Chapter 25 025 Compensating myself & gaining & the real cause of illness...
But Jin Yue doesn't believe in superstition. Even if she is reborn, she only believes in science when it comes to medical treatment.
Both Chinese and Western medicine are sciences.
"How about this, big brother, you go back first, I'll think about it, and then I'll find you and big sister-in-law if I have anything to say."
Shu Wenyan grunted and choked, his face flushed, "Jinyue, tell me the truth, am I... okay?"
“So far, no obvious problems have been found.”
This was a very conservative statement, with the words "at present" and "temporarily", and "not discovered yet" does not mean "no", and "obvious", with these qualifiers added, Shu Wenyan's mood, which had just improved, became dull again.
"I'm already thirty-four years old. If I don't get pregnant, I'm afraid there's no hope."
"Who said that? A gay man in his seventies or eighties can have that ability."
"So what you mean is that you are afraid that your sister-in-law doesn't have the ability?"
Teacher Shu slapped him on the head, "What nonsense are you talking about? Huifang is fine."
"That's not what I meant. Anyone would be anxious after so many years. Even though Huifang doesn't treat me well, I'm not heartless. How could I miss her so much?" Shu Wenyan's words were from the heart. The whole Liuye Hutong knew how poor the Shu family was in the past. They had many children, no jobs, and a family of six squeezed into two small houses. Most people would look down on their conditions, not to mention that the Liu family was a well-known wealthy family.
Back then, Liu's father was a very successful film projectionist, and many families wanted to marry into his family.
Over the years, his father-in-law has helped him financially.
"I will never forget these, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to put up with your sister-in-law's bad temper for so many years."
Shu Jinyue was speechless. Without his sister-in-law, he wouldn't be able to speak.
"Go away, go away, go back and treat Huifang well, or I'll cut you."
Shu Jinyue yawned as he returned to his room. As he climbed up, Shu Wenyun asked in a low voice, "It's Big Brother's problem, right?"
Jin Yue laughed, "We really wronged him this time."
Even Shu Wenming, who had been silent the whole time, muttered quietly, "Are you sure it's not Big Brother's fault? I think his attitude is... very suspicious."
Who says it isn't true? It's his avoidance and his usual style of doing things that made the whole family believe that he was the one with the problem.
"I can only say that at my current level, I can't see any problem with him."
It is not appropriate to discuss such gossip among brothers and sisters. They would just ask a few questions and then go to sleep.
Maybe because he was thinking about this matter for a long time, he couldn't sleep at night, and the next morning Jin Yue arrived at the company late for the first time in his life.
"Hey, our model worker Comrade Shu Jinyue, did he make a mistake today?" Liu Jinbu joked with a smile, holding a teacup.
Jin Yue was preoccupied with something and had no time to joke with him, "Where's Lao Zhu?"
"We're sending the rats to the upper district."
Jin Yue was actually a little curious as to how he, a top student back then, could end up working in a small street epidemic prevention station. He would always try to decline tasks such as delivering gifts or attending meetings in the district. It was said that the higher-ups wanted to transfer him to the district hospital a few years ago, but he was unwilling to go.
Forget it, it’s none of her business. She should think about her elder brother and sister-in-law’s illness.
In fact, the disease of infertility has existed as early as two thousand years ago. It is not unique to modern times. It’s just that in this era, there are more pathogenic factors, such as environment, genetics, stress, especially pollution and environment, genetic modification, etc. The incidence rate will be even higher in the future.
Jin Yue spent a long time looking for the cause on his eldest brother and sister-in-law. They both worked in a pretty good environment and were not exposed to radioactive or contaminated substances. As for heredity, it made no sense. His eldest brother had brothers and sisters who were in good health. Although his eldest sister-in-law was an only child, Liu's mother had given birth to twins before, but they died of poisoning when burning coal briquettes in winter. It was not a disease, and there had been no reports of any serious diseases in the previous generation of both sides.
As for stress, they both have a pretty good attitude. The patients who are really stressed out by infertility are not in their state.
Jin Yue thought about it for a long time and didn’t know what else to consider... Forget it, don’t worry, maybe I can really get pregnant after a while?
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Over the next few days, she was so preoccupied with the incident that she didn't react until Sunday.
"Hey, Shu Jinyue, does what you said last time still count?" Shu Wenming fiddled around at home.
"What?"
"Did you forget what day it is today?"
"Oh yeah, Sunday, what's up?"
