In fact, it is not difficult to concoct He Shou Wu, and there are black bean steaming, vinegar boiling, water boiling and black bean wine boiling methods in the Tang Dynasty's "Li Injury", and it is proposed to "cut with a bitter bamboo knife, soak rice swill for a night, dry violently, and avoid iron". In the Song Dynasty's "Shenghui Fang", it was proposed to increase the single steaming, nine steaming and nine storms after rice swill immersion, the ginger licorice system was proposed in "Zhu's", and the oxknee system was mentioned in "Walking Rock". Jin Yuan's "Confucianism" has rice swill, black beans, dried dates, and the same system. In the Ming Dynasty, "Rejuvenation" added black bean milk, "Xingzhai" black bean hyssop milk, and "Jingyue" wrote that human milk was steamed and steamed. The Qing Dynasty's "Liangpeng" also added black mutton and cow's milk, and its processing methods have reached more than 30 kinds.

In general, the difficult ones will not, the difficult ones are not difficult, the difficult ones are that there were not so many literate people in ancient times, there were not so many literate people among the literate people to buy those rare books, and the literate and wealthy people who bought books did not have as extensive resources as modern society, after all, almost the entire knowledge in modern society is open, if you want to know what you need to search on the Internet, what you want to buy as long as you go to the shopping website, everything is placed there, as long as you pay for it.

In the ancient feudal period, the information of the whole society was closed and not circulated, even if you had a lot of money, some things didn't know what it was for, you didn't know where it was, then you couldn't buy it.

Speaking of the recipe for concocting He Shou Wu that Xie Xuan knew, she didn't spend any price at the beginning, she just searched on the Internet, a collection of the wisdom of countless medical ancestors over thousands of years, after thousands of tests, countless people improved in the production, to get this essence-like recipe.

She didn't even need to know which medical book these steps came from, and which dynasty or sage wrote it. If the doctors of the Ming Dynasty wanted to get such a simple formula, they had to first be literate, and secondly, they had the power to search for various treasured versions of medical books, and then after countless experiments, they could come up with this seemingly simple formula.

Therefore, the benefits of modern civilization are reflected, and every modern person can be said to be standing on the shoulders of giants whose wisdom has crystallized and condensed by countless ancestors in ancient times, but everyone does not know it.

"Grandma, is the black bean juice boiled?"

On this day, Xie Qingshan took his two sons up the mountain to look for medicinal materials as usual, Xie Xuan taught Xie Wang and Lin to concoct He Shou Wu at home, and Xie Zhiyuan and his brothers also helped with the fire and errands next to them.

"Xuanxuan, how are you going?" Xie Wang looked at the black juice in the pot and said with some uncertainty.

Where does Xie Xuan know how much to boil, she just follows the script, as long as the ratio of water and black beans is right, and the heat is right, it should be not much different, now the black bean juice has been boiled for two hours, and it has been boiled with water for an hour and a half, it should be okay.

The fresh He Shou Wu over there had been washed and soaked a few days ago, and the bamboo knife was sliced and dried, Xie Xuan said a little uncertainly: "It should be okay, mix the black bean juice and the shou wu slices, put it in the steamer for 16 hours, and steam it until the black bean juice is soaked in." ”

There was originally only one stove in the kitchen, and a few days ago, Xie Xuan said that it would take a long time to concoct He Shou Wu, and he would have to build another stove, or he would have no way to cook, so Xie Qingshan took his two sons overnight to build another stove next to the original stove.

"Ouch, steaming for sixteen hours, it takes two days and one night, and it's not easy to concoct medicinal materials!" Lin Shi, who was cutting fresh shou wu, sighed, fresh shou wu is still very hard, Xie Pingtian made a few bamboo knives with the big bamboo in the back mountain, the bamboo knife is light and not as sharp as a kitchen knife, and it is very laborious to cut the shou wu.

"Steaming for so long, we don't have enough firewood!" Schelling looked at the pile of wood outside the kitchen.

"Zhicheng and I will go to the back mountain and pick some back!" Xie Zhiyuan said sensibly that Xie Zhicheng was a little reluctant to give up, and was pulled out by Xie Zhiyuan.

