This acquaintance is none other than Mrs. Cheng, who recently welcomed a chubby grandson.
Unlike her usual energetic self, she now looked extremely tired, her eyes lacking their usual sparkle, as she sat alone on the stone steps, sighing deeply.
The reason for her sighing.
Was because she had a quarrel with her daughter-in-law.
Half an hour ago, she walked into her daughter-in-law's room and saw the untouched pig's trotter soup she had brought in earlier sitting on the bedside table.
"Sigh!"
She couldn't help but let out a soft sigh in her heart.
She sat on the edge of the bed and asked with concern, "Xiaochen, why didn't you eat it? Is it not to your taste?"
"Mom, no, it's not that. I just don't have an appetite; it's too greasy. I'd like something lighter," Xiaochen said with a small smile.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Cheng became anxious and said earnestly, "That won't do. How will you get milk without eating this? What will the baby eat? You're a mother now, you can't be so childish. You have to consider everything for the baby."
"Mom, the baby can drink formula! It's not like they have to have breast milk. There are so many babies who drink formula at birth!"
Mrs. Cheng, with a knowing look, said, "That's for special cases when there's no other choice. Besides, formula is so expensive and not nutritious. In our time, we all used breast milk, and the children were so healthy!"
The physical pain and anxiety caused the already irritable Xiaochen to explode upon hearing this.
"So that's what it is; you just don't want to spend the money. Don't worry, Mom, I'll pay for it myself."
And so, they went back and forth.
Neither was willing to back down.
Their first argument ended on a sour note.
In a fit of anger, Mrs. Cheng left the house.
Thinking about how she helped take care of the baby and stayed with her daughter-in-law during her confinement, how she worried seeing her daughter-in-law anxious due to delayed milk production, she made soup every day.
But in the end, her efforts were in vain, leading to nothing but complaints.
"Sigh!"
A mother-in-law can never be as close as one's own mother!
But upon reflection.
She realized it was indeed inappropriate to keep pushing, especially since her daughter-in-law was still enduring postpartum pain.
Granny Li saw Mrs. Cheng sitting alone, sighing from time to time, and approached to ask, "Mrs. Cheng, what's troubling you?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Cheng looked up and sighed, "Ah, it's my daughter-in-law. She's still not getting milk after giving birth, and it's worrying me sick.
"Why don't you make her some lactation soup then?"
"Do you think I haven't tried... These past few days, I've rotated between rib soup, chicken soup, pig's trotter soup, but she says they're too greasy and doesn't want to drink any... Seriously, if she doesn't drink something oily, how is she going to get milk?"
"Since she's not drinking those, why not make her some carp soup?"
"I did, but she won't drink it, said it tastes fishy and she can't swallow it..."
In the end, Mrs. Cheng let out another helpless sigh.
At this moment, Granny Li remembered she just bought two bowls of nourishing fish soup: "Mrs. Cheng, I just bought two bowls of nourishing fish soup from Delicious Restaurant. This fish soup is made with bighead carp, which is very good for the body's recovery and has lactation-promoting benefits. How about you take a bowl home and let your daughter-in-law try it?"
With that, she handed the plastic bag containing a bowl of nourishing fish soup to Mrs. Cheng.
Li, though he felt reluctant, didn't say anything.
Mrs. Cheng wanted to say there was no need, but smelling that faint aroma, she was tempted.
Why not give it a try?!
Moreover, thinking about how Delicious Restaurant's food is both tasty and hard to come by, they might be sold out if she went over now.
So she smiled and took it, "Thank you, Li, how much is it? I'll pay you for it, as if I bought it."
"No need, no need..."
...
The nourishing fish soup had just been released not long ago.
A student from Lijiang University had taken a photo of the nourishing fish soup they bought and posted it on the campus forum.
"The delicious nourishing fish soup, it's worth having!"
Thanks to several popular threads and live broadcasts from previous posts on the campus forum, Delicious Restaurant had left a deep impression on many students at Lijiang University.
Not long after the post appeared on the campus forum, many students clicked in.
One glance.
They were instantly tempted by the photos of the food and the descriptions of how delightful the soup tasted.
