Chapter 46: Eat fish wisely
Jiang Xinbai shook her head. "No, Mom. I'm fine. I'm just a little uncomfortable with Jinsheng's absence."
Seeing this, Sun Erni could only let her do what she wanted, but she still reminded her worriedly: "You know your own body, if you are really tired, we can ask for leave, we don't care about the money."
Li Huifen was imitating her mother-in-law's lip movements in the back, saying, "It's not a big deal about that few dollars~," and she spoke so nicely, hum.
Su Qiuyan saw that Jiang Xinbai was already three months pregnant, but she didn't have any reaction that a pregnant woman should have. She was so anxious!
So when she was serving the dishes, she deliberately placed a pile of freshly fried dried fish in front of Jiang Xinbai and said with a smile, "Xinbai, this is the dried fish that mom bought at the seafood store. Eat more, so that your child will be smart."
Jiang Xinbai didn't think much about it. He smelled the fried fish that had just come out of the pan and said with a smile, "Thank you, second sister-in-law. This fish is really delicious. Mom took the trouble."
"Don't worry, don't worry, as long as you can eat well."
Sun Erni looked at her daughter-in-law's belly with a smile, imagining that her eldest grandson would be born next summer. She was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.
"Grandma, I want to eat fish too, and become smarter." Yang Zhenzhen watched her aunt eating with relish, and her saliva was watering at the smell of fish.
Li Huifen glanced at her mother-in-law and scolded her eldest daughter in a low voice, "What are you eating? Why are you eating fish as a little girl? That's for the little brother in your aunt's belly."
"Why are you so mean to the child? What's wrong with her wanting to eat?" Li Jinqiang felt uncomfortable when he heard his wife scolding their daughter. It is normal for children to be greedy. Why scold her?
"What's wrong? Can she eat whatever she wants?" Li Huifen said as she deliberately glanced at Jiang Xinbai who was eating happily. She thought to herself that he was really lacking in taste and didn't even bother to pick up a piece for the child.
Could it be that Sun Erni didn't understand what Li Huifen meant? She picked up a piece and put it in her eldest son's bowl. "That's enough. Why are you arguing so early in the morning? Big brother, pick out the fish bones for Zhenzhen and Ningning. Be careful not to get them stuck."
Then he took another half piece and gave it to Su Qiuyan, "For Lili."
"Mom, what about me?" Yang Xiumin handed over the bowl with a smile.
Sun Erni rolled her eyes at her little daughter and casually put the remaining half into her bowl. "Really? You're an aunt already, but you're still acting like a child."
There were only seven or eight pieces of dried fish in a plate, and each piece was cut into the size of a little finger. Jiang Xinbai stopped eating after eating three pieces. Eating more would be a bit too much.
"Eat, Xinbai, eat more. Your dad and the others don't like it." Sun Erni directly put the dried fish into her daughter-in-law's bowl and urged her to eat quickly.
Su Qiuyan looked at the dried fish in Jiang Xinbai's bowl and said tentatively, "Xinbai is doing really well with her pregnancy. It's already been three months, and she doesn't seem to have any pregnancy symptoms at all. Everything she eats tastes delicious, just like usual."
"Oh, I didn't realize it until you told me, it's true." Sun Erni looked at her daughter-in-law carefully, "Xinbai, are you feeling unwell? Are you feeling nauseous or want to vomit?"
Jiang Xinbai shook his head, "No, I feel like my appetite is pretty good."
"That's good, that's good," Sun Erni felt that the eldest grandson loved his mother. He knew not to make trouble for his mother even in the womb. He was indeed a good child.
After breakfast and a short rest, Jiang Xinbai saw that her husband had not returned yet and it was almost time for work, so she had to rush to the state-owned restaurant.
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"Xinbai, we have braised fish for lunch today. Master Chen's cooking skills are very good. You'd better hurry up." As Jiang Xinbai stepped into the store, Sun Chaoying came over immediately.
"Really?" Jiang Xinbai looked towards the kitchen, then asked in a low voice, "Sister Ying, are all the fish cooked? Are there any alive ones?"
"Of course not. They're all in the pot. If you want some, you have to inform Master Chen in advance." The fish in the store are all delivered from a seafood store, and there is a fixed number of them.
"Oh, I've been craving for fish recently." Put a piece of tofu in the fish soup and simmer it for a while. The taste makes me drool just thinking about it.
Chen Xiaomei looked at Jiang Xinbai in confusion, "Xinbai, you can still eat fish when you are pregnant? Why don't you have any reaction?" Isn't it said that pregnant people can't eat this or that, and many of them vomit.
Jiang Xinbai also felt strange when talking about this. She remembered that her elder and second sisters-in-law vomited bile when they were pregnant, but she seemed to have no reaction at all.
So she touched her belly, which was not yet pregnant, and said with a smile: "I don't know, but I just have a good appetite and want to eat everything, and I won't say I want to vomit anything."
"That must be because the baby in your belly feels sorry for you. You are so blessed. Eat as much as you can. One person eats for two." Sun Chaoying looked at Jiang Xinbai with a smile.
"Oh, by the way, it's a good thing that you're not pregnant now. You should eat more during this period. It will be troublesome if there is any reaction later. Well, I just heard you say you wanted fish, right? I have some here, do you want it?" Chen Xiaomei asked Jiang Xinbai softly.
As soon as she said this, Jiang Xinbai's eyes lit up, and he pulled her sleeve and whispered, "Sister Xiaomei, do you have a way?"
"Shh, don't tell anyone. My husband goes to the river to fish secretly after get off work. The catch is not big, but he always gets a lot. If you want, I'll ask him to keep an eye out for you."
When Chen Xiaomei's husband is bored, he goes to the river to fish. He is not the only one who goes fishing, but everyone knows it and no one tells anyone else.
"Yes, I definitely want it. Sister Xiaomei, please leave two smaller ones for me so I can make soup. You tell me how much it costs."
Jiang Xinbai's salary for last month hadn't been paid yet, but Yang Jinsheng's had been paid. After deducting the food expenses, they still had 15 yuan left. They had all figured out that Yang Jinsheng's salary would be used for living expenses, and theirs would be used to pay off debts.
Chen Xiaomei raised her lips slightly and said with a smile, "Let's talk about it after we catch it. Give me your home address. If I catch it, I'll have him deliver it directly to your home. It will definitely be cheaper than the seafood store, so don't worry."
Seeing this, Jiang Xinbai nodded with relief, counted on his fingers, and then sighed, "Oh, I don't know how much salary I could get last month."
"Today is the 2nd. Salaries are paid on the 8th of every month. How many days did you work last month?"
"Thirteen days. I don't know how the finance department calculates the salary. Hey, I don't know if it's ten yuan or not." The monthly salary is twenty-two, and there are four days off, so it's only ten yuan after all the calculation.
"Of course there is. Don't worry, you should get your full salary this month. But you are pregnant. Will you still go to work when your belly gets bigger?" Working in their restaurant is relatively easy. Generally, those who can stick with it can work until the birth, and can also earn more money.
"Yes, I will definitely go." Jiang Xinbai felt that going to work was not tiring, and she could persist even in the later months.
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