Only this green, not disappointing the spring

Zhou Xiaonan only wanted to relieve Old Man Zhou's pain a little, so he stopped after applying moxibustion for five times.

After Zhou Xiaonan stopped inserting the moxa sticks, Old Man Zhou realized that the pain in his legs seemed to be less severe, at least to a tolerable level.

It was impossible for him to admit that his granddaughter was capable. He sat up from the bed with a groan, and put on an impatient look again.

"Hmph, does this moxibustion really work? Why is it still so painful after all this time?"

Zhou Xiaoxi really didn't want to indulge this old man's bad habits, so he directly criticized him:

"At least I can't hear you screaming anymore, which means I'm doing a good job! Grandfather, if you think it's useless, we sisters will stop treating you and save you the trouble."

After being scolded by his granddaughter, Old Man Zhou realized that he still had to rely on this girl, and he was very depressed.

I couldn't bring myself to say anything softly, so I had to change the subject.

"Are you two here just to heal my leg today? There must be something else, right?"

Humph, you are self-aware, you really think we are here to show filial piety! Zhou Xiaoxi complained again in his heart.

"Grandfather, of course we came here specifically to treat your leg. We just want to remind you that you promised us a long time ago to arrange for your eldest and second uncles to help with the autumn harvest in our fields. Everyone in the village has gone to the fields to harvest wheat. When will our family start?"

I knew it was no good!

Old man Zhou has been pretending to be confused recently. Autumn harvest is the most tiring job for farmers, and they have to work hard every time.

It's hard enough to work on your own, and no one wants to do more. You can't let an old man like me work in the fields, right?

He would rather be a coward and let the third family figure out a solution on their own.

But now these two little girls have found his weak spot again, and he doesn't want to endure the pain in his legs anymore, especially since it has gotten worse.

Old man Zhou, who has always been afraid of death, is very conflicted.

What if I use my status as an elder to force Xiao Nan to treat my legs? If the two of them pretend to be stupid, I won't be able to do anything about it. Who in the village will believe that a little girl can cure people's illnesses?

After thinking it over again and again, I could only accept it.

"I will go to your second uncle's house tomorrow and ask them to help me. If my leg gets better, I will go to the fields to work. We are all family, so I will never ignore you."

Resisting the urge to roll her eyes, Zhou Xiaonan spoke sweetly:

"Thank you, Grandfather! Don't worry, Xiaonan will definitely treat your leg well and won't hold anything back! When the wheat is harvested, my sister and I will be so busy that we won't have time to come to your house. So, the faster the crops are harvested, the sooner I can come to you!"

How dare you threaten him! Old Man Zhou gnashed his teeth in anger.

The autumn harvest would take at least half a month to complete, and he couldn't bear it for so long, so he decisively refused.

"No, my legs hurt a lot recently. If you stay away for such a long time, it will hurt me to death. If you are not free, I will go to your house to find you. Your father also needs to do moxibustion. I want to go with him."

Zhou Xiaoxi stopped her sister from opening her mouth to refute.

"Since you've asked, my sister and I will agree. We'll go back first, and you can have a good rest at home, Grandfather."

On the way home, Zhou Xiaonan couldn't help but ask her sister:

"Why should we agree to grandfather's request? What if he changes his mind?"

"Grandfather is not that bad. The reason why he doesn't want to come to our house to see our father is not only because he doesn't want to get into trouble, but also because he is embarrassed to see our father. He will feel guilty if he does."

Zhou Xiaonan understood everything at once.

"So, in order to treat his leg, Grandfather will have to face our father almost every day. He will feel guilty and will not want to evade his responsibilities as a father, right?"

"Our little genius is so smart!"

Zhou Xiaoxi likes to praise this sister very much. Only with confidence can one become more and more outstanding!

……

The next day, Old Man Zhou came to Zhou Jun's house to ask his granddaughter to treat her leg, but found that both children were not at home.

He was very angry and thought that the two little girls were avoiding him on purpose.

Li said indifferently:

"Father-in-law, you never come home, how can you just wrongly accuse two good children? They have to go up the mountain to collect herbs every day, and they don't have a day to rest. Otherwise, where do you think the mugwort for your leg treatment came from? Can it float down from the sky?"

Old Zhou was speechless. He couldn't get angry in front of the third brother.

Zhou Jun felt a little sorry for his father seeing how he was, so he gave him a way out at the right time.

"Dad, don't worry. Xiaonan will be back for lunch at noon. She always does moxibustion for me at that time. By the way, don't forget not to come here on rainy days. Doctor Zhang said that moxibustion cannot be done in that kind of weather."

Seeing his son's gentle attitude, Old Man Zhou felt relieved and said with concern:

"Why doesn't Xiaoxi come back? You can't be too tired to come back, right? That's too immature. Xiaonan is two years younger than her. Why are you two still so ungrateful and treat this adopted child better than your own?"

When Li heard that Old Man Zhou had wrongly accused her precious daughter again, she immediately became unhappy.

"Father, please stop humiliating our Xiaoxi by saying she was picked up and lost money! I've told her so many times that she is our biological daughter, why don't you listen? Xiaoxi is the most filial child, and as a mother, I will never allow anyone to bully her, not even you!"

After saying that, tears couldn't be controlled and flowed down.

Their little girl Xiaoxi was such a good kid. If it weren't for her, the villagers would have burned their whole family to ashes. There was no chance for this old man to come to their house and make sarcastic remarks.

Zhou Jun was becoming more and more disappointed with his father, and his tone of voice became colder.

"Dad, please don't mention the matter of picking up someone again. Xiaoxi is my biological daughter. Since I got sick, this family has basically relied on her. The reason why she didn't come back at noon was that she felt it was a waste of time. Seeing that the grass and trees were about to wither and turn yellow, she and her sisters were racing against time to collect herbs for me to treat my illness..."

He couldn't continue his words halfway through. This man who once shed blood but not tears, was now sobbing uncontrollably.

Old man Zhou felt a little too embarrassed to stay any longer, but when he thought that his leg pain might get worse, he shamelessly sat back on the stool.

"Uh, well, I misunderstood Xiaoxi. It's also your fault for not explaining it clearly. No one would misunderstand what you said. Besides, you and your wife have raised her for so many years, so it's only natural that she should be filial to you."

Mrs. Li was too lazy to deal with her cold-blooded father-in-law. She made the excuse that she had not finished her work yet and went to the kitchen to make something delicious for her daughter.

The father and son were left staring at each other in the room, feeling extremely awkward.