Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

"Aunt Jia cooked chicken soup early this morning, and I just happened to make some ramen to go with it. Wait a minute, I'll make you two bowls.

Yushui, finish eating quickly and call your sister-in-law to come down and eat too."

Sha Zhu, wearing an apron, stirred the pot with a spoon and scooped out a bowl of soup. "Here, drink a bowl to warm your stomach. I saw you drinking yesterday."

Jia Dongxu smelled the aroma of chicken soup and started drinking it without even brushing his teeth. "Hey, it feels so good. Have you drunk it?"

"I'll drink later, you drink yours first." Sha Zhu said, and then laughed, "Dongxu, how was the wine last night? How did you feel after drinking it? Did you have any trouble?"

Jia Dongxu drank the chicken soup and glared at Sha Zhu, "Zhu Zi, are you stupid? My wife is pregnant, why are you still making a fuss? I'm telling you, Daya, you're not allowed to make a fuss either."

"What's going to happen? You won't even have time to cry."

Sha Zhu pulled the noodles and said awkwardly, "How could that be possible? The old lady and Aunt Jia reminded me yesterday!"

"I felt energetic this morning after drinking. How do you feel?"

"I, um, feel my head isn't as heavy anymore, as if I've had enough sleep, and I don't feel uncomfortable sleeping at night. Give me something to drink tonight." Jia Dongxu thought for a while and said

"Okay, you can continue drinking tonight. I'll see how I feel today. If not, I won't drink anymore. I'll feel uncomfortable if I take too much."

"Haha, I'm going to work overtime today. I'll take care of two meals, lunch and dinner, and then come back to cook for lunch and dinner. Liu Shengli is going to bring his wife, brothers and sisters here to eat."

"Okay, leave it to me!" Sha Zhu nodded. Liu Shengli was a nice guy, so he had to show his ability to entertain him. He said yesterday that he would send a Hunan recipe, so why hasn't he done anything yet?

As Sha Zhu was muttering, Liu Shengli came rushing over pushing his bicycle.

"Brother Zhuzi, you're up now. Come here and follow the Hunan recipe I found for you."

"Haha, did you have breakfast when you came here? I'll make you some noodles." Sha Zhu asked with a smile.

"Have a bowl, this chicken soup is so delicious, it's made from an old hen!" Liu Shengli said unceremoniously, "Brother Zhuzi, let's have another drink with your wine today, it's really good, hehe!"

"Not bad, right? If it's good, continue." Sha Zhu said as he picked up the noodles, poured chicken soup on them and handed them to Liu Shengli.

"Hehe, haven't you tried it?" Liu Shengli asked with a chuckle.

"What the hell, who dares to touch those who are pregnant or suspected of being pregnant?" Jia Dongxu said angrily.

Liu Shengli glanced at Jia Dongxu and said, "Forget it. This topic has nothing to do with you. You are just a nobody."

"By the way, a health care doctor from my dad's place will come over to check on you in a bit, so don't leave. After that, I'll have to go pick up my wife."

"Where do I have time? I have to go to the factory to check on the production later." Jia Dongxu handed the empty bowl to Sha Zhu, motioning him to serve noodles.

"It doesn't matter a little bit. I saw you did a good job in the meeting yesterday. You can just go check it out later. They will be able to fix it." Liu Shengli glanced at Jia Dongxu, and it was exactly the same as what the old lady said yesterday.

"Well, okay, I'll just be lazy for a while." Jia Dongxu stood up and stretched, "Zhu Zi, see if there are any chicken legs? Give me a piece of chicken leg!"

"Uh, forget it. Give me the chicken wings. Chicken legs have more meat. Give one to the old lady and one to Rainwater."

"Next time, buy more chickens and stay longer so you can eat as much as you want in one go."

Jia Dongxu smelled the aroma of chicken soup and said with a chuckle.

Sha Zhu picked a chicken leg and said, "Well, there are two chickens tied up outside. You can eat the chicken leg first, and Yu Shui will eat it tomorrow."

"Hey, what's going on? Buying so much chicken to stew, Liu Shengli, your family doesn't do this, right?" Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

Liu Shengli was not polite either, "Go away, if you care about my family, I will take it back in a while."

"Okay, but remember to bring back a painting when you come." Jia Dongxu said, taking the bowl handed over by Sha Zhu, "There is no meat in your bowl, Zhuzi, give him two pieces of meat to eat, and grow courage."

"Haha, that's great. I'll go check later to see if there's any more stock." Liu Shengli held out the bowl and took the meat that Sha Zhu handed over.

"It's still more comfortable here!"

As they were eating, a young man carrying a box and an old man came over. Liu Shengli saw them coming from the window and quickly put down his bowl and went outside, "Dongxu, stop eating. Come here for a physical checkup."

Liu Sheng took it and asked the old man to sit at the table. The old man was not polite when he saw Liu Shengli.

"Shengli, you are really good at finding things. Come here to eat chicken noodle soup. I want to have a bowl later. This smells like the soup made by an old hen. It took me two hours to cook it while riding a horse."

"Don't think about selling you for now. Come and see what he is like." Liu Shengli said, pulling Jia Dongxu to sit aside.

The old man first took a close look at Jia Dongxu's face, then stood up in surprise and looked him up and down, then asked Jia Dongxu to stand up and walk a few steps.

Then he slowly took out the pulse diagnosis instrument from the box and began to take Jia Dongxu's pulse.

Then he carefully looked into Jia Dongxu's eyes and checked his tongue.

After thinking for a long time, he put away the pulse pillow and said, "It's okay, just take good care of yourself."

"Huh? What on earth happened?" Liu Shengli asked.

The old man thought about it for a while, then said, "Your vitality is damaged, which makes your body look tired, but your body is full of vitality. It's okay. Just replenish it well. Once your vitality is replenished, you will be fine."

"How to make up for it?" Liu Shengli asked.

"Today's old hen soup is good. It would be great if we add some other tonic ingredients."

Liu Shengli asked excitedly, "What kind of supplements? How about I help you get some?"

It would be relatively easier for him to get some supplements.

"Don't bother. Ordinary ginseng and wolfberry will do. It would be a waste to use anything else."

"That's good, that's good. By the way, can I drink the medicinal wine?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"Drink it. You can try anything as long as it's nourishing. Fortunately, you haven't had sex during this period, otherwise it would be difficult to do it if you lose too much."

After hearing this, Jia Dongxu asked awkwardly, "Can this be revealed?"

The old man looked at Ai Dongxu and said nothing, as if he was too disdainful to answer.

"Hey Shengli, now that I'm done with my work, please get me something to eat!" said the old man.

Sha Zhu was beside Jia Dongxu, watching the old man examining Jia Dongxu with concern. After hearing that Jia Dongxu was fine and just needed some tonic, he was delighted and hurried in to make noodles.

"Old man, please wait a moment. The noodles will be ready soon."