The heavy rain stopped for three days, and the big boss of Heifeng Village did not break his promise, and personally sent Old Man Shu to the entrance of Qingyou Village.

"Old man Shu, I won't go in, the people in the village will be scared when they see me. The big boss smiled embarrassedly.

Old Man Shu didn't persuade him either, and said: "Don't look down on yourself as a person, if you feel that you are inferior, then no one can look down on you." After speaking, the old man walked towards the house with vigorous steps.

Along the way, people kept greeting the old man, and several families wanted to keep the old man for dinner, but Old Man Shu refused one by one, and Xiao Xiang must have thought that he was about to cry.

Before Old Man Shu walked to the door, he smelled the smell of meat from afar. Pushing the door in, Old Man Shu asked loudly: "Xiao Xiang, grandpa is back, do you miss grandpa?"

Xiao Xiang nibbled on a huge piece of beef ribs in the bowl, and replied vaguely: "Grandpa is back, I think, I miss grandpa." ”

"Okay, grandpa can't compare to this piece of ribs, right? "Old man Shu actually got jealous with a piece of pork ribs.

Zhang An took out a big bowl of pork ribs from the kitchen again, saw that Old Man Shu was back, and hurriedly said: "Grandpa is back, just in time for the meal, grandpa come and try my craftsmanship." ”

"That's it, Brother An's pork ribs are so delicious that I cried. After speaking, Xiao Xiang sandwiched another piece of pork ribs into the bowl.

Old man Shu is angry with the ribs, usually when he returns from practicing medicine, he thinks about it and revolves around himself, but today he doesn't care about the old man for the sake of the ribs, and pretends to be angry and says: "I don't eat, I can't bite, I want to drink broth." ”

"Okay, then grandpa, wait a minute, I'll do it for you. Zhang An immediately agreed.

It didn't take long for Old Man Shu to hold the soup bowl and not let go, this kid's skills are really good, it seems that the head chef of the family will be handed over to this stinky boy in the future, but after turning his head and thinking about it, Old Man Shu hurriedly asked: "Where did you get the money to buy meat? Did you sell my 180-year-old ginseng?!"

Zhang An hurriedly explained: "Grandpa is too worried, how dare we sell your baby." It was early this morning that there was a group of masked men, and I thought someone was robbing them, but they came with two boxes of meat, a basket of bacon, and a basket of fresh pork, beef, steak, and so on. Before I could refuse, they hurried away. So I took it upon myself to add food to Xiao Xiang. ”

Old man Shu immediately thought of the big boss of Heifeng Village, the price of pork has risen so outrageously in recent years, and he has sent so much to himself. Looking out of the house, sure enough, two half-man tall frames were placed there, full of two frames of meat.

Old Man Shu looked at the happy thoughts of eating, and said, "Xiao An, you wait and cut all the meat and send it to every household in the village." ”

Xiao Xiang listened, looked at the two boxes of meat in the yard with a reluctant face, and looked at Old Man Shu with teary eyes, the old man didn't dare to look at Xiao Xiang, and drank the broth by himself.

Zhang An smiled bitterly and replied, "I know grandpa, I'll do it after eating." ”

After working for a whole afternoon, Zhang An made sure that each family had a large piece of meat, and then pushed the small wooden cart and slowly walked towards the house.

When Old Man Shu saw Zhang An coming back, he beckoned Zhang An to sit down. Stretched out his hand to check Zhang An's pulse, and said, "It's good, the recovery is good." Have you remembered something from the past lately?"

Zhang An shook his head and replied: "No, I still can't remember, as long as I think about it hard, my head feels like it's going to explode." ”

Old Man Shu said again: "Since you can't think of it, don't think about it deliberately." After a few months of getting along, Xiao Xiang This child also likes your brother very much, I am busy practicing medicine on weekdays, Xiao Xiang is quite lonely alone, and I happen to be accompanied by you now. Would you like to study medicine with me and help the world?"

Hearing this, Zhang An stood up and said happily: "Is it okay?!I'm so willing, can I also become an excellent doctor like my grandfather?!"

Old Man Shu beckoned and motioned for Zhang An to sit down, "You will definitely not be able to do it if you are as good as me." However, I see that you are good at cooking, and it is very suitable to develop into medicinal diets. ”

The old man was really not modest at all, Zhang An secretly slandered himself, and asked, "What is medicinal food?" ”

"Medicinal diet refers to the delicious food with a certain color, aroma, taste and shape made by combining medicinal herbs with certain foods with medicinal value. It is 'medicine in food', not only the medicine as food, but also the food for medicinal purposes, medicine borrows the power of food, food helps medicine, the two complement each other, complement each other. It not only has high nutritional value, but also can prevent and cure diseases, health care and strengthen, and prolong life. Would you like to learn?" explained Old Man Shu.

Zhang An nodded as if he didn't understand.

Mr. Shu also said: "Medicinal diet should not only distinguish the role of various medicinal materials, but also know how to match with the matching ingredients. So from today on, you will learn to identify medicinal materials with Xiao Xiang, and I will teach you the practice of various medicinal diets at the same time. You have to study hard and don't slack off. ”

"Yes! Xiao An knows. Zhang An happily agreed.

In the days that followed, Zhang An lived a very fulfilling life, and on sunny days, he went to the mountains with Xiao Xiang to pick medicinal herbs, and for each one, Xiao Xiang would explain the name and function of this medicinal herb to Zhang An. When the weather is bad, I study the recipe at home, and when I don't understand something, I write it down and improve it.

In the past few months, Zhang An has recognized more than 100 kinds of medicinal materials, and has mastered dozens of production methods for stewing, stewing, simmering, and boiling various medicinal diets. Xiao Xiang dutifully acted as Zhang An's taster, and his thin and small body was also rounded up a little.

It's been more than a month since winter in a blink of an eye, and the weather is getting colder and colder. Zhang An counted the money he earned from making medicinal diets for several months, and also saved nearly 20 gold in savings.

"This hardware, make a cotton suit for grandpa, and buy some wine for grandpa. The ten gold is for Xiangxiang to make two cotton clothes, one white and one red, and to buy some snacks for Xiangxiang. The rest will make yourself a cotton outfit for the winter, just right, perfect. Zhang An divided the gold coins in front of him into three small piles, planning their usefulness.

"Brother An, are you sleeping? It's too cold today, think about sleeping with Brother An. Xiao Xiang's trembling voice sounded outside the door, Zhang An hurriedly put away the gold coins and ran to open the door for Xiao Xiang.

Xiao Xiang wrapped himself in the quilt, held the pillow in his arms, got into Zhang An's room, kicked his shoes, and jumped onto Zhang An's bed. Without further ado, put away the pillow and cover the quilt tightly.

Zhang An pinched the corners of the quilt for Xiao Xiang, also lay on the bed, and asked softly: "Think about it, it's still a month before your birthday, what do you want for your birthday gift?"

Xiao Xiang hugged one of Zhang An's arms, rubbed it with satisfaction, yawned, and muttered: "Xiao Xiang, as long as Brother An can always accompany Xiao Xiang." After saying that, Xiao Xiang fell asleep quietly.

Silly girl, how can my brother accompany you for the rest of your life, and I don't know which stinky boy I will have to be cheaper in the future. Zhang Anxin thought, gently stroked Xiao Xiang's hair, and Zhang An also fell asleep deeply.