[HP] Mrs. Snape

Chapter 7: Early Wisdom

The next day, Alia got up early as usual, and went to the kitchen lightly while the child was still asleep. Andrew's breakfast now mainly consists of custard, and he likes the tender pudding-like Every two or three days, Alia will make steamed eggs for her children.

Put the prepared steamed eggs in the pot and cover it with a lid, warm it with hot water, take the change and go out.

There is a small pier on the east side of the town, and the boats that come and go bring in fresh vegetables and fruits every day. Arya likes to get up early every day to buy the freshest ingredients.

"Good morning, Miss Dashwood. Bring a fish, the freshest fish." The vendor shouted to Arya from a distance, carrying a lively fish.

"Good morning, oh, thank you, I won't be today, I need some fruit." Arya smiled and nodded to the pastor's wife next to her, and said to the vendor.

"Aaliyah, have you heard? Mr. Carter will come to the town early this year!" The pastor's wife squeezed through several vendors, and whispered mysteriously in Arya's ear.

"Oh?" Arya was a little surprised, "But it's only May, doesn't the Carter family come to the town's manor every July?"

They said that Mr. Carter was the owner of the large estate on the west side of the town. The family lived in London, but they would come to live here for a while every summer when the Carter children were on vacation.

"I heard," the pastor's wife pressed close to Alia, looked around, saw that no one was paying attention to her, and whispered in Alia's ear: "I heard from William that it was Mrs. Carter." Persevere." William, the pastor's wife's husband, is also the vicar of the parish.

"Mrs. Carter?" Arya was thinking quickly about what made Mrs. Carter, who had always avoided country life, come to this small town that she didn't like at all in advance.

The look of that Mrs. Carter appeared in Arya's mind, a very modern and fashionable beauty, who likes socializing and various parties, "For the small town of Trafford, I think the only thing that can be praised is Shakespeare, my dear. People here feel like they are still living in the 60s, and they don’t even have a rock band! If Will hadn’t insisted, I would have gone to Paris a long time ago!” This is what the young Mrs. Carter often complained to Arya.

"Do you know why?" Arya thought in her mind. She is the music teacher of the Carter family's youngest son in Trafford Town during the summer vacation, and has been working for the Carter family for three years.

"I'm not very clear, I just know that I'm in a hurry. William received a letter from Mr. Carter, saying that he will arrive this weekend. He asked William to help poor old Henry. After all, the manor has not been inhabited for a year, and it is left to old Henry. There is not much time to clean up." Old Henry was the housekeeper of the manor.

"It's probably because the weather in London is too hot this year, so I came here early to escape the summer heat." Arya said casually.

Today's strawberries are very good, Andrew will definitely like them, bought some strawberries and oranges, and after saying goodbye to the pastor's wife, he met Mrs. Geller who had finished shopping at the end of the street, helped her carry the heavy potatoes home, and ran quickly I hurried back, wondering if Andrew woke up?

Andrew was rolling around on the bed, pouted and slapped the pillow loudly. When he heard his mother's footsteps, he made a "hum", turned his head, and deliberately closed his eyes without looking at his mother. glance.

Arya knew that Andrew was angry. He was a little angry when he woke up. He was used to seeing his mother when he opened his eyes every morning. Today, after chatting with the pastor's wife for a while, Arya came back a bit late. , making Andrew a little annoyed.

"Mom's baby is awake!" Arya quickly smiled and lay beside Andrew, wrapped her arms around his soft body, hugged Andrew's little head, and kissed him several times before finally making peace with him. Andrew explained in a low voice the reason why he came back late, while taking the child to the bathroom.

"Mom made steamed eggs, so tender and tender, and Andrew's favorite strawberry, shall we go down and eat after washing our face?" Put the child on the small stool, squeeze the toothpaste for him, and squat beside Andrew said with a smile.

Andrew took the small toothbrush from his mother, hummed, and then nodded gently, expressing that he graciously forgave his mother.

Arya felt warm in her heart, why are children so cute when they are angry. "Baby, can mom help you brush your teeth?" Seeing the child poking left and right with the toothbrush, Alia resisted not wanting to take the toothbrush, but Andrew dodged it, "Andrew himself!"

Okay, come by yourself, come by yourself.Arya was not angry either. After he finished brushing his teeth in a mess, he wiped the child's soft face with a small towel, "Come on, baby, apply Xiangxiang! Wow, it smells so good!"

