Zhuang San hurriedly walked out of the house. He stepped out of the threshold and stretched out his head to explore. He saw that outside the yard was indeed the eldest niece who had been talking to him so politely a few days ago.
"Third uncle." Zhuang Keqing smiled, as if the two families had never been at odds.
"Ah, ah, eldest niece..."
Zhuang San was stunned and couldn't react at all. He just walked over with hands and feet, and opened the door dumbly.
Zhuang Keqing walked into the courtyard with his hands full, looked around, and then handed the things in his hands forward.
"Third Uncle, I forgot to take away the things you brought a few days ago. I will send them back to you."
Zhuang San had some luck in his heart, hoping that his eldest brother would put aside the past grudges, but now that he saw that his niece smiled politely but said something serious in her mouth, the angry hope in her heart was extinguished by a splash of cold water.
"Things that are not worth a few dollars are just some compensation for the wrong things I did before. Why do you need to send them back..."
The two of them entered the courtyard and their voices were barely audible. Liu Kanzi's wife, who came out to pour water outside, saw all this and couldn't help but make some guesses in her mind.
Isn’t it said that the main house of the banker has never been in contact with the other two houses? The day before yesterday, I heard that the third house posted it and made it embarrassing. Why, in just a few days, the main house came to the door with all these gifts.
?
It's really weird.
"Third Uncle, Doctor Li visited my house at noon. Before he left, he said that the prescription for your child needs to be supplemented with some medicinal materials. He asked me to help inform you that tomorrow's decoction should not be fed until he comes."
Here Zhuang Keqing placed the hens and eggs at the door of the kitchen, and placed a handful of fresh vegetables. Then he took out the brown sugar tied with red paper string and a small basket of red dates from the small basket, and handed them to Zhuang San.
"My mother is kind-hearted. She knew that her niece was sick, but she couldn't bear it. She asked me to bring some candies and dates to replenish my aunt's health. She said that she had been through this and knew that only good milk would make this child well."
Zhuang San is such a shrewd and calculating person on weekdays. He always thinks about getting benefits from others and never thinks about giving others benefits. At this time, he faced the small basket of things in his niece's hand.
, the shame in my heart almost welled up in my throat.
Slowly raising his trembling hands, he took the thing and opened his lips a few times, and finally said in a muffled voice, "Thank you."
Mrs. Wu was in her room, listening to the sounds in the yard with her ears straightened.
The doors and windows were closed tightly, and she could only hear a few words from Zhuang Keqing. She actually couldn't hear her man speak for a long time, and she couldn't help but feel anxious.
This is useless. He is usually glib and talkative, but when the critical moment comes, he can’t even fart!
If she didn't have to take care of the child in the room, she would have gone out and made out with her niece long ago. If nothing else, at least she would have straightened out her sincere and repentant attitude.
When Zhuang Keqing saw that Zhuang San had collected his things, he turned around and left without saying much.
When Zhuang Sanyi was stunned, everyone was about to leave the yard. Then his mind started to change, he stepped forward, stopped him, and said: "Niece, Doctor Li said he gave Ah Qing a prescription.
Son, it was you who taught him, no matter what, we should all thank you for saving his life!"
As he said this, he almost knelt down as soon as his knees bent.
Zhuang Keqing thought that the other party was pretending again, so he just looked at it coldly and did not offer to help him. Unexpectedly, Zhuang San really didn't hesitate at all this time. He lowered his head and knelt down with a "dong" sound. After hearing that sound, he didn't hesitate at all.
Everyone feels pain in their knee bones.
This shocked Zhuang Keqing. They all said that a man has gold under his knees. He should kneel to the sky and kneel to his parents. How could anyone kneel to this junior just because he said so?
But Zhuang San really knelt down, right in front of him. The door of this small courtyard was open, and someone might pass by at any time, but looking at him, he didn't show any concern at all.
"Eldest niece, I don't ask you to forgive me for the stupid things I did before. I just kneel here to sincerely thank you for saving my Ah Qing."
As soon as he spoke, Zhuang Keqing realized what she was doing. She hurriedly went up to pull Zhuang San, but Zhuang San couldn't bear to die. Even an ox couldn't hold this tall man back when he was so stubborn, let alone a little girl like her.
"Get up, and I'll go with you to see my little cousin."
Zhuang Keqing couldn't afford to pull him away, and he couldn't say that he just forgived him. He could only talk to him about it, saying that he was willing to see the child, and then Zhuang San stood up again.
