Looking at this exquisite ship in a bottle, Hesta obviously didn't have anything special to say in private, but she still took Shi Yimiao's treasure and carefully put it in her hands to look at it.
Of course she remembered the origin of the name "Chiba Masaki", after all, Miss Chiba had told her the past of her deceased friend in such detail. "Chiba" is a place, and "Masaki" is a famous pirate during the blackout era... Before hearing this name from Shi Yimiao's mouth yesterday, Hesta never imagined that he would encounter this person here again. The legendary "Masaki".
Miaomiao generously selected several picture books from the pirate series. The top few books are the "Masaki and Her Friends" series. The words in these picture books are simple and concise, and each sentence is marked with pronunciation, which is really friendly to language novices like Hesta.
So she sat down and read carefully on the child's bedside table. This solemn expression aroused Miao Miao's surprise, and immediately aroused a strong feeling of goodwill in her heart. After all, few adults take a child's declared wish seriously, especially if it seems too unrealistic.
Miaomiao stared at Hesta's side face and became completely quiet for the first time. She suppressed her eagerness and waited for Hesta to finish reading the first picture book. Then she snatched the picture book without any explanation and stuffed a copy of "Lightship" over her.
"Look at this! Look at this!"
Hesta took the picture book.
This is still the story of the Masaki series. On the cover of "Lightship", a pirate wearing a black captain's hat is raising her right hand holding a knife high. She is standing on the bow of the ship, with a ferocious eagle perched on her left shoulder. Behind her, there are six companions with different expressions and colorful hair, including old men and young people. Some of them hold weapons, some hold telescopes and maps... Under the boat, dark blue and light blue alternate. ripple.
Hesta read very slowly. Different from the theme of previous adventures and treasure hunts, "Lighthouse" is a story about rescue. It tells how Masaki, the great pirate who roams the twelve districts, drives a stolen lighthouse to deal with the navy. In the end, he relied on a series of exquisite lies to alienate the enemy, rescued his companions, and destroyed the villain "Captain Greedy"'s legendary experience of colonizing District 12.
By the time Hesta finished turning the last page, Miaomiao was already supporting the table and stretched her head to Hesta's hand.
"How is it?" Miao Miao asked, "Does it look good?"
Hesta nodded, "Not bad."
"Hehe, there's more!" Miaomiao handed over another volume, "Read this next..."
It was approaching ten o'clock, when Ding Xueyang and Ding Yuqing, who were late, hurried back to the ward, they were somewhat surprised to find that Shi Yimiao was not making a fuss. She was sitting on Hesta's lap and dozing off.
Ding Xueyang breathed a sigh of relief. She changed out of her coat and placed a suitcase on the open space next to the bed.
Hesta turned around, quickly closed the picture book in her hand, and put Shi Yimiao back on the bed.
"...Miaomiao can't sleep yet," Ding Xueyang laughed, "She hasn't brushed her teeth yet, right?"
Hesta gave up her position and stood aside, watching Ding Xueyang change pajamas for the half-asleep Miaomiao. She couldn't explain why, but she liked Ding Xueyang's soft and exaggerated tone when talking to Miaomiao.
Ding Yuqing at the end of the bed was constantly taking out new things from the suitcase. Hesta walked up to her and took a look, pointed at a bulging storage bag and asked, "What is this?"
"It's Miaomiao's toiletries."
"……so much?"
Ding Yuqing opened the zipper of the toiletry bag and unfolded the entire bag as if showing off weapons. Hesta saw four toothbrushes with different shapes and seven toothpastes with small dosages and different flavors placed inside. Different toothbrush handles were made into different cartoon characters in bright colors.
Later, Shi Yimiao, who was awakened from her sleep by her mother, carefully selected tonight's toothbrush and toothpaste, got out of bed happily, and followed Ding Xueyang to the bathroom.
"Has she been discharged from the hospital in the past two days?" Hesta asked.
"probably."
"There are so many things, you can't move them all in one trip."
"It's okay, we have a car." Ding Yuqing replied, "Anyway, Pingchuan will be back tomorrow, let him run a few more times to the elevator."
After the two sisters returned, all the care and organization work was carried out in an orderly manner. Hesta stood by the bed for a while, and finally moved a chair and sat down in the corner. While looking at the road outside the window, he listened to Ding Xueyang telling Miao Miao a story to put her to sleep.
Ding Xueyang's voice was still very soft, and Hestad could hardly hear what the two of them were saying, but she still listened attentively. Autumn rain fell outside the window again, and fine raindrops fell on the ground. Hesta felt as if she hadn't experienced such a quiet night for a long time, which made her feel comfortably sleepy.
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"So you've been helping people take care of their children these days?"
"No, just Friday and last night." Hesta replied, "But I will go back to the hospital after dinner in the afternoon."
At noon on Sunday, Hesta was cleaning the kitchen with Yugali in her apartment. All the dishes were ready, but Yugali insisted on cleaning the pots and pans first - he was just lazy for a while last Sunday, and those solidified and hardened kitchen utensils made the kitchen cleaning work a hell.
Eucalyptus washed the plates one by one, and Hesta waited beside him to put them where they should be.
"Do they have anything they want you to do?" Yugali asked.
"It's okay, just go take a look." Hesta looked for a gap between the cupboards, and then inserted a few freshly washed dishes into the middle of the metal rack inside. "What if there is anything I can help with?" "
"You're so kind...but it's very troublesome for children to get sick." Yugali sighed, "It's easier for me to take care of the children when I'm sick."
"Can I come to your place for dinner every Sunday from now on?" Hesta asked suddenly.
The movements in Yugali's hand stopped, "...Why?"
"The food you have here is delicious."
"No," Yugali replied simply, "I will be free every Sunday during this period. When I find a job, I may not have time on Sundays."
"You want a job with a Sunday?"
Yugali laughed, "...and then I will cook specially for you, right?"
"Shall I pay you additional wages?" Hesta looked at her, "I can settle it at three times your working day salary——"
"Did all your money come from the strong wind?" Yugali laughed even louder, "No need, when you want to come over to eat, just tell me a few days in advance... don't limit yourself to Sunday."
"Okay, then next Sunday -"
"Is Saturday okay?" Yugali said with a smile, "I have to go to the hospital next Sunday too."
