Three Fresh Wontons

During the National Day holiday, Principal Hu's daughter, Hu Yu, gave birth to a daughter in the military hospital, half a month earlier than expected.

Song Shixia was taken by her mother-in-law to the hospital to visit the pregnant woman and the child.

Hu Yu is an older mother who gave birth in her 30s. Fortunately, she was in good health and did not suffer too much during the childbirth process.

Song Shixia happened to be making wontons at home, so she simply cooked a portion of three-fresh wontons to take with her.

Han Rong thinks her daughter-in-law is considerate.

"You are so thoughtful. Your cooking skills will definitely make Hu Yu eat more. She is worried about not having breast milk after giving birth."

Song Shixia was surprised: "We can find a wet nurse. The hospital should be able to find one, right?"

"How could Zhang Wanqing agree to this? How could her child be fed with someone else's breast milk? Hu Yu also didn't want her child to be fed with someone else's breast milk, fearing that it would be unhygienic."

Song Shixia had nothing to say. In this case, she could only eat foods that could help produce breast milk, or consider feeding the baby with formula.

She felt a little sympathetic towards the child. “What if the child can’t drink milk? We can’t just keep denying him food.”

"He was fed goat milk for the time being. Zhang Wanqing went to the village to order a goat specifically for milk."

Other people’s breast milk doesn’t work, but goat’s milk does. Song Shixia has no way of commenting on this.

Fortunately, she did not have much contact with Principal Hu's family, so she had no objection even if Secretary Zhang and Hu Yu fed the child rice porridge.

When they arrived at the hospital, Han Rong stopped talking and congratulated Zhang Wanqing with a happy face.

"I wanted to come here last night, but the driver wasn't there. Xiao Song didn't have classes today, so she cooked some wontons with three fresh ingredients and brought them over. You should know my daughter-in-law's cooking skills."

Zhang Wanqing quickly grabbed Song Shixia's wrist and couldn't stop thanking her.

"Thank you so much, Comrade Xiao Xia, for bringing us meals during class."

Song Shixia handed over the lunch box with a smile.

"No problem. I cooked wontons at home today because I don't have classes. Let Sister Hu Yu eat them while they're hot. There are wontons on top and soup on the bottom. I separated them specially to prevent them from sticking together."

Zhang Wanqing took the lunch box and did not forget to praise it.

"You young people are so resourceful. Why have I never thought of filling dumplings like this?"

Song Shixia smiled and followed her mother-in-law into the delivery room.

Han Rong increasingly felt that her daughter-in-law was smart. She used to think that young people were smart, but today she discovered that Xiao Song was very sophisticated in dealing with the ways of the world. Thinking of her daughter-in-law's usual dislike of being in the limelight, she understood that understanding the ways of the world does not mean liking interpersonal relationships. Maybe she just saw too much.

Han Rong withdrew her thoughts and wondered how lucky the third brother was to find such a wife, who saved him so much trouble.

Song Shixia didn't know that her mother-in-law thought highly of her. She was a little surprised that Hu Yu was different from what she imagined. They had met once before, and her impression of her at that time was that she was full of maternal love. Maybe every pregnant woman looked gentle.

Although Hu Yu was weak after giving birth, she gave her the feeling of a female leader. She didn't know Hu Yu's specific job, but she knew that she worked in a government agency, so she thought her position was not low.

Why would such a capable and mature woman reject other people's breast milk?

The next second, Song Shixia had the answer.

The nurse came in carrying the baby, and Hu Yu immediately transformed into a loving mother and took the child.

Zhang Wanqing warned her daughter to be careful, but Hu Yusi didn't care at all. She kept her eyes on the child and didn't want to leave her eyes for even a second.

When Hu Yu was talking to Song Shixia, she took her eyes off the child for three seconds and immediately returned to the child. She instantly understood the mother's possessiveness.

Kosherism is just an excuse. Hu Yu had her first child when she was over 30 years old. She wanted to treat the child as her own property. How could she be willing to let the child drink someone else's breast milk?

Hu Yu held the child for quite a while before reluctantly handing the child over to his mother and discussing business with Song Shixia.

"Xiao Song, you are a pharmacist, do you have any method to help stimulate breast milk?"

Song Shixia pondered for a while.

"We have just started school, and the content we have learned recently is to understand the basic properties of medicines. We are not yet at the stage of making our own medicines. However, my teacher at the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is said to be a very famous professor, so I think he should be able to make a lactation soup."

Han Rong shook her head: "If our hospital had a solution, we would have already used it. The professors in your school don't do much research on gynecology."

"I remember that you can supplement breast milk with food. Why don't you give it a try? If it works, you can use the recipe yourself. Even if it doesn't work, you can use it as a nutritious soup to replenish your body."

Song Shixia thought that the second half of the tattered book was about food supplements, and there should be something similar like a lactation-inducing soup.

Hu Yu looked at Song Shixia as if she were his savior.

"Thank you so much, Xiao Song. If it weren't for you, we really don't know what we would do."

"I'm not sure about the effect, but I seem to have read in a book that nutritious soup can be used to supplement breast milk for pregnant women. I'll try it when I get home."

Zhang Wanqing was eager to go home with Xiao Song to do the experiment, but Han Rong quickly stopped her.

"I'll go, you take good care of your daughter and granddaughter in the hospital. Adults are the most important."

