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Pan'er invited a total of four servants to come over to help, and when she brought people back to Rong'an Fang, she was just in time for the meal, and as soon as she pushed open the wooden door and opened the curtain, the smell of the food went straight to her nose.

The boxes that were brought to the Wu family just now were not light, even in the winter when the water was dripping into ice, there was a layer of sticky and greasy hot sweat on these people's bodies, and their faces were flushed with tired snoring, and after smelling this smell at this moment, their stomachs seemed to be beating gongs and drums, and their hungry eyes turned green.

"What is this? Why does it smell so good? ”

The round-faced little guy swallowed his saliva, walked back in a hurry, and found that Pan'er was left behind, and he also paused, after all, now in someone else's house, if he is more anxious than the master's family, it is no different from the reincarnation of a starving ghost, it is really a joke.

Pan'er patted the snow on her shoulder and said with a smile: "I smell this smell a bit like pickles in the shop, the old soup has been put on the stove and boiled over low heat, a hen sinks and floats every other day, the stewed bones and crispy meat melt in the mouth, and then use this old soup to soak the pickles, the taste is naturally much better than that made casually......"

Lin came out with hot soup, and when he saw Pan'er returning, he hurriedly asked:

"How? Have you returned everything? The Wu family didn't send anyone to embarrass you, right? “

Mother and daughter both love to eat fish, this crucian carp was also bought by Pan'er before, the shop is not colder than outside, and there is no need to kill fish for a while, Lin raised it in a wooden basin, Pan'er drops two drops of spiritual spring water into it every day, at first this crucian carp is still a little wilted, and then the spirit is very good, in the wooden basin to play a very good, if it is not higher along the wooden edge, I am afraid that it can be turned out of it.

The fish soup was stewed by the Lin family early this morning, with a piece of tender tofu, and some tender ginger and other things were put in the soup when it was cooked, there was no fishy smell at all, only a thick fresh fragrance, and the milky white soup was very attractive.

"No one from the Wu family came out at all, everything was placed in his yard, and they were carefully counted according to the list, so there was no big mess in the future."

Hearing this, Lin's hanging heart finally let go, since the Lin family knew that the Wu family was so shameless, thinking about using a marriage letter to deceive Pan'er as a concubine, she had been unstable in her heart, after all, this kind of person with poor character can do any disgusting thing, in case of a rake, I am afraid it will be a little bad.

A few small guys ate in the shop, the food on the table was eaten clean, at first because of the hunger, they also stared at the braised duck and goose and other things under the chopsticks, and so on after the hunger faded slightly, these people also learned to be shrewd, scooped the fish soup in front of them with a spoon, and drank bowl by bowl, even with those newly made pickles, the entrance is fresh and tender, the taste is fragrant, and it is not as salty as other pickles.

Gherkins are only the thickness of the thumb, there are very few fresh vegetables in winter, if these things want to be kept in winter, they must be carefully dried under the sun, and no moisture can be left, otherwise a store is not good, it is easy to have mildew, and when the time comes, not only can not eat the mouth, once eaten into the stomach, I am afraid that it is going to make a stomach.

A few small guys are full of praise, even with small cucumbers, obviously this thing is dried before and then soaked, but it is very crisp, even more than fresh more tough, from the mother and daughter first entered the capital in the front street stalls, this pickle sold very well, and later opened this Rong'an Fang, because of the large territory, a lot of food to do, can also sell two jars a day, if not for the Lin family specially left the pickles, I am afraid that today can not be eaten.

Dried bamboo shoots are more juice-absorbing than cucumbers, and the faint fragrance is extraordinarily delicious, but Pan'er doesn't know what's wrong, even if the food tastes good, she has no appetite at all, especially the newly boiled fish soup of the Lin family, which is even more untouchable.

Lin looked at Pan'er's face was not good, for fear that she would have trouble with her body again, but there were still guests in the shop, and it was not easy to show it.

Scoop some yellow wild honey in a bowl with a small spoon, this wild honey was brought out from Shiqiao Village before, the taste is very strong and very nourishing, just pour some warm water and wash it away. Lin brought the white porcelain bowl to Pan'er and said, "What's going on lately?" It's better to go to the hospital and take a look, if there is really any illness, you can't continue to delay......"

Seeing that Lin frowned tightly, obviously worried about her, Pan'er couldn't help but feel a little guilty, took Lin's hand, and whispered a few words of comfort before giving up.

Previously, the Lin family still owed Ya Po fifty taels of silver, since the opening of the shop, the business of Rong'an Fang has become better and better, these days there is a lot of income, thrifty but also saved some silver taels, after the debt, there is even some surplus, there is a lot of work in the shop, Lin does not want to make Pan'er so hard, otherwise if he is too young to burn down, I am afraid it will be more difficult in the future.

