Chapter 498 The Old Doctor is Sick (Thanks to the book friend "Jinyiwei: Rongrong" for the reward)
What could Manbao do? She could only look at Fifth Brother with sympathy, then patted her butt and stood up, saying, "Fifth Brother, you should get ready to go out and sell ginger."
Zhou Wulang stood up and said, "Manbao, Mom and Dad said we should plant less ginger next year. Last year, we couldn't sell all our ginger because of the ginger you planted on your small farm. As a result, people in the village have started selling their ginger outside this year. If we hadn't found a merchant from Lin County to take over the goods, I guess our ginger would be even harder to sell."
Manbao said nonchalantly, "Don't we have old ginger? Dig it up and dry it in the shade. Sell it to the pharmacy after making it into dried ginger. It's also very valuable. If the fresh ginger can't be sold, keep it for another year."
She was now studying medicine and knew that dried ginger had many uses, so she knew there wouldn't be a lot of it. So she confidently said to Zhou Wulang, "Just grow it, it will definitely sell."
Zhou Wulang was cheered up when he heard this and said, "I have land too. My father dislikes my piece of land because it is very remote and has sandy soil, so he doesn't want to cultivate it. I want to plant ginger on it."
"Will it be stolen?"
When Zhou Wulang heard this, he also became hesitant. If the valuable things were planted too far away, they would be stolen without anyone knowing. Therefore, their family’s ginger, yam and other things were not planted too far away, but not far from the village entrance.
During the harvest time, there is a straw hut there, and the brothers can take turns guarding it with their bedding.
But it won’t work if the place is too far away.
Zhou Wulang sighed and said, "If only I had been born a few years earlier, then all the good land wouldn't have been divided up, and all the good wives wouldn't have been married off."
Manbao: ...
"Fifth brother, you can plant some privet trees. Aren't the privet trees we planted on the back hill quite big? You can cut some branches and plant them there. No one should steal them."
"It's true that no one steals them, but they are difficult to grow. We originally planted about thirty trees and took good care of them with good water and fertilizer, but in the end only eighteen survived and almost half died." Zhou Wulang felt that growing Ligustrum lucidum was not as valuable as growing ginger. First, the price was slightly lower, second, Ligustrum lucidum had to be processed, and third, it grew too slowly.
"I've been planting the Ligustrum lucidum for two years, but it hasn't started to bear fruit yet. I don't know if it will bear fruit next year, and how much it will bear if it does."
"You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Let's take it slow. You have to think positively. Once you plant this Ligustrum lucidum, you don't need to replant it for a long time. Unlike ginger, you have to plant it every year."
"Who says you can't eat hot tofu if you're impatient? You can't eat it if you're not impatient. Look at how we make tofu at home. As soon as it's served, everyone keeps grabbing it. If you're slow, there's nothing left by the time it's your turn."
Manbao thought, yes, so he said to Keke in his heart: "Keke, I learned this from you, you have to take responsibility."
Koko ignored her.
The brother and sister had already talked about tofu and stuffed tofu. "My sister-in-law's stuffed tofu is really delicious. Manbao, after the winter solstice, can you still ask my sister-in-law to make some for us?"
Stuffed tofu is written in a cookbook that Manbao found in the encyclopedia. In addition to stuffed tofu, the book also contains many other soy-based dishes.
But just looking at the picture, Manbao likes this dish the most, so he was the first one to pester Xiao Qianshi to make it.
However, to make this dish, the tofu needs to be fried and made into tofu puffs, so it is not often available in the Zhou family.
Because not only Old Zhou felt sorry for the oil, but Qian and Little Qian also felt sorry for it.
But tomorrow is the Winter Solstice, so things are different. Xiao Qian made stuffed tofu today, and there will be some to eat tomorrow, but things will be different after the Winter Solstice.
Zhou Wulang warned Manbao: "You must leave two stuffed tofu dumplings for me. Don't eat them all."
"Don't worry, Fifth Brother, they won't eat it all."
"What are you two whispering about?" Zhou Xi put the cleaned ginger into the backpack and said to Zhou Wulang, "Your second and fourth brothers are waiting for you, hurry up."
Zhou Wulang responded, stepped forward to pick up the backpack, and turned back to Manbao, repeatedly emphasizing, "Remember to leave me two stuffed tofu."
Zhou Xi couldn't help but laugh, "He's so greedy."
Manbao smelled the aroma coming from the kitchen, sniffed and said, "Big sister, I'm greedy too."
"You, little brat, are eating me out of my house. There are so many people to feed in the family, don't you see that Dad is worried?"
"This year is a bumper harvest year, why are you worried?" Manbao said, "I'm not worried, I'm just used to being stingy."
"Who said I'm used to picking things?" Old Zhou suddenly appeared in the yard, staring at his two daughters.
Manbao immediately left his elder sister behind and ran into the kitchen, "Dad, I'm going to see if my elder sister-in-law has prepared breakfast."
Old Zhou muttered a few words and walked into the main room with his hands behind his back.
It’s the winter solstice holiday, and all the children in the Zhou family don’t have to go to school, but the teacher has assigned a lot of homework, so everyone is busy writing it.
After finishing their homework in the morning, they can go out and play all day.
Manbao's homework was more and more complicated than theirs, so she planned to finish her delicious meal and then go to Bai's house to find Bai Shanbao to do homework together.
But before she could even leave, a guest came to her door.
Zhou Sanlang led a young man in and called out, "Manbao, the old doctor's Dalang is looking for you."
Manbao was waiting for the stuffed tofu to come out of the pot. When he heard this, he looked outside and saw the familiar Lu Dalang.
He is the old doctor's eldest grandson, and Manbao always sees him when he takes the prescription to ask the old doctor for advice.
Manbao hurried out to greet him, "Brother Lu, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Lu Gui bowed and said, "My grandfather wants to see you."
"Huh?" Manbao glanced back at the kitchen, sniffed, and asked reluctantly, "Is it urgent?"
If you're not in a hurry, wait for her to have breakfast first.
Lu Gui quickly said, "My grandfather is ill. He told me last night to come to you early in the morning, saying that he had something to tell you."
"Oh, I'm sick. What's wrong? Is it serious?"
Seeing Manbao's concern, Lu Gui smiled and said, "It's just a cold. Grandfather is old, so it's not easy for him to recover from illness. His temper is a little strange."
Manbao had always liked the old doctor and didn't think he was weird, so he said, "Wait a moment, I'll go get something."
Zhou Sanlang asked Lu Gui to sit down and drink a bowl of water first. Old Zhou and Qian came out of the room and asked the old doctor about the patient's condition with concern. She then assigned Zhou Sanlang and said, "Go with your sister to see her."
Zhou Sanlang agreed.
The three of them went to Dali Village together. On the way, Manbao asked the old doctor in detail about the patient's condition.
In fact, it is very simple. The weather has become colder in the past few days. I don’t know if it is because the old doctor got up early the day before yesterday, or because he was blown by the cold wind when he got up at night. Anyway, he started to feel dizzy and have a runny nose. He prescribed a medicine for himself. Although the condition did not worsen, it did not get better either. Instead, it became more lingering.
(End of this chapter)
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