Chapter 178 The Happiest Place in Heaven and Earth

The birth of Xiao Jinyue added warmth to Xia Wu's ordinary life.

The little girl could open her eyes and look at people as soon as she was born. Except for howling a few times when she was hungry and wanted milk, she was well-behaved at other times.

She can sleep eighteen or nineteen hours a day, and she doesn't make noises when she falls asleep. She can eat and sleep well. When Xia Wu and Ji Yunzhou have nothing to do, they lie beside her and watch their daughter sleep.

Xia Wu gave birth naturally and originally planned to breastfeed after giving birth, but breastfeeding was too painful. Ji Yunzhou felt sorry for her and thought that formula would be fine.

Xia Wu thought about it and decided to be nicer to herself. No matter how much she loved her daughter, she had to love herself first. So she started to research milk powder and bought one kind after another. However, she often saw warning signs. Either there were foreign objects in the milk powder or there were some harmful substances, which made her terrified.

It’s not that Xia Wu blindly believed these things, but there have been precedents of problems with milk powder. What are the babies who became big-headed after drinking milk powder like now? Does anyone still care about them?

Children are the hope of the family. After checking around, Xia Wu found that there are so many unscrupulous businesses that tamper with milk powder.

"I want to open a milk powder factory," Xia Wu said to Jitunzhou.

This was a decision she made after careful consideration.

There are buffaloes raised on the mountain. There are currently two or three hundred buffaloes in the lactating period, which is enough to open a small milk powder factory. However, if you want to open a milk powder factory, you can't use buffalo milk to make milk buns.

At least not until the number of milk-producing buffaloes increases.

Ji Yunzhou fully supported his wife. He had no shortage of money and he found manpower quickly.

The factory was built in three months, with the best domestic and foreign machines ready to go, and talented people hired at high salaries.

The milk powder factory that Xia Wu and Ji Yunzhou built specifically for their daughter was able to barely keep up with Xia Wu's six-month weaning period, allowing Xiao Jin Yuegai to drink milk powder produced by their own milk powder factory.

Xiao Jinyue likes to drink it very much.

Xia Wu did not hide the fact that she was pregnant from netizens, nor did she hide the fact that she had to stop producing buffalo milk buns because of the construction of the milk powder factory. Netizens held different opinions on her involvement in the milk powder business. Some thought that Xia Wu was overreaching, while others hoped that Xia Wu could be the good money that drives out the bad money.

Xia Wu let her daughter appear on camera and gave her a physical examination every once in a while to show Xiao Jinyue's growth and development. The fact is that after Xiao Jinyue was weaned from breast milk and switched to drinking milk powder, she adapted well and her height and weight both increased.

If you want to produce milk powder, you need to apply for a patent. The audit of milk powder factories is much stricter now. Fortunately, the factories built by Xia Wu have met strict requirements and everything went smoothly.

However, due to the small scale of the factory, it is still too difficult to produce milk powder in large quantities.

A child must drink milk powder for at least one or two years from birth and cannot change milk at will. Therefore, at present, Xiawu’s milk powder factory can only supply a few hundred children at most, who can drink milk powder for one to two years.

Just like finding residents for Taoyuan Community, Xia Wu also recruited some children who were suitable for drinking milk powder through bidding. Among the children who registered, many were sensitive babies.

Some children are born with lactose intolerance and may need to drink hydrolyzed milk powder, but not every family can afford the expensive hydrolyzed milk powder.

When Wang Juan saw the video posted by Xia Wu, in which she said she wanted to find some babies of appropriate age to try milk powder, she could provide one to two years of milk powder supply if they were suitable. The price was also very low, with a can of 800 grams of milk powder costing less than two hundred yuan. Wang Juan immediately sent her daughter's physical examination report, hoping to get this opportunity.

Wang Juan is a spirited girl, literally.

She was born in a small town and her family was not well off. She was a left-behind child since childhood. She was not good at studying. When she was fifteen or sixteen years old, she often went to the Internet cafe to play games. She met her current husband. Neither of them was a good student, but neither of them was a bad person.

