Su Tang tilted her head slightly, her lips curled up slightly, but her smile didn't reach her eyes: "Boss Qian, don't say anything else, this fish maw and tuckahoe hen soup is for our family to drink, why would I put poppy shells in it?"
"This..." Boss Qian was stunned and almost forgot about it.
People around nodded, yes, that's right.
Xiao Su's family runs a clinic, not a restaurant that needs to attract customers. Why would they put poppy shells in their chicken soup?
But Su Tang had no intention of letting the boss go. She looked at him sharply and said, "Besides, I just asked Grandma Zhou and Grandpa Jiang to come to the Sixth Hospital to find me tomorrow. If there really is poppy shell in my medicinal food, the Sixth Hospital will be the first to disagree."
Immediately, even the onlookers who were originally a little hesitant nodded.
The Sixth Hospital is a top-level public hospital in Shenzhen. How could anyone be so stupid as to openly sell poppy shells to patients in their own hospital? They are not stupid.
"Besides - Boss Qian, do you know what a poppy shell is? Don't think that just because you know these three words, you really understand what a poppy shell is." Although she was short sitting on a small stool, Su Tang had a strong aura at this moment.
The middle-aged man subconsciously stepped back.
She stared at the middle-aged man and said sternly, "Poppy shells are commonly known as 'rice shells'. They look plain and gray. They can be added to soups to enhance the flavor, but they are sour and astringent, and cannot be used to enhance the flavor. Ordinary people will find that poppy shells are very unpalatable after just one bite, so they can only be put in brine, hot pot soup bases, and other soup bases that are heavily spicy, salty, and have heavy flavors."
"Our fish maw, tuckahoe and hen soup is a clear soup with a very light taste. It only has a fresh fragrance and cannot cover up the sour taste of the poppy shell at all."
Su Tang looked stern, staring at the middle-aged man in front of her with her clear eyes, and said word by word: "Boss Qian, anyone who has a little knowledge and has read a few social news will know that it is impossible to put poppy shells in clear soup."
The girl's face was almost written with the words "You are uneducated!"
Su Tang had her reasons and arguments, and with Boss Qian's instinctive retreat, everyone's attention was almost instantly focused on Boss Qian, with a mixture of dissatisfaction, accusation, and a bit of mockery in their looks.
Boss Qian's face immediately turned red, and he cursed in his heart and complained secretly. If he had known that he would be speechless, he would not have said those words.
Seeing that the other party was speechless, as if he wanted to say something but didn't dare to, and his eyes were wandering.
Su Tang wrinkled her nose, no longer looking at the man in front of her, and instead focused her gaze on the other people around her. She stood up, smiled and bowed, saying, "If you neighbors don't believe me, Su Tang, you can call 110 and ask the police to come and see if there are any other dirty things in my medicinal food. If you believe me, I'll serve you some to try, and you can come to the Sixth Hospital tomorrow to make an appointment with me."
Su Tang: "This fish maw, poria and hen soup is for the health of middle-aged and elderly people. I added pinellia tuber and other herbs to it. It is also suitable for middle-aged and elderly people who usually cough and have phlegm... But patients with other diseases should not drink too much."
"Although medicated food is not medicine, we have to take it according to the symptoms in order to be effective. Do you agree?" The little girl's black ponytail hung behind her head, her cheeks were soft and sweet, and she had a bright smile that was generous and elegant.
Many people around nodded immediately, and the registration fee of 5 yuan was not much.
Although it is a bit troublesome to travel a long way to the Sixth Hospital, most of them are now retired employees. During the day, they either go shopping for groceries or go to the park.
There's nothing wrong with taking some time to visit the Sixth Hospital.
What happened outside the clinic on the first floor had already been seen clearly by Su Yanbang, who was in the kitchen just now.
Hearing this, he simply picked up the casserole and the disposable plastic cups in the clinic and asked everyone to take a spoonful to taste it, in order to support what their young lady said.
"Come and try it. Not only does this chicken soup not have the slightest sour taste, it also has a light medicinal sweetness. Once you taste it, you'll know it's impossible to be poppy shells. That stuff doesn't have the ability to enhance the flavor of the soup at all. Instead, it drags down the soup." Su Yanbang's mouth twitched with heartache as he scooped the soup, but on the surface he had to pretend to be generous and supportive of his young lady.
