Chapter 22: The Promise
By the time Cuilian and her mother rushed back to the village, Wang Jianguo had already brought the child who had been seen by Li Lao to his house and put it on the bed of Tie Dan'er. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Second brother, what's the matter, what did Dr. Li say?" Unable to rest, Cuilian hurriedly pulled Wang Jianguo's arm and asked.
"It's not a big deal, you can swallow the water you just fed in. Li Lao said that he had a cold and fever, and he was estimated to be hungry for several meals. You hurry up and make something to feed the child, I asked Tie Dan'er to accompany Li Lao to the mountain to collect medicine, and I will have to boil the medicine in a while. Wang Jianguo's concise and quick explanation not only reassured Cuilian, but also arranged the next things.
"Okay, I'll go make porridge, and the little girl will help her mother light the fire." Putting down her things and rolling up her sleeves, Cuilian beckoned Xiaoya to go to the kitchen. Thinking that the child is sick and hungry for many meals, he can only eat something that is easy to restrain and now the materials are scarce, and he can only boil a bowl of big porridge, but fortunately, this big porridge is made of sorghum rice and corn kernels ground together and boiled, and it is easy to restrain food for more time.
"Mom, is the little brother okay?" Seeing that Cuilian's face was not as serious as just now, Xiaoya asked cautiously.
"Well, as long as the little brother is full of food and takes medicine, he will be fine." The movements of his hands did not pause, and he did not forget to answer Xiaoya's questions.
"Is the little brother going to be in our house from now on?" Xiaoya's action of burning the fire was very quick, and she soon burned the fire on the stove vigorously, obviously she had long been used to doing these things.
"This mom doesn't know, maybe. If the little brother lives at home, will the little girl like it? Listening to Xiaoya's words, Cuilian paused for adding water to the pot before continuing.
"If my little brother can play with me, I'll like it." Xiaoya thought about it and said.
"Hehe, my little girl is really still a child." Cuilian could only smile at Xiaoya's innocence, then wiped her hands on her apron and said to Xiaoya: "Xiaoya helps mom watch the fire, mom goes to see grandma and little brother."
"Hmm!"
"Mother, how's it going? Can you drink the medicine? Walking into Father Wang and Wang Zhao's house, a strong smell of medicine came to her nose, which made Cuilian frown, and quickly opened the window to dissipate air before sitting down next to Wang Zhao's bed, looked at Wang Zhao's face and asked.
"Drink it, the iron eggs are boiled. I listened to the voice of the second child just now, what's the matter? Wang Zhao, who was lying on the bed weakly, squinted his eyes and asked the second daughter-in-law sitting on the side.
"Well, we picked up a fainting child on the way back, and the second brother took it back to show the old man Li who was handed down, and now the child has not woken up from the iron egg bed." Cuilian truthfully told Wang Zhao that she respected Wang Zhao's family, since marrying into the Wang family, this sick mother-in-law has never embarrassed herself, on the contrary, she always makes her face in front of Wang Jianguo and her two children, how can such a mother-in-law not let her respect it. It's just that my mother-in-law's body is ......
"Picked up a child? Is that kid okay? Cuilian's words surprised Wang Zhao a little, but thinking about the current way of the world, it is not strange.
"It's okay, I'm just hungry. Feed him some porridge in a while, and he will be better with his rearing. Mother, when the sun is light in the afternoon, I will help you go out to sit and look at the scenery outside, and your spirit will be better. Cuilian touched Wang Zhao's body under the quilt, and felt that it was not wet, so she didn't plan to change her clothes. Now that the weather is hot, Wang Zhao is stuffy in the house, and she is covered with a quilt, she is afraid that people will be stuffy, so she has to take Wang Zhao out every day to breathe and change clothes.
"Cuilian, you are a good daughter-in-law, I will hand over this family to you in the future. If there are those things that don't do well and make you angry, you can take care of me more for the sake of the dying person. You should educate the two children, you are their mother, they will understand your kindness to them, you listen to me, I hope you can add another grandchild to me as soon as possible, and I can be a companion with his grandfather. Wang Zhao knows that her days are approaching, and her body has been getting weaker and weaker recently, and now seeing that the newly married daughter-in-law is okay with the children, she is somewhat relieved, but she is a little worried that her wife will be lonely when she leaves. If only he could have a child in front of his wife and his wife, he would be much less sad.
These days, she has been thinking that she and Wang Qiwang's father are a young couple, and the relationship between the two for decades, if she leaves first, she really can't think about how her wife will live the rest of her life. Every time she thinks of her wife's loneliness, her heart hurts a little more. Now that Tie Dan'er and Xiaoya are older, they don't need to be taken care of, and the wife has nothing to do except herd livestock for a day, and it is easy to think too much, and the best way is to let him not have so much time to think, so she thought about it and came up with such a solution.
"Mother, don't think about it so much, take care of your body, it will be fine, otherwise you let Dad do it, I understand what you mean, we will work hard, but Dad can't do without you, the old wife who has been with him for decades." Regarding the relationship between Father Wang and Wang Zhao, can't she see it after so many days? The kind of mutual affection between the two elders, the kind of tacit understanding without words, is something she has never gotten, so she is very envious, and hopes that this kind of relationship can last for a long time. But today after listening to Wang Zhao's words, this is the rhythm of arranging the aftermath, her heart is sore, her eyes are moist, I am afraid that Wang Zhao's heart will be even more upset, and she can only try to control her emotions.
"I know my body, and don't be sad about you. Your father, he'll figure it out. It's not like birth, old age, sickness and death, everyone will have such a day. Cuilian, you are my favorite daughter-in-law, this family will depend on you in the future, don't let me down. Wang Zhao stretched out his hand and pulled Cuilian, staring at her with cloudy eyes, hoping to get Cuilian's assurance to look at her.
"Mother, don't worry, I, Zhao Cuilian, married into the Wang family, I am a member of the Wang family, the Wang family is my family, I will take care of it, don't worry." Cuilian clasped Wang Zhao's hand and made a promise to her that she would not be disappointed.
"That's good, that's good, you can get busy." Getting Cuilian's promise, Wang Zhao smiled lightly and patted Cuilian's hand, saying so many words today had emptied her little energy left, and now she fell asleep groggily.
Wiping her eyes and pressing the corners of the quilt for Wang Zhao, Cuilian looked at Wang Zhao's increasingly gray face, and turned around and went out uncomfortably. Wang Zhao understands her own body, Cuilian also understands, she also knows that her mother-in-law's health is no longer good, cancer, this terrible disease, people will not be able to cure it in decades, let alone now.
Now the mother-in-law is just boiling, enduring the pain they can't experience for this family, there are too many things and people that she can't worry about, and the most reassuring should be Daddy Wang, but listening to her mother-in-law's words today, it seems that Daddy Wang is ready for her to go one day. Of course, she won't tell anyone these words, Wang Zhao's status in this family is different from her, and there are some things that she can't say as a daughter-in-law, otherwise what do a few people in the family think, and the person who is a daughter-in-law hopes that her mother-in-law will die sooner? Cuilian believed that if she really prepared for Wang Jianguo, Wang Jianguo would be eager to eat herself. Then the relationship she has worked hard to build these days will come to naught, and she can't say it for the future.
I only need to make some preparations in private, so that I won't be in a hurry, and I won't let my family feel that I was prepared early. Cuilian, who had made up her mind, kept walking towards the Iron Egg House again, and she wanted to see how the child was doing.