Huo Lindong was used to getting up early because every morning was when his mind was clearest. This time was the best time to review his homework. Although he went to bed late yesterday, his fixed biological clock still made him wake up very early.
His head was a little dizzy, probably because of the cold bath he took last night. His body had improved a lot over the years, but after all, his foundation had been bad, and he always got sick two or three times a year.
In the middle of the night, Jiang Wu changed her sleeping position. Now she was huddled on the inside of the bed, and her little feet playfully sticking out of the quilt and sticking firmly to the wall, like a little gecko.
Huo Lindong was a little disappointed when he woke up and didn’t see his wife pestering him to sleep, but this also saved him from the habit of being afraid of waking Jiang Wu when he got up.
Huo Lindong got off the bed quietly, then put on his clothes, and went to the study room next door. He took out a small box from the bookcase with familiarity.
The box contained various pills that his Aunt had prepared for him from the medical clinic. Then, he took out a pill to treat wind and cold, chewed it up, and swallowed it.
The medicine tastes bitter, so it is best to take it with water. However, Huo Lindong once had bitter and scummy medicine soup for three meals in the morning and evening for three years. This bitterness had long been nothing to him.
After taking the medicine, he did not sit at the desk to review his homework as usual. Instead, he changed into more smart clothes, walked to the yard, and caught his cousin Diao Jindong who was about to go out for a morning jog.
The Diao family’s heirloom skills are pig slaughtering and pig killing. The former requires skills, while the latter requires both skills and sufficient strength.
After Diao Jindong was five years old, Sister Diao consciously exercised his physical fitness. Now ten years old, Diao Jindong habitually runs around the village five times every morning and evening and then goes home to practice a set of boxing skills passed down by the Diao family.
The current Diao Jindong has such a physique that is not inferior to that of an adult. In addition to the strong genes of the Diao family, this is also the reason.
Before, Huo Lindong had weak bones, and Sister Diao also thought about letting him exercise with Diao Jindong, but Huo Lindong didn’t like the feeling of sweating on his body.
In addition, he did not have the idea of a man’s admirer at that time, so he politely refused, but it is different now. The male’s natural desire for control and the male’s natural instinct to show off in front of females prompted Huo Lindong to make changes.
He somewhat disliked himself for being skinny and not fleshy, with his sternum clearly visible. Huo Lindong didn’t intend to train like his cousin Diao Jindong. He just wanted to be stronger and had enough strength to carry Jiang Wu all over the country.
“Cousin, do you want to run with me today?”
Diao Jindong was a little flattered and kept giggling while rubbing the back of his head.
“Well, not only today, I will run with you every morning and night from now on.”
Huo Lindong didn’t plan to run around the village five times at the beginning. His body couldn’t bear such high-intensity exercise, but he could take it step by step. As long as he persisted every morning and night, he would definitely see results.
“By the way, I picked up a letter at our door before. Cousin, you know that I don’t know many words, so I don’t know what’s written on it.”
When he walked to the door, Diao Jindong patted his head and took out a letter from his arms.
“Letter?”
Huo Lindong frowned and took the wrinkled letter from Diao Jindong who had been hiding it for who knows how long.
“Someone put a stone on top of it and placed it at the door. It happened a few days ago. I don’t remember well. I thought about it that day and came back to show it to you or Dad. But, I went crazy playing with Dahu and the others that day, and I forgot about it when I came back. In addition, the family was busy with you and my sister-in-law’s wedding a few days ago, so I have forgotten it until now.”
Diao Jindong hesitated and said it, obviously, he was ashamed of his unreliable attitude toward doing things.
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