Spontaneous Combustion

The spoiled children in the city were not used to the rough water and soil in the countryside, and as a result of playing in the water too crazy, Ruan Wei caught a cold that night, his nose was stuffy, and he started coughing after dinner.

Despite Shen Tingmo's efforts to remedy it, he wiped his body with hot water, boiled ginger soup and fed it spoonful by spoonful, Ruan Wei still had a fever before going to sleep.

There was only common cold medicine at home. Shen Tingmo rummaged anxiously and found the appropriate Fengreganmao granule from the drawer. After confirming the expiration date, he gave it to Ruan Wei to drink.

The sick Ruan Wei was quite obedient, obediently obeying all his brother's arrangements, but he lost the interest in chattering, and was as quiet as a discouraged little quail.

Amid the restless chirping of cicadas outside the window, Shen Tingmo was in a state of confusion. For the first time, he truly realized how fragile a child is.

Ruan Wei didn't have the energy to play around, so she went back to the bedroom to rest early, but she still didn't fall asleep.

The delicate child was flushed with fever, lying on the bed panting and humming softly.

Shen Tingmo didn't dare to rest for a moment, and fed him cup after cup of warm water, wrung out the towel soaked in cold water, put it on his forehead and limbs, and kept changing the towel to cool him down.

From dusk to late night, as long as Ruan Wei hummed a few times in discomfort, Shen Tingmo would gently pat him on the back to coax him for a while.

After nightfall, the wind blowing in through the gap in the window gradually cooled down. Shen Tingmo pushed hard on the old and deformed window lattice, trying to close it tightly, but after finding little effect, he could only lie down on the bed and put his hands on Ruan Wei's shoulders, pulling him into his arms Zhong hugged him tightly, using his body to shield him from the wind.

When Ruan Wei was no longer lively and playful and could only groan in pain, Shen Tingmo felt like a newborn, helpless cub, who could only curl up in his arms to seek shelter.

If you don't care about him, he will gradually wither and lose his original vitality.

So Shen Tingmo added a new attribute to the word baby in his heart——

Fragile and fragile, very lovable.

A little life that can only be held in the palm of your hand and cared for.

When Qi Yun and Li Xing came back, Ruan Wei's fever had subsided by half, and Qi Yun was still calm when she learned that her son was ill.

Among the supplies they brought with the convoy, there happened to be regular medicines at home. Qi Yun asked Li Xing to rush to get a set of family medicine kits back, and found the antipyretic medicines to keep on the bedside table for later use.

"I'll take care of Wei Zai tonight, I've worked hard for you these days, Ting Ting," Qi Yun said to Shen Tingmo who looked tired.

Shen Tingmo shook his head, changed the towel on Ruan Wei's forehead again, and touched his flushed face lovingly, his eyes were calm and gentle.

Qi Yun smiled gratifiedly: "Ting Ting really loves my brother."

Shen Tingmo bowed his head and remained silent. After a while, he got up and went to the desk to get a pen and paper. He wrote three words stroke by stroke and handed them to Qi Yun. The handwriting was neat and beautiful: I'm sorry.

Sorry, I shouldn't have taken my brother out to play in the water.

Sorry for making him sick.

Sorry, I didn't take good care of him.

Qi Yun stroked the top of his hair, her eyes were friendly: "It's not your fault that my younger brother is sick. Children will have headaches and brain fever. We are too busy to take care of him. Tingting has worked hard to take care of my younger brother every day. How can my younger brother meet you?" It is his blessing to see you."

Shen Tingmo blinked his red eyes, tightly grasped the manuscript paper with sorry written on it, and guarded the sick Ruan Wei together with Qi Yun.

The child's recovery was strong, and thanks to Shen Tingmo's meticulous care, after more than an hour, Ruan Wei's fever completely subsided, the blush on his cheeks gradually disappeared, and he opened his eyes and shouted for water.

Ruan Wei's eyes lit up when he found that his mother was by his side. He hadn't seen Qi Yun who left early and returned late for a few days, and it was only at first sight that he realized that he missed her very much.

"Mom," Ruan Wei stretched out her hand to hug her, Qi Yun hurriedly sat on the side of the bed, took his warm little body into her arms, and patted him gently.

The water on the bedside table had turned cold, Shen Tingmo stood up silently, went to the kitchen to change the warm water for Ruan Wei again.

After finally finding an opportunity, Ruan Wei asked him what he had been thinking about for many days, "Mom, are we going back soon?"

Qi Yun stuck to his warm face and kissed him distressedly: "Well, it's almost in the final stage, and we will return home in a few days."

Ruan Wei grabbed her mother's clothes tightly and said earnestly, "Mom, can we take my brother back?"

