A charming widow in her 70s married a factory manager and raised his children.

"Yueyue, help Mom suck it..."

A loud bang rang in his ears, and Lu Congyue tightened his grip.

Immediately afterwards, there was another low moan of pain from the woman.

The sweltering heat seemed to be getting worse, and the air inside the house became scorching hot, so hot it was suffocating.

When Lu Congyue came out of the house, he was drenched in sweat.

He stood at the gate of the courtyard without moving until Sun Yongxian led an old woman over quickly.

"Director Lu, I've brought the person." Sun Yongxian greeted him, marveling at how tough the director was, standing so straight under the blazing sun, seemingly unfazed by the heat, even though his clothes were completely soaked...

Lu Congyue nodded slightly: "Go in..."

His voice was terribly hoarse. He cleared his throat and said, "Go in. Please take care of them."

Sun Yongxian laughed heartily, "Director Lu, please rest assured."

Sun Yongxian led the old woman into the house.

"Comrade Zhuang, I've brought my men in."

Zhuang Qingxiang was startled and quickly pulled her clothes together: "Who?"

"It's me, Sun Yongxian. I've found you an aunt who can treat your illness," Sun Yongxian said loudly.

"Come in." Zhuang Qingxiang was overjoyed.

The old woman Sun Yongxian brought was named Tian Pandi. She was over fifty years old and lived in a nearby village. She could deliver babies and treat minor ailments in new mothers, but current policies didn't allow it, so she did it secretly.

If you come in and ask around, you'll know that Zhuang Qingxiang's fever is caused by blocked milk ducts; once the blockage is cleared, she'll be fine.

She washed her hands and began to massage Zhuang Qingxiang, then reminded her to apply a hot compress later.

"You're lucky, you've eaten a lot of good food, haven't you? It's been a long time since I've seen anyone with blocked milk ducts and fever. Everyone's starving these days," she said while she was busy.

Zhuang Qingxiang blushed and explained, "I have to feed two children."

"Then you need to eat more good food," Tian Pandi said with a smile. "Look at how big you are... I can tell at a glance that you're not short of food for your children. If you drink more soup, it will definitely be enough to feed them."

Zhuang Qingxiang blushed even more, wishing she could shut her mouth immediately.

In the courtyard, Sun Yongxian was talking to Lu Congyue about Tian Pandi, and they couldn't hear anything coming from inside the house.

Lu Congyue has always had excellent hearing, and even from a short distance, he still heard Tian Pandi's words.

heat!

My mouth is dry, my throat is parched, and I feel hot!

He forced himself to listen to Sun Yongxian's words, and as she instructed, he took out two yuan and gave it to her. He then couldn't wait to go into the kitchen, scooped a ladle of water from the vat, and drank it directly into his mouth.

Sun Yongxian took the two yuan back to her house and waited for Tian Pandi to finish her work before going inside.

"Aunt Tian, ​​thank you so much. Look at my friend's condition..."

"She's in good health, so she'll be fine. This fever will definitely go down quickly, but she'll need to come for two more days in a row," Tian Pandi said.

"real?"

Tian Pandi: "I have experience, absolutely no problem!"

Sun Yongxian smiled and handed her a dollar: "Here's the money for this time. I'll give you the rest after she's fully recovered in two days."

After receiving the money, Tian Pandi smiled even more broadly: "No problem, then I'll come over at this time tomorrow?"

"Okay, I'll see you out. I'll also tell the security department that you can just come in tomorrow."

After Sun Yongxian finished speaking, she said something to Zhuang Qingxiang and then left with her people.

Zhuang Qingxiang did feel a little better at this moment, but she had just been sweating profusely from the pain and was still feeling very uncomfortable.

She forced herself to get up, hastily buttoned up her clothes, and planned to go out to get some water to wash herself.

Unexpectedly, when she lifted the curtain to come out, she ran into Lu Congyue coming in.