Instead of saving up these silver money, it is better to buy a rough mother-in-law, and she can also help do some work on weekdays, although the work of cooking on the fire is not too tiring, but Pan'er gave birth to a body of fine skin and tender meat, where can the Lin family bear that she is tired?

When he went to return the Ya Po's silver, Lin mentioned it by the way, and asked the Ya Po to pick a diligent mother-in-law to send to Rong'an Fang, and one more person to help him, and the burden on his shoulders was naturally much lighter, and he could feel more at ease when he held the deed of sale in his hand, and he was not afraid of making any trouble.

Ya Po has also done business with the Lin family several times, and knows that the mother and daughter have some money in hand and are also kind, so they sent the new mother-in-law to Rong'an Fang.

Although the Lin family said before that they would only buy one person, there were three mothers-in-law who entered the shop, all of them were between thirty and forty, but probably because the previous life was not going well, and they suffered a lot, and they all looked a lot older than their actual age, wearing patched coarse cloth clothes, and their faces and necks were quite clean, Pan'er was watching from the sidelines, and she didn't know which one to choose.

Although there was a mother-in-law who had a stiff face, the corners of her mouth drooped, and a wilting appearance, but after a closer look, she could see that her facial features were excellent, Lin stared at her a few times, and asked Ya Po:

"How did you get this guy?"

Ya Po glanced at it, grinned: "Her surname is Zhao, you can call her Mrs. Zhao, she is a palace maid released from inside and outside the palace, and I don't know what crime she suffered, she didn't meet a good person, she married a man with a child, and she didn't give birth to her own baby for more than ten years, this year there was a famine in Shanxi, in order not to starve the child, her man sold her......"

Ordinary people are poked in pain, and I am afraid that their faces will not look good, but Mrs. Zhao stood motionless as if she hadn't heard Ya Po's words, and she did look neater than others.

The remaining two mothers-in-law, one of whom had hanging eyes and high cheekbones, looked a little mean, and the other was very thin and thin, and his eyes flashed again and again, and he didn't look like a peaceful person.

Lin looked around carefully, but still didn't say anything, Ya Po was not in a hurry, took a sip of the hot tea brought by Pan'er, and asked slowly:

"No matter which one you buy, it's ten taels of silver, which is already a very fair price in Beijing......

This is really true, after all, there are many rich masters in Beijing, and the slaves of large families who have signed a living deed will be issued two taels of silver a month, if it is not for the fear that these mothers-in-law will continue to stay and waste food, Ya Po is afraid that the price will be higher.

"Besides, Pan'er is not young now, and it's time for you to buy her a little maid to serve, otherwise you have to do everything yourself, which will be too hard......."

Lin is also a reasonable person, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Mrs. Zhao speak:

"Ma'am, I'm pregnant."

Saying that, Mrs. Zhao also covered her lower abdomen with her hands, and she was wearing a dusty thick cotton coat, if she didn't say it, Pan'er and Lin wouldn't be able to see it, and now when she heard this, Lin couldn't help frowning.

When a woman gives birth, she is separated from Lord Yama by a layer of tulle, Mrs. Zhao is at least in her thirties, she is pregnant at this age, and she is the first child, the danger can be imagined, if you don't get it right, you will lose your life, if such people buy it, won't they ask for trouble?

"In that case......

"The slave maid came out of the palace, and when she was young, she had been doing things in the palace of the imperial concubine, and she knew a lot of imperial concubines' health care methods, as well as the practice of imperial meals, if you are willing to let the slave and maid give birth to the child, the slave and maid will do their best to help......"

Although the pickles made by the Lin family are good, but there are not many categories, always eat the same thing, even if the thing is delicious, I am afraid it will not be long before it will be boring, if you can really get the recipe of the imperial meal, the food made in Rong'an Fang will definitely be better than the current quality.

Pan'er's heart moved, pulled Lin's cuffs, and whispered: "It's better to buy Mrs. Zhao, anyway, the body deed is in our hands, and she doesn't dare to hide it." ”

Lin pursed her lips and said, "She's pregnant, whether she can save her life or not is two words......

Pan'er is not too worried at this point, there is a living spring in her eyebrows, and even Chu Liang, who was seriously injured, can be saved, so she can't believe that she can't save the Zhao Pozi in front of her.

"I think she's quite tough, she'll be fine."

"But ......"

Lin was still a little hesitant in her heart, but she was a soft-eared person, and she couldn't stand Pan'er's repeated begging, even if she knew that Mrs. Zhao was not a good candidate, she could only buy someone in the end.

If she had known about it a long time ago, she would have directly poured abortion medicine into Zhao Pozi, and these thirty or forty women bought it to be a rough mother-in-law for a large family, and if she was pregnant, she would definitely delay the sale.

Fortunately, the Lin family bought the person, but it also saved her a sum of money.