Shu Wenming flicked her forehead and said quietly, "Wild boar—"
"Oh, I didn't forget, let's go to Goldfish Hutong now." She had a hunch that Xu Duan would definitely do what he promised, and if he couldn't leave due to something urgent, he would at least tell her.
Shu Wenming was carrying a large bag, which contained all the knives available in the family, including a kitchen knife with several holes cut on it and a rusty sickle. During the Great Leap Forward in Steel Production, the Shu family donated all the ironware they could. The only iron pot they had so far had been patched in four or five places.
Jin Yue brought a few sterilized mousetraps borrowed from the epidemic prevention station, as well as some food, and hid them in a large bamboo basket. If he really had any big harvest, he could take it home.
Without bicycles, they can only take the bus to and from work. There will be a lot of people around, and they both hope to have a big harvest, but also hope that the harvest will not be too big.
Shu Wenming seldom comes here. As soon as he got off the car, he sighed at the good environment there. It was a world of difference from Liuye Hutong.
"Look, there's a jeep!" The man seemed to be born to love cars. With shining eyes, he walked around the jeep twice, wishing he could touch it.
"Let's go. This car is not rare. There will be many rarer ones in the future." For example, the Santana, which is now priced at a sky-high price, will be a street car that no one wants in the future. Not to mention the distant future, the Xu family in front of them will have two big bosses in the automotive industry in the future.
Xu Duan, he’s a big shot who can own a private jet!
Jin Yue even wondered whether he should hug her thigh as soon as possible. Anyway, he is so easy to talk to, so she should build a good relationship with him first and develop them into good friends. Then when he becomes rich in the future, he can help her and that will be enough for her to live on for the rest of her life.
Even if he doesn't take her, she will still be able to take a ride on his private jet in the future, right?
Thinking of that scene, Shu Jinyue's mouth curled up, but when the door opened and she saw the nanny's uncomfortable face, she couldn't smile anymore.
I don’t know what’s going on, but this nanny doesn’t seem to welcome me? I looked down on her when I opened the door last time, but later, seeing that Zhang Zhen treated her well, her attitude towards herself did not change. When asked to pack mangoes, she was even more stingy than the host, only packing three or four. If Uncle Xu hadn't sent them to her, she wouldn't have known that there were so many mangoes.
Of course, Jin Yue was not ungrateful. She felt that she should be given as much as others had. After all, whether it was a lot or a little, it was the Xu family's intention. But it was not appropriate for her to pretend to have less when Zhang Zhen was not paying attention.
It was obvious that Uncle Xu was not very happy about her self-assertion.
But Jin Yue still greeted politely, "Hello, big sister, is Uncle Xu home?"
"Which Uncle Xu?" The nanny looked her up and down, then looked at Shu Wenming behind her.
They were supposed to do dirty and tiring work in the mountains today, so they both picked up rags and tattered clothes to wear. When the nanny saw that they were dressed even worse than that day, her face almost fell to the ground.
"I'm here." Xu Duan came out of a room, "Come in first and wait for me for a while."
"Sister Bao, serve tea to the guests."
The nanny's last name was Bao, and Sister Bao didn't dare to show displeasure to her employer. "Okay, you two can sit down first."
Xu Duan took two steps and said, "Just make a cup."
Shu Jinyue suddenly became happy. She was looking forward to it like when she was a child looking forward to Feng Chunxia handing out candies, because she had a hunch that according to convention, she would be "different" this time.
As expected, the tea was for Shu Wenming. Xu Duan quickly brought a bottle of hot milk from the kitchen and said, "Drink this."
She was too weak to drink cold tea, and she was also malnourished and needed as much protein as possible.
Shu Wenming was a little reserved at first, but later, seeing that Xu Duan had a gentle attitude and was sitting with them personally, he took the initiative to ask him his name, year he was born, where he worked, and after chatting for a few words he immediately relaxed.
"Since we are about the same age, let's just call each other by our names." For some reason, Xu Duan didn't want him to follow Jin Yue and call him uncle.
He is not that old.
"Okay, Comrade Xu." Shu Wenming didn't dare to call him Xu Duan directly. Although he was two or three years older than Xu Duan, Xu Duan's calmness, self-control and the temperament of a superior were different from him.
Shu Jinyue, on the other hand, was not afraid of him at all. She sipped her hot milk while listening to their conversation, occasionally interrupting them with a few words, "Are Uncle Xu and Aunt Zhang not here?"
"Their unit is busy."
"What about Xu Siqi?"
Xu Duan turned his head slightly and looked into her eyes. "He went out with his girlfriend."
