"The taste of this clear soup reminds me of the noodle soup my grandma used to make for me when I was a kid..."
As he ate, Hu Zhihai suddenly blurted this out. He thought for a moment and continued,
"Back then, my parents were busy with work and were often not at home, so I lived with my grandma.
One winter, while playing with a few little friends from the village, I accidentally fell into a pond and got soaked. That night at home, I came down with a high fever.
I was so out of it with the fever that it worried my grandma to tears. She carried me on her back to the barefoot doctor's house in the neighboring village that very night.
I had an IV at the barefoot doctor's, and by the time the fever broke and we returned home, it was already midnight. My grandma asked if I wanted something to eat. I hadn't had dinner that night, so after the fever broke, I was starving and said I wanted to eat.
