No Worries about Food and Medicine

Green Yang Fangcao, pale core slanting red, another year of Fangfei day.

There was a period of time before going north. A few days before driving to Taoxi, the spike spike suddenly felt cold and the young girl was full of yang, and coughed up in a few days. After passing Taoxi, and further along the mountains and hills, there will be a decent hotel for a long time, not to mention medicine, etc. They have to rest in Taoxi town and decide to wait for the spike Healed, and then move on.

Taoxi belongs to Wuling Mansion. The reason why Taoxi is called Taoxi is because there is a hill that is not so high in the vicinity. It is surprising that there is a mountain spring eye on this hill. The spring water merges into a clear stream and flows down. Xu Shixi is clear and sweet, attracting the peach blossom fairy and moving her heart. Xia Fan lived here for a long time.

Therefore, every spring, the town is covered with white peach powder peach, and there are some flowers such as spring, raspberry, evening wax plum, red, yellow, pink and green, but the weather has not completely warmed up, Taoxi town has been colorful, black tiles and white walls Trapped between the hundreds of flowers, when viewed from a height, it is like being in a sea of ​​flowers.

Spring is opened every year, countless literati and elegant guests gather here, You Chun enjoys the scenery and tastes the poems.

Yu Jinnian and his entourage were so busy that they found three or two inns that were full, but they also started to worry about it for a while. Instead, the three sons of the Min family were diligent in the mountains and rivers, and they had a lot of strange and strange connections. A pink confidant, now this confidant also opened a shop in Taoxi town, which only settled them down.

The name of the inn is Zhuhua Pavilion, which is very elegant. The furnishings in the store are quite neat, but not too shabby. The table is filled with a single glazed gooseneck bottle and a single spring or snow plum. The curling, delicate fragrance bursts are just to cater to the hypocrisy preference of those Mo Ke scribes.

The proprietress is Li Yang Su's, who calls Qing'er in two words. As the name suggests, she is both Qing and Yang, with long sleeves and good dancing. When Yu Jinnian and others unloaded the box and entered the door, the lady boss was wandering among many literati, smiling praisingly, and several self-proclaimed scholars were complimented with pride, and she gave away many of the boss lady ’s ink, Refused, and immediately ordered the little girl around to hang up.

When several people came in, Su Qing'er opened several rooms and ordered someone to clean up a pavilion and live with the accompanying attendants. He pulled Min Mao to drink and laugh for a while.

Settling down, it was about noon. Sui Sui missed her mother. She had a bad appetite. She grew up in Xin'an County and was not used to the taste of Taoxi. After a lot of trouble, the whole face was sick. After taking a few sips, she lost her interest, and she became angry again, saying that she was reluctant to take medicine. Yu Jinnian couldn't, so she let her sleep for an afternoon.

Listening to Sui Sui's coughing from time to time, his throat rumbling like sputum, Yu Jinnian was also worried. He always felt that this was not a way. At night, he prepared to cook some delicious meals himself.

Fortunately, Su Qing'er was very fond of Min Mao, and even a group of them was treated as a guest. Yu Jinnian proposed to borrow the kitchen and ingredients. She didn't do much to block it. However, Yu Jinnian just picked up a kitchen knife, and she suddenly passed Wearing the sleeves, he squeezed Yu Jinnian's hand ambiguously and said in a low voice: "It's just that the kitchen stove can't be used in vain. The little boy has to pay me something."

Yu Jinnian immediately retracted his hand into the cuff and looked at her in horror.

Su Qing'er leaned on the door frame and smiled: "Look, the young man is also a scholar, how about leaving me with a treasure?"

