Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse-Chapter 475 - 470: Troublesome Matters When Returning Home 05

Chapter 475: Chapter 470: Troublesome Matters When Returning Home 05

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Yan Jinsu first observed his sleeping face, with traces of yellowish eye discharge remaining at the corners of his eyes. She gently pried open Xiao Ba’s bright red lips, revealing a white tongue and blood-red lips, which were clear signs of internal heat!

Looking further, she noticed a strange odor in the child’s mouth and a small blister on his hard palate.

"Mom, please prepare some warm water and mix in some ’Houzao Powder’ for him to drink. Xiao Ba has internal heat." [The plot is fictitious, do not take it personally]

Seeing Lin Caixia nervously watching her, she smiled and reassured:

"Caixia, don’t worry. Xiao Ba has a throat inflammation and blisters, which is why he keeps getting fevers. Xiao Ba is also young and won’t communicate his discomfort to adults. Having a doctor look at it is useless, as they’re reluctant to use strong medicine. All they can do is let the child drink more water and take some mild western medicine, which makes the recovery slower."

When Lin Caixia heard "recurrent fevers," she nodded in agreement, "Sister-in-law, this medicine... Will it be okay for Xiao Ba to drink?"

Everything else is easy to say, but she is still not relieved about this.

"Don’t worry, this medicine is traditional Chinese medicine, not a western drug. Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi also need to drink it every three to five days, so you don’t have to worry about an overdose for Xiao Ba. Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi are also taking it, and grandma has gotten used to preparing it, haha."

Not trusting herself, she just said that much. Whether to drink it or not was left to Lin Caixia’s discretion.

"Thank you, Sister-in-law." Lin Caixia was somewhat indifferent, but since Xiao Ba had no other medicine available at the moment, she was skeptical but still chose to give it a try after hearing Yan Jinsu’s words.

She hesitated a little, not daring to let Xiao Ba drink too much, stopping after he drank just about half.

Yan Jinsu saw this but didn’t say more.

However, Zhou Xiuhua and her daughter were not pleased.

They felt that this little girl was kind-hearted. Seeing that her child was sick, she immediately took out her own baby’s common medicine. By acting this way, she seemed a bit disrespectful.

Lin Caixia had no idea that her slight suspicion and caution had led several women in the room to have a slight opinion of her.

Houzao Powder had not yet been widely spread at this time, and it was expensive in towns, unheard of in the countryside. Her caution was just a mother’s care, so Yan Jinsu did not take it to heart.

Because Xiao Ba could now eat some candy, he knew the taste of sweetness, so when he tasted the ’bitter’ medicine, he burst into tears.

Yan Jinsu took this opportunity to clearly see another larger blister in Xiao Ba’s throat, no wonder he had been feverish these past few days!

Knowing Lin Caixia didn’t trust her, Yan Jinsu didn’t say much. But seeing the child crying badly and having drank some medicine, she generously poured a small cup of special warm water from the babies’ kettle for Lin Caixia.

If it were Lin Caixia who was sick, she probably wouldn’t have been so kind.

But seeing Xiao Ba sick, she felt a bit heartbroken.

He was only ten months old, what could a child know at that age? Moreover, seeing Xiao Ba now, he seemed about the same size as Shiyi, which felt like a huge gap!

Even when children are under a year old, a difference of one or two months can be apparent. But Xiao Ba was already four months older than her two little treasures!

After taking the medicine and being fed a bit more water, Xiao Ba fell asleep again.

Just about ten minutes later, Xiao Ba’s back started to sweat, and seeing this, Lin Caixia finally believed that her mother-in-law and sister-in-law were truly looking out for Xiao Ba’s best interests!

At this point, Yan Jinsu didn’t have the energy to care about her thoughts anymore; it was past five o’clock, she and Xie Jinghong had already moved to the kitchen to cook rice, simmer white porridge, wash vegetables and cut meat, the two coordinating their tasks efficiently.

Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi were watched by Xiao Si, and Xiaoqi supervised their little cousins as they played together; both groups played quietly beside Yan Jinsu’s kang bed.

