Chapter 23 Wang's Production

The blackboard shows today's supply: pork dumplings, small wontons, stir-fried pork with green peppers, smashed cucumbers, scrambled eggs, stir-fried vegetables, three-fresh soup, fried peanuts, and rice.

"Comrade, I want a plate of stir-fried pork with green peppers, scrambled eggs and stir-fried vegetables, and two bowls of rice." Shen Ruoqing reported the names of the dishes, but his eyes were fixed on the man and woman sitting in the innermost seat.

After ordering food, Shen Ruoqing found a seat by the window and sat down. The seat was neither too far nor too close, so he could just hear the sounds inside.

"Shuangshuang, please try these dumplings. They are delicious." The man said attentively.

"Not bad!" The girl named Shuangshuang was a little fat, with yellow skin and small eyes, but she didn't have many freckles on her face. In this day and age, being able to grow up to be a little fat proved that her family was well-off.

"Brother Lin Chen, you eat too."

That’s right, this man is Lin Chen.

Shen Ruoqing narrowed her eyes. It seemed that Lin Chen was living a good life and had enough money to treat his girlfriend to dinner at a state-owned restaurant.

Shen Ruoqing didn't say anything, and Old Lady Ji went to get the food.

"My dear, what are you looking at?"

"Nothing, Mom. Try this fried pork with chili peppers. It smells delicious."

"It smells good, so eat more." Old Mrs. Ji gave all the meat to Shen Ruoqing.

Shen Ruoqing wanted to share half of the meat in the bowl with Old Lady Ji: "Mom, you have worked hard, eat more too."

Lin Chen left with the girl named Shuangshuang.

There were so many people in the state-owned restaurant that Old Mrs. Ji didn't notice the two of them. She just vaguely felt that the back of one of them looked familiar.

Shen Ruoqing narrowed her eyes again. After finishing her meal, she followed Old Lady Ji to the recycling station and sold the motherwort that she had dried during this period to the recycling station for 5.20 yuan.

This made Old Lady Ji excited, and she even said that she had earned a lot less money before. Shen Ruoqing couldn't help thinking, if she took out her savings, wouldn't this little old lady faint?

On the way back, she saw others selling chicks. She estimated that she had enough food, so she grabbed four chicks and took them back.

After returning, Shen Ruoqing ran to Doctor Li.

Doctor Li is the only barefoot doctor in the village. Although he is not very skilled, he can treat headaches and fevers. Shen Ruoqing thought that she should announce to the public that she learned medicine from Doctor Li so that she would have a source in the future.

Shen Ruoqing went there with a dozen eggs. She went there just to identify more medicinal herbs so that she could sell them to the purchasing station to make some money.

Doctor Li was actually only a half-baked one, but he also knew some herbs. After being flattered by Shen Ruoqing, he accepted him as a half-apprentice.

Doctor Li's life was okay. After all, he was the only barefoot doctor in the village. The villagers were reluctant to go to the hospital for any illness. There were only Doctor Li and his wife in his family. Doctor Li also had a daughter named Li Lianxiang, who was a few years older than Shen Ruoqing and was already married.

Shen Ruoqing was likable and sweet-spoken, and Doctor Li's wife liked her very much. After she followed Doctor Li to identify herbs for an afternoon, she even invited her to dinner.

However, these days no one would stay at someone else's house for dinner without a reason, so Shen Ruoqing politely declined and went home.

At home, Old Mrs. Ji was fiddling with the newly dug dandelions.

"It's just that it's a bit troublesome to dry it in the sun. If it's not dried well, the purchasing station won't accept it." Old Mrs. Ji muttered.

Seeing Shen Ruoqing coming back, Old Lady Ji smiled again: "My dear, you are back. I made dumpling soup today."

The dumpling soup was made of white flour, maybe because she bought the chicken, Grandma Ji was happy. Of course, in addition to the dumpling soup, there was also a steamed bread made of two-grain flour for dinner.

In the hospital, Wang was losing her temper: "I said I want to give birth tomorrow. What's wrong with you medical workers? Is this how you serve the people? I don't care. I want to give birth tomorrow. You can arrange a caesarean section for me tomorrow. I paid to come to your hospital!"

The doctor was also annoyed: "Lady, we have already said that you can't give birth to this child whenever you want. It depends on the actual situation. Your pregnancy is very smooth, so natural birth is the best choice. Our hospital cannot just do a cesarean section on someone casually."

"This is a hospital, please don't disturb other patients' rest!"

"Okay, wife, this is a hospital. If we continue to make such a fuss, the patient in the next bed will be dissatisfied with us." Shen Xiangnan coaxed Wang.

They have mentioned this to the hospital several times this afternoon, but the hospital just refuses to perform a caesarean section on them. There is nothing they can do about it.

Caesarean section surgery is not so advanced nowadays and is definitely less safe than natural birth. This is the first time the hospital has encountered such a woman.

"No matter what, my child will be born tomorrow!" Wang gritted her teeth, her eyes determined.

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Shen Ruoqing was surprised to hear that Wang had already arrived at the production team.

Because the doctor estimated that the due date would be at least a few days away, how come she gave birth today when she was sent to the hospital yesterday?

Old Mrs. Ji took Shen Ruoqing to the hospital again, and only then did she find out that Wang had given birth prematurely because of a fall.

Looking at the chicken soup brought over by Old Lady Ji, Wang's expression was so proud, like a victorious rooster: "Mom, I have given our Shen family another golden grandson!"

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Shen Ruoqing looked at Wang with complicated eyes. Forget it, she couldn’t understand it anyway!

"How could you be so careless? How could you fall in the hospital?" Old Lady Ji looked at the child, a small, red, and wrinkled one. Shen Ruoqing thought the child was a little ugly, but Old Lady Ji told her that all babies look like this when they are born.

Shen Xiangnan looked embarrassed and changed the subject: "Mom, look at this child, how cute he is."

"Have you chosen a name?"

"Mom, Xiangnan and I have discussed it and the child will be named Shen Hanxi."

Xi means auspiciousness and wealth.

Shen Ruoqing guessed that this name was not thought of by the couple themselves, but must have been given by someone else a long time ago.

"Just make up your mind, the two of you. From now on, this child will be called Shen Hanxi."

After a while, Shen Xiangbei and Su Jieru also came. They brought a bag of apples, some red dates, and a can of malted milk.

Wang felt that she was the great contributor to the Shen family. Even though Su Jieru came with something, she still spoke in a sarcastic tone, showing off that she had given birth to three sons. She also asked for fish soup tomorrow.

Because she had just given birth, Old Lady Ji resisted the urge to curse. This was in the hospital, and there were people watching.

But fish soup is not easy to make.

Now that the water in the river is dry, where can she get fish?

Shen Ruoqing pulled on Old Lady Ji's sleeve, indicating that he had a solution.

Old Mrs. Ji understood instantly that her sweetheart had a godfather.

Since they had to deliver fish soup to Wang tomorrow, Old Lady Ji and Shen Ruoqing didn't want to go back and planned to stay at Shen Xiangbei's house for one night.

(End of this chapter)