Chen Hong is already very content with things as they are now.

Upon learning that her father had gone out to work again, Chen Hong called her mother, but the phone was still on landline. The phone rang for a while, and just as Chen Hong was about to hang up, thinking no one was home, it was finally answered.

Hearing her brother's voice on the phone, Chen Hong asked, "Brother, didn't you go out to work? Where's Mom?"

"I'm out of work, I'm staying home for a few days. Mom's doing laundry! Is something wrong?"

Just like in my past life, every time I heard him speak, it was in the same tone.

"Why don't you work with Dad? He has work to do. Let Mom answer the phone."

After waiting for a while, I heard my mother's voice from across the hall: "Hong, is something wrong? I'm doing laundry here."

"Why didn't my brother go to work? I just called my dad, isn't he working in Jinan?"

"Your brother just got back. It's been too hot these past few days. Let him rest for a couple of days before going."

"He's young and he knows it's hot, but doesn't my dad know it's hot? I'm really speechless at you two! Did you give the things I sent home to my dad? Is there anything left at home? You should drink more too!"

“There’s still a bottle of honey and two boxes of tea. This honey is really good. I’ve noticed your dad has been eating more lately, and his blood pressure hasn’t gone up. If it’s easy to buy, buy some more and send it over. Last time your sister-in-law’s mother came, I sent her two bottles as a return gift.”

"Didn't I tell you? This stuff is expensive and hard to get. I told you not to give it away, but to save it for my dad. Why did you give it all away? Does my dad even drink it?"

"They're not outsiders, they're your sister-in-law's mother. Keep your voice down, she won't like it if she hears you. How much more expensive can it be? Just buy some more when you finish it!"

Chen Hong was furious; she knew it would be like this again: "It's not expensive, let her buy it herself! Yes, her mother isn't an outsider, but that's for my dad. 300 yuan a pound, you say it's not expensive, then you buy it for my dad!"

"It's so expensive! You brat, why didn't you tell me the price? Why did you buy something so expensive?"

"Didn't I say it was expensive? Didn't I say it was difficult to prepare? It's for my dad to improve his health; if he drinks it long-term, he won't need to take his blood pressure medication. I've told you so many times, didn't you listen?"

"Why are you getting angry? Who told you not to say it's 300 yuan per kilogram? You think you're so great, meddling in everything."

“If I told you, my dad definitely wouldn’t want to drink it, and your son would end up squandering it all. Don’t give the last bottle to anyone else, and no one else can drink it. Give it to my dad to treat his high blood pressure.”

After hanging up the phone, Chen Hong's face flushed with anger. She had always been reluctant to call her mother, knowing that each call only brought trouble.

It's always the same; unless absolutely necessary, Chen Hong always calls her father. She simply can't communicate with her mother. A mild reprimand is harmless, while a harsh reprimand makes both mother and daughter angry.

It seems that this bottle of honey won't end up in Dad's mouth. Mom will definitely have to give it to her son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter; she herself can't bear to part with it.

Chen Hong had never known how to face her mother, even after two lifetimes. Aside from buying her clothes, her mother would spend any money she received on her son's family. Any food she was given would be saved for her son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter.

Chen Hong had a hard life in her previous life. The money and things given to her were all saved up by herself and her son, but she always squandered her good intentions. Those were things that she and her son themselves would not even eat or use.

It seems I have to find a way to bring Dad to Rongcheng. Once he's recovered and can handle his son's temper, then I'll let him go wherever he wants! I can't manage my own family's affairs, and I won't let them.

Life goes on, so Chen Hong went to pick up her package in the afternoon. She then bought two fishing rods and various tools and accessories online, as well as a box of silver needles.

After the children fell asleep that night, Chen Hong began experimenting with the silver needles. She had bought a box of 100 silver needles for only 270 yuan, which was truly a bargain.

This box of silver needles contains specially made silver needles measuring 0.1 x 15 cm. It is a product that Chen Hong specially ordered from the merchant.

Chen Hong is preparing to perform needle-piercing exploratory surgery on the sea snails and coconut shells. This is a method Chen Hong just came up with in the last few days, and she doesn't know how it will go. Everything depends on the survival rate of the shellfish in the next two days; hopefully, it will be successful.

Chen Hong picked out the larger seashells and scooped them into a large basin. She counted 30 and began her experiment. A large water tank was prepared nearby, already half-filled with water from her spatial storage, just waiting for the seashells.

Take out an iron basin, sprinkle a bag of sea salt into it, place two seashells in the basin, and prepare two sterilized wooden wedges and silver needles on the side.

After a while, Chen Hong saw that both seashells had opened their small mouths. She quickly stuffed the pointed end of the wooden wedge into the opening of the shell to prevent it from closing.

Then he began experimenting, holding a clam in his left hand and a silver needle in his right. He inserted the silver needle into the middle of the clam's flesh, squinting as he slowly probed, carefully feeling for any hard objects between the clam's flesh.

To Chen Hong's delight, she found nothing with the first one and casually tossed it into the tank containing the space water. However, when the silver needle pierced the second seashell, she clearly felt a foreign object inside.