"Quick, come with me."
When Zhuang San saw that the man was willing to stay, he smiled a little, showing that he really meant it.
He also held brown sugar and dates in his hand, and just led people into the house.
Mrs. Wu was still sitting on the bed. Little did she know that the men had knelt down just now in order to save someone. But even if she knew, she could only applaud her, and she would definitely praise her man for being smart and good at doing things.
"Ah Qing is still asleep in the back room, please be gentle."
Zhuang San lowered his voice. A big man lowered his voice and arched his back to avoid making any sound, which made Zhuang Keqing look sideways.
From this point of view, no matter what kind of person her third uncle is, he is really a good father.
Seeing Zhuang Keqing come in, Mrs. Wu hurriedly sat up from the bed, smiled at her, and gave up her seat.
The back room was not that big, and the doors and windows were closed tightly, making it airless at all. The air inside was filled with the smell of medicine mixed with turbid gas.
Zhuang Keqing frowned, then stepped forward again, walked to the bed, and looked at the child wrapped in the quilt.
Mrs. Wu hugged the child so tightly that day that she didn't see it clearly. Now it seems that her cousin is indeed as deficient as Dr. Li said.
Although her Aman's lanugo hair was not much when he was born, after raising it for a while, the roots became black and shiny, and became thicker. As for Aqing, her hair was thin and yellow, and her cheeks were not what a baby should have.
It's white, tender, plump and soft, but has no soft flesh at all. The chin is so pointed that it can be used as an awl.
Zhuang Keqing glanced at the child and walked out of the room. She waved to Zhuang San to come out, but she did not see the disappointed look in Wu's eyes behind her.
Why don't you just take a look at it and don't stay for a moment, so that I can also intercede for the Pan Kang matter.
When the two of them came out of the house, Zhuang Keqing asked Zhuang San, "Third uncle, the air in this house is dirty. Why don't you open the window to ventilate it to disperse the sick air?"
It was natural for her to ask, but Zhuang San was embarrassed, "We don't want to, but A Qing got sick this time because of the cold. We are afraid that if we open the window and the cold wind comes in, something will happen."
"I also want to make a stove at home, but you also know that this thing is always dangerous..."
Zhuang San didn't dare to mention the kang thing again. He was afraid that the relationship that had finally eased would become tense again, so he could only hold back the words he was about to blurt out.
Zhuang Keqing nodded without any expression on his face. He just glanced at the courtyard door that was still open and said, "It's late. Doctor Li's words have been brought here. It's time for me to go back."
After that, he walked out of the yard without waiting for Zhuang San to see him off.
After the people left, Zhuang San returned to the house. Mrs. Wu raised her eyes and glanced at him, meaning, have you mentioned making a kang? Seeing the man shaking his head, he dragged his shoes and wanted to smash them.
past.
Zhuang San was startled and raised his hand to block it. Then he realized that he still had something in his hand.
Wu raised her eyebrows and asked in a low voice, "What is this?"
The man sighed tiredly, "Sister-in-law gave it to me, saying it was for your health."
Sister-in-law?
To be honest, except for the time when she went to the banker a few days ago and had a few words with her sister-in-law, Wu had never delivered anything to her before. How could the other party send her something so smoothly?
She stood up, took the thing from the man's hand and took a look.
There was a piece of brown sugar from Wufuji in the town, two palms in size, tied tightly with red paper string; there was also a basket of red, round and dried dates, and you could still smell the sweet fragrance if you got close to it.
They are all good things, but...
"It's fine, why do you want to replenish my health? It's incomprehensible." Wu didn't understand.
"Sister-in-law heard that A Qing is frail, so I will give you this food. She said that only when the mother's milk is good, the child will be good."
How could Zhuang San, a grown man, understand these things? He just repeated Zhuang Keqing's words.
Who would have thought that after that, Wu was holding something in a daze and was silent for a long time.
Ever since she married into the banker, she knew that her mother-in-law was not easy to get along with, so she could only try her best to keep the man in her hands, but a man is a man after all, and he is careless no matter what, and cannot take some things into consideration at all.
Before, she had wanted to get close to her second sister-in-law, but her second sister-in-law was soft-tempered and had a weak temper. She was so manipulated by her mother-in-law that she couldn't get along with her. As time went by, she lost her heart and focused on her.
Only focus on men.
Unexpectedly, now that she was going around in circles, the first care she received was from the sister-in-law whom she once looked down upon.