When she was 19 years old, Wang Juan was together with her husband Li Bingbing. After she became pregnant, she was reluctant to have an abortion, so they hurriedly held a wedding in their hometown and went to work in another province, living in a single room that paid 700 yuan a month.

Although their living conditions were very poor, the two had a very good relationship. Li Bingbing was quite responsible and worked two jobs to support his wife and children. Wang Juan had no job and was staying in a rented house to take care of her pregnancy.

Their child was just over a month old. After birth, he was diagnosed with severe allergies. He was thin and small, always had various rashes on his body, and often vomited.

The hospitalization alone cost them a lot of money.

In order to give their children a better life, the two of them were reluctant to eat and wear anything. Li Bingbing even found a part-time job and worked seventeen or eighteen hours a day.

They tried so many things, but nothing worked.

Even when changing milk powder this time, Wang Juan was trying it out as a last resort.

As for why she placed her hopes on Xia Wu’s own milk powder.

This brings us to a magical thing that netizens discovered in the past two years.

Some people have insisted on eating natural vegetables grown on Xiawu Mountain for several years, and their chronic diseases seem to have suddenly healed. Others have shared that their health has improved a lot, but they don’t know why.

A netizen said this, which attracted many comments, and everyone had similar discoveries.

Some mothers also said that they have always insisted on feeding their children vegetables grown on Xiawu Mountain because they have been there and know the real situation of the vegetables grown on the mountain. In addition, Donghua Town has beautiful mountains and clear waters and has a local flavor, so the vegetables grown there must taste good.

In addition, some people recognized the famous elderly people who came to Donghua Town to live and work, and firmly believed that these people went to Yanggou Village for health preservation, which shows that Yanggou Village does have some reputation.

There are more and more such voices on the Internet, and Wang Juan is inevitably affected.

That night, she stayed up late waiting for her husband to come back and told him about this. Li Bingbing also supported him.

Both of them were fans of Xia Wu, and they both wanted to save some money to visit Yanggou Village in the future, but they were held back by pregnancy and children.

The child was soundly asleep in the crib. Li Bingbing patted Wang Juan on the back and said, "If it still doesn't work, I'll work hard, save some money, and take Keke to Yanggou Village to see an old Chinese doctor."

There is also an old Chinese doctor in Yanggou Village who specializes in treating children’s diseases!

Wang Juan was successfully selected and she was very happy. Two days later, Chengfeng Express delivered the milk powder to her home. Judging from the outer packaging, the milk powder was well packaged, the ingredient list was clear, and the formula was basically written out.

Wang Juan's daughter Coco now consumes 30 milliliters of milk per meal, which is just one spoonful of milk powder.

She fed the milk to the child with hope. The little girl drank it with relish. She finished 30 milliliters quickly and smacked her lips with satisfaction, feeling unsatisfied.

Wang Juan waited anxiously. Ten minutes passed, then half an hour passed. Coco neither vomited nor had a rash. She slept soundly like a little angel.

Wang Juan covered her mouth excitedly, fearing that her crying would wake the child up. She couldn't wait to tell Li Bingbing the good news. The couple decided to let the child drink the milk for a few more days. If they were sure that the child was drinking well, they would order two years of milk powder for Coco!

At the same time, in a community in Huacheng, several old men and women who were gathered by a slide to chat and watch their children stopped an old lady who was walking in a hurry.

"Hey, Hongxia, I just came back from buying groceries!"

The old lady Hongxia stopped and forced a smile: "Yes, you guys chat, I have things to do at home!"

After saying that, Hongxia left in a hurry.

The old man and the old woman who stayed there started chatting, their tone full of sympathy.

"What a poor guy! He finally had a grandson, but ended up getting that strange disease. Oh, it's so heartbreaking to see him!"

"Yes, her son and daughter-in-law are both fine and look fine. How come the child got that disease?"

"If you ask me, it must be because of the random eating during pregnancy. Oh, the child must have suffered!"

The intermittent voices behind her drifted into her ears. Hongxia quickened her pace and burst into tears.

