Chapter Twenty-Eight: Milk Tea
Now the Li family is a well-known rich and noble family in Fuzhou Mansion, Li Hongyun has the highest status among the younger generations of the Li family, and he is famous, and he will naturally not be less likely to come to the door to propose relatives. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Li Hongyun was in a hurry to go to the doctor, and he didn't know which doctor in Fuzhou Mansion had high Chinese medicine skills and good medical ethics, so he asked someone to find a family to see his illness, but that Langzhong was a human spirit, and at first glance Li Hongyun knew that this was a son of a family with little social experience, and saw Li Hongyun's anxious expression, so he asserted that Li Hongyun had a hidden disease and needed to take his unique secret recipe to have a chance to be cured.
Li Hongyun was puzzled: "You said that I have a hidden disease, and I often feel chest tightness, is there something wrong with my liver?" ”
"Liver? Belch...... Not bad! This is exactly what Childe's liver has a problem with! Childe, I won't tell you, don't go to the pharmacy to grab the medicine, it just so happens that I have Shu Liver and Qi Pills, which are developed by wolfberry and walnut kernels and many other drugs that nourish the liver and kidneys, and the efficacy is needless to say. Na Langzhong was not sure what hidden disease Li Hongyun had, but when Li Hongyun said this, he immediately confirmed it.
You say you have tightness in your chest? Your face is full of irritability, you must have a liver problem, you should take medicine, take my medicine.
The above is a conversation between Li Hongyun and Lang Zhong, which happens to coincide with Li Ting's statement. Although Li Hongyun was skeptical, he heard that Lang Zhong said that the Liver Regulating Qi Pill seemed to be very powerful, and he felt a lot more relieved, so he only bought it, and I bought as much as you wanted.
Lang Zhong's expression was calm, in fact, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, it was not uncommon for him to sell his own medicine in disguise, I said before that the level of doctors in this era was uneven, and the examples of pretending to be ghosts and ghosts were out of nothing, and even the famous doctors in history also asked people to drink children's urine, and they believed in the records in the medical books. Anyway, you won't die if you eat it, and the key to healing in this era is psychotherapy.
Li Hongyun is lucky, he doesn't need to take strange medicines, wolfberries in traditional Chinese medicine nourish the liver and kidneys, nourish the liver and eyes; Nuts such as walnut kernels can soothe the liver and relieve anxiety, and Li Hongyun is probably not harmful when he eats it, but it is up to Lang Zhong to say when he will eat it.
This is the end of Li Hongyun's medical treatment, but this incident can at least prove that Li Ting, his cousin, has a lot of research on medical skills, otherwise how can he see at a glance what kind of illness he has, and he doesn't believe it if it's a coincidence. He was naturally a little unhappy with Li Ting, in his impression, his cousin should be a scholar who was not diligent and did not distinguish between grains and grains, when did he actually look at medical books, and he still looked good.
But he will never know the answer.
It was another leisure afternoon, Li Ting came to his sister's yard, and on a whim wanted to try to see if he could make his own milk tea. Speaking of Li Ting, he drank a lot of milk tea when he was in college, and he generally chose to meet friends in school in milk tea shops, he preferred Hong Kong-style milk tea, which is characterized by a strong tea taste.
He still remembered the method of milk tea, and instructed Yuzhu to say, "I want to make some milk tea, you can help me find some milk and good tea." ”
Yuzhu Dai's eyebrows frowned slightly: "Milk and tea?" ”
Cattle are good partners of farmers, farming is indispensable for cows, generally do not think about drinking milk, ordinary people can almost not drink milk, milk can only be enjoyed by rich and noble families. In "Dream of Red Mansions", Jiafu uses milk as a tonic for the elderly, and Li Mansion naturally has it, and Mrs. Li likes to drink milk.
Xiao Xi'er went to class in the morning, but the female gentleman's class was boring, not as interesting as her brother's storytelling. Hearing that the second brother wanted to make milk tea, she opened her beautiful eyes curiously: "Milk tea...... What is it? Is milk and tea boiled together? ”
"That's pretty much it." Li Ting smiled slightly and said, "Milk tea is delicious." ”
Yining's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she grabbed her second brother's hand with a smile, the last time she drank milk, she felt that it tasted very good, but her grandmother said that milk was slightly cold, and children should not drink more, so she didn't dare to drink more. In fact, according to the four qi and five flavors of traditional Chinese medicine, human milk tastes mild, and cow's milk is slightly cold, Xuemei persuaded with a solemn face: "Second young master, milk, children can't eat more." ”
Li Ting shook his head: "It's okay, Xuemei, haven't you heard that a glass of milk a day can strengthen a bright person?" ”
Xuemei shook her head blankly.
