Xiao Mingyue opened a single room in the inn, paid a month's money, read books behind closed doors, and spent 15 days reading through several books (after all, in the 21st century, I studied Chinese medicine, and the basics of rationale and prescription medicine have not changed much, and it is easy to understand.) Then I asked the chef of the inn for advice, and combined with my own understanding, it took 10 days to formulate the menu, which were-

spring

Beginning of Spring: February 3-5 in the Gregorian calendar. The beginning of spring is the beginning of the month of the Ganzhi calendar. Soup with pork belly ginkgo seeds. Ginkgo seeds enter the lung meridian, the beginning of spring is the alternating solar term of winter and spring, coinciding with the change of season, easy to catch a cold and cough, use pork belly ginkgo soup to stop cough, tonify the spleen and invigorate qi, and achieve the purpose of preventing and treating cough.

Rain: February 18-20 in the Gregorian calendar. Steamed eggs with whitebait. Whitebait has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, nourishing the spleen and stomach, benefiting the lungs and diluting water. The solar term of rain, as the name suggests, is the increase of rain, at this time, in order to prevent moisture from invading the human body, use whitebait to replenish the spleen and water.

Sting: Stinging is the beginning of the month of the Ganzhi calendar. Pork liver and spinach soup. Thunder begins from the solar term of sting, and people are easily frightened and need to replenish the liver to calm the shock. What to eat and what to supplement, so use pork liver.

Vernal equinox: March 20-22 of the Gregorian calendar. Raw scalded Artemisia annua. Artemisia annua returns to the meridians: to the liver meridian and the gallbladder meridian. Spring belongs to the wood in the five elements, returns to the liver meridian, and eats the same as the liver meridian Artemisia annua to regulate the liver and replenish the liver.

Qingming: April 04-06 of the Gregorian calendar. Qingming is the beginning of the month of the Ganzhi calendar. Stewed tofu with kelp. Qingming has the custom of worshipping ancestors since ancient times, and it is inevitable that some people have a heavy mood and emotional depression, and use kelp to relieve depression and dissipate knots.

Gu Yu: April 19-21 of the Gregorian calendar. Stir-fried fungus with yams. The yam mainly returns to the three meridians of the spleen, lungs and kidneys, and has the functions of nourishing the spleen and stomach, nourishing the lungs and nourishing the kidneys. The kidney belongs to water in the five elements, which is the mother of wood, and the yam can achieve the effect of nourishing water and culverting wood.

summertime

Beginning of summer: May 05-07 of the Gregorian calendar. The beginning of summer is the beginning of the month of the Ganzhi calendar. Boiled quail eggs. Quail eggs have the effects of nourishing qi and blood, curing rheumatism, strengthening muscles and bones, strengthening the body and brain, and enriching the skin and moisturizing the skin. The beginning of summer is the alternating solar term of spring and summer, and the climate is pleasant, suitable for exercising, and strengthening muscles and bones with quail eggs.

Xiaoman: May 20-22 of the Gregorian calendar. Yam winter melon soup. Yam into the kidney meridian, kidney main water, with yam can benefit water, winter melon also has the effect of water. In summer, the heat and humidity are heavier, and yam and winter melon soup are used to dispel dampness.

Miscanthus species: Miscanthus species is the beginning of the noon moon of the Ganzhi calendar. Chicken stew with goji berries. As the name suggests, this solar term is the beginning of the sowing season, the physical work is heavier, and it is necessary to supplement nutrition, and wolfberry is used to replenish the liver and kidneys and strengthen the muscles and bones.

Summer solstice: June 21-22 in the Gregorian calendar. Ginger crucian carp. This solar term is when the fish is fat, and ginger can not only drive away the fish, but also warm the stomach and dispel the cold, counteracting the coldness of the fish.

Xiaoxia: July 06-08 in the Gregorian calendar. Xiaoxia is the beginning of the first month of the dry branch. Red bean and barley porridge. In the solar term of Xiaoxia, the weather is hot, coupled with the summer dampness and spleen, and the spleen and stomach are weak, it is easy to make tea and rice not fragrant, and use red bean and barley porridge to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness.

