Chapter 22: Pine Nut Kiss
After thinking it over, Rongzhen only accepted his pay slip, and put the rest of the things and the box in the secret compartment under their bed.
Only the couple knew about this, and they didn't tell anyone else.
In a blink of an eye, it was another holiday. Wang Fengxian came to see her daughter with an old hen and told Rongzhen a good news.
The old Chinese doctor in the hospital came back from treating her leader, and she wanted to take her there to have him take a look again.
At that time, some of the marks on Rongzhen's body had not yet faded. Thinking of the possibility of a physical examination, she said a little embarrassedly, "Didn't we find the cause of those two bleeding episodes? There's nothing wrong with me."
Wang Fengxian patted her. "That's something we need to check on. We need to see if your previous menstrual irregularities have resolved and if they will affect your ability to get pregnant or have a child."
Speaking of this, Rongzhen couldn't help but think of the content of the third task.
With the property handed over by Qin Fengnian, their current jobs, and the future development of the country, there is no need to worry about living a good life.
But when it comes to having children, maybe he wants to raise two daughters well, or maybe he wants his own children.
To be on the safe side, it is necessary to have a child.
Since Rongzhen and Qin Fengnian got married, she has not deliberately used contraception, but there is no news of pregnancy yet.
Just as she thought of this, Wang Fengxian touched her belly and asked with a wink, "Do you feel anything? Don't be so foolish as to not know about the enthronement ceremony. You young people are quite reckless in matters like this. You should be more careful."
Rongzhen blushed, "How can it be so fast? You also said that there is something wrong with me. Let's go see a doctor first."
Only by keeping your body in good condition can you welcome the new life in the best condition, otherwise it will be in vain no matter how much you think.
Wang Fengxian was not the type to procrastinate, so she took her there while she had time on her day off.
Rongzhen was initially curious about whether the hospital would be open on a weekend, but upon arriving, she realized she wasn't going to a hospital, but directly to the home of the old Chinese doctor.
No wonder Wang Fengxian bought some oranges and apples on the way here.
They were lucky this time as the old Chinese doctor's family was at home and there were many people who came to see him. Everyone lined up politely and waited.
When it was Rongzhen's turn, the old Chinese doctor's daughter still remembered her and told her father about the situation. The old Chinese doctor asked her to take her pulse again.
Wang Fengxian quickly stepped forward and said, "The previous diagnosis was correct; it was our own fault. This time, I came here mainly to check my daughter's pulse and make sure there's nothing wrong with her health. She used to have irregular periods, and now she's married, she wants a child."
The old Chinese doctor understood and began to take the patient's pulse with his eyes closed.
The young assistant beside the old Chinese doctor's daughter looked at Rong Zhen and Wang Fengxian a few more times, and after confirming something, he whispered in the old Chinese doctor's daughter's ear.
The assistant said, "Auntie, I know who they are. Remember that weird thing that happened at the machinery factory a few days ago? The one about the eunuch who cheated on me for marriage."
The old Chinese doctor's daughter's eyes revealed shock and realization. Thinking about the last time the mother and daughter went to the hospital for a consultation, what else did she not understand?
When her father finished taking her pulse and was considering prescribing medicine, she took the opportunity to tell Rongzhen about her daughter's private affairs. She thought that she was ignorant and had been deceived for so many years, and she didn't know why she remarried.
This is a lack of knowledge education for women, and the old Chinese medicine practitioner's daughter decided to make up for this lesson for Rongzhen.
Rongzhen realized this and felt the other party's kindness, and listened to her story obediently with gratitude in her heart.
Although she knew all those things, it was rare to see someone's kindness.
Wang Fengxian listened in and had never thought that there were so many things that women needed to pay attention to in their daily lives, and they were all closely related to their physical health. It really broadened her horizons.
It's worth the trip.
In addition, after the diagnosis by the old Chinese medicine doctor, Rongzhen did not have any serious health problems, and her irregular menstruation had long been cured. However, if she wanted to have a child, her internal organs still needed to be adjusted, and she could just drink a few doses of herbal medicine.
Wang Fengxian was now completely relieved, and happily said goodbye while picking up the prescribed medicine bag.
