Seeing that Gao was completely convinced that the mushrooms were not poisonous, An Ning said to her, "Mom, let's have pheasant stewed with mushrooms for dinner. Can I cook today?"
Gao nodded and said, "Okay, you will cook dinner today so that your father and I can have a taste of your cooking skills."
An Ning raised her head and said, "Mom, please go ahead!"
An Ning took the pheasant out of the well, washed it with water, cut it into small pieces, put it in a pot with cold water, and blanched it. While the pheasant pieces were being blanched, she cleaned the mushrooms and tore them into small pieces. After the chicken pieces were blanched, she also blanched the mushrooms. After blanching, she took out the mushrooms and continued to clean them.
Gao sat at the stove helping to light the fire. Looking at her daughter busying around, she smiled with satisfaction.
After blanching the chicken pieces and mushrooms, An Ning brushed the pot clean, waited for the water in the pot to evaporate, and followed Gao's example, carefully scooping out some lard with a spoon and putting it into the pot. After the oil was hot, she added the scallions and ginger to stir-fry, then put the chicken pieces into the pot and stir-fry. When they were almost done, she added hot water, brought to a boil over high heat, then simmered on low heat.
Because the pheasant meat is relatively old, it takes a little longer to stew it. After half an hour, add the washed mushrooms and continue stewing for another quarter of an hour.
While An Ning was cooking, Gao used another pot to boil half a pot of porridge. After the pheasant and mushroom stew were cooked, the mother and daughter brought the meal to the table.
An Dashan had already smelled the fragrance, so he simply sat in the main room waiting for dinner. Looking at the food served by the mother and daughter, he said with a smile, "Today's food smells so good!"
Gao also smiled and said, "This is all thanks to Daya. The pheasant and mushrooms are really better stewed than usual."
An Ning served the food to several people and said, "Dad, Mom, come and try this and see how it tastes."
Gao first gave An Ning a chicken drumstick, then a chicken wing for An Dashan, and finally she picked up a piece of meat and started eating. An Dashan and Gao praised An Ning's cooking skills, and An Ning was almost embarrassed by the praise.
After the family had dinner, Gao washed the dishes as usual. An Ning went to the chicken coop in the backyard and took a walk around. She saw that there was only one egg in the coop. An Ning took out two more eggs from the space, and then took the three eggs to the kitchen and handed them to Gao.
Gao took the egg with a smile and said, "There are six eggs at home now. I will boil one for you tomorrow."
An Ning thought for a while and said, "Mom, cook three for you and Dad."
Gao was a little reluctant and said, "Your father and I won't eat it. You are still young and need to nourish yourself. Your father and I are old and it will be useless if we eat it."
An Ning shook her head and said firmly: "No, if you don't eat it, then I won't eat it either."
Gao had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay, I'll listen to Daya."
An Ning smiled and said, "That's right! What would I do if your health collapsed?"
When Gao heard this, she also said, "Daya is really thoughtful. Go and have some rest. You have to get up early tomorrow."
An Ning nodded and went back to her room. She lay on the bed and rested for a while. When she heard An Dashan and Gao Shi go into the room to sleep, she felt at ease and entered the space.
Since she had eaten a lot today, An Ning did not cook anything for herself. She just washed an apple and started eating it. While eating the apple, she went to the experimental field to harvest all the crops that could be harvested, and then planted new ones. Looking at the harvested and threshed wheat and rice, An Ning thought about how to take them out openly. After thinking for a long time, she had no idea, so she simply gave up. After returning to the cabin, thinking that the injuries on her body were almost healed, she took a bath with hot water.
After An Ning washed, she left the space, changed into clean underwear and went to sleep. The next morning, Gao prepared dinner and called An Ning to get up. An Ning rubbed her sleepy eyes and washed her face with the water Gao prepared for her. Then she became energetic. After breakfast, An Dashan carried the prey and An Ning carried the herbs and walked to the town. In order to prevent people from seeing the herbs in the basket, Gao even covered it with straw.
When they arrived in the town, An Dashan first took An Ning to a restaurant and handed the three rabbits and a pheasant to the restaurant owner.
The innkeeper looked at the two particularly fat rabbits and said, "Brother An, the rabbits you caught this time are quite good. They are one pound heavier than usual. I'll charge you 65 coins for these two rabbits. Remember to send them to me next time you have such good rabbits."
An Dashan was very happy to hear this and said, "Thank you, boss. I will definitely bring you something good next time I find it."
Two larger rabbits cost ninety coins each, and the smaller ones cost eighty coins each. A pheasant cost forty coins each, for a total of three hundred coins. An Dashan took the three hundred coins and pulled An Ning out of the restaurant.
An Dashan took An Ning to the only pharmacy in town. The clerk saw An Dashan coming and asked, "Are you here to see a doctor or get medicine?"
An Dashan said to his clerk, "I picked some herbs from the mountain. Do you guys sell them?"
The waiter looked at the astragalus that An Dashan handed over and said, "I can't make the decision on this. I'll go ask the shopkeeper for you." After saying that, he turned and walked towards the back hall.
After a while, the waiter came back and said, "The boss invites you to the back hall to talk." An Dashan took An Ning and followed the waiter to the back hall.
The shopkeeper saw that it was An Dashan and his daughter, and said with a smile: "So it's Brother An! Is your daughter okay? God really has good luck for those who are lucky!"
An Dashan smiled and said, "This is all thanks to Doctor Huang. If it weren't for Doctor Huang's medicine, my daughter wouldn't have recovered so quickly."
It turned out that during the days when An Ning was unconscious, An Dashan had invited Dr. Huang, the doctor at Anhetang, to his home to treat An Ning, and spent all the money left in the family. The shopkeeper smiled and said, "I heard from Mr. Huang that he can only do his best and leave it to fate. Your little girl is lucky and has a good life." After saying that, he didn't want to continue the small talk and went straight to the point and said, "I heard from the clerk that you are here to sell medicine?"
An Dashan quickly handed over the basket and said, "Boss, take a look, are you willing to accept these herbs?"
The shopkeeper nodded as he looked at the cleaned herbs and said, "Originally, our shop has a fixed herbal medicine supplier and we don't accept herbs from individual merchants. But since you have processed the astragalus very cleanly, I will make an exception. The processed astragalus from the herbal medicine supplier is 80 coins per catty. Since you haven't processed it, I will charge you 50 coins per catty!"
An Ning was not very clear about the prices of this dynasty, but he thought that nine coins could buy a pound of brown rice, so he thought that this price was fair. An Dashan also nodded and said, "Okay, I believe in the shopkeeper's character, and I will pay the price you said."
After that, he took out the three ginsengs from his arms, carefully opened the cloth wrapped around them, and said, "Boss, do you think you can accept these ginsengs?"
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