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In this novel, each chapter of the red envelope has to introduce a delicacy to everyone, uh~ There are special snacks and medicinal foods...... There is also an allusion to the introduction of food, I hope you like it! Of course, the name of the chapter every day is, the main feature of the day's food column, but it appears at the end of the article, please don't miss it~

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He curled up, shrinking his body even smaller, and tucked his hands into his cuffs.

It's so cold! I didn't expect this to reach the southern boundary, and it was still so cold. The day in the south was different from that in the north, there was a lot of rain in the winter, and the cold soaking was unpleasant.

He muttered to himself: God, please don't go down. Let me pick up some firewood to dry my body! I thought again, if Ming'er was lucky, she could get a bowl of leftover rice and put it on the fire to heat it. This hot soup is hot to eat, not to mention how comfortable it is.

He thought beautifully in his heart, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and his eyes were closed but he couldn't help but shed tears.

I only thought of the old saying in my heart, a full man does not know that a hungry man is hungry.

I thought that in the past, when winter came, I looked forward to the snow, and the heavier the snow, the better. Dressed in a thick body, wearing a dogskin hat, and holding a brass hand stove in his hand, he happily admired the snow.

At that time, scalding a pot of wine, stir-frying a few vegetables, having a hot pot, or directly making a barbecue, drinking wine while watching the snow, how comfortable it was.

Where is it like now, I wish the snow on the ground is white; It's a big sun all day long.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, helplessly soothing his rumbling stomach.

The sudden appearance attracted the jealousy of many people, and in the end, he lost the index finger of his right hand and was thrown out.

He didn't dare to stay in the capital, because he was afraid that the news of his expulsion would be heard by his grandfather and mother, he was afraid that his grandfather, who had been sick in bed for a long time, would be angry to death, and he was afraid that his mother would be disappointed in him. He fled from the capital, and he didn't even have the courage to take a look at his own door.

In the days of wandering, he also figured out that he was just a scapegoat, and as for what it was, he didn't want to know, it had nothing to do with him. I hope that my younger brother can take over the burden of the Wang family as soon as possible, so as not to disappoint my grandfather.

It's cold, it's too cold. He stood up tremblingly, wrapped his torn padded jacket tightly, and stomped his feet to keep warm.

Suddenly, he was startled by a hoarse cry.

The sound came from the door, but there was nothing at all. Didn't you meet a ghost? He squeezed into the corner in fear. This is not a good area, there is a mass grave near here, and the small dilapidated house where he lives is estimated to have been inhabited by the people who used to guard here, but now there is no one left. Because of the taboo, no one grabbed this place with him, and he lived alone, but it was a good place.

A hoarse cry swept in with the cold wind, and the cold wind mixed with whimpering, more like a ghost.

A cold wind blew in his ears, as if it was stirring something, and it was cold behind him.

He hurriedly took out his hands and chanted together: "God, if you come to the Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, bless and bless!" He was wondering if he had been disgusted by the Buddha by killing too many people on weekdays, and he thought that most of the beggars who had frozen to death and starved to death in this mass grave, or that some people had killed them for money, so they were left here, and now they came to find someone to take revenge. In short, the people here are hard-working people.

He hurriedly said: "Don't come to me, I'm also a miserable person!" I only found this the day before yesterday, so don't hurt me. Tomorrow, if I can ask for food tomorrow, I will make a sacrifice for you. Don't come to me, I didn't hurt anyone! ”

Thinking about it, he also became sad. It is said that good people have good rewards, he is not a good person, but he has never done anything bad, he just wants to become a chef as soon as possible, so that he can marry a daughter-in-law, have a few children, and make his grandfather and mother feel at ease. He struggled to fulfill his simple wish, but it became so.

He cried for himself, for his mother, and even more for God's injustice.

But the hoarse cries of the door still came in. It was right in the doorway, as if it were nailed there.

He is iron-hearted and courageous, and he is not afraid at all! Grandma's, he rushed to the door, but he might as well touch something soft.

He hurriedly stopped. The sound seemed to come from this soft thing.

He leaned against the dilapidated door and gently touched the black rumbling thing with his toes. At this touch, the thing let out a hoarse cry again.

He cautiously crouched down and touched the thing with his hand like a burden.

He opened it with some trepidation, only to find that it was actually a baby.

Infant!

He was immediately far away, and he knew that it was a child abandoned by a poor family. He had seen many babies dead in this mass grave.

The baby cried even harder, as if out of breath, like a kitten.

I remember that when my father died of illness, my mother was still pregnant with her younger brother in her belly. Half a year after my father's death, my mother gave birth to my younger brother with difficulty, and my brother's cry was the same at that time, whimpering like a kitten.