On the way back, Rongzhen repeated the process of boiling medicine that the old Chinese medicine doctor's daughter had told her, to avoid any problems caused by remembering it incorrectly.
Wang Fengxian memorized it after listening to it twice. "What's so difficult about this? It's just boiling three bowls of water into one bowl. Just treat it like chicken soup. If you can't figure it out, I can help you."
Rongzhen didn't agree. He didn't want to trouble her to run around for such a small matter.
She went back and tried it herself first.
At noon, Qin Fengnian returned home with the children who had played outside for half a day. He smelled a faint scent of Chinese medicine. Following the scent, he found Rong Zhen, who was hiding in a corner of the kitchen and boiling medicinal soup in a casserole. His face changed slightly.
Qin Fengnian: "Why are you boiling medicine? Is the problem serious?"
"You're back?" Rong Zhen turned around in surprise, rubbed her cat-like face, and shook her head, "It's not big, I'm just conditioning myself."
Qin Fengnian squatted down and wiped the dust off her face. "Treatment of the body?"
Rongzhen glanced at him shyly, "Just to prepare for pregnancy."
Qin Fengnian's tense nerves relaxed, his brows relaxed, and he smiled as he took over and said, "Let me do it."
Rongzhen moved aside to make room and watched him skillfully operate the small casserole and the fire, which was much smoother than her clumsy movements just now.
Rongzhen was surprised that he could even do this. Is there anything else he can't do?
Qin Fengnian smiled and said yes, he didn’t know how to have a baby, so she had to do it, and he would try his best.
However, pregnancy is a very difficult thing. Since she wants to prepare for pregnancy, she must be mentally prepared for it. When the time comes, he will not be able to help her with the burden, so he can only try to reduce her pressure in other ways.
Rongzhen knew it, but she couldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Not to mention the mission requirements, this is also an important journey in life, and she doesn't want to leave any regrets after missing it.
Rong Zhen gently rested her head on Qin Fengnian's shoulder and interlocked her fingers with his: "I'll trouble you, Mr. Qin, to be considerate and take care of me when the time comes."
"No problem, Miss Zhenzhen," Qin Fengnian bent his index finger and scratched her nose, leaving a conspicuous black mark.
Rongzhen didn't notice and was still curiously asking him how he learned to boil Chinese medicine.
It seems that he has lived abroad before, so it would be difficult to even find Chinese medicinal materials, let alone boil them, right?
The smile that had just appeared on Qin Fengnian's face faded, as if he was referring to some sad past events, which made Rong Zhen's heart skip a beat.
Rong Zhen quickly said, "It's okay if you don't tell me. I'm just asking."
"There's nothing you can't say." Qin Fengnian rubbed her head, and the black ash got all over her head again.
Qin Fengnian couldn't help laughing again, explaining that he had honed his skills by making medicine for his sick parents. At the beginning, the two of them fell ill one after another, and Western medicine was ineffective. He traveled to several cities before finding suitable Chinese medicine, and in the end he only kept them for a few years.
Although he is gone, his craft remains, though it seems a little less refined now that he hasn't used it for a long time. Even lighting a fire can stain his fingers black.
Qin Fengnian was a little dissatisfied, but Rongzhen praised him again and again.
This is already pretty good, at least better than her. If possible, she would rather he had never learned this skill.
After the medicine was boiled, there was just one bowl of water left out of three bowls. Qin Fengnian brought it to Rong Zhen while it was still warm, holding a pine nut candy in his hand and waiting for her to finish drinking it before sweetening her mouth.
Chinese medicine smells bad, especially when it’s just out of the pot. The smell hits the eyes and noses, and makes the four children stay away from it.
Rongzhen felt a little regretful now. In fact, pregnancy should be left to nature and cannot be forced. Maybe she could wait a little longer.
Qin Fengnian worked so hard at night, so they don’t need to be so anxious at all.
Qin Fengnian, who had learned the entire process of her consultation, disagreed: "Even if you are not trying to get pregnant, you still need to take care of your body. Drink it while it's hot. It will be harder to drink if it gets cold."
Rong Zhen felt like she had dropped a rock on her own foot, and finally, under Qin Fengnian's urging and encouragement, she pinched her nose, picked up the bowl and gulped down the drink.