It turned out that I was asking for Mobao. When I came in, I saw her collecting calligraphy and paintings everywhere. I didn't know if I really loved this thing, or I wanted to earn a reputation for Yasuo for the inn? But no matter what, Yu Jinnian said that he was really sloppy, and actually thought about others, but when he mentioned Mo Po, he couldn't help but reddened his ears, ashamed: "Sorry, boss, I actually ... I don't know a few characters , The words are written more like a dog crawl, and I really ca n’t get it out. "

Su Qing'er was surprised that he was not a scholar because of his tender skin and white skin. However, she was not the kind of person who was sloppy. When Yu Jinnian was unwilling, she didn't force her to look at him. Very well, the kitchen knife danced flowers in his hand, and I really thought he was just a chef appreciated by the family, so he didn't mention writing, just stood by to watch him cook, and didn't rush out. .

It was Kaichun, a lot of wild amaranth came out of the field. Yu Jinnian saw many in the mountains and forests along the way. I did n’t expect that there were a lot of baskets in the kitchen after the building of the flower pavilion. The Tao people specially planed this wild vegetable. Although amaranth can be picked in the second season of spring and autumn, only spring amaranth is the most tender and refreshing. When picking, amaranth is pinched on the vegetable and put into a pot. It is very fragrant and cooked.

Yu Jinnian took a handful of spring amaranth directly, cut it into segments, boiled it in hot water and placed it on a plate. Then it was made into a sauce with clear soy sauce, garlic and small sesame oil, and poured on the boiled spring amaranth And finally sprinkle with a pinch of fried white sesame seeds.

This is a simple and refreshing cold spring amaranth with clearing away heat and detoxification.

After making the spring amaranth, he took the fritillary fritillary that was originally used as the medicine for the spike and placed it in boiled water. Then he refined it with sweet almonds and glutinous rice. The refining was a slow kung fu job. The smoother the taste, the more detailed.

Su Qing'er didn't bother to see him tossing for a while. Suddenly he had a chance. He hurriedly took a bag of things and placed it in front of Yu Jinnian. He deliberately embarrassed him: "I have a bag of fruit here. Is there any way for your son? "

Yu Jinnian looked at the probe, it turned out to be a bag of hawthorn, he said strangely: "There are Tang Dizi at this time?"

Su Qinger said sadly: "It was stored in the ice cellar and was just taken out in Kaichun. It was sent by a strange-tempered guest who sent his wife earlier. The guest likes this thing, but it is really tricky and does not eat hawthorn fruit. Cakes, and no fruit tea, it must be the original shape, neither sour teeth nor too sweet, the most important thing is to look at the elegant ... Then the guests will look at the coming two days, this But I'm really worried about killing Su Niang, I wonder if the youngest son can do it? "

"It's not difficult." Yu Jinnian thought about it and agreed readily, but made another request, "After this fruit is done, Su Niang may be the master, even out a dish to taste for my little girl?" She does n’t like to eat recently, and it ’s appetizing if you eat this. ”

Su Qing'er said with joy: "If there is anything, you shouldn't mention it, and I should give it to you, too. The guests on the left and right don't count more or less."

The two thanked each other, and Su Niang went to prepare the ingredients used by Yu Jinnian: a jar of freshly brewed sweet-scented osmanthus honey, a packet of hand-made brown sugar, peanuts and walnuts left in the first month and other hard fruits, and glutinous rice. Powder and sesame.

When Su Niang came back, Yu Jinnian had grinded the almond rice milk, together with the previously cooked Chuanbei water, boiled it in Choshi, and put it aside to cool it for a while, then began to deal with Tangzizi, put the Tang Cut the pedicled section of the dice together, then use a small spoon to dig out the core and discard it.

Because Su Niang said that although the guests like to eat hawthorn, they do not like to eat sour hawthorn, so Yu Jinnian decided to steam the hollow hawthorn first. The water should not be too hot, otherwise the hawthorn will be easy to crack when it is soft and will lose its firm taste. The water is steamed at 50% to 60% and the fruit will be drained when it is boiling fast, so that the fruit will lose a little acidity after being heated.

At this time, Su Niang also used his hot sugar water melted with brown sugar and osmanthus nectar to reconcile the glutinous rice dough.

