29. Crab roe

The lord of Nanhua County has been intermittently diarrheal for half a month, his face is sallow, and his eyebrows are full of anger, and he is not angry when he sees Su Lao Langzhong coming in. The maid next to her wanted to invite her to sit behind the screen, but she shook her hand unceremoniously: "What is there to avoid, people are like this, it is important to quickly diagnose the pulse and prescribe a prescription!" ”

Su Laolang is old, in fact, there is no need to be particularly evasive, he only put a handkerchief on the wrist of the lord of Nanhua County, and then stepped forward to check the pulse. After he had examined the hands of the Lord of Nanhua, he glanced at Taohua in a blink of an eye. Taohua understood what he meant, that is, the prescription opened by the previous Lang Zhong was not wrong according to the pulse. That is to say, if Su Laolang prescribes a prescription now, it is similar to the previous prescriptions, if the previous prescription does not work, then Su Laolang's prescription will not be special.

When the lord of Nanhua has a bad temper, his eyes are exceptionally useful. Su Lao Langzhong was discovered by her at such a glance, and when he followed his gaze, he saw Taohua: "Why is Miss Jiang also there?" ”

Taohua had no choice but to step forward and salute: "Because Su Lao Langzhong was ordered to diagnose the pulse of the county lord, most of the medicinal materials he used came from the Jiang family medicine hall, so the folk girls also came, if you need any special medicinal materials, the Jiang family medicine hall should prepare immediately." ”

"Really? Let's make a prescription. The lord of Nanhua said impatiently, stretched out his hand and unconsciously pressed his lower abdomen again, feeling that he seemed to have a laxative intention again.

Taohua could only bite the bullet and say, "May I ask the county lord, have you eaten crabs in the past few days?" ”

"Nope!" The county lord of Nanhua immediately became angry, "You quacks, the prescriptions you prescribe are useless!" Now that I'm afraid that the signboard will be smashed, do you want to blame the county lord for all the mistakes? ”

Su Lao Langzhong hurriedly knelt down and said, "County Lord Mingjian, Xiaomin and the others will never dare to have such thoughts. Xiao Min Xi has practiced medicine for decades, his family has ancestral teachings, and he has medical rules, and there is no reason to shirk the wrong person in the sick family, let alone shirk to the nobles. It's just that in terms of the pulse of the county lord, there is nothing wrong with the previous number of Lang Zhong prescribing medicine, even if Xiaomin formulates a prescription, it is just similar. If you don't ask about the situation, Xiaomin and other signboards are smashed, delay the county lord's illness, and make the county lord suffer from illness, which is the most disturbing thing in the doctor's heart. ”

Wen said softly: "Mother, this old man is also sincere. Leave it alone, if the illness does not heal, it is always the mother who suffers, so they smash their signboard, and the mother's body will not help...... The daughter-in-law thought, it is better to check it carefully...... You see, these days, the second brother is worried about you, and everyone has lost weight. ”

In fact, if you want to say thin, the main thing that is thin is Wen. After the morning sickness began, it was a little difficult to eat and drink, and although the lord of Nanhua said that she didn't need to ask about the illness, but the mother-in-law was sick, and the daughter-in-law couldn't ignore it, otherwise it would be hard to say that it was unpleasant, even with the moody character of the lord of Nanhua, it is unknown whether it will rehash the old accounts in the future.

Wen knew that he was not liked by his mother-in-law, so he had to be more careful in his actions. Who can guarantee that the baby in her belly is a male fetus? If she gives birth to a daughter, it is difficult to guarantee that the lord of Nanhua will not be disappointed and unhappy, and at that time, her failure to serve the sick will become a ready-made crime.

Because of this worry, the Wen family still comes to accompany the Nanhua County Lord every day these days, and when the two get together, she has lost a lot of weight. And although Jiang Heng was also anxious, he was not so thin that he could see Cheng DΓΉ.

