Chapter 45: Fairy Tofu
The next day, all five of them got up later than usual, and Aunt Niu went out without shouting, waiting for them to wake up naturally.
Because of the excessive force yesterday, I felt weak to move in the morning, and my arms, waist bones, and shoulders were even more sore, as if my bones creaked as soon as I moved. Shi Shu and Ning Zeqing are particularly serious, one of them does not know martial arts, and the other is already weak, so naturally they can't compare to the foundation of the other three people who practice and use martial arts, and they can only be slightly supported by people on the side to walk normally.
When the five of them went out and saw each other's embarrassment, they all laughed secretly, Shi Shu remembered the sentence he said yesterday, "The paper is shallow, and I never know that I have to bow to this matter", and felt that it was better to say it earlier.
There are a lot of medicinal herbs on the table in the hall, ointments for treating bruises, swelling and pain, essential oils for blood circulation and stasis, all kinds of things, but the exterior decoration is a little dark, and there are some traces of dust that have not been wiped clean, which looks very old. I think it has been stored for many years, and Aunt Niu's family is usually reluctant to use it, but today they took it all out and gave it to them, for fear that they would think the outside was not clean, and they wiped the skin before releasing it.
Today is not suitable to go up the mountain, not suitable to go into the water, not suitable to work, in short, it is not suitable to move around, the five of them lay in the house, look at the shallots planted in the yard, the chickens raised on the side of the road, occasionally activate the muscles and bones, can also get better faster.
Qu Mingli has been useless in recent days, and the matter of picking peaches and carrying baskets is not comparable to practicing guns and archery, etc., his hands are itchy and tight, and he picked up a firewood stick of appropriate length and moderate thickness on the side of the road and danced.
Everyone was bored, and when they saw Qu Mingli dancing, they gathered to look at him.
Shi Shu said with a smile: "Brother Qu's martial arts are exquisite, and he really has the style of Zeqing back then." ”
Ning Zeqing was silent when he heard this, but he didn't want to admit it.
Ban Fei was naturally happy to see Qu Mingli being praised by the prince.
Wei Qin really saw Qu Mingli use force for the first time, and when he rescued him before, he only saw him protect the prince in difficulty, and he did not see him fighting with his life with Xizuo, and then hurried and returned to the capital, and never met him again. Seeing him really move today, it's really like that.
Wei Qin was also a general, although he couldn't join the army because of his status as a woman, his kung fu was also passed down from home, how could he not be excited when he met a rare opponent like Qu Mingli?
She also picked a similar stick from the side of the road, held it in her hand and shouted at Qu Mingli: "How boring it is to be alone, it is better for two people to fight together." After speaking, he made a move to Qu Mingli.
In fact, Qu Mingli and Wei Qin are both women, but Qu Mingli is a little taller, but the strength and hand strength of the two are not too much, and the martial arts path is also a combination of ingenuity and fierceness, and it is really impossible to tell the winner for a while.
However, Qu Mingli has been trained as a man for a long time, his strength should not be underestimated, and he has more experience than Wei Qin.
The three of them saw it rightly, Aunt Niu came back with the basket on her back to prepare lunch, and she was relieved to see that the medicine for bruises on the table had been used.
Lunch is still a familiar taste, and after eating the food cooked by Aunt Niu for a long time, the taste is becoming more and more compatible.
In the afternoon, Aunt Niu still went out with a basket on her back, originally thought that she was going to pick peaches, but she didn't want to come back soon, and the basket was not filled with peaches, but green plants.
Ban Fei asked her, "Aunt Niu, why did you come back so early?" ”
Aunt Niu couldn't hide the smile on her face: "I'll make something delicious for you." ”
Everyone was puzzled, what could they eat if they brought back a few grasses. Aunt Niu didn't care about them, and asked Ban Fei to burn the dried pea stalks, while doing it herself.
