When Xu Anjia heard this, he quickly approached Song Tiantian and said, "Tiantian, cook a little more and leave some for my dad."
"Don't worry, everyone has one!" Song Tiantian said generously.
"Yeah," Xu Anjia nodded hurriedly and started walking around Song Tiantian.
Xiangfangnan also stood up silently, helped the little guy who was not even tall enough to reach the sink, fetched some water, and washed the mud off the ginger.
At the same time, Song Tiantian had already been brought out with the medicine mortar.
Wash the mortar and pestle clean as well, then use a dry white towel to absorb the moisture inside to ensure that there is no moisture in the mortar. Also absorb the moisture of the washed ginger, and pour it directly into the mortar and pestle without peeling it.
While pounding the medicine, Song Tiantian also added some similarly processed herbs in batches until all the herbs and ginger in the mortar were pounded into a paste, which could then be poured into the medicine pot for boiling.
During the cooking process, Song Tiantian did not add a drop of water. Not only that, she also put some herbs and chopped ginger into it.
For a moment, the whole kitchen was filled with the aroma of ginger and herbs.
He Jingnian and Xu Anjia, who were sitting nearby, smelled the slightly pungent yet sweet scent. Their cheeks, which had been chilled by the cold mountain wind, began to turn rosy.
"Okay." Song Tiantian opened the medicine pot.
The audience, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately looked into the medicine pot.
But when they saw it, everyone was shocked by the ginger grains with their skins still on in the medicine pot.
[Wait, isn't this a sweet medicine? Why are there ginger granules? Where's the medicine?]
"What's going on? Did someone switch the pills while we weren't paying attention? How did this happen?"
[No way, a good medicine has turned into ginger grains? ]
[No, isn't this the ginger that Tiantian put in earlier?]
[Oh, yeah, this is what Tiantian put in last, but why hasn't it changed at all? And even the ginger skin is still there. And where's the medicinal paste she just made? How come it's all gone in just now?]
"That shouldn't be the case. I've been watching Tiantian since she started boiling the medicine, and I haven't seen her take out a new pot. And there's only ginger left?"
Not only were the audience confused, but even Xu Anjia, who had been around Song Tiantian, felt a little surprised. Why did Song Tiantian not boil out pills this time, but ginger grains?
"Tiantian, did you fail?" Xu Anjia asked worriedly.
"No." Song Tiantian looked at the ginger pills in the medicine pot with satisfaction. They looked no different from the ginger grains she had just cut.
"But aren't they pills?" Xu Anjia looked at Song Tiantian in confusion.
"Yes, I specially kept the pills in this shape. Isn't it unique?" Song Tiantian said proudly.
"Keep them like this on purpose?" Xu Anjia was even more puzzled. "But aren't they still the same as when you put them in?"
"Yes, isn't it great?" The more Song Tiantian looked at it, the more she felt that the ginger grains in the medicine pot were great.
Xu Anjia didn't know why she suddenly felt a little tired: "...As long as you like it."
"You don't like it then?"
"I like it too." What else could Xu Anjia say.
But just as she finished speaking, Song Tiantian hurriedly picked up a piece of ginger from the medicine pot and looked at Xu Anjia expectantly: "Do you want to try it?"
"Ah?" Xu Anjia took a step back in a hurry.
As soon as she saw her action, Song Tiantian's big eyes were filled with disappointment.
Xu Anjia stepped forward with a guilty look on her face: "Well, how about I try one?"
"Hmm" Song Tiantian immediately moved her chopsticks forward impatiently.
Xu Anjia looked at the chopsticks that were being fed to her quickly, and suddenly felt as if she had been cheated.
But since she had already promised Tiantian, she still went forward and took the ginger piece, which was not even the size of her little finger, in her mouth.
Xu Anjia hesitated for a long time before putting the ginger in his mouth.
As soon as the ginger grains entered his mouth, Xu Anjia could feel a rich ginger aroma, which spread from his tongue to his throat, but the taste was not irritating at all.
After taking a careful bite, she could feel the ginger juice bursting out from the tiny ginger grains, but Xu Anjia didn't feel the abruptness she usually felt when eating ginger. Instead, she thought the ginger grains were quite delicious.
Especially when the ginger juice burst, the sweet taste of ginger made Xu Anjia unable to wait to swallow it.
But just as she swallowed the ginger juice and the crushed ginger pieces, a heat went straight into her stomach along her throat. Her entire stomach felt as if it was soaked in warm water, warming up from the inside out.
"Burp~~" Xu Anjia burped for a long time and felt a lot more relaxed.
"How is it?" Song Tiantian looked at her expectantly.
Xu Anjia nodded hurriedly: "It's delicious, and after eating it, there is a warm air that spreads directly from the body, just like we are soaked in a hot spring, and the whole body is warm."
