The lady had just recovered from a long illness, and she was dressed quite thickly, with a black collar and a brown background, a velvet horse-faced skirt tied underneath, and a thick cloak around her body.

The clan had already brought her children to greet her in the front yard, and when she saw her mother and daughter, she stepped forward and smiled: "But even if you are here, I expected that you should have arrived today, and I sent several groups of people to inquire in the morning. ”

The mother and daughter of the Zhou family all smiled and said hello, and seeing that Mrs. Zhou's face was tired, she hurriedly said: "Our two families are friends with the family, and there is no need to set up these big rules. You must be tired after a long day's journey. ”

Mrs. Zhou listened, and did not refuse, and followed her to the main room of the second courtyard. The family asked someone to burn the kang in the left room a day in advance, and now that the temperature was just right, he invited Mrs. Zhou to sit on the kang, leaned against a stack of cushions, lightly covered a thin blanket, and asked people to put tea and snacks. She smiled and said to Mrs. Zhou, "How? It's so much warmer, isn't it? Don't be restrained, just be in your own home. ”

Mrs. Zhou thanked her, and asked her daughter to formally meet Mrs. Zhou, who praised Zhou Yinlan a few words, and asked several of her children to come to see Mrs. Zhou.

When Mrs. Zhou saw Duan Ning, she praised "I am getting more and more like an adult, and I will definitely have a great future in the future", and when she saw Shu Ning, she was "taller than the last time I saw you", but for the two little boys, she liked it very much. Holding their hands and talking for a while, the gift to Xianning was a few more silver bills than the three of Duanning, Shuning and Xiaobao.

When the clan and Xiao Liu heard this, they both humbled themselves in their mouths, but in fact, they were very happy in their hearts. After saluting, Xiao Liu took the two children down, and the others sat down to talk solemnly. The first thing to mention is, of course, Mrs. Zhou's physical condition, and then I learned that she is much better now than before. I also ate a lot of rice. Good spirits. You can also walk around the yard of your home once or twice. Her mother and son were also very happy for her.

Talking and talking, they talked about Zhou Yinlan's fiancé. Duan Ning said: "I have seen Brother Fan in Beijing, he is a talent, and the most rare thing is that he has good talent and good conduct, treats people and things, and has a great demeanor." The Fan family has also been scholarly for generations, and I heard that there is also a nephew in his family who is also taking the exam. won the top three and got a fellow jinshi. A good deed person made a couplet for his family, called 'Three Jinshi in a family, two Hanlin in father and son'. The younger sister of the Zhou family entered such a family, so naturally she didn't have to worry. ”

Shi also followed up and said a few good words, and Mrs. Zhou was naturally happy when she heard it, Zhou Yinlan blushed and bowed her head silently. Fortunately, she has always been a generous girl. If it were replaced by those thin-skinned ancient women. I was too ashamed to hide from it.

Shuning couldn't bear to see her embarrassed, so she changed the topic and said, "It's not too early, I'll go to the kitchen to see what dishes are there." How about Aunt Zhou and Sister Zhou try my craftsmanship tonight? Shi also said to Mrs. Zhou: "I was so happy for a while that I forgot about it." What do you like to eat, just say, ask the lady to do it, she loves to tinker with these now. Mrs. Zhou said: "Then you have to taste it, why don't we let Yinlan also go and help, she has been learning this for a year, and the dishes she cooks can barely be eaten, but they can't compare to the lady's skillful hands." ”

"Don't dare to take this seriously, this girl is just learning to play." Shi Qian let two sentences, and then let Shuning and the others go down.

Shuning first took Zhou Yinlan to her courtyard and went to the hairpin ring, and then led her to the big kitchen in the backyard.

There are four rooms in a row, and the other three smaller ones are the food room, the kitchen room and the firewood room. The largest room is the kitchen, with doors at the left and right ends for easy access. Such an arrangement was suggested by Shuning.

