The knock on the door interrupted her thoughts. She habitually asked Doctor Wood to open the door. There was no movement for a long time. She suddenly remembered that Doctor Wood had taken a few days off because of something happened in his family.
She had to get up and open the door by herself, and saw Annie holding breakfast, looking at her with big watery eyes and a sweet smile.
"Grandma, dad asked me to bring it up to you. Did I disturb your sleep?"
The child’s smile made the old lady feel happy a lot. She took the breakfast from the little guy, “No, grandma woke up a long time ago, but just lay in bed and didn’t get up."
"Grandma, are you sick? See the doctor sooner if you are sick."
Thoughtful words warmed the old lady's heart. She put her breakfast on the table, turned around and picked up the little guy behind her and sat down on a chair next to her.
"Grandma is not sick, it's just that there is no one in this house, I don't want to get up, so..."
Annie reached out her hand, touched the old lady's forehead, and said like a little adult, "Well, no fever, grandma didn't lie to me."
The old lady smiled, "Is it possible that you can treat treat an illness?"
"No, but I know that when you have a fever, your forehead will be so hot. Grandma, you should have breakfast first, otherwise, it won't taste good when it gets cold. I am here with you, so you will not feel lonely."
"Don't you need to go to school today?"
"I went to Big Beard's martial arts gym today. It's okay to go later."
"Is it hard for girls to learn martial arts?"
"It's fun, it's much more fun than kindergarten. Kindergarten kids snatch things and cry at every turn. However, next month, I can go to elementary school. In fact, the teacher said that I can go directly to grade three. But Olive said that I can’t skip grades. That would be bad for me."
"Are you interested in learning martial arts? Or your mother want you to learn it?"
"Of course I want to learn it, and then Olive feels that girls can protect themselves by learning this, and they don't have to be afraid when they meet bad guys." After a pause, Annie looked at the breakfast in front of the old lady. "Grandma, don't you like to eat this?"
"No, grandma hasn't washed her face and brushed her teeth yet. Wait a while." The old lady got up and went into the bathroom. When she came out, she said, "Annie, or else, how about allowing grandma to take you to the martial arts hall later?"
"Okay, then I'll go down and prepare first."
In fact, what she needed to prepare was just a set of exercise clothes. She packed them in her beautiful little bag, and noticed the family, and then rushed upstairs again.
Olive Steele was very happy that the little guy can be close to her grandma. But Mrs. Steele was worried and afraid of losing Annie.
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