Chapter 267: Happy
Daji Village, Shen family.
The weather had gotten even colder, but today the sun had finally shown itself. Chen Guizhi had been lying in bed for seven or eight days, with Shen Yidong attending to her side. They had been waiting for the doctor to visit, and there seemed to some improvement. Chen Guizhi, seeing the clear sunlight outside the window, said to Shen Yidong, who was bringing in breakfast, "I’m going moldy just lying here. Later on, help me out to the yard to sit for a while."
Shen Yidong disagreed, "Given the state of your health, I don’t dare move you. You’d better rest for a few more days."
Chen Guizhi glared at her, "You child, I’m feeling much better now, not so feeble as you make out."
"You’re not feeble? Wasn’t it just yesterday that someone got out of bed and fell off the kang? Acting like a child at your age, always trying to be strong. If you won’t think of yourself, at least think of your daughter. If anything happened to you, your siblings would tear me to pieces." Such words could only come from a daughter as close as Shen Yidong.
Chen Guizhi thought back to yesterday’s incident when she had needed to relieve herself. At the time, the old man had gone out to work, and Shen Yidong had left to feed her grandson. Having rested some days, she didn’t feel as weak and heavy as she had at first. She’d thought she could manage to get up by leaning on the wall, but she had not anticipated her lack of strength upon standing. She’d fallen to the floor, knocking over a chair nearby. Shen Yidong, hearing the noise, had rushed in and was startled.
Fortunately, she hadn’t hit anything serious, just felt dizzy for a while, and it eventually passed without further incident. When the family had come back, they took turns scolding her, saying she shouldn’t have gotten up by herself. Now, hearing Shen Yidong bring it up again, she felt somewhat guilty and softened her tone, "Yidong, go call Sister-in-law Gen over. The two of you can help me outside to sit for a bit. Look how good the sun is outside. Getting some sunshine is beneficial. Didn’t your brother and sister-in-law always say that it’s good for absorbing calcium..."
Shen Yidong rolled her eyes, "When have we ever not had sunlight? We work in the fields every day, baking in the scorching sun. It’s easy for you to say, having never worked the fields, coming up with such claims. Mother, I must say your daughter-in-law has some odd notions. Anyway, enough about her. Finish your porridge quickly, I still have to go out and do laundry."