Chapter 37: The Ancient Banlan Root
As soon as Gu Xiaoyou entered the dyeing workshop, he happened to be greeted by a person.
She stepped forward to stop him and couldn't wait to ask, "Hello, I want to ask, do you have the root of woad here?" ”
"Yes." The person in the dyeing workshop was stunned for a moment, and replied inexplicably.
"Can you take me to see it?" Gu Xiaoyou asked eagerly: "Don't worry, I have no malicious intentions, the root of woad is very important to me." ”
Seeing Gu Xiaoyou's sincere attitude, the people in the dyeing workshop said with relief: "Okay, I'll take you to have a look." ”
"Thank you so much." Gu Xiaoyou followed behind the people in the dyeing workshop, and walked around to a place similar to a backyard.
The man in the dyeing workshop brought out a large basket: "It's all here." ”
Gu Xiaoyou immediately stepped forward to check and found that it was the Banlan root she was looking for, and said happily, "Can you sell it to me?" ”
"This is what we were meant to throw away, take it if you want, no money." The man in the dyeing workshop said generously.
Gu Xiaoyou didn't expect him to be so generous, and said with some embarrassment: "Then how embarrassing, so let's do it, I want as much as you want, and I will give it to you at the price of woad." ”
"I really don't need to give money, we have quite a lot here." The man from the dyeing shop pointed to a corner of the backyard: "See those baskets?" It's all inside. ”
Gu Xiaoyou looked in the direction he pointed, there were more than a dozen large bamboo baskets piled up in the corner, and when he stepped forward to check, all of them were woad roots.
She didn't expect such a big gain, and suddenly smiled: "So much, please wait, I'll bring someone to get it." ”
The people from the dyeing workshop should go down, Gu Xiaoyou quickly ran to the paper shop, and as soon as he entered the shop, he called: "Zhu Cheng, Zhu Cheng, are you there?" ”
Zhu Cheng heard the voice and walked over from the backyard: "Boss Gu, I'm here." ”
"It's good that you're here, come with me."
Gu Xiaoyou couldn't help but grab Zhu Cheng's sleeve and lead him to the backyard.
Zhu Cheng was dragged to the truck for some reason, and was confused and was urged by Gu Xiaoyou to drive to the dyeing workshop.
He moved the big bamboo basket a few times with the people in the dyeing workshop, and watched Gu Xiaoyou stuff two taels of silver into that person's hand, saying that he couldn't take it for nothing.
After that, he was hurriedly pulled away by Gu Xiaoyou and drove to the medical hall.
When he arrived at the medical hall, Zhu Cheng obediently moved the big bamboo basket to the backyard, and just put the last bamboo basket away, he was sent out of the hospital by Gu Xiaoyou.
"Remember to wear a mask when delivering lately."
Zhu Cheng heard Gu Xiaoyou say something quickly, and she pushed him out, and the door of the medical hall was locked with a bang.
"......" Zhu Cheng stood at the door speechlessly, looking at the closed door of the medical hall, scratching his head and leaving.
In the backyard, Gu Xiaoyou took a basin and took out part of the roots of woad and washed it.
She followed the method found in Baidu, added the washed woad root to the big green leaves and put it in the pot to steam, and after concentrating the extract, she added auxiliary materials such as sucrose and starch to the pot to mix.
On a hot summer day, cooking is not pleasant.
Especially when there is no air conditioner and fan, Gu Xiaoyou uses a pu fan to stir in the pot while fanning.
I don't know how long it took, the things in the pot turned into half paste, Gu Xiaoyou took out a drawer cloth, covered it on an empty basin, and carefully poured the paste in the pot on the drawer cloth.
After pouring it all, Gu Xiaoyou endured the heat again, lifted the drawer cloth, shook it gently, and shook the residue in the paste out like this.
She put the basin in the small stove that she had used to make toilet paper and dried the paste.
After doing all this, her back was already wet, Gu Xiaoyou wiped the sweat on her forehead casually, and sat in front of the small stove to watch the fire.
Gu Xiaoyou practiced the good skill of watching the heat with papermaking, estimated the time, wore heat-insulating gloves, and took out the basin.
I saw a big brown lump in the basin, Gu Xiaoyou took out a small piece, put it in his mouth and tasted it, his eyes couldn't help but light up.
Although the taste was not as good as that of the modern banyan root, she was sure that she actually made it.
"Great!" Gu Xiaoyou excitedly lifted the basin and walked around the yard a few times.
If she hadn't done anything serious, she might have run around the county with a basin in her hand.
Gu Xiaoyou boiled the hot water, came to the kitchen with the basin, poured the hard pieces of Banlan root onto the board, and cut them into pieces without much effort.
She took out two bowls, put a piece of banlan root in each bowl, washed it with boiling hot water, and brought it to the room.
At this time, the sun was already setting, and the golden sunlight sprinkled all over every corner of Qingcheng County.
When the woman heard the sound of pushing the door, she raised her eyes and happened to see the golden sunlight shining on Gu Xiaoyou's body, shrouding a faint golden light, as if she was a fairy from the earth.
And Gu Xiaoyou's voice drilled into her ears like a heavenly sound.
"I've made a cure for my cheeks, feed your son to drink."
The woman was stunned for a few seconds, then fell to her knees with a thud: "Thank you, Doctor Gu, you are a heavenly immortal who came down to earth and saved my son's life." ”
Gu Xiaoyou didn't expect that she would receive such a big gift just by giving a medicine, and hurriedly put the medicine bowl in her hand on the table.
"How many times have you said it, don't kneel, why don't you listen." Gu Xiaoyou said angrily and helped the woman up.
The woman said with a serious expression: "Doctor Gu, you are a heavenly immortal, I should worship you." ”
Gu Xiaoyou met her sincere eyes, and was suddenly a little speechless, and said dryly: "Drink the medicine." ”
"Okay, I'll listen to you." The woman smiled and nodded.
"If you listen to me, you won't kneel." Gu Xiaoyou muttered and handed the woman a medicine bowl: "You drink this waist." ”
The woman obediently took the medicine bowl over, and when she saw Gu Xiaoyou coming over with another bowl of medicine, she hurriedly said, "Doctor Gu, I'll feed the child." ”
As he spoke, he drank all the medicine in his hand, for fear that Gu Xiaoyou would refuse, took the medicine bowl, and half-hugged the boy and coaxed him to feed it.
Gu Xiaoyou touched her nose, saw that there was nothing wrong with her, said a few words, and left the room.
"Do I look like a fairy?" Gu Xiaoyou took out his mobile phone, called up the camera and took a photo.
saw that in the camera, a gray-haired woman with messy hair appeared inside, and Gu Xiaoyou was startled when she saw her sloppy appearance.
She wiped the ash on her face with her sleeve: "This can still be called a fairy, what kind of aesthetic is she." ”
Gu Xiaoyou wiped his face indiscriminately and put his phone away: "I'll continue to make Banlan root." ”
She lit an oil lamp in the yard, and according to the steps just now, boiled Banlan root, fortunately, Qingcheng County at night was not so hot, and the cool evening breeze blew on Gu Xiaoyou's body from time to time, sending Gu Xiaoyou a burst of light.