"Oh, my partner..." Shu Jinyue thought of Shu Wenyun who was unable to go up the mountain with them to hunt today.
Shu Wenyun has been busy studying for her professional qualification exams recently, and has been lukewarm with Xu Siqi, as if they had some unpleasantness. However, she feels that there is nothing to be afraid of. After all, it is a marriage of two lifetimes, destined, and even if she wants to be the vicious female supporting role, she has no chance.
Seeing that she finished the milk quickly, Xu Duan went to the kitchen and got another bottle. "Take it easy. Don't drink too much at once."
This is just like adults spoiling their children. They say that the child has cavities and should eat less candy, but whenever the child is unhappy, they will still use candy to comfort him.
Anyway, they are the ones who say bad things, and they are also the ones who say good things.
Jin Yue finished two bottles of milk, and Sister Bao finally packed the things Xu Duan asked her to do, "Let's go."
Xu Duan carried his bag in one hand, and took the bag from Jin Yue's hand. He walked to the jeep first, opened the door, and put the things on top. "Let's go. It's more convenient to drive."
Shu Wenming's eyes almost fell to the ground, "Comrade Xu, is this your car?!"
"No, I borrowed it from a friend for a few days."
But even so, Shu Wenming was full of admiration. He wanted to touch the back of the car just now but didn't dare to do it, but now he was actually sitting on it so openly?
He moved his butt and shook the seat, but there was no sound at all (no), it was so comfortable!
Jin Yue patted the back of his chair twice, reminding him not to be like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.
Of course, this was not the first time she had ridden in this kind of jeep. In the last year of her previous life in the countryside, she was already a well-known barefoot doctor in the neighborhood. People would come to her for treatment of some difficult-to-treat diseases. On several occasions, she went to treat people in the county, and some people would send a jeep to pick her up.
At that time, she was so noble and rigid. She always felt that treating illnesses was just treating illnesses and should not be mixed with selfish motives. She didn't know how to seize the opportunity. Even if she told someone about her situation in the village, maybe someone would be moved and help her.
Thinking about it now, it’s such a pity.
Character determines destiny. Shu Jinyue's character determined her awkward and unfortunate life.
Through the rearview mirror, Xu Duan saw that the girl had a confused look in her eyes, with a hint of sadness and self-mockery, as if she was thinking about something unfair.
He coughed and said, "Sister Bao, she has her own difficulties in our family, so don't take it to heart."
Shu Jinyue was stunned for a moment before she realized what he said, "Do you know that Sister Bao doesn't like me?"
Xu Duan didn't say anything.
"I don't need to be sad because of her attitude. You think too much."
But Xu Duan just sounded like self-mockery. He said helplessly, "Sister Bao's husband is a soldier under my command. He was disabled while on duty and completely lost his ability to work. He needs huge medical expenses every year... He has several brothers and sisters who are in school and several young children. The family is in great difficulty. His wife is unemployed, so she came to me, so..."
No wonder Shu Jinyue found it strange that Xu Ping didn't even dare to arrange a job for her, but openly hired a nanny. Wouldn't this make it easier for others to find fault with him?
From this point of view, the Xu family is really not afraid of anyone making a fuss about hiring a nanny. This is not an employment relationship at all. It is clearly Xu Duan's care for his old subordinate's family.
Shu Jinyue expressed sympathy for Sister Bao's experience, but she was still unhappy. Why should she and her second brother be turned down just because of her misfortune? They didn’t eat her rice!
"Sister Bao has a bad temper. If you don't like her, then don't get in touch with her. I'll come to you from now on, okay?"
I don’t know why, but he just wanted to say “you”.
"Not really. I'm not a petty person. I never hold grudges."
Xu Duan couldn't help but let out a muffled laugh from his chest.
Shu Jinyue blushed, "What are you laughing at? Did I say something wrong?"
"That's right, you're not petty, and you don't hold grudges."
This time, even Shu Wenming couldn't help but burst out laughing. If Shu Jinyue is not stingy and doesn't hold grudges, then are there still stingy and vengeful people in this world?
As they chatted and laughed, the car quickly drove to the foot of the West Mountain. The mountain road could not be driven up, so they had to park at the bottom. Xu Duan locked the car, picked up his and Shu Jinyue's bags, and said, "Lead the way with civility."
Shu Jinyue didn't want to get too close to them because they made fun of him, as if they were poisonous.
