Rebirth in the 60s: A Path to Counterattack-Chapter 319. Conditioning, actively preparing for pregnancy
When time finally slipped by to 1985, Shuzhen began to systematically nourish her body.
To lay a strong foundation for her youngest son’s robust physique, she was genuinely quite committed.
Milk, goat’s milk, animal liver, spinach, lettuce took turns; whether she liked them or not was irrelevant.
The key point was that these things were rich in folic acid, calcium, vitamins, and other nutrients essential for fetal development.
Just this alone was enough for Shuzhen to endure all her dislikes.
In short: anything beneficial for the fetus, she made sure to eat some at regular intervals.
Unfortunately, some things cannot be liked even when you try.
For instance, no matter how much almond she added, or how silky smooth and fragrant it was cooked, Shuzhen still couldn’t find goat’s milk or cow’s milk appealing.
For the purpose of nutrition supplementation, she reluctantly drank a cup morning and evening every day.
Once again, after seeing his wife nearly nauseous from the added almonds in the still somewhat gamey goat milk, Lianshan, busy handing her water and patting her back, asked with genuine puzzlement: "Honey, what’s happened to you lately that you’re forcing yourself to eat and use things you’d normally ignore? Like this cow’s milk, goat’s milk, and those seaweed, spinach, lettuce, pig hearts, pig liver, and the like. You never used to like any of this before!"
As they say, tastes change with age; what was once dismissed may now suddenly be appreciated, not that it’s unheard of.
But Lianshan watched coldly as his wife forced herself to eat things like pork liver and chicken liver and drink cow’s milk and goat’s milk.
The look on her face was like she was swallowing medicine, not like she enjoyed it at all!
As soon as he finished speaking, the children’s concerned gazes fell upon Shuzhen.
They chattered eagerly, asking why she’d suddenly taken a liking to cow’s and goat’s milk, and even shared it with everyone else.
And those tasteless leafy greens and mandatory daily fruits.
If she liked them, that would be one thing, but clearly, mom always looked distressed when eating pork liver, chicken liver, and so forth.
And whenever she drank cow’s milk or goat’s milk, there was a real risk of nausea or worse...
In front of the children, Shuzhen naturally couldn’t say she was actively preparing for pregnancy, wanting to lay a good foundation for her youngest son’s body.
So she just let out a dry laugh: "Ahem, well, isn’t it said that you should take care of yourself as you get older? I’m getting on in years, so shouldn’t I be supplementing with some nutrition? Even though cow’s and goat’s milk are a bit gamey, they’re very nourishing. Why are people in Western countries so tall and strong? It’s because they’re accustomed to drinking cow’s and goat’s milk and like it.
I just thought that even though our family has good constitutions, we could always be better, right?"
"Right, right, mom’s right about everything. Except for one thing, you’re not even a little old. Last time you came to my parent-teacher conference, my teacher misunderstood you for my sister, how could you be old?" Xinzhi seriously nodded, fearing Shuzhen wouldn’t believe him, he even named Chenchen as a witness.
Chenchen, who was named, first nodded in agreement, admitting there was indeed a teacher whose eyesight wasn’t great. Then he smacked Xinzhi on the head: "Chenchen what? How dare you call me that? I’m your brother!"
"Dad, look at how Chenchen bullies me! He always smacks his sister at the slightest provocation; what kind of brother is that?" Being just a few minutes apart, Xinzhi refused to acknowledge this second brother who didn’t act like an older brother!
As soon as the little rascal opened her mouth, Chenchen knew things were going downhill.
Because the sisters somewhat resembled their mom, they naturally received more affection from dad.
And since Xinzhi was skilled at being adorably manipulative from a young age, as a result, no matter what they quarreled about, it never turned out well for him in front of dad.
He barely opened his mouth to explain when dad’s big palm landed on his head: "You don’t act like a brother at all, why do you keep picking on your sister? Can’t you learn to be more promising, like your big brother?"
"Hey, what’s up with you? Clearly Xinzhi was disrespectful to her brother first, and Chenchen just gave her a little smack afterwards; it’s obviously both sides at fault. Why do you always just punish Chenchen? I’ve told you before, favoring sons over daughters is unacceptable, and favoring daughters over sons is also wrong!" Shuzhen gave Lianshan a sideways glance, her expression quite disapproving.
You have ten fingers, but not one is better than the others; surely you can be fairer!
Always siding with Xinzhi against Chenchen, are you really his father?
Original slight resentment of Chenchen’s was instantly appeased: although dad was hopelessly biased, at least mom was relatively fair!
The older brother and eldest sister, this set of fraternal twins, would constantly bicker, holding a grudge since the womb. Yet when faced with external pressure, they quickly put their differences aside and stood united.
Over time, Xinyue and the others had become accustomed to their interaction style, no longer finding it strange.
For instance, right now, Lian Xi, who disliked greens the most, focusing vestedly on the consumption of cow’s and goat’s milk yet wondered why he had to eat green vegetables as well.
He wasn’t a rabbit, so did he really need to eat those bitter, grass-like things?
The little guy’s dramatically pitiful look was so amusing, Shuzhen nearly couldn’t help but nod in agreement.
But seeing how his weight was nearing a hundred pounds, her initially soft heart swiftly hardened again.
Facing Lian Xi, who was full of hope, Shuzhen only presented him with two choices: obediently drink cow’s and goat’s milk and eat vegetables, or else double the exercise time every day!
Not a morning person and with a keen interest in his evening cartoons, Lian Xi wore a dejected expression.
Frowning, he reluctantly picked up a piece of spinach with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth, his actions clearly conveying his choice.
Seeing this, Shuzhen jokingly scolded him and picked up a chopstick full of fragrant bok choy mushrooms for him: "You lazy little rascal! Look, vegetables are full of vitamins and have tons of benefits, just right for a little chubby kid like you! Eat more, being a picky eater is not a good habit."
"Listen to your mother, balance your diet with both meat and vegetables for a complete nutrition." Lianshan advised, following Shuzhen’s lead by picking up a chopstick full of lightly stir-fried yardlong beans for their third son.
Lian Xi, with a feigned sad smile, still obediently ate the vegetables placed in his bowl by his parents.
Forced to eat bitter, grass-like greens was sad enough, he didn’t want to be lectured endlessly by his dad and siblings.
It was well known to him that it wasn’t easy for mom to raise the six of them, and his dad and siblings didn’t really need to keep repeating this over and over again!