For steaming the dough, the two each crushed peanuts and walnuts with a rolling pin and mixed them with sesame and sugar to make a filling.

Perhaps it was Yu Jinnian ’s appearance that was too handsome, and it was really not like a cook who danced with a pot. The little kitchen ladies in the kitchen turned their heads and looked at them from time to time, occasionally whispering some whispers, and occasionally covering With a giggling sweet smile, the heart of the already hot kitchen was budding.

Su Qing'er sneered at them, blamed them for their work, and turned back to Yu Jinnian: "It's so troublesome that you can think of it."

Yu Jinnian shook his head and said with a smile: "But it was not what I thought, but the experience of the predecessors. When I opened the store in Xin'an County, more troublesome dishes were also made! This is nothing." Speaking of Xin'an County, Yu Jinnian again I must think of Er Niang, the joyous days I used to think of, and I ca n’t help but think about it.

Su Qing'er was very happy. Hearing that he also opened a restaurant, he chatted with Yu Jinnian on how to cook and open a restaurant. Su Qing'er is talkative. After much chatting, he consciously became friends with Yu Jinnian. He inevitably has to ask, what are the characters who are with him. She only knows that Min Mao's surname is Min, and she has a good status. She is generous, but she doesn't know what she is doing, not to mention the other two noble sons who look even higher than Min Mao.

Yu Jinnian also paid attention, saying that it was their family sons who came out of Beijing to play, and many did not want to tell her.

I didn't ask why I was knocking on the side. Su Qing'er asked for nothing and didn't mention it. He continued to discuss with Yu Jinnian's cooking experience.

The two grabbed the steamed glutinous rice balls, wrapped them in walnut, peanut and sesame fillings, kneaded them into small balls, and filled them in hollowed out hawthorn shells. Being busy, Ji Hong came to him and saw that he was recovering from his illness and was busy working in the kitchen. He couldn't help sighing: "I know you are here, you haven't gotten all your injuries, so you are busy all around, really treating the kitchen as your home Alright? "

Yu Jinnian laughed: "It's nothing to do when you're idle, and you can't be tired by doing some joy."

"Yuan Huan." Ji Hong looked at him curiously. "Is this this?"

Originally, there was the last process, pouring syrup, but Yu Jinnian thought he might not like to eat as sweet as that, so he lifted Tang Dizi, who had just filled the glutinous rice balls, to Ji Hong ’s face: "Well, try it, this is I made an appetizer for Sui Sui. I do n’t know if you like it or not. "

Xiao Hongguo is cute and lovely, full and round. Ji Hong bit his finger gently and half tasted it in his mouth-the sweet and sour entrance, the aftertaste of the glutinous and sweet, the teeth broke through the soft glutinous rice layer, and the tongue tip I touched another kind of crispy fragrant, which really makes people memorable.

Swallowing this sweet and sour taste, Ji Hong was satisfied: "This name alone is enough to make people happy."

Yu Jinnian ate half of the remaining ones, and licked the fingers with sweet rice filling, pondering: "If you like, pick a few to go back to eat, but you have a bad spleen and stomach, and should not eat more. . "

This is not the back kitchen of my own bowl of noodle restaurant. The two of you have been watched when you come and go, not to mention the group of fifteen or sixty-year-old little kitchen ladies, where have you seen Ji Hong so handsome as a fairy Compared with Ji Hong, Yu Jinnian's brother, Yu Jinnian, didn't seem to be watching enough either. The little girls in the kitchen were all spring and spring, staring at Ji Hong, and it was almost impossible to burn the pot in hand.

"Okay." In Ji Hong's eyes, there was only a teenager who licked his fingers. Wherever he could put someone off, he would naturally listen to what he said. Yu Jinnian reacted first, turned his face in an instant, and pushed the impediment Ji Gongzi into the kitchen: "You go back and wait, I fried two dishes, let's go back to the room and eat."

"You don't have to do any troublesome dishes, come back soon." Taking advantage of other people's inattention, Ji Hong stole a scent on his forehead and pinched Yu Jinnian's finger, so he reluctantly went upstairs.