Xu Duan did not expose it. He deliberately slowed down his pace, put down his things from time to time to rest for a while, look at the scenery, etc. He let Shu Jinyue, who was at the end, go forward first, and he walked at the end.
Of course, Jin Yue was too busy being angry to react. When there was a hurdle he couldn't get over, he gently lifted her arm from behind and asked, "Why are you behind me?"
"I don't know the way, let your brother lead the way."
"I don't believe it. You soldiers must be very sensitive to geographical locations. Last time I told you that you were here, you said you had been here before."
Xu Duan laughed, "That's right, I'm not as smart as you."
Shu Jinyue felt that he was speaking sarcastically again, "You are as annoying as my second brother."
Xu Duan's chest shook again.
The three of them came to the old place and put down their things. Xu Duan skillfully went to the ditch to wash his hands, took out a few snacks from his bag and handed them to Shu Jinyue, "Are you hungry?"
It was a small snack wrapped in oil paper. Through the oily wrapping paper, one could seem to see the crispy snack inside, as well as some faint sweet fragrance.
Jin Yue couldn't help swallowing her saliva. She remembered that her family seldom bought snacks since she was a child, but every year in the first month of the lunar year, they would buy half a pound of peach cakes for the four brothers and sisters to satisfy their cravings. They were crispy and oily, and were the childhood memory of many people.
"Okay, I forgive you." Jin Yue took the things and opened them to test for poison first. One package contained salt and pepper biscuits, one package contained red bean cakes, and the other large package contained peach cakes!
"Uncle Xu, do you often carry around some food that children like to eat?" It used to be chocolate, and now it's all kinds of sweet and crispy snacks.
"Second brother, come and try it."
She washed her hands, handed two pieces to her second brother, and because his hands were dirty, she stuffed them directly into his mouth. As for Xu Duan, he simply handed the paper bag to him and said, "You eat it too, otherwise I would feel embarrassed to eat alone."
Xu Duan raised his hand. He was making bait with raw meat and his hands were dirty.
Jin Yue didn't think much about it, picked up a piece of pepper and salt crispy and stuffed it into his mouth.
In the following time, she ate snacks and drank warm water while Xu Duan looked for wild boar footprints and Shu Wenming followed. The two of them soon found fresh signs of activity and did not use Shu Jinyue's mousetrap. They each took a handy tool and followed the footprints up the mountain.
Of course, before going up the mountain, Xu Duan still handed her a whistle, "Stay here alone, don't go far, don't go out if there is any noise, and blow the whistle if someone comes close, I can hear it."
He had temporarily taken the whistle off his neck and had kept it hanging close to his body with a rope. It felt warm in his hand, as if it was his body temperature.
Jin Yue finally felt a little embarrassed, as she had agreed to come here to catch wild boars, but ended up coming here for vacation... However, she wasn't someone with endless energy, and she would feel itchy if she didn't work for a day. She wished she could just sit back and enjoy the fruits of her labor every day!
She suddenly became curious about what was in Xu Duan's big bag, besides snacks. But he didn't open it on his own initiative, so she couldn't possibly look through it secretly when he was not around. So she started to speculate wildly in her mind, wondering if there was any chocolate inside, as if he knew that she particularly liked chocolate.
She took those back home, but actually no one at home could get used to eating them. Teacher Shu said they were like soft and sticky Chinese medicine residues that melted in the mouth.
This description was agreed by the whole family, except Jin Yue. Maybe it was something she had never eaten in her previous two lives. She was curious at first, and then she wanted to make up for it. What she couldn't afford before, she now wanted to eat as much as she could.
Jin Yue couldn't help but think of the pair of leather shoes that fit her feet exceptionally well. She wore them almost every day because she had never worn shoes that fit her feet so well. When she was a child, she would basically pick up Shu Wenyun's old shoes to wear. Although they were the same age, Shu Wenyun was taller and had bigger feet than hers.
Of course, Shu Wenyun's shoes were old shoes given to her by others, so it was impossible for her to have new shoes to wear every year.
Occasionally, during the rare Chinese New Year, he would buy each of them a new pair of shoes, but Zhao Wanqiu was greedy and always bought shoes that were much larger than her feet, always thinking that she could wear them for two more years. But in fact, by the time they finally fit her feet, the shoes were already worn out.
It seems that from childhood to adulthood, she has either been wearing worn-out shoes or wearing too big shoes.
Her way of compensating herself now is to try her best to wear the pair of shoes that fit her feet, as if she wanted them to be welded to her feet.
