Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Reorganizing the Medicine Field Since learning "This...
Since studying the "Compendium of Materia Medica", Zhao Mingsheng has gained a better understanding of the habits of these plants and has also gained experience in watering them.
For drought-resistant herbs like licorice, astragalus, bupleurum, and ephedra, she would control the amount of water when watering, or water them once every two or three days. Some herbs that are not drought-resistant need to be watered every day.
However, today, after arriving at the medicinal field, Zhao Mingsheng did not rush to water the plants.
A few days ago, she pulled out all the weeds in the medicinal field. Now the whole field looks much sparser, but it is still very messy. There is a Polygonum multiflorum plant on the east end and another one on the west end. It is very inconvenient to take care of it.
Every time she waters the plants, she has to check each one individually before she dares to water them, which is a waste of time.
There are also some shade-tolerant medicinal herbs that have lost their shelter after the weeds were pulled out. They have wilted after being exposed to the sun for several days. If no measures are taken, they may die in a few days.
So Zhao Mingsheng planned to relocate them today, replanting them according to the medicinal herbs' habits, growth cycles, and plant sizes.
She first estimated the direction in which the sun rises, and planted some plants with large crowns and drought resistance in the position facing the sun, and planted shade-tolerant plants in the shady side.
The afternoon sun is the hottest, and inter-row planting can solve the problem of the afternoon sun's deflection angle.
Transplanting is a delicate job. Although Zhao Mingsheng was very gentle, the roots of some medicinal herbs were extremely fragile and broke with just a little hit from the hoe.
Zhao Mingsheng had no choice but to pick these out and take them home to see if his father could use them.
Transplanting was a much more demanding task than watering plants. Zhao Mingsheng worked all morning, but by the time Aunt Wang called her back, she had only transplanted less than half of the plants.
She brushed the dirt off her hands, stood up and shouted to Aunt Wang, "Aunt, I brought some dry food and won't be back at noon." Seeing that Aunt Wang waved to her to indicate that she heard her, she bent down again.
Another hour passed and everything was almost done. Zhao Mingsheng finally took a break, broke the bread he brought into small pieces, and ate it with the spiritual spring water.
Speaking of this spiritual spring, although it cannot bring the dead back to life, the benefits it brings to people are subtle.
Take today's work for example. If she had her previous physique, she would probably be unable to straighten her back. But after this period of training and the nourishment of the spiritual spring, her waist was only a little sore.
After eating the pancakes, Zhao Mingsheng started to work again without taking a rest in order to finish tidying up the medicinal fields before dark.
After an afternoon of hard work, we finally finished cleaning up before dark.
For fear that the medicinal herbs would not be able to adapt to the sudden change in water and soil, Zhao Mingsheng specially watered them with some spiritual spring water to promote the rooting and sprouting of these plants.
Looking at the newly renovated and neatly arranged medicinal fields, Zhao Mingsheng felt a sense of accomplishment.
After cleaning up, it was discovered that less than one-third of the entire medicinal field was planted, and there was still a large area of empty space. Of course, Zhao Mingsheng would not let these empty spaces be idle. In the future, he would plant the entire medicinal field to its full potential!
There is one more person at the dinner table today.
The boy who was still a little bully in the morning was now sitting around the dining table, chatting and laughing with Meng in a very familiar manner.
That little mouth looked as if it was smeared with honey, and the pretty face added extra points, making Meng's mother very happy and laughing non-stop.
Cui Cen was smart since he was young and understood the current situation. In order to avoid being kicked out, he naturally restrained his temper and looked for a breakthrough from Meng Mu.
Zhao Mingsheng happened to see this scene when he came out of the kitchen carrying the dishes. If he hadn't seen his rogue look in the morning, he would have been fooled by him!
Just as she was about to expose his true colors, she heard Meng Mu praise her:
"Xiao Cui is such a nice kid, good at talking and considerate. You're not at home during the day, so he keeps me company and entertains me!"
"Mrs. Zhao's features and manner of speaking are very similar to my late mother. When I was chatting with you, my mother's voice, appearance and smile kept lingering in my mind, and I couldn't help but want to be close to you..."
As the boy spoke, his eyes became red, and his pitiful look was heartbreaking.
These words made Meng love him even more, and she wanted to adopt him as her godson immediately.
"Why are you still calling me Madam Zhao? Just call me Aunt Zhao from now on!"
"Okay, Aunt Zhao!" Cui Cen agreed immediately, a typical example of someone who takes advantage of others.
Zhao Mingsheng silently swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Forget it, if he can make his mother happy, it will be fine. The family will have enough food anyway.
In the afternoon, Aunt Wang brought a grass carp weighing more than two kilograms. It was said that the children in the village went to the river to play today and caught several big fish in the river, so they sent one to the Zhao family.
Fresh grass carp is the best for braised fish.
Wash the grass carp, scrape off the scales, cut the surface, add onion, ginger and cooking wine and marinate to remove the unique fishy smell of the fish.
After marinating, heat oil in a pan and fry the grass carp until it is 70% hot. The fish meat will not only be firmer after frying, but also crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the aroma will be fragrant!
Heat oil in another pan, sauté onion, ginger and garlic until fragrant, stir-fry chopped tomatoes into a sauce, then add the fried fish and stir-fry gently, add a little cooking wine and light soy sauce to enhance the flavor, then add a pinch of salt, add water and simmer for a while, finally cook over high heat until the sauce is reduced, and the braised grass carp is ready.
Because there was one more person eating than usual, Zhao Mingsheng steamed a large pot of rice and fried two side dishes to go with it.
Grass carp has many bones, and wealthy families in the capital generally eat sea fish, and few people eat this freshwater fish.
It was Cui Cen’s first time to eat grass carp. He took the first bite with some trepidation, but he didn’t expect that his taste buds were instantly conquered by the flavor!
The skin was crispy and tender, and the meat was smooth. Because the surface had been cut, the fish meat was very flavorful and incredibly delicious, better than any fish he had ever eaten before!
The addition of tomatoes makes it taste a bit sour, but it is this sourness that fully releases the deliciousness of the fish. It also fills the gap in the soup, making it taste sweet and sour.
Just as he was about to take the second bite with his chopsticks, he was blocked by another pair of chopsticks.
"Although these are river fish, they are still fresh fish. You are injured and cannot eat them."
Zhao Mingsheng pushed the braised grass carp in front of Cui Cen a little further away and replaced it with two other dishes.
Father Zhao nodded in agreement and said, "Foods like fish, mushrooms, and beef are not conducive to the healing of your wounds."
Cui Cen: I hate it! I can see it but I can’t eat it!
However, in order to heal his injury faster, he had to give up with tears in his eyes and turned his chopsticks to the fried potato chips on the side.
The fried potato chips are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Dipped in the soup, they are crispy and delicious. You will want to swallow their tongues!
Then he looked at the other members of the Zhao family, all of whom looked as if they were used to it, as if he was the country bumpkin who had never tasted delicious food!
Cui Cen ate three large bowls of rice for dinner. The food here made him even more determined to stay.
Zhao Mingsheng: Good fellow, you're such a good-for-nothing...
Could she take back what she said before that the family didn't need a single bite of food? This was more than just a single bite!
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