I traveled through time without patched pants, I was the richest man in the Republic of China

When I returned to the familiar alley, I saw two small shadows squatting under the dim street lights.

Wei Miao got off the rickshaw, picked up the things in his hands, and walked over.

"What are you looking at?" she asked.

When Wei Ling heard her elder brother's voice, she suddenly raised her little head, "Brother!"

There was a cry in the sentence.

Wei Ran next to him also stood up, and when he saw Wei Miao with a smile on his face, his eyes turned red.

"Brother, where have you been?"

Just at this moment, Patrolman Xiao Wu, with his arm wrapped in gauze, got off a rickshaw.

He turned around and threw two dimes to the rickshaw driver, "No need for change."

The rickshaw driver smiled flatteringly, "Thank you, Patrolman Wu."

Wu Ziyang waved his hand nonchalantly, walked to the street light, and saw the three kids, and asked in a slightly drunken tone:

"It's already past nine o'clock. What are you three doing here instead of going home?"

Wei Miao then came to his senses and knew what the two little guys were worried about.

In the past, she would always tell them clearly what time she would be home, but today something happened suddenly and she hadn't returned after eight o'clock. This time the family had a big change, and they couldn't wait for their eldest brother, so they were inevitably worried.

Wei Miao looked at the two poor little guys and wanted to raise his hand to touch them, but he found that his hands were full of things, so he could only pass the things in his hands to them.

"Carry it."

Wei Ling was originally angry, but when she smelled the sweet aroma of bread, she immediately turned her head back.

Wei Ran also hurried to help get the things.

Wei Miao handed the chestnut cake in his hand to Wu Ziyang who was watching the fun nearby.

"Brother Wu, this is for you."

Although Wu Ziyang is a grown man, he likes sweet things. Wei Miao bought chestnut cake to thank him for sending fruits to his home.

"Oh, this is the sign of Wenchang Coffee House. This is very hard to buy." Wu Ziyang said exaggeratedly while looking at the packaging on the kraft paper.

Wei Miao smiled and said, "I wanted to go to your house to look for you, but I didn't expect to meet you here. It saved me a trip."

Wu Ziyang took the chestnut cake without hesitation, asked them to go to the alley, and said happily:

"Then I won't be polite."

To some extent, Wei Miao liked Wu Ziyang very much. It was just a piece of cake for him to send him fruits, and he might not lack this piece of cake.

But he did not refuse the return gift from Wei Miao, a ten-year-old child, nor did he lecture Wei Miao on why he should buy him an expensive cake given the current situation at home.

Just accepting the cake happily makes people feel comfortable.

Thinking about what Xu Manhua said during the day, after arriving at the door of her house, she sent her younger brother and sister back first, and then helped the staggering Wu Ziyang into his house.

Wei Miao poured a glass of water for Wu Ziyang who was sitting on the sofa. He tilted his head back and drank most of it, then opened the cake and started eating.

"Little Brother Wu, how far have things progressed between you and Miss Xu?" Wei Miao didn't want to look at the sweet and tempting chestnut cake.

Wu Ziyang said vaguely: "It's a love story between a man and a woman."

Seeing that he looked like a playboy, Wei Miao didn't beat around the bush. He put the hundred French francs in his hand on the table and told him that Xu Manhua asked her mother to cook this morning.

"My father was able to wake up thanks to Xiao Angkor's efforts. We will prepare the meal as per the instructions, but we cannot accept any money."

Wu Ziyang didn't even look at the hundred yuan. He took a spoonful of cake and squinted his peach blossom eyes. He said with a look of enjoyment:

"If you don't charge me, I won't eat your food."

"Little Brother Wu, this is not right." Wei Miao tried to persuade him.

Wu Ziyang was impatient to listen to her nagging, so he carried the cake upstairs, and when he reached the stairs, he turned around and looked at the little boy and said:

"Look, if you don't cook for me, I can only drink alcohol, and I will be hungry and full at times, and my illness will take a long time to heal."

After that, he staggered upstairs and continued, "I'll have white porridge with dried tofu tomorrow morning."

Wei Miao took the money home, pushed open the gate to the yard, and looked at the dim light in the house. The shadow on the window of the master bedroom upstairs was clear. It was Xu Ayu who was threading the needle and mending the clothes.

Wei Miao's heart was surprisingly calm at this moment, and his little body completely relaxed.

The things that Wei Ling and Wei Ran brought back caused Wei Li and Wei Ping to exclaim in surprise.

When Xu Ayu went downstairs, he looked at the bread and cake on the table, his heart skipped a beat, and he asked:

"Where's your eldest brother?"

Wei Miao went in quickly, "Mom, I'm here."

Xu Ayu opened his mouth to ask about the origins of these things, but when he saw his daughter's tired face, he swallowed his words.

She deftly divided a croissant into several pieces, holding one piece in each child's hand, and said:

"Rinse your mouth after eating, and put away the rest and eat it tomorrow."

Wei Ping was greedy and swallowed the small piece of bread as soon as it came into her mouth. She could only watch her mother put the food away.

Wei Ran, Wei Ling and the others were also a little unsatisfied. Seeing that Wei Miao was about to share his small piece with them, Xu Ayu directly reached out and stuffed it into Wei Miao's mouth.

She said to the eager little guys in a domineering tone:

"Your eldest brother is back, and he has eaten the delicious food. After rinsing your mouths, go to bed!"

Wei Miao bit into the soft bread, the sweetness filling his mouth, and then he realized that he hadn't eaten much all day.

Xu Ayu sent the little ones away and listened to his daughter's rumbling stomach, a trace of heartache flashed across his eyes.

After swallowing the bread, Wei Miao went upstairs to the bedroom to check on Wei Ada. Seeing that he looked much better than in the morning, he felt relieved.

Xu Ayu closed the door carefully, took Wei Miao downstairs to the kitchen and said:

"Your father woke up again in the afternoon, drank a bowl of porridge, and recognized people, but he had difficulty speaking."

Wei Miao also felt fortunate that the drug sulfa had not yet been officially launched on the market, or in other words, it had not yet been launched in the country.

She knew this because she liked to read newspapers and collect all kinds of information. A medical journal that Xiao Ding from the clinic showed her contained a report about a piece of tofu, which she stored in her mind.

After eating the bread, my stomach protested and made gurgling sounds from time to time.

"Mom left some food for you."

Xu Ayu opened the pot and took out the food.

Wei Miao sat on a small stool in the kitchen, drinking rice porridge, looking at a small piece of fish belly meat on the table, and asked:

"Has your uncle been here?"

Xu Ayu has an older brother who makes a living on the Suzhou River. The couple and their three children live on the boat. Their harvest depends entirely on luck and they barely make ends meet.

Wei Miao picked up a piece of tender fish belly meat and placed it next to Xu Ayu's mouth, "Mom, have a bite."

Xu Ayu turned his head away and said:

"Your uncle specifically told me to leave the fish belly for you to eat. If he knew I stole some, he would definitely scold me for being greedy."

Wei Miao took back his chopsticks and teased Xu Ayu:

"This fish looks so big, my aunt must be crying out of pain."

Xu Ayu thought about his sister-in-law who would shed tears no matter what happened, and laughed out loud, nodded Wei Miao's head and said:

"You little mischievous devil!"