After breakfast, under Xu's mother's urging, Xu Dong drove his mother to the hospital for review. If everything goes well, Xu's mother will be able to get rid of the wheelchair from today on.
After some inspection.
"Dr. Jiang, how is my mother's recovery? Can she walk now?"
Xu Dong comes straight to the point.
Dr. Jiang looked at the CT films and kept nodding:
"The recovery is quite good. The fracture line is no longer visible. Next, you can try functional exercises. Walking will definitely be no problem."
Xu's mother was very happy after hearing this.
"Is there anything I need to pay attention to?" Xu Dong continued to ask.
"Don't throw away the crutches in the early stage. Try to control the daily activity time within an hour. Don't be anxious. Take your time. It's best to do it step by step to avoid further injury.
In addition, in daily life, you should eat more foods high in calcium and continue to strengthen your nutrition. Only in this way can you get better quickly."
"We understand, thank you, Dr. Jiang."
Xu Dong quickly expressed his thanks.
Doctor Jiang waved his hand: "You're welcome!"
Xu Ma took out a small package of biscuits from her handbag and secretly stuffed it into the desk drawer.
"Dr. Jiang, I baked some biscuits at home and gave you some to taste."
"Auntie, how can this be done? Our hospital has regulations and we cannot accept patients' things." Dr. Jiang pretended to refuse.
"It's not a red envelope, it's just a little snack. It's not against the rules." Xu's mother persuaded with a smile.
Dr. Jiang accepted the offer after a few polite words.
This Aunt Zhang in front of him is his "God of Wealth". Almost every time he comes to check, she will bring him some snacks.
Sometimes it's small bread, sometimes it's mung bean cake, and last time it was fried dried fish. Although it was only a small package each time, it was never repeated.
Relying on these snacks, the relationship between him and his girlfriend quickly heated up, and soon they reached the stage of discussing marriage. Seriously speaking, Aunt Zhang should be regarded as a great matchmaker for the two of them.
Back from the hospital.
Xu's mother refused a wheelchair and insisted on walking with a cane.
The children were playing in the yard. When they saw Xu's mother coming back, they immediately gathered around her.
"Grandma, can you walk again?"
Dabao said happily.
"Grandma will prepare delicious food for you at noon." Xu's mother's face was full of doting.
"Grandma, I want to eat fried fish balls."
"I want to eat pickled fish. The pickled fish made by my mother is not delicious at all." Lele complained.
For the health of her family, Yang Lina likes to cook with less oil and salt, which is basically light. In contrast, the children prefer the food cooked by her grandma, which tastes delicious.
Xu Dong was afraid that his mother would be too tired and affect her recovery progress, so he couldn't help but advise: "Mom, your legs are not fully healed yet. You should wait until they are ready before cooking!"
"It's okay." Xu's mother waved her hand, "Mom will make a dish for lunch, I'm not too tired."
Dabao immediately shouted: "Grandma, would you like to make fish balls for lunch?"
"Sauerkraut fish." Lele refused to be outdone.
Seeing that the siblings were about to quarrel again, Xu's mother quickly spoke up to smooth things over:
"It's too late to make fish balls at noon. Let's make fish balls in the afternoon. Let's eat pickled fish at noon first, okay?"
"good!"
Dabao always listens to grandma’s words.
So at noon, Xu’s mother cooked herself and made a pickled fish dish.
It tastes so fragrant!
Even Xu Dong couldn't help but eat an extra bowl of rice, and the children's mouths were full of oil.
After lunch, I started making fish balls in the afternoon.
"Mom, the emperor goose meat is gone. What can we use instead?"
Making fish balls requires preparing a lot of ingredients, and the workload is generally quite large. It is definitely not possible for Xu Ma to do it alone. Fortunately, Xu Dong has a day off today and can do it on the side.
Xu Ma thought about it and found that she also had a headache.
Although they are made of fish balls, there is still meat inside, otherwise they will not taste chewy and the taste will be much worse, which will not be beautiful.
"Would you like to try whale meat?"
Yang Lina suddenly suggested.
Whales are mammals, and their meat quality is generally closer to livestock than to fish, both in terms of color and texture.
Xu Ma nodded: "Okay, let's try it with whale meat. Add more green onions and ginger, it should be able to suppress the fishy smell."
"Okay, I'm going to get the whale meat. How many kilograms does it cost?"
Xu Dong rolled up his sleeves and asked.
"The temperature is high in summer and I can't hold it anymore. Just get three kilograms. If it tastes good, I can make it later." Xu's mother replied.
Xu Dong picked a piece of whale meat and a piece of tuna meat from the freezer, and took a pound of dried shrimp from the basement.
The dried shrimps that were originally stored in Panjiayuan's shop have been smuggled back by him. After all, so much time has passed. If there was a problem, it would have broken out long ago.
After a lot of work, we started frying fish balls.
Xu's mother was very skillful in her movements. After a while, the first pot of fish balls came out. It smelled delicious and had no fishy smell at all.
"I want to eat the first one!"
Dabao said and wanted to reach out to get it.
Yang Lina quickly stopped and said: "Be careful because it's hot, let it cool before eating."
Five minutes later, the children couldn't bear it anymore.
"Mom, how long will it take?"
Yang Lina tried one by herself. The temperature had dropped, so she nodded and said:
"Okay, bring the bowls over here, mom will fill them for you."
"Nana, how do the fish balls taste?"
Xu Ma took the opportunity to ask.
Yang Lina gave her mother-in-law and her husband a fish ball each, and then replied: "Mom, it tastes pretty good. It's a bit harder than the oily fish balls, and the fishy smell is not very obvious."
"The taste is indeed okay." Xu Dong agreed.
"Oh, it's much worse than the oily fish balls, so I can only make do with it." Xu Ma sighed.
"Grandma, the fish balls are delicious!"
“Crispy and delicious.”
"Grandma, the fish balls are really delicious!"
Seeing that the children liked it, Xu's mother finally smiled. Fish balls were originally made for children, as long as the juniors like them.
…
The time soon came to the end of the month, and Xu Ma’s legs were completely healed, and she was walking smoothly. Since last week, she has completely taken over the kitchen.
While Yang Lina breathed a sigh of relief, she saw that the children had gained weight again, which made the corners of her mouth twitch.
"Mom, Lingling is coming over for dinner tonight, and I'll go to the grain store to buy some vegetables."
Ma Lingling had already received the admission notice from Xia Qing University. The start date is September 1st, and tomorrow is the last day of her summer job.
"See if there are any tomatoes. If so, buy more."
Xu Ma ordered.
Although her legs have healed, she still cannot bear excessive weight, so she still has to rely on her younger daughter-in-law for housework such as grocery shopping.
"I know." Yang Lina agreed.
I walked to the nearest grain store, and sure enough, there were two long queues of people waiting in front of the store. Everyone was waiting to receive their September rations.
Fortunately, it is summer, and the temperature at night is only a few degrees below zero at most, so you don't have to suffer too much. If it were winter, you would suffer a lot.