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Chapter 346: Breakfast
Chapter 346: Breakfast
Breakfast consisted of sweet potato shrimp and sea cucumber congee, along with stir-fried rice noodles.
After Jiang Xia sat down, Zhou Chenglei entered, holding a bowl of bird's nest milk and two cups of milk.
Li Xiuxian glanced at the bowl of bird's nest.
Zhou Chenglei placed the bird's nest in front of her and gave the milk in the porcelain cup to his two nieces.
The bird's nest was brought back by the Jiang family, specially purchased by Jiang Mu, who instructed Jiang Xia to eat a bowl on an empty stomach every morning, saying it was good for the baby.
Zhou Chenglei had been unaware of this, but now that he knew, he had already called and asked Zhang Erge to help him purchase some.
Zhou Chenglei noticed that Jiang Xia had been eating sea cucumber for a while, and her health had indeed improved. He took a large boat to a place abundant in sea cucumbers, dove into the sea, and returned with over a hundred pounds of them. He dried them in the sun and brought back ten pounds of dried sea cucumbers for home, allowing Jiang Xia to eat one every day.
Later, Zhou Father also went to catch some, bringing back several dozen pounds to dry.
Today, in the large pot of congee, Zhou Mu added three sea cucumbers, chopped into small pieces.
Zhou Zhou disliked sea cucumbers, finding them scary and refusing to eat them. Zhou Mu served her congee without sea cucumbers, only with shrimp.
Li Xiuxian ladled congee for Zhou Ying, which contained many sea cucumbers.
Zhou Ying was also afraid to eat them, but her congee had plenty, so she passed it to Li Xiuxian, saying, "Mom, I don't want to eat this black stuff."
"Eat it, it's delicious and good for your body."
Zhou Ying shook her head. "I don't want it, I'm too scared to eat it, it's so ugly."
"Eat it!" Li Xiuxian glared at her.
Zhou Ying felt like crying but dared not.
Zhou Chensen said, "If Yingying doesn't want to eat it, don't force her."
He took his daughter's bowl of congee and picked out the sea cucumbers, placing them in his own bowl.
Then he realized that Li Xiuxian had served his daughter a large portion of sea cucumbers, and his face turned red with embarrassment!
It seemed like Li Xiuxian wanted to put all the sea cucumbers in her daughter's bowl!
Didn't she know that these sea cucumbers were specially caught by Chenglei for Jiang Xia to nourish her body?
How could she be so shameless?
Li Xiuxian replied, "You know that your daughter catches a cold every winter. Xia's health has improved after eating these, hasn't it? That's why I'm encouraging her to eat more!"
Zhou Chensen didn't want to argue anymore!
Why would a child need to nourish their body? Which child needed such supplements?
Let them play in the mud in the village, swim in the sea, and their health would naturally improve!
Li Xiuxian asked Jiang Xia, "Xia, what are the benefits of eating bird's nest?"
Li Xiuxian looked at Jiang Xia's bowl of bird's nest and recalled her own pregnancy with her daughter. Back then, she had sweet potato congee every day, with barely any shrimp.
Jiang Xia had bird's nest and milk in the morning and fish jelly and milk in the evening. She ate sea cucumbers daily and feasted on seafood. After meals, she would snack on strawberries, and there was a basket of fruit, a cabinet full of snacks, a large bag of beef jerky, and dried pork ready for her. They were afraid she might get hungry, and this treatment made it seem like she was carrying a national treasure!
Jiang Xia replied, "My mom told me to eat a bowl every day; she said it's good for the baby."
Zhou Mu worried that Li Xiuxian would think she was being partial, as when her first and second daughters-in-law were pregnant, the family's financial situation wasn't as good, so their diets were naturally not as rich as Jiang Xia's.
It wasn't even purchased by the family.
She explained, "Chenglei stewed it early this morning. He said his mother-in-law specially bought it for Xia to eat, instructing her to have a bowl every morning. Is it for stabilizing the pregnancy?"
Bird's nest might not be effective for stabilizing the pregnancy, so Jiang Xia replied, "It should be good for the baby's skin."
Li Xiuxian looked at Jiang Xia's soft and tender skin. "No wonder your skin is so good. Does it have any effect on adult skin?"
Jiang Xia nodded. "It should have some effect if consumed regularly."