Two months ago, her grandson was born, which should have been a great joyous occasion. However, who would have thought that the child's hands and feet were covered in blood when he was born. He stayed in the ICU for several months, which cost a lot of money and the child suffered a lot. He was diagnosed with butterfly disease.

This is a genetic disease. The child's skin is as delicate as petals and butterfly wings. It will break if touched. It hurts the child and the adult too.

Some children are in more serious condition, with blood blisters all over their mouths, throats, and even internal organs...

Ever since the child was diagnosed with this disease, Hongxia's family has not smiled anymore and everyone has been in tears.

Especially when the child wants to feed, such a small child cries because of hunger, and cries because of pain when feeding. He can only sip it in small sips, and stops after drinking a few sips to cry aggrievedly.

As a mother, I can’t bear to see this. Hongxia’s daughter-in-law was diagnosed with postpartum depression and her health is not good.

As soon as she opened the door, Hongxia heard the faint sound of her grandson sucking milk, but he didn't cry.

She walked over in surprise and saw that the child was indeed drinking milk. The small bottle was bigger than the child's face. The family members gathered around and watched with bated breath.

Hongxia's husband raised his finger, signaling her to speak more quietly. The whole family watched the child finish feeding in silence and expectation. The child didn't say a word during the whole process.

Hongxia's daughter-in-law burst into tears again, but this time she was happy.

"He didn't cry. Does that mean he likes drinking?"

Her husband hugged her shoulders comfortingly, also crying, "If he likes it, let's buy it for him and let him drink this milk powder from now on. Haven't you always wanted to take our son to Yanggou Village to see a Chinese doctor? When his condition gets better, we'll take him there!"

After a while, when people in the community saw Hongxia again, they found that her steps were much lighter and she rarely smiled.

When Hongxia was stopped by a neighbor, she happily shared, "You may not know, but my daughter-in-law bought a milk powder online for my grandson. After drinking it for a while, he has no problem feeding, and his illness seems to have improved a bit too!"

At least that's the case for now. The child's skin is still very tender, but it itches much less. If the child doesn't scratch, he won't get covered in blood. Although it's still more troublesome to take care of than an ordinary child, it's much better now than the previous two months.

Everyone in the community was very surprised. They all knew that this butterfly disease was difficult to cure at present and there was no possibility of a cure. Otherwise, it would cost a lot of money. They didn't expect that it could be cured by drinking milk powder.

When asked what kind of milk powder Hongxia drank, she didn't know.

People in the community just thought it was a strange thing.

Unexpectedly, three months later, Hongxia's grandson was six months old. When she carried him out of the community for the first time, the little guy was white and chubby, with long eyelashes and big eyes. He looked like the fat dolls in New Year pictures. Except for the strange skin on his hands left by peeling, he looked almost the same as a healthy child.

"Ah! Hongxia, is your grandson healed?"

Hongxia was overjoyed: "Alright! He'll be fine after drinking Taoyuan milk powder! We even planned to take him to see a Chinese doctor over there in a few days!"

The little guy grinned and flapped his hands and feet, completely different from the baby who looked like a broken skin when he was just discharged from the hospital.

The milk powder factory only has 300 quotas for milk powder, and there are currently no more.

These three hundred children will all drink until they are one or two years old.

Some children have positive feedback right after drinking it, while some children only notice the difference after drinking it for a month or two.

Gradually, more and more Taoyuan milk powder mothers chose to post the changes in their children after drinking Taoyuan milk powder online, attracting more and more attention.

Some people regretted not getting a place for their children. Some even found relatives who had gone through hundreds of twists and turns to find Xia Wu to plead for a place.

Some people even paid a large sum of money online to buy Taoyuan milk powder quota, with one quota being sold for as much as 100,000 yuan.

But no one was willing to sell.

Because when Xia Wu was choosing the milk powder quota, he specifically chose those children with some health problems.

Ever since she had a child, she couldn't bear to see children suffer.

What mother would sell her child's hope of healthy growth for a few tens of thousands of dollars?

As for why the milk powder is so effective, Xia Wu has several guesses. First, the child has just been born and his body has not been contaminated yet, so he can absorb it well. Second, the buffaloes she raises in the mountains produce milk of very high quality.