Shu Jinyue was thinking randomly and couldn't sit still, so he picked some usable herbs around. In this season, many medicinal herbs whose medicinal parts are flowers and leaves are suitable for picking, and picking turns into picking flowers.
Now that the weather is getting warmer, there are more wild flowers blooming than last time, red, yellow, purple, and there is even a field of colorful clematis not far away!
The clematis is larger than other wild flowers and is very bright when in full bloom. The grass is turned into a beautiful carpet, and you feel like you dare not step into it.
She picked a handful of flowers of various colors, braided them into a wreath and wore it on her head. Her hair had just grown below her ears and was pressed soft by the wreath, making her look very well-behaved... Of course, Xu Duan knew that she was not as well-behaved as she looked.
She would use her claws to scratch people if she disagreed with them.
"Are you back? Did you find the footprints?" Shu Jinyue asked happily.
"Hehe, you thought that Comrade Xu took action, but it was a pity that you didn't go, otherwise it would have been a really exciting hunt." Shu Wenming had unknowingly become a loyal fan of Xu Duan.
However, this is not important. What is important is that Jin Yue actually saw that there was indeed a wild boar behind them!
"Did you catch him right away?!" She ran over but was stopped by Xu Duan, "Just stand aside and watch."
"This wild boar is not like a pheasant. It's very cunning..." blah blah. The journey was full of hardships and dangers. Jin Yue was worried for them every time he heard them.
"Pack it up as soon as possible while it's still early and go to Goldfish Alley to deal with it, okay?"
Jin Yue knew that Xu Duan was asking her if she was willing to go to his house again. Jin Yue would not go against food, "Okay."
If they carried a wild boar home now, needless to say, in ten minutes the whole Liuye Hutong would know about their hunting today. Within half a day, the whole Xinqiao Street would know about it, and then the West Mountain where "wild boars appeared" would be razed to the ground by the young and old men of Xinqiao Street.
But Xu’s Goldfish Hutong is different. It is full of independent courtyards and the neighbors are not so curious about each other.
Of course, the place is spacious, and it is much more convenient to use water, kitchen utensils, and knives.
The jeep went back and forth very quickly. When they returned to Jinyu Hutong, Sister Bao had not returned from buying groceries yet, and no one was at home. Xu Duan and Shu Wenming began to deal with the prey.
Jin Yue watched the fun and occasionally helped out, doing errands like handing over knives, making some hot water, delivering some salt, etc.
Two hours later, the pork was cleaned, unloaded and cut into small pieces for easy handling. Pig intestines, livers and other offal. The more I think of the novels I read where they were made into braised dishes, the more I want to try them.
"No, this smell is too fishy, it's different from the ones raised at home." Xu Duan washed his hands. "It was quite difficult to handle just now, so I need to process it a little longer when cooking."
"I'm just old and tough. Don't worry, I'm Shu Jinyue with iron teeth and bronze jaws." She showed her teeth.
The man looked at her iron teeth and copper teeth seriously and nodded.
Shu Wenming couldn't bear to see his sister like this. "Don't talk nonsense. Thanks to Comrade Xu this time, half of the pork should be given to you."
Shu Jinyue wanted to say, second brother, I only promised one third of it last time, but you actually gave away half of it in one go! I haven't usually noticed you being so generous despite being poor.
"No, we basically don't eat at home." The whole Xu family are workaholics and they all eat at the company. Sister Bao is called a nanny, but in fact she only needs to clean and cook her own meals. She is given food allowance every month anyway, and they don't ask her how much she spends or how much she has left.
Just then, when she heard that he didn't want the meat, Sister Bao, who had just returned from shopping, started to feel the pain in her heart. "There are so many of them. Leader Xu spent most of the day dealing with them, and he was covered in blood. How can he not want them? I think he should..."
Xu Duan looked at her and said, "Sister Bao, if you have nothing else to do, go and have a rest first."
Sister Bao didn't understand what he meant, and kept on muttering, "In our countryside, even pig offal is popular. You city people have good living conditions, but you don't know how much the country kids crave it. The kids in my family haven't tasted meat for half a year..."
"Why don't you give it to me if you want to go into the water? I'll take it back to satisfy the children's cravings."
Xu Duan looked at Shu Jinyue, meaning that she was the one who made the decision.
Although Jin Yue was unhappy about Sister Bao's neglect, to be honest, he would not bother with someone who had little to do with him, "Okay."
She won't give any meat.
