"Doctor, is my wife pregnant?"
"Congratulations! Your wife is one month pregnant. You'll need to be extra careful from now on. Here's a handbook; take a copy home and read it. If you experience any discomfort, come to the hospital immediately," the doctor said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Chen Jun took out a net from behind him and handed it over.
"Thank you so much, doctor. I'll need your help a lot in the future."
The doctor initially wanted to refuse, but after hearing Chen Jun say that the items inside were local specialties from his hometown, he accepted them after some polite exchanges.
The hospital has a rule against accepting gifts, but by "gifts" I mean things that have been given before or red envelopes. If you accept local specialties, no one will say anything.
After Chen Jun left, the doctor casually placed the net bag next to the cabinet.
"Clang."
Um?
Upon hearing this, the doctor couldn't help but look down and exclaimed, "Wow!"
At the bottom of the net bag were four cans of yellow peaches, with some fruit and walnuts on top of the cans.
These things might not be worth much money decades from now, but they are truly valuable items in this era, especially walnuts, which ordinary people wouldn't be willing to buy.
"Hey, they even have sausages. This young man is quite thoughtful," the doctor muttered.
For those who work in hospitals, working overtime is a common occurrence, and sometimes they are so busy that they don't even have time to eat.
The items in the net bag that Chen Jun gave them were all edible.
In the corridor, Chen Xueru was both happy and worried upon learning that she was indeed pregnant.
"Chen Jun, what should we do!"
"Waaaaah, I'm a little worried..."
ha?
She was laughing so hard just a moment ago, how come she's crying again in the blink of an eye?
The pregnant woman's emotions were indeed unstable.
Seeing this, Chen Jun reached out and cupped Chen Xueru's face, gently rubbing it a couple of times to comfort her, "Why are you crying? We should be happy."
"I'm worried..."
"Don't worry, I'm here."
Fortunately, Chen Xueru was stronger than most women, and Chen Jun calmed her down after a few words of coaxing.
The two were being all lovey-dovey when they attracted the attention of other people in the corridor.
These days, even married couples can't act too intimately in public. It's nothing like the grove decades later, where shadowy figures sway every night.
Chen Jun clearly realized this as well, and said in a low voice, "Alright, they've all been spying on us."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xueru looked up and glanced at Chen Jun, then reached out and pinched his waist: "It's all your fault."
"Okay, okay, it's all my fault. Let's go home."
Chen Xueru shook her head: "No, I want to go to the department store to buy some things."
"OK!"
And so, Chen Jun and his wife went to the department store and bought a lot of things for the children, returning home with bags and bags of them.
Witnessing this scene, Jia Zhangshi's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
"Buying so much stuff, how much money must have cost! Chen Jun must have embezzled public funds!"
Qin Huairu clicked her tongue: "Mom, don't mess with Chen Jun, or I won't stop him from slapping you."
Even now, Qin Huairu still remembers Chen Jun's hundred consecutive slaps. Although those slaps were on Jia Zhangshi's face, Qin Huairu has a deep impression of them.
"Can you please stop mentioning slapping!" Madam Jia glared at her irritably.
But Qin Huairu chose to ignore it; she was too lazy to argue with Jia Zhangshi now.
On the other side, Chen Jun tidied up the things he had bought and then asked Chen Xueru what she wanted to eat.
Chen Xueru only drank a little soup from the chicken soup wontons for breakfast. That little bit was gone after she peed, and it wouldn't last until noon.
Chen Xueru touched her stomach; she was indeed a little hungry.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Xueru said somewhat embarrassedly, "Chen Jun, I want to eat something different."
"Which one is different?" Chen Jun asked, sitting down next to Chen Xueru.
Although he had little experience in taking care of pregnant women, he had heard that pregnant women's tastes might be different from usual.
No matter what it is, Chen Jun can do it.
"I want something appetizing, spicy, sour, and stinky!"
What is that?
He could understand the difference between spicy and sour food. As the old saying goes, "sour for a boy, spicy for a girl." Chen Xueru wanted to eat both spicy and sour food, so she might be carrying a boy and a girl.
But the stench was a bit of a problem for Chen Jun.
"How about hot and sour soup?"
Chen Xueru shook her head.
Chen Jun pondered for a moment, then got up and went to the kitchen. When he came back, he was carrying a basin.
"How about this thing?"
Chen Xueru looked down into the basin and saw two bamboo shoots inside. However, the bamboo shoots did not smell fresh; they were sour and had a foul odor.
"Is this edible? How do you eat it?"
Chen Xueru was quite satisfied with the taste, feeling it was much more flavorful than the chicken soup wontons she had in the morning.
"Oh, these are some pickled bamboo shoots that I made in the cafeteria. I originally wanted to make snail rice noodles, but I got busy and forgot about it. If you want to try them, I can make you a portion."
Speaking of snail rice noodles, Chen Jun couldn't help but swallow hard.
He used to be a huge fan of snail rice noodles, eating them two or three times a week. So when he saw that the logistics department had collected some bamboo shoots, Chen Jun took some to pickle.
Chen Jun pickled these bamboo shoots for a day and a night. The smell they emitted almost made the kitchen staff think they had gone bad, so Chen Jun put them into his system space.
As time went by, people forgot about it. If Chen Xueru hadn't mentioned it, these pickled bamboo shoots would still be sitting in the space.
"Luosifen? Is it delicious?" Chen Xueru had never heard of this kind of food before, and she was quite curious.
"It's delicious! I love it!"
"Then I have to try it." Chen Xueru smiled happily, knowing she would get to try a new dish today.
"Alright, you stay inside and rest. I'll go wash the pickled bamboo shoots and make you snail rice noodles."
As he spoke, Chen Jun took the pickled bamboo shoots to the yard, intending to wash them with the tap.
And so, the sour and pungent smell of the pickled bamboo shoots in the basin began to linger in the yard.
Upon smelling the foul odor, Jia Zhangshi was first taken aback, then grabbed her clothes and began to sniff intensely.
"Hey, that's not my smell!"
Jia Zhangshi was a little confused. Besides her, who else in the yard could collect the stench and sour smell?
"It's Chen Jun. He's washing something."
Qin Huairu pointed, she also smelled the strange smell, and she didn't understand why Chen Jun didn't go to work, but instead stayed at home tinkering with this strange-smelling thing.
"Holy crap, is he washing up poop?" Jia Zhangshi was utterly shocked.
"How is that possible!"
Qin Huairu quickly gave Jia Zhangshi a wink, warning her not to talk nonsense.
Chen Jun is a level-two cook; how could someone as capable as him possibly be washing poop for fun!
Unless he also suffers from a brain disease like Jia Dongxu, but that is clearly unlikely.
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