Hey, impress a kiss on Andrew's little cheek, and Andrew put his arms around his mother's neck and giggled.

When he learned at the breakfast table that he was going to the city today, the smile on Andrew’s little face became even brighter. He likes to go to the city with his mother. There are playgrounds, a zoo, and a lot of delicious candies and chocolates. Will buy him some...

"Mom, mom, go to the zoo, go to the zoo! I want to see Pooh!" Andrew shouted happily, shaking the spoon in his hand.

The Pooh in his mouth is a little bear in the zoo. Andrew likes it very much. Every time he goes to the zoo, he will stay in front of Pooh's venue for a while.

For such a small request from the child, Alia was very happy to satisfy him, and after agreeing wholeheartedly, she said with some hesitation: "Andrew, shall we visit Pooh again this afternoon? Mom wants to take you to the hospital in the morning."

"Hospital?" Andrew blinked his black eyes suspiciously at his mother.

"Yes, you have a fever recently. Mom wants the doctor to check it for you." About Andrew himself, even if he is a child, Alia will explain clearly to the child, some things he can understand at this age, Try to let the child make up his own mind, even if he is too young to understand, Arya will tell the child.

Hearing that he had a fever, Andrew touched his forehead with his backhand, just like his mother usually does, and shook his head: "Mom, I don't have a fever, I'm healthy." Shaking his head, he signaled that he didn't want to go to the hospital.

Like other children, Andrew is somewhat repelled to see a doctor, and every time he goes to Dr. Mark's clinic, he will find all kinds of small reasons to shirk.

Of course, Arya will never give in for such a big thing as going to check her body. She handed Andrew the thermometer at hand, which still had his body temperature last night, and explained softly to the child: "Look, this It was your mother who took your temperature last night, it was two degrees higher than a normal child's temperature, and it has been three days in a row, Andrew, we have to go to the hospital for a physical examination today."

Andrew pointed at the numbers on the thermometer with his chubby finger. He can now recognize Arabic numerals. Then his mother brought a medical booklet, which listed the health indicators of a three-year-old child.

After hearing this, Andrew was persuaded by his mother and nodded to agree to go to the hospital today.But before he left, he was still a little unhappy, holding his mother's hand sullenly, moving his little feet slowly, bumping up and down, but he couldn't walk well, and he didn't let Alia pick him up, pouted and kicked him Stones at your feet.

With the child like this, Arya was also very sad. If Andrew didn't go to the hospital crying, she would feel better, and she had a way to deal with it.However, Andrew has always been very sensible since he was a child. He seldom cried when he was a baby, and gradually grew up. Even if he doesn't like some things, as long as Arya can give a reasonable and correct reason, Andrew would accept, even if reluctantly.

Arya knelt down and took the child into her arms, stroked his little face, and said softly: "Mom's little baby, mom knows you don't like the hospital, and mom doesn't like it, but we have to go, how about it, Been to the hospital, you can go to Kelly's candy store and pick five candies you want, okay?"

For the sake of the child's teeth, Alia has been controlling Andrew's sugar intake.Arya has always been stingy when it comes to sweets.

Sure enough, Andrew was immediately happy when he heard it. He grinned open his mouth and showed his small teeth. He opened his arms and let his mother hug him obediently. He lay next to his mother's ear, muttering about the candy he was going to buy later, For a while, he wants soft candy, and for a while he thinks that the long strawberry-flavored hard candy is better, and his favorite animal-shaped rainbow candy...

Until the hospital, Andrew was still talking about the candies he was going to buy later. Except for the rainbow candies that he had to buy, he was a little hesitant about other choices, and even counted every candy in the store with his little finger The combinations are arranged again.

Arya is amazed that Andrew can remember the name of every candy in the candy shop!Everything can be remembered!You know, there are no less than a hundred styles of candy in Kelly's Candy Store. When did Andrew remember so many names?

Suppressing the doubts in her heart, when she arrived at the doctor's office, she had already made an appointment in advance.

Taking the child for a full-body examination, Alia was both relieved and a little worried. The child is in good health and has no problems. The doctor can only react to the growth of a child with a low-grade fever every night. There have been similar cases before , It seems to be very common, but some parents have not noticed it. After this stage, the child will recover on his own.

recover by yourself?Alia stared at the doctor dumbfounded, a little in disbelief, the child had a low-grade fever, and a famous pediatrician came to the conclusion that it should be ignored and let the child recover on its own? !

