When Qiqi and Doggie returned home, they were drenched as if they had just been fished out of the water.
Fortunately, Zhang Xifeng had boiled enough water. She let the two children drink the ginger soup first, then took a hot bath and changed into clean clothes.
Because Doggie was running around in the heavy rain, Doggie's grandparents had asked every family in the village. After knowing that the child had returned, many people rushed over to see the situation.
The Zhang family's central room was small, and more than ten people fully occupied it.
Old Li and Doggie's Grandma had already beaten Doggie up. At this time, the three of them were sitting near the door, all silent and depressed.
His son and daughter-in-law came back for two days and then left. How could Doggie be the only one who was sad?
The old village chief sat in the central room, sucking on the cigarette with his mouth, pretending that the cigarette had already been lit.
After a long while, he looked up and said, "Ms. Dong and Ms. Song came to our village before and gave me a suggestion. Many people in the village should know about it. We can open up the mountainous area in our village and plant it. Our children might be willing to come back from the city if we can earn money in the village and life is not as hard as before."
This topic invigorated the villagers. "The old village chief, we've been waiting for you to speak! Mountains surround our village, and there's plenty of land for development! By then, if each family can get a few acres or more, they won't have to worry about next year!"
"Old village chief, when are you going to start the exploration? I can take care of the entire hill by myself!"
"You want a hill for yourself? You are so beautiful! The village chief, when the land is opened, you can give my family an extra ten acres. I will call my kids back to the farm! As long as we work hard, based on this year's momentum, it'll be better than the salary we earn outside!"
Doggie's family also became excited and joined in the discussion.
The dull atmosphere in the central room became lively.
In the end, the old village chief decided to go to the town to report to the leaders and get their approval. When he came back, they would start the wasteland reclamation!
While everyone was discussing, Qiqi snuggled up to Zhang Xifeng, her little face quiet and obedient.
She liked to listen to people's chatter. It was very lively and very real.
After everyone had finished their discussion and left, she stood up and walked to Chen Jianhe. She looked up and asked, "Second Uncle, are your legs uncomfortable?"
Just now, when everyone was chatting, she saw a second uncle secretly rubbing his legs several times.
Chen Jianhe was just about to leave when he heard this.
His leg did hurt, especially after being in the rain. The pain in his joints was even more intense, but he had been holding it in when the big guy was around. He did not expect that Qiqi would find out.
When Zhang Xifeng heard Qiqi's words, she realized that Chen Jianhe's expression was not good. She quickly came over and asked worriedly, "what's wrong, Jianhe? Did you hurt your leg while fixing the roof?"
"No, Aunt, it's an old illness. I injured my leg as a soldier and got a cold leg disease. I feel a little uncomfortable on rainy days." Chen Jianhe was worried that Zhang Xifeng would overthink things and quickly explained, "it wasn't the entire roof. Don't overthink."
After he explained, Zhang Xifeng's face became even more worried. "If you know your legs are easily hurt, why did you climb up to the roof to get wet? This, this illness can't be cured, can it?!"
She knew that many of the older people in the village had the same problem. They couldn't be cured and could only be relieved with medicine. Most of the time, when the leg pain came back, they could only endure it.
"It's not serious. I'll be fine after I go back and message them."
Chen Jianhe's original intention was to comfort the old woman. However, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw the little child squat down and stretch out her tiny hands to massage his leg joints. Her small face was serious and stern. "Second uncle, I know how to massage legs. I'll help you. they won't hurt anymore afterward."
The little child's words and actions were innocent and pure, making one's heart warm.
Chen Jianhe smiled. "That's right. Qiqi will massage the Second Uncle's legs, and he won't feel pain anymore."
The scene was heartwarming. Only the little black egg, lying in the little girl's pocket, couldn't move. His heart was bleeding.
The aftermath of being struck by lightning was a little serious. Until now, he had not recovered its strength, could not move, and could not return to the sea of consciousness.
However, he could still use his eyes.
With the little child's sincere blessing, a large wisp of purple aura in the storage pool disappeared with a whoosh.
The little egg-man felt pain in his heart, liver, spleen, lung, and kidney.
The heavy rain came and went, stopping in the night's second half.
As dawn approached, the crowing of a rooster could be heard in the distance.
When Chen Jianhe woke up, he lay in bed in a daze for a long time. His eyes were filled with disbelief.
"Wifey, did I have a good night's sleep?"
The woman beside him, who had not fully woken up, casually replied, "what's wrong? "
"Did you forget that it rained yesterday?"
Lin Cuifang opened her eyes and sat up.
The faint light of dawn shone through the window, and the woman's eyes could slightly widen in surprise.
The man's leg would hurt so much that he couldn't sleep on rainy days, and he had never been lucky.
All these years, she had soaked her feet, applied hot compress, and massaged them ... They had tried all the methods they could think of, but they had not seen any improvement.
"Qiqi massaged your legs yesterday ... You mean ... Qiqi?" Lin Cuifang's voice was hoarse and tense.
Chen Jianhe nodded. "There's only one special thing that's worth suspecting. And have you noticed that ever since Qiqi came to our house once, you've been coughing less and less at night? You can almost sleep until dawn now?"
The couple looked at each other in the dim light for a long time before they calmed down.
"This matter is too mysterious. We can't tell anyone else. Otherwise, it will harm Qiqi!"
"I know. Let's pretend that we didn't know anything or notice anything. We'll just do what we did in the past and the future. As for improving our health, we'll say that we've taken medicine to cure it."
"Alright, I know how to deal with it."
The couple made their decision before dawn.
He would not tell anyone about the secret of Qiqi.
Otherwise, when the outsiders come and beg Qiqi one by one if Qiqi can't help, her reputation will be ruined.
If she could help, it would not be a good thing. It would only attract more people to target Qiqi.
The human heart had always been the most difficult to fathom.
Chen Jianhe and his wife did not know anything about Qiqi's thoughts. After getting up, they made animal feed with their Granny and fed the little pigs.
This was her family's primary income. She had to raise the piglet until it was white and fat to sell it for more money.
Thinking of how fast Granny spent her money at the market a few days ago, Qiqi sighed. She had to earn more money to support Granny.
During this period, Qiqi would open her pocket from time to time and look at the little egg-man.
He was still charred dark, and there was a winding crack on the eggshell.
She tried to talk to it, but there was no response.
The little egg-man was lying there quietly with its eyes closed, like a sleeping stone.
"Eggie, are you asleep? When can you return to how you were before?"
Qiqi pouted her little mouth, her nose a little sour.
There was something she didn't dare to say.
Eggie might not have fallen asleep but had been punished or roasted ... Wuwuwu!