[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-joyful-youth-many-children-many-blessings-starti":3,"chapter-joyful-youth-many-children-many-blessings-starti-joyful-youth-many-children-many-blessings-starti-chapter-440":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Joyful Youth: Many Children, Many Blessings, Starting with Song Qian",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2153059,3583,"Chapter 440","joyful-youth-many-children-many-blessings-starti-chapter-440",440,"\u003Cp>Sichuan Hot Pot Restaurant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Table A1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nanxing looked at the tomato-based broth in front of her with a look of utter despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with pleading eyes, she looked at Xu Hongdou and said, \"Hongdou, I’m begging you. I came here to eat hot pot; what is this tomato broth? Can we just switch to a full spicy broth? I’m begging you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hongdou refused flatly and expressed great satisfaction with the broth in front of her. \"I think it’s quite good. You have the tomato, I have the spicy broth—we’ll stay out of each other’s way. Isn't that great?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who eats hot pot with tomato broth?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nanxing cried out in agony. \"I want to eat fatty beef, I want to eat lamb, I want to eat tripe, I want to eat yellow throat! How can you eat these things in a tomato broth?! Only the full spicy broth is the real flavor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hongdou, I’m begging you, just let me have a few bites of the spicy broth, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hongdou, right in front of Chen Nanxing, dipped a large pair of chopsticks full of beef into her spicy broth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, looking at Chen Nanxing, she said seriously, \"Nannan, you must remember: you cannot eat spicy food. Not even a little bit. You can only eat the tomato one and watch me eat the spicy broth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nanxing was so miserable she wanted to scratch her head. \"Xu Hongdou, can you be a human being? It’s bad enough that I can only eat the tomato one, but I also have to watch you eat the spicy broth?! This is the cruelest punishment on earth! Do you know what eating tomato broth means to a Sichuanese person?! It means she is no longer a true Sichuanese!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If our ancestors saw this, they’d revoke my Sichuan citizenship! So, Hongdou, I’ll just have a few bites, really, just a few bites, I’m begging you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Chen Nanxing finished speaking, she looked at Xu Hongdou with tears in her eyes, looking pitiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xu Hongdou’s heart softened, and just as she was about to nod in agreement, she remembered Qin Feng’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Xu Hongdou immediately and firmly refused: \"No, Nannan, just accept your fate. You aren't having a single bite of spicy food today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>... ===== CHAPTER 998 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Under Xu Hongdou’s near-high-pressure supervision and management,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>poor Chen Nanxing could only watch Xu Hongdou’s spicy pot while drooling,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and helplessly put vegetables like bean curd skin and winter melon into the tomato broth in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nanxing firmly believed that meat dishes like fatty beef and tripe had to be cooked in spicy broth to be satisfying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there was no spicy broth, Chen Nanxing would rather not eat meat at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, Chen Nanxing really didn't touch a single piece of meat, pitifully eating the vegetables she had put into her pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hongdou, seeing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>felt both amused and heartbroken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Chen Nanxing were healthy right now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she would let her eat whatever she wanted to her heart's content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chen Nanxing was a patient, a cancer patient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Qin Feng had specifically instructed that Chen Nanxing should avoid spicy food as much as possible to prevent putting stress on her relatively fragile heart and immune system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even though Xu Hongdou felt Chen Nanxing was very pitiful, she remained firm and didn't let her eat any spicy food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since they had ordered so much fatty beef, tripe, lamb, and other meats when they first arrived at the hot pot restaurant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hongdou had to eat it all by herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hongdou felt heartbroken for Chen Nanxing while eating the meat in large mouthfuls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This extremely conflicted scene made even Xu Hongdou feel bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after eating another large mouthful of fatty beef, Xu Hongdou took the initiative to look at Chen Nanxing’s tomato pot and said, \"Nannan, scoop me two pieces of winter melon; I want to eat some.