As soon as he left, the little kitchen ladies were disappointed, and the spoon hit the pot with a bang, as if venting their anger.

Su Qing'er scolded them with a little smile, "Xiao Lang's hoof", and said: "Come on and work hard, and the pot will be fried by you!"

A group of people giggled for a while, Yu Jinnian grabbed his feet and saw Ji Hong's back disappeared into the room door, then touched his forehead and turned to the kitchen. Su Qinger said with a smile: "Your master is very good to you. "

For a moment, Yu Jinnian didn't understand who she was talking about, but he was too lazy to explain what he had to do with Ji Hong, so he nodded and fooled over: "Well, yes."

Su Qing'er also felt that there was a difference between them, but he couldn't say it, so he had to give it up, only when they were the masters and servants, and did not think much about it.

Helping Su Niang to make a happy reunion, Yu Jinnian picked several kinds of ingredients himself. Because it is spring, when everything begins, and the season of rising yang qi, it is said that "taste should reduce acid and increase gan, in order to nourish the spleen", and food should help yang.

At this time, there was lettuce, Yu Jinnian picked a piece of tender lettuce, peeled and shredded, added a spoonful of sesame oil, sugar, salt, vinegar, and then sauteed the pepper with sesame oil. After the spicy oil was cool, poured on the shredded lettuce. The sweet and spicy shredded lettuce is refreshing as you eat and mix it. Yu Jinnian thought about the collocation of meat and vegetables, and he quickly cooked fried shredded celery meat, so that he could eat it with pancakes.

Despite the recent day and night trips, once he entered the kitchen, Yu Jinnian seemed to forget the tiredness of this day. Although the pots and pans did not speak, they also did not bother him. The kitchen is more busy than people. He quietly dismissed his troubles. Prepare some dishes, and then look up again, the sky is late, and a dark blue is gradually painted outside the window.

He carried the Chuanbei almond dew and cold spring amaranth prepared for Sui Sui. When he walked out, he had lit a hexagonal veil lamp inside the Zhuhua Pavilion, with a picture of a lady painted on the lamp, or a fan smile, or a bow waist Funny cat.

Seeing the gauze lamp, Yu Jinnian suddenly whispered, "Little Ding-Dong!"

When he got out of the car, he was afraid that the cat would walk around, so he closed Xiaoding in a small, breathable box. At this time, he was busy in the back kitchen. He actually completely forgot about it. The cat was kept in the box for an afternoon, and I do n’t know how to hate him! Thinking of this, Yu Jinnian quickly turned back to the kitchen and spoke softly to the little kitchen ladies to dry the minced fish and some rice to make cat food, so as to go back and appease Xiaoding.

Sui Sui's rice, Ji Hong's rice and Cat's rice, he couldn't serve so many servings by himself, so he had to come here one by one.

But she didn't know what kind of temper Sui Sui was playing. Yu Jinnian entered the door. She and Qinghuan sat by the bed and ate sweet tea. When he came in, he turned his head and fell down inside. Qinghuan did not spend much effort. Well coaxed, so frowned at Yu Jinnian helplessly. He really did not understand the "daughter's heart". At this moment, there was a feeling that the old father was rejected by his daughter. It was very wronged, but there was no way to do it. So he had to put the food on the table and told her to take it well. Eat, then quit.

He walked out of the room, but did not leave. After observing from the crack of the door for a while, Sui Sui finally persevered to eat under the persuasion of Qing Huan, so he felt relieved.

The process is not important, the result is right, he comforts himself so much.

Going back and putting the food of Ji Hong and Xiao Dingdong in the food box, it happened that the little kitchen ladies had cooked wolfberry tea, and he would join in the excitement. In the evening, there was a lot of fun in the Zhuhua Pavilion, and the guests who stayed in the store came back one after another, gathered in the front hall to taste tea poems, and laughed about the day. Because they are scribes who come from afar, each with a book boy and maid, although they are still young, they all understand the rules, making the front hall noisy and chaotic, bursting into laughter.