What did Ren Yazi think in his heart, the Lin family didn't care in his heart, and directly gave the silver, and the remaining two mothers-in-law were taken away from Rong'an Fang by Ren Yazi.

Mrs. Zhao blessed her body separately at Lin and Pan'er, and said softly: "Madame's face doesn't seem to be too good, her lips are blue, and she looks like she has a weak heart pulse at first, but if you look closely, it doesn't look like ......."

Pan'er sighed in her heart, it was afternoon at the moment, the food in the shop was sold out early in the morning, and no customers came to the door, she covered the wooden door and asked:

"What is a weak heart?"

Mrs. Zhao shook her head and said: "The slave is not a doctor, and I don't understand, but the imperial concubine had this problem back then, and she drank ginseng tea every day to raise her body, and then the imperial concubine was beaten into the cold palace and suffered some suffering, and died in less than a year, but the slave looked at the lady's complexion and was far better than the imperial concubine back then, and it is estimated that even if there is this symptom, it is not serious, as long as you don't get too angry on weekdays, it will become a ......."

Hearing Mrs. Zhao's words, Pan'er couldn't help but recall the sick and weak appearance of the Lin family before, if she hadn't gotten such good things as spiritual spring water in time, would her mother still be like in her previous life, and she would have died directly before thirty?

Her face suddenly turned a lot pale, Pan'er nodded, and did not say anything, but in her heart she wanted to get some rare medicinal materials such as ginseng and snow clams for the Lin family, and then mix them with spiritual spring water.

Day by day, after there is one more person in Rong'an Fang, the burden on Lin's shoulders has indeed been lifted a lot, although Mrs. Zhao is pregnant, but it is very quick to do the work, often Lin has to spend two hours washing vegetables and choosing vegetables, Mrs. Zhao will get it almost in an hour, during which she can also make a fire to cook, and the food of the mother and daughter will be cooked, which makes Lin very satisfied.

The child in Mrs. Zhao's belly is now three months old, speaking of which she is also a bitter life, she has not given birth to one for more than ten years after being married, and she has just been sold by a man to the hands of human teeth, and she immediately became pregnant.

Pan'er is not a ruthless person, she has nothing to do with the boiling water to drop a few drops of spiritual spring water, although the amount mixed in the water is not much, but the thin water is long and the water drops are worn by the stone, after more than ten years, Zhao Pozi's complexion is indeed much stronger than the sallow gray defeat at the beginning, although there are still a lot of wrinkles on the face, but it does not look as old as before.

Rong'an Fang is open every day as usual, and recently there are more people, and there are more pickled snacks to make, and the taste of the old soup boiled on the stove is getting more delicious and thick day by day, coupled with the watering of the spiritual spring water, people never get tired of eating, even if there are more things every day, they can all be sold out before the sun goes down.

Pan'er went to the Marquis Zhongyong's Mansion to play with flowers and plants in the morning as usual, and after returning in the afternoon, she helped the Lin family look at the shop, and she and Mrs. Zhao could rest for a while.

Taking the hat in Pan'er's hand, Mrs. Zhao secretly praised in her heart, even if this was not the first time she had seen Lin Pan'er, she couldn't help but be a little amazed.

It's not as good as a palm-sized little face, with a straight nose, watery apricot eyes, and delicate red lips like petals, every place is very delicate, plus a white skin and flesh as white as snow, just like refined lard, even if you don't touch it, just look at it with your eyes, you can detect the delicate feeling.

Earlier, when Mrs. Zhao was still serving in the palace, she also saw those golden and noble harem concubines, those women were beautiful, but they seemed to be carefully carved porcelain, without flaws, but cold with craftsmanship, far less attractive than this delicate rose.

If such a woman hadn't worn a hat every day to cover her delicate little face, the people who came to Rong'anfang to propose marriage would have broken the threshold here.

Pan'er had long been accustomed to the eyes of others looking at her, and after taking a sip of honey water to moisten her throat, she asked:

"I've heard you say before, I know a lot of recipes for imperial meals, is there anything suitable for us to make in Rong'anfang?"

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao said:

"There was a lamp shadow beef in the imperial dining room, the imperial concubine was full of praise, although we ordinary people can't buy beef, but it is also made of pork, as long as you are careful when selling pork, the gelding pig will not have that smell......"

One of the reasons is that the pork is dirty and cannot be eaten, and the other reason is that the pork has a smell, which is more unpleasant than the smell of mutton, and the average person can't stand the smell, so they eat less.

But poor places are not so particular, when Pan'er was in Shiqiao Village before, where would he be as picky as the people in Beijing when he bought meat?

The so-called gelding means that when the piglets have not yet grown up, the utensils used to pass on the lineage are cut, so that the meat quality of the pork will become very tender and the taste is excellent.

