Traditional Chinese Medicine: Back to the years when educated youths went to the countryside

Chapter 16 You’re going to roast yourself

Seeing Wang Chengzhou being scolded, Si Ya rarely gloated over his misfortune, but struggled to carry the beef bones and pour them into the iron pot that had been set up.

"stop."

Wang Chengzhou didn't bother to explain and quickly stopped her.

"What are you doing!" Wang Aiduo was in tears, her pretty face full of frustration, "If there is no meat to eat, can I just drink bone soup?"

Seeing her aggrieved appearance, Wang Chengzhou almost laughed out loud.

He said speechlessly: "Look at you, you look like you haven't eaten meat in 800 years."

"That's right!" Siya started to talk back and said angrily: "The last time I ate meat was when my eldest brother got married. Now, our little nephew is almost two years old."

"Do you think I've ever eaten meat?"

Wang Chengzhou was silent.

Shaking his head, he went back to the house and took out a hammer, "Let's drive away. Do you think I'm a fool? Today I'll let you learn a lot."

This was obviously meant for his parents.

Wang Honghe had already breathed his last. He sat on the threshold and stared at him. He still didn't understand why he got so many big stick bones.

boom!
boom!
boom!
Without saying a word, Wang Chengzhou raised his hammer and smashed it.

He smashed the thick beef leg bone into two pieces, revealing the sticky marrow inside.

However, after a few hammer blows, his arms were numb, his chest was heaving, and he was breathing heavily.

There is no way, my body is too weak.

"Hey, let me do it."

His father Wang Honghe sighed, came over and snatched the hammer away, rounded it up and started smashing it.

"Si Ya, take some plant ash from the bottom of the pot."

Wang Chengzhou looked depressed, wishing he could grow taller and stronger right away.

"Yes, break open the big bones, put them in water, and let them boil over high heat."

"and then?"

"Then just sprinkle the plant ash in, wait until a layer of oily flowers floats on top, then scoop it out with a ladle."

"It's so oily!"

Listening to Wang Chengzhou's command, Siya's eyes gradually widened.

As the beef bones are cooked, a thick layer of oil floats in the big pot.

In this age when mixing cold dishes requires adding a drop of oil, a layer of butter is enough to make your heart beat faster.

"Hey, this... I'm afraid I can make a big bowl of oil!"

Mother Li Yuzhu poked her head, squeezed over, and marveled.

Father Wang Honghe kept adding firewood. Although he didn't say anything, he worked harder.

Reflecting the flames, I didn't even bother to wipe the sweat from my forehead.

Wang Chengzhou smiled.

A big bowl?

There are so many beef bones that a large basin is not an exaggeration.

In later generations, in order to extract butter from cow bones, a set of modern processes were developed, including high-pressure extraction, filtration, and separation.

One hundred pounds of beef bones can extract up to thirty pounds of butter.

Of course, Wang Chengzhou didn't have that kind of professional tools.

However, it is no problem to extract one to twenty kilograms.

Looking at the large porcelain basin that was almost full little by little, Li Yuzhu's face blossomed with joy.

Si Ya couldn't care less about being sad, her little face was black and white from the smoke, and her big eyes were full of excitement.

Grease is the least perishable thing.

Such a big pot, if you keep it well, you can eat it for half a year.

"Siya, did I lie to you? Isn't this much more affordable than two pounds of beef?"

Wang Chengzhou was happy, finally seizing the opportunity. "Only you can!"

Wang Aiduo glanced at him and couldn't help laughing.

"It has to be the third son of our family." Li Yuzhu slapped his thigh and cursed: "Who says that our second son is a lazy man who likes to read idle books? I will tear his mouth to pieces!"

"How can you understand so much without reading so many books?"

"Don't tell me, now, I really want Si Ya to study more."

Although Wang Honghe wanted to maintain the image of a strict father, the smile on his lips betrayed him.

Wang Chengzhou saw the three people milling around the pot table, and he had some free time, so he said, "Mom, I'm going out for a while."

"What are you going to do?"

"Bring back some mugwort."

Li Yuzhu responded with a confused look on his face.

"Mom, what weird thing did the second brother do?" Wang Aiduo wrinkled his little face and his big eyes wandered, "Huh, I've been mysterious all day."

"Don't worry about him. Your brother will definitely be a capable person in the future."

"There are a lot of clever ideas, but the body is too weak and it will be embarrassing for big things."

Wang Honghe sighed, a sad look on his face.

"Hey, speaking of it, it's our fault as parents." Li Yuzhu looked distressed and recalled: "If it weren't for the hard times when we got married, the child's lack of time, premature birth and malnutrition, He will not become a sick man."

"When I think about this, as a mother, I feel uncomfortable."

"But, what can be done."

Wang Honghe hesitated silently for a while before saying, "How about we let him go to the back mountain and learn some moves from Old Luan Tou?"

"No!" Unexpectedly, Li Yuzhu's expression suddenly changed, as if she had heard something terrible, and she refused without even thinking, "Is the back mountain a place where people go?"

"Who would dare to go there to seek death, except for those two delinquent grandfathers and grandsons?"

"Don't you know how many people died in the mountains in the past few years?"

Wang Honghe was a little unwilling and retorted:
"That's all feudal superstition!"

"The mountain behind is the forest farm of our brigade, but there are more leopards, golden cats, and wild boars. We are afraid of them, but they are afraid of us."

"If he was really that evil, something would have happened to old Luan Tou and his granddaughter long ago."

Li Yuzhu still disagreed and hesitated, "Then there will be no big tigers?"

"How many years ago was the tiger? The big insect is long gone."

"Anyway, I'm not worried."

Li Yuzhu doted on his youngest son as always, "Besides, you don't know Old Luan Tou's temper. Who can talk to him?"

"If San'er goes, it will be nice not to get beaten by him. He can also learn some tricks."

"It is said that old Luan Tou killed many people in his early years. His lack of moral integrity led to the untimely death of his son and daughter-in-law. We cannot let that happen."

Wang Honghe looked impatient, "Okay, okay, it's been so long, and you're still talking about what you have and what you don't have!"

However, there was a murmur in my heart.

At this moment, Wang Chengzhou came back from outside, holding a handful of dried mugwort in his hand, and shouted excitedly: "Mom, do you have any ginger at home?"

"Yes, what do you want it for?" Li Yuzhu was stunned and pointed to the east room, "Last year we planted a few in the yard. They were wrapped in oil paper under the chopping board."

"Grow taller." Wang Chengzhou ran over quickly and added, "Get stronger!"

"what?"

Wang Honghe opened his mouth, thinking he heard wrongly.

"My physique is too weak. Let's see if I can get a little taller while I'm still young."

Wang Chengzhou cut a few ginger slices, pierced some small holes in them, lay shirtless in the sun, and placed them on his belly.

Then, he rubbed a few more moxa velvet and put them on top.

He raised his head and asked, "Dad, do you have any matches?"

Seeing this, Si Ya came up and said with surprise: "Brother, are you going to roast yourself?"

(End of this chapter)