In a short time, a luxuriously decorated carriage was stopped in front of the Huahua Pavilion, with dozens of solemn servants, the horseman who drove the car carrying a lantern, and went straight to the lady boss. Su Qinger bowed his head and listened to him. , Get up and meet. Everyone in the shop didn't know who was coming, and they whispered and talked about each other, and there was the uncontrollable little maid who was lying in front of the window and sneaking a sneak peep. Instead, he was accused by the owner of "not understanding the rules".

Su Qinger was waiting in front of the car, and the paragraph called "Lu Gongzi".

The car curtain was lifted from the inside, and a young, tall and slender young man came out, and his person could not say how beautiful, but there was no reason to exude a pride of luxury, the chin was lifted slightly, but not too pretentious. Yashi dress up, a full list of talents. The young man Lu got out of the car and reached over to pick up the others in the car. Everyone saw two young ladies in the car sedan.

The younger one who came out earlier was wearing a cherry-colored satin skirt, and was born bright and beautiful. When he came out, he was held by Lu Gongzi's wrist. The Xingyi woman who came out afterwards didn't treat him like that. The car was quite high. She seemed to have some foot injuries. She didn't dare to jump down after a long time. She had to look around where the groom was.

It was the girl in the cherry suit in front of her who took her hand away from Lu Gongzi and trot back to help her.

Although the Xingyi women are not as bright as the former, they have a graceful and elegant appearance, and they are dignified and generous. The two of them walked hand in hand and walked into the Zhuhua Pavilion intimately.

Someone in the Zhuhua Pavilion recognized him, and approached the ground to greet and said: "It was Yan Jia! I haven't seen it for many months, and Yan Jia's brother is even more heroic! Presumably, these two are the ladies? Yunyue ... Lu Di is blessed! "He glanced over Lu Gongzi's shoulder and secretly salivated the two beauties behind each.

Lv Yanjia glanced back at the person, chuckled in his heart, but respectfully said: "Brother Zhao, don't come unharmed!"

The three of them took their seats one after another, and Lu Gongzi picked a place near the window. The bamboo fan pushed the window page lightly in his hand, and then he could see the beauty of the distance in the distance.

However, it is also surprising. Usually, the high house and noble sons are in the backyard, and few wives and concubines are harmonious. This Lu Yanjia is a descendant of the Lu branch of Beijing. Although it does not move much in the same vein as the branch of the Beijing branch, it is also the most orthodox one of the nephews and nieces of the branch, whose academic appearance is outstanding. The children and grandchildren can't miss anything.

The younger generation of the head of the Lu family, who grew up outside Beijing, is quite old, and promotes the distant nephew Lu Yanjia. Lv Yanjia is an elegant person but not indecent. In the early years, he left a lot of charms between the Red Square and the Green Pavilion. The most famous one is his "seven strings", there is nothing to say about this matter. It was added by others.

The Tao was Lu Yanjia's visit to friends south a few years ago. Through one place, he heard the painting of the Fang Yao Qinling on the river. The singing was bursting. It was the Qixi Festival, but he heard the song of the Song of Sorrow. He felt compassion in his heart. Coincide. Since then, Lu Yanjia has come here every day, but the two are separated by a painting wall, and no one sees each other, and only intersects with music, so for half a month, the singer in Fang has never spoke.

Half a month later, Lu Yanjia should leave for his hometown. Before leaving, he would still come here to paint the painting, and said across the wall: "You have to wait for me for ten days, and after ten days I will bring silver money to redeem you."

The showgirl knew in her heart that the words of the gracious guest shouldn't be taken care of, and she shouldn't be on her mind. Ten days later, Lu Yanjia came quickly and rushed to redeem her body, and hired her to be a concubine. After taking the silver money and tearing up the sales contract, the singer held the Yaoqin on his carriage. At this point, the two people really met the first side.

