Chapter Eighty-Seven
The cooks of the Jun family made medicinal meals and supplements tasted almost unpalatable like medicine. Aunt Yan's craftsmanship is good, and she tastes and guides on the side, what less taste, what needs to be improved, and she has a tricky mouth, she knows it as soon as she tastes it. The final boiled wolfberry angelica chicken is comparable to the craftsmanship of a five-star chef. Gu Ye's taste buds, which had been owed for a long time, finally had a chance to recover, and this meal was extremely satisfying.
The fresh fragrance that emanated from it, even Gu Xiao and Gu Ming, the grandfather and grandson, couldn't help but taste it. This taste is out of control. A pot of chicken soup, Gu Ye and Aunt Yan only drank one bowl each, and the rest was wrapped up by the two of them.
Gu Ming spit out a bone, drank the last mouthful of chicken soup into his mouth, and said unsatisfactorily: "I didn't expect that medicinal food can be so delicious." Sister, you really don't know how blessed you are! ”
Gu Ye rolled his eyes at him and said, "You haven't tasted the tonic made by the Jun family's cook, you only pay attention to nutrition, not the taste, and there is no taste at all, just like chewing wax." It's still our Aunt Yan's superb cooking skills, and she compares the largest restaurants in Yancheng! ”
Yan Qiutong pursed his lips and smiled, "It's good that the girl is pointing out on the side!" ”
"My sister has a rich tongue, and she is picky about eating. The braised pork I made last time, I thought it was delicious, but my sister looked disgusted. Gu Ming couldn't help but complain about her sister.
Gu Ye rolled his eyes and said, "Then you have eaten really delicious braised pork!" The taste, sweet and fluffy, melts in your mouth, and is so delicious that you want to swallow your tongue! ”
Speaking of this, she swallowed her saliva, and turned to Yan Qiutong and said, "Aunt Yan, let's make Dongpo meat to eat at night, right?" ”
"Dongpo meat?" Yan Qiutong said with a puzzled face, "What kind of dish is that, I haven't even heard of it, how can I make it?" ”
"The famous Dongpo meat, haven't you heard of it?" Gu Ye's eyes widened, and when he saw his grandfather who followed General Chu to the north and south, he shook his head to show that he didn't know, so he sighed, "It's a pity that I can't find a soulmate for such a delicious taste, alas, ......"
"Sister, have you eaten Dongpo meat? Do you know how to do it? Gu Ming turned into a foodie and asked impatiently.
"Wait a minute." Gu Ye went back to his room and pulled out a recipe from a pile of books in the space. In her previous life, she had collected all the valuable books in the Beijing Library into the space. Who made her pay more attention to cultural inheritance? These books were not used in the previous life, so let's try to make the most of their value in this life.
Gu Ye turned to the page of the Dongpo meat illustration, copied a copy in a scribbled font, and returned to the main house with great interest. She got back on the kang, slapped the copied recipe on the kang table, and said to Yan Qiutong: "This is the recipe I got by chance, you can take it and think about it." ”
Yan Qiutong took the recipe and looked at it seriously. Her brows furrowed more and more, and she said softly: "Girl, where did you get this recipe, there are a lot of typos in it, and there are some words, I don't recognize ......"
Gu Ye snatched the piece of paper with black lines on his head, and said in his heart: Oops, forget that people in this world use traditional Chinese characters! She cleared her throat and patiently explained the ingredients, steps and heat to Yan Qiutong in detail. As the so-called one-size-fits-all, Yan Qiutong has a deep accomplishment in cooking, Gu Ye dialed it a little, and she immediately understood the true meaning of making "Dongpo meat".
Gu Xiao purchased half a fan of pork in the town, and Yan Qiutong cut the best pork belly from it and began to cook "Dongpo meat". Gu Xiao and his wife sorted out the gifts given by the Jun family and the Chu family in the house.
The ones given to Gu Ye are mostly jewelry and clothes. Coupled with the one her grandfather bought for her in Yancheng, there are six sets of winter dresses alone. There are several materials suitable for little girls to make clothes. Coupled with the clothes given to his grandfather and brother, Gu Ye felt that he could open a small cloth village.
Originally, there was only a shallow layer of clothes, but the large wooden box was full, and there was no clothing in it. Gu Ye had no choice but to wrap some clothes in a furoshiki and pile them on the end of the kang.
There are more than 20 beaded flowers, hairpins, earrings, and bracelets suitable for little girls. Gu Ye wrapped it in a handkerchief and stuffed it into the innermost part of the box. The little girl in the mountains, when she gets married, can marry three pieces of silver - silver hairpin, silver cloves, and silver bracelets - is already very decent. And most of them are hollow, worth a few taels of silver at most.
Any of her jewelry, which one of them took out, was no less than a few dozen taels of silver, which was too eye-catching. She has never been a high-profile person, especially when it comes to dressing up, just be comfortable.
Finally, the supplements and medicinal herbs that gave her a headache and were worth a lot of money were sorted out. After eating for many days, why don't you see less? With so many supplements, when will you be able to eat them? When Gu Xiao came in, what he saw was the picture of his little granddaughter, worried about a pile of supplements.
"You, you are really in the midst of blessings and do not know blessings. Such a precious tonic, others sharpen their heads, and they may not be able to get the same of it. You're so good that you can't wait to throw all these supplements away! Gu Xiao put these supplements into the small cabinet on Gu Yekang's head.
