Chapter 217: The Second Medicinal Diet
There was not much left in the Tang Mansion that was watered with the space spring water, and without Tang Xiu's permission, none of the people in the mansion dared to take it out privately to entertain the guests in the mansion.
Therefore, even if Yu Chi Dabao and Yu Chi Xiaobao are Tang Xiu's cousins and cousins, they have never eaten this kind of special watermelon that is not sold to the public. And the watermelons that Tang Mansion took out to entertain them were all produced in the hundred-acre melon fields outside the manor, so the taste would naturally be slightly lacking.
Now, when they ate Tang Xiu, they took out the watermelon directly from the space, and they were immediately overwhelmed by the unique delicacy of this watermelon.
"Cousin Tang Xiu, quick, let Dabao eat one more bite! Just one bite! Yu Chi Dabao rushed to Tang Xiu's approach, drooling, and looked at Tang Xiu pitifully for a while, and then looked at the large half of the watermelon in Tang Xiu's hand.
"I want it too! I want it too! Yu Chi Xiaobao was not far behind, and also flew to Tang Xiu, staring at the half of the watermelon with his eyes.
Such a delicious fruit is definitely the best one the two of them have eaten in their lives!
Tang Xiu smiled slightly, took two steps back, and said lightly: "Don't worry, the two cousins haven't given me an accurate answer yet, do you agree or agree to the conditions I proposed before?" ”
"Huh?" Yu Chi Xiaobao was stunned for a moment, moved his gaze from the watermelon to Tang Xiu's face with difficulty, and asked in confusion, "What conditions?" ”
"No matter what the conditions, I agreed, give me food, I want to eat!" Yu Chi Dabao did not hesitate at all, and the true colors of foodies are undoubtedly shown here.
Seeing the performance of the two, Tang Xiu couldn't help but shake his head slightly. These two foodies, they can't just think about eating and don't hear what he says at all, right?
Agree to any conditions. Aren't you afraid that I'll sell you?
This training must be strengthened in the future, otherwise these two foodies will be hooked up by others because of a little delicious food in the future. Then he really didn't even have a place to cry.
"I'll say it again, you've listened carefully." Tang Xiu patiently preached to the two of them again: "As long as you are willing to be obedient in the mansion, don't make trouble everywhere and bully people, and carefully study some of the things I taught you, such a watermelon, you two will have one every day in the future." ”
"Of course, if you can't do it, or if you break these agreements we have now, there will be no more watermelons. Do you understand that even those meals you eat every day should be halved until you are able to mend your life and meet the requirements of what I have said? ”
As soon as Tang Xiu's words fell, Yu Chi Xiaobao couldn't help but turn his head to look at Yu Chi Dabao beside him, "Big brother, Cousin Tang Xiu said so much in one breath, do you understand what he is saying?" It feels so esoteric......"
Good... Abstruse?!
Tang Xiu was directly choked in the chest, so that no mouthful of black blood spurted out.
I didn't understand such a simple word. It seems that Yu Chi Xiaobao's IQ should still be under the age of ten, at most at the age of six to seven years old, if you want to train well, I am afraid it will be a little difficult.
Hear my brother's inquiry. Yu Chi Dabao raised his hand and touched his chin, put on a contemplative look, frowned and said softly: "Well, this." Let me think about it...... I should have known......"
The familiar sentence of 'let me think about it' directly defeated Tang Xiu. Is it necessary to 'let me think about it' for such a simple question?
"Don't think about it anymore." Thinking of the last time in Chang'an's Shijin Building, Yu Chi Dabao also said that he fell into a sluggish state directly after I thought about it, Tang Xiu didn't want to wait here for a long time, and said directly: "What I mean is very simple, that is, if you are obedient, you will have food to eat and watermelon to eat, and if you are disobedient, you will have no food to eat and no watermelon to eat, do you understand now?" ”
Simple, straightforward, without a bit of tactful rhetoric, if neither of them can understand this, then Tang Xiu can only give up the in-depth treatment of the two brothers with his head.
Yu Chi Dabao and Yu Chi Xiaobao reacted very quickly this time, and nodded in unison: "We want to eat, we want to eat watermelon!" ”
Tang Xiu nodded with satisfaction, "Since that's the case, it depends on your future performance." ”
As he spoke, Tang Xiu divided the watermelon in his hand into two, and handed it to the hands of the two of them under the eager gaze of the two, "This watermelon is considered to be a reward for you today, the first thing you have to do after eating it is to catch insects, do you see this vegetable field behind, your task is to catch at least fifty insects from it every day, to live." ”
"Uh-huh!" "Whoa!"
Yu Chi Dabao and Yu Chi Xiaobao nodded their heads while eating, as for Tang Xiu's words, only God knows whether they were listening or not.
Tang Xiu didn't care about this, no matter whether the two of them were listening or whether they understood it or not, he had a way to make them consciously comply.
"In the future, I will let Chunlan be responsible for supervising you, if you are lazy or don't do it, or if you trample on the vegetables in the field when catching insects, there are no watermelons, no meat dishes, no good wine and good food, all of them are not ......"
"Uh-huh!" "Whoa!"