"This..." Qi Yun didn't expect his son to bring up his initial whim again, but during the time they spent with Shen Tingmo, Qi Yun could see how kind and sensible this child was, if it wasn't for him, Qi Yun would Yun also had no way of devoting herself to the Foundation's work with peace of mind.

After pouring the water back, Shen Tingmo, who had just walked outside the bedroom door, heard their conversation, so he couldn't help but stop, and stood quietly by the door without disturbing him.

Qi Yun thought for a long time, then asked Ruan Wei softly, "Does Wei Zai really want to take brother back?"

Once people get along with each other, there will be feelings.

Not only Ruan Wei fell in love with this brother who met by chance, Qi Yun and Li Xing also admired Shen Tingmo.

I am grateful for his care for Ruan Wei, feel sorry for his ill-fated fate, and forged a deep good relationship because of a borrowing.

If they hadn't met them, children like Shen Tingmo would have been sent to unfamiliar welfare institutions.

In the poor and backward small towns, it is still unclear whether they can continue to receive education, and it is difficult to guarantee basic food and clothing.

13 years old is an embarrassing age, the mind has matured, and the temperament has basically been fixed, so the adopters will choose young children, which is conducive to the cultivation of feelings and easy to discipline the children's personality.

Few people would be willing to adopt a 13-year-old child. Perhaps Shen Tingmo would no longer be able to have a new family. He could only stay in an orphanage until he was 16, and then he would be forced to go out to make a living and live at the bottom of society.

Qi Yun can foresee his future, so she loves this child even more.

Ruan Wei's voice was still a little hoarse after his fever had just subsided, transparent snot bubbles bubbled from the tip of his pink nose, but his eyes were firm:

"Mom, please, take my brother back, he's the only one left, we can't let him go!"

Ruan Wei has completely changed the mentality of adopting kittens and puppies at the beginning, and plans for the future very seriously:

"Let's take my brother back to Juan City and send him to continue his studies. You will be his mother and I will be his younger brother. Let's give him a new home, okay?"

Qi Yun caressed his wet hair roots, and comforted him in a gentle voice: "Mom also really wants to take brother back, Wei Zai will wait, Mom and Uncle Li will figure out a way together, okay?"

The Qi family's public welfare fund serves the socially disadvantaged groups all the year round. Among them, there are also projects to aid education and help orphans. It is not completely impossible to bring Shen Tingmo back, but the procedures are complicated and require time and a proper adoption. reason.

And taking Shen Tingmo back was not as ideal as Ruan Wei expected.

The combination of the Ruan family and the Qi family involved a lot, and the interests involved were intricate. They were not ordinary families, and it was impossible for them to suddenly adopt such a big child.

Affecting the interests of both parties will encounter many oppositions, so Qi Yun cannot really become Shen Tingmo's mother.

What Qi Yun said about taking Shen Tingmo back was to give him as much material support as possible, and arrange a better environment for him to live in, so as to ensure that Shen Tingmo would live a worry-free life and receive a good education until he became an adult.

Qi Yun didn't want to hide it from her son, so she told the truth: "Wei Zai, even if brother can go back with us, he can't go to our house to be your brother. He will go where he should go. Mom promises to let him go to a good school. Eat well, dress well, and grow up peacefully like Wei Zai, okay?"

"Ah? Can't you go to our house?" Ruan Wei pursed her mouth in disappointment, tears were brewing in her eyes, and after a while, there were big teardrops all over her face, her long eyelashes were covered with tears, I could only keep rubbing my fat little hands, as if I was extremely sad.

"But I really want an older brother, and it can only be Brother Tingting. I only want him."

Qi Yun couldn't laugh or cry, but was touched by the sincere feelings of the two little ones:: Produced

"We brought my brother home, not to be your playmate, little idiot, my brother will become a very good person in the future, you should bless him."

After hearing what her mother said, Ruan Wei barely held back her tears, and her eyes became firm again: "Well, it doesn't matter, as long as brother Tingting can live well, he will be my brother no matter where he is."

Qi Yun smiled gratifiedly and said, "This is sensible."

Ruan Wei got her mother's assurance, she finally felt at ease, and she did not forget to confirm again: "You must keep your word, Mom, as long as you can bring my brother back, I will not want any birthday presents from now on, neither father nor yours." , until I grow up to earn money to buy you gifts."

Qi Yun replied with a smile: "Since our baby has made such a big sacrifice, mom will definitely cheer. Can Wei Zai encourage mom?"

Ruan Wei clenched her fists, her big eyes shone like an evening star: "Yeah!"

Beside the bedroom door, Shen Tingmo's eyes trembled, and the water glass in his hand shook slightly, leaving a puddle of water.

Half Candy Tea

Returning to reality in the next chapter, Da Ruan Ruan, who has a fever, is still arguing with his brother