked curious, wondering how he could explain it so they would understand. After a long pause, he finally spoke, "Using boiling water to mix milk powder can easily cause it to clump. And most importantly, milk powder is rich in nutrients, but those nutrients are afraid of high temperatures, so if you use boiling water to mix it, those nutrients will be lost."
"Do you understand?"
"Brother-in-law, we understand."
Yao Xiuli and Yao Youjun nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
Chu Tian smiled, took out the key from his trouser pocket, and glanced at Yao Youjun. "Youjun, come and help your brother-in-law clean up the dugout next door. You will sleep next door with your brother-in-law for the next few days, and your elder sister and younger sister will sleep here with Wu Ya."
Yao Xiuli said hurriedly, "Brother-in-law, I'll sleep next door. Can you sleep here with me?"
Chu Tian refused, "No, there are male educated youth living in this courtyard. Even though they have to go to the coal mine to work on the sixth day of the New Year, I don't feel comfortable letting a girl like you live alone next door."
"But···"
Yao Xiuli wanted to say something, but she saw Yao Xiujuan shaking her head at her out of the corner of her eye, so she shut her mouth.
When Chu Tian took Yao Youjun out with buckets, rags, brooms and other things, Yao Xiuli saw that the water had boiled. She poured out a bowl of hot water and took it outside to cool, then poured the rest into the thermos. Seeing that the thermos was not full of hot water, she scooped two scoops of water into the pot and continued to boil it.
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