After crying for a while, Lin Yan fell asleep in a daze. Zhao Shiyun put him on the bed, covered him with a quilt, and tiptoed out.

He went to the kitchen, found the medicine jar and boiled some medicine for Lin Yan. He also used a ceramic pot to boil some red date syrup and saved it for Lin Yan to drink later.

Li Yuemei started preparing dinner and asked, "Shi Yun, what happened to Brother Yan?"

Zhao Shiyun was silent for a while, then said, "No, I just found out I'm a twin, so I'm happy."

"That's good."

"Mo, the doctor said I should eat more meat, eggs, and red dates. Let's boil an egg tonight."

"Okay, Yuanyuan brought some shrimps today, I'll use them to make soup." Zhao Shiyun took a look and saw that the shrimps were not big, so they must have been caught in the river. During the Qingming Festival, he talked with Yuanyuan about going shrimp fishing together in the summer. He didn't expect that he still remembered it and sent it to him. It was really thoughtful of him.

"Mo, I'll take them to the yard to clean them." Zhao Shiyun lifted the wooden bucket. The shrimp were still alive, occasionally jumping around inside. Zhao Shiyun carried the bucket to the well in the yard, drew a bucket of water, and squatted down to clean the shrimp. A small ditch ran next to the well, and the dirty water flowed into the pit outside the house.

Zhao Shiyun was very skilled. He broke the shrimp heads, pulled out the shrimp threads and threw them away. He put the shrimp heads aside and washed two of them. Then he asked loudly, "Mo, do you want to shell them?"

"want."

"Okay." There weren't many shrimps, and they were almost all processed in a short while.

At this moment, Lin Yan rubbed his eyes and walked out of the room. Seeing Zhao Shiyun preparing the shrimp, he walked over to him and squatted down. "Feeling better?" Zhao Shiyun asked softly. Lin Yan nodded, his eyes falling on the fresh shrimp. "These shrimp look so fresh." Zhao Shiyun's mouth curled up. "Yes, Yuanyuan sent them." Lin Yan reached out to touch the shrimp, but Zhao Shiyun gently slapped his hand away. "Be careful not to hurt yourself." Lin Yan retracted his hand and watched him continue cleaning.

As Zhao Shiyun prepared the shrimp, he said, "Ah-mo will make a shrimp soup and red date syrup tonight, both good for nourishing the body." Lin Yan looked at Zhao Shiyun's focused profile, feeling deeply moved. He whispered, "Thank you, Brother Shiyun." Zhao Shiyun looked up at him, his eyes so gentle they could drip with water. "What's there to thank me for? As long as you're well, that's all that matters."

The two smiled at each other, and Lin Yan relaxed a lot. Instead of thinking about those distant things, it is better to live in the present.

Zhao Shiyun processed the shrimps, rinsed them with clean water, rinsed the shrimp heads and shells, and took them to the kitchen for Li Yuemei to cook.

Li Yuemei was preparing the side dishes. She washed, peeled, and cut the loofah into dice. She also beat three eggs and set aside some chopped scallions and ginger. She took the shrimp that Zhao Shiyun had cleaned and marinated them with salt and white wine.

Pour oil into the pan and fry the eggs first. Set aside. Then start frying the shrimp heads and shells. Add a little oil, heat the oil, pour in the shrimp heads and shells and stir-fry. Once the oil turns red, add the shredded ginger and continue stir-frying for a while. Add an appropriate amount of water and cook until the soup turns white. Use a bamboo basket to remove the shrimp heads and shells.

Add the loofah pieces and cook until the loofah becomes soft and transparent, then add the fried eggs and marinated shrimps and cook until the shrimps change color and are cooked through.

Finally, add appropriate amount of salt to season, sprinkle with chopped green onions and serve.

"Luffa, egg and shrimp soup, Shiyun, help me bring it out."

The soup had a refreshing taste, and Lin Yan wanted to eat it just by looking at it. He took the bowl and chopsticks and put them away. Just as he was about to serve the rice, Zhao Shiyun had already brought it out.

Zhao Shiyun put the meal down and ruffled Lin Yan's hair, and was kicked in the face.

"What else are you frying, Mom?" Lin Yan smelled the fragrant aroma of meat, but there were already shrimps and eggs, so wouldn't it be too extravagant to cook meat?

"Bacon." Zhao Shiyun said concisely.

After a while, Li Yuemei brought out some fried bacon with bean curd sheets. Yu Ge'er's eyes widened. "Mom, is this such a rich meal today?"

Li Yuemei couldn't suppress the smile on her face. "Of course, our Zhao family is going to have two children. I'm happy."

So that's how it is, Lin Yan thought. In this case, he couldn't tell Amo about the child, so as not to make her worry.

Zhao Shiyun served Lin Yan a bowl of soup, and Lin Yan blew on it gently a few times before slowly drinking it.

"It's delicious and fresh." He picked up a piece of shrimp and said, "This shrimp is delicious too."

"Then I'll go get some tomorrow and we'll have braised prawns."

"Let's go another day. We can't eat here every day." Lin Yan thought that if he went to the store with him, he would have to stay at home if he went to catch shrimps.

Zhao Shiyun also realized that it would be better for him to spend more time with Lin Yan recently.

"Okay, let's go in a few days."

The whole family had a delicious meal and their stomachs were full.

Yu Ge'er slumped in his chair and sighed, "This is the first time I've eaten shrimp this year, and it's really delicious. Yuanyuan is so kind."

Li Yuemei also smiled and said, "I brought him some dried bean curd sheets. We can't just let them give us for free. These shrimps are not easy to catch. It takes half a day to catch a basket."

Zhao Qiming nodded.

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Zhao Shiyun returned to the room with the boiled medicine and red date syrup.

"Brother Yan, take your medicine."

Lin Yan took the black medicine and frowned. It smelled bitter. He curled his lips, mustered up the courage to drink it all, and immediately took a sip of the red date syrup to wash away the bitter taste of the medicine.

Zhao Shiyun gave him a plum, and Lin Yan drank the rest of the red date syrup with the plum.

"If you drink two bowls of water before bed, you'll have to go to the toilet in the middle of the night."

Speaking of this, Zhao Shiyun remembered that thing. He took the bowl to the kitchen, washed it and put it away, then went to the utility room to get something.

"Toilet?" Lin Yan was stunned.

"Yeah, I bought it a few days ago and forgot to take it out. I heard that you have to go to the toilet more often in your later years, so putting a toilet in the room would be more convenient."

"Summer is coming soon, the smell will be very strong, right?" Lin Yan was a little reluctant to use it.

"It's okay. There's a lid. I'll put some wood ash in it when the time comes."

"Okay..." It was a bit scary to ask him to go to the toilet in the middle of the night in the pitch black.