However, in the eyes of the lord of Nanhua, his son is haggard and thin these days, and what Wen said is extremely correct.

Jiang Heng also followed: "Yes, mother, don't be angry, tell this Lang Zhong about it." It's always bad for you to be like this, and my son is going to die in a hurry. ”

The lord of Nanhua suddenly flew out of the clouds with anger, and hurriedly said: "If you say that you can't die, your mother will listen to you, and what you say is what you say." "I didn't look back and said to Su Lao Langzhong and Taohua, "Since I hit the people from the Rejuvenation Hall and listed a bunch of what I don't have, these girls around me have done the same thing as if they had received a holy decree, and they don't dare to make a difference." If you have any doubts, just ask them. ”

There are a total of four big girls around her, although they have their own functions on weekdays, such as coral management of silver money, agate pipe clothes, amber tube jewelry, pearl tube diet, but everyone is waiting in the inner room, these days are the extension of medicine and decoction of medicine are inevitably cross-busy, so when you speak, you can interject your mouth, you and I say a word, and the life of the lord of Nanhua these days can be clearly explained.

The more Su Lao Langzhong and Taohua listened, the tighter their brows became, because it sounded like what Pearl just said, the Lord of Nanhua is very careful about his diet these days, and he doesn't even drink tea, so he really can't find anything wrong. Taohua could only bite the bullet and speak again: "Can you ask a few girls to tell us about the dishes used by the county lord these days?" ”

Pearl said: "The dishes are just green vegetables, meat and eggs, and there are no fish, shrimp and crabs." Not only is there not the county lord here, but there is also no place for the young lady, only the second young master has shrimp and crabs every day. "Wen's is pregnant, so she can't eat crabs, not to mention her morning sickness in recent days, and she can't smell a little fishy.

"You can't be wrong in the kitchen, can you?" At this point, Taohua also felt that there was nothing to be done. The diet is fine, the medicine is right, so why is the Lord of Nanhua not good? Isn't it a gastrointestinal problem, but something else?

Onyx was in a hurry, and when he heard this, he said, "How could the kitchen be mistaken!" Besides, this dish is all there, if there are shrimp and crabs coming up, can't the slaves and maids see it? These days, the county lord doesn't even bother with meat, and only eats more duck eggs. Even if this duck egg can make the taste of a crab, it is not a real crab, so there will be no problem, right? ”

Duck eggs to make crab flavor? Taohua's heart moved: "Is it a crab?" ”

Crab is a famous dish stir-fried with salted duck eggs, salted egg yolk is seasoned with ginger, sugar, cooking wine, etc., and then fried, its taste is very similar to crab roe. In some places, fish or scallops are added to make it taste more like real crab.

Pearl nodded: "Yes." But I have already told the cook, only duck eggs, not fish. ”

As she was talking, a little maid poked her head out of the door and whispered to Pearl: "Sister, let me ask from the kitchen, dinner is ready......

The lord of Nanhua was impatient, and when he heard this, he said: "Come up, just let this Langzhong take a good look." ”

When she said this, the little girl hurriedly agreed and ran away, but Taohua suddenly found that Amber's face changed suddenly. Before she could figure it out, Amber had already said to the lord of Nanhua: "The little girls are in a hurry, Sister Pearl is not available, the slaves and maids go and take a look, don't let them knock over things." ”

The lord of Nanhua casually agreed, and Amber lifted the curtain and went out. Here Su Lao Langzhong already had a slight sweat on his forehead. There is no problem with the diet, but the prescriptions he can prescribe are only similar to those in front of him, how is this good?

"Oh, tell you to be careful!" Amber's scolding sounded faintly outside the door, followed by the little maid's crying voice: "Sister Amber, I didn't mean to ......"

