"This time when I went to the county town, I also bought a lot of milk powder, just right for feeding these little puppies."
Yang Baiyi was very glad that he had gone to the county town, which provided him with good cover.
"Milk powder? It's super expensive and requires a ticket. What are you going to buy that for?"
Yang Baiyi's actions left Lin Wanru puzzled.
"Isn't it getting colder day by day? Let's get up early every day and make a bowl of milk powder for the three of us, so you don't have to get up early to cook."
Yang Baiyi said lovingly.
"Not really! In fact, most of the time, you get up earlier than me."
Lin Wanru's pretty face felt a little hot. Even if she could be with Yang Baiyi in the future and start her own family, she would still be what the aunties call a wife and mother, right?
"It is good for girls to sleep more. Ensuring adequate sleep will keep your skin in good condition.
Besides, if Xiaoxiao sleeps with you, she will definitely be disturbed if you get up. I don’t sleep much anyway, so I can’t fall asleep without getting up.”
Yang Baiyi took the initiative to find an excuse for Lin Wanru to get up late.
"Bai Yi, how can you be so nice?"
When Lin Wanru spoke, she unconsciously adopted a coquettish tone.
"Brother, just like sister, I'm here."
Around noon, Yang Xiaoxiao came to the infirmary skipping and jumping.
Although the little girl likes to play, she is very obedient, especially during the days when Yang Baiyi went to the county town. Lin Wanru didn't have to worry about her. When it was almost time for dinner, the little girl would take the initiative to go home.
"Brother, did you catch these mice?"
Seeing the puppies huddled together in the bamboo basket, Yang Xiaoxiao was so scared that she took a few steps back.
"Xiaoxiao, this is not a mouse, it's a newborn puppy."
Lin Wanru said with a smile.
"Wow! Is it a dog? This is what puppies look like when they are young, with short fur and closed eyes."
"Brother, the puppies are so small, what are you doing with them? Can we not eat them?"
Yang Xiaoxiao was overwhelmed with love and pleaded for the puppy pitifully.
"Who said I want to eat them? I want to raise them and let them guard our house and pull our sleds."
Looking at the foodie sister in front of him, Yang Baiyi was speechless. In the little girl's understanding, it seemed that there was only what could be eaten and what could not be eaten.
"The puppies are so pitiful. They are still so young, but my brother has already assigned them jobs. They have to guard the house and pull the sled."
Yang Xiaoxiao looked at the puppy with sympathy.
"Alright, alright! Let's go home."
Yang Baiyi was speechless, but Lin Wanru was already laughing.
After returning home, Yang Baiyi made a nest for the puppy in his room and put a small mattress in it.
While making lunch, the kang was heated, the temperature in the room rose rapidly, and the little puppies hummed in comfort.
Yang Baiyi took out a bowl of milk powder. While waiting for the milk powder to cool down, Yang Baiyi used a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to wipe the umbilical cord of the puppies, and then helped them defecate.
After doing all this, the temperature of the milk powder was just right, and Yang Baiyi began to feed the puppies one by one with a syringe.
Lin Wanru and Yang Xiaoxiao were watching from the side. Everything Yang Baiyi did was very new to them.
"Brother, do you need my help?"
Yang Xiaoxiao was eager to try it out.
"They're still too small and fragile now. How about waiting until they're older and letting Xiao Xiao help?"
"Okay, little puppies, you have to grow up quickly! When you grow up, play with me."
After the puppies had eaten their fill, they huddled together and began to take a nap. Yang Baiyi and Lin Wanru also began to prepare their own lunch.
With Yang Baiyi's careful care and the nutrition supplemented by milk powder, the puppies successfully survived.
The little puppy is growing up day by day and becoming more and more adorable. These days, the little girl doesn’t like to go out to play. She takes her friends to look at the little puppy eight times a day.
"Bai Yi, I won't be going to the clinic tomorrow. Our firewood is almost gone. Before it snows, I'll collect some more firewood to prepare for the winter."
While having dinner, Lin Wanru said to Yang Baiyi.
I am usually idle in the clinic. My job is to take care of myself by Yang Baiyi, and Lin Wanru is very clear about this.
"It will take you as long as it takes to collect firewood. Don't worry about this matter. I have my own way.
Xiaoxiao, bring Goudan, Erya and the others to the clinic to find me tomorrow."
Yang Baiyi himself didn't want to go collect firewood, so how could he bear to let Lin Wanru go?
"Are you planning to ask the children to collect firewood for us? I'm afraid the other members will gossip."
Lin Wanru said with some concern.
“I don’t ask for their firewood for nothing, I will pay them for collecting firewood for us.
They don't have to work, they spend all day playing with cats and dogs in the village. I pay them, and they can also contribute to the family income. Their parents can't thank me enough."
The next day, Yang Xiaoxiao took all her friends to the clinic as instructed by her brother.
"Big brother, Xiaoxiao asked you to look for us."
Goudan asked while standing at the door of the infirmary.
Ever since Yang Baiyi cured Choudan's illness, with Li Xiulian's occasional reminders, Goudan became Yang Baiyi's most staunch supporter.
"Goudan, your sister Wanru and I have to go to work and don't have time to go to the mountain to collect firewood. Can you help us collect firewood?
Each bundle of firewood costs five cents. You can buy snacks at the sales outlet, or give it to your parents to supplement the household expenses."
Yang Baiyi said to the children.
"Big brother, we don't want money. If I ask for money to collect firewood for you, my grandma will beat me."
"Big brother, Xiaobao and I will collect a lot of firewood for you. All the firewood in our house was collected by Xiaobao and me."
Goudan and Erya first said they didn't want money.
"That won't do. How could Big Brother ask for your firewood for nothing?
If you agree to pay me, help me collect firewood. If you don’t, I will find other members.”
Since he became a barefoot doctor in the village, curing illnesses and saving lives is his duty, and Yang Baiyi is not willing to repay the favor.
"Big brother, there's no need to look for anyone else. We'll collect firewood for you."
When they heard that Yang Baiyi was looking for other people, a group of children hurriedly took on the task.
The older children, such as Goudan and Erya, sent their younger siblings back home.
Xiaobao and Choudan are still too young, and it is too inconvenient for them to go up the mountain to collect firewood.
Children who grew up in the mountains know exactly where there is more dry firewood.
A group of children went up the mountain and headed straight for their destination. Some were responsible for collecting firewood, some were responsible for organizing and bundling it, and some were responsible for transporting it down the mountain.
The division of labor is clear and the efficiency is particularly high.
Watching the children carrying bundles of firewood to Yang Baiyi's home one by one, the elderly people in the village who did not work began to point and talk.
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