As soon as Zhou Yinlan entered the kitchen, she saw a row of four large stoves in the east, many spice jars were placed along the wall, lacquered wooden boards were nailed to the wall, and many spoons and bamboo clamps and other utensils were hung on them, and several cooks were cooking dinner. There is a big case in the north and south, the north side is a variety of meat and vegetable materials that have been prepared, the south side is smaller, there are three cutting boards and knives and other things, and a pool is built on the empty space on the side. On the west side, there is another piece of vacant land, one large and one small, and two small clay stoves are placed on one side, and there are all kinds of kitchen utensils and seasonings. The whole kitchen was clean, there was no standing water on the floor, people threw everything they wanted to throw on the floor in two special buckets, and the waste water had to be dumped into the drain outside.

Shuning pointed to the table on the west side and said, "That's where I learn to cook on weekdays." Originally, there was a small stove in my yard, but the place was small, and it was okay to boil water to make a tea or steam a snack, but now I want to cook seriously, and the things there are not complete, so I have to invite my sister to the big kitchen. The place is dirty, please don't be surprised. ”

Zhou Yinlan said nonchalantly: "This is already very clean." To tell you the truth, I also learned to cook in the big kitchen at home, but I always feel that there is oil everywhere, but you are very good here. Shuning smiled, then took out two aprons and asked her to change them.

Zhou Yinlan saw that the apron was like a half-blouse, with sleeves, only tied with two straps behind him, and the cuffs were also tied with thin straps

It turned out that Wan Ning had been learning to cook at home before, and she thought those traditional aprons were ugly, so she made a few Western-style ones, and made sleeve covers and chef's hats. When Shuning saw it, although she was a little dissatisfied with those white silk embroidered ruffled aprons, she was reminded of the memories before the crossing by the sleeves, and made this kind of apron with sleeves. Wan Ning was not suspicious, and thought that this cousin really made a new apron based on her "invention", so she also learned to do it, still adding embroidery and ruffles on it.

Helping each other put on their aprons, Shuning asked Zhou Yinlan to pick the ingredients first. Zhou Yinlan thought about it for a while, and picked tofu, cabbage, celery, radish, peanuts, sea rice and a small piece of lean meat, and Shuning looked a little light. Ask her to pick more, Zhou Yinlan said: "My mother's illness should be more careful in terms of diet, and my sister will do whatever she likes to do, don't worry about me." ”

When Shuning heard this, she didn't say much, thinking that Mrs. Zhou had a heart attack, and that day, Mrs. Chen vaguely mentioned what such patients should avoid eating and what they should eat more. It's been a long time. She only remembered a few of them. I chose the materials to be used based on my memory.

What she has to do is to mix five shreds, fish-flavored eggplant pot, stewed chicken with jujube kernels and soybean pork rib soup, and boil another pot of peanut and red date porridge. After putting the porridge and soup on the stove, she began to prepare the "five silks", which are green pepper shreds, tofu skin shreds, vermicelli, dried kelp shreds and carrot shreds.

The other side. Zhou Yinlan made peanut mixed vegetables, roasted radish with sea rice, braised shiitake mushrooms and stewed tofu with minced meat and cabbage, and made some garlic paste to prepare mixed vegetables to eat. When she was about to take the food to the cutting board and cut it, a daughter-in-law reminded her that the three cutting boards have different purposes, one for chopping bones, one for raw food, and one for cutting cooked food. Zhou Yinlan was a little surprised. But there is some truth to this in mind. Then he followed the local customs.

She accidentally saw Shuning boiling porridge, so she woke up and hurriedly picked up a few ingredients. Made corn and mung bean porridge. She only cared about the food, but forgot the main food, and was a little embarrassed.

When the stewed tofu boiled, she had her hands free, observed Shuning's movements, looked at it, and said: "Sister Shu also knows about dietary therapy, I see that the dishes you choose are all suitable for your mother's consumption, and they are very beneficial, Sister Shu really has a heart." ”

Shuning smiled and said, "I once heard an old lady doctor say something, but I don't really remember it anymore, if there is anything wrong, my sister has to tell me." ”

Zhou Yinlan said: "It's all good, I remember that the dust-free Taoist said that there are dozens of therapeutic dishes, and my sister makes all of them in the Sleepy Beast City 5200." ”

