Free Web NovelChapter 596: The Ice Jelly Lady
"The clothes, supplements, cigarettes, and alcohol... some of them were bought for the family, and some were bought for you, eldest sister. We’ve already brought them just now. The remaining cigarettes and alcohol are for Grandpa, and what’s left is for my grandfather and them," Xu Jiaojiao said with a smile. frёewebηovel.cѳm
Xu Mumu twitched the corner of her mouth. She wasn’t really interested in these things. The house didn’t lack them, and they’d relocated to this place because there was too much stuff before. Now, the number of things at home continues to increase, and she wonders when they might run out of space again.
But since it was their gesture of goodwill, Xu Mumu didn’t say much.
"Sis, my mom and they want to invite you over for dinner at our house next time," Tiedan, also smiling, came over to Xu Mumu. His good grades had a lot to do with Xu Mumu, and his family was very grateful to her.
"Sure, next time I go back to the hometown area, I’ll visit your house for a meal," Xu Mumu said, raising her hand to touch Tiedan’s hair.
The teenage boy had grown a lot since when she first arrived, looking robust. Attending the National Defense University seemed like a good fit for him.
With a few children around, the villa was bustling.
The kids were full of yearning for university. Even though they had visited a university already, they were still longing for the university life.
"Big sister, what do you learn in university?"
"Big sister, what are the club activities like in universities?"
"Sis, do you get more time to do other things in university?"
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The kids had endless questions, and Xu Mumu patiently answered all of them.
After resting at home for a day, on the morning of the third day, the kids went to school early, as there was an award ceremony waiting for them.
Yin Yang knew some details—due to the kids’ excellent exam results, they would be rewarded by the county, city, and province, and the school would give some rewards too.
It was estimated that the kids were going to earn quite a lot from this exam.
Xu Mumu hadn’t told them about the rewards, opting to keep it a surprise for them.
Xu Mumu leisurely waited with Doudou near an ice jelly shop outside the school, ordering a bowl of ice jelly, which was cool with added fruit pieces, fried peanuts, and some raisins—it tasted really good.
The little one wanted to eat it too. If it weren’t for being in the stroller, the kid might have reached out to grab it.
The little guy held onto the stroller’s handle, sitting inside, wishing his arms were longer as the food his mom was eating looked really good.
The little guy had a delicate stomach and wasn’t even a year old, so Xu Mumu didn’t dare feed him those things.
"Young lady, your baby looks so healthy and strong," the ice jelly seller auntie said admiringly to Xu Mumu. This child not only looked robust but also very good-looking; she had never seen such a good-looking child before. freewebnovёl.ƈom
"Yes, my son, his name is Doudou," Xu Mumu said with a secretive smile while eating the ice jelly and shaking a rattle in front of the little one to divert his attention from her bowl of ice jelly.
"Young lady, how do you raise your child to be so healthy? To be honest, my eldest grandson is nearly a year old, yet he’s skinny and sickly; it worries me to death," the auntie began to say anxiously.
"Auntie, how do you take care of him at home? My son was healthy from birth, with a good appetite, so it was easy to care for him," replied Xu Mumu, pausing in her ice jelly eating. Her son was indeed easy to raise. She remembered when Kangkang was born, so small and weak-looking, it seemed he might not make it. Luckily, Xu Xue had nurtured him into better health, and now he was in kindergarten.
"After my daughter-in-law gave birth, she didn’t have milk. Luckily, our brigade has a cow, so we raised my grandson on cow’s milk. Later, when the cow stopped producing, we fed him rice soup and malted milk, but malted milk is expensive and not always affordable."
"He’ll get better as he grows older. When he gets bigger, let him exercise more and eat well. Once his body’s healthy, he’ll naturally fall sick less often," Xu Mumu advised seriously.
"Young lady, please tell me more," the auntie urged, bringing over another bowl of ice jelly. "This one’s on me. If you have good advice, please share."
Xu Mumu felt a bit helpless; she wasn’t a childcare expert. Besides the boy’s increasing strength, there wasn’t much she had to worry about with her son.
Still, Xu Mumu shared some modern advice and suggested they take the child to the hospital for a check-up. Otherwise, her casual suggestions could lead to problems down the line.
"Young lady, I can tell you’re educated, you know a lot," the auntie said, staring at Xu Mumu with admiration. What Xu Mumu said sounded reliable to her.
"Yes, I studied a bit," Xu Mumu said helplessly, and meeting the trustful gaze of the aunt, she didn’t dare give random advice.
"Auntie, your grandson should really be examined at a hospital. Don’t just give him random medication from the clinic when he’s sick. Excessive medicine isn’t good for his body, and it’s more reassuring to have a check-up at the county or provincial hospital, isn’t it?" Xu Mumu said, feeling a headache coming on.
"How much would all these check-ups cost?" the auntie hesitated, feeling the pinch. Running this small shop had depleted most of her family’s savings, and the ice jelly wasn’t expensive, only saleable in summer, not bringing in much profit.
"Auntie, think of it this way. If you go to a big hospital and the illness gets treated at once, it’s better than lots of small treatments at the clinic. Continuously taking medication isn’t a good method," said Xu Mumu, still feeling the headache.
From what the auntie implied, this young child was frequently medicated. Using too much medicine on such a young child wasn’t good.
"Young lady, you’re right. I’ll have my son and daughter-in-law take them to the provincial hospital tomorrow," the auntie gritted her teeth. This was her grandson, and each time she saw him crying his eyes out from the medicine, her heart ached.
Seeing she had persuaded the aunt, Xu Mumu let out a sigh of relief.
The ice jelly was finished, and Xu Mumu paid, telling the aunt she was going to sit there for a while, to which the aunt naturally had no objection, especially as she was very fond of Doudou.
When Xu Mumu wanted to make some formula for Doudou, the aunt enthusiastically helped by boiling a pot of water.
Seeing the aunt’s enthusiasm, Xu Mumu felt a bit embarrassed.
"How is Doudou so well-behaved? We don’t even dare to take my eldest grandson out often," the aunt said, full of envy while looking at Doudou in Xu Mumu’s arms.
