After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 274 It tastes terrible

Zhang Yunniang's steps suddenly seemed to be frozen by something.

She turned her head and looked in the dim light at the child on the bed. Even when he was curled up, he looked exceptionally strong.

The heartache for this child came suddenly.

"Mother... Mother..." Xie Xingchuan, who was lying on the bed, was still shouting.

Zhang Yunniang's heart seemed to be grabbed by something.

"Or, you can send Niu Niu back, and I'll stay here with him." Zhang Yuniang said to Gu Mingda.

Gu Mingda was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "I know you love this child, but people's words are scary."

Xie Xingchuan was twelve years old, but he was as tall as a twenty-year-old. If the neighbors saw them in the same room, they would probably gossip about them.

Gu Mingda saw that his wife's face was full of heartache, so he sighed and said, "I'll take Niuniu back, and we'll stay here with him."

Zhang Yuniang looked at her husband with gratitude.

But Niuniu started to make a fuss again: "If no one is going back, I don't want to go back either. I want to stay here and take care of Brother Xie!"

Zhang Yunniang asked, "Do you know how to take care of people?"

Niu Niu took out a handkerchief on the spot, dipped it in water, and lay down beside the bed, gently wiping the sweat from Xie Xingchuan's forehead. She then carefully unbuttoned Xie Xingchuan's collar and helped him cover the quilt.

"Oh, our Niu Niu actually knows how to take care of people." Gu Mingda said sourly.

As a father, he has hardly enjoyed Niu Niu's care many times. Xie Xingchuan is such a lucky boy.

Niuniu turned around and asked, "Mom, can I stay? I think Brother Xie needs my care. It must be tiring for you to run back and forth in the middle of the night."

Seeing that she was determined to do so, Zhang Yunniang looked at her husband and nodded helplessly.

"You can stay, but if you feel tired, just tell us and we will send you back, okay?" Zhang Yunniang said.

Niu Niu cheered, then rushed to Xie Xingchuan's bed and continued to wipe the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

"Brother Xie has been sweating." Niu Niu said suddenly.

When Gu Mingda heard this, he immediately became alert and stepped forward to put his palm on Xie Xingchuan's forehead: "Fortunately, there is no fever, just sweating."

Niuniu wiped the sweat off her face again and asked, "Did Brother Xie only drink alcohol and not eat anything else at night?"

When Zhang Yunniang heard this, she thought of the food she had brought from home and asked Gu Mingda to help the man up.

"Let him eat something first. He can't let him starve like this." Zhang Yunniang said.

But Xie Xingchuan, who was helped up, suddenly threw himself forward, as if he could no longer control himself, and tilted his head to vomit all over the floor.

The room was immediately filled with the sour, rancid stench of vomited food.

"It's uncomfortable..." Xie Xingchuan said with a bitter face.

Zhang Yuniang looked at him with pity, and then brought a glass of water to his mouth.

Xie Xingchuan almost wolfed down the glass of water.

"Mom, my head hurts so much." Xie Xingchuan said to Zhang Yuniang.

Although he was tall, he was actually only twelve years old. Being drunk and having a headache made him particularly want to seek some kind of support. His eyes were blurry at this moment, and he couldn't see clearly who was in front of him. He just grabbed Zhang Yunniang's sleeve tightly.

"It hurts, Mom, my head hurts, and my face hurts too..."

Zhang Yunniang's heart was broken by his shouting. She seemed to see her lost second son in a trance, and thought of how he was sent to the palace by those damn kidnappers.

How could a child of that age endure the pain of castration?

Niu Niu climbed onto the bed and gently untied the mask on Xie Xingchuan's face.

"Niuniu, don't!"

Niu Niu's movements were too fast and Gu Mingda was one step behind in stopping her.

Niu Niu whispered, "My brother said his face hurts. Is it because the mask is pressing on him that he feels uncomfortable?" The mask fell off, revealing a face covered with scars.

Gu Mingda sighed. Xie Xingchuan didn't like to take off his mask because he was afraid that the child would be unhappy when he woke up.

"Forget it. We have all seen your brother Xie's face under the mask. He shouldn't be angry with you for this." Gu Mingda said.

Niuniu puffed out her belly and said, "Xie brother has the best temper. He won't blame me."

Gu Mingda thought of Xie Xingchuan's always cold face, and couldn't understand where Niu Niu's confidence came from.

Xie Xingchuan vomited all over the floor. Zhang Yunniang dug a pile of dirt to cover it up, and the smell in the room finally dissipated a little.

The couple wanted to feed Xie Xingchuan some food, but when the child heard that he wanted to eat, he closed his mouth tightly. The two of them had no way to pry it open, so they had to give up.

"Let your child sleep on his side. If he vomits again while sleeping on his back, his throat is likely to be blocked, which will make him feel very uncomfortable." Zhang Yunniang reminded softly.

Gu Mingda gently turned Xie Xingchuan's body to the side.

Niu Niu, who originally wanted to take care of Xie Xingchuan, couldn't help rubbing her eyes.

"My dear, eat something before going to bed. You haven't eaten anything last night." Zhang Yuniang reminded softly.

She fed some of the heated meal to Niu Niu.

Niu Niu kept nodding her head while eating, and her sleepy look was just like a chick pecking at rice.

When they were almost done eating, Zhang Yuniang said again, "Be good, go walk around the yard twice and then come back to sleep."

Niu Niu stayed in the chair and refused to get up. She was really too sleepy.

Zhang Yunniang had no choice but to pick up the child and gently but firmly pulled her around the yard twice.

"You can't go to bed right after eating. You need to at least digest the food." Zhang Yuniang said softly.

Niu Niu was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes. She closed her eyes and stretched out her hands, asking for a hug.

Zhang Yunniang had no way to deal with her, so she resigned herself to her fate and held the child in her arms. Almost the moment she picked her up, Niu Niu's head tilted and fell on Zhang Yunniang's shoulder. Zhang Yunniang had no choice but to carry the child back into the house.

"Falling asleep?" Zhang Yunniang couldn't see Niuniu's face buried behind her shoulder.

Gu Mingda nodded and pointed to the other side of the bed.

Zhang Yunniang put Niu Niu down gently, covered her with a quilt, turned her head and looked at the ground with a frown.

Xie Xingchuan vomited again.

"He vomited so much. How could there be food in his stomach? He must be very hungry." Zhang Yuniang said softly.

Gu Mingda had no choice but to say, "When this child hears about eating, he shuts his mouth tightly. We have no choice but to go hungry."

Zhang Yuniang shoveled some more soil and covered the new vomit.

The two children slept in the bed, and the couple sat on chairs all night. It was not a restful night, as Xie Xingchuan vomited twice.

By daybreak, both couples' eyes were filled with red bloodshot.

"I'll go make something to eat." Zhang Yuniang forced herself to go into the kitchen to make breakfast.

Gu Mingda stopped her and said, "I heard the neighbors got up. Spend some money and ask them to make some food. You can close your eyes and take a nap for a while."

The neighbors were very happy about being able to earn some extra money.

The middle-aged man said with a smile: "It's okay, as long as you like it. Does anyone like the food made by my wife?"

When Gu Mingda first heard this, he found it a little strange. The aftereffects of staying up late caused his brain to work slowly, so he did not think too much about it.

By the time the couple next door diligently brought over the prepared breakfast, Xie Xingchuan had also woken up.

Four people were sitting at the table. As soon as they picked up their bowls and took a bite, they almost vomited at the same time.

"It tastes terrible!" Niu Niu said with a frown.