Chapter 13

Early in the morning Xu Xiaofu helped Mrs. Wang cook the soup, and at noon he dragged her to the pier.The snow was fluttering outside, the snow on the ground was almost up to the ankles, the cart made a creaking sound on the snow, there were not many pedestrians outside, and the hawkers who set up stalls on the street did not come out , only the shops on both sides of the street were open.

The two came to the pier. There were still people coming and going on the pier. The water in the river was flowing, so it would not freeze even in cold weather, and the waterways would not be sealed.

Mrs. Wang opened the ceramic pot, and someone came over immediately, "Auntie, sister-in-law, you are here, hurry up and bring me hot and sour soup. It is most comfortable to drink a bowl of hot and sour soup in this cold weather."

Wang hurriedly made a bowl of hot and sour soup and handed it over.It was only then that the two noticed that there seemed to be a group of people on the opposite side, Xu Xiaofu went over to have a look, and when he returned to his stall, he couldn't help but look a little ugly.Wang hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? You look so ugly?"

Xu Xiaofu looked up at the opposite side, and said: "Mother, someone is robbing our business, just now I saw someone selling soup, and it is exactly the same as our soup, it is big bone soup, hot and sour soup, and clam meat tofu soup."

Mrs. Wang was taken aback, then smiled and said: "Let's just sell ours, this pier is not opened by our family, so maybe others are not allowed to do some small business, don't you think?"

Seeing that Mrs. Wang is so open-minded, Xu Xiaofu is not so angry anymore. It will happen sooner or later. It is normal for someone to be jealous and grab business.Just as she was thinking about it, there was a sudden commotion over there, Xu Xiaofu originally wanted to go and have a look, but Mrs. Wang grabbed her and said: "Let's do our business, don't go and watch the bustle, lest you get into trouble .”

Only then did Xu Xiaofu stop walking.

"Mother, little sister, are you here?"

As soon as Xu Xiaofu looked up, he saw Xu Qingshan walking towards this side, he hurriedly took a porcelain bowl from the car, filled a bowl full of clam meat and tofu soup, and handed it to Xu Qingshan, "Brother, eat quickly."

Xu Qingshan smiled, reached out to take the soup bowl in Xu Xiaofu's hand, and drank it with a snort.The clam meat and tofu were so stewed that they almost melted in your mouth, you didn't even need chopsticks, after a while Xu Qingshan drank a big bowl, and Xu Xiaofu added another bowl of hot and sour soup for him.

At this time, the other side of the pier was still noisy, and the sound of someone throwing a bowl was vaguely heard, and then people came over one after another, and some people continued to watch the excitement over there.

After a few people came over, Wang asked Mrs. Wang to add big bone soup, and chatted while drinking, "Auntie, the soup you cook is better. Daniel bought a bowl of clam meat and tofu soup over there. The smell of the meat is not only strong, but also very tough and unpalatable, and the big cow was so angry that he smashed the bowl."

Wang Shi smiled and said nothing.

The person on the opposite side also saw that Xu Xiaofu and the others had a good business, so they came up with the idea and came to sell soup on the pier. They thought they could just cook the food, but who knew they would be smashed.

Not long after, the dark man named Daniu also came over, his face was full of anger, and while asking Wang to add a bowl of clam broth for him, he said, "Hmph, it's a good thing that she didn't smash her stall." Now, I dare to bring out and buy food that has been boiled like this!" He took a sip of the clam broth handed over by Wang, and let out a sigh of satisfaction, "Hey, it's still delicious from my aunt, who came late today , I saw that there was also a soup seller across the street, so I bought a bowl and tasted it, who knew it was so bad."

Xu Xiaofu said with a smile: "Brother, that's natural. Our soup is carefully boiled. If the taste is not good, we just throw it away." Indeed, a few days ago, Mrs. Wang learned how to cook clam broth When cooking, I didn't control the heat properly, and the fishy smell was strong, and the soup went into the stomach of the puppy Xiao Hui.Moreover, the big bone broth is boiled all night, so the taste is naturally good.

Because the soup on the opposite side tastes bad, Wang's business has not been affected.In less than half an hour, the three cans of soup were sold out, and they bid farewell to Xu Qingshan, and the two returned to Xu's house.

Only Father Xu and Xu Qingfei were at home, and the pup Xiao Hui was lying under the eaves. When he saw Xu Xiaofu and the others coming back, he raised his thin head to look, then continued to sleep with his head drooping again.After the puppy came back a few days ago, Xu Xiaofu made a nest for it with wooden planks under the eaves, barely able to shelter it from the wind and rain.

Every time the boiled bones are cooked, they are thrown to Xiao Hui to eat, and occasionally some leftovers are given to him, so it is easy to feed.

Looking at the heavy snow fluttering outside, Wang said: "Have dinner here before going back, and let your second brother take you back then."

Xu Xiaofu didn't refuse either, he even showed his hands at night, made stir-fried wild pork, went to the cellar to get cabbage and made vinegared cabbage.

Xu Qingshan sent her back to Zheng's house after dinner, Xu Xiaofu went directly to the back door of Zheng's house, knocked on the door, and the door creaked open after a while.

"Thank you, Shihua." Xu Xiaofu thanked, then turned around and closed the door.

