I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 187 Changes
"Do you want to vomit when you see it?" Zhou Damei was stunned. She couldn't understand why her brother said that. The fish in her mouth was obviously delicious.
Zhou Abao saw what Zhou Damei was thinking and said with a wry smile: "If you eat this kind of fish every day for the next three months, you will become like this too."

"Yes! No matter how good something is, you'll get sick of it if you eat too much of it," Zhou Laosan nodded in agreement.

There was no other way. The cooking conditions on the construction site were limited. Zhu Houxuan only provided some basic seasonings. In addition, there were no professional chefs and the cooks were all laborers, so the methods of cooking sea fish were the same over and over again, which made many people almost vomit after eating fish.
The three children looked up at their father and brother in shock. They had no idea what it felt like to eat fish every day for three months.
Anyway, in their imagination, they would not get tired of eating this kind of fish even if they were allowed to eat it for three years, let alone three months.
"Dad and brother ate so well when they were in the service. They had fish every day! No wonder you have changed so much. I almost didn't recognize you when I was at the doorstep just now." Zhou Damei said as she tried hard to swallow the fish in her mouth.

"Oh?" This aroused Zhou Abao's interest. "Xiaobao, little sister, have dad and I really changed so much?"

"It's very big! I didn't dare to recognize it just now. I thought there were robbers in the house," said Zhou Xiaobao while sucking the sea fish oil on his fingers.

Zhou Xiaomei also nodded in agreement.

This made Zhou Abao even more interested. "Then can you guys tell me how my brother has changed since before?"

"I've become much stronger!" Zhou Damei replied immediately.

"You've become a lot braver. You used to follow your father in everything, but now you seem to have more ideas," Zhou Xiaobao said after thinking for a while.

After listening to this, Zhou Abao seemed to be thinking deeply. He is now more independent-minded and confident than before.
He turned his gaze to Zhou Xiaomei again. Zhou Xiaomei bit her finger and thought for a long time before she said, "Big brother used to be like dad, frowning and sighing all day long."

After hearing this, Zhou Abao was stunned. He glanced at Zhou Laosan in the distance and found that it was true. In the past, his father was his heaven and his role model. This time when he went out, he met many outstanding people and gained more knowledge. He gradually began to take more outstanding people as role models.
He suddenly realized that his every move was actually imitating Zhou Erwa
If you think about it this way, he has changed a lot from the inside out.
All this was because I worked at the Nanbao Salt Field for three months! Zhou Abao sighed in his heart, and he suddenly looked forward to his life as a worker of the Royal Group.
Zhou Laosan didn't pay attention to the children's conversation, but took out the piece of flowered cloth from his bag. After hesitating for a moment, he walked up to Zhou Damei with the flowered cloth.

"Big girl, this is for you." Zhou Laosan's words were brief, he didn't want to explain so much.

Zhou Damei took the piece of floral cloth with surprise in her eyes. She carefully stroked the printed patterns on the cloth with her hands. At her age, she loves beauty and naturally has no resistance to such beautiful things.

"Dad, are you really going to give it to me?" Zhou Damei asked in disbelief.

"Take it! It's for you." Zhou Laosan's face was full of smiles.

A hint of hesitation flashed across Zhou Damei's face, and she began to struggle in her heart.
"Big sister, just accept it. Don't let father down." Zhou Abao said with a smile.

Zhou Damei accepted the floral cloth and smiled happily.
Zhou Laosan was very happy when he saw this scene: his daughter was so sensible that it made people feel distressed, but he hadn't laughed like this for a long time.
Then he took out other gifts and gave them to Zhou Xiaobao and Zhou Xiaomei, who were looking at him eagerly. They were also cloths of different colors. The cloth in Qizhou was of good quality, dyed in good colors, and cheap, so he bought several pieces. Looking at the children's smiles, he felt very happy.
Zhou's mother in the inner room also watched this scene with a smile on her face, and said softly: "Put your cloths away, I will make new clothes for you when I feel better."

"Mom, are you feeling better?" Zhou Abao ran to the bedside.

"I just ate some fish and drank some soup, and I feel much better," said Zhou's mother. Although she looked very weak, she was much better than at the beginning.

The whole family felt very excited.
After dinner, Zhou Abao walked out of the house with brisk steps. The whole village could smell the aroma of cooking fish. Every house was filled with laughter and joy. Even the New Year's Day was not as lively as this.

In this peaceful place, there was only one family with its door closed. That was the home of my fourth uncle.

Zhou Abao squeezed the two envelopes in his arms, knocked on the door, and gave Fourth Uncle's wages and pension to his family. Fourth Uncle's family only had an old wife and a young son, and his two daughters were already married. This was the reason why some people had been trying to covet Fourth Uncle's pension.

The family of the fourth uncle was extremely grateful to Zhou Abao.

Zhou Abao completed Zhou Erwa's request and felt relieved.
Zhou Abao’s judgment was correct. Zhou’s mother’s illness was caused by long-term malnutrition.

After eating a lot of seafood and having enough rice and having enough rest, Zhou's mother's condition is getting better and better, and she can already get out of bed and walk.

Zhou Laosan and his son also took this opportunity to clean the house. When they were working in the salt field, they were required to have very strict housekeeping, and they had developed corresponding living habits. They could not stand the messy appearance of the house, so they decided to tidy up the house now.

Zhou's mother's health was getting better day by day. In fact, it was because the sea fish she ate every day contained a lot of protein and various trace elements, which nourished her exhausted body very well. In addition, long-term rest and sufficient carbohydrate intake jointly promoted this result.

In fact, similar things are not uncommon in history. For example, donkey-hide gelatin, which rose to prominence during the Ming and Qing dynasties, was touted as a miraculous medicine or food at the time. In addition to being a tonic, it could also treat many diseases.

In fact, the real principle is that donkey-hide gelatin is made from donkey skin and contains a lot of protein. When used, it is usually made into donkey-hide gelatin cake, which contains a lot of sugar and is extremely high in calories (due to changes in health concepts in modern times, donkey-hide gelatin has launched a series of sugar-free and low-sugar products). This high-protein, high-calorie food or medicine is like a tonic pill in an era when the whole nation is generally in a state of chronic hunger. It has an immediate effect on various diseases caused by long-term hunger. Isn’t it normal to be considered to have excellent therapeutic effects?
But in the final analysis, donkey-hide gelatin is made from donkey skin, and from a scientific point of view, it is difficult to say that it has any therapeutic effect. Even according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, cowhide gelatin has the best therapeutic effect, and donkey skin gelatin is only a second-rate substitute.

(End of this chapter)