Lyu Juncheng also realized he had lost control just now: "I was just in a bad mood and couldn’t control myself for a moment. It won’t happen again."
Tian Baoping patted Lyu Juncheng on the shoulder, understanding his frustration: "Get some rest early."
*
The next day, Yu Xinyan got up and started cooking the sorghum rice she soaked last night. She also washed some sweet potatoes for later use. The double-fermented dough from last night had risen; it was the last bit of flour in the house. She wasn’t sure if He Jinxuan’s friend would be able to bring food over in the morning.
Sorghum rice porridge needs to cook longer. She found some scallions in the yard, chopped them finely, kneaded the now-risen dough, rolled it out, drizzled it with a little oil, sprinkled salt, ground pepper, and scallions, and then made flower rolls.
This way, she didn’t need to prepare any side dishes.
She steamed the flower rolls and put the chopped sweet potatoes into the pot, then tidied up her room and the yard.
Just as she was about to return to the kitchen, she heard Auntie Xie from next door talking to her: "Xinyan, you’re such a diligent girl. What delicious food are you making? I can smell the aroma."
Yu Xinyan replied with a smile: "Auntie Xie, I’m making sorghum and sweet potato porridge and steaming some double-fermented dough rolls."
Auntie Xie replied with a smile: "Those two little ones are in for a treat."
Yu Xinyan put the broom away: "Auntie Xie, you carry on, I’m going in to check on the pot."
After greeting her, she went into the kitchen.
When the sorghum and sweet potato porridge and flower rolls were ready, there were already sounds from the room where the two kids were.
Quickly, she washed the faces of the two children, brought the porridge and rolls into the room: "You guys eat first, I’ll go deliver food to your uncle."
Ye Silai spoke up: "Sister, let me go, I can run fast."
Yu Xinyan waved her hand at him with a smile: "You eat first, sister has something to discuss with your uncle, take care of your brother, sister will be back soon."
As soon as she left, Little Siyan reached out and grabbed a flower roll: "Big brother, eat quickly, it’s delicious."
Ye Silai saw that he really didn’t need to deliver the food, and after all, he was still a child and couldn’t resist temptation. He grabbed a flower roll and started eating. Indeed, just as his brother said, it was very tasty.
Yu Xinyan quickly arrived at the hospital and noticed that doctors were surrounding He Jinxuan’s hospital bed. She quietly asked the other patients’ families in the ward: "What’s happening to him?"
The patient’s family member, seeing it was Yu Xinyan, helped explain: "Director He’s leg is more swollen than yesterday. The doctor is examining it."
In fact, it wasn’t that it was more swollen today, but there was no ward round yesterday, and He Jinxuan also thought it was a normal phenomenon, as he had taken quite a fall the night before.
The doctor said: "He needs a few more days of anti-inflammatory medication. You have to be careful these days and ensure proper nutrition."
After instructing the nurse beside him, the doctors finally left the ward.
The young nurse told He Jinxuan: "Hurry up and wash up and eat. I’ll come by later to give you the infusion."
He Jinxuan looked up and saw Yu Xinyan, who had come to deliver food, and his mood subtly improved. He nodded perfunctorily to the nurse and asked Yu Xinyan: "Is Siyan okay now?"
Yu Xinyan walked over: "He’s fine now, have your meal."
Uncle Zhang, who was on the side, smiled and asked: "Miss Xinyan, what did you make that’s so delicious?"
Yu Xinyan had purposely brought an extra flower roll today, fearing that He Jinxuan might share his meal again and not have enough to eat.
As she opened the lunchbox, she replied with a smile: "Sorghum and sweet potato porridge, and steamed double-fermented dough rolls."
Uncle Zhang perked up and praised with a smile: "Not bad at all."
He Jinxuan looked at the sorghum and sweet potato porridge in the aluminum lunchbox, feeling very appetized. Then he looked at the flower rolls handed over, sprinkled with scallions and ground pepper, and they smelled fragrant.