Anyway, it was the second brother and Xu Duan who caught the fish, and they were the ones who dealt with it. Sister Bao disliked the fishy smell and stayed away from it, so she didn't want any of it to be hers!
But when she was leaving, she remembered that Bao's husband was disabled in the line of duty, and also remembered her own toes, so she picked out a piece of meat weighing three or four pounds and handed it over.
She didn't say anything, just gave the meat. Sister Bao was dumbfounded, "Give...for me?"
"don't want?"
"If you really give it to me, you won't want to go back again, right? I've already said that once you give it to me, it will go into the stomachs of my whole family and we will never spit it out."
"Nonsense." Shu Jinyue felt annoyed. He didn't know how Xu Duan could tolerate this snobbish and nagging nanny. If he wanted to replace her, she would have fired him eight hundred times.
Xu Duan found a few buckets, put the meat in them, covered them with lids, and drove them back to Liuye Hutong.
"Hey, what did Wenming and Jinyue take?" Although they had been hiding until after ten o'clock in the evening and everyone was probably resting, there were still people living in the back house who saw them and asked curiously.
"I bought some water."
"No wonder the smell is so strong, why did you buy so much?"
But thinking of the state-owned delicatessen, the neighbor drooled: "These things are delicious when braised, but they are meat dishes, so they are not cheap, right?"
Shu Wenming nodded impatiently. He had always been like this and no one found it strange.
Teacher Shu and Zhao Wanqiu were shocked. "These...are all of them?"
The brother and sister nodded, and Zhao Wanqiu immediately closed the doors and windows, opened the lids one by one to check, and shouted "Oh my God" with a pounding heart, "Lao Shu, Lao Shu, look, there is so much... meat, all meat!"
Teacher Shu was also shocked. Those red things were all meat, real meat that you only eat a few times a year! They actually have so many? !
"This must be about 200 kilograms, right?" Shu Wenming, a grown man, took several tries to lift it all.
"Well, that's about right. We didn't take the offal and pig heads that are too fishy." This was also suggested by Comrade Xu, who said that he was afraid that the smell would be too strong and would attract too many people's attention.
These days, every household is short of meat. If people knew that the Shu family had so much meat, who knows how much trouble it would cause.
"Xiao Xu is really thoughtful. That's the way it should be. Wanqiu, let's marinate the meat quickly. It won't keep well when the weather gets hot."
There is so much meat that we cannot finish it in a short time, and we cannot take it outside to dry. It will easily go bad if it is kept in the room.
In order to leave enough for the next few days, Zhao Wanqiu quickly found some salt and sprinkled it on the remaining meat, rubbing it as she sprinkled it, trying her best to remove the blood, and then marinated it in the Xu family's barrel. This would not only prevent spoilage, but also remove the fishy smell.
There was so much meat that the whole family helped until late at night. From the next day, Zhao Wanqiu and Teacher Shu didn't dare go out. They stayed at home and kept an eye on it all the time, fearing that a piece of meat would be missing.
As I said, it’s not a big deal if one piece is missing, but I’m afraid that if someone finds out there are still so many in the house, it will be a big trouble.
While the food was fresh, the Shu family made several dumplings for dinner, alternating between green onions, celery and shepherd's purse, so that everyone was full and satisfied. This is the first time in my life that I can eat as much meat as I want.
Jin Yue sent some to the Xu family on the way. After all, if it weren't for Xu Duan, they wouldn't be able to eat fresh meat, let alone fart.
Xu Duan is a lucky star even bigger than my second brother, a big lucky star!
Every time she went, the Xu family would not let her go back empty-handed. They would ask her to bring some fruits or snacks back home for her family to try. As time went by, the two families became more and more familiar with each other.
Perhaps they could see that the Shu family were not the kind of people who would deliberately curry favor with others, so Zhang Zhen and Xu Ping liked them very much. They asked Jin Yue to bring back less than half a bottle of Moutai for Teacher Shu, saying that it was leftover from when Xu Ping entertained his superiors at the factory. He didn't dare to drink too much as he had a bad liver, so if he didn't mind, they could bring it to Teacher Shu to drink as much as he wanted.
If it were an ordinary bottle, they wouldn't do such a thing as giving away half a bottle. The main reason is that this bottle of wine is quite special. Not only is it very old, but it is also a special supply and is definitely not available on the market.
Of course Shu Jinyue wouldn't dislike it, this is Moutai... Who would dislike Moutai? !
Not to mention Teacher Shu, it is estimated that no one in the entire Liuye Hutong has ever drunk Moutai. Although it is only a little more than one-third, it is still a real good thing. Even Shu Wenyan, who has not appeared for a long time, has returned.