Good man, he had only drunk one bowl, and the people around him ate a lot of food, so they drank most of the soup.
"Boss Su, Boss Su, give me some too! Give me another spoonful."
The young nurse in nursing uniform hurriedly squeezed into the crowd with a plastic cup in her hand, licking her face and smiling, with her arms stretched out so long that they almost stuck to the soup spoon.
Su Yanbang twitched his lips and said, "It's said to be a health-preserving soup for middle-aged and elderly people. What are you, a 20-year-old girl, drinking? There are still patients in the clinic. Go back and take care of them."
"Boss Su, what are you talking about? I stay up late every day playing with my phone and have age spots. How can I still be called a little girl?! I am obviously a middle-aged or elderly person. Hurry up! Give me three spoons and I'll go back to see my patients!" The young nurse pointed at the freckles on her face and talked nonsense seriously.
She had just smelled the incredible aroma of chicken soup on the first floor and had been planning to ask the boss for a bowl. How could she miss this good opportunity now?
Not taking her 800ml thermos to store the chicken soup was the last act of sanity on her part as an employee.
Su Yanbang: “…………” I believed your lies!
Su Yanbang stewed a large pot of chicken soup using an old hen weighing three or four pounds. He originally thought that he and his wife could have at least two meals of it.
Unexpectedly, in the end, such a big pot was directly given to the neighbors. Su Yanbang was so distressed that he almost bled from the corners of his eyes.
However, looking at the satisfied expressions of the people around him, Su Yanbang could only sigh and touch his belly which had lost one centimeter today.
The lady's craftsmanship is so good, and it is also a sweet burden.
The rich and fresh fragrance melts between people's lips and teeth, and the slightly sweet taste brought by the medicinal materials mixed with the fresh aroma of plants spreads on the tongue. Even if it is just a small sip, everyone who grabs it feels satisfied.
However, after the satisfaction comes the anxiety.
"Oh... after drinking the chicken soup, how can I sleep tonight?" Mr. Jiang looked at the empty bottom of the cup reluctantly.
Su Tang stared at him with a smile and said, "Grandpa Jiang, you probably sleep very little at night on weekdays, waking up every three or four hours until dawn."
Mr. Jiang was surprised and asked, "Xiaotang, how did you know this? I have never told anyone else about this."
Su Tang: "'Observe, smell, ask and feel' is the essence of Chinese medicine diagnosis. Your complexion is obviously a manifestation of Yin deficiency and fire excess, which leads to frequent insomnia. In addition, people tend to sleep less and less as they age. If you trust me, come to the internal medicine clinic to see me tomorrow."
Su Tang tried hard to recruit patients for herself. "When the time comes, I will not only prescribe you a recipe for the elderly's medicated diet, but also give you two doses of soup medicine. Drinking it later will ensure that you will sleep all night long."
"Ah...?" Old Master Jiang was surprised. Is the medical skill of this little girl from the Su family really so miraculous?
"Okay, then I'll go to the Sixth Hospital's outpatient clinic tomorrow." Old Master Jiang smacked the taste of chicken soup that had not completely disappeared from his mouth and nodded. Even if he couldn't cure his insomnia, a bowl of chicken soup was worth it.
If the people around were to smell the aroma of the chicken soup, some of them might be a little hesitant, thinking that a trip to the Sixth Hospital outpatient clinic was not worth it.
But once the chicken soup went down my throat, that hesitation completely disappeared without a trace.
Some people even wanted to grab Su Tang and go back to the Sixth Hospital to get a prescription.
Only a handful of younger neighbors, those between young and middle-aged, still had some doubts: "Xiao Su, your fish maw, poria cocos and hen soup is for middle-aged and elderly people. Can we young people drink it? If not... can other medicinal foods be as delicious as this?"
"Of course you have to take other medicated diet prescriptions for conditioning. In fact, medicated diet is just one of the treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage, cupping, moxibustion, etc. are all good choices..." When talking about traditional Chinese medicine, Su Tang couldn't help talking. Her eyes sparkled and she showed two playful little canine teeth.
