Having learned that Yun Xiaoxiao and her family had returned, Mrs. Zhao came back with the two kids.
"She’s woken up, she’s fine now, but the doctor said to eat something light."
"Alright, then I’ll head back first. We’re harvesting corn tomorrow, so I’ll leave early in the morning."
Mrs. Zhao left, but Da Bao and Xiao Bao returned, and the first thing they did was to go to Yun Xiaoxiao’s room to see her.
"Mom, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
Yun Xiaoxiao looked at her two concerned children, "Mom’s fever has gone down, did I scare you guys?"
Da Bao and Xiao Bao shook their heads together, "No."
This time Dad was at home. The last time Dad wasn’t home, they didn’t know Mom was sick.
"It’s getting late, go take a nap. Is it hot? Should Daddy give you a bath?"
Da Bao wore a gray T-shirt and children’s sandals on his feet, those black foam plastic sandals.
Xiao Bao was in an earth-colored T-shirt, with a pair of non-slip soft-soled hollowed-out beach sandals with a closed toe.
But it took half a day of searching on Pinduoduo to find this pair of shoes, and Xiao Bao was a little smaller than Da Bao.
She also bought the brothers a pair of crystal-cute plastic beach shoes.
Anyway, at first glance, the shoes were from this era and were somewhat ugly.
"Mom, it’s not hot, you go sleep."
Da Bao was pulling Xiao Bao, who didn’t want to leave the room.
"Mom is sick, she needs to rest and recover."
But he wanted to stay with Mom, wasn’t that possible?
Xiao Bao still remembered the last time Mom was sick and then treated them so well, he was afraid that Mom being sick this time would treat them badly like before.
"What are you guys doing standing around here?" Zhao Tianlei, carrying a pot of mung bean porridge he had cooked, was about to enter the room when he saw his two sons standing at the door under the midday sun, which was still rather strong.
"Go play, I’m taking care of Mom here."
With that, he went past them with the food into the room, his face also showing a gentle smile, "Wife, I made mung bean porridge, it will help reduce the heat."
"Just let it cool down, alright?"
She didn’t have any appetite at the moment.
Having been here for almost a year, whenever she felt a bit unwell, she would quickly make a cup of black wheat instant drink, which also served as a herbal tea. However, with the stress of the college entrance exams, as soon as they were over, she hadn’t expected to not hold up and ended up with a high fever, almost becoming delirious.
She didn’t want to eat.
"Have you eaten yet?"
Yun Xiaoxiao looked at him helplessly, "You go eat first, I’ll take a nap."
The weather was hot, and the bedsheets had been replaced with bamboo mats, but lying on them still felt somewhat warm.
"Okay, take a rest, I’ll fan you."
Zhao Tianlei took very good care of Yun Xiaoxiao, accompanying her even to the bathroom in case she was too weak to stand and fell.
Early the next morning, the village started ringing the bell, letting the team members know it was time to harvest the corn.
During the corn harvest, some team members noticed that the corn this year was larger than last year’s.
"Why are some ears of corn bigger than others?"
"I know about that, the corn sowed from Educated Youth Yun’s seedlings tend to be larger. Look, this plot here is the corn that Educated Youth Yun grew from his seedlings, while that plot over there is from the seedlings bought by the team leader."
"Educated Youth Yun has this skill?"
"He is a high school graduate, after all."
Captain Zhao also noticed.
The seeds were somewhat different.
He had them separate the corn that had been grown from last year’s seeds from the corn grown from this year’s seeds.