Even if Yu Sui didn't really want to get close to Xia Xiao'e, after all, she was able to get here by train, so she must know how to deal with people.
After washing the dishes, Xia Xiao'e tied her wet hands together, looked at the sweater on her body, and was reluctant to wipe it off, so she ended up wiping the water on her hair.
Then she cautiously approached Yu Sui and looked at little Tangyuan: "This is the little brother you and my brother gave birth to. He's so cute. It's different in the city. Children in our country all have runny noses and chapped faces, but this little brother's face is so cute..."
She reached out her hand, wanting to touch it, but finally stopped: "It's too tender, my hands are too rough."
Yu Sui glanced at Xia Xiao'e's hand.
The hand was red and red, the back of the hand was swollen, and there was a festering red and white frostbite on it.
Yu Sui's heart tightened: "Your hand is rotten? What about the other one?"
Xia Xiao'e blushed and put her hands behind her back: "I'm fine, I won't touch his face."
Yu Sui: "I'm asking you this because I want to know what's wrong with your hand. If it's serious, I'll take you to the infirmary later. Don't wash the dishes anymore."
Xia Xiao'e stood awkwardly with her head lowered.
Yu Sui looked at the sky, went into the room, wrapped the child in a cloak, put on her own coat, and handed a cotton jacket and scarf to Xia Xiao'e: "Put them on, I'll take you to the infirmary."
Xia Xiao'e refused to take the clothes: "No, I won't go."
"Why?"
"It's just frostbite. Do you really need to see a pedicurist? That's just a waste of money. No need."
Yu Sui held the cotton-padded jacket and stretched out her hand again: "The infirmary here doesn't charge."
"Is that so? Okay then."
Xia Xiao'e put on a cotton jacket and went out with Yu Sui.
On the way, Yu Sui said, "Even if your hand is healed, don't touch Xiao Tangyuan's face. Xiao Tangyuan is very sensitive to smells and doesn't like being touched by unfamiliar people. He will cry for a long time."
Xia Xiao'e paused.
Yu Sui: "Do you think I'm making excuses?"
Xia Xiao'e: "Such a young child...what does he know?"
"Little Tangyuan is very smart. Actually, who likes others to touch their face? Do you like it?" Yu Sui said, reaching out to touch Xia Xiao'e's face.
Xia Xiao'e dodged as best she could.
Yu Sui: "See! You don't like it either!"
Xia Xiao'e blinked and said nothing more.
The infirmary was next to the logistics department. The military doctor was gentle and patient in cleaning Xia Xiao'e's wound.
Yu Sui then realized that her other hand was even more severely rotten, with two spots rotten into pits, so she asked, "Are there any on your feet?"
Xia Xiao'e nodded slightly, then immediately shook her head: "It's okay, it's okay, it will be fine."
Yu Sui asked the military doctor for an extra dose of medicine for her. "I thought you were shy, but you still have to get treatment. When you get there, apply it yourself. The medicine here is very effective. It will be healed in three or four days, and no one will see."
Xia Xiao'e answered the phone and kept her head down.
When they got home, Yu Sui urged her, "Go sleep in the room where you changed clothes. The quilts are all clean. If you feel cold, go to the kitchen and get some hot water to fill a hot water bottle. Wait for your brother to come and warm up the kang, and it will be warm tonight."
Xia Xiao'e looked at her in surprise: "In broad daylight, you let me...sleep?"
"Yes. I guess you haven't slept well these past few days. Go to bed, and apply some medicine to your feet yourself. Little Tangyuan also needs to sleep, so don't call me if there's nothing else."
After saying that, Yu Sui went back to her room and ignored her.
In the evening, Xia Linsheng came and went straight into Yu Sui's room.
His face looked bad and he was slightly angry.
Yu Sui: "Have you called my mother?"
Xia Linsheng nodded and sat down beside Yu Sui's kang: "Where's Xia Xiao'e?"
Yu Sui: "I let her go to bed. She must not have gotten much sleep after secretly taking the train for three days and three nights. Also, her hands and feet were covered in chilblains. I took her to the infirmary to wash the wounds and apply medicine. I didn't know about it at noon, so I asked her to wash the dishes. Don't ask her to wash them again from now on. First, tell me, what did my mother say?"
Xia Linsheng sighed, "I called, but Mom didn't answer the phone, so I asked Secretary Zhou to ask Sister to answer it."
"Then?"
“She passed the exam.”
"That's great!" Yu Sui was delighted. She sat up from the kang, her eyes wide open. "Judging from your expression, my sister must not have made it to the capital, right?"
Xia Linsheng forced a smile and said, "This is good news. But there is also bad news."
Yu Sui glared at him: "I said, can you please speak in one breath!"
Xia Linsheng suddenly hugged Yu Sui: "Sui, I'm sorry, I caused you trouble."
This confused Yu Sui: "What's wrong with you? Did something happen at home?"
Xia Linsheng patted her gently:
"No, no, don't be nervous. Here's what happened: I called and asked Secretary Zou to keep her voice down and bring your sister to the brigade. Secretary Zou, you know, is very good at dealing with people, so she pretended to ask about the college entrance exam and brought your sister over. Then I called again, and the first thing she asked me was, 'How did you do on the exam?'
I was puzzled. Didn't they receive your letter? Your sister asked me, "What letter? My family didn't receive it. We're worried about you!" I told her that you wrote to them two weeks ago and have been waiting for their reply. At this time, I began to suspect that your letter might have been taken by my father!
Since the letter wasn't returned and there's no reply, it could only have been lost or claimed by someone else. Of course, since Xia Xiao'e is here, I think it's highly likely to be a fraud."
Yu Sui pushed Xia Linsheng's hand away and asked, "Have you asked Secretary Zou to check?"
"I checked."
"Who took it?"
"Li Afen. When she met the postman at the brigade looking for someone, she said she was your mother-in-law and asked for money."
Yu Sui took a deep breath, and then another. "Huh! I was wondering why Xia Xiao'e came here for no reason. So that's what happened! Then how did you tell my sister?"
Seeing that Yu Sui was very angry, Xia Linsheng could only apologize first: "I'm sorry, honey, I didn't know that Li Afen would do such a thing."
"Xia Linsheng, you are you, and Li Afen is Li Afen. Don't apologize on her behalf. I just want to buy time to deal with this matter. Now, tell me what my sister is planning."
"Your sister got into Shanghai Normal University. She said your brother got into Capital University, what... oh, Renmin University. Your sister said she didn't know if the school was good, but anyway, you taught him how to fill in the form and he got in. What did he study... accounting, no, statistics, statistics!"
Yu Sui smiled slightly and said, "It's not bad to be admitted to Renmin University."
"Well, it's good. Two college students in one family. They don't even know you got in yet. Even so, from what I heard from Secretary Zou, the whole commune is very excited about this. It's amazing that two siblings are college students. Many people come to Yujiawan to visit. Our mother has been very busy these days. There are people who want to marry our eldest sister, and many people are busy matchmaking for Yu Cheng."
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