I saw Aunt Niu pluck the leaves of the green plants she brought back, washed them several times, and put them in a bucket while pouring hot water and chopping them with a shovel, steaming hot. Then put a big cotton bag in the big basin, pour the chopped broken leaves into the cotton bag with hot water, then hold the mouth of the bag, rub the broken leaves wrapped in the bag in the bucket, and after a while, the water in the bucket will be dyed with leaf pulp, green and clear.
When everyone saw Aunt Niu, they rubbed their bare hands in the hot water, worried that she would be burned, but it could be seen that she looked calm, not like something was wrong. In the end, it is a cropper, with calluses in his hands, and he is not so sensitive to hot things.
After rubbing like this for a while, the juice in the bucket became thicker, and Aunt Niu took out the cotton bag and squeezed out the juice hanging on the bag. I thought it would be good, but I didn't expect Aunt Niu to change a bucket of water and rub it again. After squeezing the juice dry, pour two buckets of green juice into one bucket, which is mostly full.
Aunt Niu took a spoon to skim off the white foam floating on the bucket, filled another bucket of water, poured the ashes of the plants and trees that Ban Fei had burned into it and stirred, filtered it with another cotton bag, and it was another bucket of gray water.
Seeing this, everyone still didn't understand what Aunt Niu was going to do, but seeing that she was about to pour gray water into the green water, Wei Qin stretched out his hand to stop her.
"Aunt Niu, if you let us eat leaf water, we can still accept it, but how can we drink this wood ash water, this thing is dirty, even the dog doesn't eat it, what should we do if we get sick after drinking it?"
Aunt Niu snorted lightly, and there was still some pride on her face: "You don't have to care, in short, this must be a delicacy that you have never tasted." Believe in your aunt's craftsmanship, you can't go wrong. ”
Wei Qin saw that no one objected anymore, so he had no choice but to let go.
Aunt Niu slowly poured the gray water into the green water, stirring it as she poured, and then left him alone, and when she came back, the water in the basin had condensed into lumps, like tofu.
Everyone didn't know how it worked, and they were all amazed by the Creator's ingenuity.
Aunt Niu used a knife to cut it in the basin, poured in some of the cool well water that she had brought back, made the inside appear distinct, and then took out a piece and cut it into soybean-sized particles, divided it into five bowls, added sugar and vinegar, and then took it out and served it to everyone to eat.
Wei Qin frowned and still didn't want to try, Ban Fei was the first to move the spoon and put it in his mouth, and then Ning Zeqing, Shi Shu, and Qu Mingli all ate it.
Qu Mingli nodded at Wei Qin, indicating that it was delicious, and Wei Qin reluctantly tried it. When this thing was held in front of me, I felt a grassy smell in my face, and when I entered my mouth, I felt a cool rush into my throat, followed by the fusion of slightly sour and slightly sweet and then hit the mouth together, the taste was magical and wonderful, so I unconsciously pulled a few more mouthfuls into my mouth.
Aunt Niu saw that everyone was happy to eat, and then she was really happy: "This is our fairy tofu in the countryside, and the ingredients are only available in the small village, and I ate the fairy race." Ordinary people can't eat if they want to, so it's up to me, and I'm willing to spend a lot of time getting it for you, otherwise the days in this field will be too busy, and who will eat empty. ”
Everyone thanked Aunt Niu for her kindness, and ate slowly with the bowl in her hand.
Aunt Niu picked out the peaches she had just picked in the morning for them to taste, and Ban Fei was the first to accept them.
Wei Qin pointed at Ban Fei and said with a smile: "On weekdays, I look at him politely, but I didn't expect to eat big ones when I ate peaches." ”
Ban Fei was embarrassed and wanted to put the peaches back, but was stopped by Aunt Niu and stuffed him with an extra big peach.
Aunt Niu smiled at Wei Qin and said, "You girl, isn't it because Aunt Niu doesn't give you good food, so she is hot at other people's families." Take it. ”
Wei Qin saw the peaches stuffed in his hand, knew that it was a joke told by Aunt Niu, and he didn't take it seriously, so he drank the bowl of fairy tofu in his hand and pestered Aunt Niu to bring another bowl, which made her laugh.