"No way?" He Jingnian, who doesn't like ginger, said in disbelief, "Isn't ginger supposed to be spicy? How can it warm me up?"
[Yeah, if it wasn't for the ginger soup, how could I feel so warm all over?]
[Jia Jia, is it because the ginger is spicy that she feels warm all over? ]
[It's possible. After all, it's just a small piece of ginger, not even as big as my little finger. How much effect can it have?]
[That's not necessarily true. Tiantian just added so many herbs to the medicine pot. Maybe those herbs and the ginger have merged together... No, I really can't make it up anymore...]
When the audience was doubting their lives, Song Tiantian had already picked up her chopsticks and started to recommend it to He Jingnian: "Niannian, why don't you try one?"
"I, I, I don't need it." He Jingnian jumped away hurriedly: "I don't have a cold, I don't need to eat...Ahhh!"
Before he could finish his words, a mountain breeze blew by, and the coolness made He Jingnian, who was facing him, sneeze violently.
Now, not only Song Tiantian was staring at him, but even Xu Qi, who had just changed his clothes and felt his forehead was inexplicably hot and was about to come over to make some ginger soup, was staring at him.
"Is Niannian catching a cold?" Xu Qi said quickly, "It's okay. Uncle will make some ginger soup for you later. I'll give you a bowl too."
"No, no." He Jingnian hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands, saying to Xu Qi, "I didn't...ah!"
"Sure enough, you have a cold. No, I will make some more ginger soup. When the time comes, drink a big bowl of it, and all your illnesses will be cured." As he said that, Xu Qi was about to walk towards the kitchen.
When He Jingnian thought about the amount of ginger soup he usually drank at home, he immediately felt that the ginger granules freshly made by Song Tiantian were really delicious.
He Jingnian quickly ran over to grab Xu Qi who was about to get some ginger and shouted, "Uncle, uncle, don't make ginger soup. Tiantian just made some ginger granules, which are much better than ginger soup."
"Ginger grains?" Qi, feeling a bit unwell, had a less keen sense of smell than usual. Only then did he notice the aroma of ginger filling the kitchen. "Did you make ginger tea?"
"No, it's ginger grains, ginger grains cooked by Tiantian." He Jingnian said, and pulled Xu Qi towards Song Tiantian: "Tiantian, Uncle Xu wants to eat ginger grains."
Song Tiantian, who had noticed that Xu Qi had a slight fever, took two ginger pills from the medicine pot without saying anything and handed them to Xu Qi: "Uncle Xu, you have a slight fever. You need to take at least two pills."
Xu Qi looked at the two small pieces of ginger in Song Tiantian's palm and almost laughed out loud: "Tiantian, you just cut the ginger not long ago, right? Why didn't you even peel it?"
"The best effect comes from not shaving." Song Tiantian said seriously.
Xu Qi laughed and took the ginger in his hand: "Okay, I'll use it together when uncle makes ginger soup later."
"No, no, just eat it directly." Song Tiantian explained quickly, fearing that if she spoke too slowly, Xu Qi would mistake it for ginger and put it into the pot to make ginger soup.
It’s not impossible, but ginger grains are much more convenient to eat.
Song Tiantian hurriedly said to Xu Qi: "This is the ginger granules I just made, specially for treating colds."
"Cooked ginger grains?" Xu Qi's mind was a little confused.
"Yes, just eat it like this. Jiajia just ate it and it worked very well."
"Hmm," Xu Anjia, the first person to test the drug, nodded hurriedly to prove it, "Yes, I have already taken it. If you don't believe me, feel my hand. It has been warm ever since I took the ginger."
Xu Qi half-believed and half-doubtedly took Xu Anjia's hand. When he felt a warmth coming from her palm, Xu Qi, who was a little cold due to the rain, couldn't help but miss this warmth: "Did eating ginger really warm me up?"
"Really?" Xu Anjia hurriedly held Xu Qi's cold hands with both of her small hands and said, "Dad, you should eat quickly too. It will feel better after eating. I feel warm all over now. It's better than drinking the ginger soup Mom made at home."
Xu Qi glanced at the two ginger grains in his palm, then hesitantly swallowed them in one gulp as if he were taking medicine.
And just as he swallowed the ginger grains, a rich ginger aroma accompanied by a warmth started from his throat and rushed to his stomach.
Then, a warm heat like hot spring water burst out from his stomach and spread directly to his whole body. His body, which had been a little cold, suddenly felt as if it had been soaked in a hot spring and was warmed up all over.
Moreover, this ginger grain is different from hot ginger soup. After drinking a bowl, sweat will break out on the entire back and forehead.
It warms you up directly from the inside out without causing sweating. Unlike drinking ginger soup, you can't stand the wind, as the sweat you just forced out will worsen your condition if it's exposed to the wind.
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