Chapter 637 Don’t Mind Your Own Business
He slept vaguely until after four in the afternoon. Yu Zhiming couldn't hold his urine any longer, so he got up and left the bedroom.
The living room was full of family members.
Xiaoxue, who couldn't sit still, led a group of little ones to sit on a new blanket on the ground, eating snacks and fruits while watching TV.
Yu Zhiming went to the bathroom to relieve himself first, and then asked after he came out.
"Where's the lime?"
The third sister, Yu Xinyue, stood up from the sofa and replied, "I'm sleeping in my room."
"Mom said not to wake her up and let her sleep until she wakes up naturally. She also said it's okay to eat later, and that everyone will be fine."
"Old Five, sit here with me. I have something to tell you."
Yu Zhiming sat down on the sofa seat vacated by his third sister and took the mobile phone handed to him by his third sister.
"Sister, what's the matter?"
Yu Xinyue pressed Yu Zhiming's shoulders, half leaning on him, and explained, "It's still about Tian Hui's child."
"Tian Hui denounced the community health center's so-called free checkups in the mothers' group, saying their goal was to sell trace element supplements costing hundreds or even thousands of yuan by any means necessary."
"She mentioned you, saying that the two babies you gave her had just been checked and were developing well and healthy."
"The community health center called her and said her twins, a boy and a girl, were experiencing growth retardation due to a lack of trace elements."
Yu Zhiming let out a soft "oh" and looked at a trace element test table displayed on his third sister's mobile phone screen.
This table contains the detection concentrations of up to sixteen trace elements in the human body.
Among them, the concentrations of several trace elements such as molybdenum, manganese and cobalt are specially marked and are at a lower critical level.
Yu Xinyue continued, "Old Five, given your fame and authority, Qu Hui's words have caused a huge response in the mothers' group. They all say that this group is using the excuse of physical examinations to create anxiety and sell baby health products at high prices."
Yu Xinyue pointed to the phone screen and said, "This is the trace element test report of Qu Hui's child. The staff just entered the mothers' group and sent it to her."
"That person said that this was the concentration of trace elements detected using advanced equipment imported from Germany, and there's absolutely no mistake."
"That person also said that the levels of these trace elements in the human body are extremely low, like a drop of ink dropped into a swimming pool."
"Even if your medical skills are amazing, Lao Wu, it's absolutely impossible to detect whether the human body is deficient in trace elements."
Yu Zhiming snorted and said with disdain, "I really can't tell if a person is deficient in trace elements, but I can tell if a baby's development is normal and healthy."
"Let me ask you, is it possible that a normally developing and healthy baby is lacking trace elements in his body?"
At this time, a cup of tea was handed over.
Yu Zhiming also happened to be feeling a little thirsty, so he took the teacup and took two big sips.
The human body is composed of more than 60 elements, among which there are many essential trace elements, mainly iron, copper, zinc, selenium, iodine, chromium, molybdenum, cobalt, etc.
They are closely related to human survival and health.
Like other macronutrients, trace elements, either deficiency or excess, will affect human health to varying degrees.
In particular, it can affect children's growth, intellectual development and immune function.
"However, the content of trace elements in the human body is a concept of dynamic balance and is not constant."
"If you do a trace element test on the same child a week later, you will definitely find that the trace elements that the child is low in have definitely changed to other ones."
Yu Zhiming emphasized: "Only when the content of a trace element is significantly lower or higher than the reasonable range in a single test, or when it is near the warning line for three consecutive tests, should it be taken seriously."
"From this trace element test table, although the content of molybdenum, manganese, and cobalt is low, it is still within the reasonable range allowed and is not considered a deficiency."
Yu Xinyue chuckled and nodded, "Old Five is indeed a famous doctor and expert. What he said is very logical and convincing."
"Um, Lao Wu, please organize what you just said and record it. I'll send it to Qu Hui..."
Yu Zhiming took a few minutes to record his insights on his mobile phone.
He spoke excitedly and added: "If you really do have a deficiency of trace elements, the first choice is to supplement with food."
"As long as we don't have a serious food preference or anorexia, and pay a little attention to the balance of meat and vegetables, including beans and seasonal vegetables, and occasionally add some fish and seafood, we will not lack the nutrients and trace elements our bodies need."
"Another point is that if a breastfeeding baby is deficient in trace elements, it means that the mother's body is deficient in trace elements."
"The first person to supplement trace elements should be the mother."
Yu Zhiming returned the recorded audio to his third sister and went to get some water. Anyway, the teacup was full again.
He raised his eyelids and glanced at Xiaoxue who was standing next to him, then picked up the teacup and took another big sip.
"Xiaoxue, you are so attentive, is there something wrong?"
Xiaoxue giggled and came over to give Yu Zhiming a shoulder pat in a very servile manner.
"It's okay, nothing happened!"
"It's Chinese New Year, and it's perfectly normal to show some filial piety to my uncle who has worked so hard and made such great contributions."
Xiaoxue's filial piety was perfunctory. She simply pounded him a few times and then leaned on Yu Zhiming.
"Uncle, I got together with a dozen classmates at noon, and I suddenly found myself being the group's favorite, surrounded by them and praised."