Great heat: July 22-24 in the Gregorian calendar. Honey grapefruit tea. The solar term of the Great Heat can be described as the hottest time of the year, so use honey grapefruit tea to clear the heat and quench the fire.

autumn

Beginning of autumn: August 07-09 of the Gregorian calendar. The beginning of autumn is the beginning of the Shen month of the Ganzhi calendar. Watermelon platter. Although the beginning of autumn is the alternating solar term of summer and autumn, the climate is still very hot, and when the watermelon is ripe, use the watermelon to clear the heat and dispel the heat.

Summer vacation: August 22-24 in the Gregorian calendar. Millet and corn, pumpkin and jujube boiled, the name of golden rice. The heat rises and dissipates, disturbs the nerves and hurts the jin and consumes qi, and the golden rice is used to replenish the spleen and invigorate the qi, and nourish the yin and nourish the body.

Bailu: September 07-09 in the Gregorian calendar. White dew is the beginning of the month of the Ganzhi calendar. Soybean and duck stew. Bailu is a good season to eat duck, and using soybeans to stew duck can remove the fishy smell of duck meat and retain the nutrition and deliciousness of duck meat.

Autumn equinox: September 22-24 in the Gregorian calendar. Mung bean jujube lotus cake. In autumn, the climate is generally dry, and it is easy to hurt the lungs.

Cold dew: October 08-09 in the Gregorian calendar. The cold dew is the beginning of the month of the Ganzhi calendar. Platycodon almond crisp. The lungs are easy to cough, and bellflower almonds are used to moisten the lungs and relieve cough.

Frost falls: October 23-24 in the Gregorian calendar. Goji berry jujube cake. Dry evil is hot evil, easy to hurt and consume gas, use wolfberry to nourish yin and rejuvenate.

winter

Beginning of winter: November 7-8 in the Gregorian calendar. The beginning of winter is the beginning of the month of the Ganzhi calendar. Sticky rice. After the beginning of winter, the weather begins to get cold, and glutinous rice is used to warm the stomach and dispel the cold.

Light snow: November 22-23 in the Gregorian calendar. Angelica lamb pot. In winter, you need to supplement enough protein to resist the cold, mutton itself is rich in protein and warm, plus angelica to invigorate blood, better warm yang and dispel cold.

Heavy snowfall: December 6-8 in the Gregorian calendar. Heavy snow is the beginning of the month of the Ganzhi calendar. Radish stew with sausage. At this time, people begin to stock up on sufficient food to start cat winter, and the meat is marinated and dried, so that it can be preserved for a long time. If you eat too much meat, it is easy to accumulate food, so add some radish to eliminate food stagnation.

Winter solstice: December 21-23 in the Gregorian calendar. Dried purslane meat dumplings. There is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice, green vegetables are rare in winter, but the sun-dried purslane can be well preserved, and purslane has the effect of sweating, which can diffuse wind and cold.

Xiaohan: January 5-7 in the Gregorian calendar. Xiaohan is the beginning of the ugly month of the Ganzhi calendar. Walnut flour sugar crepes. Walnut kernels have a laxative effect. Cats are less active in winter, and they are prone to constipation just by eating, so they need walnut kernels to moisten their bowels.

Great Cold: January 20-21 of the Gregorian calendar, acacia daylily. Cats are prone to insomnia after sleeping for a long time in winter, so use acacia flowers and daylily to calm the nerves and promote sleep.

After the menu is ready, it is time to start preparing the materials, Xiao Mingyue ordered, these 24 dishes, in addition to seasonings such as oil and salt, also need ginkgo seeds, pork belly, whitebait, eggs, pork liver, spinach, artemisia, kelp, yam, fungus, quail eggs, winter melon, wolfberry, chicken, ginger, crucian carp, red beans, coix seeds, honey, grapefruit, watermelon, corn, millet, pumpkin, soybeans, duck, mung beans, jujubes, lotus seeds, bellflower, almonds, glutinous rice, angelica, mutton, radish, sausage, dried purslane, walnut kernels, acacia flowers, Daylily.

The menu is set, the ingredients are listed, and the next step is to prepare them. Chicken, duck and fish are all available, but I don't know if the village can get these ingredients, it should not be enough, after all, like watermelon and artemisia annua, which are out of season, it is difficult to find. Although it is difficult to find, this is a game after all, and there must be a way to get it.

So, Xiao Mingyue ended her retreat career, walked out of the inn, and began her journey to find ingredients.