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"Madam, let me feed you," Mother Sheng insisted without waiting for Xiao Ruo to refuse, picking up a small sliver of wood ear mushroom to her mouth.
Smelling the sour vinegar, Xiao Ruo swallowed and opened her mouth to bite the sliver of wood ear.
"Madam, how is it?" Mother Sheng anxiously watched Xiao Ruo.
Xiao Ruo chewed and then looked up with surprise, "It seems I'm not nauseous anymore."
Hearing this, Mother Sheng and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Madam, would you like some more?" Mother Sheng tentatively asked, though she was also worried about inducing further nausea.
"I'll do it myself." Xiao Ruo, not accustomed to being so attended to, took the chopsticks from Mother Sheng's hand and started to eat on her own.
After tasting a few more bites, Xiao Ruo felt her teeth sour but found it quite appetizing, and asked, "Is there any plain porridge?"
This wood ear was too sour, suitable only as a porridge accompaniment.