Probably because Alia's expression was too obvious, the doctor took it easy and explained to Alia carefully: "The human body is very wonderful. From the moment a baby comes into this world, the mother's resistance to the child is enough. Let him resist most of the illnesses by himself, believe me, the child is not as fragile as we imagined. By the way, properly dress the child less, and he will adjust his temperature to adapt to the environment."

The doctor looked at Andrew in Arya's arms, and Andrew's coat on his hand, feeling that Arya was making a fuss.

Alia had no choice but to say goodbye to the doctor politely. She still felt a little weird when she walked out of the hospital with the child in her arms. Didn't the parents notice that the child had a fever at night?Well, this is really possible. Andrew has been sleeping with her from birth to now, so she can detect every small change in the child in time, while most of the mothers around leave the child alone The ones that are placed in the room are like this even if they are only ten days old!

There is also the problem of dressing, which Arya can't understand the most!Such a small child doesn't even wear pants in winter!All the kids in town need a long coat and boots for anything but snowy days!

Arya remembered that she rarely did this when she was a child. Even if she sometimes wore a skirt, Lin would always let her put on a pair of thick flesh-colored socks. Even if this would be laughed at by everyone, Lin never let go. Looking at Susan and Sylvia's purple calves from the cold, they were all very happy!

Walking out of the hospital, although Alia was still a little uneasy, she finally decided to believe the doctor's words, which was what Dr. Mark told her back then.

Kelly's Candy Shop

Andrew leaned on his toes in front of the glass counter, with a look of embarrassment on his face. He was a little uncertain. There were too many candies. Before his mother brought him here, he would only choose one kind. He would usually go down smoothly according to his own preference. Row.

But today you can choose five at once?Do you continue to row down in order?Or choose some new products?Involuntarily raised his head and looked at his mother.

Arya squatted down, looked at Andrew, and said softly but firmly, "Andrew has to make his own decision." Then she accompanied the child and walked past the glass cabinets and display shelves.

After half an hour, Andrew finally chose the candy he wanted, sweet and sour nut balls, which was Arya's favorite; toffee, which was Mr. Geller's favorite; and Andrew My favorite animal-shaped rainbow hard candy—packed in an iron box, there are twenty small candies in it, twenty different kinds of animals, this kind of candy, Andrew will always treasure it for a long time before he is willing to eat it; The following two types, one of which is the same fudge sprinkled with icing sugar in Andrew's own purchase plan; the other is the latest product launched by the candy store, Zizi candy ice cream.

It can be seen that Andrew likes this taste very much. On the way to the zoo, he licked it with the tip of his tongue, aftertaste for a while, and then continued to lick it. After eating happily, he closed his eyes and sighed comfortably...

Seeing Pooh, Andrew felt even happier. He leaned against the glass and said to the big bear in the glass pavilion: "Pooh, my mother and I came to see you. How are you doing? You seem to be getting stronger again, which is good." , you must eat more vegetables and fruits, and eat less meat, Pooh, I think you eat too much meat, don’t you? Brush your teeth obediently, or you will have tooth decay. Do you know tooth decay? It’s you There is a small worm growing in your tooth, it makes a nest in your tooth, and then lives there, eats your tooth to fill your belly when hungry, and sleeps in your tooth when you are sleepy, is it scary? Mom said..."

Arya stood behind Andrew, listening to him as if he was chatting with a friend, and said these childish words to Pooh intently, as if no one else was around.

Alia discovered a long time ago that her Andrew is an unusual child. Compared with children of the same age, he is very focused and likes to concentrate on doing one thing. Among the toys that Alia gave him, Apart from those puppets, he likes building blocks the most. He often plays alone for more than an hour, hardly distracted until he spells out the pattern he wants. If it is interrupted in the middle, Andrew will be very upset. angry very angry...

And Andrew's memory is very good, just like the names of candies in a candy store, he never deliberately taught them, but he can find out the information he wants from the adults' words and remember it.

Arya never taught him to choose candy smoothly according to the candy name alphabet. After all, you always choose the one you like best when you eat candy, don't you?But Andrew will, except for the animal-shaped skittles that are his favorite, other times Andrew chooses by himself in alphabetical order, the same every time, to ensure that none of them will be left behind...

"Hey," Arya sighed secretly, looking at the little baby snuggling tightly in her arms, feeling proud and worried at the same time.

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