coobybook Chapter 38 Daily life
Chapter 38 Daily life
After opening the live broadcast room, Wei Chaoyan got up and looked at the bone broth simmering in the pot. She found that it was almost done. She checked the time and found that there were about 15 minutes left before noon. So she added the white radish that she had prepared earlier to the soup, covered the pot, and added some firewood to the stove.
He turned around and saw that the medicine on the stove next to him was almost ready, so he pulled out some of the excess firewood from the stove, leaving some to continue burning.
Then, I took out some flour from the cabinet on the west wall of the kitchen and started kneading the dough to make noodles. After making the noodles for everyone's lunch, I took out four eggs from the cabinet to add to the noodles later, just enough for one egg per person.
After closing the cabinet door, Wei Chaoyan wrapped the hot medicine pot on the stove with a damp towel, lifted it up, poured the decocted medicine into a medicine bowl on the table behind her, and then put the pot in a corner of the kitchen. She would clean the dregs after lunch.
I covered the bowl of medicine on the table with a food cover to prevent dust and insects from falling in, then left the kitchen to catch the three kids who were playing wildly in the yard. I figured I'd need to change my clothes before I could have a proper lunch.
Sure enough, as soon as I entered the yard, I spotted the three little ones digging in the dirt! Their dirty clothes and mud-covered faces and hands were simply unbearable to look at!
Wei Chaoyan was extremely helpless, but she didn't have the energy to yell at them. She just wanted to quickly clean them up and change them into clean clothes. Otherwise, if they lingered for too long, she was afraid that the medicine on the kitchen table would get cold and affect its efficacy. Fortunately, she had just boiled a large pot of hot water in the back pot while preparing lunch in the kitchen. Otherwise, how could she wash the mud off them in this still somewhat cold weather?
After quickly cleaning up the three little ones and changing them into clean clothes, Wei Chaoyan carried them into the kitchen. She picked up the medicine bowl, saw that the temperature was just right for drinking, and handed the medicine to Wei Ying, telling him to drink it obediently. She then went to the stove, lifted the pot lid, added some salt to the soup for seasoning, and ladled two bowls of bone broth onto the table, telling Qi Ye and Wei Ying to wait for the broth to cool down a bit before drinking it. As for Qingyan, he could only sit at the table and watch his two older brothers happily drink the soup. There was nothing he could do; he was still so young and couldn't even hold a bowl properly. Who would dare give him a bowl of freshly cooked hot soup, afraid of burning him?
After setting the bowls down, she turned back to the stove to add firewood and cook the noodles and eggs into the soup. Once the noodles and eggs were cooked, she asked Qi Ye and Wei Ying, who were obediently drinking soup at the table, to bring their bowls to the stove, where she ladled the noodles and eggs into them.
After serving the two of them, Wei Chaoyan used a large bowl to serve herself and Qingyan noodles and eggs (yes, today at noon, Wei Chaoyan planned to add noodles from her own bowl for Qingyan to eat, and then eat the leftovers after he was full, so as not to have to go through the trouble of using an extra bowl, anyway, she didn't mind her younger brother's leftovers (￢_￢)). Holding the drooling Qingyan, she sat at the table and began to blow on the noodles to cool them down and feed them to him.
After lunch, Wei Chaoyan cleaned up the kitchen and then, carrying the tired Qingyan, led her two younger brothers to sit at the table in the dormitory and chatted idly. Wei Chaoyan mainly recounted the funny things that happened to her in Wei Village before, and Qi Ye cleverly cooperated with her, occasionally teasing her and telling her embarrassing stories. The whole conversation was very relaxed and harmonious.
Looking at Wei Ying, who seemed uneasy, head down, timid and afraid to speak, but was actually like a timid and alert rabbit, pricked up his long ears to eavesdrop on their conversation, with a smile that he couldn't hide flashing in his eyes from time to time, he was much more energetic than when he first arrived yesterday.
Seeing Wei Ying's lively and adorable behavior, Wei Chaoyan, who was talking non-stop, smiled and exchanged a smile with Qi Ye, who was watching her. Qi Ye's cooperation made Wei Chaoyan understand that he was trying to accept Wei Ying, this little brother who had fallen from the sky, and was constantly trying to get along with him harmoniously, and how to subtly eliminate the wariness, unease, alienation, fear, and deep-seated fear of being abandoned again and the self-consciousness of not daring to cause trouble for others that Wei Ying was currently carrying.
Wei Chaoyan was pleased with Qi Ye's thoughtfulness, touched by his understanding, and also felt a pang of heartache for his obedient nature. Wei Chaoyan smiled and patted Qi Ye's head, which was turning around, saying affectionately, "Good Qi Ye, don't reveal any more embarrassing things about your older sister. Give your older sister some face. Alright, alright ^0^~, Qingyan is sleeping like a little pig, almost snoring. You and Aying must be sleepy too, right? Let's take a nap together. We still have to go to the county government office after our nap."
"Sister, what are we going to the county government office for this afternoon?" Qi Ye shook her slightly dazed head and asked, trying to stay awake. Wei Ying also turned his head slightly towards her, secretly observing her expression out of the corner of his eye.
Wei Chaoyan pouted and said, "Our family has a new member. We must go to the county government to report and add Aying to the household register. Also, we can't forget Aying's travel permit. Otherwise, when your older sister takes you to play in faraway places, Aying won't be able to do it without the travel permit."
"Oh, oh, then we need to get it done quickly, it's not good to drag it out. I'll go to bed now. Ah, Brother A-Ying, hurry up too, don't just stand there, or you'll be too late to get up!" With that, Qi Ye naturally reached out and took Wei Ying's hand, leading him to the bedside. Wei Chaoyan followed behind with a smile, holding the already sleeping Qingyan.
When Qi Ye naturally took Wei Ying's hand, Wei Ying was stunned. He quickly turned to look at Wei Chaoyan's expression and found that she reacted to Qi Ye's actions without any strangeness and was completely at ease. This warmed Wei Ying's heart, and his heart, which had been hanging in mid-air, suddenly calmed down. He seemed to realize that he was no longer a beggar wandering the streets. He had a home that accepted him, a small but warm and beautiful one.
"Father, Mother, A-Ying has a new home now. You don't need to worry about A-Ying anymore," Wei Ying murmured to himself.