Brother Wei Chi continued to nod his head, most of the two large pieces of watermelon had been wiped out by them at such a moment.
"And ...... Forget it, it's probably in vain to talk about it now. Tang Xiu shut up halfway through his words, raised his hand and beckoned to Chunlan who was waiting next to him, beckoned Chunlan to come closer, and asked softly: "Chunlan, I'll leave the rest to you, haven't you forgotten what I told you before?" ”
"Don't worry, young master, the slaves and maids have all remembered it." Chunlan bent down and saluted Tang Xiu, then turned her head to look at the dumbfounded Brother Wei Chi, and said in a crisp voice: "The slave will definitely truthfully supervise the performance of the two cousins." ”
Although Yu Chi Dabao and Yu Chi Xiaobao are muddy people, and they also have a good body of force, but Chunlan is not afraid of them, after a few days of contact, Chunlan has successfully discovered the fate of these two young masters, and they will not be given food if they are disobedient, so as to ensure that these two young masters can become honest at that time.
Although I don't know why the young master wants the two young masters to go down to the ground to catch insects, but since it is the young master's orders, she will definitely obey and obey with determination. Besides, fifty bugs are not many, as long as the two young masters are more careful, it shouldn't be difficult to catch.
"Okay, the two of them will be handed over to you, don't forget today's fifty bugs."
After speaking, Tang Xiu left directly with his hands behind his back, leaving only Chunlan and two foodies who were eating watermelon to stay in place.
"Young Master Cousin, let's start after eating, fifty worms should not be difficult for the two Young Master Cousins......"
As soon as he walked a short distance, he heard the voice of Chunlan talking to Brother Yu Chi behind him, Tang Xiu couldn't help but shake his head lightly, if he expected it to be true, today and tomorrow, Yu Chi Dabao and Yu Chi Xiaobao are afraid that they will have to spend their days with gruel.
Fifty insects may not sound like much, but to find them and catch them alive in a vegetable field that is only above ankle height, and not to trample on a green vegetable, in addition to having enough patience and eyesight, it is also essential to concentrate for a long time, and these things are almost impossible for Wei Chi Dabao and Yu Chi Xiaobao, who are used to life, to fully adapt and meet the requirements in a short time.
Leaving the vegetable field in the back house, Tang Xiu went directly to the stove room, and after raising his hand to send all the people in the stove room down, Tang Xiu began to cook the second medicinal food he had mastered.
Peiyuan porridge.
It's a simple and easy-to-understand name, but the ingredients are not simple at all.
The medicinal materials and ingredients required are almost more than double that of the 'Yiqi Zengyuan Soup', and the requirements for the year of wild ginseng are also ridiculously high, at least more than a hundred years, and some other herbs such as eucommia, astragalus, and Ganoderma lucidum are also more than fifty years old, in order to make up these medicinal materials, Tang Xiu has spent a lot of work in the past two days.
Based on the spiritual spring water, the three fresh soup of chicken, duck and fish, ginseng, ganoderma lucidum and eucommia are induced by each other's medicinal effects, and finally the steamed rice is soaked and absorbed, and it takes at least two to three hours for a bowl of inconspicuous porridge to be boiled down, and the cost required is at least about 1,000 to 1,500 yuan.
Fortunately, the most expensive ginseng was picked by Tang Xiu from the space, although it was only more than thirty years old, but because it was made of spiritual spring water, its medicinal effect had almost reached a hundred years or so, and it could barely meet the minimum requirements for boiling Peiyuan porridge.
One serving of medicinal herbs can only be boiled out of one bowl at a time, Tang Xiu was fully prepared this time, enough to prepare ten servings, boiled ten portions at a time, ten pots were boiled together, and it took a morning in the stove room to finally boil out ten bowls of white porridge.
One bowl for Mrs. Tai, one bowl for mother-in-law Qin, one bowl for Ye Er and Wan'er, one bowl each for the three brothers and sisters of Wei Chi, one bowl each for Uncle Shi and Tang Lu, plus one bowl for Tang Xiu's own, ten bowls of Peiyuan porridge, just right.
Ten bowls of Peiyuan porridge, even if the most expensive ginseng is grown by Tang Xiu, it can save a lot of expenses, but that's all, only the medicinal materials of Ganoderma lucidum and Eucommia ulmoides that have been in some years also cost Tang Xiu almost 5,000 guan, and when it is divided into one bowl, it is almost 500 guan.
A bowl of 500 yuan of white porridge is converted into almost 500,000 yuan in later generations, how many people in the world can afford such a luxurious bowl of white porridge?
If you add the cost of ginseng, the value of Peiyuan porridge will have to be doubled, no wonder Cheng Yanjin and those people have a happy and hateful expression on their faces when they mention medicinal food, it turns out that the root of everything is here.
Things are good, but what's the use of not being able to drink them?
Tang Xiu took out the ten bowls of porridge and covered them, put them into the food box one by one, and then ordered the maid ring outside to send out the food boxes one by one.
In the end, Tang Xiu carried the last box he left, which contained Pei Cai'er, Wan'er and his own three bowls, and slowly walked back to his courtyard. (To be continued......)