Li Ting smiled again and said: "Although milk is cold, it can clear heat and detoxify. And because it is sweet in taste and slightly cold, it has the effects of moistening the lungs, replenishing deficiency, detoxifying, moistening the intestines and laxative, etc., therefore, children drink milk nothing, and can also clear heat and detoxify. My milk tea, not only will not get hot, but it is also very delicious, with a pure fragrance and a long aftertaste. ”
"Drops of pure fragrance, long aftertaste!"
Li Xi'er listened to Li Ting's words, smiled and clapped her hands, and asked Yuzhu to hurry up to find milk and tea, as well as gauze, spoons and teapots for filtering tea leaves. Seeing Xuemei's stunned expression, Li Ting was secretly amused, he was fooling people more and more. Didi's pure fragrance has a long aftertaste, which is actually an advertising word, which is really effective, and makes my sister drool.
Several people were waiting for Yuzhu to come back to make milk tea, Li Ting took the opportunity to take his sister to the yard for a walk, he didn't want his sister to be bored at home all day long. Li Ting smiled again and said to Xuemei who was following him: "By the way, Xuemei, you often buy some soy milk and come back for Miss to drink." ”
Xuemei wondered, "Why do you drink those?" There are better things in the house. ”
Li Ting is a doctor who knows the most about health and smiled: "Soy milk contains daidzein...... Well, you may not understand this, anyway, you just need to know that soy milk can make girls' skin fair and moisturized, glowing, and can also prevent acne on the face. ”
Xuemei was already a little confused, what the hell was daidzein, but she understood that soy milk can be beautiful. What could be more attractive to a girl than being pretty? She thought about it and remembered Li Ting's words, she must drink more soy milk.
After a while, Yuzhu brought back something to make milk tea, and the sun was still quite big today, but after all, it was spring, and it was still very cool. When it comes to summer, Li Ting's milk tea will be very suitable for drinking, and of course, it is not bad to use it to satisfy cravings now.
He sent his sister's hand away and said, "Get out of the way, let the second brother make milk tea for you to drink." ”
Xiao Xi'er didn't agree, her peach blossom eyes were about to laugh into a slit, and now she learns a lot of new and interesting things from her second brother every day. Li Ting will tell her something particularly interesting every time she comes, and in the long run, those fairy tales are of course not enough, so Li Ting not only tells her fairy tales, but also tells her some history or the situation of this world, which no one else has ever told her, this time the second brother began to cook food for her, of course she was happy.
Recently, my sister has become more and more energetic, I'm afraid that the family doesn't like this, but Li Ting likes it tightly, and what he likes the most is that his sister's pupils are squinting upwards, putting on a happy and somewhat arrogant little little look, which is full of freedom and unrestrained joy.
Now is the era of feudal etiquette and religion, there are many rules, and formalism is seriously rampant, which is simply pathological in Li Ting's view. It is often said that feudal etiquette restricts people's nature, it is exactly like this, the daughters of rich and noble families have a lot of rules, they are well-dressed, and they have to walk in the outer circle when they walk around a corner, they can't do this, they can't do that, who can stand it?
The most important thing in the Ming Dynasty is etiquette, even the emperor who is high up has to abide by the etiquette, food, clothing, housing and transportation must be in accordance with the requirements, and the selection of concubines is involuntary, so sometimes the emperor can't stand the red tape, and the early dynasty that is inefficient and pays attention to the form does not like to go, and even there is a famous emperor in the Ming Dynasty who does not go to court for decades.
According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, the early dynasty was like this: the emperor paced squarely under the support of eunuchs and palace maids, walked to his own dragon chair, and accepted the three kneeling and nine bowing bows of the civil and military officials in a dignified manner. After a set of cumbersome ceremonies, the ministers and workers of all sizes have come out in order, reporting government affairs to the emperor, waiting for the emperor to decide, not only the officials are tired, but the emperor is almost big when he comes out like this, how can he still listen to you crookedly. Think about it, now students can't stand raising the national flag every day, let alone such a cumbersome set of etiquette.
It is not difficult to understand why the early dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty was in vain, of course, this is a foreign language.
