Chapter 1286

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Li Xiulan was utterly perplexed.

In the past, whether she gave birth to Wang Dashan, Wang Erhai, or Wang Xiaohua, she breastfed them all until they were nearly one year old before weaning.

Back then the family was poor and couldn't afford any nutritional supplements; fortunately, the chickens they raised laid plenty of eggs.

She ate glutinous rice wine boiled eggs every day, and had so much milk she couldn't finish it all.

But now, times have changed.

The child isn't even six months old yet, and Du Xiaojuan has already weaned her.

"Is it because her milk supply is insufficient?"

After her surprise, Li Xiulan asked cautiously.

Wang Dashan, however, said:

"No, she took weaning medicine herself and dried up her milk."

"Then what does the child eat now? Rice porridge?"

"She drinks formula, and it's imported formula at that — several hundred yuan a can, and the baby can finish a can in a week."

"That expensive? Then the expense is not small……"

"I said to buy domestic, but Xiao Juan said she doesn't trust it — after all, the Sanlu incident happened a few years ago."

Wang Dashan carried the eggs and glutinous rice wine out of the trunk.

Then, carrying them, he walked toward home.

Li Xiulan, holding a bag of her clothes, followed behind.

Wang Erhai, carrying winter melon and pumpkin, also followed behind.

"Dashan, you persuade Xiao Juan — the child is so small, breast milk is still better……"

Li Xiulan couldn't help but say this.

She knew that if she went to talk to Du Xiaojuan directly, it definitely wouldn't go well.

So she wanted Wang Dashan to say a few words.

Wang Dashan gave a dry laugh:

"I said it, but she insisted on weaning, saying not weaning would affect her work…… Mom, don't worry about this anymore. Now she's already taken the weaning medicine; even if there's milk, the child can't drink it. In a bit I'll have Kang Yi teach you how to prepare formula."

"Okay, okay……" Li Xiulan nodded.

They entered the living room.

Kang Yi was holding the child, smiling as she came over to greet them.

She waved the child's little hand:

"Grandma's here, little treasure, hurry and say hello to Grandma!"

The child in Kang Yi's arms giggled, delighted.

Seeing the child, Li Xiulan's worried face couldn't help but break into a smile; she hurriedly set down the things she was carrying:

"Let Grandma hold you!"

Kang Yi handed Wang Dujin to Li Xiulan to hold.

But the moment Li Xiulan took her, in less than three seconds the baby started bawling.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Li Xiulan was a bit at a loss.

Kang Yi hurriedly took the baby back, patting her gently to soothe her, and said to Li Xiulan:

"The baby has started stranger anxiety — she won't let unfamiliar people hold her!"

Li Xiulan could only smile bitterly:

"My own grandson, and he doesn't even recognize his grandma."

Kang Yi said:

"If you spend more time with him from now on, he'll warm up to you quickly."

After Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai brought everything from the trunk inside, Wang Dashan busied himself in the kitchen cooking.

Seeing this, Li Xiulan said she wanted to help.

Wang Dashan brought her into the kitchen and then said:

"Mom, you watch how I do it first — this kitchen is a bit different from the one back home."

"What's so different? It's just cooking a meal — how hard can it be? Your mom has cooked for a lifetime!"

However, Wang Dashan asked one question that stumped Li Xiulan:

"Mom, do you know how to use natural gas?"

Li Xiulan could only answer honestly:

"Never used it. Back home we always used firewood……"

Wang Dashan said:

"Actually it's about the same as a gas stove."

But Li Xiulan had never even used a gas stove.

Still, she quickly tried to cover:

"I know how to use an induction cooker, that thing's pretty simple!"

Wang Dashan said:

"An induction cooker is an induction cooker, natural gas is natural gas. You watch — this is the switch, press it down first, then turn. Hear that? It makes a click-click-click sound, and in a few seconds the flame comes out, then you can start cooking."

"This isn't hard either, I got it."

Wang Dashan instructed:

"When we use natural gas in the kitchen, you must remember to turn on the range hood. Otherwise, if natural gas leaks, it could cause poisoning, or even an explosion."

