Bai Lu bit her lip and blamed herself: "It must be because of me..."
"What does this have to do with you? Don't put all the responsibilities on yourself."
"I shouldn't cry in front of her. Jinbao is too smart. She must not want to make me sad, so she wants to take Xiaowu home."
Su Jianmin's tone was filled with surprise, "It's impossible, Jinbao is still so young, how could she think of so many things?"
His wife sighed, "Hey, don't think Jinbao is young. In fact, she understands everything and learns things very quickly."
"My daughter is smart, of course I know that, but... oh, this child..."
Not having the time to think too much about these issues, Su Jianmin paced back and forth anxiously.
After a while, he stopped and said to his wife: "She won't eat Jinbao, so just feed it to her and pour it into her mouth."
Bai Lu shook her head, "No, her mouth is closed tightly. If you use brute force, you may hurt her."
"What should I do?"
Su Jianmin was too worried about his daughter, so he temporarily asked for leave from the factory leaders and rushed home.
As soon as he walked to the corridor, he vaguely heard his mother's voice coaxing Jinbao in the room.
"Oh, my darling, you want to hurt grandma to death. If you don't eat and you starve, how will you let grandma live?"
Xiao Jinbao murmured in a low voice, "Go to grandma's house..."
Yao Hua's eyes were red and the worry in his eyes was obvious.
"Jinbao, can you drink some water? You are still so young, and your internal organs and immune system are still very fragile. Not eating or drinking for a day will do a lot of harm to your body."
"Yes, you see your brother Huahua is about to cry. Jinbao, please eat some, just a small bite, okay? Grandma, please."
After Li Xiu'e finished speaking in a more choked voice, she just put the spoon in Jinbao's mouth, and the little baby immediately turned her head to avoid it.
Sorry, grandma...
She didn't mean to make her grandma worry about her, but if she didn't, her parents would definitely not let her go to the country, and then she wouldn't be able to take her fifth brother home.
"Jinbao, why are you so stubborn? Oh my, your child's temperament is exactly the same as your fifth brother!"
Li Xiu'e wiped her tears and said, "Grandma also wants to take you back to the countryside to meet your grandfather, but your father disagrees. The conditions in your hometown are too poor, and he doesn't trust you."
Seeing that Jin Bao's lips were already a little dehydrated and dry, she felt her heart bleed.
As soon as Su Jianmin opened the door and walked in, he saw his mother holding Jin Bao in one hand and wiping tears with the other. His heart immediately clenched.
"Uncle Su, are you back?"
As soon as he saw Jinbao's father, Yao Hua hurriedly ran forward, raised his head and said to him: "Please, please agree to Jinbao going to the countryside."
Su Jianmin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his brows furrowed tightly.
Before he could refuse, Yao Hua said first: "I know you are worried that Jinbao will suffer hardship when she goes to the countryside. I can promise you that I will take good care of her and I will not let anyone bully her."
"You promise? How can you promise?" Su Jianmin's frown deepened, "Also, how are you going to take care of her?"
"I will also go to the countryside. I have already thought about it. Jinbao and I will go to the countryside to live for half a year, and then we will come back with her."
As soon as Yao Hua said these words, everyone in the room was shocked, including Xiao Jinbao.
Wha, what? Yao Hua couldn't be joking, right? He wants to go to the countryside with him?
"Hua Hua, do you know where the countryside is?" Bai Lu squatted down, holding Yao Hua's shoulders with both hands, and asked.
The little boy nodded affirmatively, "Of course you know, the countryside refers to areas other than cities, that is, the vast countryside."
"Have you ever been to the countryside? You have been abroad before and have only returned to China for more than a year. Your grandparents also live in Jinghai City. You have never left the city at all, have you?"
"Just because I've never been to rural areas before doesn't mean I can't go now. I don't think there's anything wrong with it."
Bai Lu touched Yao Hua's head and said, "Auntie knows that you are saying this because you care about Jinbao, but it is impossible for your parents to let you live alone in a remote mountain village for half a year. You are still young, and you are still just a person.
child."
"Aunt Bai, if I ask my parents to allow me to go to the countryside, can you also agree to let Jinbao return to his hometown?"
Faced with Yao Hua's sudden question, Bai Lu didn't know how to answer.
He looked back at her husband with a pleading look as if asking him what to do...
"Okay," Su Jianmin said, "if Lao Yao and Xiao Yang agree to you going to live in my hometown for half a year, then I also agree to Jinbao going."
The reason why he was so sure was because he knew that no parent would let their children live alone in a strange rural area for so long.
He was worried about Jin Bao having his biological grandparents, uncles and uncles around him, let alone the remote mountain village of Qishui Village which had nothing to do with Yao Hua and had no relatives of his.
"Uncle Su, a man must keep his word, and you can't break your promise."
Su Jianmin patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I promise I won't break my promise."
After hearing what he said, Yao Hua walked to Jin Bao and said, "I have made a bet with your father that you don't have to go on a hunger strike anymore."
Xiao Jinbao blinked twice.
Will he win this bet? No matter how he looks at it, he looks like he will lose.
No matter how big-hearted Uncle Yao and Aunt Yang are, they can't possibly let their son live in a remote mountain village for half a year, right?
How could they possibly feel relieved?
"I promise you, I will definitely let my parents agree that I will accompany you back to your hometown."
Yao Hua said and touched Jin Bao's head, "Will you trust me?"
There was a firmness in his eyes, probably too confident, which gave people a sense of stability when they stared at him.
Their eyes intertwined, and Jin Bao nodded his head almost involuntarily.
"Jin Bao, don't stop eating. This is really bad for your health. You haven't drank water all day. How uncomfortable are you?"
Yao Hua comforted Jin Bao for a while, then raised his eyes and signaled Jin Bao's grandma to feed her porridge now.
Li Xiu'e understood and hurriedly fed the soup spoon to Jin Bao's mouth again.
This time the little girl did not dodge, but drank the porridge obediently.
Seeing that she was finally willing to drink porridge, everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
In the evening, Yang Xuelan came to pick up Hua Hua and learned about the bet between her son and Jin Bao's father.
After listening to Lulu's explanation of the causes and consequences and the time of going to the countryside, just as Su Jianmin expected, Yang Xuelan was surprised: "How long? Half a year? I thought it would only take a week at most."
"If we only go for a short week, Jinbao's father and I won't disagree."
"This...this is totally unacceptable. Half a year is not half a month. No one can guarantee what accidents will happen during this period. Besides, we are so far away and there is no phone..."
Before Yang Xuelan could continue speaking, her son suddenly stood up on tiptoes and whispered in her ear.
In an instant, the woman's expression changed.
She bit her lip, struggled for a while, and said to Su Jianmin and Bai Lu, "Well, um, I'll discuss this matter with Hua Hua's father, and I'll give you an answer tomorrow."