Li Xiuxian said, "Then I'll buy some to eat too. How much does it cost per pound?"
"Her skin is fairer than the other women in the village, but it pales in comparison to Jiang Xia's. Next to her, she feels like ash from the stove."
Zhou Chenglei peeled an egg and dropped it into Jiang Xia's congee. Only he truly understood how good her skin was, and he felt it most deeply. It seemed that not only did she eat well during her pregnancy, but he also prepared congee for her every day after giving birth.
If she had given birth to a daughter, the daughter would have eaten it with her every day.
Jiang Xia shook her head. "I don't know. I've never bought it before."
Li Xiuxian: "Then let's go to the city later and look at the department store. We should set off early, as we also need to go to the shipyard to book a boat and check out the sofas."
Zhou Chensen was a man of his word, and he finally agreed to buy it if they could pay in installments, but he made it clear that he didn't want his parents or brothers to be bothered after the purchase!
If it wasn't a bother, then it wasn't a bother. When her father had time, she would ask him to help look after things.
Zhou Chenglei: "We're not going to the department store today. Second Sister, if you want to buy bird's nest, let's go and take a look at some tonic shops."
Going to check out sofas and then to the shipyard—Jiang Xia couldn't bear it.
Li Xiuxian: "Chenglei, have you bought it before? How much is it per pound?"
Zhou Chenglei: "The cheaper ones are over a hundred, the more expensive ones are over two hundred, and the broken ones are a few dozen."
Li Xiuxian: "..."
Alright then!
She couldn't afford it!
So how much money would it cost for Jiang Xia to eat a bowl every day?
Indeed, she still needed to work hard to earn money, and only then could she eat bird's nest without batting an eye.
Zhou Chenglei asked Zhou Chensen: "Have you decided to book the boat?"
"If you don't need to borrow money, then it's up to you, Second Sister."
Yesterday, he didn't know that he could pay in installments, so he agreed.
Zhou Chenglei nodded: "If there's not enough for the final payment, just let me know."
Li Xiuxian breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Chensen: "If there's not enough money, then cancel the order."
Li Xiuxian: "..."
He could really make her so angry!
She didn't understand why Zhou Chensen was so stubborn in his ways, insisting on not borrowing money for anything except birth, old age, sickness, and death.
She found that among the Zhou brothers, the most stubborn one was him.
He was as stubborn as a mule!
Zhou's parents didn't say anything, but the two elders had discussed giving their son and daughter-in-law red envelopes during the Chinese New Year, with a thousand yuan each.
All three sons were buying new boats, and they would each receive a subsidy of two thousand yuan.
This year, Zhou's father had also made a considerable amount of money, and he was now a true millionaire.
After finishing breakfast, the eldest son's family also came, dressed in new clothes.
Tian Caixia handed a lunchbox to Jiang Xia: "Xia, I made sweet potato pancakes. Try them and see if they're good. It's good for the baby to eat sweet potatoes. Especially in the later stages of pregnancy, if the baby is smaller and not heavy enough, eating sweet potatoes will help the baby in the womb grow faster. When I was pregnant with Wenzu, in the later stages, the doctor said the baby wasn't heavy enough, so I ate more sweet potatoes. Wenzu was born over seven pounds! A big, healthy boy!"
Jiang Xia took it with a smile, "Thank you, Elder Sister. I'll eat it on the way; I'm really full now."
She was already very full and couldn't eat anymore.
Zhou Chenglei had prepared a box of oranges, some tangerines, and a bunch of bananas.
The oranges were peeled and carefully segmented, placed in the lunchbox for Jiang Xia's convenience when she wanted to eat.
There were no more strawberries at home, but he had called Jiang Yang, and Jiang Yang would deliver them to the city today.
Zhou Chenglei entered with a shopping basket, and Jiang Xia handed him the lunchbox, "Elder Sister's sweet potato pancakes."
Zhou Chenglei placed it in the basket, "Let's go!"
He had already pushed the motorcycle outside.
Jiang Xia went out to find Zhou Zhou.
Li Xiuxian quickly combed her daughter's hair and urged Zhou Ying, whispering, "Quick, go and tell your uncle that you want to ride the motorcycle to the city. It's more comfortable."
When her daughter didn't want to ride, Zhou Zhou took her place.
(End of Chapter)
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