Jiang Xun, who had been reading military books, was called upon by Jiang Hua and spoke without looking up.
"Ahem, Auntie, let's talk about it when we get back from Yangcheng." Jiang Hua laughed it off. "It's almost time. I'll go to the kitchen and have Granny Luo and the others prepare."
When Jiang Hua arrived at the kitchen, Granny Luo and several other maids had already started preparing the dishes.
"Two of you come here, I'll teach you how to handle these squid."
Jiang Hua scooped a squid out of the bucket, deftly gutted it, and cleaned it thoroughly.
After demonstrating a few times, I let the two of them handle it themselves and make the sauce for the grilled squid.
"Huahua, is there anything I can do for you?" Bai Heng asked, unable to bear Aunt Liu's barrage of questions.
"You and Qingyue go to the yard and cut a bamboo stalk, then make bamboo skewers to skewer the squid later."
"good."
Half an hour later, the hot plate was hot, and Jiang Hua skewered a bunch of the prepared squid with skewers.
Hot oil is poured into a heated iron plate. Once the oil is hot, a bunch of skewered squid is placed on the plate. The squid sizzles as it hits the hot oil.
When the squid was cooked to medium-rare, Jiang Hua evenly spread the prepared sauce over the squid on the hot plate, and the aroma began to waft out at this point.
"It smells so good!" Qingyue couldn't help but come closer, her eyes fixed on the fragrant squid on the hot plate.
"Sister Jiang, is it ready yet?" Lin Zhi also came over and asked.
"That's about it." Jiang Hua grabbed a small handful of chopped scallions and scattered them on top like a fairy scattering flowers.
"Alright, here's your grilled squid." Jiang Hua handed the cooked squid to Qingyue and Linzhi, asking them to share it.
"Huahua, let me try."
Just as Jiang Hua was about to pick up the second handful of squid and put it on the hot plate, Bai Heng grabbed it first and said...
Can you do it?
“I’ve been watching you do it.” Bai Heng nodded and started to operate, carefully handling the squid in her hands according to the steps she had just taken.
In no time, it was ready. He picked up one of the skewers and handed it to Jiang Hua, watching her eat it with anticipation.
"Is it as delicious as yours?" Seeing her nod, Bai Heng then contentedly fed the remaining skewers to Qingyue and the others.
Besides squid, Jiang Hua asked the kitchen to prepare other ingredients that could be cooked on a hot plate, and everyone treated it as dinner, not leaving until nightfall.
...
Inside the space, a white snake and a black snake were leisurely eating grilled squid by the spiritual spring, their tails curled up like hands around bamboo skewers.
Yes, that little black snake was the big python we encountered when we went treasure hunting. After being tamed by the little white snake, it followed behind it as its underling.
Right now, she's been obediently staying in the space with the little white snake, enjoying the finest food and drinks.
Jiang Hua looked at the 1:1 replica of the iron plate cart in front of her and twitched her lips speechlessly. There were also grilled squid and other side dishes on the iron plate.
No wonder they kept clamoring to leave the space; they were all here.
"Master, come and try my cooking, is it as good as yours?" The little white snake skillfully urged Jiang Hua to eat the grilled squid it had cooked.
He glanced at the little black snake that was still eating, loosened the skewer on its tail, and with a "snap," hit it on the head.
[They're still busy eating; they don't even know to greet their owner when they arrive!]
[Hiss—Hiss—!] The little black snake reluctantly put down the squid that it hadn't finished eating from its tail, crawled towards Jiang Hua, and circled her twice.
Jiang Hua: There's really no need for that...
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Jiang Hua and her group boarded a carriage bound for Yangcheng.
Jiang Xun also went along, saying he would stay in Yangcheng for a few days and then return to the capital, and would come back after Jiang Hua got married.
Lin Zhi and Lin Feng chose to return directly to the Poison Sect, as they were receiving letters from the sect every few days, urging them to return.
Because Yang Hai was eager to go home, he shortened the journey from four or five days to three days.
It was already evening when we arrived at Yang Hai's house.
"You all go to town and find an inn to stay in. I'll go and check on his parents," Jiang Hua said to Qingling and the others, taking out her medicine box from the carriage.
"Young lady, I'll stay here with you."
Shuanghua was still somewhat energetic, but Granny Jiang was not. The bumpy journey made her feel like her old bones were about to fall apart.
"I'll come pick you up after I find the inn."
Bai Heng followed Jiang Hua into Yang Hai's house, looked around the room to make sure it matched what Yang Hai had said before leaving with peace of mind.
"Brother, who is this?" Yang Tao heard the noise in the yard and quickly ran out of her parents' room.
The little girl was thin and had no flesh on her body. Because she grew up by the sea, she was not as fair-skinned as the girls in her village.
"Xiao Tao, is it really Miss Jiang, the one who spent twenty taels of silver to buy our squid?"
"Twenty taels!"
Yang Tao could hardly believe her ears. She looked at Jiang Hua, Shuang Hua, and Qing Ling, then at their silk skirts and her own coarse linen clothes. She immediately brought out three stools from the inner room for them to sit on.
"Big brother, is it true? Then can we call a doctor for Mom and Dad?" Yang Tao leaned closer to Yang Hai and asked in a low voice.
"We won't sit here. I'll go check your parents' pulses and see what the problem is."
"Thank you, Miss Jiang. My parents are here."
Yang Hai immediately led Jiang Hua and the others into the house where his parents lived.
Stepping into the inner room, a strong smell of medicine inadvertently filled the air. The couple lay on the bed, and judging by their age, they were still quite young.
After Yang Hai explained his identity to his parents, they immediately tried to get out of bed.
"Let's just stay in bed," Jiang Hua objected.
Qingling and I each took one of their pulses.
Fifteen minutes later, Jiang Hua asked Yang's parents a few more questions about their health, including where they felt unwell and when it started.
Nothing serious, just accumulated fatigue leading to illness. After getting sick, I didn't get rest or treatment, and it dragged on until it turned out like this.
She thought of asking Yang Hai for paper, ink, brush, and inkstone to write a prescription, but looking at the destitute house, she figured there wasn't any left.
He took out a pencil and paper from the medicine box, wrote down two prescriptions, one for Yang's father and one for Yang's mother, and told Yang Hai to get the medicine tomorrow.
"Miss Jiang, how much is the consultation fee?" Mr. Yang asked with some concern.
In Yangcheng, there was already a shortage of doctors and pharmacies. In addition, the naval camp controlled the area, so ordinary people couldn't get out of the hospital without spending three to five taels of silver.
Three or five taels of silver may not sound like much, but it was money they had saved up over six months by living frugally.
"No consultation fee is needed. I don't have any medicine in my medicine box, so you'll need to go to the pharmacy to get it yourselves," Jiang Hua explained, noticing the unusual tension on their faces. Did she look like someone who charged exorbitant consultation fees?
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