1591 Give Us Some Milk
“After Cui Cui starts school, the two children will have something in common to talk about. They’re still young! Children just like to play with children who are older than them,” Liang Die said.

“I guess I’ll have to wait and see. It’s already so busy to take care of two children now. I can’t cope if I have more,” Guo Feng said with a laugh.

Qiao Mei did not have such worries. All this while, she did not have to take care of her children herself. She always had someone helping her. To her, it was not a daunting thought to have more children.

“You’re younger than us, so we’ll treat you like a younger sister! Did Lu Lin and her husband make things difficult for you yesterday?” Liang Die asked.

“No, it’s just that my Tuan Tuan had a bump on the forehead and it looks a little red. Other than that, everything is alright,” Qiao Mei said as she looked at Xia Fan who was in the pram.

“Small kids are very fragile! Stay away from that family in the future! They are all terrible people who like to bully others. Their son also bullies Cui Cui sometimes!” Liang Die said unhappily.

“My husband is his subordinate though. That’s why I don’t really bring Cui Cui here to play anymore,” Guo Feng said resignedly.

Qiao Mei looked at Cui Cui, then at the children in the pram and said, “I’ll definitely remember what both of you said. The next time I see her, I’ll definitely run far far away!”

The few of them chatted happily as they shared some gossip. Qiao Mei learned about all the things happening within the family compound. During this time, Lu Lin walked over with a woman carrying a child.

After what happened yesterday, Lu Lin probably would not provoke Qiao Mei anymore. Qiao Mei was not afraid of them at all but her eyes were drawn to the child.

The child looked like a newborn and was very skinny. It looked as if the child was already not too healthy before birth. She wondered whether the family had taken care of the child’s mother during the pregnancy period.

“Are these babies your children? They’re so chubby, unlike my family’s child who’s so skinny,” the woman said sadly.

“Maybe my children are able to absorb nutrients well. They eat simple things, nothing special. If you want, I can give you a list of the food they eat,” Qiao Mei said.

This woman looked even younger than Qiao Mei, probably only about 15 years old. Could she be an underage mother? Heavens… no wonder the child was so skinny!

“That’s Tian Jun’s child. He lives upstairs. The child was born prematurely and his mother died after giving birth to him. This girl’s name is Miao Le and she’s the mother’s younger sister. As the grandparents are weak and sickly and can’t take care of the child, they ask her to come here to help,” Guo Feng explained.

“What’s this child’s name?” Qiao Mei asked.

“Zhuang Zhuang. Since he’s so skinny, we want him to have a name that means strong,” Miao Le said as she wiped her tears.

At the side, Lu Lin said sarcastically, “Hmph, why are you crying? The child is fine! If you always cry like this, the child’s luck will all be scared away! You bring bad luck!”

She had always disliked Miao Le. Since Qiao Mei and her two children were also here, she quickly found a random excuse to leave with her son.

Miao Le chatted casually with Qiao Mei. After understanding more about Qiao Mei’s family background, she knelt in front of Qiao Mei with the child in her arms. As she cried, she begged for help. “Please save my nephew! Feed him some milk! Look at how pitiful Zhuang Zhuang is! Just give him milk four times a day! I’ll send him over and pick him up at your convenience! It won’t be too much trouble for you!”

Qiao Mei was thinking that this family was quite pitiful and was about to offer to help, but she did not expect Miao Le to come up with such an idea.

Liang Die and Guo Feng did not look too comfortable. This was not the first time Miao Le had done this. She would usually go around asking other people for what she lacked at home.

Seeing that Qiao Mei did not say anything, Miao Le immediately said, “I’m not asking you to help for free! Every day, I’ll bring you some eggs to nourish your body and I can even help you with your chores! I’ll do whatever you want! Zhuang Zhuang doesn’t eat much, just give him some milk!”

“It’s not a must for children to drink breast milk. You can also feed powdered milk,” Qiao Mei said tactfully.

The men who lived in this compound all earned fairly high salaries. It should not be too much of a financial burden on the family to buy powdered milk to feed their children.