Siheyuan: Cooking journey

When Guilan went into the delivery room to visit Ran Qiuye...

He Yuzhu remembered that they had been married for many years but still had no children, so he moved closer to Wang Deqing and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Wang, why haven't you had children yet? Do you not want to have children, or is there something else going on?"

Wang Deqing is still the same as always, with a stern face all day long and looking very serious.

After hearing this, he glanced in the direction of the old man involuntarily, and then said nonchalantly: "The old man gave me a secret recipe, and I am trying it now."

He Yuzhu felt that this matter was quite delicate.

As for the old man's folk remedy, I can't say it has much harm, but I can't see any particular benefit either. It's nothing more than seeking psychological comfort.

However, judging from the fact that Wang Deqing was willing to believe in this folk remedy, it does show that the two of them were not unwilling to have children, but rather that they might have encountered some difficulties.

After so many years of friendship, we can be considered friends.

Not as old-fashioned as those elderly uncles and aunts.

Wang Deqing and Guilan are still in their youth.

If he could help, He Yuzhu would naturally be happy to lend a hand and quietly recommended it to Wang Deqing:

"That old man's secret recipe is just so-so. I have a better one."

Fearing that Wang Deqing would not believe him, He Yuzhu gave his own example.

"You also know that I have been married for several years without having a child. It was only thanks to this secret recipe that I finally got the good news."

"What secret recipe is so effective?"

When Wang Deqing heard this, he grabbed He Yuzhu's hand anxiously.

"Director He, I still have a few bottles of Moutai. If it's not enough, I can go to Xiaobai's house to borrow some."

"Don't mention Moutai or not."

He Yuzhu said seriously, patted Wang Deqing's hand, and said seriously:

"We have been friends for so many years, don't you know who I am? Why would I bother with a secret recipe? Let me tell you, the secret recipe is this; you don't have to run to Xiaobai's house, just give me your Maotai."

...Wang Deqing was speechless for a moment, and He Yuzhu didn't pay much attention to him. He was also a little troubled.

According to Chinese medicine diagnosis, there is nothing wrong with Wang Deqing, but the problem may be with his wife Guilan.

There are many reasons why women cannot get pregnant.

You have to take the pulse yourself to know the root cause.

But it was inappropriate to have casual contact with a female comrade, especially Wang Deqing's wife.

Even if they claim to understand Chinese medicine, they are not reliable.

Everyone knows that he is a good cook, and suddenly he can cure infertility, which is ridiculous.

After thinking about it, He Yuzhu briefly summarized several possibilities, wrote a prescription as a secret recipe and gave it to Wang Deqing, not forgetting to explain:

"The medicine is ready. You can drink it once a day. Only the woman can drink it..."

Do all this in a low-key manner, without leaving your name or surname.

After staying in the hospital for a day, Ran Qiuye was discharged.

back home.

A middle-aged lady helped to take care of the mother during the confinement period and the children. She didn't understand many things, so she had no choice but to invite Qin Huairu, a mother of three children, to give her advice.

He Yuzhu didn't say much, after all, he didn't understand these things.

He was fine with recuperating, but he was completely clueless as to how to take care of the baby during the confinement period.

Qin Huairu's help in guidance would be beneficial to Ran Qiuye and the child as well, so He Yuzhu had no reason to refuse.

It gradually got dark.

Ran Qiuye has fallen asleep.

Little Nianqiu slept between the two of them.

He Yuzhu looked at her tenderly, kissed her lightly, then turned off the lights and went to rest.

The night is very quiet.

Little Nianqiu's eyes flickered, his little hands waved, his face full of joy and excitement.

Reborn!

Really reborn!

He Nianqiu never imagined that he would be reborn and gain a second life.

What was even more unexpected was that

The father turned out to be He Yuzhu.

He was a prominent figure of that era.

Oh, it’s exciting just thinking about it.

As soon as you are born, you are held in the palm of a giant's hand. You don't have to do anything, and everything comes naturally.

The father is He Yuzhu, the mother is Ran Qiuye, and the aunt is He Yushui, the legendary strong woman who never married...

He Nianqiu was extremely excited and felt that the future was filled with infinite beauty.

But then I thought about it,

He Nianqiu was stunned again, as if he had heard that his name was Nianqiu!

He, Nian Qiu!

Doesn't this mean, doesn't this mean...

That's impossible. How is that possible?

It turns out that I am the cold and beautiful goddess of Red Bull Pharmaceutical Group!