Within a few minutes, the post floated to the forum homepage.
lz: The aroma of freshness spirals around, seducing the nose, making one's mouth water; the fragrance brings peace to the heart; drinking the soup is so fresh it could make your eyebrows fall off; tasting the meat leaves an endless aftertaste, and the word 'tender' hardly does it justice! This nourishing fish soup is something only the heavens could provide, such rarity in the human realm!
1l: Wow! Boss Huang is amazing, another new dish, and it's a nourishing fish soup. Now my mom won't worry about me missing out on fish soup anymore.
2l: I strongly condemn the poster's poor photography skills, but even with such poor-quality pictures, the allure of the nourishing fish soup shines through; it still looks enticing!
3l: Just from the descriptive text, my shameful hunger is provoked!
...
57l: No way, no way, am I the only one who's already gone to Delicious Restaurant to buy the nourishing fish soup and enjoying it in my dorm?
58l: Darn, upstairs, that's too much! But I've also had the soup; I was shopping nearby today, and when I saw the post, I went without hesitation. This nourishing fish soup is just amazing, comparable to fish soups from fancy hotels; no, it should be even better!
59l: How polite are you upstairs? Don't you know there are kids in their twenties who are still in class?
60l: Haha, let me say it for you, upstairs. Baby's heart is bitter.
61l: I'm in class too, I wonder if there'll be any left if I rush over after class?
Some students were reading the post in class, raised their heads to look at the passionate teacher at the podium, and couldn't help but shed two wide stripes of tears of longing.
Some students lay in their dorms reading the posts, and reading, they suddenly jumped out of bed, put on shoes, and dashed out the door.
Their gaming roommate asked curiously where they were going.
They heard a voice from afar, "Delicious Restaurant released a new nourishing fish soup, I have to rush to buy a portion, or it'll be gone!"
The roommate heard this, stopped gaming, chased after them to the door shouting, "Hey... wait for me, I want to go with you."
Unfortunately!
By the hallway entrance, there wasn't a trace of a person to be seen!
So he quickly pulled out his phone, sending a voice message: "Bro, I'm begging you for a favor! You must buy a bowl of nourishing fish soup for me, and I'll get you something next time, you must remember, don't forget!"
Meanwhile, in Cai Jiajia's dorm, their close friend Xu Meiqi looked at the post, holding a sorrowful expression, "Boss Huang's nourishing fish soup is perfect in every way, but the price is a bit steep, it's 28 yuan for a bowl. I... can't afford it!"
With that, she took a sip of the milk tea beside her.
Cai Jiajia chuckled, "But you're drinking milk tea."
Xu Meiqi: ⊙(・◇・)?
She turned her head, blinking her big Karlan eyes, and asked in confusion, "Jiajia, what's the connection between me not being able to afford the nourishing fish soup and this?"
"How much is that milk tea in your hand?" Cai Jiajia nudged her chin.
Xu Meiqi, not getting the hint, looked puzzled: "28 yuan! Why?"
"If you give up milk tea, save the money and you can afford it," Cai Jiajia raised her eyebrows at her.
Xu Meiqi was stunned.
Then, suddenly enlightened, she slapped the inside of her fair thigh: "That's right! If I quit milk tea, I could afford it!"
"Jiajia, you're so clever! You even thought of that... WOW, I'm so happy, I can finally have Boss Huang's delicious food again."
Xu Meiqi promptly stood up, tossed the remaining milk tea into a nearby trash can, and happily hugged Cai Jiajia.
Goodness!
To drink Boss Huang's nourishing fish soup, she even gave up her beloved milk tea?!
The other roommates were all shocked~
Yet slightly tempted too.
After all, the nutritional value of nourishing fish soup is incomparable to milk tea.
Drinking more fish soup provides rich collagen protein, which can strengthen the body and beautify the skin, making it an ideal food for women to nourish their skin.
While drinking milk tea can lead to obesity.
Comparing the two, naturally, nourishing fish soup is the preferred choice.
They also decided to save the money they used to spend on milk tea daily and go buy nourishing fish soup instead!
Better to take action than just be tempted!
Let's head over to Delicious Restaurant~
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