Yu Zhiming asked jokingly, "Did those male classmates suddenly realize that you have transformed from an ugly duckling into a white swan?"
Xiaoxue sighed and said depressedly, "I thought so at first, and was secretly proud of it."
"But their conversations were all about you, my uncle. I then realized that they had other intentions."
Xiaoxue snorted again, "Before they could even ask for anything, I'll tell them first that your medical checkup fee in Binhai is 10,000 yuan per person. Diagnosis is another matter, and there's no upper limit."
"I also told them that even with this fee schedule, you, my uncle, are picky because you're too busy to have time."
"I also said in the end, uncle, you are going home for the Spring Festival. You are here to rest, not to treat patients."
“After that, they didn’t feel comfortable making further requests.”
At this time, Yu Zhiming heard the door opening and saw Qingning walk out of the room.
Like Yu Zhiming, she hurried to the bathroom, washed and dressed herself, and then greeted everyone in the room with a radiant look.
As Qingning woke up and came out of the house, dinner was set.
Today's dishes were prepared by Zhang Bai and his third brother-in-law. They used a Jinhua ham weighing more than eight kilograms as the theme and made a table of ham-related dishes.
There are eighteen dishes in total, including casserole ham, ham stewed with beef tendon, ham stewed with chicken feet, ham stewed with black chicken, steamed fish with ham slices, steamed turtle with ham, stir-fried meat with ham, ham with winter bamboo shoots, three pieces of bacon, and bacon slices with mushrooms.
There are two soups, ham and sea cucumber soup and ham and clam soup.
For today's dinner, the Yu family did not split the table into two.
I don’t know where my second brother-in-law bought this large round dining table that can be rotated, deformed and expanded, but it can barely seat the eighteen of them, big and small.
At the dinner table, Yu's father and mother talked about tomorrow's arrangements.
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I have to go back to my hometown in the village early in the morning and go to the village's collective cemetery to sweep the graves of my elders.
Then put up Spring Festival couplets.
Father Yu looked at Zhang Bai and Qing Ning and said slowly, "Zhang Bai, Qing Ning, I don't know when you will come again next time."
"If you two don't mind, how about you go to the cemetery with the fourth and fifth brothers tomorrow morning to burn some incense for the elders?"
"Also let the elders know of your presence."
Zhang Bai nodded and said, "Uncle, I have no problem!"
Qing Ning quickly replied, "Dad, I'm fine too. Burning incense and kowtowing is no problem for me."
Father Yu's face was filled with a smile of satisfaction, and he said, "After we finish putting up the Spring Festival couplets in our hometown, we will come back to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner."
Yu Zhiming asked, "Dad, what are we going to do with the sesame seeds on New Year's Eve?"
He then explained to Qing Ning, "This sesame seed is a local custom here. I don't know the specific three words."
"It is during the Zi hour of the New Year that a series of sacrificial ceremonies and celebrations are held."
"Simply put, an altar is set up in the courtyard, with an altar in the center, along with incense burners, candlesticks, and various offerings. During the ceremony, the head of the household leads the entire family, arranging them in order of seniority and respect. They light incense, burn paper, pour wine, set off firecrackers, and worship the gods of heaven and earth. They then kowtow to the door gods, kitchen gods, family shrines, and ancestors, in that order."
"This can be said to be the most solemn sacrifice and ceremony here during the Chinese New Year."
Qing Ning let out a soft "oh".
Yu's father continued, "On the morning of the first day of the new year, we will rush back to the village to make up for this ceremony."
"We'll go around the village and wish each other a happy new year. Then we'll rush back at noon."
Qing Ning couldn't help but ask, "Dad, are the old houses in the village no longer habitable?"
Yu's father chuckled and said, "Of course it can be lived in."
"We have only lived here for two or three months. During this time, we would go back to the village to stay for one or two nights if something happened."
"It's just that there's no heating in the village. Even though I have air conditioning installed in my hometown, it's not as warm as here."
"And there's Old Five."
"The room he lives in hasn't been properly renovated in recent years, so it's not very soundproof anymore."
Qing Ning chuckled and said, "Zhi Ming can sleep in the bed carriage. It has been modified and is very soundproof."
"Dad, Mom, can Zhiming and I stay at our old home in the village for a night or two?"
After a pause, she added, "We don't need our parents to accompany us. It's just the two of us."
"I'm not afraid of the cold, so I'll just wear more clothes."
"I mainly want to learn more about Zhiming's childhood environment, the small river he mentioned flowing through the village, and the grove where he practiced hitting cicadas with stones."
Yu Zhiming rolled his eyes and said, "The village isn't that big, so an hour or two is more than enough for what you want to know. There's no need to stay overnight."
Yu's father and mother looked at each other.
Yu Ma smiled and said, "It's really a bit stuffy staying here all day."
"It's not bad to go to my hometown in the village to relax."
"We agreed."
"It just so happens that the sesame seeds distributed on New Year's Eve are also handed over to you two..."
At this time, Yu Xinyue received a call from an unfamiliar mobile phone.
She answered the call and a sinister man's voice sounded.
"I'm warning your brother, the so-called famous doctor. He's on his own path, and we're on our own."
"Don't meddle in other people's business. Be careful when walking on the road at night, or you might encounter ghosts..."
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