Chapter 14 Green Plum
[Green plums, shengjin quenches thirst and eliminates fatigue.] ]
Xu Chenan took the lead in pushing open the door of Zhixi Hall, fumbled around the wall and turned on the light in the corridor, and then led Shen Taotao into the door.
"Brother Xu, why are you back again?" There was someone on duty in the duty room, and when he heard the movement at the door, he came to check, and found that it was Xu Chen'an, who had gone and returned, and couldn't help but ask him in wonder.
"Well, it's a bit of a thing to come back. It's okay, you go and rest, leave me alone. Xu Chenan said hello to him, beckoned Shen Taotao through the backyard, and turned into his lounge.
Shen Taotao has been here once before, and she is no stranger to this place, but it is the first time she has set foot in the small world behind the screen.
"I sometimes stay in the hospital to work overtime, so I set up a small rest room here, and the conditions are a little more basic, you can make do with it. Xu Chen'an quickly changed into a disposable bed sheet and quilt cover for her, and asked her to lie down and rest for a while.
The bed is not big, it is a very ordinary single bed of one meter two, separated by Xu Chenan with a screen, it is barely a rest area, the bedding is fully prepared, obviously he often sleeps here.
Shen Taotao was already sleepy, so naturally he wouldn't be picky about anything, so he simply kicked his high heels, climbed into bed and got into the quilt.
Through a thin layer of disposable quilt cover, I don't know if it is Shen Taotao's psychological effect, in short, she feels that she can smell the faint citrus smell on it, which is exactly the same breath as Xu Chenan's body.
At first, she didn't sleep soundly, but the smell of the tip of her nose was light and clear, and the smell made her feel at ease, and gradually she fell asleep.
Xu Chenan first went to the pharmacy to search for it, and then went to borrow a small kitchen.
3 grams of dried osmanthus, 3 pieces of rock sugar, 6 pieces of medicinal black plum. After the water boils, boil the black plum first, wait until the color of the water becomes darker, then add rock sugar, fry it over a simmer, and finally sprinkle a small handful of osmanthus flowers, you can turn off the heat and get out of the pot.
The soup bowl is too hot, and it is steaming upwards, and even if you hold the bottom of the bowl, you will still feel hot. Xu Chenan found a tray and held it in his hand, and then went to find Shen Taotao.
Shen Taotao was sleeping soundly with his teeth and claws, and he occupied the entire bed loudly. I don't know whether it was intentional or undoubted, she piled the quilt into a long strip, straddled one leg on it, and rode on the quilt in a strange posture.
"Tao Tao, don't sleep yet, drink this. Xu Chenan put the sobering soup on the table, stepped forward and patted Shen Taotao on the shoulder, waking people up.
Shen Taotao's eyes rolled, and she turned over and wanted to continue sleeping, but she forgot that she was lying in Xu Chen'an's lounge at the moment, and the one-meter-two-wide bed board was not enough for her to play, so she was planted in a blink of an eye.
"Be careful!" Xu Chen'an took two quick steps forward in a hurry, one leg was suspended in the air, and the knee of the other leg was bent, and he knelt on the bed. But it was still too late, and he had barely reached out to her when he heard the dull sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.
"Oops!" Shen Taotao slammed firmly on the ground, and in an instant she curled up in pain, feeling like her ass was about to be broken into several pieces.
The tiles were cold, Shen Taotao slept with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and he also felt a little unbearable, and with the help of Xu Chenan, he was pulled up.
The root of the tail was still painful, Shen Taotao rubbed it with his hands, and his head was also groggy.
Seeing her listless appearance, Xu Chenan was angry and helpless: "Does it hurt to have a headache?"
It's okay that he didn't ask, but when he asked, Shen Taotao's tears were about to fall: "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts." ”
She used three "special" in a row to describe her feelings at the moment, but she felt that she was not exaggerating, she really felt uncomfortable, and her headache was about to explode.
Xu Chenan brought the decanting soup to her, and the spoon was also handed to her: "I cooked the decanting soup for you, it's still hot, hurry up and drink it." ”
Shen Taotao instinctively hid behind until he was blocked by the back of the chair, and he couldn't avoid it anymore, so he had to sigh: "I don't like to drink this, it's too hard to drink." ”
She didn't get drunk too much, and the aunt at home would cook her sobering soup every time, but she really thought it was so unpalatable.
Raw egg whites, fresh milk and frosted persimmons were boiled together, and the taste of the boiled was strange and fishy, and she couldn't accept it at all.
"It's not hard to drink. Xu Chenan stirred the soup in the bowl with a spoon, and waited patiently for it to cool before bringing it back to Shen Taotao, "I boiled it with green plums, the kind with thin skin and meat, it should be quite delicious." ”
Shen Taotao frowned, and wanted to refuse again, but he was fed a spoonful of decanting soup as soon as he opened his mouth.
The sweet and sour taste lingers on the tip of her tongue, and it is unexpectedly delicious. Shen Taotao smashed his mouth, tasted the taste just now, bared his teeth and smiled at Xu Chen'an: "It's really delicious!"
Xu Chenan also smiled and handed the spoon back to her; "Then drink it quickly." ”
Seeing that she could no longer enjoy Xu Chen'an's feeding, Shen Taotao still couldn't hide her loss in her heart, but welfare was such a thing, and she was content with it occasionally.
