Chapter 108 Braised Food
"Okay, I'll take it." Shen Jinan looked at the duck intestines with a smile, as if he saw a business opportunity.
Seeing that Shen Jinan bought so much duck meat, the vendor generously gave her all the duck intestines.
Finally, Shen Jinan walked out of the butcher shop with a lot of bags. Because she couldn't put them directly into the space on the street, she gave them to Uncle Zhou and asked him to put them in the carriage, and asked him to wait for her in the carriage.
Now that the meat is sorted, the next thing is the spices.
Shen Jinan asked for the location of the spice shop and searched for it.
"Miss, what do you want to buy?" A woman with a loud voice received Shen Jinan. From her accent, one could tell that she was from the north.
"Auntie, I want to buy star anise, cloves, and cumin..."
As soon as Shen Jinan opened his mouth, he listed more than a dozen spices, which made the old lady dizzy.
"Hey, girl, please speak slower. I can't remember anything."
The old lady covered her gray hair with her hands, feeling dizzy.
Shen Jinan smiled apologetically, then asked for paper and pen and wrote them out one by one.
The aunt looked at the list and quickly found several spices that Shen Jinan wanted.
But the old lady had never even heard of the other spices that Shen Jinan mentioned.
Shen Jinan knew that these were things from later times and it was very normal that they did not exist in ancient times, so he took half a pound of spices, paid for them and left.
"Miss!" Shen Jinan was suddenly called again. It was the lady from the spice shop.
She chased after him, panting, "Those spices you just mentioned seem to be available in the pharmacy."
Shen Jinan's eyes lit up when he heard this, yes, these spices were medicinal herbs in ancient times, and no one had discovered that they could be added to food.
She happily put a piece of silver into the aunt's hand and said, "Thank you, aunt."
Then she turned around and went to find a pharmacy, leaving the old lady stunned.
After Shen Jinan found everything he wanted in the pharmacy, he returned to where he tied the carriage.
Uncle Zhou had been waiting for her for a long time with the horse, and after Shen Jinan got on the carriage, he headed straight to the village.
On the way, Shen Jinan was afraid that the ingredients would go bad, so he secretly transferred some of them into the space and summoned the system again.
"System, is there any recipe for braised food?" She said silently in her heart.
The system's electronic voice immediately popped up in her mind, "Replying to the host, of course it's available in the universal system store, 1000 experience points each~"
"So expensive?!" Shen Jinan almost vomited blood. She had only earned 3,000 experience points from practicing medicine for the past half month. Adding the herbs given by Yue Buwei, all in all, it was only 5,530 experience points.
Now he's asking for one-fifth of her money. How can she not feel pain?
"There's nothing I can do about it~ Host, you get what you pay for~" The system's slapping tone coupled with the cold voice gave Shen Jinan goosebumps.
"Okay, okay, let's exchange it."
Shen Jinan gritted his teeth and decided to exchange for the recipe.
The next second, the system reminded her that 1,000 experience points had been deducted, but at the same time, a thick booklet appeared out of thin air in Shen Jinan's hand.
Fortunately, Uncle Zhou was driving the carriage seriously, and the carriage had blackout curtains. Otherwise, after Shen Jinan's operation, Uncle Zhou would have mistaken her for a monster.
Shen Jinan silently complained about the system's black heart, and carefully flipped through the booklet to read.
After reading most of it, Shen Jinan finally realized what the system meant by "you get what you pay for."
This cookbook contains detailed methods of braising various ingredients, from materials to cooking methods, accurate to a few seconds and grams, and even the ways to eat them are recorded in detail.
The system then silently popped up again, "Host, the system will not lie to you~"
Shen Jinan: ...
"Doctor Shen! We're almost in the village." Uncle Zhou called out from outside, and Shen Jinan immediately put the booklet away.
When they arrived at the door of the house, the carriage slowly stopped, and Shen Jinan then lifted the curtain, "Uncle Zhou, thank you for your hard work today, please come again tomorrow morning."
"Okay." Uncle Zhou responded readily and helped Shen Jinan take the things out of the carriage.
Shen Jinan was afraid that he would find out that he had put some of it into the system, so she advised him to go back and have a good rest. Uncle Zhou couldn't argue with her, so he had to say goodbye and go home.
Seeing that Uncle Zhou had left, Shen Jinan breathed a sigh of relief, put the remaining things into the system space, and only carried a bag of spices into the door.
"My lady, why are you back so early today?" Gu Yanqing heard the noise and went out of the room to see. Unexpectedly, it was Shen Jinan who came back.
"The clinic is closed these days, so I bought some things." Shen Jinan smiled and waved the bag of spices in his hand to him.
Seeing her like this, Gu Yanqing couldn't help but frown. He stepped forward to help her pick up the cloth bag and smelled a scent of spices.
"What is that? It smells so good." He was surprised for a moment and looked at Shen Jinan.
Shen Jinan naturally took his arm and said, "Spices, I'll make some braised food for you to try tonight."
Gu Yanqing had tasted some of it when he was the Prime Minister in the capital. He didn't think it was delicious, but he always admired Shen Jinan's cooking skills. No matter how strange the food was, it could become a delicious delicacy after being cooked by her hands.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, ma'am."
Gu Yanqing looked at her lovingly, and Shen Jinan blushed.
"Okay, okay, go and teach the children to read." She pushed Gu Yanqing away, looking cute and innocent.
Gu Yanqing smiled and turned around, but his eyes lingered on her and were reluctant to leave until he saw her enter the kitchen, then he went back to teach the children.
Shen Jinan went into the kitchen, took out different meats from the system, and then took out the duck intestines to clean them.
After a while, the ingredients were lying cleanly on the chopping board waiting to be cooked.
Shen Jinan followed the recipe given by the system and made it step by step. Soon the fragrance filled the entire yard.
"Daddy, what delicious food is mommy making again!" Huanhuan shrugged her small nose, put down the "Three Character Classic" in her hand, hugged Gu Yanqing's arm and acted coquettishly.
"Mom isn't done yet, dear Huanhuan, you can't eat until you finish reciting the text."
Gu Yanqing bent down and gently rubbed Huanhuan's furry little head with his big hands.
"Okay." Huanhuan pouted, but her soul had already drifted to Shen Jinan's kitchen. She couldn't read a single word, and her stomach was rumbling.
Suisui has been learning martial arts from Duan Ya these days, and his hearing has become much more sensitive. "Huanhuan, little greedy cat, can't wait."
"Humph, it's because Mommy's cooking smells so good that Huanhuan can't help it." Huanhuan's fair and tender little face wrinkled into a ball.
Gu Yanqing couldn't help laughing when he saw her like this. He rolled up the textbook, tapped her little head, and sighed.
"Forget it, let's get out of school early today and go to the kitchen to see mother."
Hearing this, Sui Sui Huan Huan and Ming Zi cheered and rushed out of the study.
Seeing the excited faces of the children, Gu Yanqing also felt happy.
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