Chapter 048 Chicken: What did I do wrong
The chicken in Hei Xia Zi's hands no longer had the resigned look it had in Zhang Mo Yu's hands. Even though its most powerful wings were held in Hei Xia Zi's hands and could not move, its claws were still flapping hard.
"Take care of the chicken. I'll take you to get the herbs for marinating the chicken."
"no problem."
Hei Xiazi looked at the chicken flapping its wings in his hands and smiled maliciously.
Because Hei Xia Zi and Zhang Qiling knew some pharmacology and had a lot of Chinese medicinal herbs at home, Zhang Moyu found what he needed and started his small class using local materials.
Zhang Qiling is not too old, which is the right age for learning. Zhang Moyu has sufficient experience in teaching.
"I said before that I would teach you something. Medicine and witchcraft are compulsory courses in our Zhang family.
Mastery is not required, but you must be able to treat common illnesses and negative conditions, and be able to prepare medicines based on different people's physical conditions and the medicinal properties of the herbs you have. Making medicinal meals is not a requirement, but you must be aware of the compatibility and incompatibility of foods..."
After a brief talk, Zhang Moyu asked Zhang Qiling what he knew now.
"I know common medicinal herbs, acupoints, and some prescriptions for stopping bleeding and expelling parasites."
Zhang Qiling remembered that he had learned some medical knowledge before, but it was still far from the level that Zhang Moyu said. He only knew how to use the medicinal effects of herbs alone, or to prescribe medicine according to prescriptions given by others.
"It's easy if you have the basics. I'll tell you how to make Qiancao Baiyu Chicken now. The herbs you need, and the reasons for choosing these herbs. You'll learn it the more you see and hear."
Zhang Qiling remained silent.
This familiar teaching style...
Memorize the basics yourself, think about the examples yourself, and ask if you don’t understand something. If you still don’t understand after asking, it means that your foundation is not solid. You have to find information and examples yourself, and then continue to think about it.
At this moment, Zhang Qiling no longer had any doubts about Zhang Moyu's identity.
After all, apart from the education he had received at home, he had never seen such a cruel teaching method anywhere else.
In fact, Zhang Qiling didn't think enough. If he found that the child couldn't learn no matter how much he taught, the Zhang family would take more radical measures.
The Zhang family believes that practice makes perfect!
If it doesn't work, just make some medicine yourself and drink it to see if it works.
If they feel pain, of course they will know to change. This can also give full play to their autonomy and initiative. In order to suffer less, they will of course study harder.
Anyway, the Zhang family can afford the price of making mistakes. They have good physical fitness due to their bloodline and strong detoxification ability, and there are adults watching them.
If you take the wrong medicine, you will usually have vomiting and diarrhea for a while, and at most you will have to lie in bed for a few days before you can continue studying in good spirits.
Zhang Moyu spoke casually, but Zhang Qiling knew intuitively that if he couldn't learn it, Zhang Moyu would definitely find ways to frustrate him so that he could learn it, so he listened very carefully.
After putting the processed medicinal materials into the big pot and lighting a low fire, Zhang Moyu asked Hei Xia Zi to bring the big rooster over and put it directly into the pot.
"Wow! Cook it with the hair on?"
Hei Xia Zi said that this was something he had never seen before. It was the first time he had seen such a rough cooking method, which really opened his eyes!
"No, you have to fumigate it with warm medicine while it's still alive, allowing the mild properties of the secondary medicine to penetrate into the flesh. Then you can kill the chicken and pluck its feathers before starting the cooking process."
"Oh, I see. This is to give the chicken a full-body sauna bath, to relax its body and mind before sending it to the west, right?"
You're a really nice person~
Hei Xia Zi looked at Zhang Moyu with a teasing look.
"You're right."
Zhang Moyu responded casually and turned up the heat a little.
At this time, the big rooster knew nothing about this and was curled up in the pot. Under the suppression of the double Qilin blood, he dared not move even if he felt uncomfortable, and he didn't even dare to squeak.
After an hour, the big rooster was almost dying in the pot. Zhang Moyu started to knead the chicken back and forth, massaging and combing its muscles to loosen up its bones, and gave the chicken a full set of beauty and fitness SPA.
Estimating that the time was almost up, Zhang Moyu asked Hei Xia Zi to boil some hot water to pluck the chicken, and he took the chicken out and slaughtered it himself.
Zhang Moyu's skilled movements overturned Hei Xiazi's perception of the Zhang family. He originally thought that all the Zhang family members were lazy and idiots like Zhang Qiling.
Hei Xia Zi chuckled and muttered to himself that it is not advisable to take the first step.
Then he turned around and found that Zhang Qiling had cleaned the pot, added water and turned on the fire naturally, picked out some herbs from the basket, added a few herbs and cooked them.
Black Blind Man: “…”
Black Blind Man:!!!
"Mute!"
Hearing Hei Xia Zi's sudden loud shouting, Zhang Qiling stopped taking the herbs and turned his head to look at Hei Xia Zi.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Zhang Moyu asked with concern. Hei Xiazi forced a smile at him and answered with gritted teeth.
"fine!"
He just saw that Dumb Zhang's expression was obviously guilty!
It turns out that Zhang Qiling was not incompetent before, but was just being lazy and scheming, and didn't want to work!
Thinking about how he had previously taken on all the housework, while Zhang Qiling had just watched and never helped, Hei Xia Zi was so angry that he almost laughed.
In fact, Hei Xia Zi really misunderstood Zhang Qiling. In the first few years after Zhang Qiling was brought back by him, he was in a daze and really couldn't do anything.
After breaking more than a dozen plates, burning two pots, breaking a broom handle, and ruining four pieces of clothing... Hei Xia Zi could no longer bear it.
He took over to clean up the mess and sent Zhang Qiling to stay where he wanted and play around.
From then on, all the housework in the house was taken care of by Hei Xia Zi, and Zhang Qiling was never asked to do it again.
The chicken was cleaned and put into the pot that Zhang Qiling had cooked. It was boiled in water for three minutes. After it was rinsed once, the medicinal food was replaced and the chicken was simmered on low heat.
At noon, the three of them successfully ate the Qiancao White Jade Chicken that Zhang Moyu had mentioned.
The chicken was cooked tenderly and deliciously, even the bones were stewed until they were soft and oily. It smelled of the unique freshness of chicken soup and the unique rich and fragrant aroma of herbs, which made the two people who were eating it for the first time eat an extra bowl of rice.
After dinner, Hei Xia Zi did not clear the table or wash the dishes as usual. Instead, he glanced at Zhang Qiling and nodded towards the kitchen.
The two looked at each other, and Zhang Qiling felt inexplicably guilty, so he took the initiative to clean up for the first time.
Although Zhang Moyu is the elder, Zhang Qiling's identity as the clan leader makes him unable to sit idly by and watch Zhang Qiling serve him, so they start to clean up together.
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