Hu Yu's husband Zhou Ye was on a business trip, and her parents-in-law were revolutionary martyrs. After marriage, the couple basically spent time at Hu Yu's parents' home, so Zhang Wanqing had to accompany them and run around.

The start of the school year is the busiest time for schools, as it includes matters such as the military training of new students. Zhang Wanqing is almost overwhelmed. The only thing she is thankful for is that her daughter was born on National Day and would not be delayed in her official duties.

On the way home, Han Rong sighed.

"What's the point of Zhou Ye having a high position? He can't even be with his wife when she gives birth, and Lao Hu is too busy to do anything. After the National Day holiday, Zhang Wanqing will go back to school to work. It's better for our family to be comfortable."

Song Shixia nodded in agreement. Yes, fortunately my parents-in-law will officially retire at the end of this year, and they no longer have to go back to the unit to handle affairs like they do in semi-retirement. Although she gets a salary, my mother-in-law still works non-stop in the hospital when she is busy.

Song Shixia subconsciously asked about the job title of Hu Yu's husband, and Han Rong was surprised.

"Don't you know? Zhou Ye is in charge of our capital. He is the mayor."

Song Shixia really didn't know who would have thought that the family next door was so amazing.

"I don't know. No one has ever mentioned the mayor's name to me. I also didn't expect that Principal Hu, who is so approachable, has such a powerful son-in-law."

Han Rong smiled casually: "Is this amazing? There are so many guests coming to our house during the New Year. I guess you don't even know what they do, right?"

Song Shixia shook his head honestly: "I just greeted everyone one by one. Our guests don't look very kind. Anyway, as long as they are not bad people, I won't pay too much attention to them."

Han Rong cast a helpless look at her daughter-in-law.

"You, you, if you want to start a company, you should make more connections. Others are trying to get close to our family by using connections that are out of this world, but you went to various government agencies to get stamps without telling me and your father. It's not worth it to go through so much trouble just for your father to say a word."

Song Shixia was stunned for a few seconds, trying to digest the information in her mother-in-law's words, then smiled and took her mother-in-law's arm.

"I'm in business with someone, so I don't feel comfortable asking my dad to speak for me. Besides, we two women went everywhere to get stamps, and they made it easy for us to go through the process, so it wasn't that troublesome."

Han Rong didn't know what to say. Her daughter-in-law liked to play dumb when she should be smart.

"You also gave them wine as gifts. Since you sold them the wine at a low price, they actually accepted your favor. A group of old folks even accepted it. They even used their close relationship with your father to deny the gift."

In fact, if we strictly check, it is not considered as accepting gifts. Song Shixia did not use his privileges to seek benefits. He just felt that it was hard for others to help with work during the holidays, so he gave them a thank you gift. Everyone from top to bottom gets a share, it is not like he is giving medicinal wine to just one person.

Moreover, this is a medicinal wine that I brewed myself, not the expensive Maotai Xifeng wine on the market. This is the same as ordinary people giving their own fruits and vegetables to their favorite leaders as a thank you.

But she didn't expect that in the second half of the story, her parents-in-law actually knew that she was going to start a company.

"Mom, what do you and my dad think when they know I want to start a company?"

Han Rong said truthfully: "Your father and I were worried that you were deceived at first. There are so many shell companies nowadays. We were worried that you didn't understand and would be deceived into investing money, and then the people who persuaded you to invest would run away with the money."

"But after learning that you were starting a company with Yao Xue, I was worried that you didn't have enough money. Yao Xue's father donated a medical equipment production line to our hospital, which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. She has money, and if she wants to start a company, it must not be a small one. If you can't come up with tens of thousands of dollars to cooperate with her, you will definitely suffer a loss."

Song Shixia felt warm in her heart. Her parents-in-law always cared about her in unexpected ways.

"I have enough money. I used the money from selling my life to invest in real estate for my brother. Now I have doubled it back, which is more than enough for me to start my own company."

Han Rong said cheerfully, "It seems that the third brother is marrying up to you. I didn't expect my daughter-in-law to be a low-key 100,000 yuan household."

Song Shixia pulled her mother-in-law's arm and acted coquettishly.

"What's the point of marrying up? I was a country girl, but he never despised me. He even gave me all his wages for safekeeping. Now the money I earn is our joint property. He trusts me, and I trust him too."

Han Rong was inexplicably moved. With such a daughter-in-law, the family was prosperous. She had two friends whose children went into business. The first thing the sons did when they made money was to divorce their wives and marry a young and pretty vase to keep at home, leaving their ex-wives and children who had suffered so much at home without any happiness.

"Don't worry, I will definitely stand on your side if you two quarrel. The third brother is not good at speaking, and you don't like to cause conflicts. If there is a problem, it must be his fault."

Song Shixia didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mom, you can't take sides. Whoever has a problem should correct it. I can't stand criticism."

Han Rong hugged her daughter-in-law.

"I am so lucky that my son married such a good wife."

Song Shixia remembered the hidden meaning of her mother-in-law's words and asked,

"Has anyone come to our house recently and ask Dad for help?"

Han Rong put away her smile and said, "That's right. They even asked Yu Fang to be their lobbyist. I just don't understand why Yu Fang would do this porcelain job?"

Song Shixia deliberately smiled and said, "I guess that person's name is Li Mengxuan?"

Han Rong looked puzzled: "You know her too?"