After returning home, Chen Suwen asked her adopted son to find some medicine to apply to the children.

"Use this to wipe the swollen areas on the face; use this to wipe the bleeding areas." Chen Suwen tossed two medicine bottles to her son, instructing him to apply the medicine to the child.

Of course, it was Zhou Min who applied the medicine to Zhao Lexin's side; Zhou Min also felt sorry for this seven-year-old girl.

"You are still too weak." Chen Suwen looked at the children with red and swollen marks on their faces and abrasions on their bodies, her face full of disappointment.

Everyone else couldn't help but look at her. What did she mean by saying they were too weak?

How strong can a seven-year-old child and two five-year-old children be?

"It seems I need to make you all exercise every day," Chen Suwen said with a serious face.

"...Mom, how old are they?" Zhou Cunzhi asked, looking at his son who was tilting his head back to apply medicine to his mother.

"What's wrong with being five years old? You can tell what a person will be like at three. They're already five, which is a good time for them to start learning."

“I told you, starting tomorrow, all of them will have to exercise.”

"And you too," Chen Suwen said, looking at her son and daughter-in-law. "You all need to exercise more. Your physical condition is too poor; that won't do."

“Mom, the amount of exercise is too much, so you need to eat a lot to replenish it. Can our family afford it?” Shen Wenxiu couldn’t help but remind her mother-in-law.

Although Shen Wenxiu was not formally taught by her father, she secretly learned his cooking skills from a young age.

Later, after reading more books and learning about various kinds of books, she also realized that people who exercise a lot also have a large appetite.

After all, the energy consumed during exercise must be replenished through food.

Just like many people feel weak if they don't eat oil and salt, they will also feel weak if they don't have enough to eat.

To have plenty of energy and exercise regularly, you also need a lot of food to support you.

Their family situation is good; her father-in-law, brother-in-law, and husband all have jobs. However, the family is large, and the burden is heavy.

Even though their entire family is registered as city dwellers, they all have grain ration coupons that allow them to buy a fixed amount of grain.

A fixed amount of food does not necessarily mean that it can truly satisfy a person's hunger or replenish the energy consumed by a lot of exercise.

Chen Suwen waved her hand, "You don't need to worry about this, I'll figure something out."

Ideally, they should eat medicinal meals and take medicinal baths every few days. This way, even without a lot of food, they can continue to exercise and build up their health.

Chen Suwen acted immediately. The next day, without even checking whether the Wu family had moved away, she saw the father and his two sons off to work and then prepared to leave.

"Grandma, I want to go too!" Zhou Xian rushed over and hugged Chen Suwen's leg, begging her to go with him.

"Grandma, I want to go too." Zhou Mei also grabbed Chen Suwen's other leg, insisting on going with her.

Zhao Lexin suddenly appeared out of nowhere and hugged Chen Suwen's waist, saying, "Grandma, I want to come too."

Chen Suwen looked at the three children clinging to her with a stern face, then turned and glared at Xu Huixue and Shen Wenxiu, "What are you looking at? Don't you know how to pull them away?"

"How can I take three children out by myself? Aren't you afraid I'll lose them?"

These days, there are human traffickers and security cameras, so who knows where she lost her child?

If any of the children were lost, the family would collapse.

So she simply decided not to bring the child; she really didn't have time to take the child out.

"Mom, where are you going? Take me with you?" Zhou Min wanted to go with her too.

It just so happens that their school is on holiday now, so she stays at home either helping to take care of the children or washing diapers and doing housework.

She really didn't want to work; she just wanted to go out and have fun.

Her mom is definitely going to a much more fun place than at home, so she wants to go with her.

"Why are you getting involved?" Chen Suwen glared at her. "You better behave yourself and water all the vegetables in the house."

"We're counting on the vegetables from the fields to eat this year for the Lunar New Year."

The vegetables she planted all grew well, thriving and robust.

According to Chen Suwen's plan, vegetables such as bok choy, Chinese cabbage, and water spinach would be ready to eat around the Spring Festival.

Chinese cabbage, radishes, and carrots will need a little more time, but they should be ready to eat after the New Year.

Between the vegetable patches, centella asiatica has sprouted, along with other wild vegetables such as prickly amaranth, white cauliflower, purslane, and purslane.

The soil in the field is quite fertile. Many vegetables were planted there before, and some seeds may have fallen off and are only now sprouting.

"While you're at it, check if the amaranth and cauliflower are ready to eat. Pick some and stir-fry them later."

“…Okay.” Zhou Min knew from her mother’s expression that she definitely couldn’t go with her, so she picked up Zhou Xian and Zhou Mei, one in each arm, and carried them away.

"Lexin, come down too. It's inconvenient for Grandma to take you. Come with me and let's see if the cucumbers in the back are ready to eat."

When the Zhou family renovated their vegetable garden, they didn't pull up all the seedlings; a row of cucumbers was still growing well.

Under Chen Suwen's wood-type ability, quite a few cucumbers have grown in the past few days, and some of them have now grown to an edible size.

"Can we eat cucumbers now?" Shen Wenxiu also became interested.

In this era of scarcity, there were no snacks and not much fruit, so we could only rely on tomatoes and cucumbers to satisfy our cravings.

Seeing that Zhou Xian and Zhou Mei had been taken away, Zhao Lexin had no choice but to obediently get off the back of the bicycle.

"Grandma, please be careful on your way home. I'll be waiting for you." Zhao Lexin waved to Chen Suwen with a smile.

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