Chapter 36 Medicinal Porridge
Doctor Liu lives in a small house behind the clinic.
Ye Rou went over and knocked on the door, "Doctor Liu."
Doctor Liu opened the door. With Ye Rou watching outside, he had a particularly good sleep. "What's wrong?"
Ye Rou asked, "I'll go back and cook for Jiang Chen and come back later, okay?"
Doctor Liu waved his hand and said, "No need to come back. The clinic closes at five o'clock. From now on, you can just leave at this time."
"Thank you, Dr. Liu." Ye Rou left happily.
Doctor Liu looked at Ye Rou and secretly sighed that Jiang boy was very lucky.
Jiang Chen stood at the door, a cigarette dangling from his lips. Seeing Ye Rou approaching, he asked, "Why are you so slow?"
How could he be slow? It wasn't even five minutes. It was obvious that he lacked patience.
"I'll lock the door." Ye Rou locked the door. Jiang Chen stood with his back to her, and the back of his white shirt was stained with mud.
Ye Rou was curious about where he had been and why the back of his clothes was covered in mud?
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Ye Rou took Jiang Chen home and entered the yard. She saw a large bamboo basket under the eaves. She walked over and looked inside. Bamboo shoots and various fungi were piled together in a mess.
"This is?"
Jiang Chen: "I picked it."
Ye Rou widened her eyes. Jiang Chen had thrown away two dishes in the morning, and she blamed Jiang Chen. So he slammed the door and left to dig bamboo shoots and pick mushrooms?
She was unable to utter a word, and silently squatted down, rummaging through the bamboo basket.
The bamboo shoots Jiang Chen dug had broken roots, making them difficult to preserve. Several types of mushrooms were poisonous, but he didn't realize they were all picked.
It was a big basket, and I don’t know how long it took him to pick them.
"Aren't you cooking?" Jiang Chen saw her squatting there motionless and felt something was wrong. He went over to take a look and found that she was crying again.
He originally thought that Ye Rou was a fox, but now it seems that she is clearly a fish, otherwise why would she have so many tears.
Ye Rou threw herself into Jiang Chen's arms and apologized in a low voice.
Jiang Chen regarded Ye Rou's action as a sign of reconciliation. Just as he was about to hug her, the person in his arms suddenly pushed him away.
He looked at Ye Rou in surprise.
Ye Rou ran into the kitchen, "Wait, I'll cook for you."
Jiang Chen took a deep breath.
Ye Rou used all her skills to make a bowl of medicinal porridge for Jiang Chen.
The medicinal herbs she used were picked and processed by her in the back mountain.
Jiang Chen looked down at the porridge. Ye Rou made him wait for more than an hour, and in the end, he only got a bowl of plain porridge?
"Medicinal porridge, drink it quickly, it's good for your health." Ye Rou poured out a small plate of pickled bamboo shoots from the previous two days and handed it to Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen hated taking medicine the most, but Ye Rou looked at him eagerly, so he gritted his teeth and scooped a mouthful of porridge into his mouth.
Ye Rou stared at him closely.
Seeing his brows relax and the corners of his mouth curve, Ye Rou breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he liked it.
It seems that medicinal food can be served in the future.
Jiang Chen drank two bowls of porridge and ate a plate of bamboo shoots before stopping.
As usual, he served the remaining rice porridge and said, "I'm going out for a while."
Ye Rou nodded. She wanted to deal with the things Jiang Chen brought back, otherwise they would rot by tomorrow.
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Doctor Liu closed the clinic, took his medicine box and went to the cowshed.
As soon as the door was opened, the eyes of Wang Guoping, Zhou Yuqing and Li Weijun lit up like spotlights.
Seeing that it was him, the three of them wrinkled their faces at the same time.
"You three are going too far!" Doctor Liu felt aggrieved. He avoided the villagers and came to treat them, and this is the treatment he got?
Wang Guoping apologized halfheartedly, his eyes never leaving the door.
Seeing the three people all with the same expression, Dr. Liu immediately understood: "Are you waiting for Jiang Chen?"
Besides him, only Jiang Xiaozi would come to the bullpen.
Zhou Yuqing smiled and said, "Is Jiang kid in love?"
Doctor Liu's eyes widened. "How did you know?"
Zhou Yuqing smiled smugly, "See, I told you that Jiang kid is in love, you two should admit defeat."
