Chapter 14: Laborious
Meng Fanchun went out, got the urine bucket, grabbed a handful of snow, washed his hands, and then went into the gatehouse and asked if there was anything wrong with their mother and son at night.
"Nothing was wrong, it was very quiet all night. Brother Bing reported, even Guangming got up several times a night, and reported it one by one.
Meng Fanchun nodded when he heard this, chatted with Brother Bing for a while, and saw that the time was almost up, so he went to their room.
"Knock knock......" The knock on the door rang again, and Meng Fanchun shouted outside, "Are you dressed?"
"No, no. Frightened, she hurriedly said, for fear that he would break in coldly again.
"Then you get dressed and squeak. Meng Fanchun looked at the closed door and said, listening to the sound much smoother, it seemed that it was because he drank water.
"Bright, hurry, hurry, bring the clothes. She looked at Zhou Guangming nervously and anxiously and said.
"Oh!oh!" Zhou Guangming panicked and took it from the edge of the kang, a cotton jacket and cotton pants.
"Help me shake off my padded jacket!" she commanded as she looked at Zhou Guangming.
"Oh!" Zhou Guangming obediently stretched out the padded jacket.
"Put it on a pillow. She then said, raising her head slightly.
Now next week, Guangming understood, folded the hem of the padded jacket twice, put it on the pillow, and stretched the sleeves.
"Good boy. She looked at Zhou Guangming with gentle eyes and said.
She brackered herself and put on a cotton jacket and fastened it, and put on cotton pants with great difficulty, and fell weakly on the kang, gasping for breath, and cold sweat seeped on her forehead.
"Mother, are you okay?" Zhou Guangming looked at her worriedly and asked nervously.
"It's okay, I'll just lie down for a while. She looked at him with deep eyes, and said weakly, her lips pale without a trace of blood.
At present, this body is not only seriously ill, but also old diseases, malnutrition, in short, a word is weak.
"Mother, it'll be fine if you eat, there are sorghum porridge here, as well as steamed buns, white flour steamed buns, especially delicious. Zhou Guangming snorted and looked like a greedy cat.
Don't blame the child for being greedy, it's really too hard.
"Pushed me over and made me lie on the kang. She said as she lay straight on the bed and looked at him.
"Hey!" Zhou Guangming exerted the strength of feeding with both hands, and she dragged the quilt spread under her again, using her strength, and the two of them worked together to make Zhou Guangming 'over' herself.
And she used her hands and feet and Zhou Guangming to pull and pull, and then climbed under the window with difficulty, and sat up with her hands against the wall, fortunately wearing a cotton jacket, otherwise her back hurts.
She slowly raised her hand again, her fingers trembled before she removed her braid, which was like a chicken nest, and used it to refer to the comb, and barely combed the dry yellow and astringent hair, and the rough and shriveled fingers couldn't stop shaking and barely braided a braid, and the ends of the hair were wrapped with strips of cloth.
But he couldn't tie it anymore, "Bright help me." She looked at Zhou Guangming and said.
"Okay!" Zhou Guangming tied the strip of cloth in a slippery manner.
"Please let him in!" she raised her eyes and looked at Zhou Guangming weakly.
"Hmm!" Zhou Guangming looked at the door and shouted loudly, "Uncle come in!"
Meng Fanchun pushed the door and walked in when he heard the sound, "Are you dressed?" Seeing that the abnormal flushing on her face had receded, "It seems that it doesn't burn, Guangming is worried about you." As he spoke, he sat on the edge of the kang and looked at her with gentle eyes and said, "Stretch out your hand, and I'll check your pulse." ”
Hearing this, she lowered her head and stretched out her hand tremblingly, Meng Fanchun sat down inside, holding her wrist with her left hand and checking her pulse with her right hand.
"How is my mother?" Zhou Guangming asked with concern as he looked at him eagerly.
Meng Fanchun put down her thin wrist that seemed to be broken as soon as it was broken, and then looked at Zhou Guangming and said, "The body is fine, but it needs to be well recuperated." ”
"Recuperate?" Zhou Guangming blinked his confused eyes, "What do you mean?"
"Simpler, just eat more good food. Meng Fanchun stood up with a smile and said, "Let your father buy you more delicious food to replenish your body." ”
"Oh!" Zhou Guangming understood at this moment, but this proposal made him a little scared, and it seemed a little difficult to find the father who was going to feed himself to the wolf at every turn.
Why is the father different from the father in the mother's mouth!
"Okay, let's go now!" Meng Fanchun looked at the two of them and said.
"Good!" she said in a muffled voice with her head bowed, only to be seen as the man moved lightly and fell to the kang with a thud.
Meng Fanchun was startled, leaned forward and floated his hands, looked at her and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine!" she shook her head slightly in a panic, "It's okay!"
Zhou Guangming rushed over and helped her sit down again.
Meng Fanchun frowned tightly, she is like this now, let alone leaving, it will be a problem to stand up.
Meng Fanchun looked at the wide cotton jacket on her body, and the more lined person became more and more petite.
The thin clothes of the people seemed to hang on their bodies, and they were empty.
Meng Fanchun's gaze looked her from top to bottom, and when she looked at the front of the kang, the two pairs of torn and ill-fitting shoes, her brows furrowed even deeper.
She said anxiously, "I...... I ......," said reproachfully, "it's useless." ”
"Don't be nervous! it's not your fault. Meng Fanchun looked at Zhou Guangming's padded jacket like a skirt standing on the kang, and his thin little hands grabbed her padded jacket tightly, looking at himself timidly.
"You wait here, I'll ask the headmaster to come over. Meng Fanchun decided without thinking about it.
When she heard this, her body stiffened, and then she shook her head like a rattle, "No, no! How can you let ......" hesitated for a moment, what should I call it? "The official is waiting for us?"
"It's snowing too much outside, you wait here, I'll go and get the headmaster over. Meng Fanchun blinked at the two of them and couldn't help but say, without giving her a chance to speak, she turned around and left the room directly.
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Zhou Guangming looked at the direction he was leaving, pulled her padded jacket and whispered, "Mother, he's gone, what should I do?"
"Sit on the kang, cover it with a quilt, and wait patiently. She looked up at him and said.
Zhou Guangming sat cross-legged beside her, the quilt was covered on her and his own legs, his hands on his cheeks and he looked at her with innocent eyes and said, "Mother is beautiful." ”
"Beautiful?" she smiled, "and you're the only one." "It's no different from skeletons now, not even health.
"What I said is true. Zhou Guangming said solemnly with a small face.
"Hehe......" she laughed lightly.
"Mother, you smile like a flower. Zhou Guangming looked at her with sparkling eyes and said.
"What's wrong today? She looked at him with eyes and smiled at the corners of her eyes.