He hurriedly stepped forward, took the baby in his arms, and gently coaxed him like a mother coaxed her brother. He hummed softly, and he didn't know what he was humming, only that his voice had to be soft and soft.

This bag of children's thin quilts is also too thin, no different from single clothes. He touched the child's hand, and it was cold. He quickly untied his torn padded jacket and pressed him against his chest. He returned to the corner, facing the corner, and sat on the floor, gently coaxing.

But for a long time, this child's body is not hot, is it possible that it is ...... He's dead?

With trembling hands, he unbuttoned his padded jacket and reached out to feel the child's breathing, and then to feel the child's heartbeat. is still alive, but why can't this kid be hot? Could it be that it is frozen?

Yes! On such a cold day, he can't stand it as a big man, let alone this child. He quickly stood up, wrapped his padded jacket tightly, and ran out with his head down.

I don't want to, at this time, the child in his arms cried again, whimpering, making him feel uncomfortable, and he coaxed while rushing deep and shallow.

"Big brother, listen!" In the distance, the shorter man shivered in fear.

"What's wrong?" The obvious man who was called Big Brother also heard it, and he whimpered hoarsely, like a baby crying, and he forced himself to shout, "Hurry up and throw it away, let's go!" ”

The two of them hurriedly lifted the corpse from the mule cart.

The little man who lifted his feet suddenly weakened his legs and fell to the ground.

The one who followed couldn't help but scold: "You fucking ......"

"Big brother! You...... You ......" The little man who sat on the ground could no longer speak, his teeth fighting, one hand clasped tightly to the ground, and the other trembling and pointing into the distance.

The eldest brother looked up in horror and looked down at the place of his finger.

I saw a black shadow moving quickly, as if jumping, it was an adult figure, but why, it was a baby's cry......

"Hell!"

The strong and calm eldest brother could not bear it any longer, and with a whoop, he jumped to the mule cart, and regardless of his companions, pulled the reins indiscriminately, and left the place of the forest people in a flying manner.

The little man opened his mouth, but he didn't make a sound, rolled his eyes, and fainted.

Ghost?

He looked back behind him in horror, there was nothing, only a bone-chilling air, but just now he heard someone shouting ghosts, could it be that there were really ghosts, and he quickened his pace again.

They waited anxiously at the gate for a while before the soldiers who defended the city opened the gate.

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He finally entered the city.

In the wee hours of the morning, the drizzle started to turn into a light rain. It was only a short period of work, and the streets and houses were wet. There are few pedestrians on the street. He had already run to several hospitals on an empty stomach, but none of them were willing to treat the child. He knew that when people saw him dressed, they knew that he was a beggar, and he could not afford to pay for the sick.

He hunched over, walked to the door of a pharmacy with difficulty, shook it, wanted to take a breath, and went up again to beg, but slowly fell down and didn't get up for a long time.

A guy sitting at the window hurriedly beckoned the two men to run over, picked him up, and carried him into the house. The guy brought a bowl of hot water and fed it in. Suddenly, he woke up and opened his eyes.

"Are you alright?" The young man asked.

He immediately knelt down: "Please, show the child!" ”

Only then did the young man realize that there was a child in the beggar's padded jacket, and he hurriedly said, "I have already gone in and called Mr., you wait." ”

He said with some embarrassment: "I ...... I don't have any money. ”

The young man smiled: "I don't take your money." Who doesn't know the rules of our Qi Chun Hall, if you don't have money, you don't want you! ”

He wiped his moist eyes, gratefully not knowing what to say. He didn't have a hospital to accept them for a day!

At this time, an old doctor wearing a sauce-colored cotton jacket walked out. A few young men hurriedly greeted him and led him to the beggar.

"Look at the child, old man! Cold hands and feet! ”

He took the child out of his arms. The old doctor touched the child's forehead, touched his hand again, and said, "Follow me to the back room!" You guys make him a bowl of noodles and a padded jacket for him!"

He watched as the old doctor carried the child into the room and untied the thin quilt.

The old doctor gasped at this time, the child's umbilical cord ...... It was obvious that she had just given birth to a child who had not been born long ago. Yellow and thin, his mouth is pale, his hands and feet are cold, and only his heart is still hot.

He hurriedly ordered the apprentice to bring hot wine, rub the child's hands and feet, and prescribe a prescription to boil medicine.

He stared closely at the old doctor and his apprentice, opened his mouth, and looked at the old doctor's face. He knew the situation was not good, but no one wanted to treat the child!

At this time, a guy came in with a clean padded jacket and handed it to him: "Quickly change it on!" You're all wet! ”

He took it with a thousand thanks, but he didn't put it on, still staring at the child.