This is not her boasting, but has been verified by instrument testing.

You should know that the buffaloes in the mountains eat feed irrigated by spiritual springs, and their desserts after meals are also vegetables grown with spiritual spring water.

Lingquan water has a subtle effect on people. For adults, there may not be much change for a period of time, but over time, the effect will be seen.

Children absorb less, which shortens the process.

The milk powder factory invested nearly 10 million yuan and even stopped making buffalo milk buns. It is impossible to make a profit relying solely on these 300 milk powder quotas.

However, Xia Wu didn't originally intend to make much money from milk powder.

This was just a small experiment in her early stages.

Xia Wu wants to raise more buffaloes next.

If buffaloes want to produce milk, they must give birth to calves. The number of cattle raised on Xiawu Mountain is increasing, some of them are cows and some are bulls.

Bulls cannot produce milk and can only be used for physical work. As for slaughtering the bulls, Xia Wu is reluctant to do so.

Some people asked online in the afternoon why we don’t kill cows and eat beef. Anyone who has seen the buffaloes raised on Xiawu Mountain would not ask such a question.

Xia Wu raised these cows so well. Each of them had big watery eyes and looked very human-like. When they stared at people, they looked like a good baby.

It’s just that these big, cute babies are good at doing physical work.

In order to find work for these good kids and avoid being killed, Xia Wu lobbied villagers from all over the place, hoping they would stop working with machines and rent cows instead.

Every household can come to Xia Wu to rent cattle, and Xia Wu will provide feed for the cattle. These cattle cannot be killed, but can be used to plow the fields and pull carts.

After the accidental death, the cow should be returned to Xia Wu.

Villagers who adopt cows can exchange them for vegetable seeds and other things from Xia Wu.

In short, since Xia Wu is now quite wealthy, her suggestions were quickly adopted.

After the bulls on the mountain were adopted, there was more space for raising dairy cows.

When netizens learned that the cows on Xiawu Mountain could be adopted, they were almost envious.

Some people say that if cows were not so big, they would definitely be the best pets for humans.

However, there were also some more arrogant people who came directly to Xia Wu, hoping to adopt a cow to take home.

The man's name was Li Jianguo, and his family had a mine, literally. His daughter was very fond of Xia Wu and had come to visit several times before. They would buy almost anything produced by Taoyuan.

After coming here, the little girl loved playing with the buffaloes. After learning online that buffaloes could be adopted, she pestered her father to buy her a buffalo.

"The little girl has been thinking about it for a long time. Her birthday is coming soon, and I want to give her a surprise."

Li Jianguo was not vague and directly showed Xia Wu photos and videos, which included his own small farm, grassland, and a large pond he built for buffaloes, imitating the rivers in the south.

Xia Wu: “…”

The life of rich people is really simple and unpretentious.

She agreed to the man's request and gave the cow away without charging any money, but asked him to take good care of the cow. As for fodder, Xia Wu would send the man grass from the mountains every once in a while.

The cow that Xia Wu gave to Li Jianguo was special. It was a little bull with albinism. Its hair was all white and it looked like it was made of ice.

Such calves will be bullied in the mountains because of the color of their coat, and their health is not particularly good, so they need very careful and attentive care.

Li Jianguo was very happy and promised to take good care of the little white cow.

When he brought the cow home and gave it to his daughter on her birthday, he even took a video and posted it online.

A group of netizens left a message below, "I accidentally entered the heavenly house."

"Do you still want to raise cattle? I'm an ox."

"I'm not an ox, but I'm an ox-horse, moo!"

Some people saw the possibility of adopting the cow, and several people whose families had money and land came to adopt the calf. After Xia Wu investigated their situations, he agreed to most of the adoptions.

On this day, two special patients came to the Chinese medicine hall.

A frail mother and son supported each other and came to the Chinese medicine hall. They had come from afar to seek medical treatment. The mother and son had a miserable life. They were diagnosed with leukemia and needed bone marrow transplants, but they had no other relatives.

After Xia Wu learned the news, he quickly rushed to the Chinese medicine hall.