The taste is simply amazing, anyone who has tried it will know.
My mouth and tongue were numb and tingling, and even after I finished drinking, I stuffed a candy in my mouth but couldn't taste any sweetness.
"It's so bitter, even sugar isn't sweet." Rong Zhen complained with a frown on his face.
Qin Feng laughed young, then suddenly leaned over and kissed her lips, pushing open her teeth with the tip of his tongue and sweeping across them, trying to take away the bitterness along with the candy.
Rong Zhen naturally refused to give in. Relying on the experience gained from previous confrontations, she began to compete with him for the pine nut candy.
As the breaths mingled, the candy melted faster, quickly covering up the bitterness and leaving a mouth full of sweetness.
Qin Fengnian achieved his goal, and with his superior skills, he swept away the exposed pine nuts and asked her, "Is it still bitter now?"
"It's not painful anymore, it's not painful anymore." Rong Zhen was panting, her legs were too weak to stand, and she could only snuggle in his arms to calm down.
Chanchan ran over at some point, looked at them curiously with big eyes and asked, "Dad, Mom's lips are so red, are you kissing?"
Juanjuan put her hands behind her back and shook her head like a little adult: "It's definitely not. Mom just drank hot bitter medicine. Maybe it burned her. Mom, the medicine is very bitter, right? Here's some candy."
Chanchan also quickly handed over the candy in her hand.
It turned out that the two sisters saw their mother drinking bitter medicine soup, so they brought her candy despite the bitter taste.
The two Jinyu brothers were about to come over, but when they reached the door, the older one noticed that the two adults in the kitchen were in an awkward position, so he immediately pulled his younger brother away, without having time to stop his two younger sisters.
Qin Fengnian took a quick look and almost understood what was going on.
It seems that I need to be more careful in the future and not teach my children bad things.
Rong Zhen's heart skipped a beat when she heard the sisters' questions. She thought the same thing as him. She took the candies from the two little ones and changed the subject: "Thank you, Chanchan and Juanjuan. Mommy has already eaten the candies. Mommy will keep these for you. Can you take them to school tomorrow?"
When Chanchan and Juanjuan heard this, they immediately forgot their curiosity and jumped up and down and said yes loudly.
Rong Zhen took the opportunity to turn around and wipe his mouth, glancing at Qin Fengnian secretly.
Qin Fengnian touched the back of his ear, coughed, called the two Jinyu brothers over, and assigned them the task of peeling potatoes.
At noon, we had stewed potatoes with chicken and noodles. The old hen that Wang Fengxian brought in the morning was cleaned and chopped up, and then stewed in a big pot with potato cubes and served with hand-rolled wide noodles. The taste was so delicious that it attracted the neighbors next door.
The old lady next door was too embarrassed to come to the door and said that her little grandson was crying because of the smell of the soup, so she shamelessly came over to ask for a bowl of soup.
Of course, she didn't ask for it for nothing. In exchange, she gave Rongzhen and the others a reminder.
The old lady said, "It seems like someone is targeting your house. I've seen that person quietly wandering around your yard a few times recently. He always takes advantage of when no one is home. I don't think he has any bad intentions."
Qin Fengnian frowned when he heard this. The people protecting him did not tell him that any suspicious people had approached recently.
Rongzhen frowned and asked, "Male or female?"
She thought it was Wang Erni, but the old lady said she saw a man and described his general appearance.
"I roughly know who it is." Qin Fengnian had almost a photographic memory and quickly found a suspect from his memory.
Rongzhen also felt that the person the old lady described was a little familiar, but she just couldn't remember who it was.
Qin Fengnian personally scooped a bowl of potato stewed chicken for the old lady, then turned around and closed the door before saying to Rong Zhen, "Do you still remember Li Jun who caused you to fall into the water by the lake in the park?"
"Is it him?" Rong Zhen's eyes flashed.
How could she not remember that the man not only caused her to fall into the water, but also wanted to make her a selfless workhorse.
Judging from the time, he should be released, but why is he staring at their family? Is he trying to take revenge?
Qin Fengnian warned her: "No matter what he wants to do, you should go to and from get off work with me recently. I will also find someone to look after the children."
If that person shows any intention to take action, I guarantee he will never come back.
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