Shuning secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that she was not mistaken, and asked again: "Is this dustless Taoist chief the one who treated Aunt Zhou?" When I visited your home before, I never had the opportunity to meet him, but if I had the opportunity to meet him, he must be a very skilled doctor. ”

Zhou Yinlan sighed: "His medical skills are indeed clever, but unfortunately he has seen through the red dust, he doesn't care much about things in the world, and he is just spending the winter in Baoding. ”

Shuning asked what was going on, and Zhou Yinlan replied: "He was originally from a family that has practiced medicine for generations, and I heard that he is also one of the top doctors in his hometown. Someone recommended him to enter the Beijing Kaotai Hospital, he took his wife to the examination, who knew that he met a bad man on the way, he suffered the pain of losing his wife, since then he saw through the red dust, abandoned fame and fortune, became a Taoist monk, and did not return to his hometown, just traveled all over the world, met a patient, and treated it. Sometimes I think our family is really lucky, if it wasn't for my father's occasional help, how could I invite him to come to the house? If he didn't come, what would my mother do? ”

Shuning also sighed, and comforted her: "If you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing." Aunt Fu has a great life, and she will definitely be safe and stable in the future, and my sister doesn't have to think too much. ”

Zhou Yinlan smiled, caught a glimpse of the tofu boiling, and hurriedly went over to remove the lid of the pot.

Everyone had a great time. Considering that the Zhou family was a family of poetry and rites, they attached great importance to etiquette, so they did not let Xiao Liu and his sons go to the table, and only let their daughters accompany them. The two pairs of mother and daughter are already familiar with each other, and they naturally have a lot less taboos in their actions. The two girls made seven dishes and one soup together, plus two kinds of porridge, one person's dish was refreshing and delicious, and the other dish was suitable for the light and shade.

After the meal, she praised Zhou Yin's craftsmanship, saying that she was not only familiar with poetry and books, but also good at cooking, and she was really a rare good girl. Mrs. Zhou said that her daughter's ability was not as good as Shuning's, and she was humble again and again.

Shu Ning couldn't help but feel a little funny when she saw the modesty of the two mothers, but when she lowered her head to cover it, she caught a glimpse of Zhou Yinlan also secretly laughing. The two glanced at each other and couldn't help but smile together, and the sense of alienation between the two of them because they hadn't seen each other for many years seemed to dissipate a lot.

Considering that Mrs. Zhou was in a hurry, and she would have to go on the road again tomorrow, he let her go back to her room early to rest. The mother and daughter of the Zhou family stayed in Zhilan Courtyard, and after Zhou Yinlan waited for her mother to sleep, she was thinking about recovering from fatigue in the courtyard, but saw Shuning waving to her outside the courtyard.

Shuning followed Zhou Yinlan into the room and took out a pair of purses. He said to her, "You will be happy in a few days, I have filial piety in me, and I can't congratulate you, so I will give you a gift now."

Zhou Yinlan blushed slightly, thanked her and took the purse. I saw that the two purses were the size of palms, made of ochre red brocade, and a large colorful butterfly was embroidered with more than ten or twenty colors of silk thread on them, and the bamboo work was exquisite. The edges were also hooked with gold threads. There are many small flowers around the color plate. turned over, but there was a large peony each, surrounded by a few small butterflies. Two purses, whether single or combined, are either double flowers, double butterflies, or butterfly love flower patterns, very thoughtful.

She was about to compliment. But I felt that there seemed to be something in the purse, and when I took it out, it was actually a pair of white jade bat hairpins. The flawless white jade, carved into bats and flowers, is not very exquisite, but it has a simple and elegant charm.

As soon as Zhou Yinlan saw the jade, she knew that it was not ordinary, and hurriedly pushed: "This hairpin is too valuable." I don't dare to take it. Only the purse is enough, so my sister will take the hairpin back. ”

Shuning shook her head and said, "We have known each other since childhood, and we have been counting for eight or nine years. What's the point of sending you a pair of hairpins? I don't have many things, only this one can be worthy of you, and it's a pair, although this jade is good, it's not so valuable that you can't afford to wear it, so you're welcome. ”

Zhou Yinlan listened, hesitated for a while, and still accepted it, but she got up again to find her jewelry box, and said, "Since I have received your gift, I must return the gift." ”

Shuning couldn't help but laugh, and hurriedly stopped her: "I'm giving you a congratulatory gift for your wedding, what other gift do you have?" Zhou Yinlan thought about it too, and blushed embarrassedly. Shuning said: "That's it, I'm not polite to you, when I celebrate my birthday, you can give me a generous gift." Zhou Yinlan responded with a smile.

