051 Beriberi
Su Qingluan looked up and saw Xu Kekuan standing opposite her with a smile on his face.
She immediately jumped up and wanted to use the hand that didn't hold the snack to support Old Man Xu, but he waved his hand and refused with a smile: "It's just that the hands and feet are a little weak, but it doesn't need two people to support them." β
As she spoke, she was very considerate and asked her subordinates to almost take the bite on Su Qingluan's hand, which made her feel a little hot on her face.
"How did you get up? If it's inconvenient, just let people know that it's made up. Su Qingluan was a little reluctant.
Originally, she was only here to visit the sick, and if she had to bother the patient to entertain her personally, wouldn't she put the cart before the horse?
Xu Kekuan sat down on another piece of mahogany coffee table and waved away: "I've been lying on the bed for two or three days, and the bones in my body are about to fall apart, so it's better to walk on the ground like this." β
Seeing that the people who were busy before and after were all subordinates, Su Qingluan was embarrassed to ask deeply, but he always felt curious: Didn't the ancients pay attention to how many generations were in the same house? Why doesn't it seem that there is a junior who is taking care of him?
Probably because he has seen a lot of social news, Su Qingluan couldn't help but secretly think: Leaving such an old person alone at home, aren't the family afraid that the old man will be bullied by evil slaves?
Of course, Su Qingluan didn't have emotional intelligence to come to the door for the first time and ask such a question without depth.
However, Xu Kekuan saw what Su Qingluan was thinking from the bottom of his heart, and took the initiative to explain:
"Su Xiaoyou don't have to worry, although the old man's daughter is married far away and is not around, but his son is just going out and will come back in the evening - not to mention that there is a grandson who is studying at Master Zhou's place, and I think he will come back in about half an hour."
Su Qingluan was slightly relieved in her heart, and then she was stunned and touched her cheek: Did she accidentally ask?
When Xu Kekuan saw Su Qingluan's appearance, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Su Xiaoyou's mind is pure and kind, you can see it at a glance." β
β¦β¦ Doesn't that mean she has everything on her face? Su Qingluan was speechless.
Wait a minute...... Master Zhou?
"Is that the master of Zhou who is quite immortal?" Su Qingluan was surprised.
"Su Xiaoyou knows Master Zhou?"
Su Qingluan shook his head: "Although they live in Huaxi Village, the younger generation only has a one-sided relationship with Master Zhou - I heard that Master Zhou is very knowledgeable. β
Xu Kekuan nodded: "In these ten miles and eight townships, who doesn't want their children to follow Master Zhou to do learning?" But Master Zhou picks students to have their own set of rules - cough cough cough ......"
Speaking of the halfway, the old man coughed a few times, and Su Qingluan hurriedly handed over the tea in front of Xu Kekuan.
This cough interrupted the old man's words, and also interrupted Su Qingluan's original plan to ask Master Zhou about the matter-after all, he has a seven-year-old younger brother, if this Master Zhou is really powerful, it is equivalent to a key private school close at hand!
However, being coughed like this, Su Qingluan couldn't just pick a topic that he was interested in, but went back to Xu Kekuan's condition.
"What did the doctor say?" When Xu Kekuan suppressed the cough with tea, Su Qingluan asked with some concern.
"It's said to be a 'proof of a slow wind.'"
Su Qingluan has eight tricks and seven tricks about traditional Chinese medicine - he doesn't know anything, and he is just full of question marks when he listens to it.
But as she inquired about the manifestation of the symptoms, Su Qingluan felt that this symptom seemed to have been heard somewhere.
"Take the liberty of asking," in order to verify his guess, Su Qingluan asked, "Do you have any food that you don't like to eat?" β
Xu Kekuan shook his head: "It's not that I don't like to eat very much, it's just that I'm getting older, and I'm willing to eat something that is easy to eat, something more delicate, and ......."
Probably Su Qingluan often meets on weekdays, and he is a young junior, Xu Kekuan didn't hide anything, as if he was pulling a family routine, and told him all about his usual eating habits.
The more she said, the more Su Qingluan had an idea in her heart: if she guessed correctly, there was a chance that Mr. Xu's illness this time was related to his eating habits.
Mr. Xu does not like to eat too coarse staple foods, and does not like spicy vegetables such as garlic, Su Qingluan guessed that this so-called "evidence of slow wind" is likely to be the so-called "beriberi" in modern times, that is, "vitamin B1 deficiency".
But he is not a famous doctor, not to mention that there is no way to explain what "nutrient deficiency" is in this era, so Su Qingluan can't even persuade Mr. Xu to eat more and eat less.
After thinking about it, she thought about it, had an idea, and smiled at Xu Kekuan: "Mr. Xu, I've been bothering you for a long time today, I'll come to see you tomorrow - I'll bring you delicious snacks then!" β
At noon the next day, Su Qingluan came to the door again, carrying a palm-sized bamboo box in his hand.
Xu Kekuan was a little surprised: "Why did Su Xiaoyou come in the air today?" Didn't you say a few days ago that there was a new product today? β
Su Qingluan blinked mysteriously: Because someone did it for him.
After transferring the recipe of the "Splendid Thousand Silk Rolls" to the "Hongfu Building" as agreed, Su Qingluan thought of a way and simply announced that the new product was bought by the "Hongfu Building" - although it is not bad in a sense - so if you are interested, please move to the side door of the lobby of the Hongfu Building.
She suggested setting up a "pick-up opening" where customers who want to take it can hold it in their hands and eat it, while those who want to dine-in can sit down and enjoy it.
Yang and Su Guangfu once asked Su Qingluan why he didn't put the new products on his stall this time, and Su Qingluan smiled like a little fox: "Because cooking chicken soup, steamed rice and omeletting takes a lot of firewood, which is not only a lot of expenses, but also troublesome, far less time-saving and labor-saving than 'rolling a hundred treasures'." β
So this kind of waste of a lot of sunk costs should be borne by Hongfulou - after all, she is here for the research and development of dishes, and Hongfulou is always not good at all, right?
There are many business matters involved, Su Qingluan said vaguely, Xu Kekuan didn't ask too much, just looked at the bamboo box that Su Qingluan brought over and asked, "What is this?" β
Su Qingluan opened the box like a treasure, and inside was a neatly arranged black balls about the size of Mo longanβif you look closely, the reason why the balls are black is that there is a thin layer of black flax rolled on them.
"Mr. Xu, this is the refreshment I made!" Su Qingluan smiled, "I don't like particularly sweet and greasy food, so this one is not very sweet, but it tastes good, you can taste it when you taste tea!" β
Xu Kekuan knew from "Juan Baicai" that the little girl in front of him was very good at cooking, so this time he took one and put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully.
Su Qingluan was a little drumming in his heart: It should be ...... Can't eat it, right? She's really thought of a lot of ways to get rid of "that" smell!