Their eyes met, and Zhuang Qingxiang hurriedly lowered her gaze. Then she realized that her clothes were disheveled, exclaimed in surprise, and rushed back to the inner room.

Why is Factory Director Lu still at home? Shouldn't he be at work at this hour?

Zhuang Qingxiang, her hands trembling, quickly rebuttoned the buttons.

Lu Congyue also left the room.

I felt a pang of regret. The place was so small, it was really inconvenient. I should have built another room back then.

There was no response from inside, so he had to take the initiative and ask, "Comrade Zhuang, are you feeling better now?"

"Much better, thank you."

After thanking her, Zhuang Qingxiang remembered the money she had given to Tian Pandi and hurriedly added, "Could you deduct the money from my salary for Aunt Tian? I don't have any money on hand right now..."

"I'll pay for it. This... is my responsibility." Lu Congyue paused, then remembered that she had said it was his fault that she was like this, and his voice darkened again. "Now that you're better, just take good care of yourself. I'm going to work."

"Okay, don't worry, I will take good care of the child," Zhuang Qingxiang said hurriedly.

Lu Congyue heard that her voice was indeed much better, so he quickly left. Only after he stepped out of the courtyard did he take a deep breath of the sweltering air.

Zhuang Qingxiang only came out of the inner room after confirming that Lu Congyue had left. She locked the courtyard gate and then fetched water to wash herself thoroughly.

After she changed her clothes, she felt like she had come back to life and breathed a sigh of relief, and her stomach also felt hungry.

"Yueyue, have you eaten?"

"Yes, Aunt Sun gave Yueyue rice porridge," Xiao Qianyue replied, her eyes still a little red. "Mom, are you really better?"

Zhuang Qingxiang gave her a quick kiss: "With Yueyue's help, of course Mother is better. Yueyue is really amazing."

Xiao Qianyue was then happy.

Zhuang Qingxiang then said, "Mother hasn't eaten yet. What would Yueyue like to eat? Mother will make some so we can eat together."

"Yueyue likes to eat everything!" Xiaoqianyue said happily.

Actually, she wasn't even full from that small bowl of rice porridge; she was hungry too.

Seeing the two babies sleeping soundly, Zhuang Qingxiang took Xiao Qianyue to the kitchen to start a fire and cook.

She cooked a bowl of noodles and steamed a bowl of egg custard. The mother and daughter each ate a small bowl, their mouths full of delicious food.

"Mom, what is a kindergarten for?" Xiao Qianyue suddenly asked.

Zhuang Qingxiang didn't know anything about this either, but she had heard people in the village say that the factory had everything, including a place for children to go to school, she couldn't remember if it was called a nursery or a kindergarten.

After thinking for a moment, she replied, "It's a place where many children go to school. Why?"

Little Qian Yue looked at her expectantly: "Aunt Sun said I can go to kindergarten too, is that true?"

Zhuang Qingxiang paused, pursed her lips, smiled, and patted her little head: "No, Yueyue, that's the factory's kindergarten. It only accepts the children of people who work at the factory. We're not..."

"But Aunt Sun said that as long as Uncle Lu agrees, that's fine, right?" Xiao Qianyue asked doubtfully.

Zhuang Qingxiang shook her head: "Yueyue, we've already troubled Factory Director Lu enough. It's not good to keep bothering him. Wouldn't it be better if you stayed with your mother? Your mother needs your help too."

Little Qian Yue nodded understandingly, "Yueyue understands, then Yueyue will stay home and help Mom look after my little brother."

As she spoke, she grinned at Zhuang Qingxiang, looking incredibly cute.

But Zhuang Qingxiang could tell that she was a little sad.

It seems she is very curious about kindergarten and wants to go to school.

Unfortunately, that's not a place for people like them.

Zhuang Qingxiang felt somewhat guilty towards her well-behaved daughter, but there was nothing she could do.

However, if she can take good care of the child, will Director Lu help her out because of her dedication? He's the director; if he agrees to let Yueyue go to kindergarten, the kindergarten should accept her, right?