"You girl! You've turned both of these dishes over! Amber also looked a little anxious, "Okay, let's go back to the kitchen and see what else to bring two servings." ”

"What's wrong?" The lord of Nanhua was a little twisted in his stomach at this time, and when he heard that the little maid outside the door could even make a mistake in passing the food, he couldn't help but be annoyed, "Drag it out and play ten boards!" ”

"The county lord spares his life, the county lord spares his life!" The little maid knelt down with a bang, "The slave didn't mean it, it was Sister Amber who stopped, and the slave didn't see it, so she bumped into it......"

Wen hurriedly motioned for Bichun to go out and have a look. After a while, Bi Chun walked back and said with a smile: "The little girl is hairy, she knocked over a plate of crabs and a bowl of meatball soup." However, these two dishes are also available to the young lady, and the slave has already ordered someone to send the young lady's share first. ”

The county lord of Nanhua said unhappily: "Then what do you young ladies eat?" The girl who can't even serve the food well, what do you keep it for? Only you are the good guy, and the bad guy is all done by me! ”

The last sentence was said to Wen, but it was a little heavy, and Wen hurriedly stood up: "Daughter-in-law doesn't dare." I'm just afraid that it will be too noisy and make my mother unhappy......"

Jiang Heng also hurriedly said: "Mother wants to recuperate now, the little girl is reckless, write it down first, and it will not be too late to deal with it when the mother is well." ”

Amber came in from outside, lowered her eyebrows and said, "It's because the slaves didn't look at them that they had such an errand." The county lord will punish the slaves and maids, and they must not be angry. ”

When his son spoke, the lord of Nanhua softened by half, waved his hand and said, "That's it, I'll leave it to you, I don't care." ”

Taohua stood by the door, and saw the little maid kneeling outside through the gap in the door curtain, crying while picking up something from the ground, her heart suddenly moved, and she slipped out quietly and walked to the little maid: "What did you knock over?" ”

The little maid cried with tears on her face, and she sobbed without looking at who it was: "Yes, it's the county lord's dish." ”

A fresh smell came to her nose, and without hesitation, Momoka picked up a piece of something that looked very much like crab roe from the broken plate and put it in her mouth.

"It fell to the groundβ€”" The little maid couldn't stop it, her eyes widened, but the face of the girl in front of her changed, and she reached out and picked up half of the broken plate, and swept into the house like a gust of wind, so she could only stretch out her hand in vain, "Can't take it in...... "How can the vegetables that fell to the ground be served to the county lord?"

"Grandpa Su, come and try this." Taohua stuffed the remaining crabs on the broken plate directly in front of Su Lao Langzhong, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Amber's face completely white, and he already understood most of it in his heart.

Su Lao Langzhong was inexplicable for a moment at first, then smelled the smell, his face suddenly changed, he picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and said categorically: "This is crab roe!" ”

"What?" Jiang Heng was the first to react, "There is crab roe here?" And this oneβ€”"

Su Laolang tasted the plate of crabs on the table: "There is only egg yolk here." ”

In other words, only the crab that the lord of Nanhua eats on weekdays has real crab roe in it.

"The county lord often uses this dish these days?"

There was silence in the room for a moment, and after a while, the lord of Nanhua shouted angrily and angrily: "Tie up the kitchen man for me and inquire carefully!" Obviously, she does eat a lot of crabs these days, and if real crab roe is put in every dish, then it is logical that the medicine she is taking is ineffective.

The lord of Nanhua was trembling with anger, only to feel uncomfortable in his stomach again. Wen had already asked Bi Chun to fetch someone in the kitchen, Jiang Heng comforted his mother while looking at Su Lao Langzhong: "Can Lao Langzhong prescribe some medicine first to stop my mother's diarrhea." ”

Su Lao Langzhong frowned, and Taohua whispered: "This is a lake crab that eats too many and is stuffed with diarrhea, I have seen a home remedy, which is mashed with fresh lotus root and mixed with hot wine, maybe you can try it." ”

Wen Shi hurriedly said: "There is fresh lotus root in the kitchen, Biqiu, you go and get it immediately!" ”

Now in addition to the people in the kitchen, the pearl beside the lord of Nanhua is in charge of the daily diet, and he is the most suspicious, so he has already knelt down and shouted injustice.

