After much persuasion, she finally convinced Old Zhang to accept the medicinal oil. Then, seeing that he had two unsold buckets of soybean oil, she bought those as well.
The purchase of the oil mill can be planned in the long run, but the more than one hundred bottles of medicinal oil are urgent.
She went out and called a cart driver to help her load the medicinal oil onto the cart. Then she sat on the cart, went to the black market, bought all the other medicinal herbs, and drove them all the way back to the military compound.
Along the way, he attracted the attention of many people. Everyone was curious about why he bought two barrels of oil. Was he going to eat oil as food?
He remained oblivious to the world around him, swaggering through the streets with an air of nonchalance.
When they finally arrived home, Xu Hongying was picking up eggs in the yard when she saw Shen Sisi having two buckets of oil brought into the kitchen.
"Sisi, what are you doing?" Xu Hongying was terrified. There was so much oil, enough for her to eat for several years. It would go bad if it was left at home!
After paying for the cart, Chen Sisi turned to Xu Hongying and said, "Mom, I need to make some medicinal oil. Niu Niu is at Sister Wenhui's house. Could you please go and pick her up for me?"
Xu Hongying wanted to ask more questions, but was suddenly given a task by her, so she could only walk out with a lot of doubts, thinking that she would ask her again when she came back.
When she picked up Niu Niu and returned home, Chen Sisi had already steamed the medicine, and the whole yard was filled with the bitter smell of Chinese medicine.
"Mommy..." Niu Niu touched her round belly and let out a big burp.
Chen Sisi smiled and squinted her eyes: "How much did you eat...?"
Niu Niu stretched out a few fingers, fiddled with them repeatedly, and then showed them to her mother to make sure they were correct.
"I ate eight..."
Chen Sisi, both amused and exasperated, pressed down on one of her ring fingers: "This is the number eight, my little darling, how can you eat so much..."
"Auntie's meat dumplings are delicious!" Niu Niu said, smacking her lips as she did so, her lips glistening with oil.
"Even if you enjoy food, you should do it in moderation..." Shen Sisi told her that she had to rest for a while before going to sleep, otherwise she wouldn't be able to digest it.
"Go play with paper cutting."
Then she turned her head and saw Xu Hongying craning her neck and looking intently into the kitchen.
"Mom, just ask me whatever you want!"
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