Chapter 54: Treating Diarrhea

Shen Yichuan, Shen Qingxing, and Xiao Yunhao couldn't help drooling just by listening to it.

"Sister, mung bean cake! Can I really eat mung bean cake?"

"Sister, Xing'er also helped make the mung bean cakes!"

"Sister-in-law, Hao'er...Hao'er is helping too!"

After hearing this, Qin Mengyue couldn't help but think of the various special snacks in the palace. Things like osmanthus cake, cloud cake, jujube paste cake, poria cake, etc., the sweet and sticky taste really makes people miss it.

"Can you really do that? I never thought I could eat such luxurious pastries while on exile."

Chen Fenghe smiled and said, "It's not difficult to make mung bean cakes. Let's make it tonight."

After everyone had lunch, Chen Wu saw that they had rested enough, so he ordered them to set off.

Unexpectedly, Li Yong's diarrhea symptoms did not ease at all. Less than an hour after starting the journey, he had already gone to the toilet several times.

After a few times, I was exhausted.

"Li Zi, did you eat something wrong?" Yuan Xun couldn't help asking.

Li Yong shook his head and said, "What can I eat? I'm just like everyone else..."

At this point, he suddenly remembered the bun Qin Huanhuan gave her. Could it be...

No! That's impossible. Huan'er bought it specially for him, how could there be a problem?

"I guess... I caught a cold..."

Yuan Xun looked at his exhausted appearance, sighed, and said: "Boss, Li Zi's situation is not a big deal. Why don't you ask Miss Shen to see if she has any solutions?"

Chen Wu thought of Xiao Shitou's injury and the last time they were all hit by the Ma Sang Fruit. It was Chen Fenghe who helped treat him. He nodded and said, "Okay, go ask her."

Yuan Xun immediately went over and told Shen Fenghe the reason for the incident.

Chen Fenghe glanced at Qin Huanhuan calmly and said, "I'll go over and take a look."

She walked over, but she didn't take his pulse. She just observed him for a moment and said, "He must have eaten something that upset his stomach. If you have mung beans, you can make some mung bean soup. Drinking a little bit can relieve the symptoms a lot."

If the diarrhea is caused by wind and cold, mung bean soup will aggravate the symptoms.

However, Li Yong’s situation is obviously not the case.

It's likely that Qin Huanhuan secretly stuffed croton seeds into the buns he gave him, otherwise, it wouldn't be such a coincidence that he started having diarrhea right after eating it.

After hearing this, Chen Wu couldn't help but feel worried: "Where can we get mung beans in this remote place? Li Zi, it looks like you'll have to wait until the next market town..."

Chen Fenghe then said, "I just happened to have some mung beans here, and I was planning to make some mung bean cakes for the little ones. If Mr. Chen doesn't mind, I'd like to bring some over."

After hearing this, Chen Wu immediately said, "Miss Shen, do you have any mung beans? That would be great! Thank you for your kindness, Miss Shen!"

Chen Fenghe smiled faintly and said, "This is just a piece of cake, Master Chen, you don't have to be polite. I didn't go home last night, and Master Chen didn't make things difficult for my mother-in-law and the children. Fenghe should thank Master Chen."

Chen Wu laughed dryly twice: "No problem... no problem."

He had originally planned to torture Qin Mengyue if he couldn't find anyone during his patrol, so he was very uncomfortable with this thank you.

Chen Fenghe immediately brought some mung beans over.

Chen Wu asked everyone to stop and rest for a while, and then ordered the officials to light a fire and cook mung bean porridge.

Yuan Xun asked again, "Li Zi, you really didn't eat anything wrong?"

"No..." Li Yong answered impatiently, then hesitated and said, "It's just... Qin Huanhuan gave me a bun, but she said she ate one too..."

Yuan Xun narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Did you start having diarrhea after eating? Weren't you guarding Lai Hu at noon? Why didn't you come to us to take over?"

Li Yong was startled. He couldn't let Yuan Xun know that he had secretly asked Qin Huanhuan to help watch over someone.

"I... at that time, I hadn't yet. I waited until you came to take over..."

Yuan Xun looked at him for a while, then said angrily, "You've been fooled by that woman!"

Li Yong was very unconvinced: "Huan'er would never harm me! Humph! How come Chen Fenghe bought mung beans by chance? Maybe there's something wrong with the food she sent..."

Before he could finish his words, Yuan Xun slapped him hard on the head.

Yuan Xun pointed at him and cursed, "Li Zi, why are you repaying kindness with hatred? Miss Shen helped you out of kindness, but you are suspicious of her? If the food she sent was problematic, we ate more than you, so how come we are fine?"

Chen Wu also said: "That's right! If I hear you say such bad words again next time, be careful or I will whip you!"

Li Yong was scolded so much that he lowered his head and dared not speak.

Soon the mung bean porridge was ready, and after Li Yong drank two bowls, his diarrhea symptoms were indeed much relieved. Only then did Chen Wu notify everyone to get back on the road.

Because of the delay on the road, we didn't arrive at a village until it was completely dark.

Chen Fenghe set up the pot and boiled the remaining mung beans in water until they were soft.

After being cooked, the mung bean skins will fall off automatically. Remove the skins and use a borrowed stone mortar to press the mung beans into mung bean paste.

Qin Mengyue ground one pound of sugar into powder and mixed it into the mung bean paste and stirred it evenly.

Next, melt the lard in the pan, add the mung bean paste and stir-fry until the oil and mung bean paste are blended. Take it out and let it cool, then pinch it into a pastry shape. That's it.

Although it is not as good-looking as the ones pressed out by the exquisite molds in the palace's imperial kitchen, it tastes soft, glutinous and sweet when you take a bite, and is no worse than those made in the imperial kitchen!

"Feng He, I didn't expect you to have so many skills!" Qin Mengyue couldn't help but admire.

The three little guys ate the cakes happily, bite by bite, as if it was New Year's Day.

Chen Fenghe was afraid that they would damage their teeth if they ate it at night, so she gave each of them a piece, and wrapped the rest in oil paper and put it in the space, and would take it out for them to eat in the next few days.

As usual, everyone had dinner and went to bed.

Chen Fenghe waited until they fell asleep before quietly getting up and going out. She found a secluded place, entered the space, changed into night clothes, and then teleported directly to Guan Laihu's demolished house.

The other bandits had already fallen asleep, but just to be on the safe side, Chen Fenghe knocked them all out before finally walking up to Lai Hu.

Lai Hu had fallen asleep but was awakened by the noise. When he saw the man in black appearing out of nowhere, he was so scared that he started shouting.

Shen Fenghe grabbed his head and kicked him directly between his legs.

Lai Hu was in so much pain that he couldn't even utter a sound and curled up like a shrimp.

Chen Fenghe looked down at Lai Hu and said, "Tell me! Where did you hide all the gold, silver and jewels you've robbed over the years?"