Abandoned Women: The First Secret Service Concubine

Chapter 25
"Is Doudou hungry?" Feng Yao looked up at the continuous Yuhua Mountain, and didn't want to just go back.

Although Doudou is young, she is very clever, she shook her head and said, "Mother, Doudou just ate peaches, and Doudou is not hungry."

"Good boy. Doudou, please work hard. When you go down the mountain, your mother will cook delicious chicken for you." Feng Yao found a direction and continued to walk deep with Doudou.Hard work paid off, and finally Feng Yao found an star anise tree. This kind of condiment seemed to have not been discovered by people. There was a thick layer under the tree, and there were ripe and unpicked spring berries hanging on the top of the tree. .

"Mother, what is this?" Just as Fengyao was picking out the well-ripe star anise, Doudou squatted on the ground and picked one up, put it under his nose and smelled it, and it was a little fragrant: "Mother, this is for eating. Is it?"

Feng Yao raised her head and glanced at him: "Doudou, you'll know if you try it?" Thinking of the scene of eating wild pepper before, Doudou shuddered, and threw the star anise on the ground like a conditioned reflex, which made Feng Yao laugh : "This is called star anise. It is a condiment for stewing meat and can also be used as a medicinal material, but it cannot be eaten raw."

In Feng's memory, there is no memory of star anise, Feng Yao guessed that this world has not yet developed the use of this condiment.Seeing the star anises under the old tree again, I decided to carry them all back.Thinking so in his heart, his eyes looked around, suddenly he smiled, pointed in one direction and said to Doudou: "Doudo, have you seen that? That little black Doudou is called Heitian, sweet and delicious, you go and taste it." .”

Doudou has always trusted Feng Yao, so she hugged the little fox and walked towards the plant she pointed at.The plant was about as tall as him, and it was dotted with clumps of small round fruits, some were pitch-black, some were green, and some were half green and half black.The black ones must be bad, Doudou thought in his heart, and his white and tender fingers picked the green fruit.

Under the octagonal tree, Feng Yao stopped it funny: "Dudou, the black ones are delicious, but the blue ones are not."

Doudou was a little puzzled, looked back at Fengyao, then turned back to look at the plants, hesitating between the black fruit and the blue fruit.Mother would not lie to him, Doudou turned her small hand, picked a black fruit, closed her eyes and stuffed it into her mouth.The sweet taste filled the mouth, causing Doudou to open her eyes in surprise: "Mother, it's so sweet!"

Feng Yao couldn't help but curl her lips: "Doudou try the blue one again."

At this time, Doudou hesitated.Mother said that the black ones are delicious, but the blue ones are not. Why do you still tell him to eat the blue ones?
"Did Doudou think that the blue ones are delicious, but the black ones are not?" Feng Yao said patiently, "But mother told you that the black ones are delicious. Do you not believe it?" When Doudou heard this, he was anxious to explain, Feng Yao waved his hand to tell him not to say more, and said patiently: "You can only know the truth if you try it. Maybe my mother doesn't understand, but the blue one is better than the black one." How about sweet? Doudou can only remember it clearly if you try it.”

This is Fengyao's method of educating children.It not only gives suggestions, but also encourages Doudou to try more.Doudou's world view should be based on his personal exploration of the world.

Under Feng Yao's encouraging gaze, Doudou picked a blue fruit and stuffed it into her mouth.Cyan looks better than black, and it must taste better than black.Unexpectedly, the bitter and astringent juice swayed on the tip of the tongue, and she hurriedly spit it out, and said with a bitter face: "Mother, why is the blue one so unpalatable?"

"Because it's not yet ripe." Feng Yao lowered her head and quickly picked up the star anise, no longer paying attention to Doudou.After suffering a loss, Doudou will only pick black fruits to eat, so don't worry about him anymore.

Unexpectedly, at the next moment, a small hand appeared in front of him, in the palm of which was a handful of Hei Tiantian, plump and round, which was well-cooked.Feng Yao raised her head in surprise, and saw Doudou pursing her mouth and smiling at her: "Mother, you eat."

For a moment, Feng Yao only felt that something filled her heart.I thought that I came to another world alone, possessed by a weak woman, brought a small bun as a burden, and had a powerful enemy dozens of miles away, it was really unlucky.However, at this moment, looking at Doudou's handsome and delicate face, with eyes full of dependence and intimacy, there is only one thought in his heart - to have such a well-behaved and lovely son, death is worth it!

"Doudou is really good."

Seeing Feng Yao eat Heitian, Doudou smiled even more happily, and ran to the edge of Heitian with the little fox in her arms, eating one for herself, and feeding the little fox one.

Until the end, Feng Yao did not find any trace of the wild rabbit.Fortunately, there are a few clumps of mountain mushrooms growing in the shade. Fengyao was pleasantly surprised. The stewed chicken with mountain mushrooms couldn't be more delicious.Especially after discovering prickly ash and star anise during this trip, Feng Yao is confident that she can make a pot of extraordinary deliciousness!
Carrying a pheasant, a small pile of mushrooms, and half a basket of Chinese prickly ash and star anise, Feng Yao led Doudou down the mountain. "Ah! My leg hurts! It hurts! It kills me!" The hog-killing howl rang out all morning.

Song Changsheng, whose leg was broken, was lying on a mat, with his daughter-in-law Cheng playing a fan at his feet, and his wife Zhu standing at the head of the bed.Holding a bowl in Zhu's hand, he fed Song Changsheng the watermelon cut into pieces.Hearing Song Changsheng's constant cry of pain, he felt distressed and said: "Mother's darling, bear with it, it will be noon soon, and I will call your daughter-in-law to Feng's house in a while. She will come in this morning. It’s a mountain, so I have to get some good ones, and I’ll bring them back for you to eat.”