Under the kang, Yan Jinsu had laid out an old cotton quilt for two reasons: firstly, it allowed the children to sit and play on it, and secondly, it wasn’t a worry if the toddlers fell off the kang.

At the forefront, after Yan Jinsu had just finished cooking the porridge, Xiao Ba’s fever had completely subsided. Seeing that the water on the stove was ready, Zhou Xiuhua decided to head to the west wing first to bring several children back to the front yard.

As she was preparing the hot water to help the children bathe, not only did Xie Tiesheng arrive but also Xiao Yi, Xiao’er, and Xiao Wu, except Xiao Wu’s eyes were red, and there were still some red marks on his jaw!

Every time the children visited, they would first greet the elders one by one, showing great politeness.

"Good heavens, Xiao Wu, what happened to you?" Xie Jinghong, who had been smiling, heard the voices, looked up and saw Xiao Wu’s face, and was the first to angrily exclaim.

She hastily wiped her wet hands, pulled Xiao Wu in front of her, and Xiao Wu shook his head innocently, saying nothing.

Upon hearing this, Xiao’er wiped the corner of his eye and voluntarily took over the task of washing vegetables from their aunt.

Xiao Yi glanced at Xiao Wu and said, "It’s nothing, Xiao Wu’s lip is a bit hurt, he fell and can’t speak, aunt, please don’t bring it up again, I’ll go and help grandma first."

Zhou Xiuhua, seeing that there were many children in the house and having some free time, proceeded to organize a bath queue for the kids.

As for Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi’s bathing, it was always personally handled by Yan Jinsu.

She, the old woman, only needed to take care of the older ones and her own grandchildren.

Once Xiao Yi arrived, he took charge of Xiao Si and the rest of the grandchildren.

Yan Jinsu, upon hearing her aunt’s words, paused the action of stirring the porridge but before she could respond, she heard Xiao Wu explain in a hoarse voice,

"Aunt, I’m alright, I fell, it won’t hurt in a bit." Xiao Wu paused several times while speaking and inhaled sharply during the pauses. Xie Jinghong, having no daughters, was especially sympathetic towards her nieces.

Xiao Wuer, also being very well-behaved, seeing her like this, immediately comforted, "Alright, let’s drop it. Xiao Wu, wait a moment, let me get some aloe for you to apply... I don’t know what kind of heart your mother has, being so harsh on you!"

Xiao Wu didn’t speak, but who in the Xie Family didn’t know that this was surely Boss’s mischief!

It was just because of the family separation. Xiao Wu was her child, and when it came to disciplining children, the Xie Family was always very strict. Xu Xiaofen, being the mother, hitting her own child was something beyond reproach by anyone in the family except Xie Tiesheng and Zhou Xiuhua, who could scold Boss.

But after scolding, what then?

Clearly, it was an impractical behavior, Zhou Xiuhua could take care of her for a while, but not for a lifetime!

Xu Xiaofen hit Xiao Wu on the cheeks because, upon returning from her parents’ home, she hadn’t seen Xiao Wu preparing meals, and, compounded with the in-laws’ return, harbored a pent-up frustration, inadvertently slapping Xiao Wu.

Fortunately, it was just to the dangling area below her ear, not hitting the ear canal directly.

Otherwise, judging from the residual swelling on Xiao Wu’s face, there could definitely have been small complications!

The ear and jaw were swollen and purplish, evidently Xu Xiaofen didn’t hold back her strength.

Xie Jingwei, who was already upset that his wife returned from her parents’ house without first going to greet her in-laws with filial piety,

who would have thought, he had just returned home only to see her entering the house on his heels, there being no hot meal ready, and without saying a word, had slapped their daughter—a genuine spur to Xie Jingwei’s normally gentle temper!

No, he couldn’t tolerate it any longer! Thinking of his younger brother’s two children being fair and delicate, even their cousins were well-cared for by Yan Jinsu, yet looking at his own wife!

Thinking of this, he first, restraining his temper, had Xiao Yi take his siblings to their grandparents to avoid children being affected by their parents’ quarrel.

Only after confirming they had all gone to the front, did he firmly shut the room door, his large eyes glaring ominously at Xu Xiaofen—