Chapter 124 - 124 Wheelchair and Toys
124 Wheelchair and Toys
Lu Jiao smiled at Xie Yunjin, “We did discuss it during that time, but it’s not connected to your surgery.”
Xie Yunjin murmured, “If you don’t want to get involved with him…”
Lu Jiao quickly explained, “I didn’t say I don’t want to. It’s very normal for doctors to discuss patient cases. This helps all of us to improve.”
Xie Yunjin was silent. He knew Lu Jiao spoke reasonably, but for some reason, he just detested the idea of her and Qi Lei getting close. The bottom line was, this put him in a bad mood.
Lu Jiao didn’t want to stay on this topic and brought up something new, “Tomorrow, I want to start a schedule for the four little ones – mainly to get them to exercise.”
Xie Yunjin was intrigued.
“Tell me more.”
Lu Jiao raised an eyebrow, “The four little ones need to exercise more, eat more, and drink more milk. That way, they’ll get stronger. I plan on making four mud bags and having them do some boxing first thing in the morning. That way, they’ll get hungrier for breakfast.
After breakfast, they can teach the children ‘Three Character Classic’. After that, they can play. I will think of more toys I can make that are beneficial for them. It should be lunchtime after that.
After lunch, they can take the dogs out for a walk and digest. Then, they take a nap, have some snacks, and continue to teach the children ‘Three Character Classic’. After that’s done, I’ll take them to climb the mountains.”
This explanation made Xie Yunjin realize that her entire plan was to benefit the four little ones. Mainly, she wanted them to exercise more, get hungrier, then stronger. Secondly, she wanted to teach the children life skills and have them use their brains more.
Xie Yunjin was now mostly certain that this woman was fully focused on taking care of the four little ones. Though they weren’t her sons, she was doing just as much as a biological mother would. She deserved to be the mother of the four little ones.
Xie Yunjin smiled and nodded, “You’re so thoughtful.”
Just then, he felt some bitterness. She was so thoughtful about the children but didn’t seem to have thought of him at all.
Xie Yunjin somehow managed to ask out loud, “Did you come up with a plan for me?”
Lu Jiao was startled and thought that she heard him wrong.
Xie Yunjin also jolted awake. What was he asking? The startled look on Lu Jiao’s face, however, made him laugh. He teased, “Since you have such a thorough schedule for the four little ones, why not make me a schedule as well?”
Lu Jiao got an idea right away, “Honestly, it’s not good for you to lie in bed all day. I can think of something that will allow you to move around.”
Xie Yunjin was originally just teasing her, but her answer made him very interested.
“What is it?”
Lu Jiao grinned, “A wheelchair.”
She gestured around with her hands, “The stitches can come out of your legs in a week or so. After another 10 days, you should be able to do some light exercises that don’t involve the legs.”
She then excitedly went to the desk and drew out a design for a wheelchair.
Though she didn’t know how to write, she was good at drawing. Very quickly, she planned out a simple wheelchair made fully out of wood.
She brought the design to Xie Yunjin and explained, “See, this is a wheelchair. You sit on top and move around using the wheels. You can go wherever you want without applying any pressure to your legs.”
Xie Yunjin was in shock as he stared at Lu Jiao’s design. He took a corner of the paper.
Lu Jiao didn’t notice and the two of them stared at the design with their heads right next to each other.
Xie Yunjin was the first to notice the short distance between them. For a second there, he didn’t want to pull away. He could even smell the sweetness on her body, which calmed and relaxed him as if he was bathing in a warm stream.
Originally, Xie Yunjin didn’t enjoy being too close to others, especially women. He’s always mindlessly kept his distance.
The reason why he didn’t detest Lu Jiao right now likely was that he was used to her taking care of him these past weeks.
As Xie Yunjin thought about it, he peeked at Lu Jiao.
Lu Jiao beamed with her eyes and asked, “What do you think? If you think it’s good, I will go find Uncle Youcai and ask him to make you one.”
This wheelchair wasn’t complicated to make. Any ordinary craftsman should be able to make one. Lu Jiao wasn’t worried.
Of course, Xie Yunjin agreed with her, “Sure. Find Uncle Youcai and ask him to make me one.”
He’s felt so useless lying in bed all this time. If he could sit in a wheelchair and go outside, he would feel much better. After all, the wheelchair would allow him to do so many more things.
Lu Jiao happily folded up the design. She wasn’t in a rush to get this made. After all, it will take some more time until Xie Yunjin can use the wheelchair.
She wanted to make more toys for the four little ones first.
By afternoon, Lu Jiao had made many new toys for the four little ones.
A wooden slingshot, a spinning top, jigsaw puzzles, a bamboo water gun, and a wooden sword.
At night, the four little ones were astounded to see the toys Lu Jiao made.
“Mommy, you made all of these for us?”
Lu Jiao nodded, “That’s right.”
Thrilled, the four little ones studied the toys, then looked up to their mommy. She was like the stars – she shone brighter than the constellations.
“Mommy, you’re the best. You’re better than all the other mommies.”
The Fourth Born hugged Lu Jiao and kissed her.
The Second and Third Born of course came over and did the same.
Even the First Born didn’t hesitate. He too went up to her and kissed her.
Satisfied, Lu Jiao started to explain the toys to them.
“This is a slingshot. You can put rocks here and hit birds with it. You cannot hit people using this – it would hurt the other person.”
The Second Born snatched the slingshot over, “What about those who bully us?”
“That’s an exception. But don’t aim for their head or eyes. You can hit their butt or legs.”
The Second Born laughed, “Got it, mommy.”
The First Born took interest in the jigsaw puzzles, “Mommy, this is…?”
“This is a jigsaw puzzle. I drew a picture, then cut it into different-shaped pieces. You can look at my original picture, shuffle the pieces, then rearrange them until you get the original picture back.”
The First Born’s eyes lit up. This was his favorite, “Mommy, I love this one.”
The Third Born took the bamboo water gun, “Mommy, what is this?”
“This is a bamboo water gun. You can fill it with water, then press that button to shoot out water.”
The Third Born nodded excitedly, “This is great.”
The Fourth Born shoved the remaining toys into his mom’s hands, “Mommy, how do you play with these?”
Lu Jiao pointed at the spinning top, “Use a rope to hit it, then it should spin. You can compete against your brothers and see which one of you can make it spin the longest. This other one is a wooden sword. We can use it to spar.”
The four little ones burst into the east bedroom to show off their new toys to Xie Yunjin.
“Daddy, look, mommy made us so many new toys.”
“Mommy is so great. Not only did she make us a bamboo copter and a skateboard, but she also made us these new fun toys!”