Chapter 458
Li Shimin: "I want to eat meat too!"
The main dish should be eaten in large quantities, while rice can be eaten in smaller quantities. Li Shimin's approach was much simpler; Jiang Fan brought a plate of stir-fried bean sprouts, a bowl of rice, and two steamed buns.
It's not that I'm being deliberately harsh on Li Shimin, it's just that his current health doesn't allow him to eat greasy food.
As for Li Chenggan, his surgery is scheduled for this afternoon, and fasting is the correct way to start.
Upon returning to the ward, Li Shimin could smell the aroma of the food in Jiang Fan's hands from several meters away, and his appetite was immediately whetted.
"Jiang Fan, did you know your uncle is still hungry? Did you bring him some food?"
"Hehehe, that's right, Uncle's nose is really sharp, he could even smell that? I'm impressed!"
Upon being praised by Jiang Fan, Li Shimin's face immediately became a bit arrogant: "That's right, don't you know who your uncle is? Your uncle is... no, right, Jiang Fan?"
Why isn't there any meat in my aunt's husband's rice? Did you take the wrong one? Yes, yes, you must have taken the wrong one!
As he spoke, Li Shimin prepared to take the portion belonging to Li Lizhi and Chengyang.
Seeing this, Jiang Fan quickly pressed down on Li Shimin's hand: "Uncle, those are Lizhi and Chengyang's daughters."
"It's not yours, yet you've already placed it right in front of you. How could you do this?"
"This isn't your uncle's; the one that smells delicious is. Don't block your uncle's way of eating..."
"I said this stir-fried bean sprouts are yours, so they're yours. Be a good boy, Uncle..."
Li Shimin: "Huh? I...why can't I eat meat?"
"Uncle, you're a patient now. As a patient, you have to listen to the doctor and cooperate with the doctor. So I'll ask you one more time, will you listen?"
Li Shimin nodded reluctantly: "Alright then, Uncle-in-law...be good!"
"If you listen to me, then we won't eat meat, we'll eat vegetables and bean sprouts instead, it'll be better for your health..."
Li Shimin: "!@#￥%……&*" So you're making your uncle-in-law obey, waiting for him here? You're really... ruthless.
Jiang Fan then explained, "Uncle, you're a patient now, so eat less meat and fish."
It's very good for your health, you have to listen to my advice, otherwise we'll have nothing left to cook these stir-fried bean sprouts!
"Okay, okay, stir-fried bean sprouts it is!"
Finally, Li Shimin had no choice but to accept his fate, picked up his chopsticks, and prepared to eat bean sprouts.
But when she saw the IV catheter on the back of her hand, she was stunned and looked at Jiang Fan, asking:
"Jiang Fan, can we take this thing with us? It's getting in the way and slowing down Uncle-in-law's eating!"
"No, that won't do. This is an indwelling catheter; we need to give you an IV drip tomorrow."
In that case, you won't need to be pricked again tomorrow. Think about it, do you want to be pricked every day, or just once?
"No need to say more, my uncle chooses the latter!"
He then picked up his chopsticks and began to put food in his mouth, but as soon as the bean sprouts were in his mouth, Li Shimin's expression instantly lit up.
I initially thought dishes without meat would be bland and tasteless, but I was wrong.
These bean sprouts are crisp and refreshing, with a delicious flavor. They taste so much better than the dishes made by the chefs at my own restaurant. I have to eat a lot more of them.
"How was it, Uncle? Not bad, right? Stir-fried bean sprouts are simple, but for many people..."
It's a great dish, easy to make, and most importantly, the bean sprouts are inexpensive—definitely good value for money.
"Not bad, not bad!"
In the blink of an eye, Li Shimin had finished his bean sprouts, but he still had half a bowl of rice left.
So he asked Jiang Fan, "Are there any bean sprouts left? The rice doesn't taste good without any vegetables!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan turned around and saw that Li Shimin had finished a whole bowl of bean sprouts. "As expected of you, you eat even more fiercely than Xiao Sizi."
"Didn't your uncle eat enough?"
"If I finish this bowl of rice, I should be full."
"We're out of dishes, aren't we? Without dishes, rice is hard to swallow!"
Most importantly, they experienced the baptism of delicious food brought by Jiang Fan.
Li Shimin's palate had become quite discerning; otherwise, this snow-white rice would have tasted far better than any of the dishes served in the Tang Dynasty.
Normally, Li Shimin could easily eat three bowls of this plain white rice, without any side dishes.
Jiang Fan shook his head helplessly and said with a smile, "Then, Uncle, you drink your egg drop soup first, and I'll go buy you some other dishes!"
"Two portions, buy two portions of food, one isn't enough..."
Jiang Fan: "..."
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In the afternoon, Jiang Fan went directly to Li Chengqian's ward, waiting for the nurses from the operating room to come and pick him up.
Little Sizi held Jiang Fan's hand, looked at her older brother, and silently prayed that her brother's surgery would go smoothly and that his leg would recover completely.
Soon, the nurse came to pick them up.
Li Chengan glanced nervously at the nurse, then looked at Jiang Fan: "Brother, I..."
"Go ahead, I'll follow behind. Don't worry, nothing will happen!"
With Jiang Fan's assurance, Li Chenggan's tense heart finally relaxed a little.
After Li Chengan was pushed away, Jiang Fan said to Xiao Sizi, "Sizi, your brother is going to look after your elder brother. You, your sister, and your second sister stay with your father, okay?"
Little Si shook her head and said in her childish voice, "No, I want to stay with Guoguo. Wherever Guoguo goes, I'll go too!"
"You'll get bored while you wait and start wandering off."
"But I don't want to be separated from my boyfriend!"
Jiang Fan thought for a moment, then assured Xiao Sizi, "Well then, Sizi, if you behave and stay with your older sister and second sister,..."
"When your brother comes back, he'll take you to eat hairy crabs next time, okay?"
Little Sizi's mouth watered at this, and he immediately nodded, "Okay, okay, we'll do whatever you say, Brother..."
"Aren't you going?"
"I'm not going, I'm going to find my older sister. We'll watch over Daddy together..."
After seeing Xiao Sizi off, Jiang Fan followed Li Chengan behind the hospital bed.
Soon, Li Chenggan, lying on the operating table, tried his best to control his nervousness.
But you could tell from his eyes that he was extremely nervous at that moment.
At this point, the anesthesiologist was ready to administer anesthesia, and the surgeon said directly, "Prepare for surgery, begin regional anesthesia."
The anesthesiologist injected the anesthetic directly into Li Chengqian's leg.
Immediately afterwards, the anesthesiologist touched Li Chengqian's leg and asked, "Can you feel anything?"
Li Chengan thought for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly, "Did you... touch my leg?"
"Please check again, can you still feel anything in your legs?"
Li Chengan panicked and asked fearfully, "Where's my leg? Where did you put my leg? My leg..."
"Your leg is still growing in your body, it's fine, don't worry. Now we can break your leg and realign it!" the doctor said.
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