Momoka looked at Amber out of the corner of her eye. The timing was so coincidental. The dish was about to be served in front of the eyes of the two Lang Zhong, and Amber went out to help, and the little maid knocked over the plate. If it weren't for her ghostly genius who had such a glimmer of inspiration, I'm afraid no one would know about this matter until now, and in a few days, Su Laolang's signboard would be smashed, right? However, does Amber have a grudge against these Lang Zhong in Wuxi, why do you want to do this?

Although Biqiu lacked a string in her head, her hands and feet were very fast, and she immediately ran back with a few washed lotus roots in one hand and a jar of wine in the other. Su Lao Langzhong didn't care about anything else, he hurriedly took the medicine mortar and smashed the lotus root, Taohua was hot wine on the side, and when everyone in the kitchen was brought up, the lord of Nanhua had already poured this strange taste into his stomach.

"Who made this dish?" Nanhua County didn't care about the strange taste in his mouth, and asked sharply.

The cook took a step forward tremblingly: "Yes, it's a slave." ”

"Who told you to put crab roe in the dish?" The Lord of Nanhua looked eager to call someone to kill her immediately.

The cook trembled and said, "The slave and maid learned to make this dish, but it was not done well, and the amber girl said that the county lord didn't like to eat it, so let the slave and maid put some crab roe in it, and the taste would be ......good."

She was brought out of the capital by the lord of Nanhua County. Crab has never been made in Beijing before, and she won't either. After the lord of Nanhua arrived here, because of diarrhea, the doctor told him not to eat crabs, Jiang Heng ate this crab in the restaurant outside, and knew that it was fried with only egg yolk, so he brought it back to the lord of Nanhua to taste, and asked the cook to learn to make it, so that the lord of Nanhua could eat it every day.

It is precisely because this cook has served the lord of Nanhua in the Jiang family, and she has been loyal for many years, that the lord of Nanhua did not immediately ask someone to kill her when he found out that there was crab roe in the dish, and also called someone up for questioning, but he didn't expect to get such an answer.

Wen didn't expect things to be like this, and couldn't help but say, "Nonsense! The county lord has been having diarrhea recently, how many Lang Zhong have been found, don't you know? What food is taboo these days, Pearl has already been to the kitchen and said, why do you dare to put crab roe in the dish? ”

The cook almost burst into tears: "Amber girl said, it doesn't matter if you put some crab roe...... These days, the county lord is quite dissatisfied with the craftsmanship of the slave and maid, if he doesn't do it well, the slave and the slave will not be able to keep the job...... "Pearl did come to the kitchen and said that shrimp and crabs are all fasted, but Amber said that Pearl is holding chicken feathers as an arrow, and eating some crab roe is nothing."

Naturally, there is also her own selfishness here. has served the county lord of Nanhua in the Jiang family for many years, and her skills are gradually running out, and there are other people eyeing her, waiting to take her place. This time out of Beijing, she wants to learn to cook all the good dishes used by the lord of Nanhua on the road, especially this crab. But even after doing it a few times, she couldn't make it taste like in the restaurant, and Amber said that the county lord was dissatisfied, and she panicked. Although she knew that it might be inappropriate to add crab roe, she secretly added a little bit because she had both amber assurances and selfish intentions.

