Halfway through the walk, Yi Jiale's feet really hurt, so Yan Bugui finally asked the older students in the class to carry Yi Jiale to school.

Although Yi Jiale felt embarrassed, his feet were so painful that he had no choice but to secretly stuff a piece of candy into everyone's mouth when everyone was carrying him on their backs.

The older classmates who were carrying Yi Jiale on their backs had a candy stuffed in their mouths. They were very happy and ate the candy without changing their expressions. The older classmates who had candies stuffed in their mouths all revealed a tacit look in their eyes.

They no longer felt unhappy at all. Instead, they hoped that when Yi Jiale couldn't walk anymore in the future, he would ask them to carry him on his back.

Finally we arrived at the school gate. Many parents usually get off work at this time, so there were many parents gathered at the school gate.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife saw from a distance a half-grown child carrying their daughter on his back.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife hurried forward, picked up Yi Jiale and kept thanking the child.

Yu Yang carried Yi Jiale all the way. His parents kept thanking him after seeing the clothes hanger. Yu Yang waved his hands a little embarrassedly and said, "Uncle and aunt, I only carried Yi Jiale for a while. I didn't carry him the rest of the time."

Yi Zhonghai pulled Yu Yang's hand and shook it: "Thank you very much, classmate!"

Yu Yang: "Hey, uncle, Yi Jiale also gave us candy! And she is so young, the same age as her brothers and sisters at home, it's really easy to carry her."

The lady couldn't help but feel bad when she saw her daughter soaking wet. She quickly held the umbrella for her daughter and urged Yi Zhonghai: "Old Yi, come here quickly and carry your daughter home! I have made the ginger soup."

Yi Zhonghai quickly said to Yan Bugui: "Old Yan, you go ahead and do your work. I will take Tuanzi home first."

Yan Bugui waved his hand and said, "Go quickly!" Although Yan Bugui felt very uncomfortable after being caught in the rain today, he still had to wait until other parents picked up their children or the children left by themselves before he could go back.

Yi Zhonghai quickly carried Yi Jiale on his back. An old lady stood beside him holding two umbrellas and asked Huo Sheng to hold her clothes and follow her closely.

Yi Zhonghai asked softly while holding his daughter on his back: "Tuanzi, how do you feel now? You shouldn't feel very uncomfortable, right?"

Yi Jiale lay on his father's back and said weakly, "I'm so tired, my feet hurt! I don't feel anything else."

Auntie: "When we get home later, I'll drink a bowl of ginger soup with you two first. Then your grandfather, Huo Sheng, will be waiting for you at home. Go back and tell your grandfather that you are safe, and let your uncle take you to take a hot bath!"

"Tuanzi, let's both take a hot bath so we don't catch a cold tomorrow."

Huo Sheng nodded obediently: "Okay, Auntie."

They soon arrived at the yard. Huo Sheng went home to change his clothes, and then went to Auntie's house to drink brown sugar ginger tea.

Both children drank a whole bowl of brown sugar ginger tea and broke into sweat.

Then Yi Zhonghai and his wife took their bathing supplies, and Lin Ying and her sister went to the bathhouse to take a bath. Sha Zhu stayed at home to cook, and He Yushui looked after the children.

Walking into the bathhouse, you are greeted by a unique smell of coal smoke, steam and soap. Yi Zhonghai handed in the bath tickets for everyone in the lobby, and then the men and women went to the dressing rooms separately.

There were rows of iron or wooden lockers in the locker room, and the doors were shiny due to frequent use. People quickly took off their clothes, put on slippers and went to the bathing area to soak.

The bathing area is the core of the bathhouse. There is usually a large pool inside, but the water is not deep and can accommodate many people.

The pool water is a mixture of hot water boiled in the boiler room and cold water, and has a moderate temperature.

The bathhouse was filled with the sounds of people laughing and talking, neighbors chatting, and children playing in the pool.

Yi Jiale laid his head on the edge of the pool, and then let his whole body float up. He felt so relaxed! The difficulties on the road today seemed to have disappeared at this moment.

Lin Xiong was fine today. He just felt a little tired, but not as tired as Yi Jiale.

Lin Xiong also leaned his head back and let his body float. He felt that every time he took a bath, it was a kind of enjoyment.

After soaking for about half an hour, the adults began to scrub each other's backs, and then scrubbed the children's backs, and then went home to eat! If you soak in this pool again, you will faint.

After taking a bath, Yi Jiale felt lighter all over. After putting on his warm cotton-padded jacket, he was no longer the Yi Jiale who was soaked and cold in the rain today. But after taking a bath, he felt very hungry.

Today everyone went to Sha Zhu's house for dinner, but Huo Sheng refused to go. Finally, Sha Zhu had no choice but to serve him a bowl of mutton stewed with radish. After all, the children had been caught in the rain today, so they needed to eat some mutton to nourish themselves.

Moreover, both families like Mr. Huo very much. The adults can see that he takes special care of Tuanzi. Didn’t you see that he carried Tuanzi’s bag and water bottle when he came back today? He must have helped carry Tuanzi all the way up and back. Parents are happy to give Mr. Huo delicious food.

The old lady's portion of mutton and radish stew had been served, so now everyone started to feast at the table.

Yi Jiale and Lin Xiong sat side by side, eating mutton and drinking mutton soup with big mouthfuls. The adults' bowls contained more radish than mutton, but in Yi Jiale and Lin Xiong's bowls, there were only a few pieces of radish, and mostly mutton.

The two of them slurped the mutton soup and praised, "Brother Zhu, your cooking skills are really amazing." Yi Jiale gave a thumbs up while praising.

Lin Xiong also praised: "Brother-in-law, your cooking skills are really the best! Better than my sister's."

Sha Zhu was very happy to be praised, and it was worth it that he went home early today to start stewing.

After happily drinking the mutton soup, the Yi family chatted at Sha Zhu's house, talking about the children's feelings today and what they saw and heard.

Whenever Yi Jiale and Lin Xiong got together, they would start to chatter, and the whole room was filled with their voices. After they had been talking for two hours, the adults finally couldn't help interrupting them and told them to pack up, wash up, and go to bed.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife, Sha Zhu and his wife, and He Yushui all wiped the non-existent sweat from their heads and thought to themselves, "We were careless. We forgot that they can chat a lot whenever they get together."

After returning home, the aunt first disinfected the feet with a needle, then poke the blisters on Yi Jiale's feet, squeezed out the water inside, applied medicine, and then let Yi Jiale lie down to sleep.

When the aunt and Yi Zhonghai saw the blisters on their daughter's feet, they felt both distressed and relieved. They felt distressed that their daughter had suffered so much, but they were relieved that their daughter, at such a young age, could walk such a long way to see the martyrs.

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