After teaching Gao Guojing how to handle seashells, Yu Rujia returned to the infirmary.
I went to the kitchen and taught him how to make river clam and pork rib soup. The milky white and delicious soup was served, and its domineering umami flavor was in no way inferior to that of crayfish.
Duo Shou praised it highly: "This is fantastic! We should make this soup more often; it tastes much better than bone broth."
With limited ingredients, their soups are mostly made with pork bone broth or spare rib broth, and after eating them for a while, you don't really feel the effects.
The pork rib soup with river clams was noticeably more flavorful than regular pork bone soup.
Duolu gave a thumbs up: "Auntie, this is a good idea. The seashells are nice to touch. Let's go and get some tomorrow."
Yu Rujia agreed to try something different, but disagreed with the little ones getting involved on their own.
Yu Rujia: "You can't go by yourselves. Wait until the weekend and let Duofu take you. Remember to wear rain boots and test the waters before going down. If it's too deep, don't go down."
Duofu nodded seriously: "Auntie, I will take good care of them."
The five traps caught a good number of crayfish, more than double the number from last night, so everyone finally had a satisfying lunch.
The puppies who worked hard to kick the crayfish were also rewarded handsomely. Duolu gave them whole crayfish to eat, unlike last night when they only ate leftovers and some broken shells.
Of course, their leftovers also include both meat and vegetables, making them nutritionally complete.
As soon as Xu Huiniang entered the Yu family's gate, she saw a pile of bright red shells on the ground.
Xu Huiniang chuckled and said, "I heard your family was catching and eating prawns yesterday. I didn't expect you to eat so many. Are they really that delicious?"
Yu Rujia: "It's quite delicious. Just add some seasonings to remove the fishy smell, stir-fry it, and it's ready to eat. It's just a bit of a hassle to wash. You can give it a try."
Xu Huiniang: "When it comes to food, no family in our brigade can compare to yours. We can only look at this stuff."
Yu Rujia: "Your family only has one child, Hua Zi, so expenses aren't high. Just eat and drink as you please, and worry about the future later."
Xu Huiniang was skilled in embroidery. After the reform and opening up, if she had been bolder and sold her embroidery, people who knew its value would have come to her to place orders, and money would have flowed in steadily.
Xu Huiniang said somewhat embarrassedly, "I might be pregnant again."
Yu Rujia pulled up a stool and placed it in front of her: "Really? That's great, come sit down, I'll help you."
Xu Huiniang sat down and said, "I've been pregnant with Hua Zi before, so I have experience. I came to you this time because I wanted you to help me confirm this."
Yu Rujia took his pulse and found out: "It's been more than two months. Your body is still relatively healthy. Just pay more attention to it and don't overwork yourself, and you'll be fine."
Xu Huiniang: "Hua Zi often envies families with brothers and sisters, especially after Duoji was born. He has said several times that he wants a younger brother. I don't know if he can have his wish this time."
She had a son named Hua Zi, and she didn't care whether the child was a boy or a girl; she loved any child that was hers.
Hua Zi is different. His friends all have at least two children in their families, but he is the only child in his family.
Especially in the Yu family, where there are many children and it's lively every day, he longs for a younger brother to play with.
Yu Rujia: "Hua Zi is a thoughtful child. He will like both his younger brother and sister."
Hua Zi looks and acts just like Xu Huiniang; he's quiet and refined. If he changed his clothes, no one would doubt that he was a girl.
When Hua Zi learned that Xu Huiniang was pregnant, he was indeed very happy. When he came to the Yu family to play with his dog, he kept talking about his younger brother.
Erdan and Gou Dan are the youngest children in their families, so they can't understand his happiness.
Da Wa has a younger sister who is delicate and sweet, and Da Wa is very fond of her. Whenever he gets something good outside, he always saves some for her.
The eldest child said, "I think my younger sister is better. She's well-behaved and obedient. My uncle's younger brother, Tudan, is always thinking about going everywhere and playing with the rake. No matter how I try to persuade him, he won't listen."
Wu Shengli and Wu Desheng are brothers with a good relationship and are neighbors, so they spend a lot of time together.
Wu Desheng's son, Tudan, is a year older than Duoji. He is at the age where he is curious about everything and wants to try out everything.
With the younger brother standing there for comparison, the older child genuinely felt that his younger sister was much better than his brother.
When Duoxi and the others go to school, the younger brothers of some of his friends might become Duoji's new playmates.
Duolu sighed like a little adult, "Duoji is always thinking about bullying Huajuan and Mantou, he's not easy to take care of either."
Dorje, who was just over a year old, could already understand some of the difference between good and bad, and immediately became unhappy upon hearing this.
Dorje, looking both cute and fierce, raised his little fist in protest: "No, no, no, play with curls."
Dorje touched his fair and tender little face and casually replied, "Yes, I'm not bullying him. Dorje is just playing with them."
Young Dorje couldn't distinguish between truth and falsehood. He nodded his little head when he heard what he wanted to hear, and the young leader was satisfied.
Remembering what his older brothers had said earlier, Dorje called out in a childish voice, "Little brother, little brother."
Duoxi said, "Duoji wants a younger brother, so he has to find his aunt to have one." As the youngest brother himself, he said he understands Duoji's desire for a younger brother.
Xiao Duoji said he received the message, then turned around and tiptoed over to Yu Rujia to tell her about wanting a younger brother.
Yu Rujia pointed at the little one in front of her: "You can't even take care of yourself, yet you want a younger brother. Who will take care of him when he's born? Come talk to me about this when you can run and jump around nimbly."
Even if she is skilled in medicine and can keep her body healthy, a newborn child will still need someone to take care of him/her.
Having too many children, even if the mother is very fortunate and capable, is not a good way to raise them all.
She can't just keep them from going anywhere and make them stay home with the kids all day, can she? She's not that heartless.
So after Dorje was born, she started taking birth control pills for a year after her postpartum period. Now that the effects of those pills are wearing off, should she take another one?
Fortunately, Dorjee was just acting on rumors and wasn't particularly insistent on having a younger brother. After Yu Rujia refused, he stopped asking her for a younger brother.
Before the busy harvest season, a new batch of educated youth arrived at Shangfen Brigade, bringing with them news that the country was going to rebuild universities and that students could be recommended by the masses to attend them.
The educated youth in the educated youth compound started causing trouble again, going to Captain Huang's house, hoping he would recommend them for university.
After all, there are subsidies for going to university, and the monthly subsidy is equivalent to the salary of a worker. Moreover, it is the only legitimate way for educated youth to return to the city.
Captain Huang looked bewildered: "I didn't receive this message. How did you find out?"
Zhou Likang asked with a suspicious look, "The new educated youth Kong and Ye both mentioned this, how could the brigade leader not know?"
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