Chapter 115 – Fated Marriage String (7)
Little Five was using a towel to dry his hair . As soon as he saw Li Man coming over, he shrunk back in panic . He wished that he could hide his entire body in the bathtub .
Li Man couldn’t resist the urge to smile when she saw him . She crouched down, grabbed his arm, and start using a wet towel to scrub his body .
“Even if you hide, I’m still going to scrub you clean . Don’t think about coming out until you’re completely clean . ”
Little Five’s tender little face immediately flushed . His face was red enough that it looked as if blood could drip from it . He didn’t dare to look at Li Man, and his head was hanging low enough that it could touch the edge of the bathtub .
Li Man didn’t care . He was only a young child . If they were in modern-day, she would be old enough to be his mother . Actually, in her heart, she really thought of him as her own child .
She scrubbed most of the mud from his body with the towel, then she used her hand to clean the rest of the dirt off .
Little Five felt very itchy and couldn’t resist giggling . His little body started to squirm around in the bathtub .
Li Man held him down with one hand and quickly washed him with the other hand . After she felt that she had cleaned enough, she had Li Hua bring over the hot water and poured it over Little Five to rinse him off . Then, she dried him off with another towel, wrapped him up in a bed sheet, and had Li Hua carry him to the eastern hut so that Little Five could slowly get dressed there .
As for Li Man, she decided that she would wash Little Five’s dirty clothes later and dumped them into the bathtub to soak for now . The wood was still burning in the stove, so now was a good time to cook some ginger soup . Little Five definitely had to drink some of it . When Li Mo and Li Shu returned, it would be good for them to drink some ginger soup too .
She found a piece of old ginger, washed it, sliced it into thin pieces, and put into the pot of water . After bringing the soup to a boil, Li Man brought over a small bowl of soup to the eastern hut .
At this time, Li Yan had already gotten up and was sitting in the bed . Li Hua put a folded quilt behind his brother’s back so that he would feel more comfortable .
Li Hua had lectured little Five, so he was now obediently curled up in own bedding with only his little head poking out . When Li Man came inside, Little Five spooked and pulled his head back into his quilt .
“Not afraid of suffocating?” Li Hua lightly looked at Little Five in askance .
Li Yan seemed to be doing much better, and his gaze seemed more lucid too . “Hmm, is that for me?”
“Are you thirsty? Do you want to drink some water?” Li Man asked before calling to Little Five, “Come on, get up and drink some ginger soup . It’ll be troublesome if you end up getting sick too . ”
Little Five only poked his little face out . He looked very embarrassed .
Li Hua pulled Little Five out of his quilt, took the bowl of soup from Li Man, and handed it over to his younger brother . “Drink this while it’s still hot . ”
“Oh . ” Little Five snuck a glance at Li Man and obediently drank the ginger soup with a blushing face .
Observing this from the side, Li Yan quietly looked at Li Man and asked, “Where’s mine?”
“I’ll bring you some water . ” Li Man wasn’t bothered by his entitled tone . It was okay to deal with him however she liked when he was healthy, but if he was sick, it would trouble the entire family, not just her .
Seeing that she was being obediently cute, Li Yan felt satisfied .
Li Man went back to the kitchen and poured a bowl of water . Just as she was coming out, she saw Li Mo and Li Yan rushing home with worried expressions .
Standing under the eaves, Li Man asked, “Did the doctor not come?”
Li Mo’s expression was solemn, but Li Shu couldn’t wait to complain, “Don’t mention it . The doctor wasn’t home, so we went to look for the wise woman, but she wasn’t home either . That’s why we ended up being delayed with coming home until now . ”
Li Mo didn’t bother with Li Shu . He approached Li Man and asked, “How’s second brother?”
“Much better,” Li Man said, “Oh, there’s still ginger soup in the pot . The two of you should drink some while it’s still hot . ”
Chapter end
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