For my sister, the rules to learn are not less than those of the early dynasty, three from the four virtues must be learned, but also to learn the code of conduct, such as the most basic smile without teeth, for example, walking to have a look, can not be seen feet, otherwise it is a shameful thing, and then for example, can not stand at the door, that looks not dignified, and then there is a bath on time, and then there are men to see people, women are blessed to see people, and so on.
Now that Lin is sick, his sister hasn't learned much about the rules. Li Ting is looking for his sister to play, and he also hopes that she will move, not to be bound by the rules every day, so he takes his sister around, tells his sister how she wants to move, and smiles in front of him and shows her teeth at will, Li Ting doesn't care about other places, her sister can be casual here, Yuzhu Xuemei can't care when she sees the two little girls, and she doesn't seem to have the habit of making a small report to the Lin family.
This is the courtyard of the Lin family, and no one usually comes in, so Li Ting is more relieved.
At this time, the utensils were prepared, and Li Ting began to teach Yuzhu to make milk tea, he couldn't do it himself every time, and he still had to teach the maid to make it.
Yuzhu also readily agreed, she was also very curious about the so-called milk tea, milk and tea can be boiled together, she also thought that this was a new method that Li Ting heard from Su Yang.
"This milk tastes good......"
Li Ting knew that it was pure milk as soon as he smelled it, the milk taste was super strong, it was not Li Ting, he drank processed milk, he was naturally very satisfied, so he asked Yuzhu to light a fire to boil the milk in the pot, and added a small half pot of water, he did this for a reason, without adding water and waiting until the tea water evaporated, the milk would be so thick that it could not be seen.
The practice of milk tea is actually very simple, nothing more than adding milk and tea leaves in turn to the pot to simmer, of course, the proportion needs to be controlled, the milk is less than the astringency that can't cover the tea, and the time is about the same in seven or eight minutes. This milk tea does not need to put sugar, it tastes very delicious, the only regret is that there was no refrigerator in ancient times, otherwise it will taste better when frozen.
Li Ting thought about it for a while, and then asked Xuemei: "By the way, Xuemei, can you find ice cubes in the house?" ”
Xuemei nodded, there are naturally ice cubes, and in the winter mansion, the ice cubes are collected and stored in the ice cellar. This ice cube can be used to cool off, and it can be sold outside in the summer, but this kind of trade is limited to the rich and noble, and ordinary people cannot afford to use it.
"Can you get some for me?"
"Hmm." Xuemei went to get it as she said.
By the time Xuemei brought the ice cubes, Li Xi'er was already hungry, and she could finally drink the milk tea made by Li Ting.
She was very young and most interested in these novelties.
Li Ting liked her the most and smiled, adding some ice cubes to the milk tea, considering that her sister might like sweetness, and added a little sweetness. In fact, this milk tea sells very well, but it lacks a little fruit embellishment, of course, it can't make that bubble tea.
Li Xi'er took a sip of the teacup and closed her eyes happily. Melts in her mouth, the milk tea is unimaginably silky, and the rest of her mouth is full of rich aroma and sweet taste, she has never drunk something so delicious.
"Second brother and second brother, it's delicious, I've never drunk such a delicious tea! Milk tea has neither the bitterness of tea nor the sweetness of milk, it turns out that these two things together taste so good. Li Xi'er said happily, "The fragrance of this milk tea is also strong, is it boiled?" ”
Li Ting looked at her face, and was a little thirsty: "Second brother, drink and see." ”
"I'm going to drink it again!" Li Xi'er's eyes were shining.
Yuzhu and Xuemei kept staring at Li Ting, thinking about how delicious the milk tea that Miss liked so much should be, and their saliva flowed when they thought about it, and they wanted to take a sip very much. Li Ting saw it, smiled and set up the teacups, and everyone shared a cup, so this girl was also fortunate to have a piece of the pie.
This drink made the two of them hallucinate.
This seems to be the milk and tea leaves, boiled together, it will become so special, at a glance the color is integrated, I can't tell whether it is milk or tea, just like Li Ting said, the mellow fragrance, the aftertaste is long, people want to drink a second sip after a sip, they can't stop, they have never drunk such a sweet milk tea.
"Delicious!"
Yuzhu couldn't help cheering, she licked the milk tea left at the corner of her mouth, and her expression revealed a girlish and lively appearance. Even the cautious Xuemei looked at the milk tea in her hand in a daze, the taste of this milk tea is really intoxicating, astringent like a faint day, sweet and like a good memory.