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Xie Zhuo was telling the story of a monkey picking corn tonight. Dabao was about to fall asleep before he finished the story.

Her long and thin eyelashes rested obediently on her lower eyelid, and no one knew what she was mumbling.

It looked so adorable, Xie Zhuo put his exposed arms under the quilt, then turned to look at Xiao Bao.

Xiaobao was actually sleepy, but he tried hard to keep his eyes open to prevent himself from falling asleep.

Xie Zhuo frowned slightly at his appearance, then moved closer to Xiaobao and said in a low and gentle voice, "Aren't you sleepy, Xiaobao?"

"I'm not sleepy," Xiao Bao blinked hard, then tilted his head to look at Xie Zhuo, "Uncle San hasn't finished telling the story yet."

"We'll tell the story tomorrow," Xie Zhuo said. "Can Xiaobao and Uncle San talk about other things tonight?"

Xiaobao looked at him.

"Hmm?" Xie Zhuo stretched out his hand and pinched his little face. "You don't want to talk to Uncle San?"

"No," Xiaobao responded in a low voice after a few seconds.

"No," Xie Zhuo still had his hand on his face, pinching it gently, "So, Xiaobao, is there something on your mind? You don't seem very happy lately."

Xiaobao sat up suddenly and looked at Xie Zhuo, his eyes wide open, as if he had been frightened by something.

Xie Zhuo was also startled by his sudden action, his hand still in the air, "What's wrong?"

Xiaobao was still staring at him.

"Lie down, and wake up your brother later." Xie Zhuo stretched out his arms to hug him and lay back on the pillow. "Why are you still so startled?"

Xiao Bao wanted to look at Xie Zhuo's expression, but he was held down by his big hand and couldn't move at all.

"You can talk to your Third Uncle and Third Aunt about anything," Xie Zhuo continued, "No matter what you say or do, your Third Uncle won't be angry, but the premise is that you have to trust your Third Uncle and Third Aunt."

Xiaobao stopped struggling and leaned obediently in Xie Zhuo's arms.

Nearly a minute later, he spoke again in a very low voice, "I dreamed about my mother, Uncle San."

"Huh?" Xie Zhuo was stunned.

"I dreamed that my mother didn't want me anymore," Xiaobao said. "I cried for a long time, but she just didn't want me."

Xie Zhuo wanted to say something, but he felt a tear falling on his shoulder, and his heart suddenly seemed to be stabbed by something.

"I dare not sleep at night," Xiaobao cried a little choked, maybe because Xie Zhuo just told him not to wake Dabao up, he has been trying to hold back his voice, "I'm afraid she won't want me in her dreams."

"It's okay, baby." Xie Zhuo couldn't care about Dabao anymore. He quickly held Xiaobao and sat him up to help him breathe. "If you want to cry, just cry. Don't hold it in."

Hearing him say that, Xiaobao still held back his tears until he saw Dabao rub his eyes and look at them with a slightly confused look. He finally cried out "wow".

It's okay, my brother woke up on his own, it doesn't count as being woken up by him.

When Dabao saw Xiaobao crying, he jumped up from the kang and asked Xie Zhuo anxiously, "Why is Xiaobao crying suddenly?"

"My brother had a nightmare," Xie Zhuo said.

When Dabao heard this, he hurried over to coax him.

Of course Xu Yan also heard Xiaobao crying. When she went over to see, Xiaobao's eyes were almost swollen from crying, which immediately made her feel so distressed.

"Come, let Third Aunt hold you," Xu Yan said. After listening to Xie Zhuo's brief account of what had happened, she took both children into her arms.

"With Third Aunt accompanying me to sleep tonight, I will definitely not have nightmares," Xu Yan said.

Two adults and two children slept on the same kang tonight.

All this trouble lasted until one or two o'clock in the middle of the night. Xie Zhuo looked at the two little guys who fell asleep again with an extremely ugly expression on his face.

Xu Yan’s expression wasn’t very good either.

"Why don't you go check on their mothers before the weather gets too cold," Xu Yan frowned, "to find out what's going on. That's not how it works. There has to be an explanation."

"If they had made it clear that they didn't want to..."

Xu Yan was halfway through his speech when he glanced at the two sleeping kids, and then continued, "If they clearly say they don't want the two children, then don't show up in front of them again in the future."

"If they really have any difficulties, it would be best if they could take some time to come and see Dabao and Xiaobao."

"Why is it always left hanging like this?"

"Yeah," Xie Zhuo also frowned, and nodded after listening to Xu Yan.

The next morning, Dabao was the first to wake up. Although he went to bed late at night, it did not prevent him from opening his eyes full of energy at dawn.

Then Xiaobao woke up too.

The two boys stared with some surprise at their uncle and aunt who were sleeping on their kang.

"Awake so early?" Xie Zhuo also woke up.

Then, she pulled Dabao over and kissed him on his smooth face. While Dabao was still in a daze, she did the same thing and kissed Xiaobao on the face.

The two kids squatted beside him in a daze. Xie Zhuo carefully kissed Xu Yan on the forehead again. Finally, after getting off the kang and putting on his shoes, he picked up the two kids and carried them out of the house.

When Xu Yan woke up, breakfast was almost ready.

She blinked and stared at the window for a long time before she realized that the four of them had slept in Dabao and Xiaobao's room last night.

When Xu Yan put on her shoes and went to wash up, Dabao and Xiaobao were chasing each other outside the gate, their eyes curved into crescents with laughter. When they saw her get up, they both ran in smiling again.

"Aunt San," Dabao and Xiaobao were in a good mood.

"Hey," Xu Yan responded, "Why are you so happy?"

"I'm going to have sweet porridge this morning," Xiaobao said sweetly.

"Well, we should be happy indeed," Xu Yan said with a smile.

When Xu Yan finished washing up and went to the kitchen, he lowered his voice and asked in a low voice, "Why are they so happy?"

"Maybe because he likes to drink porridge?" Xie Zhuo guessed. Seeing Xu Yan's obvious disbelief, he smiled and said, "I don't know either."

In any case, the family of four was in a good mood in the morning. No one mentioned what happened last night until Xie Zhuo came back from sending Dabao and Xiaobao to school on his bicycle. Then the two of them discussed the time to go out.

"Or, go early and come back early," Xu Yan said.

"Hmm," Xie Zhuo flipped through the calendar.

Half of this year has passed, and the originally thick stack of calendars has now been torn into two thin months.

In a few days it will officially be November.

Although he said so, Xie Zhuo did not go to the captain to get a letter of introduction for the next week, saying that he wanted to wait until Xiaobao's birthday was over before going.

Xiaobao’s birthday is November 8th, the sixth day of the tenth month in the lunar calendar, the beginning of winter.

Dabao and Xiaobao were born in the same year, but if you count, Dabao is almost a year older than Xiaobao, because one was born in spring and the other in winter.