The Fu Family's banquet was truly an experience for Lin Jie.

Although the presentation was exquisite, pleasing to the eye and whetting the appetite.

However, the ingredients were just ordinary seasonal vegetables and chicken, duck, goose, fish, not rare items like elephant trunk, bear paw, or monkey brain, which left Lin Jie a little disappointed.

But still, when eaten, the taste felt somehow different, quite delicious.

Privately, Lin Jie thought it was psychological, but upon savoring carefully, it really was delicious.

Wang Jinglan served Lin Jie a bowl of fish soup, saying, "Dr. Lin, as an athlete, I am always cautious about eating out, always worried about food containing hormones, one careless mistake and you might get banned from competition."

"But when eating at Uncle Grandpa's house, I never worry about this. I can eat as I please, want to know why?"

"Oh, why is that?" Lin Jie asked with interest.

"What's there to brag about?"

Fu Xiuyuan took over, speaking indifferently, "The family rented a piece of land in a relatively remote area of the Southwestern Province, far from industrial pollution, next to mountains and water, and built a small farm."

"On this small farm, we don't use any fertilizers or pesticides, only the most primitive farming methods to grow vegetables and crops, and raise livestock and aquatic products!"

"All the ingredients we eat are airlifted daily from that small farm."

Dear me, if this isn't bragging, then what is?

This means that this seemingly ordinary meal on the table is something special, something you can't buy at any price in the market.

Inwardly impressed, Lin Jie naturally gave credit to the host, saying, "I said it myself, these dishes taste fundamentally different from those bought at the market, so they are truly pure and pollution-free farm products!"

The old master of the Fu Family chuckled and said, "Just indulging our appetites, I'm afraid we've let Dr. Lin down."

"If you like it, I'll arrange to have some sent to you every day, just for the taste and peace of mind!"

"Thank you for your kindness, but I must decline!"

Lin Jie explained, "My stomach and body have already adapted to vegetables, meat, and grains with pesticide residues. Sudden consumption of such pure food might be manageable for a meal, but over time, my body wouldn't be able to handle it."

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" The old master asked curiously.

"It's a kind of body adaptation and evolution I guess..."

Right then, Lin Jie explained the theory of "going with the flow", concluding, "In fact, it's a kind of self-comforting heresy in helplessness, not to be taken seriously!"

The old master was stunned, pondered for a while, and nodded thoughtfully, "Dr. Lin, borrowing your theory, what you say makes a lot of sense."

"Extremely speaking, if the majority of humans evolved adaptively due to environmental degradation, and we didn't, we would be the ones ultimately eliminated by nature."

Thinking further, he decided, "Hmm, starting tomorrow, teenagers' meals will be purchased directly from the market..."

"Master Fu, this won't do!"

Lin Jie immediately interjected.

Not wanting to be resented by the Fu family's youngsters and their parents, he hurried to advise, "Old Master Fu, even if my fallacy were true, this kind of natural evolution would take hundreds or even thousands of years to manifest."

"Moreover, we as humans have long transcended passive adaptation to nature, we are actively transforming this world, and our living environment will certainly improve."

Fu Hechang, thinking of his youngest son, quickly chimed in: "Dr. Lin makes a valid point, environmental pollution management is gaining importance, our living environment will undoubtedly improve..."

At this moment, the old master's face suddenly stiffened, as if something had occurred to him...

Seeing his sudden silence, Lin Jie, Fu Hechang, Fu Zhezhi, Fu Xiuyuan, and others dared not interrupt, exchanging a few glances quietly, waiting patiently...

After a few minutes, the old master let out a long breath, seemingly enlightened, "Dr. Lin's words made me finally understand what's been happening with Mingchang."

"He's just a middle school student, every time he has lunch at school, he ends up with diarrhea."

"You all said it was because the school's food wasn't sanitary."

"But Mingchang isn't the only student eating there, why is it that other students are fine?"

He pointed with his chopsticks at the dishes on the table, saying, "Mingchang grew up eating these foods, but how has his physical condition turned out?"

"Every time he ate outside and came back, he would suffer from vomiting and diarrhea!"

The old master put down his chopsticks, speaking softly, "Dr. Lin's words have been an awakening call."

"Mingchang's daily diet has made his body frail, lacking resistance, so the outside food is like poison to him."

Fu Zhezhi also nodded in agreement, "Grandpa, this must be exactly what Dr. Lin is talking about."

"Not only Mingchang, as far as I know, younger ones like Minghui, Qianqian, they often have stomach upsets when eating outside!"

This reminder made Fu Hechang realize it was true.

Not wanting his son to become a sickly child unable to step outside, he anxiously asked, "Dr. Lin, do you have any solution?"

Lin Jie was a bit dumbfounded.

He hadn't expected his offhand remarks to trigger a major dietary reform for the Fu family.

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Well, it needs to be gradual! No matter how the diet changes... the body needs a process to adapt gradually."

The old master made a decisive statement, "Hechang, I'll leave this matter to you to handle, follow Dr. Lin's 'gradual adaptation' principle to adjust the diet."

He further emphasized, "Whether adults or children, including myself, everyone's diet needs to be adjusted."

"Uncle, rest assured, I will take good care of it!" Fu Hechang stood up to state.

The old master nodded gently, self-blaming, "I'm the cause of this, a typical case of good intentions gone wrong!"

"I thought about the saying, 'disease enters through the mouth,' and food safety and all that, so I spent quite a bit of effort building that small farm, hoping to have the family eat trusted food."

"Sigh…"

He gestured appreciatively toward Lin Jie and said, "Thanks to your fallacy, Dr. Lin."

"Otherwise, if Mingchang, Minghui, Qianqian, these juniors kept growing up like this, they might never step outside their home. Or, even on business trips, they would need to carry food with them."

The old master instructed Fu Hechang again, "Arrange to deliver fresh vegetables, meat, poultry, and eggs to Dr. Lin's home twice a week, just for a change of taste."

This time, Lin Jie didn't refuse again!

The Fu family's lunch ended around 1:30.

The old master, having the habit of taking an afternoon nap, stood up saying, "As one gets older, the energy doesn't last, I need to go back and take a nap. Dr. Lin, I won't accompany you. Later, let Xiuyuan and Little Monkey show you around."

"The little garden at home has lovely blooming flowers, worth a look!"

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