Rebirth of the 90s: Dear Cub
Chapter 4: Obsession and Complaints of Qiqi
After all, he was young, and the things he had experienced in these past two days were simply too heavy and complicated. Not long after Qiqi finished eating, she fell asleep again.
The small wooden window inside the room, the light entered was slightly tilted.
Qiqi did not know how long she had been sleeping, and when she woke up, it was already night outside.
The conversation took place in the main room.
In the main hall, Chen Jianhe sat on a horse tie near the door, frowning, "I asked the surrounding villages, and even went to the police station in the city to ask, "I asked, and no one's lost their baby."
He visited almost ten nearby villages, big and small, in the morning, and especially searched along the riverbank, and he almost went to the other side of the city to ask.
Not to mention the answer I got, no one had lost a child at home, even when describing the sighting of the baby, no one around had ever seen it at all.
Chen Jianhe was unable to comprehend it for a while. How did the little baby get to the entrance of their village? Can he fly here?
Zhang Xifeng was sitting opposite him, holding an unfinished dress in his hand, his face was not very handsome, "I asked the baby, he said he was an orphan, it seems to be true."
After he finished speaking, he gritted his teeth and swore loudly, "The injuries all over my baby's body were probably caused by the beating while wandering around. The one who did it was truly a beast!"
Chen Jianhe was silent.
I took the baby to the clinic yesterday. Chen Jianhe was also there, and she also saw the baby's injuries.
“Auntie, what should I do now?” He thought for a moment, then spoke with great difficulty, "If no one cares about such a small baby, let him continue to wander outside alone, I worry..."
I'm afraid I won't live for a few days.
“I know in this area there are orphanages that special care for orphans. How about I go tomorrow to ask?” she said.
Zhang Xifeng did not speak, he saw the unfinished little clothes in his hands, and the baby apparition appeared in his mind unexpectedly.
The four-and-a-half-year-old looked as big as a three-year-old.
Small and skinny, with a palm-sized face, too thin to pinch flesh.
She lowered her head and continued to insert needles into those little clothes, "Qi Qi is a very good girl. While eating, she takes a small bite, and she is gentle and tender. I immediately praised him, didn't I?" but it hurts."
Chen Jianhe seemed to realize something, and frowned, "Auntie ..."
He opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Zhang Xifeng as he started.
“Alright, I will think about the baby problem again, you have been delayed for a day, go back and finish the remaining work.” After he finished speaking, Zhang Xifeng looked up at the sky, and said, "It's already noon, and there's no time to hurry. Come on, when you go to town tomorrow morning, please help me ask the vet to come and see. I don't know what happened these two days, the two piglets refused to eat, and they're still watery, maybe sick."
Mentioning the two little pigs in the house, Zhang Xifeng's old face became sad.
She's a widow, and she can't do much work in the fields, the family's income year-round depends on two carefully raised pigs.
If pigs do not become fat and cannot be sold at year-end prices, they will have to live on their stomach in the coming year.
Chen Jianhe nodded in response, "Okay, I will go to the city tomorrow morning to invite people."
Qiqi leaned back in the room, and waited until there was no sound of anyone outside, then got off the bed, walked slowly to the door of the room, and timidly stuck her head out to look.
As soon as Zhang Xifeng turned his head, he saw a small baby with a pair of bright eyes in front of the door. He looked timid, like a shy little beast, carefully sticking out his little claws to explore the outside world.
Zhang Xifeng was so sweet that his heart melted into mud.
“Qiqi, come on, let's try this little dress and see if you like it.” He smiled and waved at the little baby, revealing the little clothes he had just taken off.
She made it out of her old clothes, due to the hot weather, she replaced it with a half-sleeved buttoned dress, and made trousers for the baby with extra material.
The color is pale blue after washing, not beautiful, but wear-resistant and dirt-resistant.
Although the material was old, to Qiqi it was a new shirt.
This was a little dress made especially for her by her mother-in-law.
"Good look." He immediately glanced at the old woman, two red hues appearing on her little face, "Thank you mother-in-law, Qiqi really likes her."
He said the last sentence very seriously and solemnly.
Zhang Xifeng was stunned for a moment, and there was a small frown on the corner of his eye.
“After shower on the night of July 7th, we will wear new clothes.”
"it's nice!"
Rural people, there are jobs outside the home.
Commanding Qiqi to play in the courtyard alone, Zhang Xifeng got up and went to the nearby stove, retrieving pig droppings from the large iron pot in the earthen furnace, filling it half full into a wooden barrel, and then making his way to the ground, and to take it to the pigsty opposite it, and give it to the little one. Feed the pigs again to see if they eat or not.
He lowered his brows, sighed softly, then raised the wooden bucket excitedly, and staggered towards the pigsty.
As soon as he left the kitchen, he saw Qi running with his short legs, reaching out to help him carry the barrel.
A small baby, no taller than a wooden barrel, how strong was it?
However this action made Zhang Xifeng extremely ironic, and there was a touch of warmth in his heart.
"Grandma, can I feed you a pig? I'll do it."
“Yo, Qiqi knows how to feed pigs at such a young age?”
"Well, I can feed the pigs, mow the grass, graze the cows, wash the clothes... I can do a lot of work." The little boy raised his head and tried to sell himself, "Grandmother can do whatever she wants. Tell me to do it."
Zhang Xifeng laughed, went to the pigsty and put down the barrel, then patted the boy on the head and said, "You are still young, you are not required to work here with your mother-in-law."
He intended to calm the little baby, but he did not expect the baby to be so anxious.
"Grandma, let me help you work!"
Zhang Xifeng was confused, “Why does Qiqi want to work?”
Could it be that he wanted to work to please her in order for her to stay?
Zhang Xifeng wanted to talk and tell Wa'er not to do these things. He had thought of keeping Wa'er in his heart, but Wa'er spoke before he thought about it.
Wa'er's words, in his ears and heart, triggered a surprise he did not expect.
Wa'er said, "My mother-in-law gave me some food and clothes, and I helped out with the work in return. You can't eat for free."
Wa'er said, "Grandmother, I am not a beggar, nor a beggar."
Little baby, dark eyes clear and pure, with precocious firmness.
No one knew, this was Qiqi's obsession, as well as her grievances buried deep in her heart.
He was not a beggar, much less a beggar once others called him, he made his own food.
He never took other people's things in vain, and never asked for them.
Even if it was given by someone else, he would return it in the best way he could.
He was Qiqi, an upright Qiqi who could straighten his spine.