People are just like this sometimes.

I've never thought about something before, and I've lived a peaceful life. Then one day, something good happens, and then it's taken away a short while later. I keep thinking about it, and it becomes an obsession.

Since the last incident, Luo Zhen has been always thinking about her child and waiting eagerly every month, but every time she waits for something that shouldn't come.

Originally, after getting married, she was in a good mood and had a rosy complexion, but in the past three months, she has become visibly thinner.

Erhua tried to make delicious food to nourish her body and fun things to make her happy, such as catching a grasshopper today and catching a small fish tomorrow, but nothing worked very well.

"Luo Zhen, auntie has something good to tell you." Auntie Sun came in from outside with a paper bag in her hand.

"This is a recipe prescribed by an old Chinese doctor in my mother's village. I guarantee it will work. Several of my little fish have recovered from this.

I went back specifically to ask for this for you. Use this recipe, add pig kidneys, pour in three bowls of water, simmer on low heat until it becomes one bowl of soup, and drink it for a week.

I guarantee you’ll have it next month! And it’s definitely a boy!”

Aunt Sun spoke breathlessly, patting her chest, and Luo Zhen immediately believed it 70%.

"Auntie, I'm afraid this pork kidney won't do. Luo Zhen never eats pork kidneys."

Erhua expressed his opposition. Although he also wanted a child, he shook his head when he thought of the fishy smell of pig kidneys. How could Luo Zhen eat such a thing!

"I'll eat it." Luo Zhen took the paper bag from Aunt Sun and said, "Give it a try. Maybe it will help."

"That's right, that's right. These herbs are all for nourishing the body. Even if you're not pregnant, there's no harm in taking them!"

Aunt Sun really wanted to help Luo Zhen. Erhua saw the expectation in Luo Zhen's eyes and nodded in agreement.

Who says pregnancy is a woman's job? Isn't our Erhua busy stewing pig kidneys?

He specially brought out the coal stove. This thing is particularly good for stewing Chinese medicine. The fire is neither too big nor too small, so it is not easy to stew the soup dry, and there is no need to watch the fire frequently.

Put the dry firewood into the stove and light it, then put the honeycomb coal balls on the firewood, and the coal balls will light up in a short while.

Pour the Chinese medicine in the paper bag into the pot, add the pork kidneys cut into strips, and then pour in three bowls of water and simmer slowly.

Erhua went to buy the pork kidneys early in the morning; if he was late, they would be sold out. When he got home, he cut them in half and removed the white strips inside. The fishy smell mainly came from these white strips.

There was a secret recipe for having a child in the pot, and Erhua would check on it from time to time, for fear of missing the critical moment when three bowls of water could be stewed into one bowl of water.

After about an hour and a half, Erhua lifted the lid of the pot and took a look. He estimated that there was about a bowl of water, so he picked up the pot.

Pour the medicinal soup into the pot, not more, not less, just one bowl.

Luo Zhen came over with a cane, took a closer look at the bowl of magical medicine, and then leaned over to smell it, feeling both curious and a little scared.

It looks different from ordinary Chinese medicine. The main difference is that there is a layer of yellowish animal oil on the black liquid. It smells even more different, with a strong smell of urine that makes it difficult to get close to it.

"Luo Zhen, let's just forget it..." Erhua saw that this bowl contained "poison" instead of "miracle medicine", and he didn't want Luo Zhen to drink it.

Luo Zhen was a little hesitant, but thinking of Aunt Sun's kindness, Erhua went out early in the morning to buy pork kidneys and stewed them until now.

You can't just back down at this critical moment!

"I...I still want to try!"

Luo Zhen picked up the bowl and put it to her mouth. Erhua hurriedly asked her to wait a moment, turned around and took out a large piece of rock sugar from the cupboard, ready to put it into her mouth as soon as she finished drinking.

She took a sip and was filled with the strong smell of meat oil, the strong smell of urine, and the bitter taste of traditional Chinese medicine. Just one sip made Luo Zhen's internal organs churn.

Erhua saw that she was frowning and had difficulty swallowing, so he immediately snatched the bowl away and said, "Don't drink it. We're not in a hurry. Maybe there's something wrong with me!"

"Nonsense, you're fine, let me finish my drink."

Luo Zhen still wanted to drink, but Erhua refused to give her any. She couldn't resist and tears actually appeared in her crescent eyes.

"No, no, no, can't I give it to you?"

This move put Erhua in a tight spot.

Luo Zhen took the bowl, pinched his nose and gulped it down. He threw the bowl away and vomited repeatedly. Only when Erhua stuffed rock sugar into his mouth did he recover.

Aunt Sun was cooking in the house. She felt relieved when she saw Luo Zhen finish drinking it. She was very confident in this bowl of medicine and believed that it would definitely work next month.

"You damn old woman, you cook for others every day, why don't you come and help me?"

There was a curse coming from outside. No need to think, it was Zhang Xiaomei.

Zhang Xiaomei stood at the door with her hands on her hips, leading a child about two years old. The child looked like he had rolled in the mud, and his clothes were gray and yellow.

Two strands of yellow snot like noodles hung from his nostrils to his mouth. He stuck out his tongue and licked it, and it tasted a bit salty.

This child is Aunt Sun’s grandson, the son of Sun Jianliang and Zhang Xiaomei.

Zhang Xiaomei snorted, her teeth clenching as she cursed, "You don't even care about your own grandson, yet you go to other people's houses every day to show your concern!"

Aunt Sun ignored her and put a ball of straw into the stove with one hand. The fire tongs were very heavy and her wrist was shaking.

"What are you doing? Stop looking for trouble."

Erhua walked out. Zhang Xiaomei had a fierce temper and would scold anyone she met, but ever since he beat her with a carrying pole a few years ago, she had become a little afraid of Erhua.

"Hey, Erhua is home too!"

I don’t know if Zhang Xiaomei has ever learned to sing opera before, but she is very good at changing faces.

"Stop talking nonsense. What are you doing here?" Erhua walked to the corner and took out a sickle to sharpen it.

You are so good, Erhua. Last time you took a shoulder pole, and this time you dare to take a sickle!

Suddenly, Zhang Xiaomei started to cry and wiped her tears. When the child saw her mother crying, she opened her mouth and started to cry without saying a word.

When Aunt Sun heard her grandson crying, her heart was broken and she hurried out to see what was happening, but she didn't dare to go forward and hug the child.

"I have a miserable life. I'm an orphan and a widow. There's no one to take care of my child, and there's no rice to eat at home. Look at my child, he's so skinny that his ribs are showing!"

Zhang Xiaomei's son cried and wiped his nose with the back of his chubby hand, bringing out a big bubble of snot.

Logically speaking, Zhang Xiaomei had a hard life because Sun Jianliang died when her child was only three months old.

Aunt Sun was so heartbroken when she saw her son die that she almost died with her son.

But others advised her: If you go, how will your daughter-in-law and three-month-old grandson survive?

She locked herself in the house for two days before finally figuring things out. She went to find Zhang Xiaomei, hoping to help her take care of the children and live a good life.

Zhang Xiaomei accepted the money and food given by Aunt Sun, but she was kicked out before she even touched her grandson.

This drama is performed once every month.