"You are not allowed to go up the mountain, just pick some at the foot of the mountain!" Xie Lin hurriedly shouted at Xie Zhiyuan's brothers, and only relieved when he heard the two agreeing from a distance.

Mix the black bean juice with the sun-dried shou wu slices, put them in a bamboo steamer, steam them over low heat, and all that is left is to burn the fire, and keep the fire unextinguished, and steam for 16 hours.

"Someone has to watch the fire all night tonight, and they can't sleep well!" Xie Xuan sat on the small bench by the stove, stuffed a piece of firewood under the stove, and said with a smile.

"Alas, what's there, but if you don't sleep for a night or two, you can get a few taels of silver, and you can't earn so much in a year in previous years!" Xie Wang cleaned the black bean juice on his hands, wiped it on his apron, and pushed away Xie Xuan, who was burning the fire, "You go and lie down in the house for a while, let me come." ”

"I'm not tired, it's all you and Da Yan working, I just move my mouth, where can I be tired?" Xie Xuan said.

"We are all working hard, you still have to use your brains, can you not be tired, look at your little head melon seeds, yellow hair, rest! I'll call you for dinner in a moment! Xie Wang ordered.

Xie Xuan had no choice but to go out.

Seeing that there were a few cracked mouths of pomegranates in the courtyard, the red pomegranate seeds were crystal clear, and the mouths that had not eaten rich snacks for several days couldn't help but start secreting saliva. But in previous years, these pomegranates were left to be sold in the county, and the brothers Xie Xuan and Xie Zhiyuan could only taste it, and she couldn't just pick and eat it.

"Grandma, I want to eat pomegranates!" Xie Xuan asked Xie Wang.

"Eat as much as you like, in previous years, you had a lot of money, and you had no choice but to sell it! This year, I have plenty of money, I am in charge, not a single pomegranate and jujube at home are sold, and they are all for you to eat! Xie Wang's said magnificently, quite the momentum of being the master.

"I just put hazelnut chestnuts in the stove, they should be roasted soon, and I will give you snacks to eat!" Lin said.

"Huh!" Xie Xuan happily moved a stool to pick pomegranates.

In the middle of the afternoon, before it was dark, Xie Qingshan's father and son came back, and as soon as they entered the door, the smiles on their faces could no longer be held back, and their smiling faces seemed to be blooming.

Xie Xuan, who was peeling pomegranate chestnuts and eating them with Xie Zhiyuan and his brothers in front of the kitchen, saw it and knew that something good was happening.

"What's wrong? Are you so happy to have picked up a baby? Xie Wang, who was cooking dinner, heard the sound of the door opening and came out to see Xie Qingshan, who asked with a smile on their faces and some surprise.

"I've really found a treasure!" Xie Qingshan closed the door and didn't go to the hall anymore, so he went straight to the kitchen, poured the back basket on the ground, and with a whoa, a piece of He Shou Wu the size of a bull's head fell to the ground along with chestnuts and hazelnuts.

"Xuanxuan, hurry up and take a look, is this piece of He Shou Wu long?" Xie Qingshan smiled and narrowed his eyes, and asked with some expectation. Xie Pingtian and Xie Ping'an also looked at Xie Xuan expectantly.

"It's such a big piece!" Xie Xuan couldn't help but sigh, squatted down and touched He Shou Wu, saw the fine growth lines on it, and then pinched the skin with his nails, feeling that it was tough and lignified, and couldn't help but be happy, which is a sign that Shou Wu has a relatively long growth year.

She looked up at the expectant faces of the Xie family and said with a smile: "Yes, at least it's a hundred-year-old Shouwu!" ”

It was as if a bomb was dropped in the calm air, and the atmosphere became warm, Xie Qingshan's father and son were blindless with laughter, Xie Wang and Lin were also happy, and even Xie Zhiyuan and his brothers knew the meaning of this sentence, that is, this piece of He Shou Wu the size of a bull's head can be sold for more money, can do a lot of things, and can buy a lot of delicious and fun food!

Just when the Xie family was happy, they suddenly heard a creaking sound from the door outside the hospital, and a head probed through the crack in the door, looked around, and then shouted, "Is Uncle Xie at home?" ”