At the foot of the bed, Mrs. Cheng sneered and said, "Mother, are you confused? Then Mrs. Feng has already severed ties with us, why would she give it to us again?"

"What's wrong? With a broken fingerprint, she is not from our family? If I hadn't adopted her back then, she would have been gnawed to the bone by wild dogs—"

Cheng curled her lips: "I don't care, I have no ability to ask for things from her anyway, so I want to go to you." On a hot day, fanning Song Changsheng was exhausted and sweated, and he had to follow the sun under the sun. Feng Yao's nonsense?Cheng is not that stupid.

What's more, after yesterday's incident, it seems that Feng's family has changed, and he seems to be much more ruthless than before.Youxin watched Zhu's suffocation, rolled his eyes, and urged: "Mother, if you want me to tell you, don't go either, she has forgotten about our house now!"

"What? She dares!" Zhu Shi was really furious, put the bowl on the table, and saw that the sun had already turned to the center, and simply walked out: "I don't believe it, she's turned upside down!" At this time Mrs. Zhu, the scene of going to Fengyao in the morning and being scolded flashed through her mind. She felt a surge of anger and rushed out of the house with her head buried.

"Hey!" Cheng sneered, put away his fan, picked up the bowl with half of the watermelon left, and cocked his legs to eat.Next to him, Song Changsheng on the bed shouted: "Stinky bitch, give me a bite!" Cheng stopped his movements, raised his hand and hit his injured leg: "Fart! I haven't told you that yet!" What about the account of ten taels of silver!"

At this time, Feng Yao had already pocketed most of the star anise, and put the rest in a small bowl with peppercorns, and put it on the side of the stove for cooking.The pheasant has been scalded, washed and cut into pieces. The pheasants are also washed and cut into pieces. Put them in a bowl and put them by the stove.

After a while, the pot heated up, Feng Yao poured the chicken pieces into the pot and turned them quickly.There is no oil at home, so I should have heated up the oil, cooked the scallions and peppercorns to give them a scent, and poured the chicken nuggets into it.In desperation, she had to keep everything simple, but Feng Yao also had her way.This pheasant was very fat, after a short while, a layer of oil sank to the bottom of the pot.

When the chicken was fried until it was half-cooked, Feng Yao poured in the mushrooms, stir-fried for a while, and poured half a scoop of water from the jar into it.The sound of sizzling came out, accompanied by white oily smoke and a delicious smell, making Doudou run around the room non-stop.

"Mother?!" Doudou was taken aback, pointing to Fengyao's hand that was about to sprinkle peppercorns into the pot, and exclaimed incredulously, "Mother, why did you put this?" In Doudou's mind, this tasted like There are many things that bugs bite their tongues, and they can't be eaten at all!

"This is delicious." Seeing that Doudou didn't believe it, Feng Yao mentioned the matter of Hei Tiantian: "Doudou ate Hei Tiantian before, and felt that the black one was not good, but the blue one was delicious, but how about eating it?"

Doudou is only three years old. Even though she has some thoughts in her heart, she suffers from a lack of vocabulary, so she stands stupidly holding the little fox, speechless.

Feng Yao shook her head with a smile, and said: "This prickly ash can't be eaten raw, but it tastes great when fried. Mother won't lie to you, when the rice is cooked, you can taste it and you'll know?" said Then, sprinkle peppercorns and star anise into the bubbling vegetable soup.He pinched another pinch of salt and sprinkled it in.

When she came back last night, Mrs. Wu learned that Fengyao's family had no condiments, and even if she wanted to eat fish, she had to bring it to their house to cook, so she insisted on bringing some oil and salt to her.Feng Yao refused, but Wu Shi refused. In the end, she couldn't bear Wu's kindness, so she brought back a spoonful of salt.At this time, it is just used to stew mountain mushroom pheasant.

At this moment, a loud voice suddenly sounded in the yard: "Where are you eating meat?"

Mrs. Zhu walked in swaggeringly, with a pair of dim eyes staring straight into the pot on her old wrinkled face.To say that the most valuable thing Zhu did in his life was picking up Feng 19 years ago.

Since picking her up, Zhu's belly, which had not moved for more than ten years after marrying into the Song family, swelled up in the second year, and she was a man with handles as soon as she landed.Not only that, Feng was born beautiful since she was a child, with quick hands and feet, and she worked very neatly.Since the age of 11, people who have come to propose marriage have never stopped.But Mrs. Zhu didn't respond to any of them. She had already planned in her heart, that is, she would raise Song Changsheng as his daughter-in-law.

Unexpectedly, Song Changsheng became addicted to gambling and owed a huge amount of debt. One year, someone chased him to his house, and he was short of three taels of silver after spending all his belongings.At this time, Shen Yunzhi's family sent a dowry gift, begging to marry Feng.In desperation, Mrs. Zhu took three taels of silver from Shen Yunzhi and married Mrs. Feng.

Shen Yunzhi's father and mother were not easy to get along with, and after Feng's marriage, she never subsidized her mother's family any more, which made Zhu very angry.Fortunately, after Shen Yunzhi divorced Feng Shi, Zhu Shi had another chance to control Feng Shi.At this time, the fragrant smell of meat filled the entire yard, and Zhu's stomach growled: "Is it ready? Get me a bowl!"

Zhu Shi, who walked in with his head held high, was very dissatisfied. What a little hoof, he secretly ate alone!If she hadn't come, wouldn't this little hoof have eaten all by itself without making a sound?Immediately bossing and saying: "Hurry up and grab a piece, I'll taste it, your brother likes salty food, let me see if you put enough salt—"

Before the words were finished, a ladle of cold water suddenly poured over Mrs. Zhu's head!

(End of this chapter)