Shen Taotao didn't resist anymore, obediently took the spoon and sent it to his mouth one bite at a time. She drank the sobering soup in the bowl cleanly, took out a tissue and wiped the corners of her mouth, and asked him curiously, "How can you have green plums here?"
Shen Taotao has a shallow amount of wine, and he is already drunk after two glasses of draft beer. But her wine is good, she doesn't cry or make trouble when she is drunk, she doesn't play drunk, but people become very talkative, she can't control her mouth at all, and she has to pull people to chat.
When she said that she was tired, she would find a quiet place to sleep obediently, and when she woke up, she would have a headache.
"Green plums can be used in medicine, so pharmacies always have them. However, there are also two kinds of green plums, one with very little pulp, and the other one is not good, and it is not delicious when cooked. There will be a lot of medicinal pulp, which can quench thirst, stimulate appetite, and eliminate fatigue. Xu Chenan explained to her.
"Understood. Shen Taotao still smiled at him, "I still want to drink!"
"What do you want to drink? Drink wine or sour plum soup? Aren't you afraid of a headache?" The smile on Xu Chenan's face was even stronger, and he joked with her.
"Oh! You're really ......," Shen Taotao covered his face, "which pot is not opened, what kind of truth do you say." ”
Xu Chenan handed her a tissue: "Wipe your sweat, and then lie down on the bed." ”
Although Shen Taotao didn't know why, he still climbed onto the bed, covered the quilt very consciously, and closed his eyes and lay flat.
"Sleepy again?" Xu Chenan chuckled, "That's not good, you get up quickly, lie down with your head at the end of the bed." ”
Shen Taotao didn't bother to sit up and move his position, he directly twisted his waist and turned 180 degrees, and then twisted his waist, and his head was towards the end of the bed, even if the transfer was successful.
Lazy to be like her, Xu Chenan only felt funny when he saw it, and carefully untied the rubber band for her and spread her hair apart.
He moved a chair and sat at the end of the bed, rubbing the Baihui acupoint on the top of her head with the index finger and middle finger of his left hand, while teaching her: "The intersection of the ears upward and the midline, this place is the Baihui acupoint, which has the effect of awakening the brain, calming the nerves, relieving pain, and calming the liver and quenching wind." ”
The force he used in his hand was not much, but Shen Taotao felt that it hurt badly, and after rubbing it thirty times in both clockwise and counterclockwise, Xu Chenan changed the acupressure massage, and she also felt that her mind was a lot clearer.
"Between the eyebrows is Yintang. Xu Chen'an's fingers pressed on the center of her eyebrows, "Here you can calm your nerves and wake up your mind." ”
His hand reached the back of Shen Taotao's head again: "The Fengchi point is under the two occipital tuberosities 0.5 inches above the posterior hairline, and the depression is Fengchi. It can relieve headaches, eliminate eye fatigue, and also have a good effect on neck pain, insomnia, and hangover. ”
The strength of Xu Chen'an's fingertips went from light to heavy, and each acupuncture point was massaged 30 times clockwise, and then 30 times counterclockwise, at a frequency of almost once a second, she was very comfortable, and the symptoms of headache were relieved a lot.
"There is also this acupuncture point, which is called Neiguan acupoint. ”
Xu Chenan took Shen Taotao's hand and said: "Use the first knuckle of the thumb of one hand to put it on the tiger's mouth of the other hand, press inward, and the position of one knuckle away is the Neiguan acupoint, and rubbing it can relieve the pain in the temples on both sides." ”
His palms were slightly wet, holding her white and tender little hands, pressing his fingertips on her tiger's mouth, rubbing them gently without hurry, and the strength was just right.
Shen Taotao struggled to sit up, cross-legged and face to face with him, lowering his eyelids to look at Xu Chenan's hand.
The chair is lower than the bed, but Xu Chen'an's height of 1.84 meters is placed there, and he is still taller than her when he sits. All she had to do was hang her head to see his right hand.
Obviously, he can start work with both hands at the same time, which is convenient and more efficient, but he insists on massaging her with only his left hand, and his right hand is slightly curled up on his lap, rarely moving.
She suddenly felt blessed with her heart, and thought that he had always written with her left hand, so she asked him: "Xu Chen'an, are you left-handed?"
Xu Chen'an was stunned for a moment, a trace of gloomy emotion crossed his eyes, the movements of his hand stopped, and continued to rub her regularly: "Sort of." ”
What does it mean to be "sort of?" Is it left-handed, and will there be any ambiguous answer? Shen Taotao wondered.
He lowered his head, looked at his right hand resting quietly on his thigh, raised his head to face her again, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, with a little bitterness: "My left hand is more convenient to use." ”
As if touching the pain of the accumulated years, although he tried his best to endure it, the expression on his face betrayed him. He really wanted to avoid talking about these things.
From the first time he saw him, Shen Taotao knew that there was a story on the man in front of him. At the age of thirty, it is really not too big for a man, but no matter how gentle and sunny his smile is, the desolation in his eyes cannot be hidden.
It is the eternal wave after the end of a thousand sails, and it is also a handshake and peace after the heartache.
Shen Taotao had taken a course in psychology, and he knew a little bit about his reaction, knowing that he was avoiding it, and he couldn't bear to delve further, so he gently and skillfully changed the topic.