Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 71

Mrs. Wang went to put away the small bowl that was knocked over on the windowsill, poured a spoonful of hot soup from the pot, and took another sesame seed cake.

Gu Yin carried the child to the table in the main room, and asked Xiao Wu’an to get a cloth and come over to wipe the child’s hands.

The child obediently allowed Gu Yin to wipe his hands, and then threw himself on the table and ate.

“Slow down, no one will rob you!” Mrs. Wang took a step away from the child, saw him being ruthless, and said helplessly to Gu Yin, “It’s good that you were at home today, otherwise I really couldn’t control it. It’s been really cold these two days, and I don’t know how he survived until now.”

Of course, Mrs. Wang could definitely catch him with brute force, but just like when Officer Caotou went to find him and almost forced him to jump into the river, trying to catch him without hurting him was not easy.

Gu Yin pouted at Xiao Wu’an and asked him to help her pour a bowl of water, then made the child drink it, then smiled and said, “Mother, don’t say that, he flashed before my eyes yesterday, I didn’t react at that time. It’s you who helped catch him.”

When they were talking, Xiao Wu’an saw that the child had not enough meat in the small bowl, and said, “Mother, I think I can eat another sesame cake.”

“You just ate two big cakes like me, can you eat more?!”

Xiao Wu’an lowered his head embarrassedly, “But I did the dishes just now, so I’m not that full anymore.”

He was not usually so greedy, but he had a big elbow. Something he couldn’t eat once a year, and what his sister-in-law cooked was so delicious. It seemed to be the most delicious meal he had eaten since he was born.

Mrs. Wang squatted down and touched his stomach. That was a method parents use to determine whether their child had accumulated food.

Xiao Wu’an tried to suck in his stomach, but his stomach was still bulging.

“Your belly is swollen like a ball, is your mouth full nonsense?”

“Mother, I beg you!” Xiao Wu’an had always been sensible, but after all, he was still a child under six years old, so he took Wang’s hand and whispered, “Mother, my good mother, let me eat some more.”

When Gu Yin saw it, she followed suit to touch his belly. Sure enough, his stomach was hard.

She hurriedly held down his two little hands and forbade him to eat any more.

The child looked at her blankly, then turned to look at Xiao Wu’an who was still crooked, and tentatively looked at Gu Yin and said, “Mother, I eat!”

That kid could actually talk. Both Mrs. Wang and Xiao Wu’an became quiet.

Gu Yin was also taken aback and asked him, “Do you want to eat more?”

He refused to speak, only nodded heavily.

Gu Yin was not as experienced and sophisticated as Mrs. Wang, so she did not agree at once, and relayed the hardness of his stomach to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang said, “It sounds like he is full, feed him some more water.”

Gu Yin fed the child half a bowl of hot water according to her words, and sure enough, he didn’t bother to eat anymore.

After that, it was time to clean up and wash the child.

Fortunately, when Mrs. Wang boiled water for Gu Yin in the morning, she had chopped up enough firewood and brushed the wooden bucket, so she only needed to boil another pot of hot water and pour it into it, and it didn’t take a lot of trouble.

The room was warm, and after eating, the child tightly squeezed the hem of Gu Yin’s clothes with one hand, while staring at her and dozing off.

It wasn’t until Gu Yin gently took off his clothes and put him in the hot water that he suddenly opened his eyes.

“It’s alright, just take a bath, it would be more comfortable to sleep after bathing.” Gu Yin put his two small hands on the tub, then stretched out one hand to support the back of his hand, and the other hand scooped up hot water falling on his small body. Feeling the comfort of the hot water, the child didn’t struggle any more, and obediently grabbed the tub and let her wash.

Standing a step away from the tub, Mrs Wang looked at the protruding bones with red eyes, turned around and wiped her eyes, “Such a small child, I don’t know why he came here after more than half a month.”

That was also Gu Yin’s curiosity and helped to ask.

The child seemed to be unable to understand human words, so he didn’t respond, but splashed the water with his two short legs.

Gu Yin and Mrs. Wang looked at each other and could only shake their heads helplessly.

Later, Mrs. Wang handed Gu Yin a loofah, and Gu Yin took the loofah and carefully washed the child from head to toe.

Mrs. Wang saw that her forehead was sweating, and she reached out to help, but it was the same as before. The child would hide when she saw her.

She had no choice but to back away.

“It’s alright, stay here to talk to me,” Gu Yin raised her arm and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Mrs. Wang sighed, twisted the cloth and handed it to Gu Yin, asking her to wipe the child’s face, “This child can’t speak, and we don’t know how he has been doing these days or how he found this place.”

That time, they didn’t expect the child to answer, but he suddenly made a “squeak” and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of pulling the reins.

Well, he came in a carriage.

After taking a bath for almost half an hour, she finally washed the little child out of the mud den back to his original appearance.

Mrs. Wang took out Xiao Wu’an’s clothes. He was wearing wide ones, and it was strange to feel the clothes and pants on his body.

Mrs. Wang looked at his appearance carefully, and couldn’t help but praise, “This small kid is really handsome!”