Lin Yuexi quickly asked Lu Cheng to stop his bicycle. The four of them walked up to them and, based on their medical knowledge, judged that Professor Zhou might have suffered from hypoglycemia because he had been doing physical labor for a long time but often did not have enough to eat.
She took out a piece of candy from her bag and handed it to Lu Cheng, who gently fed the candy into Lao Zhou's mouth.
After a while, Old Zhou slowly woke up.
The middle-aged woman beside him thanked Lin Yuexi and Lu Cheng profusely, "Thank you, comrades..."
Lin Yuexi said, "Sister, my brother's illness is caused by hypoglycemia, but he needs to be given an IV of glucose, and he needs to be fed with nutritious food. Otherwise, it will cause irreversible damage to brain cells, affecting cognition, memory, language and other functions, and may also cause epileptic seizures and increase the risk of dementia.
In severe cases, it can suppress the respiratory center, causing breathing to become shallower and slower, or even stop, ultimately leading to death.”
When the middle-aged woman heard this, her face turned pale instantly, she clutched the corner of her clothes tightly with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "Comrade, who dares to give us glucose nutrient solution in our current situation?
What can we do? Besides, even if we use the nutrient solution, we still have to work every day and can’t even get enough to eat. How can we get anything to supplement our nutrition…”
Lin Yuexi looked at the middle-aged woman's face full of sorrow and helplessness, and felt a pang of pain in her heart. She held the middle-aged woman's hand and comforted her softly, "Sister, don't worry, there will always be a way. Since we have encountered you, we will not ignore you.
Lu Cheng, why don’t you send them back first, and I’ll go over tonight to give Brother Zhou a bottle of glucose…”
The middle-aged woman said, "Comrade, if you really dare to help us, aren't you afraid that we will implicate you..."
“Brother, sister, human lives are at stake now, we can’t care about so many things. Besides, my family, Lu Cheng, has a special status. Even if I send you back, those people will not cause trouble for him…” Lin Yuexi gave a brief explanation.
Lu Cheng had been in the army all his life, so he had no idea what was going on outside. He also didn't know what the "five black categories" were, but when she saw Lin Yuexi say so, he did as she said.
Just like that, Lu Cheng helped Lao Zhou onto the back seat, pushed the bicycle, and the middle-aged woman followed behind, and they walked towards the cowshed where the "five black categories" lived. Lin Yuexi took Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun home.
Fortunately, the cowshed was only separated from his residence by a mountain. Normally, these people did not interact much with the people in the village, and the villagers in the village did not dare to have much contact with them, for fear of having any relationship with them and being targeted by the Little Red Soldiers.
In fact, in this era, Lin Yuexi was a little nervous about saving them. Fortunately, there was Lu Cheng. With Lu Cheng's current popular military status, he believed that the little red soldiers would not dare to cause trouble for his family.
After the mother and her two children returned home, Lin Yuexi began to prepare dinner. Lu Cheng had only been at home for a week, so she had to help him replenish his body.
Lin Yuexi entered the space, caught two hens, and killed them immediately in the space kitchen.
She thought that the weather was still good, so she would leave one at home for the two kids and Lu Cheng to eat, and wait until it got darker before taking the other one out the back door to give to Professor Zhou and his wife!
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou were required to work all year round. If they didn't eat well, they would probably be close to death.
After Lin Yuexi cleaned the two hens, she put them in a large iron pot in the space kitchen, added an appropriate amount of water, and took some nourishing Chinese medicinal materials from the shelf in the space, such as red dates, wolfberries, codonopsis, etc. These were all carefully collected and stored by her on a daily basis.
She thought about how hard Lu Cheng had worked in the army and how rare it was for him to come back, so she made sure he had nutritious and healthy food.
As the water in the pot slowly boiled, the aroma of the chicken gradually wafted away. Lin Yuexi skimmed off the foam skillfully and turned to low heat to simmer slowly.
She also picked some fresh vegetables and mushrooms from the vegetable garden in the space, washed the mushrooms and cut them into slices, and cut the vegetables into sections for later use.
When the chicken is almost cooked, she puts the mushrooms into the pot, allowing the mushrooms to fully absorb the flavor of the chicken soup.
Then she began to knead the dough, preparing to make some hand-rolled noodles to go with the chicken soup. Her technique was skillful, and soon the dough became smooth and chewy.
After rolling the dough into a thin sheet, cut it into noodles of uniform thickness.
The mushrooms in the chicken soup were already well seasoned, so Lin Yuexi added a proper amount of salt and a little pepper to season it, and then put the noodles into the pot. The noodles rolled in the chicken soup, absorbing the rich soup.
Finally, she added the vegetables and blanch them briefly, and a pot of delicious and nutritious chicken noodle soup was ready.
Lin Yuexi poured the chicken noodle soup into a bowl, then took out some pickled vegetables she had made from the cabinet in the space and cut a small plate of them.
She wanted to bring these to the table, thinking that Lu Cheng would be happy to see them when he came back.
Then he thought again that Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun might not have much to eat, so he quickly made two steaks.
Lin Yuexi selected two top-quality steaks from the meat section of the space, which she had stockpiled previously.
She first took the steak out and placed it on a cutting board, then sprinkled salt, black pepper and olive oil evenly on both sides of the steak, gently massaging it to allow the seasoning to fully blend into the texture of the steak.
She heated the pan and when it was hot enough to smoke slightly, she put the steak in.
Instantly, the steak made a "sizzling" sound, and the tempting aroma wafted out. Lin Yuexi skillfully controlled the heat, turning the steak over every once in a while to ensure that both sides were evenly heated, frying until the surface of the steak showed a beautiful brown color, while the inside remained tender and juicy.
After frying the steak, Lin Yuexi took it out of the pan and placed it on a plate, letting the steak sit for a while to allow the gravy to redistribute.
Then, she used the remaining butter in the pot to stir-fry some onions and minced garlic, added appropriate amounts of light soy sauce, oyster sauce and a little white sugar, and boiled it into a rich black pepper sauce.
Lin Yuexi poured black pepper sauce on the steak and paired it with some fresh vegetables picked from the space, such as broccoli, carrots, etc. After a simple blanching, they were placed around the plate as side dishes, which not only increased the richness of color, but also made the dish more nutritionally balanced.
Finally, he steamed ten white flour buns, thinking that he would eat six of them himself and give the remaining four to Professor Zhou and his wife when he went to the cowshed.
Just when she brought the chicken, chicken noodle soup, chicken, steak, and steamed buns out of the space and put them on the table, Lu Cheng just happened to come back.
As soon as Lu Cheng entered the room, he was attracted by the fragrance in the room. When he saw the sumptuous food on the table, his eyes were filled with surprise and emotion.
He walked to Lin Yuexi, hugged her gently, and said, "Yuexi, you are always so attentive. Thank you for your hard work."
Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun also came over and cheered at the sight of the delicious food on the table.
The family sat around the table and began to enjoy this warm and delicious dinner.
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