Wang Guoping reluctantly took out a piece of candy from under his pillow and handed it to Zhou Yuqing.
Li Weijun snorted, took out the cigarette he had been smoking from his chest and gave it to Zhou Yuqing.
Doctor Liu looked at Le He and asked, "How did you know that?"
Zhou Yuqing licked his lips and said, "The meals that Jiang kid sent us these days are really delicious."
Wang Guoping asked curiously, "Which girl is not afraid of Jiang Chen?"
Doctor Liu smiled and said, "You've seen it."
As soon as he said that, Wang Guoping's eyes lit up, "Is it that black girl?"
Doctor Liu thought of Ye Rou now and smiled: "It's her, but she's not dark anymore."
Wang Guoping didn't pay attention to his last words and smiled, "That little girl is good and kind-hearted."
Doctor Liu smiled and nodded. "She's helping out at the clinic today. She's smart, thoughtful, and a good girl."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Old Man Zheng who had been lying on the bed without saying a word, "What's wrong with him?"
Zhou Yuqing shook his head. "Some time ago, Jiang Xiaozi helped us deliver a letter. He became like this after receiving the letter."
Wang Guoping sighed, "He's survived all the hard times before. I really don't know what kind of blow he's suffered."
The room was quiet for a moment, and then the door creaked open.
Jiang Chen brought the food into the cowshed.
"Jiang boy is here!" Zhou Yuqing, a sixty-year-old man, couldn't stop smiling when he saw the lunch box in Jiang Chen's hand.
Jiang Chen was speechless. He had sent so many good things here in order to get these four old men to teach him knowledge, but these four old men were always indifferent to him.
As a result, after only eating Ye Rou's meals for three days, even the most serious Li Weijun became loose.
Doctor Liu noticed the changes in expressions of his three old friends, especially Zhou Yuqing, who was used to eating delicacies from land and sea. He was now really curious about Ye Rou's cooking skills.
Jiang Chen placed four bowls of medicinal porridge on the table and took out a small dish of oil-soaked bamboo shoots.
"That's it?" Zhou Yuqing was a little discouraged. What was so good about the white rice porridge?
Jiang Chen didn't want to spoil him and wanted to take it away immediately, but Zhou Yuqing quickly held him back, "You little brat, I didn't say I didn't want to eat it."
Doctor Liu's nose twitched, and his eyes widened. "Is this a medicinal meal?"
Jiang Chen: "Yeah."
Wang Guoping looked down and saw that it was just a bowl of ordinary rice porridge. "What is a medicinal meal?"
Doctor Liu praised: "The porridge made with medicinal herbs can maintain the medicinal properties and warm the body. To make it like this, Ye Yatou's cooking skills are definitely not to be underestimated."
"Drink it. This porridge will only benefit you old guys and won't do any harm."
Zhou Yuqing was a gourmet and couldn't help but scooped a mouthful of porridge first.
The rice porridge is stewed until it is soft and not muddy. It tastes like pastry when you put it in your mouth. It does not have the astringency of medicinal herbs, but has a fresh fragrance. Mixed with the thick and dense texture of the rice porridge, you can swallow it slowly, and the rice porridge slides down your throat, and your body instantly feels warm.
He took sip after sip, and finally couldn't hold it anymore, so he held the bowl and started to drink it up.
Wang Guoping ate in a more refined manner, his focus on the unassuming dish of bamboo shoots. The tender white bamboo shoots were soaked in oil, garnished with a few red peppers. He picked up a piece of bamboo shoot, so thin it was almost transparent.
When I took a bite, it was crispy at first, then refreshing. The sour and spicy taste permeated the bamboo shoots, making my tongue and lips numb. I quickly scooped a spoonful of rice porridge and took a sip. The sour and spicy taste of the bamboo shoots mixed with the fragrance of the rice porridge was appetizing and delicious.
"Cool!"
Zhou Yuqing finished his porridge first. Seeing Li Weijun and Wang Guoping constantly picking up bamboo shoots, he also picked up some with his chopsticks. After he finished eating, he regretted drinking the porridge too quickly.
On second thought, if Lao Zheng didn't eat, he could still have another bowl of porridge. He looked everywhere for the bowl of porridge, and turned around to see Dr. Liu holding the bowl and drinking it with relish.
Zhou Yuqing was furious.
Doctor Liu drank the porridge, touched his stomach, and became determined to accept a disciple.
He has decided to make this disciple!
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