"The slave only added a little, really only a little." The cook kowtowed, "Every time I make this crab, the crab roe and crab meat are added to the portion made for the second young master, the county lord only adds a little seasoning, and the young lady's portion is not added at all." The slave really only added a little bit! ”

"Drag this slut down and beat him to death!" The Lord of Nanhua said coldly, his gaze turned to Amber again, "And this-"

"County master, the slave just wants the county lord to use more meals, otherwise the county lord is lazy to eat and drink every day, and the slave and maid are afraid that the county lord will not be able to withstand it." Amber also cried and kowtowed, "The slave maid went to the restaurant to ask, the restaurant fried this dish, in fact, it was also seasoned with a little shrimp oil and crab oil, and there was nothing different after the county's main food, so the slave maid dared to do this." ”

Jiang Heng was surprised: "But the restaurant said ......"

Only Su Lao Langzhong and Tao Hua were locals, and Su Lao Langzhong nodded cautiously: "The restaurant has its own craftsmanship, and it does add some shrimp oil and crab oil to taste, which is all secret of each family, and outsiders can't learn it even if they want to." It's just that the crab roe added to this dish has not been concocted, and the amount is too much, so the county lord will be uncomfortable after using it. ”

came to diagnose a disease and actually diagnosed these things, Su Lao Langzhong and Taohua couldn't wait to leave quickly. This is the gossip of the county lord's family, and it doesn't hurt to listen to it outside, but it's trouble to bump into it in person.

Su Laolang seized the opportunity to speak, and hurriedly presented the prepared prescription: "Does the county lord feel better at the moment?" ”

The lord of Nanhua asked angrily for a long time, and then Su Laolang realized that the feeling of rolling in Fang Cai's abdomen had disappeared: "This hot wine lotus festival is so effective......

Su Lao Lang hurriedly said: "This home remedies can be taken again tomorrow, and then this remedy will be followed, during which it will be cured in less than three days if you fast eating cold things." It's just that the county lord must not eat too many crabs in the future, otherwise the stomach and intestines will not be able to tolerate the cold, and I am afraid that there will be this disease. The way of eating, the most important moderation, the county lord for the health plan, no matter what you eat. ”

The diarrhea this time was completely caused by the fact that the lord of Nanhua County loved to eat crabs, and as a result, he ate too much. In fact, the royal family attaches great importance to health, and the diet is modest, how can the lord of Nanhua not know. It's just that this trip to Wuxi coincided with a good season for crab eating, and I couldn't hold back for a while, which caused such a consequence.

The prescription was offered, and Su Lao Langzhong took the opportunity to retire. The lord of Nanhua County ordered a thick red envelope, and Jiang Heng personally sent the two out of the post house: "Thank you Su Lao Langzhong, thank you Miss Jiang." When my mother recovers, I will come to thank her. ”

"How dare you." Su Lao Langzhong has already shaken off the hot potato, and he is very satisfied knowing that he will not be smashed. Although many Lang Zhong failed to cure the illness of the Nanhua County Lord, the rumors that he was cured by him will make him more famous, but thinking about the first few Lang Zhong who were really wronged, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, and Su Lao Langzhong was not very happy.

Jiang Heng hesitated for a moment: "This matter is really - please also ask the two ......" The ugliness of the family should not be publicized, the matter of the county lord of Nanhua has already made a big fuss, if the truth is spread out is actually like this, the face of the Jiang family will be disgraced, not to mention, the matter of the lord of Nanhua smashing the medical hall will inevitably be impeached by the imperial history.

Su Lao Lang hurriedly said: "Lao Yu just used a dose of home remedies today, I didn't expect it to work...... "He didn't know anything about the rest.

Jiang Heng coughed dryly: "Thank you two." My mother was irritable when she was sick a few days ago, and her behavior was inevitably a little inappropriate. After the illness is recovered, it is natural that the various medical centers will be compensated. ”

To get this result, Su Lao Langzhong is already very satisfied. As the lord of Nanhua, the compensation medical hall is already tantamount to an apology in disguise, and nothing else can be asked for. What's more, he understands even more that if Jiang Heng is not there, he is afraid that if he smashes it, he will smash it, how could the lord of Nanhua take a few Lang Zhong in his eyes.

"Thank you to the second son."