She didn't want to eat plain porridge anymore, nor did she want Hua Hua to take care of her, and she certainly didn't want to drink bitter medicine.
Xia Hua placed the water on the cabinet outside the bed and hung up the curtains. "Whether it's good or not is not up to you or me. It has to be Dr. Liu who has come to see you. Only his opinion matters. Get up and wash up. I'll go get the food."
At this time, Doctor Liu must have already brewed the medicine. She had to go get it. As soon as she opened the courtyard gate, there were already people standing outside: Doctor Liu's wife, Wang, and Shushu's sons and daughters-in-law.
"Young lady, get up," Wang said, then handed over the medicine she was carrying. "Besides the medicine to drink, there's also some medicated wine to apply. My husband said he'll come back tonight to check your pulse."
Xia Hua handed over the medicine, saying, "Thank you so much, Sister Wang, for making this trip for me."
"No need to thank me, it's nothing. Take it inside and give it to Anmeizi. I'm leaving now." After saying that, Wang turned and left.
Looking at the remaining people, she said, "Mrs. Wu, give me the lunchbox. You can go do what you need to do. I'll take care of Shushu here, so don't worry about her. Hurry up and go. I'll call you if anything happens."
"Thank you, Auntie. I'll leave my mother to you. Just call us if you need anything." After saying that, the eldest son called the others to leave. It seemed that his mother was going to eat and didn't have time to deal with them.
Xia Hua brought the medicine and food box back to her room and placed them on the table. "Shu Shu, come and eat."
"Coming!" An Shuyi's voice came from the side room. She quickly finished washing up and came out.
As soon as she came out, she saw the white porridge and the dark medicine on the table, and her face immediately fell. "Huahua, do I still have porridge today?" As for the medicine, she definitely needed it, so she didn't say anything more.
Xia Hua nodded, "Drinking some porridge is good for your health, but you can eat some other dishes, but not too much. Eat quickly, and I'll buy some vegetables and cook them for you separately tonight."
These dishes are all cooked in large batches and are a bit greasy. She'll make something lighter, which will be a good opportunity for her to study how to cook.
“No need!” An Shuyi sat down. “Don’t you have to refine honey today? You have so much to do. Go ahead and do your thing. Let the women in the kitchen do it. It’s good for them to learn a few more dishes. Otherwise, they’ll get tired of eating the same things every day.”
"Besides, I don't eat much, and it would be too much trouble for you to make it separately. It's better to let them make it. I'm looking forward to drinking honey water, so I'm waiting for you to extract it."
When Hua Hua was harvesting honey from the tree, she saw two large buckets, the kind of large water buckets you see in modern times. If the honey were extracted, it would weigh at least a hundred pounds. Unfortunately, she had to come back early because she was injured, and she didn't get to check if the bees had gone back. But once she recovers, she can go up the mountain to see.
"Alright, let's buy the ingredients and have them cook. Let's eat and then get some rest."
"Still resting? I just woke up. I can't sleep. Let's go refine honey together!" Seeing the glare from Hua Hua, he quickly changed his mind, "What I mean is, I'll watch you refine it."
“If you sleep too much during the day, you won’t be able to sleep at night. I won’t do anything; I’ll just watch how you refine it. If there’s anything you’re unclear about, I can give you some pointers.”
Xia Hua sighed helplessly, "Alright, let's go together then."
After the two finished eating, An Shuyi drank the medicine under Xia Hua's watchful eye before heading to the kitchen.
When Wu saw them come out, she came over to greet them before going inside to pack her things. She had eaten and then hurriedly came here to wait for the dishes to be cleared away, not daring to delay.
After arriving in the kitchen, Xia Hua took out two buckets containing honey, then took another bucket, washed it with water and dried it, and bought a filter and a machine for pressing honey by hand from the store.
As soon as she took it out, An Shuyi asked curiously, "Huahua, what is this? Is it for refining honey?"
"This is a hand-pressed honey press. I originally wanted to buy a honey extractor, but I didn't have one, so I bought this instead. You put the honey in, and with a little force, you can press the honey out. Then you just need to filter it through a screen."
After Xia Hua finished speaking, she bought many transparent jars from the mall. These were for storing refined honey. They were all sealed, and each jar could hold one pound of honey. It was convenient to take it out whenever she wanted to eat it.
She washed all the jars and set them aside to dry. Then she poured the honey from the bucket into the honey press, placed the washed bucket underneath, and put a filter on top of it. With a squeeze of her hand, the honey flowed down. An Shuyi wanted to try it, but was ruthlessly rejected.
Soon, both buckets of honey were fully extracted, filling one large bucket. The dried jars were set aside, and a brand new, unused spoon was used to scoop up the honey and put it into the jars.
"Shushu, you sit here. I'll pack it up, and you can put it in the warehouse." Everything in her warehouse was piled up together, and since Shushu's jars were foldable, it was the most suitable place for her to store all these jars.
“Okay!” An Shuyi nodded, sat down in a chair, and took a towel in her hand. She wiped all the beehives clean before putting them in the warehouse.
Once all the honey was packaged, there were 106 jars in total. I didn't expect it to weigh over 100 pounds! One jar can last for many days. How many days will it take to finish all this honey?
Xia Hua washed all the buckets clean before going to the main courtyard with her. It took more than two hours to extract the honey. An Shuyi bought the recipes for the dishes she wanted and asked Hua Hua to deliver them to the women cooking in the kitchen. However, she only asked them to choose two dishes to cook. Last time, when Lao San got married, she taught them to cook many dishes that night.
Those were all verbal descriptions. Although they remember some of them, they can't remember too much. When we have time, we can copy down those recipes and send them to them.
Xia Hua delivered the vegetable recipe and returned quickly. On the way, she met Village Chief Lin and learned that while they were refining honey, Liu had already planted the peonies and camellias they had brought back in the yard.
As for the python, it will be cooked tonight. However, since it is too big, we can't finish it. So, Village Chief Lin asked her if she could sell some to the villagers of Xinglin Village. In their Taoyuan Village, apart from the men, there are not many women who dare to eat it. Leaving it here would frighten them. So, we can only have one meal and sell the rest.
After hearing what he said, Xia Hua also felt that he made sense. She had been a bit inconsiderate. She had only thought about skinning and eating the meat to vent her anger, without considering that others might be afraid. She suggested that Village Chief Lin keep some for dinner, and the rest could be sold, even if it was cheaper.
After receiving the instructions, Village Chief Lin went to inquire among the villagers of Xinglin Village. Unexpectedly, there were many people who wanted to buy, but apart from today's wages, they did not have any other money with them. So they asked him if they could pay him tomorrow, and Village Chief Lin readily agreed.
Because buying python meat doesn't require much money at all, it's sold very cheaply.
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