If you use geldings to make some food, first of all, the cost is not high, even if it is not sold well, it will not lose much money, and secondly, the craftsmanship of Lin and Zhao Pozi is good, plus there is spiritual spring water in hand, in fact, Pan'er does not believe that it will lose money at all.

Thinking of this, Pan'er carefully asked about the practice of lamp shadow meat, and after asking clearly, she gave Mrs. Zhao dozens of copper plates and asked her to go to the street to buy gelding pork.

Although the taste of geldings is much stronger than that of no geldings, most people really can't afford to buy pork as long as they think of the ugly and dirty appearance in the pigsty, so that there are only a few people in front of the stalls selling geldings.

Although Mrs. Zhao went a little late, there was still a large piece of good pork leg meat left, and it only cost fifteen yuan to buy more than two catties of meat.

After Mrs. Zhao came back, Pan'er followed her to the kitchen, the winter in the capital is much colder than Shiqiao Village, the pork is placed on the stall outside, it is a little frozen hard, but the kitchen is warmer, and after a while, it is soft again.

Put the pork leg meat on the board, Mrs. Zhao held a razor in her hand, shaved off the pig skin with a quick movement, wiped the pork leg meat with a clean soft cloth, cut off the corners, and slice it into large slices.

Pan'er never thought that Mrs. Zhao's knife work was so good, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the pork slices cut out are as thin as cicada wings, but she put the pork slices on the board with a layer of rough calluses and laid them straight, pinched a handful of salt particles and sprinkled them, and then slowly wrapped the thin meat slices into a cylindrical shape and put them on the curtain to dry.

The meat slices have to be dried for a total of three or four days, so naturally you can't be in a hurry.

After waiting for a few days, the meat slices have turned bright red, Zhao Pozi looked at it, felt that the time was almost up, so he baked it with charcoal for a quarter of an hour, the aroma of the meat was not obvious at first, but later it turned out to be like cured meat, and the aroma was very strong.

Lin felt that these two people were messing around at first, she was doing something else before, but today she came to take a look, and found that after the meat slices were baked, they were a little clearer than before, slightly harder, and Mrs. Zhao put the meat slices in the pot and steamed them for half an hour, and the fragrance was diffuse, no worse than pickles mixed with spiritual spring water.

After steaming, only the last process remains, Zhao Pozi washes the big iron pot, heats it and adds oil, adds green onions and ginger, puts the meat slices into the hot oil and slowly deep-fried, and then filters out the oil.

Rong'an Fang sells the most food, and there are naturally not a few spices in the kitchen, although this lamp shadow meat needs a lot of spices, but Zhao Pozi has found all the things at the moment, and added it to the pot and stir-fried it a few times, and the meat slices become red and transparent, no wonder it is called lamp shadow meat.

Lin and Pan'er took chopsticks and added some to the mouth, the sweet and spicy taste made Pan'er cough a few times, and after getting used to the spicy taste, he felt that this lamp shadow meat was much more gluttonous than ordinary food.

Obviously, Pan'er has no appetite these days, but at this moment, she has eaten a lot of Lantern Shadow Meat in a row, if it weren't for the slightly salty Lamp Shadow Meat, Lin was afraid that Pan'er would eat empty, and I am afraid that she would not stop it.

Her lips were red and swollen, Pan'er put down her chopsticks, drank a lot of honey before she recovered, walked to Lin's side, and said softly:

"Mother, I think the lamp shadow meat is really good, the gelding pork is very cheap, although the process is more troublesome to make this taste, but we can increase the price a little and sell it mixed with pickles, it must be not bad......

Previously, Pan'er begged to buy Mrs. Zhao, and the Lin family still felt that she was messing around, but now seeing Mrs. Zhao's ability, the Lin family was extremely satisfied.

What if Mrs. Zhao is pregnant? Zuo is not too many pairs of chopsticks, today she came up with a recipe for lamp shadow meat, and maybe she can come up with other recipes another day, so that the food in Rong'an Fang will definitely sell better and better.

Lin smiled from ear to ear, and nodded to the end of the matter.

Pan'er was also very happy in her heart, just the soy milk boiling on the stove, she took out three bowls, served them directly to the table, and drank them directly without adding sugar.

There is a stone mill in the backyard of Rong'an Fang, in the past, Lin and Pan'er did not use it, as soon as Mrs. Zhao came, she bought some soybeans, directly crushed them with a stone mill, and made soy milk to drink.

The soy milk in the pot was cooked by Pan'er herself, and there was no less spiritual spring water in it, Mrs. Zhao was pregnant and had to do work, although she had a lot of strength, in the end she also felt a little tired, and now she drank the soy milk, not to mention the taste, she only felt like swallowing the panacea, and a warmth in the belly spread, which made her soreness dissipate a lot, and her spirit was better.