Chapter 57 Yellow Wine and Medicine
When Shen Yueyao and Su Erya came out of Feng Qiuhe's house, there were some tofu and spoiled tofu in their backpacks.
These were all given by Feng Qiuhe.
"Yueyao, come here if you want to take advantage of me."
"I don't know what you're going to do with this rotten tofu, but I know you have a solution. Just try not to eat it. Spoiled things can easily upset your stomach."
Feng Qiuhe treats Shen Yueyao sincerely.
Even if Shen Yueyao asked to buy it, Feng Qiuhe would not take the money for the spoiled tofu. He would throw it away anyway, so he gave it all to Shen Yueyao.
She also gave Shen Yueyao five pounds of tofu and asked her to go home and cook.
You should know that a pound of tofu costs eight cents.
The main reason is that the soybeans we harvest are expensive.
Feng Qiuhe's family has no land, so naturally they can't grow soybeans themselves.
Moreover, in this era, even the crops grown on the best farmland had low yields, with an average yield of only three to four hundred kilograms per mu.
Shen Yueyao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll bring you something delicious when I make it."
Feng Qiuhe said, "Okay. By the way, Yueyao, if you want to go back to your parents' home, my family has an ox cart. I'll be going back to Xinghua Village in a few days. If you don't mind the trouble, we can go back together in the ox cart."
Shen Yueyao was moved when she heard Feng Qiuhe's words.
She knew that Feng Qiuhe was very busy on weekdays and would not go back unless it was a festival. The reason why she said she would go back was simply to make it convenient for her to take a ox cart to Xinghua Village.
Xinghua Village is quite far from here. If we don’t have a bullock cart and have to walk, I don’t know how long it will take.
It would be convenient to have a bullock cart.
Shen Yueyao said without being polite: "Qiuhe, then I won't be polite with you."
Feng Qiuhe smiled and said, "Don't be polite. If there's anything I can help you with, just come to me."
Feng Qiuhe always remembered that Shen Yueyao saved her when she was a child.
What's more, the two of them were childhood friends. Feng Qiuhe felt very cordial when he saw Shen Yueyao in Beiliu Town, as if he had relatives in this place.
"good."
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As the two of them walked towards the downtown area, Su Erya asked with some doubt, "Aunt San, that tofu looks like it's grown white hair. I wonder how many days it's been there. Can it really be eaten?"
Su Erya also knew that eating bad things would cause diarrhea.
Shen Yueyao said, "This means the tofu has fermented, but it's not completely bad. When you get home, cut it into pieces and marinate them, and you can make fermented tofu."
"Fermented tofu can be eaten with steamed buns or rice. It's also delicious. It has a completely different flavor from the chili meat sauce, but it needs to be marinated for more than ten days before it's ready."
"If the tofu is not well-haired, it needs to be fermented first and then pickled, which will take at least half a month, or even a month."
Chen Yueyao actually likes to eat fermented tofu very much. She thinks it tastes good if she eats it with staple food occasionally.
Fermented tofu can also be used as seasoning.
Some dishes can also be eaten with fermented tofu.
Su Erya was eager to eat fermented tofu, but after hearing these words, she realized that it had to be pickled.
But she knew that everything made by her Third Aunt was delicious.
Shen Yueyao bought some more meat this time and also bought some rice wine.
The price of wine here is relatively high, some are expensive and some are cheap.
Anyway, Shen Yueyao bought the wine not to drink, but to make fermented tofu.
So I bought cheap wine, which was crudely made and tasted very ordinary. It was sold in bulk. I spent eighty coins for a bucket of wine.
She went to buy some other things.
When she arrived in front of the cloth shop, Shen Yueyao thought about the pieces of cloth she had bought but had not had time to make clothes.
She can make clothes, but she's not really good at embroidery.
Shen Yueyao learned that Madam Meng could make clothes, and the clothes she made were very good, and the embroidery was also very delicate, but her eyesight was not good.
Shen Yueyao thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the pharmacy and get some medicine so that we can cure your grandma's eyes as soon as possible."
Originally, Shen Yueyao wanted to use the money to help Su Xueyi treat her legs and body.
However, Chili Pork Sauce is making good money now. Shen Yueyao feels that if she earns another month, the money she has should be enough to buy some medicinal herbs and surgical tools to detoxify and heal her legs.
So you can buy some medicinal herbs to treat Madam Meng’s eyes first.
The medicinal materials used in the prescriptions for treating eyes are also relatively precious.
Shen Yueyao went to the pharmacy and spent eight taels of silver.
She sighed a little, no wonder the ancients said that treating illnesses was expensive.
If people in the village have a headache or fever, they dare not go to the pharmacy. Instead, they go to the doctor with half-baked medical skills to see a doctor and use folk remedies. Most of them rely on their resistance to get through.
Su Erya felt a pang of pain in her heart when she saw that the medicine cost only eight taels of silver.
Shen Yueyao said: "This is just the initial medicine. To completely cure your grandma's eyes, you need to get more medicine."
Su Erya looked at Shen Yueyao gratefully and said, "Third Aunt, you are so kind."
It turns out that all the money Aunt San worked so hard to earn was for her family.
Su Erya was very excited at the thought that her grandmother's eyes could be cured.
It was already noon when the two returned home.
After Shen Yueyao returned, she told Su Xueyi how much she had earned in the morning and what she had bought.
Su Erya excitedly told Su Xueyi about setting up a stall in the morning.
She wanted to let her third uncle know how good her third aunt was.
After lunch, Shen Yueyao cut the five pounds of tofu into pieces, one pound into twenty-five pieces, and five pounds of tofu into one hundred and twenty-five pieces.
Also cut the spoiled tofu and marinate it.
Good tofu must be fermented first.
After that, she and Su Erya started making chili pork sauce.
In the evening, Shen Yueyao went to the old house and gave Madam Meng acupuncture and medicine.
When Mrs. Meng learned that Shen Yueyao had spent so much money to buy medicine for her, she felt very guilty.
"Yao Niang, you work so hard to make money, you don't have to worry about me."
"You save money so you can buy something you like."
Shen Yueyao said: "It's okay, mother, we will get better and better. Besides, I bought some cloth to make clothes. I know you are good at embroidery, and I would like you to help make clothes with these cloths."
"You're needed at home."
Upon hearing these words, Mrs. Meng felt needed.
She also hoped that her eyes would get better, but she was afraid of causing trouble for Shen Yueyao.
But now that my eyesight is better, I can really help them do something.
After giving Madam Meng acupuncture, Shen Yueyao used Lingquan water to boil medicine, which would make the medicine more effective.
Su Erya went into the house and when she came out, she asked with some confusion: "Grandma, isn't Sister Daya at home?"
Madam Meng said, "She said she was going to the back mountain to dig wild vegetables to see if there was anything edible."
When Shen Yueyao heard this, her expression changed. How could Su Daya go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables quietly?
She was a little bit unconvinced and probably found an excuse to go to the mountains and slack off.
However, seeing that Madam Meng didn't seem to doubt her, she didn't say much.
Besides, it’s so late and Su Daya hasn’t come back yet, which is really worrying.
After Shen Yueyao prepared the medicine and gave it to Madam Meng to drink, the sky grew darker, and at this time Su Daya came back.
But looking at Su Daya's carefully dressed appearance, Shen Yueyao felt more and more puzzled. Did she go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables?
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