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nanxing’s eyes widened, looking like a mother tiger protecting her food. She glared at Xu Hongdou and said through her nose, \"No, you can't have any!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hongdou was surprised, seeing there was still plenty of winter melon in the tomato pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, she asked in confusion, \"Nannan, I’m just eating two pieces of winter melon, not much. I’m tired of eating meat, I want to eat some winter melon to cleanse my palate!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat winter melon to cleanse your palate?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xu Hongdou’s words, Chen Nanxing was filled with grief and indignation. She looked at Xu Hongdou and said seriously, \"Xu Hongdou, listen to yourself. Is that something a human would say?! Huh?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m a patient, a late-stage cancer patient. I can't eat meat, I can't eat spicy food. I’m sitting here with you, in this Sichuan hot pot restaurant famous for its spice, eating vegetables from a tomato pot...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, Xu Hongdou, actually have the audacity to say you’re tired of eating meat right in front of me and want to eat my winter melon to cleanse your palate?! Xu Hongdou, be a human being!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I came to the hot pot restaurant I’ve been dreaming of, I haven't had a single bite of spicy broth, I haven't had a single bite of meat, and you’re telling me you’re tired of meat right in front of me! Xu Hongdou, you’ve gone too far!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m telling you, Xu Hongdou, you won't get a single piece of these two pieces of winter melon—no! You won't get a single vegetable from this tomato pot! Even if I can't eat them, I’ll scoop them all out and pack them to take home. I’ll have them for an afternoon snack, a midnight snack, I just won't let you eat them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nanxing looked both pitiful and funny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a spoon in her left hand and chopsticks in her right, she defended the final dignity of her tomato broth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hongdou shook her head with a helpless smile and said, \"Fine, fine, I won't eat the winter melon, I won't eat it. Is that okay?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nanxing looked at Xu Hongdou with red eyes: \"Xu Hongdou, you’ve hurt me, you’ve insulted me, you must apologize to me with a large spoonful of fatty beef from the spicy pot! Otherwise, I’m not done with you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hongdou laughed. \"Chen Nanxing, keep dreaming. Forget a large spoonful of spicy fatty beef, you won't get a single piece of beef from me. Just honestly eat your tomato pot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hongdou~~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Xu Hongdou wasn't falling for it, Chen Nanxing immediately softened, looking at Xu Hongdou and pleading in a low voice, \"Hongdou, just be kind, let me have two bites, just two bites of the spicy fatty beef, I’m begging you, please?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hongdou shook her head firmly. \"If someone won't let me eat winter melon, then she won't get to eat fatty beef, not even a bite!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, my sister Hongdou, your little sister loves you, can't you just let me have two bites? Look, we’re almost done, I just want two bites, really, just two bites!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When her first tactic failed, Chen Nanxing simply started acting spoiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hongdou hesitated for a moment, then placed her bowl in the middle. \"First, scoop two pieces of winter melon for your sister!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, ma'am.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nanxing immediately and obediently scooped two pieces of winter melon from the tomato pot and put them into Xu Hongdou’s bowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nanxing, drooling, immediately plunged her spoon into the spicy pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the spoon filled with fatty beef, tripe, and meatballs, Chen Nanxing’s eyes widened, and drool almost dripped onto the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Hongdou let out a cold snort and directly blocked Chen Nanxing’s spoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she took her chopsticks and moved the meat and meatballs from the spoon into her own bowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nanxing immediately panicked: \"Sister Hongdou, leave me some, leave me some beef meatballs!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hongdou, don't go too far, oh my god, my tripe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xu Hongdou, stop it, stop it, if you take any more, there really won't be any left!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>... ===== CHAPTER 999 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1369,"2026-06-16T19:41:50.437Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","ea575602d8f1bb9e4072a5c497ef849e1db68013fdfd2ba64cd4b3b748d1b3b2","joyful-youth-many-children-many-blessings-starti-chapter-441","joyful-youth-many-children-many-blessings-starti-chapter-439",441,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjoyful-youth-many-children-many-blessings-starti-cover.jpg"]