The two said a few more words, and Shuning took her leave. When she returned to the courtyard, she passed the main courtyard and went in to greet her mother. As soon as he entered the door, he was startled, and sat at the table with tears on his face.

Shuning hurriedly asked her what was wrong, she didn't speak at first, and then her daughter asked tightly, and she replied: "I talked to your Aunt Zhou about her illness before, and I felt familiar with all kinds of symptoms, and then I remembered that the first queen mother also had this disease, but she didn't have the same luck as your Aunt Zhou, and she met a good doctor and had an ancestral recipe." ”

It turned out that this was the case, Shu Ning had no choice but to comfort her mother gently, and said: "This is also a matter of fate, even if Niangniang knew the dustless Taoist master back then, I am afraid that she may not invite him to treat him." Shi shook his head and told his daughter in detail what he had heard from Mrs. Zhou.

It turned out that the dust-free Taoist chief had been in Beijing Kaotai Hospital two years before the queen died. He took his wife on the road, met several officials, and one of them, who had met his wife at first sight, invited him to accompany him. Unexpectedly, because of the other party's gorgeous clothes, it attracted a few road bandits. His wife was slashed in the chaos and frightened, and since then she has been ill and has died. The dustless heart is like ashes, and he will become a monk.

Shi reddened his eyes and said, "Who is the official family of your Dao?" It's actually a few wives of Lord Chen Liangben! Although he has the grace of knowing your father, I can't help but think that if the Dustless Daoist hadn't met his family back then, maybe he would have become a doctor, and Niangniang wouldn't have ......."

After she said that, she was already choked up, and Shuning hurriedly handed her a handkerchief, and said softly: "E-niang is because she is estranged from her mother, and she feels guilty in her heart, so she will drill the tip of the horns." Who can say for sure? If the dust-free Taoist chief and his wife hadn't met the Chen family back then and successfully entered Beijing, who knows if he could enter the Tai Hospital? Although the daughter is ignorant, she also knows that it is not a place that can be entered by medical skills alone; Even if he really became a doctor, with his qualifications, it is still unknown whether he can treat his mother's illness; What's more, even if he can treat his mother, who knows if he can drag his mother for a few years? You must know that everyone knows in their hearts that Mrs. Zhou's illness cannot be cured, but it can only prolong her life for a few years. ”

Shi also felt that his daughter's words made sense, so he slowly collected his tears and said, "I just couldn't help it for a while, after all, it was over." ”

Shuning persuaded a few words, and then remembered another thing: "E-Niang just said that Niangniang's illness is similar to that of Mrs. Zhou, I don't know if there is anyone else in the family who has this disease?" "Heart disease seems to run in families.

Shi thought for a while and said, "One of my aunts seems to have a similar illness, and one of your grandfather's grandsons is not in good health. How? Shuning said: "Why don't you ask Mrs. Zhou for a copy of that recipe?" If you send it back to your grandfather's house, it might come in handy. Of course, we also have to keep a copy in our family. ”

Thinking about it, he agreed. Shuning stayed with her mother for a while, and did not return to her courtyard until she fell asleep.

In fact, she knew what she was saying, and she had the impression that when the queen died in history, the fourth elder brother had already grown quite big, not like now, when he lost his adoptive mother at a very young age, maybe it was because of Chen Liangben's butterfly effect. Although the world still looks like it was in the past, in many ways, it has changed slightly.

Under this change, can she keep the peace and well-being of her family and the happiness of her family?

(History has changed...... That one...... Hypothetical Say...... Just assuming ha, sometimes I feel really tired, if I apply for one day off every week, will you pia me? It's really just hypothetical...... A certain L crawled away with the lid of the pot ~~~~)