I'm the Culinary God-Chapter 609 - 288: Grandma’s Best Specialty - Nourishing Stomach Congee with Greens! A High-end Dish for Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion! [Subscribe Please]

Chapter 609: Chapter 288: Grandma’s Best Specialty - Nourishing Stomach Congee with Greens! A High-end Dish for Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion! [Subscribe Please]

Early in the morning, Lin Xu woke from his sleep.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he heard Shen Baobao’s gentle voice.

"You’re awake? The surgery was very successful."

Huh?

This statement jolted Lin Xu to full wakefulness. After sitting up, he realized that Shen Baobao was still in her pajamas, playing with her phone, her small, fair feet swinging in the air.

Seeing how alert she looked, she must have been playing for a while.

What’s going on? Doesn’t she usually sleep like a log? She never wakes up whether I get up or go out to wash my face and brush my teeth. I even have to come over from the shop specifically to wake her up every day. What’s different today? How come her drowsiness has vanished just because it’s the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Lin Xu turned over and wrapped his arms around this cute and obedient big baby.

"Why haven’t you slept?"

Shen Baobao turned off the match-3 game on her phone and burrowed her head into Lin Xu’s chest.

"My stomach feels a bit off; I probably ate too much cucumber salad. I got up around five. I didn’t want to wake you, but I wanted to watch you, so I muted my phone and played on it."

"Then don’t lie on your stomach; it’ll put more pressure on it."

"Oh..."

Shen Baobao turned over, resting her head in the crook of Lin Xu’s arm.

Heh! This is so comfortable. I could lie like this forever without getting tired of it. I wonder if Lin Xu would get tired of it... She wriggled in the crook of his arm, trying to find the most comfortable position.

Holding the fragrant, soft, and well-behaved Baobao, Lin Xu finally understood why ancient emperors often skipped morning court sessions.

He had the system, so all his fatigue would automatically disappear every morning. Still, he didn’t want to get out of bed, wanting to hold his big baby forever.

"By the way, Lin Xu, Grandma told us to go to the courtyard for breakfast."

After some more affectionate cuddling, Shen Baobao finally remembered there were more pressing matters.

Lin Xu was curious.

"Why would Grandma suddenly ask us over for breakfast at her place?"

Usually, Old Lady Shen would only call everyone over for lunch and seldom for breakfast.

"I posted on WeChat Moments when I got up at five, saying my stomach wasn’t feeling well. Grandma saw it and made some special stomach-soothing porridge. She said we should come over after getting ready."

This warmed Lin Xu’s heart.

It’s always the elderly who worry about their grandchildren the most. Just seeing a post on Moments, and they’re already making porridge. No wonder everyone only shares good news on Moments and not their troubles; it’s to avoid making their elderly family members worry.

He patted Shen Baobao’s shoulder and said, "Well, don’t stay in bed then. Get up and get ready so we don’t keep Grandma waiting too long."

"Then you have to kiss me. If I don’t get five kisses, I can’t get out of bed!"

Lin Xu smiled and kissed the girl’s forehead.

"I haven’t brushed my teeth yet. Get up first, and I’ll make it up to you after we brush."

"Then it needs to be double, ten kisses!"

"Alright, alright, no problem."

Lin Xu got out of bed. Instead of washing up immediately, he first boiled two eggs on the stove. Once cooked, he put them in cold water to soak.

After washing his face and brushing his teeth, he went back to the kitchen.

He peeled the eggs, ate the whites for protein, and then crushed the yolks, placing them in Dundun’s ceramic food dish.

While he was busy with this, Dundun kept rubbing against him, looking impatient.

For cats, a moderate amount of egg yolk helps increase taurine, which not only makes their fur glossier but also boosts their immune system, making them healthier.

Previously, Shen Baobao had read online that cats could develop cervical spine issues from looking down while eating, so she had specially bought a small, elegant dining table about ten centimeters high.

Placing the dish on the little table, Dundun, with his little butt perked up, began to hungrily gobble down his favorite egg yolk.

By the time Lin Xu and Shen Baobao were dressed, the dish was licked so clean it looked like it had been scrubbed.

"Good job, my boy!"

Lin Xu rubbed Dundun’s head, washed the dish, then carried the little fellow downstairs with Shen Baobao, and they drove straight to South Third Ring.

In the car, Shen Baobao was busy replying to messages on her phone from her parents, relatives, and friends who had seen her Moments post.

"No wonder everyone only posts good news on Moments. I almost want to start a group chat just to tell everyone my stomach is fine now."

Even though she had already posted an update saying she was feeling better, relatives still sent messages asking what had happened, along with recommendations for stomach-soothing foods.

"They all care about you. Isn’t that better than posting something and only getting a few likes from classmates who do micro-businesses on WeChat?" Lin Xu comforted his Baobao while driving.

Meanwhile, Dundun was lying alone in the back seat, earnestly playing with a catnip lollipop made by Liao Tianmu, looking every bit like a big boss smoking a cigar in the back seat on his way to work.

Arriving in the alley at South Third Ring, Shen Guofu’s Bentley was already parked out front.

It was the Mid-Autumn Festival today. He was about to take the old lady to the villa, as relatives would be visiting at noon, and the small courtyard couldn’t accommodate so many people.

In the courtyard, Shen Guofu and Han Shuzhen were using plastic bags to pick up fallen parasol leaves.

These leaves weren’t completely dry yet and were a bit slippery to step on, so they had to be collected to prevent Old Lady Shen from accidentally slipping and falling.

Seeing her daughter come in, Han Shuzhen stopped picking.

"What happened? Should we schedule an endoscopy?"

The mere thought of the painful experience of an endoscopy made Shen Baobao decisively refuse.

"No, it’s fine. I just ate too much cucumber salad last night and went to bed before it digested properly. That’s what caused the discomfort. There’s no need for an endoscopy..."