The young people looked resentful: "…………"
For them, the efficacy of the medicine is not important; the taste of the medicine is the most important.
“Cough cough cough…”
Sensing that the topic had strayed off track, Su Tang coughed twice and patted his chest to assure, "Don't worry, although the fish maw and poria soup is no longer drinkable, there are still white angelica and flat fish soup, black chicken soup with Chinese wolfberry, and cuttlefish soup for kidney tonic, which are also very good. Even if the taste of these medicinal foods is a little different, they are not bad overall. I spent a long time researching them before."
In her previous life, she spent several decades just on medicinal diet.
These are the medicinal recipes that even the emperor praised!
When others go home, although there is no massage technique and they cannot guarantee that the meat will be as delicious as this pot of medicinal food, her medicinal food tastes much better than those on the market. Of course, the most important thing is that it can regulate the body, which is the essence of medicinal food.
"Since you said so, we'll take it seriously." Several neighbors upstairs and downstairs who had drunk the chicken soup smiled and said they wanted to go to the Sixth Hospital.
Su Tang was so happy that she immediately smiled, and even her pink and white cheeks were flushed with excitement.
"Okay, okay, I'll wait for you in the clinic later." Su Tang was very happy and tried hard not to laugh out loud.
Now it seems that these people are just going to the clinic to get some medicated food, but actually once they get to the hospital, they have no choice.
Even if you don’t have high blood pressure or diabetes, you will still have acne, spots, insomnia, and hair loss, right?
At least slimming and whitening are necessary, right? Even men need to get rid of their beer belly.
Su Tang is still very confident in her acupuncture and medicinal diet.
Just as Su Tang was happily fantasizing that the number of outpatient registrations would increase dramatically from tomorrow, and that she would reach the pinnacle of her life with her medical skills and defeat the male and female protagonists in sadomasochistic novels, the sound of a wheelchair coming from the side was "Gurgle--" .
The electric wheelchair made a distinct mechanical sound, coming from far away.
Su Tang subconsciously looked in the direction of the wheelchair...
The old man sitting in the wheelchair had gray hair and a pale face, his hands were placed weakly on his legs, his head tilted to the left, and the corners of his mouth were crooked, clearly showing signs of suffering from the sequelae of a stroke.
The old lady pushing the wheelchair towards the back also looked listless and haggard.
"Doctor Fang, can you prescribe some painkillers for me? I haven't slept well these days and I have a headache. I would like to try some painkillers and sleeping pills." The old lady spoke weakly, rubbing her temples and looking very uncomfortable.
"Aunt Cheng, did you not sleep well last night? Then I'll prescribe some ibuprofen for you..." Fang Guihua put down her bowl, stood up and walked into the clinic, "But why didn't your nanny come out with you today?"
Patients who come to the clinic for treatment are usually acquaintances in the community. The elderly couple in front of us are acquaintances who often come to the Su family clinic for treatment. They live on the first floor of the unit next to the Su family.
"Xiao Liu had a fever yesterday and asked for leave to go home to rest, so we only hired a part-time worker today, and the hourly worker went home at around four o'clock." Old Mrs. Cheng explained briefly, then controlled the electric wheelchair and walked into the clinic.
Su Tang, however, stood in front of the clinic door holding a bowl, carefully looked at the two people's faces, and frowned slightly.
As the saying goes, a doctor has a kind heart. Seeing the appearance of Mr. Cheng and Mrs. Cheng at this moment.
Su Tang didn't bother to go to the neighbors to advertise the Sixth Hospital's clinic to attract patients, so she walked up to them and said, "Grandma Cheng, would you like to sit in our clinic for a while and I can press your acupuncture points?"
This is what happens when people get older. They are more susceptible to various diseases and feel uncomfortable all over the body.
Headaches, insomnia, and numbness of the limbs are the norm, and paralysis and stroke are also common.
But the old lady was worried about her grandfather's condition. In addition, the nanny was sick, and the part-time worker might not have taken good care of him in the past two days, so she looked even more haggard.
Since she saw it, she helped.
After all, painkillers only treat the symptoms and not the root cause. Moreover, the more painkillers you take, the worse their effectiveness will be in the later stages. Judging from the old lady's condition, she must have been taking them for many years.