Chapter Sixty-Four: let me do something
"I just want to see if the drainage pipe is level!" she protested one afternoon, her hand resting on the now-unmistakable curve of her stomach. "I can't just sit here and watch you all do the work."
Long Zhan simply picked her up, ignoring her indignant squeaks, and sat her back down on the furs. "You will sit. You will eat the soup the snake gives you. You will tell me if the stone in the bathroom is too rough, and I will sand it down until it is as smooth as your skin. But you will not walk until the healer says the cubs have firmly 'anchored' their spirits."
Qin Mo walked over, holding a small plate of sliced mountain apples he had chilled in a bucket of deep-well water. "Listen to the lizard, Wanwan. For once, he is being practical. You are the heart of this house; if the heart strains itself, the whole structure fails. Direct us. Rule us. But do not move from that spot."
