Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 204 Healthy Recipes
"I've been reading a lot of newspapers lately and I've learned a lesson: the farther away the food is, the better."

Last year's bird flu and this year's SARS, the whole of Guangzhou is shrouded in the shadow of the virus. In addition, there is a traditional saying that you should replenish your body in the three hottest days of summer and the three coldest days of winter. Therefore, after entering summer, my father often reads newspapers to pay attention to the latest news and various health and wellness reports. Finally, on this night, he proudly shared his conclusion with everyone.

"Are you just a gigolo?" A Yao asked weakly, not understanding what his father said. This was also his current state of mind. Sachiko was becoming more and more career-oriented. She was not satisfied with being the general manager of a clothing company and planned to start her own business as a boss right after she gave birth to her child.

"What are you talking about? That's not the case." Lao Dou didn't understand what A Yao said, so he explained, "What I mean is, for example, Cantonese chicken is not as good as Conghua chicken, and Conghua chicken is not as good as Qingyuan chicken. So, do you think the farther away, the better?"

A-Zu shook his head and disagreed. "If that's the case, Xiangnan chicken is better than Qingyuan chicken, Qilu chicken is better than Xiangnan chicken, and Ningguta chicken is the best chicken in China, right?"

Hahahahahahaha, Er Lao couldn't help laughing. The louder Er Lao laughed, the more embarrassed Lao Dou's face became. In the whole family, only the second sister-in-law stood up to speak for Lao Dou, "My master is right. What the master meant is that the farther away and closer to the mountains, the less polluted things are. No pollution means health, which is good."

"Second sister-in-law's understanding of the spirit is the most accurate." After hearing what Second sister-in-law said, Dad came to his senses and gave another example, "For example, pond fish are not as good as river fish, river fish are not as good as river fish, and river fish downstream are not as good as upstream fish. The best is saltwater fish. It does not pollute and has the strongest purification ability."

"Is there any scientific basis for this?" Big Brother Guang looked unconvinced, thinking that his father was just talking nonsense again.

The questioned father Hongwen broke down and almost broke his voice: "Of course there is a scientific basis. River fish are easily polluted, and at least no one can raise saltwater fish, so no one feeds them contraceptives or hormones."

A little-known fact: the people who take birth control pills the most are not humans, but fish and shrimp. In the process of breeding, in order to increase the yield and efficiency of fish, breeders will use various means to promote the growth and reproduction of fish and shrimp. Among them, the most used is birth control pills. The synthetic hormones in birth control pills can stimulate the growth and development of fish and shrimp, and increase their growth rate and individual size.

Moreover, contraceptives have a contraceptive effect on humans, but for fish and shrimp, they can promote their reproduction, increase egg production and hatching rate. Of course, the use of contraceptives by farmers has always been controversial.

After hearing what Lao Dou said, everyone nodded and thought that what he said made sense. "Wait, is this fish shipped from the Arctic Ocean?" The second brother joked, pointing at the steamed fish on the table.

The old man glanced at him and ignored him. Instead, he said to everyone, "So from now on, when we eat, the farther we buy food, the better."

The second brother deliberately said, "Did Xiugu hear that? Let's take a plane to Ningguta to buy vegetables tomorrow."

Xiu Gu was dumbfounded. Her personality was similar to that of Da Lao Guang, both of them were so honest that they couldn't tell if they were joking. The second sister-in-law hit the second brother and explained to Xiu Gu: "Don't listen to him. I will go to the market with you to buy vegetables tomorrow." Xiu Gu nodded in relief.

After dinner, Kang Qirui was thinking about taking Siqi for a walk with Zhu Wanling to help digest the food, but Xingzi stopped him and said she had something to discuss, so Kang Qirui asked Zhu Wanling to take her daughter out first.

"What's wrong?" Kang Qirui and Sachiko came to the patio garden and sat down.

"As for the confinement center I talked to you about last time, I've already prepared the plan. Wait a minute, I'll ask A Yao to get it from the room." After sitting down, Sachiko took the initiative to make tea. Kang Qirui nodded, feeling a little sick after the meal.

Kang Qirui and Sachiko had just finished a cup of tea when Ayao came out with a plan. Kang Qirui took the plan and started reading it. Ayao didn't say anything beside him, while Sachiko was a little nervous.

Kang Qirui only read it for five minutes before putting down the plan, which was as thick as a book. He considered his words and said tactfully, "Third sister-in-law, your plan is quite rich, but you took the wrong approach, so you may need to study it further."

"Ah?" Sachiko was a little confused, then quickly organized her words and said, "I referred to the New Mothers' Confinement Center in Beijing. They are the first confinement center in my country. The founding team is mostly composed of senior medical staff, and the service content is mainly maternal and child care. Just like what I wrote in the plan, they have now expanded outside of Beijing. In Shanghai, they opened two stores at the same time last month."

Kang Qirui stretched out his hand to interrupt Sachiko's words, "It is because all your plans are overly based on theirs that I say you are on the wrong track. The natural geographical gap between Beijing and Guangzhou brings about completely different climate environments and cultural concepts. When it comes to confinement, Guangzhou or Guangdong people are the most particular and have the most rules. We cannot simply copy the Beijing model, but should combine it with Guangzhou's own situation."