The singer who flies up to the branch is the girl in the cherry tree in front of her, who is called with a smile.

The gossip spreads quickly, not to mention such a romantic affair. Within a few days, the showgirl's high-marriage spread across the streets and alleys. Everyone said that the showgirl flew up the branches and changed into a phoenix. Some people even wrote this zigzag play based on it, called "Yaoqin complaint", and the prostitutes in the singing field, Jiji, everyone caressed a seven-stringed Yaoqin, hoping for an infatuated son who would redeem them for the curtain.

However, Lu Yanjia's embrace of the beautiful woman also attracted many people's jealousy. Every child congratulated him on enjoying the blessing of Queen E, but in the background, he wanted to catch fire in his backyard. Some joke came out earlier. After all, the man already in his house was barely a boudoir. After many years in the house, how could he endure Lu Yanjiana into a humble singer?

However, this is not to say that three or two years have passed, and the Lu's backyard was calm and quiet, with no waves at all.

Today, Lu Yanjia and his two wives went out to pick spring. Everyone had to take a closer look. This is really strange. The two beauties did not **** each other ’s husband-favor-love, and they sat next to each other. In one place, pour tea and pour water politely and without jealousy. The store's second child gave dim sum, and the two also gave way, and they were really close.

Seeing this, everyone in the Zhuhua Pavilion couldn't help lamenting that Lu Gongzi's imperial wife had the skill to make the two beauties so close.

After being seated, eating warm tea to warm up the body, Lu Yanjia waved his hands and called the dishes, and then asked the guys to pack up the two rooms and burn the hot water needed for washing. After a while, they went straight back to dinner. Rest in the room and go out to the city tomorrow to enjoy the spring.

Because Lu Yanjia ordered all the hard dishes that were hot, the guys in the shop nodded and said they had to wait a while. Lu Yanjia listened slightly coldly, and tapped the tip of the fan impatiently on the table. With a smile, he stood up quickly and said softly, "This dish has to wait until it's delicious. I'll go to the kitchen and take a look at some delicious refreshments to give the husband and sister an appetizer."

Lv Yanjia was in a bad mood and didn't speak anymore. With a smile, she moved gently to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Yu Jinnian finally waited for the tea soup to boil. After scooping a pot, he took the food box and prepared to return to the room. Just after the threshold was crossed, he ran into a person. The other party was a woman with a slender posture. The collision stumbled a few steps and fell to the ground. Yu Jinnian hurriedly put down the food box to help, but was flung away in shock from the opponent's face. Between dodges, her cuffs slipped, exposing a jade lotus-like arm.

Yu Jinnian was surprised: "You hurt--"

Before he finished the speech, he hurriedly covered up his sleeves with a smile. It happened that Qinghuan went downstairs to ask for the hot water for washing his face. When he saw this scene, he thought something had happened. He hurried over to help and lifted the woman on the ground. Repeatedly apologizing, and then looked closely, could not help but be surprised: "... smile? Are you smile?"

Yu Jinnian wondered: "You ... know?"

With a smile on his head, he hides in the kitchen in embarrassment. After a while, he rejoices with a dish of syrup, and sees that the two of them have not left yet, so he whispers his head in a low voice: "You acknowledge the wrong person. "

Qing Huan argued: "How could you recognize--"

"Smile."

A cold voice sounded from behind them, interrupting Qing Huan's words. Yu Jinnian turned back to his cheek and saw a young man holding a bamboo fan, looking at it with a smile on his face, but somehow, Yu Jinnian always felt that this person was very weird, especially those eyes, there were some people hiding in the smile It's hard to ignore the bird of prey.

Lu Yanjia took Yuan Huan's smile in her hands and took her with a smile: "I have been there for a while, so I don't want to worry about my husband."

Listening to the lingering, Yu Jinnian couldn't help shivering.

It turns out that this man is the one in Su Qing'er's mouth, who has a strange temper but likes to eat Tang Dizi?