He Nianqiu couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The contrast is too great. How can she be cold? She is obviously very cute.

Moreover, if I am really He Nianqiu, doesn’t that mean that the annoying girl is my sister?

Thinking of her,

He Nianqiu couldn't hold back her tears.

He was born with a congenital disease and was abandoned at the door of an orphanage.

No last name, no first name, nothing.

The orphanage was established by that person, and most of the adopted children had the surname He, so my surname is also He.

I was named Nianqiu because it was autumn when I was adopted from the orphanage. In order to remember him forever, I never expected that I would have the same name as a distant one.

Because of this name, she noticed me among many other children and would pinch my face from time to time, which was so annoying.

More than ten years have passed, and she has become like a mother and a sister, and has long become the closest person in my life. However, my life came to an abrupt end at the age of sixteen, and even her superb medical skills could not change that.

In a trance,

I seemed to still hear her crying. I wanted to reach out and touch her, but I felt so powerless. Everything was dark before my eyes. I could not see anything. I was reborn. I was reborn.

He Nianqiu's eyes were filled with tears. He was reborn and could see her again. No matter how she bullied him in the past, this time he would pay her back.

Thinking, thinking,

He Nianqiu started to panic again.

I remembered the butterfly effect, and how a small change could lead to earth-shaking consequences.

Will my rebirth also cause such changes?

Will she disappear because of this?

No, we must not let this happen.

He Nianqiu made up her mind. No matter what the future held, she had to be here. Otherwise, how could I take revenge on her, pinch her face, or make her act coquettishly?

suddenly,

A strong feeling of fatigue came over me.

I feel so sleepy, my consciousness is becoming blurry.

He Nianqiu didn't want to sleep, but he fell drowsy involuntarily.

My eyelids felt as heavy as if they were weighed down by a weight and I couldn't hold them up.

In a trance, she remembered saying that her mother's name was Zhou Xiaobai.

Find mom first, then find dad.

With this idea in mind,

He Nianqiu fell into a deep sleep.

The night is quiet.

Little Nianqiu was sleeping soundly.

He Yuzhu was a little insomniac, so he turned on the bedside lamp and looked at her. The more he looked, the more he liked her, and he couldn't help but kiss her.

On the other side, Ran Qiuye woke up, looked at him, smiled sweetly and said gently:

"Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"Can't sleep."

He Yuzhu asked with concern: "How are you? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

"I took your medicine and I feel much better."

Ran Qiuye's eyes reflected him, sweet and happy, but when she looked at Xiao Nianqiu, she felt worried again.

"When I was discharged from the hospital, the nurse told me that I should feed my baby warm water before I have enough milk. Babies are born with the ability to suckle, and milk will come slowly. Qin Huairu said the same thing, but I don't know why Nianqiu didn't want to feed her after I fed her several times. She was very resistant."

"Not like the nurse, nor like what Qin Huairu said,

"The nurse said that milk will come only if the baby sucks, and the more she sucks, the more milk she will get. But she won't suck. What should I do?"

He Yuzhu was also worried and comforted her, "Don't worry, she would drink water from the bottle before, maybe she's not used to it yet, try more, it will get better. If it doesn't work, feed her with formula. I brought some back from Xiangdao and put it somewhere else. I'll bring it out tomorrow to see if she can drink it."

Ran Qiuye blushed, glanced at him, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and her voice became smaller and smaller: "The nurse said that breastfeeding is the best, and I also want to feed her this way, otherwise, you, you..."

He Yuzhu blinked unconsciously and turned off the light.

Early the next morning.

He Yuzhu went to catch some crucian carp and made soup for Ran Qiuye.

The milk powder was also retrieved.

The packaging was too conspicuous, so I hid it in the bedroom closet.

Only after Ran Qiuye drank the bowl of crucian carp soup did He Yuzhu go to work with peace of mind.

He pedaled his bicycle leisurely, with complicated emotions surging in his heart.

Ever since he had a child and started raising this little life, he suddenly realized a problem that he had never noticed before: today's babies have neither milk powder nor other supplementary foods except their mother's milk.

The only slight consolation was that, although milk was a scarce commodity, once you had a child, you could apply for a milk supply book and order a daily fixed amount of milk.

However, milk is milk after all, and babies cannot fully absorb it. Some children may even have adverse reactions to milk.

Children are the hope of the future. If they do not even get enough nutrition in their childhood, how can we expect them to support the world in the future?

He Yuzhu thought about what he should do.