Just as he was about to take the lotus back to his room, he passed by Nian's room and vaguely heard Nian's humming voice from inside, as if he was enduring great pain.Xu Xiaofu turned his head to look at Zheng Shihua behind him, and asked, "What's wrong with my brother and sister?"

Zheng Shihua sighed, glanced at the room worriedly, and said, "It's an old problem, and it hurts for a few days every month."

Xu Xiaofu knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, he was probably suffering from dysmenorrhea.After thinking for a while, she said to Zheng Shihua, "I'll go in and see my siblings." Before Zheng Shihua could answer, she led He Hua into Nian's room.

After entering the room, Xu Xiaofu saw that Nian was leaning on the kang and covering his stomach.

When Nian saw Xu Xiaofu coming in, he was a little surprised, he was slightly taken aback, then nodded at her, and called his sister-in-law.

Xu Xiaofu stepped forward to look at Nian Shi, and found that her face was pale, and asked: "But when menstruation comes, the lower abdomen hurts?"

Nian nodded, and the hands covering his lower abdomen tightened a little more.

Xu Xiaofu touched Nian's hand again, and found that her hand was also cold, and asked again: "Is the stomach also cold?"

"Well, it's cold here in the lower abdomen."

Only then did Xu Xiaofu turn his head to Zheng Shihua who was standing at the door and said, "Are there brown sugar, ginger, jujube, salt and shallots here?"

There is also a small kitchen in the courtyard where Nianshi and the others live. On weekdays, Nianshi doesn't want to eat out front, so he cooks in the small kitchen by himself.

Zheng Shihua froze for a moment, then nodded hastily, "Yes."

Only then did Xu Xiaofu ask Zheng Shihua to take her to the small kitchen, and then boiled water with brown sugar, ginger and jujube, "Take this to my younger siblings to drink, and then make it twice a day for her to drink." Grind the salt finely, chop the ginger, mash the shallots, put them together in a pan and stir fry them, wrap them in a cloth, and take them to Nianshi's room.

Seeing that Nian had already drank a bowl of brown sugar, ginger, and jujube water, he passed the small cloth bag in his hand to Zheng Shihua and said, "Put this on the belly of your brother and sister and iron the lower abdomen. Grind the salt into fine powder, and the ginger Chop up the shallots, mash the shallots, stir-fry them in a pan and wrap them in a cloth bag to relieve the pain.”

After finishing speaking, he said to Nian: "Sister and brother, you may have a cold palace, so it is not easy to conceive a child."

When Nian heard this, her face changed. Indeed, this has always been a pain in her heart. After all, she has been married into Zheng's family for almost a year, and she has not yet conceived.

Zheng Shihua was also stunned, and after a long while he stammered: "Then...then, sister-in-law, what should I do then?"

Xu Xiaofu said: "I'll give you a few prescriptions, make it for your younger siblings every day, and you should be able to relieve it after eating it for a month or two. If you still can't relieve it, you should go to see a doctor. In fact, don't worry about it, isn't it? What is the big problem, it is just to take care of your body slowly, and you will be fine. The first prescription is black-bone chicken soup, one black-bone chicken, nine grams each of angelica, poria cocos, and astragalus. Wash the chicken and remove it. Dirty, put the medicine in the belly of the chicken and sew it up with thread, cook it in a casserole, and finally add salt to eat the meat and drink the soup. The second recipe is to burn the mutton..." Xu Xiaofu quickly gave several therapeutic prescriptions come out.

Zheng Shihua was originally worried that the prescriptions Xu Xiaofu gave would hurt his health, but now that they are all for food, he is relieved, after all, they are not edible like medicinal materials, and there is no problem with eating them, so he can give Nian Shihua first. After eating for a month or two, it's the same if you go to see the doctor if you still can't conceive a child.

Thinking of this, Zheng Shihua thanked Xu Xiaofu.

Xu Xiaofu ordered some cold food that he could not eat during this period, and then he returned to the front yard with the lotus.

After Xu Xiaofu left, Zheng Shihua turned to look at Nian, "Ma'am, my stomach is better, does it still hurt?"

Nian smiled, his face turned ruddy, not as pale as before, "It's much better, it doesn't hurt so much now, sister-in-law's method is quite effective."

"Ma'am, do you feel that sister-in-law seems to be a different person?" Zheng Shihua asked.After all, these days my sister-in-law leaves early and returns late, so she is no longer afraid of his mother's scolding, and she even helps people see a doctor.

Nian glanced at him and smiled, "If my sister-in-law doesn't know how to adapt to someone like my mother, wouldn't she be forced to death by my mother? I think it's good for my sister-in-law." Nian used to hate temper Xu Xiaofu, who was weak and allowed others to bully him, saw that she was finally enlightened, and he couldn't help but change his mind about her.

When Zheng Shihua heard that Nian mentioned his mother, his face turned red, and he was also very embarrassed.

Xu Xiaofu did intend to help Nian Shi, after all the entire Zheng family's Nian clan still holds a lot of weight in speech, if he wants to leave the Zheng family with Li in the future, maybe Nian Shi will be needed to help him speak a few words.As for divorcing his wife, Xu Xiaofu seemed to understand that the Zheng family would not divorce her easily, let alone reconcile her easily, after all, she could still have a free servant when she stayed in the Zheng family.So no matter whether it is divorced from her or Heli, there must be a chance.And with Nian Shi helping her speak, the possibility of reconciliation will be a little higher.

(End of this chapter)

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