Twenty years later, Guangdong Province ranked first in the country in terms of the number of postpartum care centers, with an exaggerated number of 7369. Qi Province ranked second with 795, and the third with 451. The number of postpartum care centers in Guangdong Province is more than the total number of postpartum care centers in all other provinces.

The main reason is the same as what Kang Qirui said, Guangdong Province has its own special situation, and the needs and various matters for confinement are different. "I think you don't need to refer to how others do it. This market is still in its infancy, and others' experience is actually only a little bit ahead."

Kang Qirui drank a sip of tea and gave Sachiko some time to digest it. Then he continued, "So I think instead of visiting those confinement centers, you might as well ask the married women with children in Xiguan to see what their biggest needs are when they are in confinement." After a pause, he used Sachiko as an example, "I saw that the main service of the Beijing center you mentioned is maternal and child care, which is definitely not true. You just gave birth not long ago, what are your needs when you are in confinement?" "My needs?" Sachiko thought about it, and suddenly an idea came to her mind, "Postpartum recovery?"

Kang Qirui nodded, "At least it's one of the needs, body anxiety, right? This is at the maternal level, what about the baby level? For me, when Siqi was just born, I was always worried about whether she had any congenital problems, and how to take care of her. What does her babbling mean?"

"What about my sister-in-law's postpartum depression? Can we provide psychological counseling to the mother?" A Yao also expressed his opinion.

Kang Qirui agreed with A Yao's point of view, "Of course you can, so there is no need to see how others do it. This is a service industry. If you understand the real needs of your target customers and then provide the services they want, I think you are not far from success."

The first confinement center was established in 1999, but the first batch of branded confinement centers were not established until after 07. This shows that none of the early confinement centers were particularly successful, and none of them eventually became a branded enterprise. In Kang Qirui's impression, the first policy regulations related to the confinement center industry were not issued until after 2016.

Therefore, Kang Qirui believes that the only reference value that the current confinement center model provides to him is that they provide some wrong answers. If Xingzi's confinement center is to be run, it must not adopt the same model as theirs.

Sachiko nodded and said that she would go back and study it further. Kang Qirui told them to take their time and then went out to chase Zhu Wanling and Kang Siqi.

The next day, the second sister-in-law and Xiu Gu went to the market early to buy vegetables. They came to a chicken stall. Yesterday, the old man talked about the problem of chickens, so they wanted to see if what the old man said made sense today. The second sister-in-law asked the owner of the chicken stall: "What kind of chicken is the best here, boss?"

"Qingyuan Chicken." The owner of the chicken stall pointed to the chicken in the middle which had been slaughtered and chopped in half.

"Are there any chickens from Ningguta?" The second sister-in-law felt that the question was a bit ridiculous and her tone was a little awkward.

"You're so stupid. Just take a plane to Ningguta to buy it yourself. Go away and don't stop me from doing business." The chicken stall owner got angry and drove his second sister-in-law Xiu Gu out with a knife.

The second sister-in-law knew she was in the wrong so she didn't argue with the chicken stall owner. When the second sister-in-law Xiu Gu just came out of the chicken stall and passed by a fish stall, the fish stall owner flirted with her: "Fresh grass carp, pretty sister, do you want to buy some?"

"It's just a shallow water fish, what's so good about it?" The second sister-in-law remembered what her father said yesterday.

“No, this is a reservoir fish. It’s not artificially farmed.” The fish stall owner denied.

The second sister-in-law was a little surprised. "Reservoir fish?" She thought reservoir fish were similar to river fish, so she asked, "Is this fish from upstream or downstream?"

"You are crazy. Why is the reservoir divided into upstream and downstream? Go ask the fish yourself." The fish stall owner shouted and drove away the second sister-in-law Xiu Gu.

The second sister-in-law didn't care, shrugged her shoulders, and took Xiugu to continue shopping. After buying vegetables and returning to the Kang family, the second sister-in-law saw the old man sitting in the living room reading a newspaper, so she asked Xiugu to take the vegetables in first. She complained: "Master, there is no Ningguta chicken in the market. The farthest you can get is the Pearl River. And I asked the fishmonger if she knew which ones were shallow sea fish and which ones were deep sea fish. She said she didn't know. How can I buy them?"

"Even if my second sister-in-law knows all the chickens in the world, she can't tell which ones are Ningguta chickens." The eldest brother was just resting at home today and said, "Besides, even if Ningguta transports chickens to Guangzhou to sell, with the shipping fee, the selling price will be higher than Phoenix, right?"

"That's right, dad. In my opinion, we should adapt to local conditions and create a diet menu that is unique to our Kang family." A-Zu is also resting at home today.

"Huh? That's right." The old man agreed with Grandpa's suggestion. He remembered a report he had read and said, "I heard that there is a professor named Ke who is very knowledgeable about nutritional diet. He is over 90 years old, but he looks only in his 60s. Why don't we go ask him?"

"Then you should go quickly. Maybe you can learn the true skills from them and raise everyone in our Kang family to over 90 years old. Haha." Grandpa agreed with both hands. Dou excitedly went back to his room, changed clothes and went out.

(End of this chapter)