The most direct idea is to make milk powder, but unfortunately there are too many practical restrictions. Milk is needed to make milk powder, and milk itself is scarce nowadays and is not enough to be used as a raw material for milk powder, let alone imported milk powder.

He wondered whether he could extract plant essences from grains and other foods to replace some of the nutrients in milk powder, and then combine them with milk powder to create a special milk powder that is a bit like soy milk powder, but with higher nutritional value and more balanced, especially suitable for infants and young children.

The quality of this kind of milk powder is completely comparable to the highest-end milk powder on the market, and the cost can be controlled very low to ensure that every family can afford it.

In addition, necessary complementary foods are also indispensable.

Although this idea was good and he was eager to try it, but when he took into account the current actual situation, He Yuzhu couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that such a precarious period was not suitable for making big moves.

However, the situation in Hong Kong is different. Perhaps we can prepare for this matter there first and get all the preliminary work ready. Then, we can directly cooperate with the relevant departments to build factories and make this business flourish all over the country.

In the future, I hope that every child will have access to cheap and high-quality milk powder and grow up healthy and strong.

After a busy morning at the steel plant, He Yuzhu returned home at lunch time.

He knew that nutrition must be maintained during the confinement period, so he cooked another pot of crucian carp soup.

Looking at the pot of rich fish soup, Ran Qiuye's face flushed. She dragged him into the bedroom and whispered, "Don't stew fish soup anymore. Nianqiu doesn't suck breast milk at all. I have been feeding her with milk powder this morning. I drank so much crucian carp soup this morning, and now I feel very uncomfortable. If I drink more crucian carp soup, I'm afraid I will feel even worse..."

He Yuzhu couldn't help but rub his brows, feeling worried.

Her daughter was unwilling to drink milk, and Ran Qiuye felt unwell again.

After thinking it over, he seemed to be able to think of only one solution.

He Yuzhu hurried out and closed the door, and then carefully checked whether the bedroom door was closed. At first, Ran Qiuye didn't understand why the door was closed like this, but soon, her doubts were replaced by an inexplicable embarrassment, and her face became red.

“Shame, shame, shame…”

He Nianqiu closed her eyes, looking as if she couldn't bear to look directly at the scene. She felt distressed and helpless.

What happened last night made her realize that she is still a baby and can’t think too much, otherwise she will be exposed.

But she still couldn't help but think wildly, what should she do?

Does it mean that as soon as a child is born, he has to "trick" his biological mother and find a girlfriend for his biological father?

The most important thing is that she has no idea how her father and Zhou Xiaobai got together.

It was later learned that this father, known as a "dreamer", had two wives at the same time for some special reasons, and little was known about his relationships with other women.

Although it is understandable, after all, for a person like him, it is difficult for the outside world to grasp the details of his private life, and even the fact that he has several children is unknown to the public.

It is even possible that this "dreamer" was originally a figure hidden behind the scenes. It was not until the development of the Internet that scholars sorted out information of the times and discovered that he was present in almost all remembered historical moments. Only then did they realize that it was extraordinary.

Once is a coincidence, twice is accident, but if it happens multiple times, it becomes a kind of inevitability.

What's more, this is only what has been recorded. How many things have happened silently and are unknown to the public?

After some media visits and investigations, the fragmentary words of the participants at that time were gradually revealed, and people began to have a vague understanding of this "dreamer".

Even if it is just the tip of the iceberg, his achievements are enough to make him a visionary of the times. What he has done has benefited countless people and should be remembered by countless people. It is incredible.

He Nianqiu felt extremely honored to be the daughter of this "dreamer", but also felt unprecedented pressure.

She just wanted to be a low-key salted fish, be a carefree rich second-generation, play with her sister when she had nothing to do, and grow flowers and plants. She really didn't want to manage the huge Red Bull Pharmaceutical Group.

He Nianqiu became worried when he thought about becoming the center of everyone's attention in the future. As he worried, he also found it a little funny - he was not even one year old yet, and he was thinking too far ahead.

The only thing he needed to consider now was how to find Zhou Xiaobai and how to pave the way for her appearance so that this "stinky sister" could be born smoothly. Humph, she must have never expected that she would become his sister, so he must have "bullied" her from childhood to adulthood.

Thinking of this, He Nianqiu's mood became happy and full of anticipation.

At the Zhou family’s side, Zhou Xiaobai had just returned home from the commune.

Zhou Zhennan looked at her and asked, "Xiaobai, why don't you go to your uncle Zhuzi's house to play recently?"