Li Xiulan nodded, silently committing it to memory.

Wang Dashan turned on the range hood, then said:

"You go try turning on the natural gas."

Li Xiulan walked to the stove, reached out to twist that ignition switch, but found she had twisted it all the way, yet there was still no response whatsoever.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Wang Dashan hurriedly said:

"Did you forget what I just said? You have to press down first, then turn."

Li Xiulan hurriedly pressed the switch down, but it still didn't work.

Wang Dashan hurriedly said again:

"You turn the switch back to its original position first, then press down, then turn."

Li Xiulan turned the switch back to its original position.

Pressed down, and finally the click-click-click ignition sound came out.

But the flame still didn't appear for a long time.

"Turn it, turn it counterclockwise." Wang Dashan hurriedly reminded.

Li Xiulan only then realized, hurriedly went to turn it, but didn't know what was counterclockwise, what was clockwise, turned this way a bit, wouldn't budge, turned that way a bit.

This time, it finally lit.

Wang Dashan looked at Li Xiulan, couldn't help but sigh, his gaze held some sympathy, also some weariness.

This birth mother of his, coming to help — afraid no matter what the task, she'd have to learn from zero.

Childcare matters, like formula feeding, bottle-feeding, washing baby bottles, changing diapers, and so on — all have to be learned from zero.

Housework matters, like using natural gas, using the oven, even the water heater — all have to be learned from zero.

Even using a vacuum cleaner, estimated she'd have to learn for half a day before she could learn it.

After all, even the gas stove's switch, she had to figure out for half a day before clumsily learning it.

Can only say, when people get old, the body's various functions degenerate along with it.

Hands and feet become clumsy, the mind also becomes dull.

Li Xiulan fiddled for a good while before she managed to turn on the gas stove's switch, inside she couldn't help but feel a sense of frustration.

She hurriedly said:

"I'll go help wash vegetables."

But Wang Dashan said:

"Mom, you just got down here today, no need to help. You just watch from the side, or go rest in the living room."

Li Xiulan said:

"Then I'll watch from the side, I'm not tired. On the way here, I slept a nap in Erhai's car."

Wang Dashan said:

"Alright then, as you wish. Don't be restrained, treat this place as your own home!"

Li Xiulan also wanted to treat this place as her own home.

Just this luxurious Dabie Villa, so unfamiliar, so much distance.

She felt this was something only found in TV dramas.

In her subconscious, there was a deep sense of unworthiness.

Letting her stay a few days, she'd be quite comfortable.

But to have her treat this place as her own home, truthfully, in a moment she couldn't do it.

Nor did she dare to do so.

Wang Dashan washed the vegetables, heated the wok, poured in peanut oil, started stir-frying.

Poured the cut vegetables into the wok, the hot oil immediately flared up with flames.

Li Xiulan got a huge fright, hurriedly went to get water to put out the fire.

Wang Dashan hurriedly stopped her:

"Mom, don't! High-heat stir-fry makes the dish fragrant, the flames will be gone in a moment!"

Sure enough, Wang Dashan tossed the vegetables in the wok a few times, and the flames were gone.

Wang Dashan hurriedly instructed Li Xiulan again:

"Mom, if you cook in the future, and the wok catches fire, remember — absolutely do not pour water on it. The more water you pour, the bigger the fire gets!"

Li Xiulan didn't understand.

Water can put out fire, right?

How come the more water you pour, the bigger the fire gets?

This isn't her fault, because she cooked for so many years back in her hometown, the wok just never caught fire before.

"Then how do you put out the fire?"

Li Xiulan's face full of bewilderment, asked like a child.

Wang Dashan said:

"Stir-fry a few times, or turn the natural gas down a bit, the fire in the pot will naturally go out; if that still doesn't work, just cover it directly with the pot lid."

Li Xiulan nodded seriously.

She silently committed it to memory.

But then she suddenly asked:

"This fire, how do you turn it down again?"