"Let's put it on! Don't get sick then! ”

He asked the man for a dry handkerchief, and went outside to dry his body before changing into cotton clothes and trousers.

"Little brother, give me this cotton coat!" He pointed to his rotten garment.

The guy nodded.

Then a guy came in with a bowl of hot noodles and brought them to the beggar: "Eat the bowl of noodles while it's hot!" ”

He rubbed his hands, didn't overdo it, and swallowed desperately: "It's still not necessary." He hadn't eaten for two days, and now he was cold, hungry and tired, and how could he not be hungry for such a bowl of hot noodles with poached eggs on top of it, exuding an enticing aroma.

The guy smiled and said, "Eat it!" ”

He gulped heavily, licked even the last bit of soup cleanly, patted his stomach with satisfaction, and smiled awkwardly, "I haven't eaten for two days!" ”

The man saw his greed and asked, "Not enough, I'll give you some more!" ”

He quickly shook his head, people gave him a set of cotton clothes and a bowl of hot noodles to eat, and he didn't need money to treat his children, how could he eat them again?

After a while, the old doctor nodded, and then withdrew. But he didn't prevent the child from crying vigorously, he was slightly stunned, thinking that something new had happened, so he was busy touching his pulse again. It's okay! Except that the body is a little weaker.

Yes! Is she ......

"Go, take it inside, and let Weihe's mother feed her some milk!" The old doctor told the apprentice two words, and the apprentice was about to go out with the child, but the old doctor stopped him, took off his padded jacket and wrapped the child.

"This ......"

The old doctor smiled and said, "Your daughter is hungry!" I let people carry her in and told my daughter-in-law to feed her! ”

"How can this work?"

The old doctor suddenly bluffed: "What are you doing?" The child who was born is so thinly dressed, are you going to freeze her? ”

He hurriedly waved his hand and denied: "This ...... She's not ......."

"Nothing! For such an old child, he can't eat yet, so he has to take medicine first! ”

The old doctor's words made him feel guilty. He said aggrievedly: "I've been running for a day, and no one wants to take a look." The men didn't even look at him. If you think you are a begging for food, then forget it, but the child is sick and doesn't want to save the child first, but he reaches out and asks for money.

"You're not one of us?"

He nodded, his eyes fixed on the door.

"It's just a nursing, a change of thick clothes for the child. Look at your urgency! The old doctor looked at him anxiously and smiled slightly, the same was true when he first became a father.

He suddenly knelt on the ground, "bang bang" three times in a row, he didn't know what to say, the old gentleman must have heard too much of the words of thanks, he could only kowtow to express his gratitude. Not only for that child, but also for him to give himself a bowl of hot noodles and a cotton coat.

"I'm not interested in this. Get up! ”

At this time, the child, who had been washed and changed into clean clothes, was carried in by the apprentice. He smiled and said to the old doctor, "Look! The sister-in-law gave her a new dress. ”

He hugged the child, and when he saw the child suddenly open his eyes, he shouted excitedly, "She opened her eyes!" Open your eyes! He still remembered that his brother had not opened his eyes for five days after he was born, and on the sixth day, he had opened his eyes easily, and his mother was in tears of joy.

He looked at her with tears in his eyes. What a poor child, her mother didn't even have to feed her.

The old doctor coaxed the child beside him, looked at her pouting, and said with a smile: "Has the child been named?" ”

He shook his head: "This is not ......" He wanted to tell the old gentleman that this was not his child, he picked it up.

"What not! It is! Come up with a name for your child! ”

He looked at the child in a daze, and his heart turned a thousand times. Oh, yes! She has been abandoned, but now that he can't keep himself, how can he take care of the child?

"Master, it's snowing outside!" An apprentice jumped in from outside, rubbing his hands red from the cold, and jumping to his feet and saying happily.

"Cher?" He said subconsciously.

The old doctor nodded, shook his head again, and said with a gray beard: "It is said that Ruixue is a good year!" As soon as the boy opened his eyes, it snowed in the sky. Old man, it's better to be called Ruixue! ”

"Ruixue? Auspicious snow! He happily shouted to the child, "We have names!" Come on, thank you grandpa! ”

The child hummed and agreed.

"You're staying here today, and you've got a dose of medicine!" The old doctor said a few words and went out.

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He woke up, looked at the quilt on his body, and the child sleeping next to him, and smiled with satisfaction.

Get dressed and go outside. Outside it was already snow-white, and the whiteness was not beautiful.

"Why do you wake up so early?" The daughter-in-law who fetched water asked with a smile.

He hurriedly stepped forward and helped her carry water.

The daughter-in-law who fetched water saw that he only had nine fingers, pursed her lips, and said busily: "I'll just come by myself." Go and see the kids! The kids are definitely going to eat! ”

He lowered his head in embarrassment, how could he even bother to go to the doctor's daughter-in-law to breastfeed!