Of course, one good thing about the Shu family is that they face difficulties together and share happiness together. Not only do the men drink the good wine, but the women are also ordered by Teacher Shu to taste it.
Jin Yue and Wen Yun couldn't drink, and they stuck out their tongues after tasting a little. Liu Huifang and Zhao Wanqiu knew how to drink, and they shared the bottom of the cup.
There was no way. It was just the leftovers from the leaders' drinking, and there wasn't much. The Shu family had a large population, so there wouldn't be much left after dividing it.
The wine was paired with white bread dumplings with thin crust and large fillings, and there was plenty of them. Everyone ate until they were full and felt happier than during the Chinese New Year.
After that, the father and son took turns studying the wine bottle to figure out what was so special about it. In order not to miss any details on it, they almost used a magnifying glass.
If Liu Huifang hadn't stopped him, Shu Wenyan would have wanted to take all the empty bottles home!
Zhao Wanqiu was really exhausted from pickling and guarding the meat these days. Normally, she wouldn't even dare let a fly in. Now that she had relaxed and drank a little wine, she felt dizzy. Jin Yue Wenyun and Liu Huifang took the initiative to clean up, scrub the pots and pans, and then check one by one to see if the meat was spoiled.
"If there are any rotten ones, you have to eat them quickly. Don't be reluctant to eat them now. It would be a pity to throw them away if they are rotten and smelly." Liu Huifang looked at the row of meat hanging on the wall, and it would be a lie to say she was not envious.
But she also knew that her parents-in-law were generous enough to invite them back for dinner.
"Sister-in-law, take these home and eat them slowly later." Jin Yue brought two fresh pieces and four pickled ones.
"This won't work. This is you and civilization..."
"Just take it. Don't be polite." Jin Yue waved her hand. She would always remember that ginseng and the clothes she borrowed for a blind date, but giving a little meat was nothing. If she could help them solve the biggest problem, that would be a real way to repay her sister-in-law.
"How are you doing recently?" She called her sister-in-law into her room and asked in a low voice.
"That's it. My period just ended a few days ago."
Well, I failed again this month.
Jin Yue remembered something. Although the success rate of ovulation period is higher, it doesn't mean that there is no hope at other times. "Don't be too rigid. Try other times, such as before or after your period. Anyway, no one can predict this kind of thing."
What if ovulation is advanced or delayed in a certain month? Although ultrasonic monitoring of ovulation is scientific, the human body is not a machine that is infallible, and it is possible that it may malfunction occasionally.
Liu Huifang blushed, "Yes, we tried it. We just...just tried it." She didn't know what was wrong with Shu Wenyan. He had just pulled her to "try" it before coming to eat. It was not dark yet, which was quite embarrassing.
Shu Jinyue felt a little uncomfortable continuing this topic. If he continued, he would just be asking about what the couple did in bed.
But Liu Huifang trusted her very much. "Jinyue, you are not married yet. Although you know medicine, you may not know those things. If you are curious and want to know something, you can ask me. I know a lot and have rich experience."
When she said the last four words, her face felt like it was on fire.
Jin Yue felt like laughing. His sister-in-law was quite cute. It was like a stinky frog trying to eat swan meat for Shu Wenyan to catch up with her.
The more she said these four words, the more she thought about it, that some time ago when she really couldn't figure out why they were infertile, she even suspected that they had never really done it, for example, because they found the wrong place?
She once saw a pair of patients in the countryside. The woman had a serious urinary tract infection after being married for more than half a year. No matter how she was treated, it didn’t work. Just when she had a little improvement, it would recur again. She was tired of treating them. Later, one time she said she would see what was going on with her. After convincing the woman to take off her pants, she found something wrong with her urethra. After further examination... uh, she was still a virgin!
But such cases are very rare. My eldest brother and his wife both graduated from high school and have basic knowledge of physiology and hygiene. It is impossible for them to make such a low-level mistake.
"My eldest brother must be secretly happy that he can marry you. If he doesn't treat you well again, Dad will not let him go." He also told her about how Teacher Shu scolded him that day. Both the aunt and the sister-in-law laughed and wanted to give Teacher Shu a thumbs up.
"If your elder brother really messes around outside like that, I'd feel sorry for other female comrades. He's not just stingy. Do you know that he couldn't even bear to buy me a popsicle on our first date? It was the hottest month of August. I even took a shower and washed my hair to see him that day, but he took me walking in the hot sun for two hours, and I was all sweaty..." Blah blah, Liu Huifang couldn't stop complaining.
