Mei Qingying looked at the baby in Qiao Huaping's arms with some curiosity.
She has always been the youngest in the family, and the baby of Qingyun's wife's wife, who is less than five months old, is the smallest child she has ever seen.
But right now, the little guy in her mother's arms was wrapped in swaddling clothes, with a thin face and a pitiful look.
Qiao Huaping saw that Mei Qingying had been staring at the little guy in her arms. She smiled and held him closer so that Mei Qingying could look more carefully.
"He is so small..."
Mei Qingying murmured.
Mei Qinghuang was a little excited, but he lowered his voice considerately, fearing to wake up the sleeping baby: "It's even smaller than my sister's childhood!"
Mei Qingyao spoke steadily: "You are younger than you were when you were young."
Mei Qingyu glanced at Mei Qingyao: "Brother, we are only one year apart. How did you know that we were very young when we were children?"
Mei Qingyao: "...I just know."
Qiao Huaping couldn't help laughing.
"He is indeed very young, estimated to be less than three months old." Qiao Huaping couldn't help but sigh again, looking at the sleeping little guy in his arms, his eyes couldn't help but show a bit of affection, "He should be a loved one.
He was thrown into a dry well and hid there. After being hungry for several days, he was even smaller than an ordinary baby."
"Is it a little brother or a little sister?"
Mei Qingying was used to being a young person, so when she met someone younger than her, she was naturally extremely curious.
Qiao Huaping said: "It's a boy."
This little guy spent several days among the pile of dead leaves, and his swaddling clothes were stained with a lot of filth.
When Qiao Huaping brought him back, she used water from the space to clean him and confirmed his gender along the way.
Mei Qingyu suddenly said: "Do you want to raise him?"
Qiao Huaping nodded: "This little guy's relatives are dead, and he is destined to me. I want to raise him. I just don't know what you think?"
Qiao Huaping felt like she was about to give birth to a second child and asked the eldest child's opinion.
Although her reproductive rights are hers and she is free, raising another child is not her business alone. She naturally wants to ask for their opinions.
Mei Qingying was very excited and nodded heavily: "Yes, little brother!"
The other three actually don't care, but when they see Mei Qingying so happy, they naturally support her: "Okay, mom can raise her if she wants. We will also help raise her younger brother."
Qiao Huaping was also very happy.
She also considered that if the children were really unwilling, she would have to find a good home for this poor little guy.
It's just that I'm running away from home right now, and I'm already very tired. I'm afraid not many people are willing to take care of a little baby who has to be taken care of for eating, drinking, sleeping, sleeping, etc. Qiao Huaping will have to find a town at some point, and even in a hurry, he may not be able to find one.
suitable.
Now that things are getting better, the children don't have any objections to her adopting this little baby, which saves her a lot of trouble.
"Mom," Mei Qingying carefully reached out and touched the baby's cheek, "What is your brother's name?"
Qiao Huaping pulled out a small gold lock and showed it to Mei Qingying.
Recently, Mei Qingyao and the others were teaching Mei Qingying how to read, and Mei Qingying learned dozens of characters.
Although she is young, she is extremely intelligent and has a photographic memory of the words she has been taught.
Qiao Huaping only thought that the man surnamed Mei had pretty good genes. Among the four children, not to mention the smartest Mei Qingyu, but also the most confused and greedy youngest Mei Qinghuang. In fact, he was also a smart kid.
Everything is extremely fast.
"Bai Fei...Mother, I don't know this word."
Mei Qingying pointed to the third word on the golden lock and made a milky voice.
Qiao Huaping smiled and said: "The word is pronounced as wild, which means wild field. This little golden lock was placed in the baby's body. I guess the name on it is the name of this child."
She had no intention of changing the little guy's name. Anyway, to her, the name was just a code name. The golden lock with the name engraved on it was hidden in the baby's body. It seems that the little guy's parents also wanted him to continue to use this name.
"Bai Feiye..." Mei Qingying repeated, clapped her hands happily, "Just call him Xiaoye!"
Qiao Huaping smiled and said "Okay".
In the little swaddling clothes, in addition to this golden lock, there is also a small sign made of unknown material. It is neither gold nor jade, nor does it look like wood. It has strange patterns carved on it. It must be owned by this little guy's family.
Keep.
Qiao Huaping gave the little guy these things and put them in his space, planning to give them to him when he is older.
However, Qiao Huaping didn't expect that, forget about the golden lock and the small sign with strange patterns, as soon as it entered the space, the space actually shook again. The white mist dispersed a lot, and the space became a lot larger.
, several drops of spiritual water dripped from the stalactites!
I never thought this brand would be such a treasure.
Qiao Huaping felt that she had to treat the little guy well not only because of others but also because of the sign he was wearing to help her expand the spiritual water space.
What's more, she really felt that this little guy was destined to her.
"I just don't know what else this little guy can eat besides milk." Qiao Huaping was a little worried, "He is still too young."
Finally, Qiao Huaping decided to try rice soup.
Although the little guy hasn't reached the month of adding complementary foods yet, he is running away from home and doesn't have to worry too much.
Qiao Huaping thought that if he added some spiritual water to the rice soup for the little guy, it would not be a big problem.
As it happened that it was almost time to rest, she spread a linoleum cloth under the shade of a nearby tree, placed the sleeping Bai Feiye on the bedclothes, and started cooking on the spot with some distance between them.
Mei Qingyao helped Qiao Huaping light the fire, Mei Qinghuang followed Qiao Huaping and learned to cook, Mei Qingyu took Mei Qingying and looked at the sleeping Bai Feiye, everyone divided the work in an orderly manner.
Qiao Huaping cooked some rice porridge.
These polished rice were bought last time she went to the county town.
On the surface, she only followed the villagers who were shopping together and bought ten kilograms together.
In fact, she was separated from others at that time and used the money from selling Ganoderma lucidum to buy a lot of food and put it in the space.
Polished rice is enough.
The millet porridge was cooked quickly and became sticky, with a layer of shiny rice soup on top. Qiao Huaping took a spoon and scooped out a small bowl of rice soup.
Some women couldn't help but sigh, it really must be Mrs. Qiao who can support this little guy. Otherwise, other families might not be able to support this little guy.
Many people in the village knew that Qiao Huaping had adopted a baby. Several families sent clean diapers, saying that the baby was no longer needed. Qiao Huaping thanked him again and again.
Taking care of a little baby, eating, drinking, and peeing is all troublesome. Fortunately, the little guy rescued from the dry well seems to know how difficult it is to live. He is very well-behaved, does not cry or make trouble when he wakes up, and has a pair of clear and unsullied eyes.
He looked straight at Mei Qingyu and Mei Qingying who were playing with him, making people's hearts melt.