Yan Chunyan, a mother of a son and a daughter, was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago. Her husband, working at a construction site, tragically died in an accident while trying to pay for her daughter's medical treatment. The construction company claimed her husband hadn't worked within the stipulated timeframe and only awarded her 100,000 yuan in humanitarian compensation, which wasn't enough to cover her daughter's medical expenses.

She and her son worked hard and lived in a guest house to save money. As a result, her daughter's condition was not cured and she died of illness. Not long after, she and her son were diagnosed with leukemia one after another.

Anyone who hears about the story of this mother and son will feel pity.

Xia Wu also couldn't bear it, so she asked Dong Rui and Wang Baoyu to use the security fund specially set up by the Chinese medicine hall to arrange accommodation for the mother and son first. She asked her grandfather if there was still any way to treat this mother and son.

Yang Hongen said that there is a folk remedy that is very effective in increasing white blood cells, which is to boil oxtail bone soup. Maybe the mother and son can try it.

When Xia Wu heard this, he understood what was going on. There was nothing much on the mountain except for a lot of cows.

But the calves are alive and well, she can't operate on them!

However, as cows are born, they will grow old and die.

People from the veterinary station came several times and confirmed that an old cow in the cowshed was about to die. Xia Wu went to see the cow in person, and his wise eyes seemed to be able to talk to people.

Xia Wu couldn't bear it and stroked its horns.

After waiting for about half a month, the cow died.

Xia Wu did not waste its death, but only took the oxtail to make bone soup for the mother and son.

After drinking this for a month or two, they didn't know whether it was the Chinese medicine or the oxtail soup that worked, but the white blood cell counts in both of them actually increased, and their condition was temporarily stabilized.

Xia Wu saw in them another possibility for the continuation of life, and she no longer resisted the birth, aging, sickness and death of the cows.

Little Jinyue started to eat complementary foods when he was six or seven months old. In the beginning, he only ate rice noodles. The rice was new rice grown at home, which was ground into powder with a stone mill. When mixed with water, it became rice porridge, which smelled delicious. Little Jinyue was very happy every time he ate it, and his hands and feet moved around.

Liu Guizhen loves her granddaughter very much. The rice porridge she gives to Jin Yue is made of the best rice that she has picked out one by one, and each grain is plump.

Xia Wu thought that Liu Guizhen was taking so much trouble, and that children didn't need to be so particular. However, Liu Guizhen was very stubborn and said that children were different from adults.

Xia Wu glanced at his daughter.

The autumn sunshine felt warm on her body. In the yard there was a osmanthus tree that was specially moved back from the mountains. It was about five or six meters tall. Golden osmanthus flowers as big as rice grains fell all over the ground. Xia Wu spread the picnic mat under the osmanthus tree, and little Jin Yue crawled around on it. Ji Yunzhou watched her from the side. Once Jin Yue wanted to put the picked osmanthus flowers into her mouth to taste them, he, the father's bodyguard, would take action in time.

Save Osmanthus from my daughter's chubby fingers.

The more Xiao Jin smelled the fragrant osmanthus flowers, the more she tilted her head back and drooled. Ji Yunzhou didn't dislike her at all. He held his daughter in his arms, kissed her on the head with a smile, and patiently wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth.

Xia Wu sat on the terrace on the second floor of the new house and watched this scene, his eyes full of tenderness. The happiest thing in the world was this moment.

She suddenly wanted to eat osmanthus cake.

"Mom, I want to eat osmanthus cake!"

"Okay, okay, wait until I make rice porridge for Jin Yue, and then I'll steam osmanthus cake for you."

Xia Wu pouted and acted coquettishly, "Whenever I told you what I wanted to eat before, you always told me first."

Liu Guizhen scolded her daughter, "Are you still competing for favor with a little girl?"

Xia Wu chuckled.

At noon, she finally had the delicious sweet-scented osmanthus cake. Jin Yue sat on the dining chair, holding a pork rib in her hand, struggling to conquer it with her pitifully small teeth.

Liu Guizhen and Yang Guojun sat beside them and watched with a smile.