Jin Yue listened and took her pulse to see if there were any changes.
Originally, this was just a habitual action of hers and she didn't hold much hope, but when she touched it, she was stunned.
The pulse in other parts of Liu Huifang's body was no different from the previous times, except for the Cun part of her left hand, which had a slight pulse, which was related to the heart; the Cun part of her right hand was a little floating, which was related to the lungs.
"Is sister-in-law panicking now?"
"Don't panic."
"Have you caught a cold recently?"
"No."
Jin Yue felt it and found that except for these two parts, other parts were normal. Palpation of her heart revealed that the apex beat also had a normal frequency.
Other people might not notice this subtle change, but Jin Yue had taken her pulse many times in a short period of time, so he was very familiar with her normal pulse and was very sensitive to this sudden change.
"Do you have any special feelings in your heart?"
Liu Huifang touched her chest and felt it carefully, "No."
Jin Yue thought to himself, this is strange.
Could it be that I drank a little too much and became confused and out of my mind? Not really, just a little bit.
Forget it, forget it. I’d better go wash my face with cold water, calm myself down, and then look again.
She was about to withdraw her hand when a sudden flash of inspiration came to her mind, and a sentence from the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine popped up in her mind - all pains, itches and sores belong to the heart.
"By the way, sister-in-law, do you have any itchy parts of your body, or sores or something?"
Liu Huifang immediately shook her head, "I don't have any sores on my body... Oh, that's not right, does the itching you mentioned count?"
Jin Yue's eyes lit up, that meant this symptom was indeed there! "Where does it itch?"
Liu Huifang's face turned red. It was as red as a tomato, so red that it looked like blood.
"Oh my dear sister-in-law, please tell me the truth. Your pulse is different now than usual. Maybe this is the breakthrough."
When Liu Huifang heard this, she put away her embarrassment, twisted her body uncomfortably, and whispered, "There."
"where?"
"Right there." She glanced down and twisted her body twice. Just now I thought it was indecent to twist in front of others, so I had been enduring it. But when Jin Yue asked me, I couldn't bear the itchiness anymore, as if it was coming out from between my bones.
Jin Yue's eyes lit up and he continued to ask, "Why do you feel itchy? Do you remember how long it has been itching?"
"I just do that thing. I feel itchy every time after doing it, but it doesn't last long, only about an hour or two, and it's not serious."
This exposed the fact that they had just had sex in broad daylight before leaving the house. Liu Huifang wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into. She really hated Shu Wenyan for causing him to have such an experience before leaving the house...
"Every time?"
"Um."
"Has it been like this since you got married?"
Liu Huifang thought for a while and said, "Not really. I was still young when I first got married. I was planning to go out and drive a sports car, and I didn’t dare to have children…" In fact, she was also wondering why it was itchy at first. She thought it was because she didn’t wash it clean. Later, she used sulfur soap, but it was still itchy, so she thought it was the same for everyone.
It was also pitiful. Her mother died early, and her colleagues were all big and strong men. It was difficult for her to ask anyone when she encountered such confusion. Anyway, the duration was not long each time, and there was nothing wrong except itching, so she didn't take it to heart.
"At that time, you were wearing condoms, so you didn't feel itchy. Later, when you started to have children, you stopped wearing condoms, and now you feel itchy, right?" Jin Yue's voice became louder with excitement, and Liu Huifang was so scared that she quickly covered her mouth.
"Yes, yes, that's right. Little aunt, please keep your voice down so no one can hear you."
Shu Jinyue laughed happily. She remembered that there was a case in the book "Prescriptions for Women Worth a Thousand Gold" that she sold to Professor Zhang through Zhang Liangwei. It was about the wife of a certain high-ranking official who had been infertile for many years after marriage. The couple had a good relationship, but the husband did not want to take a concubine, so he went to the author for help.
The doctor mentioned that every time this lady had sex, her vulva felt like it was being bitten by ants, and it became red and itchy. This was the root cause of her infertility for many years.
"Why are you laughing? Are you stupid?"
Jin Yue held her hand and asked her if she felt redness, swelling, heat or pain every time she felt itchy, how long it lasted, and whether she had applied any application or taken any medicine.
Liu Huifang answered truthfully, "Girl, what are you laughing at? This is not embarrassing enough, and you are asking so many detailed questions."
"Sister-in-law, I know why you can't get pregnant."
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