Only halfway through, the cabinet was full. He frowned, and said to himself: "It seems that Gu Qiang has to make a few more cabinets and cages, otherwise they will all be piled on the kang, what is it like?" ”
As soon as I looked up, I saw my little granddaughter tiptoeing out, and hurriedly said, "Stop, have you thought of anything to eat for the afternoon supplements?" Nests? Ginseng? Ganoderma lucidum? Bee milk? Or a snow clam? ”
Seeing that he couldn't hide, Gu Ye raised his mouth, and said angrily: "Just eat 'Osmanthus White Fungus Stewed Snow Clams', right?" Put more rock sugar. "In autumn, Gu Ye picked a lot of osmanthus flowers, originally planned to make osmanthus cakes, and when they were added to supplements, the taste should be a little better. Her most urgent desire now is to make the tonic into a delicious meal!
After tidying up the house, Gu Ye walked to the courtyard, saw a slip of air-dried game hanging under the eaves, and asked, "Aunt Yan, did Uncle Zhang send these game?" Won't all the prey he has caught in the past month or so be sent to our family? ”
Yan Qiutong's voice came from the kitchen: "Zhang Orion heard that you were sick, so he specially dried all the pheasants he caught and sent them over, saying that they were for you to replenish your body." You're not at home, he knocks on the door every time, puts down the game and leaves, and doesn't even give me a chance to refuse......"
"Oh...... When Dongpo meat is made, I will send a bowl to Uncle Zhang and them, and take a look at Brother Lihu's feet by the way. Gu Ye knew that Uncle Zhang was to thank them for helping Zhang Lihu heal his foot.
"In the more than a month that we have been away, is there anything new in the village?" Gu Ye grabbed a handful of pine nuts and sat at the kitchen door, gagging like a little squirrel.
Yan Qiutong thought for a while and said, "Doctor Wu at the entrance of the village treated the rich man of Xitou Village, and the more he treated, the more serious it became. Before it could be sent to town, the people were gone. The doctor in the town said that he had used the wrong medicine. The medicine was toxic because it was not properly prepared. Not only can it not cure the disease, but it can cause death if taken for a long time.
The son of the rich man of Xitou Village brought a lot of people, beat Dr. Wu, and asked him to accompany him for a hundred taels of silver. Otherwise, he will be arrested and sent to the official, and Dr. Wu will scrape together everything to barely get the money together. The people in Xitou Village are ruthless enough, so Wu Angelica can't get off the kang now. His daughter-in-law cried all day long, and when she saw someone, she pulled her to complain, and the daughter-in-law in the village hid when she saw her. ”
Gu Ye didn't have a good impression of these two people, and said casually indifferently: "Many medicinal materials are toxic in themselves, and only when they are concocted can they become good medicines to cure diseases and save people." Dr. Wu is old, it is impossible not to even know this, right? ”
Yan Qiutong hesitated for a moment, came out of the kitchen, and whispered: "Wu Angelica's mother-in-law is still saying everywhere that Wu Angelica's method of concocting that flavor of medicinal materials was learned from you. Say that you deliberately let them learn the wrong way to make medicines, and have a vicious mind...... In short, she ruined your reputation everywhere! ”
"What did you learn from me? I would like to ask him, has he bowed to the teacher? Did you pay the apprenticeship fee? I said that before going to the border gate, the mother-in-law always had something to do and went around our house, it turned out that she was here to steal the teacher. Hmph, is it so simple that they think about medicine, and they can learn it after just a few glances? Now you're reaping the consequences, right? Gu Ye's face was full of disdain.
Yan Qiutong smiled slightly and said, "It's not!" Now that Wu Angelica is lying on the kang, and all the valuable things in the family are used by him to pay off the debts, and he still owes a lot of debts. He healed people, who would dare to seek him treatment? ”
"Don't worry, you won't starve them! The surnamed Wu can concoct several simple medicinal herbs, and the silver he earns every month is enough for them to live. It's a pity that they are not satisfied, otherwise they can end up in such a situation? Gu Ye finished eating the pine nuts in her hand, walked into the kitchen, and used her sense of taste, which was more acute than ordinary people, to instruct Aunt Yan to cook supplements.
A stewed snow clam with wolfberry white fungus is made with color, flavor and completeness. With Aunt Yan here, Gu Ye no longer rejects taking supplements. She also said jokingly: "Aunt Yan, in the future, let's partner to open a medicinal food shop in the capital, and the business will definitely be good!" ”
Yan Qiutong smiled: "I am a slave bought by the girl, I will do whatever you ask me to do, what do you say to cooperate or not?" The girl wants to open a medicinal food shop, and the slave maid helps you take charge of the kitchen, you can't go wrong! ”
"Aunt Yan, we are now a family, don't talk about 'slave maids', I sound awkward." Although Aunt Yan's origin was a little strange, Gu Ye did not perceive any malice from her, but had a feeling that made people want to get close. Aunt Yan's excellent cooking skills have already won over her heart as a snacker. Since Aunt Yan made her first meal with her sick body, Gu Ye has developed a deep sense of identity with her.
A smile rose at the corner of Yan Qiutong's mouth, and her eyes faintly flashed with emotion, she nodded and said, "Okay, I won't call myself a slave in the future!" The girl is going to go to the capital to develop? With a girl's extraordinary sense of taste, coupled with my craftsmanship, we will be able to make the medicinal food shop a good and big one! ”