Chapter 210

As the weather gets cooler, Am, who sells fried food, sets up his stall again, right at the foot of a big tree, with a big umbrella, a small stool, a wok of oil, and some simple ingredients beside him.

Fried taro, fried sweet potato, fried rice dumplings, fried glutinous rice balls... they smell so good, and just hearing the crackling sound in the oil pan makes people want to reach into their wallets.

After frying, pick it up and put it on the rack on the oil pan to control the oil.

Su Miao has always been unable to resist the temptation of snacks. Since the stall was set up, he has been visiting it every day.

Most of the time I just sit aside, eat the freshly fried food, and watch the frying pan, which is very relaxing.

You can get a large piece of fried sweet potato or fried taro for six cents. The downside is that it is too filling. After eating a few of them, you can't finish your meal, so you just skip a meal.

Su Miao not only ate it himself, but also took a big bowl to pack it up for his family every time.

After a few days, everyone was getting irritated and Su Miao even got acne.

There is a big hard lump on my chin. It doesn't look very serious on the surface, but it is actually very painful. I can't squeeze it out and it is always inflamed.

I asked Sister Yingzi and Sister Hui for help. Sister Hui rarely gets acne, and there was no good solution for her.

Sister Yingzi has oily and acne-prone skin, but she usually lets it grow freely and it will get better on its own after a while.

"Miao, just wash your face well, drink plenty of water, and don't eat hot foods. You only have one pimple, and it will be gone in a few days. It's called a pimple. Having one proves that you're already a grown woman!"

Su Miao has finally calmed down now. He doesn't dare to eat so many fried foods in a row, and he doesn't even dare to touch chili peppers. But he has to deal with this pimple. It hurts!

Su Miao picked up two aluminum buckets for food and planned to go to the herbal tea stall to buy some herbal tea to help everyone cool down.

There is always a herbal tea stall in front of the herbal medicine shop. The herbal tea is brewed by the owner of the herbal medicine shop himself, and the herbal tea is divided into different types according to its efficacy.

There are those that clear away heat and detoxify, promote salivation and quench thirst, dispel fire and dampness, etc.

Unlike the dessert shops, some products there also have the effect of clearing away heat and reducing fire, but after all, they are mainly based on taste, so the effectiveness is much reduced.

The main selling point of the herbal tea in the herbal tea shop is that drinking tea is like taking medicine, and you can see the effects after just one cup.

The effect is good, but it is extremely painful. Not to mention outsiders, even most locals can't bear it.

So when she said she wanted to go out to buy herbal tea, Jiayin ran back home and hid, and everyone in the store looked embarrassed.

But bitter medicine tastes good, so good family members have to endure the bitterness together!

When the owner of the herbal medicine shop saw her coming with a thermos bucket, he knew she was going to buy herbal tea. Since setting up the fried food stall, he has been making several extra buckets of herbal tea every day.

"Are you getting angry?"

"Um!"

"Have you eaten fried food?"

"……Um."

As the boss poured the tea, he said, "Each person can drink one bowl for three days at most. If you drink it continuously, you will get diarrhea."

Su Miao paid for her tea and was about to leave when the old man in the herbal medicine store called her, "Girl! Come in, come in."

"Grandpa, is there anything wrong?" Su Miao walked in and asked.

"Come sit here and let me feel your pulse."

This is the father of the owner of the herbal medicine shop. I heard that he was a very famous old Chinese medicine doctor in the past. During the special period, he took his whole family to hide for many years.

He returned to Nanning in 1980. No one knew what happened to him during these years, but two fingers on his right hand were amputated. Now he is enjoying his retirement at home. Sometimes when he has nothing to do, he uses his left hand to take the pulses of his neighbors.

The old man felt Su Miao's pulse, then looked at the pimple on her chin and said, "Look at your tongue."

"About~"

"Okay, take this herbal tea back to the master and I'll make you a special one."

After saying that, he stood up slowly and took out the herbs he needed from a large drawer.

It was already evening. A ray of yellow sunlight shone in, passing through the tiny dust particles floating in the air, and finally fell on his small weight. Su Miao looked at it, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.

The old man packed up a set of medicine and took out a small bag of rock sugar, handed it to Su Miao, and said, "This is also tea. No need to boil it. Put it in the boiling water and simmer for a quarter of an hour. If it tastes bitter, add some sugar. One bag can be used for two soaks. Don't touch the pimples on your face. Human hands are the dirtiest. The more you touch your face, the more painful it will be. From now on, little girl, wash your face with warm water."

Su Miao took the medicine package and said, "I see. Thank you, Grandpa. How much is this medicine?"

The old man waved his hand and sat back in his recliner.

"No, no, go home. Um... next time you make double skin milk, give a bowl to the old man."

"Okay~ I'll do it tomorrow~"

Su Miao went home happily because she felt that the old man’s special drink was definitely not as bitter as other herbal teas.

When she got home, she made a pot of tea. It didn't have such a strong herbal smell, and it contained a lot of flower tea. It was bitter but sweet. With a little rock sugar added, it was not difficult to drink.

She poured it into a large pot to cool, and drank a cup when she was thirsty, and she could make another pot tomorrow.

After dinner, Su Miao discovered that the two pots of herbal tea were still there, so he took a bowl and urged everyone to drink.

Everyone was holding a bowl of pitch-black herbal tea, but no one dared to be the first to drink it.

Su Yudong looked around and asked, "Miaomiao, why don't you drink?"

"The grandpa at the herbal medicine shop prescribed me a different tea. He said this one is for adults."

Su Hui said, "Miaomiao, I don't have acne, so I don't need to drink it, right?"

"But Sister Hui, your throat hurts."

Yingzi's eyes lit up and she said, "My throat doesn't hurt, I don't need to drink!"

"But Sister Yingzi, you have a mouth ulcer..."

Jiang Fengyi scratched his head for a long time, trying to struggle: "Miaomiao, my throat doesn't hurt and I don't have mouth ulcers. I just have a little more eye mucus when I wake up this morning. It's okay if I don't drink it."

"Too much eye mucus means you're getting angry!"

Su Yu came over, put his arm around Jiang Fengyi's shoulders and said, "Drink! Miaomiao, this is all for our own good. Let's drink it all in one gulp, good brothers. 1, 2, 3, drink!"

Su Yu pinched his nose and drank all the herbal tea in one breath, and instantly grimaced in the bitterness!

When he came to his senses, he saw that everyone was still holding their bowls and staring at him blankly.

"No! Why don't you drink together?"

Su Hui stammered, "Brother, you drank too suddenly. We weren't prepared!"

Su Yu pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Drink it, it's okay, it's not bitter at all."

In the end, everyone drank the herbal tea painfully. After all, they had already bought it and couldn't waste it.

Su Miao contentedly collected the dishes and went to wash them. Everyone looked at her happy back and unanimously decided that everyone's symptoms must be better by tomorrow.

It has to be good, but I can’t let Miaomiao buy herbal tea anymore!