Liu Meifen took a leave of absence and hurriedly went to her younger brother's house with her son.

"Big sister, what brings you here at this hour? Xiao Kun is here too." Aunt Fan Erxiao came out of the house when she heard the noise.

"Auntie, where's my uncle?"

"I went to work in the fields. Xiao Shui wasn't feeling well today, so I'm staying home to look after her."

"What's wrong with Xiao Shui?" Chang Kun asked as he walked to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) to check on her.

"It's probably because of the heat. I went fishing in the river with your uncle yesterday, and I haven't felt well since then."

Xiao Shui, who was a little over seven years old, was about the same age as Chang Mu. He was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) with a flushed face and sweating profusely.

Chang Kun climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and touched Xiao Shui's forehead; it was slightly warm.

"Auntie, Xiaoshui has heatstroke. Her symptoms are mild yet, but we can't delay. I have some pills here; could you give them to her and see if she can try them?"

Chang Kun remembered that when he bought Angong Niuhuang Wan before, the old doctor said that this pill could relieve heatstroke, and that if a child took half a pill, it would have a miraculous effect.

"I thought the child would just have to tough it out..." Aunt Fan Erxiao said a little embarrassedly.

Liu Meifen couldn't stand it anymore and poked Fan Erxiao: "Seeing Xiaoshui sick and uncomfortable, don't you, as her mother, feel any heartache?!"

"How could I not feel sorry for her? It's just that we don't have much money at home. I thought Xiaoshui was just hot and would be fine after a rest." As she said this, Fan Erxiao's eyes reddened a little.

Chang Kun and his mother exchanged a glance and sighed inwardly. This was the most common attitude of rural people towards illness.

Once a child is born, it is entirely up to God to feed it.

"Auntie, peel off the waxy coating of this pill, cut off a small half, crush it, and give it to Xiaoshui to drink."

Chang Kun pretended to take out Angong Niuhuang Wan from his pocket and handed it to his aunt.

"Hey!" Fan Erxiao didn't know whether the pills were valuable or not, he only knew that they were given to him by his nephew.

As Xiaoshui drank the pill paste, the flush on her face gradually faded, and the sweat on her head slowly subsided.

"Oh my goodness! What kind of pill is this? It's amazing!" Fan Erxiao exclaimed in surprise.

Chang Kun and his mother exchanged a glance, both trying not to laugh.

"Oh my goodness!" This catchphrase has become my aunt's standard phrase.

After taking the pill, Xiao Shui felt much better and drifted off to sleep.

"Xiao Kun, these pills must be expensive, right? There's still more than half a pill left, keep it safe." Fan Erxiao held up the remaining pills and was about to hand them to Chang Kun.

"Auntie, I still have several pills left. Crush this half pill and put it in a cloth bag. Have Xiaoshui carry it with her to prevent heatstroke."

"Hey! Good! Good nephew!" Fan Erxiao was also afraid that Xiaoshui's heatstroke would recur, so he didn't stand on ceremony with Chang Kun.

Suddenly it occurred to me that Chang Kun and Liu Meifen should be working in the city at this time. Why did they come to my house? Could they be so good at divination that they knew Xiao Shui was sick?

Hearing the question, Liu Meifen laughed and said, "Xiao Kun, why don't you talk to your aunt about it?"

"Aunt, is this it..."

Before we could finish speaking, my aunt jumped up: "Oh my goodness! The grain station wants a farmer surnamed Liu, over forty years old... isn't that your uncle?"

"I need to call your uncle back quickly!"

I heard her rush out with a thud, and she came running back in less than half a minute.

"Oh my goodness! The more I thought about it, the more uneasy I felt!"

"What a stroke of luck! It just so happens to fall on your uncle!"

Seeing Chang Kun and Liu Meifen smiling without saying a word, Fan Erxiao slapped his thigh hard.

"Oh my goodness! You did this, Xiao Kun, didn't you? Didn't you!"

Fan Erxiao was excited, spinning around on the ground, muttering to himself, "I knew it! My nephew is so capable, getting the whole family into the city and even thinking of helping his uncle..."

"Wow! Big sister, I... Waaaaah..."

Overwhelmed with emotion, she suddenly hugged Liu Meifen and burst into tears.

"Alright, alright...this is great news..."

Liu Meifen comforted her younger siblings, recalling the moment when she learned that the whole family could move to the city. Her feelings back then were exactly the same as Fan Erxiao's now—so excited that she wanted to grab a megaphone and shout it out.

At this moment, Xiao Shui was groggily awakened.

"Mother, what's wrong... Aunt, brother, you're here."

"Oh my, my good daughter is awake! Is she alright?" Fan Erxiao hurriedly climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed) to help Xiaoshui up and touched her forehead.

"Mom, I'm all better now, I don't feel hot anymore."

"Hey, that's good. I'll go call your dad back." After a while, Fan Erxiao's emotions gradually calmed down.

"Let's go together." Liu Meifen was afraid that Fan Erxiao would get too excited, so she accompanied him to the field to find Liu Meilin.

After they left, Chang Kun took out a few dried tangerine peel pills from his pocket and stuffed them into Xiao Shui's mouth. He then took out a tin frog and said, "Xiao Shui, this is really fun."

This is what Chang Kun bought from the supply and marketing cooperative to bring to Xiao Shui when he came.

At this age, children have absolutely no resistance to toys.

When Xiao Shui saw the tin frog, her eyes immediately lit up. She imitated Chang Kun by winding up the spring and placing it on the kang (a heated brick bed) to watch it hop and jump.

"Thank you, bro!"

My cousin, who was initially a bit unfamiliar, suddenly became as approachable as my own older brother.

While no one was home, Chang Kun took out four flying dragons, a roe deer, two or three catties of coagulated deer blood, two large handfuls of preserved plums, two packs of Panda cigarettes, and a firecracker from his spatial storage and placed them in the yard's storage shed.

He had never dared to come to this small courtyard again after his parents died in his previous life, and now that he had arrived, his feelings were particularly complicated.

Not long after, the sound of noisy footsteps could be heard outside the courtyard.

Uncle Liu Meilin was the fastest, arriving home first and grinning as he asked, "Xiao Kun, is it true?"

Seeing Chang Kun nod, Liu Meilin felt a lump in her throat and gently patted his shoulder.

My nephew has really grown up. His family is enjoying a good life, and I, as his uncle, am also benefiting.

These days, having a job in the city isn't just about the salary; the most important thing is the food rations in the city, which are the foundation for a family's survival!

"Uncle, go find the grain station director and say you are Chang Kun's uncle, he will understand... Then go find my dad and get a household registration at the police station, and it will be fine."

After explaining all this, my aunt and mother returned.

Chang Kun dreaded the scenes of relatives exchanging thanks, so despite his uncle and aunt's objections, he simply said he had work to do and left with his mother.

After riding his bike for about a hundred meters, Chang Kun looked back and saw his aunt and uncle still standing by the roadside looking around. He called out, "Uncle, Aunt, let's go back. I've put some things in the shed."

The couple hurried back to the yard, and when they saw so many things in the shed, Liu Meilin slapped her thigh, "Oh dear, this child, why did she bring so much stuff!"

When he ran to the roadside to call out to Chang Kun, he could no longer see him.

Sniffing, Liu Meilin grinned:

"My nephew is really something! They say nephews resemble their uncles, and that's absolutely true!"

Inside the small shed, my aunt was still muttering, "Oh my goodness! So much meat..."

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