"Brother, Mom is back!" The sharp-eyed Tangtang was the first to see Liu Huizhen.
When Liu Huizhen saw the big white steamed buns on the table and her son Liu Xiaojun, who looked very strong, she was stunned on the spot.
Is it that I am dazzled?
Liu Huizhen's eyes were red with surprise, and she couldn't believe it. "Xiaojun, are you okay? Mom, am I hallucinating?"
When I went out, Xiaojun was obviously too sick to get out of bed.
But now, not only was he fine, he also cooked a large table of delicious food.
No one can believe this!
Liu Xiaojun: "Mom, Shazhu came over at noon. He brought some fried dough sticks for Tangtang and me to eat."
"Yes, yes, after Brother Zhuzi passed away, my brother got better immediately!" Tangtang also explained.
"Mom, my brother and I went fishing today. My brother caught such a big fish." Tangtang said while gesturing with her little hands.
She put both hands flat, a full meter wide.
Liu Huizhen was originally crying because of her son's recovery, but was interrupted by her own daughter, who smiled and joked:
"Nonsense, there's no way a fish that big exists. Tangtang, you're exaggerating. If it's really that big, it must weigh ten kilograms, right?"
"It's just that big," the little girl continued unconvinced.
Liu Xiaojun quickly tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, go wash your hands and have dinner."
As soon as she heard about eating, Tangtang's eyes lit up immediately.
Today we actually have white flour buns and fish to eat at home!
Just like Chinese New Year.
wrong.
It is even more lively than the Chinese New Year.
But why do we need to wash our hands? Is it possible not to wash our hands?
Tangtang doesn't like washing her hands, and her little eyebrows are twisted together.
She said coquettishly: "Brother, why do I need to wash my hands? Can I not wash my hands?"
Liu Xiaojun said seriously, "No way. If you don't wash your hands, Tangtang, you'll eat those invisible bugs on your hands and they'll crawl around in your stomach."
"Hahahaha, you're lying, bad brother."
As Liu Xiaojun spoke, he made faces to scare Tangtang.
Tangtang was so scared that she kept hiding behind Liu Huizhen.
Jokes aside, Liu Xiaojun was still a little worried.
In 1952, health promotion had just begun.
The subdistrict office has just started organizing patriotic health campaigns and such.
People generally do not pay enough attention to their health.
Many people are infected with roundworms and other parasites because they do not pay attention to hygiene.
Children are at high risk of ascariasis infection.
This infection is fatal.
In the 1950s, many children died from this disease.
This disease has a distinctive feature - the child will be unusually thin.
This little girl is so thin, I wonder if it’s because she has roundworms in her body.
Diseases come from the mouth. If you eat without washing your hands, many bacteria will enter your stomach and intestines.
If there are roundworms among them, that would be bad.
Therefore, Liu Xiaojun must correct her bad habit of not paying attention to hygiene.
Moreover, if I have money, I will see if I can buy the medicine that treats roundworm infection in children - Pagoda Candy.
If I remember correctly, Pagoda Candy was already on sale in 1952.
One piece of pagoda candy can expel many small bugs, which is very effective.
Liu Xiaojun made up his mind to start with himself, pay attention to his health and take the lead in washing his hands.
Everyone was frightened by what Liu Xiaojun called the "invisible little bugs" and washed their hands obediently.
After washing their hands, everyone started to eat because they were already attracted by the food on the table.
Xu Damao's home is right next to Liu Huizhen. When he smelled the pickled fish coming from next door, he couldn't help swallowing.
He took a big sip of corn porridge and thought to himself, "Hey, what's going on today? Is Widow Liu's family struggling? They're actually eating fish!"
"Didn't she come to my house yesterday to borrow food? And she's eating pickled fish today?"
"There's food here, aren't you kidding me? It's true, you can't trust what women say!"
Second Uncle Liu Haizhong also smelled the aroma of pickled fish.
He looked down at the vegetables in his home. They were either radishes or cabbages, without any oil or moisture.
The second uncle immediately lost his desire to eat: "Didn't he come to our house to borrow food this morning? Now he's eating meat?"
"Did Widow Liu's family make a fortune?"
"It's been a long time since Widow Liu's family in this alley had enough to eat."
The second uncle muttered to himself.
There is definitely something fishy about this matter.
We have to think about it carefully.
We can't let any unclear things pass by right under our noses!
The second aunt looked towards Liu Huizhen's house across the street with a sour look on her face: "Who said it wasn't true? Didn't they say they couldn't afford to eat? This guy obviously eats better than anyone else."
It's a small courtyard, and the houses are close together, so the smell of pickled fish can easily spread.
At this time, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu were drinking.
The aunt fried a plate of peanuts and gave the father and son some wine.
However, when she smelled the scent, her thoughts drifted to Widow Liu's house.
Whenever she thought of Liu Xiaojun, she liked him from the bottom of her heart.
If his child had not died young, he would have been as old as Liu Xiaojun.
On the day that Widow Liu came to the house to borrow food, she had already prepared two kilograms of cornmeal, but Old Yi stopped her from borrowing it.
She vaguely felt that Lao Yi seemed to dislike Liu Xiaojun very much.
Therefore, she used to secretly subsidize Widow Liu's family without Lao Yi's knowledge.
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