The daughter-in-law who fetched water hurriedly said, "You can go to the kitchen with me." The expensive daughter-in-law in the kitchen also breastfeeds the child! You take your baby and ask her to feed it for you! ”

He smiled and agreed. He carefully wrapped the child in his padded jacket, carried water and went to the kitchen with the daughter-in-law.

A daughter-in-law in her twenties was killing fish, and when she saw the daughter-in-law who was fetching water coming in, and there was a strange man behind her, she knew in her heart that it was probably someone left by Mr., so she said: "Aunt Baisheng, you can get him food!" I'll make fish soup for my mother! ”

Aunt Baisheng smiled and said, "You can help him take care of the child!" He was a big man with a newborn child, and he didn't even have milk. ”

The daughter-in-law hurriedly put down the work in her hand, rubbed her hands, and watched him untie the padded jacket and carry the child out. She hurriedly took it and said with a smile: "I'll take it to the house over there, and when she wakes up, I'll go feed her!" ”

He quickly thanked him. Look around the kitchen and see what you can do. Fetch water, chop wood!

"Rest!" Aunt Baisheng saw that he had done so much alone, so she hurriedly poured water, stuffed him with two big steamed buns, and said enthusiastically, "It's strange that a big man with a child is tired!" ”

He scratched his head, not knowing what to say, but said, "Sir is such a good man!" ”

Aunt Baisheng smiled and said, "Of course the husband of our family is a good person. Our lady's milk feed and brother are not enough, and Mr. also asked the lady to feed your daughter! ”

"Not enough milk?"

"Yes!" Aunt Baisheng said a little worriedly, "The lady doesn't like to eat these oily things, and she can't touch the hoof flowers, where will there be milk?" Let's drink some fish soup, we and my brother have a big appetite, although your daughter-in-law has milk, but people are double sticks, and there are not many, once or twice It's good to say, but this ...... I'm scared! ”

He nodded. Since this is the case, then he will hand over this method to her, which can be regarded as repaying the old gentleman's great kindness.

He picked up the knife to kill the fish, but found that his right hand, which had no index finger, could not hold the knife at all. He had to switch to his left hand, and although he had also practiced using a knife with his left hand, it was not as sharp as his right hand.

"Is there pork fat? Drain reed and stalactites have to be pointed, well, leaky reed six coins, stalactites three coins. There is also rice wine. ”

He looked at Aunt Baisheng embarrassedly, and said embarrassedly: "I used to ......"

Aunt Baisheng knew that he was talking about being a cook in the past, and she was busy getting what he wanted. Just by looking at the fish he killed, you knew that he could cook.

A crucian carp, cut the pork fat into pieces, drain the reed, the appropriate amount of stalactites, boil it with water and rice wine until it is cooked, and then skim out the fish, leaving only the soup and a fish bone, put it on a low fire and continue to stew.

He hurriedly beat a few pieces of tender tofu and put them in, looked at the soup, and said to Aunt Baisheng: "Leaky reed and stalactites are both traditional Chinese medicine for milk. ”

"Sir said that we were also told to put it in the soup!"

"The medicine has some flavor, and it is much better to boil it in rice wine. Don't eat fish, just put some tender tofu in it, it's the best! ”

While talking, he was busy preparing other breakfasts, boiling porridge, stir-frying, and making side dishes. Looking at his focused and quick approach, Aunt Baisheng and the noble daughter-in-law who came in with Ruixue in her arms all watched.

Aunt Baisheng tasted the side dishes he made and was full of praise: "I didn't expect you to make such a good dish as a big man." ”

Bamboo steamed buns, vegetable buns, sesame sauce rolls, jujube kernel japonica rice porridge, and six or seven exquisite side dishes, this is made by a big man for a while?

He rubbed his hands together and took the child: "That's all I have to do...... I'm leaving. ”

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Haha~ It's time for our food column.

The one I would like to introduce to you today is the golden crucian carp soup. Breastfeeding mothers drink best.

This soup originates from the famous Tang Dynasty physician Sun Simiao's "A Thousand Golden Recipes".

The crucian carp is seven inches long, half a pound of pig fat, eight taels of leaky reeds, and eight taels of stalactites. On the four flavors, cut pork fat, the fish does not need to be washed, the sake is boiled together in a bucket and two liters, the fish is cooked and medicinalized, and the cold temperature is divided into five servings.

Leaky reeds and stalactites can be used for milk, and they are often compatible; Mixed with crucian carp can better replenish qi and blood, promote lactation, and be used for postpartum qi and blood deficiency and milk reduction.