Splendid Pastoral Wife

Chapter 8 Poria Cocos Paste

"Hey, Miss Liusu, that's really great."

Tian Liusu taught her how to eat loquats and wild chestnuts. After explaining all these to her siblings, she picked up her own things and prepared to lead An Anle home.

"Sister Liusu, wait a minute." Sister Song called out to stop her.

"What's the matter? Sister-in-law?"

"It's thanks to you that Xizi went hunting in the mountains today. You take one each of the hare and pheasant back, and you will also open meat for the two children. After washing and peeling the roe deer tomorrow, I will give you a portion." Song Song The sister-in-law had already taken out the prey, put a pheasant and a rabbit in her pocket, and brought it to Tian Liusu.

Tian Liusu didn't refuse either. Her life is indeed difficult now. Things have to be prioritized. With two children around, she can't be a good person.

After returning home, she immediately peeled some chestnuts and boiled them for the two children to eat. After eating, she took out two loquats and peeled them for them to eat. Chattering around her.

Then I started to prepare dinner, washed and peeled the pheasant, added some sweet potatoes, mushrooms, and day lilies and stewed it in a large pot. It was so delicious that the two children could not move while sitting on the edge of the kang.

After eating, she washed and separated the remaining mushrooms and day lilies, and then put them in a dustpan and a basket to dry. She also put away the half bag of sweet potatoes she dug up, and prepared to plant them as seeds in a few days. Song Xi did not She dared not eat sweet potatoes after seeing them, and said that they were dug out from that strange place, but in the end she didn't want them and gave them all to her.

She knew that rural people were superstitious about ghosts and gods, so it would be useless to tell him more, and she could only gain his trust by planting the sweet potatoes herself.

After everything was arranged, it was time to go to bed. She told An Anle to go to bed first, and she began to prepare ingredients to make Poria cocos paste.

She washed the poria cocos first, put them in a steamer and steamed them over high heat, then ground them into a paste, added water and stirred them, and then boiled them over a simmering fire. The poria cocos she picked today was almost a sack, so she boiled a pot full of them. , because there was no honey and milk at home, she had no choice but to boil the ointment first, and waited to go to the town tomorrow to sell the wild ginseng for some money and then buy some honey and milk to make it back.

During the cooking process of this Poria cocos paste, people need to be on the sidelines and stir it back and forth with a shovel to prevent the pot from sticking. After working for half a night, Tian Liusu boiled the paste, and then put it into a pre-washed porcelain. In the pot, he stretched his waist and legs, went to the kang and fell asleep with An Anle in his arms.

On the second day, Tian Liusu got up early, washed and diced some sweet potatoes, scooped some corn noodles, put some sweet potato corn cakes in the noodles, and cooked some sorghum rice porridge for breakfast.

The rent has not started to be collected for the past two days, so the mothers can still eat a few meals. The hunger in the past few days and the long-term lack of food and malnutrition, although the two children are good-looking, they are both yellow and emaciated. She tried her best to cook rich meals for the two children to take care of their bodies.

After dinner, she packed a few cornbreads on a plate and brought them to Mrs. Song's house. She planned to go to the town today to sell the wild ginseng. Tian Liusu was a lady in the past, and after living here, she only made some Needling and sewing to earn some household income is not enough for my mother to chew on. Now that she is here, she thinks she will not be worse than her at the last time, right?

When I arrived at Sister-in-law Song's house, I saw Zaoya playing with a sandbag. An'an and Lele looked at Zaoya enviously. Tian Liusu saw the eyes of the two children and smiled: "When mother is free tomorrow, Sew one for you two too."

"Aunt Su, An'an, Lele." Seeing the arrival of the three of their mothers, Zaoya yelled, and rushed into the house to report to Sister-in-law Sun.

Sister-in-law Song came out of the house to greet them upon hearing this.

"Sister-in-law, here are some sweet potato pancakes I posted this morning, give Zao Ya some to try." Tian Liusu said and handed the pancakes to Sister-in-law Song.

"Hey, sister Liusu, you are too polite. You only have such a little food, and you keep it for yourself. What else are you going to do for us?"

Sister-in-law Song is a warm-hearted person who has been helping their mothers secretly. The man in her family works as a long-term laborer for the landlord, and can also supplement some household expenses every month, so life is not bad.

"I have been taken care of by my sister-in-law, and I haven't thanked her. This is just a common meal, and it's not worth anything."

"Oh, my sister is very skilled and smells so good. You are quite good at cooking these foods." Sister-in-law Song lifted the plate and smelled it and gave a compliment, then took out a piece and handed it to Zao Ya who had been waiting for a long time. Ya took the food and soon played with An Anlele.

"Sister, I fried a plate of the mushrooms and day lilies you picked last night, not to mention delicious, and I haven't seen any poisoning until this morning."

"Sister-in-law, I told you that it's edible."

The two talked a few words, Tian Liusu talked about going to the town today, and Mrs. Song said: "Then you go, let the two children play here, I will watch .”

Tian Liusu also wanted Mrs. Song to take care of the child, so she thanked her and went to town alone.

It is only a stick of incense to walk from the village to the town. This is a town, but it is only a few streets close to Qinjiazhuang. All the villages come to this town to buy things. Usually there are not many people. There will be two markets on the first and fifteenth day of each month. It is very lively at that time. People from several villages come to the market, but it seems to be the same.

Tian Liusu walked around the town, and was attracted by the signboard of a very clean and simple store, which said "Tong Ren Tang."

Her heart twitched, there is actually a Tongrentang here?Seeing this name, she felt a sense of intimacy in her heart, and immediately walked in.

A young guy in the shop warmly greeted him: "My little lady, what kind of medicine do you want to buy? Although our temple is small, it has all the internal organs. It is a branch of Tong Ren Tang in the capital. The medicinal materials of the whole country belong to We have the most complete here."

It's a piece of business material, Tian Liusu secretly praised it, she thought to herself that there is actually a Tongrentang opened in the capital?I don't know if there is any internal connection with the Tongrentang in that life?Could it be that the pharmacy also crossed over?She laughed and shook her head, horrified by her absurd thought.

"Second Brother, where's your shopkeeper?" She turned her head away and asked.

"Does the lady want to see our shopkeeper? Then wait a moment, I'll go get him." This guy's service was very comfortable, and he didn't just ignore her because she was a village woman.

After a while, Xiao Er led the shopkeeper out. The shopkeeper of the pharmacy was wearing glasses. He was about 50 years old and looked like an old scholar. The shopkeeper himself was also skilled in medicine. He saw that Tian Liusu was a woman , thought she was going to see a doctor, so she said, "Ma'am, do you want to see a doctor or get medicine?"

(End of this chapter)